The Parallel Worlds Proof

AN: The very last installment! This is a just a small scene that's supposed to take place sometime in December 2009 after the time lines have corrected themselves. It seemed like a good way to end the story. *winks*

Epilogue:

"So, I was thinking about the theory of multiverse the other day."

Leonard swallowed his food and looked at Raj. "What about it?"

"Well did you ever read Robert Heinlein's The Number of the Beast?"

"Oh, yes. The book postulated that devil's number was not actually 666, but (66)6 . I thought that was rather clever, but of course my mother was unimpressed. She declared the book must have really been written by the Devil and forbade me from ever reading it again," Sheldon said with a frown.

"Right, but the book also claimed that every time a fictional character was created, that character's world became a reality in another universe. And then book's protagonists were able to travel through all 6 dimensions of time to end up in different worlds. Like Oz."

"So, what's your point?" Howard asked.

"My point is, how cool would that be if our favorite fictional worlds existed as reality somewhere?" Raj said excitedly.

Leonard grinned. "Like somewhere in a parallel universe Admiral Adama leads the Battlestar Gactica in a war against the Cylons."

"Somewhere Superman sits up in his Fortress of Solitude," Howard said.

"And the Doctor wanders the universe in search of adventure," Sheldon added. All four guys stared off into space for a moment, enjoying the imaginary scenarios.

Howard suddenly broke out of it. "Hey, wait a second! These fictional characters don't realize that they're fiction because their world really exists. So that means we could exist as fiction in another world."

Raj looked at him. "So like we're a television show in another universe?"

"Oh! Or a comic book! I hope we're a comic book," Sheldon said.

"Yeah!" The four guys grinned in silence for a few seconds.

"Wow, we really come up with some absurd ideas sometimes," Leonard said. The others murmured their agreement, and they all went back to eating dinner.