Jeff impatiently drummed his fingers on his arm chair as he waited impatiently. The four of them were in Jeff and Annie's apartment waiting for other Abed to show up. They waited in silence as they mentally replayed what had happened after other Abed showed up. He told them to go out the front while he left through the sewer entrance in the basement. He had insisted on taking Evil Troy's body so Troy wouldn't be implemented in the crime. Though it didn't sit well with them they agreed it was what had to happen. They left and told the police the man responsible had fled the scene. Lieutenant Kane was furious at them, and understandably so. One kid was dead; another in critical condition, and as far as he knew the child killer had gotten away. He wanted them arrested for negligence right there and then. He only didn't do it because of the sanction from the mayor. But he vowed that they would not go unpunished for what happened today.

Britta looked over at Troy, who was looking at his taped up fingers. "How are you?"

"Fingers hurt, but they'll heal eventually."

"I meant-."

"I know what you meant Britta. Seeing me kill people, even if it was just someone who looked like me…"

They all tensed up as they heard a knock at the door. Jeff got up and answered the door, seeing Abed standing there. He held up his hand, revealing no burn, and said "Orange eggplant and blue squid." Correctly repeating the code phrase he said he'd say to indicate it was him Jeff stepped aside and let him in. Jeff looked as Shirley followed.

"Are you another Shirley also?"

She shook her head and held up her hand, revealing a raised burn. "No, I'm me. He came to us last night and explained everything that's going on."

Jeff looked at the other Abed. As he looked at him closely he noticed that he looked different then the Abed they knew. His face looked like it was lined due to hard living, and there were flecks of grey in his hair "So, what do we call you? Other Abed?"

"Call me Abed Five, since I'm from the fifth roll."

"Fifth roll?"

"The timeline from the fifth dice roll. I'll explain everything."

As he heard what Abed Five said Jeff seemed to remember an old memory about timelines and dice rolls. Before he could process it another knock was at the door. He opened it and saw another Annie standing there.

Annie stood up when she saw the doppelganger at the door. "That's her! That's the evil version of me!"

"I'm not evil!" the other Annie cried out.

Abed Five stepped forward and put a arm around her. "Everyone, this is Annie Five. She's the Annie from my timeline."

She nervously waved at everyone. "Hi. I know this is going to be confusing, but we'll explain everything."

"I think you better." Britta exclaimed

"Wait, where's Abed? OUR Abed." Troy said.

"He's in hiding. Don't worry, he's safe." Abed Five said.

Troy started standing up but sat back down when Shirley waved a hand at him. "Troy, just wait. You'll understand once everything is explained to you."

"Can someone please explain what the hell is going on?" Annie yelled.

Abed Five took a deep breath. "OK, first, do you have a marker and a wipe board or large paper?"

Jeff got up and got Abed Five a large pad of paper they used for Pictionary and a marker before sitting back down.

"OK." Abed Five said. "Let me explain what is going on. I'll start at the beginning. Over fifty years ago there were two men involved in the occult. They came across a way to give themselves godlike powers, which would allow them to rule over mankind. However, they could not simply draw this power into themselves. It had to be separated and separately absorbed into them through sacrifice and bloodletting."

"What does this have to do with other us's running around?" Troy said.

"I'm getting to that. To properly obtain this power they had to essentially put it in themselves and then take it from themselves. Basically they had to create other versions of themselves. The power would be divided among the other versions. And if they killed their other versions, they could absorb the power."

"So you mean they made clones of us?" Britta said.

"No, no one is a clone. See, they couldn't just make multiple versions of someone in one universe. That would create chaos and instability. They had to create whole different universes, with one of each person living in it." Seeing that they were confused he went over to the pad paper. "Do you remember several years ago when me and Troy invited everyone to our apartment for a housewarming party? When it was time to get the pizza Jeff took a dice and threw it in the air, with whatever number it landed on having that person having to get the pizza. And I said that by doing this he was creating multiple timelines."

"Yea." Jeff slowly said, starting to figure out what Abed Five was talking about.

"Well, that's what happened." Abed Five drew a line halfway through the middle of the paper, and then had seven lines branch out from there. "That dice was created to specifically create multiple universes. Before you threw that dice there was just one universe. But once it was thrown it caused a branch effect to occur with multiple realities occurring. You threw that dice seven times, with seven different outcomes occurring. This act created seven different universes and timelines, with a version of ourselves in each of them."

Jeff shook his head. "Wait, I only threw the dice once. I didn't throw it seven times?"

"Essentially you did, you just don't know it. At that point in time where you threw the dice there was a split in reality, where you threw that dice seven times and each time you threw it a different outcome occurred. You just never realized it. None of you did."

"Then why do you know this?" Britta said.

