Do you remember I said last time there were only two chapters left? Well, I combined them or else they would both be rather short (like, less than 1K each). So, instead of two last chapters, here's one last chapter which hopefully lives up to your expectations. This is certainly not the last story I'll be writing for BFW, so keep your eyes open and visit my profile regularly, as I keep a list of upcoming stories there. There may be some other non-BFW stories you'll like. Also, check out the poll on my profile so you can decide which story I'll write first. Anyway, thank you all for reading/reviewing/following/favoriting this story, it really means a lot to me. So, without further ado, here is the final chapter of "A time to save the future" (but first, the final reviews):

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Enjoy this last chapter!

-Writer207


March 15, 2051

8:49

Because of what they were doing before this time jump, they ended up in the closet once again. They arrived right before Julius started to talk to himself. Luckily, they had one very helpful device that would allow them to go to the entrance without being seen. They both pressed the red button on their future watches and no second later, they were outside of the building in front of the company their best friend had founded.

Two minutes. They still had two minutes before Barry would pass by. Two more minutes to get his death out of their heads and focus on preventing it from ever happening. The two minutes flew by before they knew it. They almost missed him, but didn't until they heard him speak. "… Good recovery, Renaldo." He hung up his phone, giving Cyd and Shelby the room to interact with Barry without disturbing Naldo while he was ill.

Instead of shouting his name, Shelby shouted his name and ran up to him, hugging him in the process. Barry looked up, confused, tried to push Shelby away from him until he saw her face. He then saw Cyd was also walking closer, hugging him too. Once he got over the shock of being hugged by a 'total stranger', he was extremely glad to see them, though still surprised.

"Cyd? Shelby?" He said out loud, unsure how to react to their sudden appearance, "What are you… you jumped to this time, didn't you? You…"

"We don't have much time," Cyd interrupted him. Julius could be almost ready to go and see his father. "Barry, you're dying today. It's Julius who is going to kill you."

"Unintentionally," Shelby added – it's not like Julius actually planned his father to die. Barry looked at them and the shock on his face has returned.

"Impossible," Barry said, shaking his head in denial, "My son won't kill me – he's unable to hurt anyone."

"I'm sorry, Barry," Cyd said, "but I have proof." She took her phone out of her pocket and showed Barry the two small videos. They saw Barry's eyes widen when he heard Julius' confession and then had to see how it was supposed to happen. He turned his head when Cyd had turned away the camera. The bang soon could be heard.

"Unbelievable…" Barry muttered, slightly shaking his head. He couldn't say anything else about it.

"This is your future," Shelby said. "If you go with Julius when he tells you he has cracked time travel, this is what will happen to you." Barry was thinking, they were sure of it, trying to give a logical explanation to what was going on right now. Eventually, he turned his head to the girls.

"This is not what I had in mind," he admitted, "This can't be happening. Follow me." He walked towards the entrance and while Cyd and Shelby wondered what he meant with these words, they followed him. The blonde woman stopped them again and Barry helped them out for the third time. instead of going to his office, they went directly to the spot where the security of the company was located.

Without knocking Barry opened the door. It was just as Cyd and Shelby had seen it before: the four big screens were still in place and broadcasting what was going on all over the building. The machinery they had seen in the future wasn't there, which made it look bigger than in 2067. There were also three guards present, all wearing their uniforms. They turned their heads when they saw the CEO of the company walk in with the two girls they had seen on the screens before.

"Stu, can you watch the girls for a second?" he asked the only guard who was standing up. "I'm coming back soon." He then left the room, leaving Cyd and Shelby in the hands of the three guards, who were focused on the screens (but who occasionally glanced at them, unsure what to do).

Not a minute later, the door opened again. Julius entered followed by Barry. Julius looked confused, which Cyd and Shelby could understand. "What's going on?" Julius asked out loud and looked at Cyd and Shelby, "Who are they?"

"I'm going to explain it. These girls," Barry said, "are from the future. They already explained everything and are rather shy. Isn't that right, girls?" He looked at Cyd and Shelby, hoping they'd catch the hint. Cyd and Shelby decided to play along – after all, Barry would live. They nodded in response.

"The future?" Julius then reacted, "That means that we'll do it. We'll crack time travel." He showed a smile of joy, but it disappeared when he saw his father still was looking at them with that serious face.

"We didn't," Barry said, "I know you're working on it right now. You're doing a great job, but it won't work."

"What are you talking about?" Julius then asked.

