Outside the backyard, the group of friends says next to the tree and the against the fence. The weather is light cold with the slight faint of wind. Lincoln started to feel cold but the rest didn't mind the weather. Lily stayed home to take a nap, while others try to help Lincoln with his memories by switching to another method, audio recording. Although Lucy was unable to find the tablet that belonged to her brother, plus, some SD cards were missing, about two to be precise. With no device to play the audio, they used Clyde's phone.

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~"In the science fair I've run into a classmate who made a presentation about Tachyons, but my god was she stupid. Tachyons are particles that have mass but travel faster than light, and she believes it could be used for preserving living human bodies like it's a simple solution than cryogenic freeze-"~

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Clyde paused the audio and rolled his eyes "Ok, I remember this" Clyde comments about the audio. He didn't seem to be Impressed with this, he seemed annoyed.

"What?" Lincoln asked

"This is where you keep talking about this dumb particle for almost days, your always saying how stupid that kid's poster was and how there are flaws in her claim"

"True, you were a mouthful" Liam said with stress on his tone. Lincoln could tell he had a handful of his other selves rant.

"Huh…"

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~"-As most of us have heard from a fellow named Albert Einstein, "nothing travels faster than the speed of light". In fact, only massless particles, like photons, travel at the light speed at all. This is why tachyons prove his theory wrong. The particles are used to preserve any food and/or specimens for scientific research, but a living person!? That's where it's stupid, it is possible to preserve a human, but there's one thing wrong with this plan. If I were to be preserved with tachyon particles, my body wouldn't age but I would still be awake, I would feel every minute pass and if I were to be preserved for 30 years, I would lose my mind to the point of insanity"~

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"My god, I must be smart, but also crazy" Lincoln criticized his other self as he pulled out the SD card and gave the phone back to Clyde.

"Well, I wouldn't call it crazy but rather… annoying with science" Clyde corrected

"Well that was the fifth attempt, he doesn't sound like himself." Rusty said, he now felt that it's no use of continuing this process to recover Lincoln's memories "Should we just give up?"

"Well, I found this" Chandler then pulled out an SD card, the same SD card that belongs to Lincoln but this one is particularly different from the other originals this one has the name 'Hugh'. "This caught my attention and it's kinda weird" He hands over the card to Clyde as he examines it for a moment and placed the card on the phone.

"Why is that weird?" Lincoln asked he assumed that he might be part of this man's devious scam and blackmail job. But judging from his friend's expression… It's not even close.

"Well, we always help you with your recordings when you sometimes blink out, but we never saw this before" Clyde knew about his best friend and his recordings but after going through all the cards, this is new. Although he was off to notice how Chandler obtained this. "Chandler, was this in his drawer?"

"No, it was hidden in his carpet close to the wall" he remembered an hour ago after discussing his ankle bracelet. "We sometimes go through your cards, but not this"

"Look I don't know all about this and it's really making me confused with all this" Lincoln was feel tired and traped at most part, because how he's not fully aware and understood of the whole thing. To him, he feels blind and deaf who don't know where he's going and able to understand what's going on. "It's been a day- correction, mostly hours since it all change for me and it's all too much for me to handle"

"Well…. wait… that can't be right" Clyde noticed something on his phone screen that puzzled him. The screen is black and with encoding program message, but on text surprised him more.

"What is it?" Rusty asked. All were curious to know what puzzled Clyde.

"This card was last used a week ago the day we heard about your overdose" This gave chills down each children's spine, knowing how their friend overdosed in a temp of suicide, and now with the sudden discovery in date and name in this card. The name 'Hugh' on the card might have a connection. But the only one who didn't have a reaction to this sudden discovery was Lucy. "it could be a suicide note" she sounded nervous in her tone.

