ROSES AND FLAMES - Five Hargreeves

𝟬𝟴. the meetup

Sitting on a chair and watching five write on his walls with chalk, Josie hummed the song that played on the record, playing a song from Queen, not knowing Five was a fan of them.

Painting her nails and listing off people who are a threat, Josie laughed when five began to talk about a gardener.

"Can I kill him? I could use his crops." Josie smiled devilishly, wiggling her eyebrows. "What no— we don't even know if he is the potential threat, this could all be wrong." Five explained, both hearing footsteps slowly approach.

"What are you two doing?" Luther comes into the doorway, confused at the writing on the wall. Josie blew on her nails, watching Luther come closer to the probability map the two did, reading the four names.

"Gardener, I get to kill him." Josie added. Luther whips his head at her, both telling them this was idea was stupid. "It's not, this could help us with stopping the world." Said josie standing up and handing five a case, opening it.

"Where the hell did you get that?"

"Your dead dads room," josie said, taking the gun out and assembling it. "He used this to shoot a rhinoceros... I think." Five stated.

"It's very similar to the model we used at work." Josie said; practically reading each other's mind— which she has the ability to.

This is stupid, said Luther's mind, not aware Josie can read it whenever. "It's stupid but practical." Walking over to Luther and patting his— bicep. "You should take off that jacket; it's not doing you any good."

Five began to leave, telling Josie to come. Unfortunately she couldn't when Josie gasped to see Dolores halfway out the window.

"Uh.... Five?" Josie quickly says; rooting for Luther to drop the mannequin. "It's either you drop the gun; or I drop her." Luther states, looking at Josie and contemplating.

"Don't even think about putting me out there." Josie stated, sitting back down at the chair and watching five blink to get his mannequin.

You wish this was you, five mentally said to Josie, causing her to scoff and wanting to kill five right on the spot.

"I know you two are good people—" Josie laughed, interrupting Luther's talk, seeing five caress the mannequins face, wanting to puke instead now.

"But there has to be another way, killing people won't cut it." Luther explained, coming to stand by Josie.

Josie couldn't take her eyes off the way five cared so much about a mannequin, wishing she had someone to love at the end of the world, staring at five and having her stomach go into butterflies.

"There is another way I know." Five said, turning to look at Josie first.

"Klaus was held hostage by hazel and Cha-cha, they are without a briefcase, I wrote a message to them and see if I can get in touch with the handler, but they don't know that part. Are you in?" He asked her very carefully.

Josie felt her nerves come back, she'll be seeing her mother again, something about this made Josie not like it, the fact that five is wanting to see her again. "What if they realize the briefcase is a fake?" Josie asks, already getting an answer without hesitation.

"They won't." Five said, putting Dolores on the bed and telling Luther to get his keys. Josie hoped this was going to be a good plan, getting up and following five. "Shouldn't we buy a briefcase and put random things in it?" She asked, having a good mindset to this plan, watching five for an answer.

That is good. Smiling and wiggling her eyes at Josie, she grabbed the keys as the three went back to the car, making Luther sit in the back when going to the nearest pawn shop. "Are you sure this plan is going to work?" Luther asks, all three getting out of the car and opening the door.