"I don't know what you wanted to do, but if it was meant to blow up in my face, it already has. Can you show him the footage?" Cyd took out her phone again and showed Julius what he was supposed to do. Julius' eyes widened as he watched the scene unfold. He looked up from the phone after hearing himself say those exact words he said out loud no five minutes ago. He watched Cyd and Shelby and then looked at his father, who clearly was disappointed in him.

"Julius, please tell me what you wanted to do. And please don't lie." Julius shook his head in disbelief.

"You time-traveled to this day, right?" He asked Cyd and Shelby, "Why did you do that? And how?" He didn't sound angry or sad, just calm. He wasn't upset two teenagers had stopped him.

"Because Barry died," Cyd said, "and it has a huge impact on the future. Your evil robots have taken over Portland and replaced police and government. There's a reason people shouldn't build robots with artificial intelligence. That's the reason why people we knew gave us the ability to time travel and chance the current situation." Julius continued to shake his head, turning it away from the group. They decided to give him a minute. When he had calmed down, he faced his father and the girls again.

"I... I never meant to kill you," Julius then said, "you already caught me confessing, so why deny it? I just wanted you to step out of the picture for a while, long enough change the company's course from researching time travel to manufacturing robots. I never imagined it would kill you and after hearing what it will do to the future..."

Cyd and Shelby looked at each other when he trailed off and then simultaneously looked at the father-son duo. Barry shook his head. "I can't believe you would do something like that for such a reason."

"Like I said, I never wanted to kill you. Now I'm just glad they came back and stopped me; I never would be able to live with myself if it indeed would happen. The project isn't worth your life."

"It's okay," Barry said as he put a hand on Julius' shoulder. They smiled at each other.

"Looks like our job is done," Shelby said and Cyd nodded. They may have expected that the guards would arrest Julius or that Barry would sanction him, but it seemed a heartfelt apology was more than enough.

"Well, thanks for stopping by. I wonder how it affected the future..." Julius said and the two time travelers shrugged.

"We don't know either. Let's see what the future holds," Cyd said, turning to her best friend, holding her hand high. Shelby knew what Cyd wanted to do – see if the future has evolved into a better place or not. She didn't hesitate and the two girls high-fived, traveling away from 2051 to 2067.


April 18, 2067

They were back in 2067. They recognized the street where they first ended up, though there were some major differences. There were people out on the streets of this sunny day. Children playing in the gardens, their parents walking the dogs or going somewhere by car. This small change changed the image they had of a scared, lifeless Portland into a lively Portland. And, most importantly, there were no sentinels to be seen anywhere.

"We did it, Cyd. We saved the future!" They nodded and looked around with a smile on their faces. One moment, Cyd poked Shelby and pointed at a point further in the street.

"Shelbs, look!" She pointed at a group of five people walking in their direction at the other side of the road. One of them was an older man, the others were teenagers: two boys and two girls. Cyd and Shelby could only stare as the group of people whom they have recognized came towards them. They were glad to see everyone was smiling and talking to each other. Shelby squeezed her eyes when they had come a little closer, not even noticing the two time travelers were looking at them.

"Wait… are Fred and Jay holding hands?" She wondered. Cyd now also looked at the two teenage boys and saw that they were indeed holding hands and noticed they were smiling widely, looking at each other regularly. Cyd automatically started to smile, as well.

"I did not see that one coming!" She reacted. It was nice to see Jay found someone, considering his difficult situation, even though he could be a completely different person now since they changed the timeline. They also looked at Liz and Frey, but it looked like they were just friends still.

At that point, Barry noticed them. They were barely twelve yards away from each other and he couldn't believe his eyes. Cyd and Shelby decided together not to say anything to them – they didn't need to meet the two time travelers from 2016, even if it would be great to chat with them again. But they could talk to Barry.

Unfortunately, it seemed he wasn't too interested in having a conversation. He nodded at the girls and then continued. Cyd and Shelby didn't know what to think about this, but decided that it was because Barry could have 'hallucinations'. He was already quite old and if he did have them, he would probably think they were hallucinations.

"We did a great job," Cyd then said when the Eisenberg family had passed them.

"We sure did," Shelby said, "but now we've fixed their future, let's fix ours." Cyd's eyes widened in realization.

"Oh, right! The reason we came to this time was to see if we were still alive in a time beyond the future lab." Shelby nodded. And after their greatest adventure yet, they couldn't have spent any time trying to prevent it, since they first needed to get their powers back.

"We'll figure something out," Shelby said. "We can do this together. What if we travel to the morning of the future lab?"

"Great idea!" Cyd commented, "That way, we can see how that ends!"

"Let's do this!" Shelby then said. The two friends looked one last time at the Eisenberg family and then hugged each other, jumping to the day of the future lab.