"It might be but let… wait, I cant" Clyde notice something on the screen that prevented him to play video or even open the files within the card. "Says here I need a password to open the files"

"Well we can't rule out suicide note" Lincoln said, but the rest were confused. Why would he know that it's not a suicide note, they all thought except lucy and Lincoln? "If I were to leave a note after I die, I would want to everyone to know why"

"That is true, knowing our Lincoln he would never keep secrets from us, especially this serious" Clyde concluded. The rest were now stumped to this new situation, they don't have a password to enter the file.

*Beep Beep*

Chandler looked at his watch and his heart dropped. He noticed that it's 5:30 and only half an hour to make his way home. "Crap, I got to go!" Chandler got up from the wall and ran out.

"Where's he going?"

"It's 5:30, he needs to be home before his curfew" Clyde answered

"Or the cops are just going to put him behind bars for no reason" Lucy assumed, seeing how the town and system have been corrupt. No one is happy with it, except the authorities, not even the citizens who are not putting effort to take this situation seriously, but considering the mayor is not willing to listen to the people and only his own ego, there's no use of doing anything.

"Yeah, It's possible" Liam added, this happens mostly one or two times each month, and those times he was given another sentence. They look away and try to take their minds off from that possibility, Lucy noticed that the sun was starting to become a sunset "Wanna head inside?" she responds and all got up to their feet and nodded, especially Lincoln.

"Yes please, I need a break from these audios, maybe we could do this another day" he starts to walk ahead from the rest, but Clyde caught up with him.

"Are you sure?" Clyde asked, and Lincoln was sure of it.

"Clyde, I got out of the hospital to be told I've committed suicide by overdose, coming home and realize my sisters don't exist, and these audios and books are depressing, I just want some rest" placing his hand on his own face, giving a down look of depression and stress. Seeing how the shift quickly changes from happiness to dread.

"Sorry, I didn't realize what you're going through, buddy"

"It's fine" giving a small smile and opened the door.

"Wait, your sister right here" Zach pointed at Lucy

"No, he means his imprinted memories of his sisters, remember" Lucy stated

"Oh right" the group laughed and head inside the house and in the kitchen. There they saw Lincoln's mother opening the fridge and pulled out what appears a large plastic container, in their thought it must be leftovers. Rita noticed the kids coming in from the back door and later smiled "Hey kids, too cold outside?"

"Yeah, and it's getting dark as well" Lincoln chuckled

His mother noticed chandler is not with them, thinking he might have left. "Did chandler left?"

"Yeah, it's almost his curfew, so he had to leave" Lincoln explain and his friends nodded

"I see, you all want to stay for dinner?" she motions the large plastic container that appears to have leftover casserole. All of his friends nodded in agreement since none of them have anything better to do, plus its Friday so it wouldn't hurt to stay for a moment. "That's great, you can all sit at the dining table, while I heat up the casserole"

"Thanks" all said in union, except Lucy, she still seems upset about her conversation with her and Lynn Sr. The group heads out the kitchen and in the dining room, where each took their own seat and later waited.

"Can I ask you guys something" Lincoln motion to everyone one.

"Sure" Clyde said. Lincoln liked to be nervous.

"I...uh… was i…. well it's hard to explain, but what was I like, you know, the other me?" he asked, wondering who he was, or who the other him was. Curious to know the personality and behavior of the other Lincoln. The group later took a moment to think and remember all they could to put it into words.

"Well, you were kind" Lucy immediately respond.

"Smart….very smart, always ranting about each sci-fi movies to be "improbable"" Liam chuckled

"Helpful"

"Insecure"

"Quiet, but not all the times"

"Depressed"

"Low self-esteem"

Lincoln began to feel uncomfortable "Ok ok" he wishes to stop but his friends still continued.

"Sometimes sad"

"Empty"

"Hurt"

"Bruised"

Lincoln was now getting irritated. "OK, please stop, I regret asking the question" he spoke and this made the table stayed silent for a few moments, seeing how their poor appropriate word has gotten out of hand have to put the white-haired boy at unease.

