Light As A Feather..Diego Hargreeves

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So you Care Now

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⸺"OKAY, WELL, SINCE SHE'S RIGHT, WHO the hell is Harold Jenkins?"

"I don't know...yet, but I do know he's responsible for the apocalypse. So we have to find him and we have to do it now." Everyone was just about done with Five's nonsense, but deep down, they knew he was right. Luther then interjected by saying, "How is he connected to what's going to happen?"

"I don't know."

"Wait, you just know his name? That's it?"

"That's enough."

"There's probably dozens of Harold Jenkins."

"Well, we better start looking then." Everyone was very confused by Five. Maria was trying to think about how a Harold Jenkins would be with Vanya. "I'm sorry, am I the only one that skeptical here? I mean, how exactly do you know all this about what's his name?"

"Harold Jenkins. You know those lunatics in masks who attacked the house?" Klaus sarcastically said, "Oh, yeah, I think I remember those guys."

"Yeah, the ones who attacked us while you were getting drunk."

"Yeah, them." Maria was lost in her thoughts now. Everything around her had become muffled. Who would be with Vanya that's named Harold Jenkins? It suddenly hit her. Allison had said something to her about Leonard not having any records, that's because Leonard Peabody wasn't his actual name, it was Harold Jenkins. She tried to interject but it wasn't working. Everyone was ignoring her as usual. "Uh, guys."

"So he must be responsible for the apocalypse."

"Guys, I think I-"

"Not now, Maria!" She kept trying and trying, but suddenly, Luther just fired at her. "Maria, just shut up, please! Anything you have to say right now cannot be as important as this!"

"Actually, I think it-"

"Maria, what did I just say!" She silenced herself and sat down next to Klaus who looked like he was about to explode. "My skin is on fire."

She looked at him with concern. She tapped him on the shoulder and whispered, "Klaus, I think-"

"Maria, please, I'm sorry, just not right now." Everyone had completely ignored her now. She was now alone. Completely and utterly alone. "Do you have any idea how insane this sounds?"

"You know what else is insane?! I look like a thirteen year old boy. Klaus talks to the dead, Maria can survive a world crushing apocalypse and Luther thinks he's fooling everybody with that overcoat. Everything about us is insane, it always has been."

"He's got a point there."

"We didn't chose this life, we're just living it. For the next three days anyways."

"But the last time we tried to stop it, we all died. Why is this time any different? Why shouldn't I go home to my daughter?"

"Because this time, I'm here. We have the name of the man responsible. Guys, we actually have a chance of saving the lives of billions of people. Including Claire."

"You know her name?"

"I do, and I'd like to live long enough to meet her."

"Alright, let's get this bastard."