EVERLASTING , five hargreeves

XV. | FIFTEEN

sorry if you saw my announcement i
decided to not make this a filler chapter lol

warnings: mentions of blood and death

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Y/n and Five were walking down the halls of the hotel as he carried a giant bowl of cereal, offering her a bite that she declined. Y/n heard a few approaching foot steps and then Viktors voice.

"What are you guys doing?" He inquired, hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Eating cereal. Retracing my steps." Five shrugged.

"Why?"

"The old man is hiding something."

"Yeah, feels like there's a lot of that going around."

Five took a bite of cereal as Y/n shook her head at him and asked, "How do you mean?"

"Allison apologized to me." He elaborated, earning a stunned look from Y/n.

"Okay, and that's suspicious, how?" Five interjected.

"Last night she was ready to go ten rounds with me at the wedding, and this morning it's all family and Dad and love." He shook his head, "I don't know. Something must have happened last night, but I don't know what."

Five dropped his bowl of cereal, making Y/n and Viktor jump back as realization dawned on his face.

"Five! What is it?"

"It's Allison."

"What is?" Viktor asked impatiently as Y/n slowly connected the dots in her head.

There was a blood curdling scream from one of the rooms around the corner. It sounded like it belonged to Sloane, and the three all exchanged worried glances before taking off in that direction.

Sloane was sobbing over Luthers dead body, vibrant blood pooling over the fluffed white rug. There was a stab would through and through his sternum and just above that was a gash along his chest. His laid limply in Sloane's lap, his eyes closed and her hands were covered in his blood as well as her clothes. The hidden door that Lila and Diego had gone through was open the slightest amount, and that's where they stood.

"Oh my god, Luther." Viktor breathed while running into the room, Y/n and Five just behind him.

They froze in their tracks at the sight, and Five voice was slightly shaky as he asked, "What happened?"

"He went to go get ice." She sobbed her breathing uneven, "I couldn't— He didn't come back. I... I don't know."

Y/n surveyed the room, seeing Allison sit with her back to the wall, her hands slightly covered in blood. Everyone else had a morose look on their face while peering down at Luther.

"It must have been him." Lila spoke, and elaborated, "The guardian."

"She's right." Diego agreed, moving to lean over his body, "Whatever did this had a long curved blade."

"How..." Y/n tried, taking a deep breath, "How can you be sure?"

"I don't know much," He started, looking back at her with teary eyes, "But I know knives."

"What's going on?" Reginald asked frantically while entering the room. He stopped upon seeing Luther's dead body and gasped. "Oh God! Luther."

"If we attacked first, he would still be alive." Ben muttered.

"You seriously think that's what any of us what to hear right now?" Y/n snapped back, taking a step forward as Five tugged her back by her elbow.

The building suddenly started shaking lowly with a humming sound. A boom echoed that had everyone take a step back to ground themselves. Five wrapped his arms around Y/n's waist as the room shook. Ben moved to look out to the hallway, seeing the very end of it get eaten by the Kugelblitz.

"Guy, guys!" He stumbled over his words, running back in the room.

"What are we gonna do with Luther?" Sloane shouted, choking on her own sobs as tears streamed down her face.

Five let go of Y/n's waist, holding onto her hand tightly, "Okay, we're out of time! The Kugelblitz is here."

Diego grabbed the speargun mounted on the wall as Reginald shouted, "Into the passageway! It's the only way!"

Viktor stopped Diego as he was about to go as Reginald opened the door, "You agreed to stay!" He reminded him.

"They killed Luther, all right?" He shouted back, entering the passage right after Lila.

"We can't leave him." Sloane sobbed some more as Allison tried to help her up.

"We go now, or we're gonna die." She told her.

Klaus helped Allison as she said her final goodbyes, dragging her into the passage way.

"What are you two waiting for?" Klaus questioned, shoving Y/n and Five towards the passage.

"This isn't over!" Y/n told Reginald as she entered after Five, him pulling her by her hand as they went.

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"Let's never do that again." Viktor breathed while stepping foot on the other side of the passage.

"What, narrowly escape the apocalypse?" Five joked lightly, sarcasm oozing from his words.

"It's kind of our thing, isn't it?" Diego questioned while checking around the room.

"There's something very wrong about that."

"Same suite," Lila told Ben as he hit the tail of the white buffalo, "Just ass-backwards."

"No hyperbole there." Five stated.

"This is some hardcore Alice in Wonderland shit." He scoffed.

"Yeah," Diego agreed, "It only gets weirder."

Reginald ran out of the tunnel, slamming the door shut behind him and leaning against it.

"At last," He breathed, "The other side."

"Wait," Viktor stopped him, "Where's Klaus?"

"I'm sorry, but he... I didn't all I could, but he didn't make it through in time. The Kugelblitz has claimed its last victim."

"That's bullshit!" You snapped, "He was right behind Five and I when we entered the tunnel. I saw him."

"We need to go back." Sloane spoke up, sounded a bit distant.

"There's nothing to go back to." He told them, and started exiting the room, "There will be time for tears later. Right now, we have to keep moving."

"Wait, Luther and Klaus?"

A solemn feeling blanketed over the room, a few teary eyed as Reginald rushed past them and out of the room. Y/n bit her cheek til the metallic taste of blood washed over her tastebuds. She wiped her tears off her cheeks, taking a deep breath and leaving the room.