"Sorry…, didn't notice how we got out of hand with those words" Clyde pointed out.

"But not suicidal, You were getting much help like the rest of us, you even gave a real smile" Liam stated, seeing how his friend was now released from his head, he could tell its no longer a real smile from his face compared from weeks ago.

"All of us were getting better, I getting closer to helping my dad and his gambling addiction" rusty had it hard with his situation. In Lincoln's recollection, Rusty's father owns a men's wear suit store. The day they thought Lincoln was feeling down for Ronnie Anne's move. Although, he remembers him as a nice going man,...

"Your dad gambles?"

"Yep, handling his company is hard while he wastes all the money down the drain, I'm afraid we might go bankrupt"

"My family's poor, we hardly made any progress in the barn" Liam also have the same problem with rusty, but money is rather hard to gain than lose.

"Sounds very hard to endure" Lincoln could now see the pain they're going through, but they don't seem to mind at all. As if this been going on for who knows how long, immune to their problems but not to one another.

"Nah, but now that I recall your personality, it wouldn't be possible to cut your own cord, you would never do that" Liam began to realize all the list of words to describe Lincoln but he was not suicidal.

"Yeah, come to think of it, you would never choose suicide over depressed life, you usually see 'suicide' as 'something permanently stupid over a pathetic temporary depression'" Clyde could recall those exact words from his memories, seeing how he and Lincoln are close friends. He knew Lincoln was strong and determined to keep his sisters and friends together, he would never abandon them. Although the recent card that contains the name Hugh might have something to do with this whole mess, and he was now ticked off. "But I think Hugh might have something to do with this"

This brought the attention to the table and major thoughts, could it be possible that Hugh might have something to do with lincoln's suicide? They thought. But one question came to their heads, all except lucy since she got a close look.

"Lucy, the doctor said you found me in the bathroom with an empty bottle of… setra...setra something, what did you see-"

"I don't want to talk about it, and I don't want to remember either" having common with her brother and his mood, but the difference is she got a close view of the event. The day where she saw him on the ground with no sign of movement or even breathing was the worst thing Lucy could endure, but what's worse... is to be responsible for it to happen.

"But can we at least know what I did before-"

The sound of the doorbell rang caught most of their attention and leaving lincoln's sentence incomplete.

"I think that's Haiku and the others" with no emotion in her tone, she got out of her chair and head to the living room, but she came to a halt "uh, just a heads up, Lynn might have come, so she might've not taken the news-"

"Wait, Lynn is here?" Lincoln interrupted her as the name caught his attention.

"Knowing Lynn, she will give you more than a punch for making her worry, she really cares"

"He-...i mean, she does"

Without any hesitation, begins head out the dining room and to the living room, where the door is now up in front. He opens the door and there stood haiku, Polly, and one person he expects. Lynn. She looked crossed.

"If he's out of the hospital, then he-" Polly's conversation was cut off when the door was open. Lincoln stood there in silence and the same goes for the visitors. They didn't expect Lincoln to be in good health just right about now, but from their own eyes, he is in perfect health. "Uh…hey, how are you feeling?" Polly's words were slow. Not knowing what to say.

"I'm fine" he responded back with a smile. Although Lynn didn't like his response.

"Yeah, you are, but not us" she scowled, seeing how Lincoln is in a good, but Lynn was very anxious and worried through the whole week. Tears and sorrow to know how her friend left his life. "do you have any idea what you put us through, how could you do such a-"Lynn's words were cut off when Lincoln immediately gave Lynn a tight hug. He was happy to see someone who he knew is real, and not a dream. Lucy and the others came into the living room and were stunned.

"this is unexpected" Rusty comment.

Lynn was confused, she didn't expect him to give a hug after her anger response.

"You have no idea how happy I am to see you," Lincoln said with joy. This made Lynn blush.

"I...uh...wait, what?"

I said his sisters didn't exist, didn't say anything about unrelated blood counterpart could not exist either *\(^o^)/*