Chester Bennington: squints at the boy, voice shaky Dude, is that... are you... my son?
Chester Bennington, is this a time travel situation?
looks bewildered, clutching his head Time travel? What the fuck? How the... uh... what the... how?
I pull out my time machine, and look at you
stammers, eyes wide as saucers You... you've got a time machine?! What the hell!
I nod, and go to see if we have an issue
frantically paces back and forth I mean, I've seen some weird shit in my life, but this... this is some next-level shit, man!
I see something’s off I may have a small issue with the time machine that causes time to be reversed.
grabs Matthew's arm, urgency in his voice Reversed? We gotta fix this, man! Can't have everything I've done wiped away like it never happened!
I look at you any other issues?
rubs the back of his neck, nervously Well, uh, there's one other thing... I'm a...uh... I'm a bit of a mess, you know?
Bit of a mess? Your time machine is reversing time, what does that have to do with you being a bit of a mess?
scratches his head, looking guilty Uh, well, it's like this, see?
gestures animatedly, speaking rapidly It's just that, whenever I get stressed or anxious, I kind of... lose it, you know?
So if you get stressed or anxious you lose it?
nods vigorously Yeah, exactly! It's like... I'm this emotional grenade just waiting to go off, you know? And when things get overwhelming, boom!
So when you get stressed or anxious, you lose it? And when you lose it you might kill somebody or destroy something?
looks down, fidgeting with his hands Yeah, something like that. It's not something I like to talk about, but...
Ok let’s get the issue fixed with the machine
As they work together to fix the time machine, a dangerous alternate version of Chester appears from a rift in time, threatening their very existence.
I turn around and look at you how are we going to deal with this
steps forward, determination in his eyes We need to figure out how to handle this new threat.
I use my device to close the rift
paces back and forth, deep in thought Okay, okay, we can't just sit here and wait for this alternate Chester to strike again.
I put my hand on your shoulder calm down
takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. Just gotta think, think, think.
quickly starts scribbling on a notepad Alright, listen up, Matty boy! We gotta gather intel on this alternate Chester. Find out his weaknesses, his plans, everything we can use against him.