Federick’s POV Dully stared at me like I’d gone mad, but I saw the flicker of understanding behind his eyes. "You mean… we flip the narrative?" he asked slowly, wiping more blood from his temple. "We don’t play the system’s game. We play ours." I nodded. “Exactly. We stop trying to win by its rules. The system made Damian into a final boss, right? Then we approach it like a final mission. You don’t rush a final boss—you study it, prepare for it, outsmart it. And most importantly, you don’t let it dictate the terms.” Axle exhaled, pacing back and forth. “Okay, let’s say we do that. Let’s say we find this ‘backdoor.’ Where is it? And how do we use it without the damn Hunter finding us again?”" That is something we need to figure out but right now, we need to find your twin brother and that should be our pirotity right now." I said finally looking at Dully who nodded. " Why don't we head back to the campus? He might be there was we speak." I rushed out for the house and we were s

FEDERICK'S POV I know this was not supposed to happen. He was not supposed to see me, but he did. The old me, looking skinny and poor, looked at me. I could see the disbelief in his eyes. Like he was not believing what stood right in front of him. He was dazed. "How?" He stuttered, staring at me. "You need to listen to me and every word that I say because today is going to change your life." "How?" The old me asked. "And who the hell are you?" "I don't have time to answer all of your questions right now, Fred. But you are going to be someone who saves the world, and the time has come, but he is going to try and stop that. That is why I am here." I said again, soaked in the drenching rain. "You are not making any sense, and I still don't get any of this. How come we have the same…" Fred stuttered again. His gaze landed on Georgia, who was the most sought-after beauty in school. "How are you able to?" "Like I said, I don't have the time for one million questions, and

FEDERICK'S POV ( The old Fred ) I was stunned to see a look alike standing right in front of me. He wasn't just looking like me but he was a better version of me. Rich, handsome and he smelt of wealth. Was is this madness? "Who are you?" I looked at the new looking flashy me. " You should see it in a bit. You were almost killed but I saved you." Fred said looking at me. " See what? What are you doing?" I asked again. I still don't understand any of this madness. " Why don't you explain to him?" Axle looked at Fred. " Explain what?" I said anxiously. " Why don't we start by telling you that we came from the future, Fred." The future me said staring at me face and I almost collapsed. This was impossible. The future? What the hell. " What are you trying to tell me? That you came through a space machine or what?" " Not space machine. The system brought us back to make sure I save you before Damain kills you. He is going to try and make sure that you cannot bond

Dully pov Ariadne stood in the doorway, her auburn hair pulled into a messy bun, a shotgun pointed directly at my chest. I could see that she had been expecting us and I can't care but think if the future Damain has gotten to her also. “Well, well,” she muttered, eyes narrowing. “Took you long enough to crawl back.” I raised my hands instinctively, my heart thudding so loud it echoed in my ears. “Ariadne, please—” “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t put a hole through your ribcage,” she snapped, her voice like cold steel. “The last time I saw you, you vanished into thin air and left me to clean up your mess.” I knew what she was talking about. That was the past me. The past me must have don't something I don't know but I need to pay along. I was about to talk when future Fred stepped up beside me, calm as ever. “Because we need your help. And we don’t have time to unpack your relationship drama.” he said immediately trying to curb the fire that was about to spread.

FEDERICK'S POV ( The old Fred )I was scared. The fear of dying was something I had never experienced before and to think I was going to die scared the hell out of me. I looked at everyome in the room. " Why are we waiting? Why don't we just get on with it now and get it over with?" I looked at myself standing before me. " Because we need to be meticulous about the time we have it done. We can't just kill you ourselves. The system might never activate if we had to take it into our hands." Dully said from my back. " So what exactly are you saying?" I looked at him. " Do you understand what I am saying?" Dully looked at the future me. " I understand what you mean, Dully. The blow needs to come from the villian and that is Damain." [ Ding ! ] [ System voice ; You need to live the past. You have until twenty four hours to do that.] " Did you see that?" the future Fred asked" I did." " Then we need to find Damain and get this over with." Fred said looking at me. " We can't assume