THROUGH TIME & SPACE ★ FIVE HARGREEVES X READER

CH. XXII

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EXTRA ORDINARY

"i'm a bad woman to keep,
make me mad, i'm not here to please"

2019

RED AND BLUE, BLUE AND red.

The sky was far past dark and the Hargreeves family was tucked into their home. Two metal heads moved out of a car parked by the front of the house and waltzed towards the front doors of the academy. The shorter one, Red, made an attempt at opening the door, but it was locked.

The rather larger one, Blue, jogged back to the car and opened the boot, retrieving a cylindrical object. A gas canister. Pulling it out of the trunk, he dragged it up along the pavement and placed it by the door. It gave out a loud hissing sound as it was connected to the keyhole.

SSSSSS... TSK!

And just like that, the lock gave way, popping out on the other side.

They stilled, waiting, and gave each other a look to keep quiet.

A moment passed, followed by silence.

It was Red who decided to make her move first, creaking open the front door and stepping inside the building, the other close behind.

They wandered into the lobby, looking around at the intricate wooden carvings on the walls and just getting a feel of the place. It seemed like no one was around.

Or so they thought.

"Cha-Cha," Blue whispered, pointing towards the main room through the door. They took cautious steps in, then looked up at the painting above the mantlepiece. A painting of a young Five.

Red looked satisfied with their find, nodding. "That's our kid."

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"SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS on everything's that's happened since Dad died?" (Y/N) was lying on her back, staring up towards the ceiling of Klaus's room while he smoked on the ground, sitting on the fluffy carpeting on the floor. It wasn't exactly the smartest choice, as he could've set it on fire, but it probably wouldn't even have been the first time he'd done so.

"Funny, 'cause you're actually the first person to ask." Klaus let out a soft but painful laugh. The cigarette's cherry glowed, lighting up the strands of hair that fell between his eyes.

"Still didn't answer my question," (Y/N) shrugged, even though her brother probably couldn't see her from the floor.

"I... I don't actually know." Klaus wheezed, "it's the same every time. Some event brings us all back to the academy... a few too many fists get thrown around and we all go back to normal."

"But it is different this time. The world's going to... explode or something and we're not doing much about it."

"Then why not just use your... unicorn-enchilada 'see the future' card and find out?"

"I— You, out of all people, should know why." (Y/N) chuckled, "it just doesn't work like that."

"Not if I keep helping you put off your powers all the time, you won't."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever... well, at least we've got Five back to help us."

"Hmm... so six more days, huh?"