16 | A NEW HELL !

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"so, how is it that we're still here, but the whole of the world is going down the cosmic shitter?" allison asked, leaning against a pillar.

what remained of the merged academies now lounged in hotel obsidian, everything else around them destructed, if not in the verge of it.

"maybe we're just the last to get flushed," viktor responded from a yellow chair as if the failure of their saving the world made everything good again, which allison took offense to.

"wasn't talking to you."

"hey, mat didn't come back - does anyone know where klaus is?" luther chimed to pacify from the yellow couch with sloane snuggled up right beside him.

"and dad?" sloane added.

"they'll be here," diego answered matter-of-factly.

"really? did they...hit traffic?" ben questioned with sarcasm. "look, people, we're alive because we're special, right? we're the only ones that can save the universe."

"question." allison raised a hand from her crossed arms.

ben turned and pointed at her. "yes."

"didn't we just try that and...fail miserably?"

"yeah, that's because his plan was stupid," diego slandered to which allison hummed, halfheartedly convinced considering this was diego speaking. "i got a better one."

"'course you do," ben silently snarled.

"we go with the large hard-on particle accelerator - "

"hadron," evie silently corrected with an unsurprised yet disappointed sigh. she stood next to ben with crossed arms.

" - you guys do some science, and..." diego loudly clicked his tongue while mimicking the strike of a golf ball, "...we launch the kugelblitz into outer space. didn't think i knew that, did ya?"

he turned to ben as everyone remained silent. "it's in switzerland."

"it's hadron, not hard-on, ya moron!" ben yelled.

"oi! at least he's trying, you shitty little squid. what have you contributed?" lila shouted in return, now sitting upright on the chair parallel to viktor's.

"actually, he did blow up half his family."

"oh, you wanna talk about family problems?" ben mocked as he began to approach diego. "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 began to shout in korean.

"you better cut that out - " diego returned the favor and shouted at him in spanish.

"shut up!"

"hey!" five approached the space and shouted to break the squabble up. "you guys done?"

"the universe is disappearing outside, so you can keep rearranging the deck chairs of the titanic if it makes you feel better. but the fact remains that we are too late." diego and ben scoffed and walked away from each other at five's admission of defeat.

"five, come on," luther attempted.

"it's over, luther. we failed."

"come on, it can't be over-over." viktor took his feet off the coffee table and onto the floor.

"well, what else can we do?" evie chimed with the question, their tone lacking hope.

"well, we gotta figure that out, man," diego answered though the question was not for him.

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