Diego's Daughter//TUA

Defending Vanya

Luther handed Allison a note pad. She hesitated before she wrote Is Frances Ok?
Luther looked at a peaceful, sleeping Frances. "She will be ok." He said hopefully, for Allison.
Then Allison wrote, Vanya
"Oh we don't know where she is."
Vanya powers
"Powers... I don't understand."
"I do" Pogo stepped into the room. Frances eyes fluttered open. Allison turned and placed her hand on Frances shoulder. Luther looked over at her thankfully, that she's ok. "Are you alright Miss Frances?" Pogo asked immediately. She sat up at the end of the bed. "I hurt." She swallowed. "I know." Pogo sympathized with a sad nod.

Frances clutched Allison's hand. "Where's dad?" She asked looking around the room then stopped at Luther. "He couldn't stand to look at you." She wrinkled her eyebrows at his answer, but since it was Luther she decided he phrased it wrong and continued to stare until he rephrased it. "..he was sad seeing you in pain." He finished. Frances just nodded slowly, then turned to Pogo.

"...It's time for the last of your fathers secrets to come to light." Pogo looked to Luther and Allison.

After Pogo told them what happened Frances went downstairs to find her dad. "Dad?" Diego turned and Five looked at her. Diego walked up to her. "Are you alright?" "......yeah" she hugged her dad, and he carefully wrapped his arms around her. Finally, they made up.
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"You locked up our sister because you think she has powers?"
"No I know she does, Pogo told me. He's always known and so did dad."
"Luther's right." Spoke Frances in a town softer than usual. They all turned to her.
"Why would they hide this from us, I mean am I the only one who didn't know this place existed?"
"He hid It because he was afraid, of her." Luther added
"Oh that's ridiculous"
"Dads lied about everything so why is this so far fetched?" Luther defended his statement.
"If you're right then maybe she's the one who killed Peabody."
Frances stayed silent, and stared at Vanya banging at the glass. Frances swallowed hard. She knew she hurt her and Allison... but she knew Vanya and saw what had happened and how she reacted after she did what she did, it was all in the moment. She didn't believe it was fair for Vanya to be thrown back in that horrifying place.

"And cut Allisons throat." Luther added.
"Woah woah no let's sorry let's go back, this is Vanya, our sister! The one who cried when we stepped on ants as kids."
"Yes I know it's difficult to accept-"
"It's not difficult to accept it's impossible to accept!"
"Vanya did. I saw it." Frances spoke up. They looked at her once more. "Yeah look, Frances just proved it." Luther said it while thinking she sided with him. "She did it in the moment. She just learned that the guy she was dating wasn't who he said he was, and we were pushing her to come with us to get away from this man whom she loved and trusted, and in her mind knew her better than anybody else. In that situation she made a bad action but it made sense! It's not fair that she is put back into this place for something she did she regrets!" Frances shouted.
There was silence and immediately Frances ran to the door, and Luther pulled her back. She hobbled back in pain at that sudden action as she should still be resting. "Frances you need to go lie down and stay out of this." Diego put an arm around her side to help her walk and Klaus followed trying to help her too. She fought back with her arms and sat on the floor, Klaus slumped down next to her.

"Frances is right, she needs our help and we can't do that if she's locked in a cage!" Diego sided with his daughter.
"Yeah and for all we know she might be struggling with this new power, and it must be terrifying to discover that you can do something you never thought you could do and back to what Frances said, she shouldn't be locked in here for something she regrets I mean-"
"Vanya is not just a danger to us."
Allison walked down.
"What are you doing down here you should be in bed"
Let her go
"I can't do that, she hurt you.."
My fault
"I'm sorry but she's staying put, just until we know what we're dealing with." She walked up and punched his chest.
"She stays put."

Frances lip trembled and she slumped down and leaned onto Klaus. He looked down at her and hugged her as tears slowly fell, but she remained silent.
"Come on you need to rest." Luther pulled Allison upstairs.
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Frances was eventually helped upstairs and sat down to rest in the kitchen chair next to her dad.
It was silent.
Two plates of smiley pancakes were placed infront of each of them.
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