"When I discovered there were other versions of us I did research and found notes that detailed this occurring. To have this occur the conduit had to be formed as a object that could cause multiple outcomes to be created. The object that they chose to form it as was a dice. That dice somehow ended up in a game of yahtzee and when Jeff threw that particular dice it created the seven different universes."

Jeff sat there in shock. "So this is my fault."

"Only slightly. The true ones at fault are the two who created the dice in the first place. They were the ones who originally intended to create multiple universes. We just did what they intended accidently. It was also more my fault then yours. As I've found out it would have only occurred if someone deliberately mentioned that different universes or timelines could happen. If I hadn't said that there only would have been one outcome. More importantly was the fact that in the final outcome Abed caught the dice, stopping a number from being revealed. The dice was designed so seven different universes could only be created if someone intended for six outcomes to occur, but seven actually happened. If the dice had landed that last time it would have still created six outcomes as intended and the other universes would have fallen back into each other and only the one that came before the dice was ever thrown would have been. But since Abed caught it a seventh outcome was created, and sealed the split. At the time it was thought that if the dice was caught our fates would belong to us instead of chance. But as you can see that is what caused all of this to happen. This is more my fault then Jeff's."

Abed Five looked at Jeff. "Jeff, do you remember which number you rolled?"

"Yea, I rolled a…" Jeff suddenly drew a blank as he tried to remember. "That's weird, I don't remember."

"It's not surprising. The dice was designed so the person who rolled the number wouldn't remember which specific number came up after a few minutes passed, along with no one having a clear memory of the immediate events afterwards unless they were of true significant importance. I think it was designed that way so it would be harder for people to grasp what was happening. The only reason I remember that I came from the fifth universe was because it landed on five and I had to get the pizza. It seems the only person from each universe who really remembers which number came up was whoever that particular roll affected. Since that roll's outcome was who got the pizza that night, whoever got it in that universe had a clear memory of which number came up."

They all sat there, trying to grasp what they were hearing. "So, this means we're not real?" Annie softly said.

"You can't think of it in terms of being real or not." Abed Five said. "You Annie are as real as Annie Five and Evil Annie is. Just as I'm as real as your Abed and Evil Abed. Every version of ourselves are real. They just are different depending on how they live their lives according to how their universe is. Some of the timelines are similar to one another. Others are not."

"Like the one with evil versions of ourselves." Britta said.

"Exactly. After this timeline that one is the most radically different one."

"Our time line is radically different?" Jeff said.

Annie Five looked at him like he was a simpleton. "No, it's perfectly common for people to dress up as superheroes and fight crime."

Abed Five sat down next to Annie Five and placed his hand over hers before addressing the group. "To you this is all perfectly normal. But actually things are the most unique in this timeline. Your entire universe has conformed to the rules and guidelines of a comic book. Not just the choices you and everyone here have made, but the world itself." He looked over at Troy and Britta. "When you two took your sailing class during your first year at Greendale, where was the class held?"

"In the Greendale parking lot."

"And Troy, that time you fought Leonard's boys and saved Annie from drowning, where was she thrown into?"

"She was thrown into the harbor."

"So why would you take a boating class in a parking lot if Greendale was on the water?"

Troy's eyes widened in shock. "What!"

"Before the different universes were established Greendale was miles from water. But once it happened suddenly Greendale in this universe was near the water. That's because it conformed to a more comic book world, where criminals can smuggle goods in by boat. And now to you it's like Greendale was always a coast located town. And that's not all. Jeff, how long has it been since you and everyone graduated from Greendale?"

"Um, I don't know. Eight years."

"Right, it's been eight years since you graduated Greendale. You look good Jeff. Exactly like you looked since our third year at Greendale."

He shrugged nonchalantly "Well you know, I take care of myself."

"It's more than that. You don't have any extra wrinkles or any indication of aging. None of you do actually. You all look exactly like you did almost ten years ago."

The four of them looked at each other in shock, noticing for the first time that they did look exactly like that did since they were in Greendale. Annie shakily got up and went over to her other self to see if there was any difference in their appearances. While it was very subtle, seeing them side by side showed that one Annie looked like she was in her early twenties while the other looked like she was in her late twenties.

"It's true." Shirley gravely said. "At first I didn't believe it and just thought I was aging really well. But once it was pointed out to me I realized that it's true. It seems that none of us has aged since we were in Greendale."

"So…we're immortal." Troy said.

"No, you're not immortal." Abed Five said. "You're just ageless. It's more like a flowing timeline, like on The Simpsons. Events in the world go on as always. But to everyone in this particular universe they are paused age wise at the moment in time this universe was created. But you can still be killed.

"Wait, what about Aaron?" Annie said as she went back to her seat. "He's aged and gotten older."

"That's because he's a child, and most likely has not reached whatever age this universe dictates he will be. When he does reach it he will stop aging. And like you he won't realize it until it is pointed out to him."

