Oh… I fcked up… - 2040
Do you know what the other interesting part about Back to the Future was? Time Travel. So could anyone blame Dan for being interested in figuring out both sides of the puzzle? A flying car was one thing - honestly, easy if you asked Daniel Parker. The biggest thing to do was to extrapolate what people had already figured out about planes, hoverboards, and rockets and utilize that information on a smaller target. It took Dan a few months to figure that one out. Time Travel, however? Well… let’s just say Dan was a little rusty on quantum theory and had to do a little catching up and research before he even knew where to start. That being said - he did have a little breakthrough when a quantum professor working on the exact same thing sent him some of his breakthroughs. Most of it was mumbo jumbo, but the good old professor was on to something with one of his theories - one that Daniel was currently working on.
Music was playing upstairs as his beautiful wife was telling the event planner what she was doing wrong for the soon-to-come baby shower that was happening in their home. The entire house would be full soon, and in the meanwhile, Dan was getting the last few parts of his Time Machine together. Or at least, in theory, it was supposed to be a time machine. Anyone who walked in would probably call it a hunk of junk in the middle of his multi-billion dollar bat cave, next to his multi-million dollar iron man suit, and his flying car and even the monitors set up in the back. Perhaps the reason Dan was pushing himself into random projects was to avoid the fact that little Akielah Azure was actually his sister. Maybe he was just bored. Either way, it’s what he had found himself invested for almost a year.
“Leeeet me guess. You’re finally building something that will let pregnant women like me drink alcohol? If so, I say go forth and conquer,”
Dan was a little distracted, meaning he didn’t exactly hear Jess come in. What did that lead to? Well, let’s just say a slight electrical malfunction as his machine started smoking with one wrong twist of a wire. “Fck,” Dan sighed, going towards the fire extinguisher and making sure to keep it handy as he turned the power off.
“Orrrr maybe not yet. Okay… that’s fine… just do me a favor and figure it out in the next 4 to 5 months before I give birth?” Jess had a playing smile on her lips as she approached Daniel, a scotch in her hand as she handed it to him. “I thought you could at least use a drink, and I could live vicariously through you. How’s it going?”
Jess had a soft smile on her lips as she wrapped her arms around her cousin in a loving way, pulling him in for a hug before sitting on the floor aside from him. “It’s good… mostly… I don’t know about this whole Akielah thing Jess. Like… don’t bloody get me wrong. I’m happy she’s alive, but how fcking bad is her Stockholm Syndrome if she doesn’t agree with me tearing those fcking parents of her down. Leonardo and what? Fcking Miranda Azure. Not to mention bloody Ka-”
“Don’t… just… don’t bring him up Dan.” Dan sighed looking towards his sister, knowing that even to this day, any mention of Malachi Azure hurt her. “I mean… I get your point of view Dan but also… for literally 34 years of her life, they were her family… and they were good to her. It’s not like they treated her like scum, she was quite literally born to people who are… richer than you Dan.”
Though there was a frown on his lips with her words, he knew she was right. Jessica was always the sensible one between the two of them. Did that mean Dan didn’t take a LOOooonNNg drink from his Scotch? No, Dan did, indeed, have a very long drink. “Anyways, no more party-pooping. Come on, we are going back upstairs where Val and your soon to be children are waiting. Plus mum just got here, and we both know she can bring the party. And I’m pretty bloody sure I saw Jordan and Jez arriving, so really, it’s basically the whole gang at this point.”
With a soft grumble, Dan got up - offering his hand to his once again pregnant cousin (though this definitely deserved some Dorian Bashing, let’s do that later, upstairs you know) a hand. “Come on… you know for a secret hideout… it’s honestly not a bloody secret anymore.” Dan laughed leading Jess to the elevator. Everything would have been fine… except the moment Daniel pressed the up button on the elevator, it was almost as if the entire room short-circuited… which… well… that surge of electricity towards his machine wasn’t… great. The moment the surge restarted the lights, Dan heard his machine make a sound, and then an energy pulse was emitted from it. The last thing Daniel Parker remembered was pulling Jessica inside the elevator and using his body to protect her before everything went black.
“Daniel baby. Don’t be troublesome for the nanny okay? Your father and I will be back in a few hours after this charity auction.”
Okay… this was… weird. Where the actual fck was he? Daniel’s head was pounding and It took him a few seconds to recognize his surroundings, but finally forcing his eyes open and looking in front of him, Daniel saw his mother standing there with a smile on her face. Now that was weird in itself, because let’s be honest, his mother didn’t smile.
“And don’t bother your sister, my love. She’s teething right now and we all know she can be antsy at any little thing,”
What. The. Fck. Teething? His sister. Okay. He died. Yes. That’s what happened. The machine had killed him. Damn. That sucked. Wait… was this hell? Was he going to experience his worst memory over and over again. Okay, that sucked. Come on big guy - yes Dan was a dck, but he did do some good in his time. What about the actual millions of girls he had saved? Was being a dck to Dorian really deserving of being here? Really? Fck you big guy. Fine. Let’s get this over with.
Dan watched as his parents left, rolling his eyes. Here was the issue however, Dan was… fcking small. Looking down at his body, his handsome features were replaced by little baby kid hands with a Bill Nye pajama set. Wait. OH god… please don’t tell him. Running as fast as his little legs would let him, Dan looked in the mirror and was about to fcking lose his sh!t.
