𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 ~ 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀

~ Chapter Fifty ~

Throughout the night, Dusk, Klaus, Allison, and Ray tried to figure out what to do with the dead Swedish man. It was too risky to take his body outside and dispose of it somewhere. They couldn't bury him in the backyard. If anything, that would be the first place the police would check should anybody spot them. Then, when it was approaching dawn, they all decided that the easiest way to get rid of the dead man was to wrap him in one of the carpets, tie it shut, and dispose of it.

But unfortunately, the plan was better said than done. "Here Alli, let me get him," Dusk offered, crouching on the ground as she grabbed the man's limp torso, dropping him almost immediately. He was heavier than she had ever imagined, heavier than Klaus when he was passed out. "I can't... He's too heavy, even for me," the raven sighed, scooting over so Allison and Ray could get him on the carpet. 

She sat on the couch next to Klaus, who looked over at the empty seat next to him. A grunt came from Allison and Ray, and Dusk looked back to see them wrap the remaining carpet around the corpse. "God, why do people have to be so much heavier when they're dead?" Allison muttered, unaware that Ray heard her. She glanced at him with a tired look before they went back to work, tying the ropes around the ends.

"Hey, so what was it like when I possessed you?" Ben asked Klaus. "Well, it was like sex with one of the lesser Baldwins. I mean, you can feel him clattering around in there, but do you really care?" Allison, Ray, and Dusk looked over at him, confused as to who he was talking to. The third Hargreeves had a hunch that it was probably another ghost, while Ray thought Klaus had gone mental, and Dusk... well, she couldn't quite figure it out either.

"What was it like driving all this hot business?" Klaus questioned, maintaining eye contact with Ben as he rested his head on one of the couch cushions. Though she would never admit it to anybody, Dusk enjoyed hearing Klaus talking to himself. Not only that, but when she heard him ask that question about "Driving all this hot business," The wheels in her head began to turn, and she wondered if there was something more to him acting strange the previous morning.

"It was like... having no skin. But still wanting to touch everything," Ben answered, remembering every ounce of that experience, reconnecting with the world for even the slightest amount of time. He thought about Jill and how kind she was to everybody and he began to miss her. Klaus understood that feeling of having no skin perfectly well. He felt that way numerous times whenever he got high.

Allison and Ray tied together the final knot in the carpet, hopeful that this would keep the body from slipping out and exposing the crime. "On three. One... Two..." Before the couple could get to three, a zap came from the kitchen, making everybody bounce back and look at the disturbance. To their surprise, Diego had shown up, a shorter man with glasses at his side. 

"Oh good, you three are here. Come on, we need to get going," Diego said the moment he saw his siblings. "Diego, Jesus!" Allison nearly screeched, fearing that her heart could not take another scare. "Wow. Number Two, Three, Four, and Eight! We almost have a straight Umbrella flush here," the tiny man chuckled. Ray backed up against the wall, looking like his eyes were about to pop from their sockets.

"Ray, this is my other brother, Diego," Allison introduced, pointing him out to her traumatized husband. "Hey, who is the other guy?" Dusk questioned, looking directly at the man with the thick black glasses. "Herb. He worked with Five at the Commission," Diego briefly explained. "Commission?" Klaus inquired. Herb explained to the confused Hargreeves that the Commission monitored and maintained the time-space continuum.