Jeff looked over at Abed Five, and suddenly noticed that Annie Five was rubbing her fingers over the top of Abed Five's hand in an oddly familiar manner. As he looked closer he realized that they were wearing matching silver bands on each hand. "Wait a minute, are you two…?"

The group looked at them in shock, noticing what Jeff had noticed. Annie Five glanced at Abed Five before addressing the group. "Yes, Abed and I are married. We fell in love sometime after we graduated Greendale and got married a couple of years ago."

"We weren't keeping it a secret. We just figured there were more important matters to discuss first. But it seems there have been different pairings among us according to different universes." Abed Five said. He looked over at Troy and Britta. "In one of the universes you two have become a couple, while in another Troy and Abed are in a romantic relationship. And in one of the others Jeff and Britta fell in love and are essentially non married husband and wife." He looked over at Jeff and Annie. "It seems you two seem to be the most consistent couple. Counting this universe there are four universes where you two started a romantic relationship at one point, and in three of them you two ended up realizing you were meant to be with each other. In fact, the only universe where no one is involved with anyone are the ones from the evil universe." He sighed sadly. "Unfortunately, since our evil versions are hell bent on getting power, many other versions of us are now dead."

Troy sat there in shock, trying to form a coherent thought. "This is…my brain is never going to be unwrinkled."

Shirley looked at Troy with sympathy. "It takes a while to get used to it." She softly said.

Britta shook her head, unable to deal with the implications of all of this at the moment. "We'll deal with all this insanity later; let's get back to us having superpowers. How are these evil versions of us able to have superpowers?"

"They've gotten superpowers through themselves. That was the entire purpose of the multiple universes being created. The power was divided into each person, and resided in everyone." Abed Five said.

"Then why can't we do the things they can do?" Troy said.

"It's not activated when it's separated in each person. The only way it can be obtained is if you kill yourself. If you kill another version of yourself they turn to energy and you absorb a level of power."

"Is that just us, because we were there when the universes were created?" Annie said.

"It's not limited to us. Everyone in the world can potentially do this, if they realize what's going on and figure out how to cross over to each universe to kill their other selves."

"You said the power is in each of us. So what happens when you kill one of your other selves?" Jeff said.

Annie Five sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair. "You absorb a level of power. Each power ability coincides with the amount of yourselves that you kill. When you kill one of yourselves you obtain super strength."

"Basically Superman level strength." Abed Five said. "The second power is super speed. You can move so fast you're just a blur. The third level is being able to create fire and ice with your hands. The fourth level is being able to move objects with your mind. The fifth level is telepathy, being able to read and control people's minds. And the last level is invulnerability. Once you get that nothing can hurt you."

"You mean you can heal from wounds?" Britta said.

"It's more than that." Annie Five said. "At that level your skin is indestructible, being imperious to any weapons. If someone was able to get all six powers they would essentially be Superman and Jean Grey without any weakness. They would be unstoppable."

Abed Five gravely nodded his head. "So far Evil Abed and Evil Annie have killed four versions of themselves and have obtained the first four powers. Before he died Evil Troy was able to obtain three powers. And Evil Jeff-"

"There's a evil version of me?" Jeff said.

"Technically there was a evil version of all of us, but those four are the only ones we have to worry about. Evil Pierce died from a gunshot wound, Evil Shirley became an alcoholic and drank herself to death, and Evil Britta has disappeared without a trace. But Evil Jeff is out there and has obtained the first two powers so far. The biggest threats right now are Evil Abed and Evil Annie. They're just two murders away from becoming invincible."

"That's why Abed went into hiding, so he couldn't be killed by this evil version of himself." Shirley said.

Annie nodded her head determinedly. "So how do we stop them?"

"There was a notebook that was kept when the dice was being created. It was a journal of occult writings and research written by one of the creators of the dice, Nathanael Osbourne. It's believed that might have the key on how to stop them." Abed Five said.

Shirley drew in a sharp breath at hearing that name. "Osbourne. You're not talking about-"

"Yes, I was talking about Starburns. It seems his father was the one who kept the journal and created the dice. It seems that he's the only one who knows where this journal is."

Shirley drew in a breath in anger. "Why didn't you tell me this last night!"

"I figured it was something the whole group should know. Also I was concerned you'd do something rash. We need to find that book, and we need him to find it. I've already visited him in jail since I've arrived in this dimension, but he wouldn't say anything to me."

Shirley rose from her chair. "I think I should try and talk to him."

"Shirley, you don't have to do this." Britta said. "After what he did to you-"

"I know. I hate him and I hate what he did. But I might be able to convince him to tell us where this book is. I think I know how to get to him. Either way, there's too much at stake for me not to try."

Yes, this chapter was very long and bursting with exposition. But it was necessary to explain exactly what is going on.