Chapter two: The Handler
"You have to take us back 5, I don't want to be stuck here forever" "Can't you see I'm trying. Don't pressure my delicate mind" I scoff and sit on what seems like it uses to be a bench. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach, father maybe. The ash swarmed around the riminess of what use to be my home and created a small tornado of salty, gray dust. 5 was pacing for hours but I didn't even notice how much time passed because I was mesmerized by the flames of ash a mini tornado that couldn't even put a dent into whatever destroyed our world.
"Do you think it was an asteroid? Took humankind away like the dinosaurs"? 5 never liked my positive outlook, he acted like a 50-year-old trapped in a 16-year-old body. "It seems like were going to be stuck here for a little longer". He could barley get out the words. This was the first time I ever saw my brother cry. What should I do? Besides my fluctuating telekinesis power, there was nothing I could do to get us back to the present day. Where we needed to be. "I bet Dad's glad were gone" "After the show you put on? I would agree". "You only say that because you have no potential, if you had real potential like me, you wouldn't be content with sitting on your rear wasting time".
I flew away up into the blackened sky that seemed to form a blanket around me. Flying. The one thing that got me away. Maybe that was time traveling for 5? Maybe were all to harsh on him? I quickly shut out these thoughts after coming back to reality and seeing where he had me and himself trapped for possibly eternity. I swooped back down into the ground. "I'm sorry 5, were going to be okay I'm sure we can come together and- ". We both snap our heads quickly at what seems to be a tall blonde lady approaching us.
"Mr. 5 and Mrs. Emmy, I see you've got yourself in a little bit of a tassel hmm?". She stood there waiting for either of us to answer but we were trapped by her eyes and shock of another human who got to where we were. "Anyways, I'm here to ensure certain things happen. The commission and I that is. If you want to get out of here alive, I recommend you listen carefully". 5 shook his head harder than I ever saw. He was not the type to listen to authority. "We use devices to ensure that the thing that's suppose to happen in the future prevails. We can monitor the timeline like so". She snapped her fingers and the world froze. Me and five glanced at each other and all I saw in his deep socketed eyes was fear. She snapped again "Simple really. Now I've been sent here because we can use you to assist us in some top-level work. With your powers and such you will become one of the top workers for us almost immediately". "This sounds great and all but who even are you"? Five asked. "No need to worry about me, but if you need a name, call me the handler".
She took us to a rather nice office considering the state of the surrounding world. "This here Is the day ill need you to kill the president, here ill need you to- ". "I'm sorry, kill the president?" I've never heard such a thing. Killing an innocent person "to ensure certain things happen" this sounded so farfetched and something about her grin, there's nothing but lies in it. "Yes, I said kill the president. Infact that job starts tomorrow. Now that I've covered the rules here's your briefcase, you get one for the both of you. Cherish this with your life". 5 gripped the briefcase faster than I could blink and held it close to his chest. "Well ill see you guys again once the president's dead. Tootles"!