Daniel Parker was 5 years old. FIVE FCKING YEARS OLD. EXCUSE YOU DUDE UP THERE. FIVE? REALLY. YOU COULDN"T LET DAN KEEP HIS BODY.
This was horrendous.
@CerealKiller - Val Mentioned
@Littlefeets - Akielah Mentioned
@astxrism - Dorian always mentioned in Dan’s posts
What just happened? Her head was pounding, but currently, her eyes were closed. Fcking Dan and his inventions. Jessica didn’t know what had happened, but she knew it wasn’t good. Call it a gut feeling, but she just… knew something was wrong. Pushing her eyes open, almost simultaneously Jess heard a familiar voice practically yell in her ear “Why are you wet?”
Finally opening her eyes, Jessica found herself on top of her husband. Her hair was dripping wet as she met his eyes… an annoyed expression as he… quite literally… checked her out - his eyes stopping at her tattoo. Looking in his eyes, he seemed to continue speaking - his hands still on her waist “Why are you in my room?”
“Dorian… what… darling what just happened?” Jess lovingly placed a hand on his cheek… though he notably looked younger, Jess was honestly too confused to question it. This was all just… why was this so familiar? And why the bloody hell was Jess not in a bat cave with her cousin. What… had just happened?
@astxrism - Dorian Mentioned
Scene in Question
She was going to be a grandmother, again. Honest to goodness, Adelaide Parker was excited - the biggest smile plastered on her face when she walked into her nephew’s house to see her daughter talking to her husband. There were gifts in Addie’s hands that were instantly taken by the help, and the woman soon walked towards her daughter, pulling her in for a deep hug. “How’s my granddaughter doing?” There was a soft smile on Jessica’s features, as she returned the hug. “She’s doing fineeeee mum. She does like some weird food, I’ll tell you. I found myself actually enjoying veggies yesterday. I swear if she comes out and starts eating like Dori, we’re gonna have a problem,”
After a quick laugh, Jess excused herself to go bring Dan up from his… cave? Did she hear that right? Oh well, Adelaide had learned a long time ago with Justin not to question their children’s whims. On that note… where was Justin? Addie looked around for her brother, though as she moved through the scarce party - mostly because she was early - there was a noticeable boom that met the room, causing everything to shake. Adelaide put her hands in front of her face to catch her fall, her eyes closing out of slight fear. Though, after a few seconds, the rumbling stopped.
“Is everyone okay?”
It was the first words that left her mouth as she fought a headache that started, opening her eyes. Here was the issue, however. The floor was different. Confusion filled her being as Addie looked around her - somehow finding herself in a bathroom. What the hell? There was another noticeable item on the floor beside her and it took her a second to realize that it was a pregnancy test… one that clearly was noted as positive. In the trash beside her, there were more used pregnancy tests, all noting the same thing. While there was a sense of familiarity that hit her… it… no it couldn’t be. Standing up off the floor, it was only when Adelaide Parker looked in the mirror that she realized something was wrong. She was… at least she looked… 19 again.
@Littlefeets - Leo? Ish mentioned
“Jordan… we need to… stop… kissing…and…go inside,”
Jordan smiled cheekily as his wife pulled away every few seconds to say those words. They were currently parked outside the Parker residence and, well, let’s just say he was keeping her more than occupied. Could you blame him? The honeymoon may have been over but Jordan was positive this honeymoon phase would never end. “Hey baby, you know your mama is sooooo mean to me,” Jordan responded, leaning in towards Jezebel’s stomach and placing a chaste kiss on it before kissing her one more time.
“Okay fineeeeee, in we go,” Jordan sighed, getting out of his side of the car and running towards hers - opening the door for his beautiful wife as he helped her up. Keeping a tight hand on hers to make sure nothing happened, Jordan led Jezebel towards the front door of the Parker house and the three-way baby shower that was happening for Jezebel, Valerie, and Jessica.
It was beautifully decorated - as expected with Valerie Parker who he immediately went to hug - who was already in a conversation with Andy. He saw Jezebel talking to her dad, and so Jordan continued with his conversation with Val as Andy moved to go play with Shay. “Even pregnant, you can pull a better party off than most people I know, Val,” he added with a smile towards his close friend. What neither of them expected, however, was for the room to actually start shaking. “EARTHQUAKE,” Jordan screamed, helping Val bend over and using his body to cover her - glad that Justin was doing the same with his wife. “Val are you okay?” Jordan remembered asking, but that was before a seeing pain met his head and he had to close his eyes for a second.
After a few seconds too long, Jordan finally opened his eyes - expecting to see Val… but the issue was, that wasn’t what he found at all well… not exactly. He did still see Valerie Parker… and Dorian DeLoughrey… but he was no longer on the floor, instead, he was standing and was… outdoors. What just… happened? Looking around, it was immediately clear that he was at a campground… and honestly… not just any campground. Rather, it was a camp that he visited when he was in high school. The other issue… everyone looked… really young. Dorian… and Val… and… “Hey… Are you okay?” …and Sadie. Jordan’s heart dropped seeing her, not even realizing that she also looked… really young. At least, not until she continued. “I don’t know much, if anything at all, about… the situation but–…I don’t know, I just wanted to… check?”
Jordan remembered those words. He remembered this… what was it… a memory? What the actual hell just happened?
@novella - Sadie Mentioned
@Littlefeets - Jezebel Mentioned
@CerealKiller - Val Mentioned