CHAPTER 5 - RUN BOY RUN

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Five P.O.V

Flashback starts

The meal bell rang and we all ran down ready to eat. Each one of my siblings stood behind their seats, ready for our father to arrive. Finally, he showed up and we all sat down. My siblings were all doing their own thing, with Luther and Alison making stupid googly eyes at each other. Ben was reading a book under the table, minding his own business like he normally does. Klaus was rolling a cigarette under the table, I rolled my eyes. He really wasn't subtle about it. Vanya was sat at the end of the table being the good child she is and was eating her food. Then there was Diego. He was carving something into the arm of number 8 or Violet's chair. She was watching him, laughing under her breath, and she was messing with a Rubik cube. God, she drives me crazy, and I'm not even sure why something about her just makes me irritated. But anyhow, everyone was doing their own thing, but all I could think about was that I wanted to time travel. I think I'm ready, and Father isn't going to stop me. I stabbed my knife into the place mat, gaining everyone's attention except Violet's.

"Number 5"

"I have a question."

Me and father went back and forward. He said I was not ready, but I was. I know I'm ready and I will prove it. I ran out of the door and on to the street. I started walking before running and time travelled. Everyone around me was wearing bright clothes I knew I had done it.

"Not ready, my ass"

I did it again and again till I went too far and found myself surrounded by destruction and fire. panicked I ran back to the academy but saw nothing was there. I shouted out hoping and praying someone was alive.

"VIOLET, DIAGO, BEN ANYONE"

I found a newspaper and looked to see the date April 1, 2019. What the hell happened?

End of flashback

five P.O.V

I was still sitting on the chair in Vanya's flat with Violet sat on the floor cleaning and wrapping the cut on my arm. She hasn't changed much since I last saw her, but I remember reading Vanya's book and finding out she froze herself after Ben died. I knew they were close, so I can understand why she took his death Hard. I wish I could have been there to help Ben. Maybe if I had never time travelled, Ben would still be alive. Vanya returned and handed me a coffee while placing one on the table for Violet.

"Thank you, Vanny; you're the best, and there you go, Microsoft nerd, don't mess with it."

She tapped my arm slightly, making me flinch in pain. God she hasn't changed, its refreshing but now I'm regretting letting her help me, there is only so much I can put up with.

 "I survived on scraps, canned food, cockroaches, anything I could find. You know that rumour that Twinkies have an endless shelf life? Well, it's total bullshit "

Vanya had a laser focus on me as I spoke. Violet was listening but drinking her coffee, not really talking as much as Vanya, but taking in everything I was saying none the less.

"I can't even imagine it." 

"You do whatever it takes to survive or you die, so we adapted. Whatever the world threw at us, we found a way to overcome it, "I continued. 

"We?" I wasn't ready to answer that question, so I asked if she had anything stronger at this point. I just needed to drink. 

She walked out, but Violet was still here.

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