EUNOIA ━ diego hargreeves

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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
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IT WAS almost funny how quickly things could flip into something horrible. Because one minute, Freya was dancing around with the others in celebration, and the next, Ben was telling them how Christopher had exploded, and how he'd taken Fei with him.

She sprawled herself across the coffee table back in the hotel, Lila's face a foot away from hers as she sat upside down on a spare arm chair.

"So," Allison broke the silence, arms crossed and leaning against a pillar. "How is it that we're still here, but the whole of the universe is going down the cosmic shitter?"

"Maybe we're just the last to get flushed," Viktor suggested.

"I wasn't talking to you," Allison retorted immediately.

"Oh my God," Freya groaned, lifting her head. "Cut the passive aggressive shit out. We're literally about to die, grow up."

"It's fine," Viktor dismissed. "Really."

Freya dramatically rolled her eyes before dropping her head back down. "Annoying as hell."

"Hey," Luther spoke. "Has anyone seen Klaus?"

Freya perked at the sound of his name, but when the others shook their heads, she deflated.

"Or... dad?" Sloane asked.

"They'll be here," Diego said, moving to stand in front of Freya, who peered up at him. He swatted at her legs, prompting her to kick at him before sitting up to make room.

"Really? Did they... hit traffic?" Ben quipped. "Look, people. We're alive because we're special, right? We're the only ones who can save the universe."

"Dunno what a couple of tentacles are gonna do to save the human race," Freya muttered. Diego hid a snort into his arm. "But sure."

"Uh, question," Allison interrupted.

Ben turned to her. "Yes?"

"Didn't we just try that and fail miserably?"

"Yeah, well, it's because his plan was stupid. I've got a better one."

"Oh, here we go."

Ignoring her, Diego started to explain. "We go with the large hard-on article accelerator. You guys do some science and," he made a weird gesture with his hands, popping his tongue, while Freya tried not to laugh at his wording. "We launch the Kugelblitz into outer space. Didn't think I knew that, did you? It's in Switzerland."

"It's hadron," Ben corrected. "Not hard on. You moron!"

Freya emitted a small flame from her palm, and threw it at Ben. The sparks skidded up the sleeve of his turtleneck, and he shrieked, hurriedly patting it down. When he was finished, Ben glared at her.

Lila sat up, grinning. "Nice one."

"Thanks."

Slowly, the other girl gave Ben a judgmental once over. "At least he's trying. What have you contributed?"

"Actually, he did blow up half his family," Diego said, pointing a finger at Ben.

"Oh, you wanna talk about family problems?" Ben asked, doing a little shimmy with his hands that had Freya and Lila sharing a look. "You know what should've blown up is your face on that neck!"

"I wish I had a cake to hit you with it in your face!"

"What are you talking about?" Ben demanded in Korean. Freya raised a brow at his language switch, and Diego shouted at him in return in Spanish.