𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞

[ 25 ] 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝

We run inside the barn to see Harlan levitating inside the blue vortex. He looked like the life was being sucked out of him. I put my hand over my mouth in shock and squeezed Five's hand.

"Harlan? Harlan, it's Vanya!" Vanya tried but Harlan couldn't hear her. "Look, Harlan, I know you're really scared, but I can help you. I need you to listen to me, okay? Can you do that?"

Vanya looked over at all of us, saying she was going to try and go inside.

"Careful." Five said as she walked in with white eyes.

"Harlan? I don't know if you can hear me..." She trails.

From the corner of my eye, I could see Klaus walking towards the side of the barn, looking at the field. "Uh...guys?" He calls, and we all walk over to where he's looking.

"What?" Diego walks beside me. "Ah, shit."

"What, who are they?" Luther questions.

"One's the Handler, the other's Diego's girlfriend." Five sighs.

"Lila. That's my ex-girlfriend." Diego corrects.

"What?" Klaus asks.

"Wait, someone dated," I gesture towards his face. "That?" He sarcastically chuckles, not before rolling his eyes.

"You know what? Doesn't matter. They both look angry." Luther states the obvious.

"Yeah. Our brother has that effect on people." Allison says.

"Which one?" They all glare at me and I huff a laugh.

"I'm gonna go find out what they want. You guys stay with Vanya and the kid." Five walks away.

"I'm coming with you, too. Come on." Diego follows. Diego leaves the barn and I grab Five's hand.

"No, you're not coming. You're staying" He turns me around.

"No, I'm not. I'm coming." I turn back towards me and gives me a serious look.

"Eight, please stay. Please, I don't want anything to happen to you." He grabs my hands. I finally give in and nod. He places a kiss on my forehead before walking out. I turn back to where Luther, Allison, and Klaus were standing, watching Diego and Five walk out.

We all walk out of the barn and get a couple feet behind them.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Allison asks, as we walk closer towards the conversation, feet digging in the snow.

"I don't know." Klaus and I answer.

"Which one's the girlfriend?" Luther turns to us.

"To be honest, I think it's the old woman, but it might be that British Dora the Explorer." Allison and Klaus huff a laugh. "I did meet the British girl once, she was on top of Diego fixing his wound. I need to erase that from my mind." I gag.

All the sudden, hundreds probably thousands of people with guns appear on the field.

"How much do you wanna bet Diego's dumb ass said some stupid shit?" I cross my arms.

I see the woman with a big hat pull out a red handkerchief.

"Go! Go!" Allison tells us, as we turn around, starting to run back towards the house. I could hear yelling then bullets coming our way. I put my wings fully out and the bullets started to ricochet back towards them.

"Get down!" Allison yells, as we all hide behind a tractor, trying to protect ourselves from the bullets. I stretch my wings out once more and I huddle them all, trying to stop the bullets from getting them.