Fall From Grace | ENHYPEN

XXII

"Why do- Why is it always the three of them? I don't-" Ytriel tried his best to find the exact words his mind has been running to, but he can't seem to find the right question to ask

He knew that they are being hunted. But why? Why do the twins' family, their family and even Cozen's family had to go to this extent just to bring them back to their parents?

Surely, Leonel Philistine couldn't give a shit about him and Theon. Ezekiel Hawthorne, maybe, had the reasons to look for his sons. But even Malcom Amerryllis?

Hell, he was pretty sure Malcolm couldn't even bat an eye even if Cozen was dead

"Those men weren't only after you. Now that they know you guys are under Yyan's wing, they would surely know that we are back" After that explanation, they were left with more questions than answers. 

"Who's we?" Jaxen asked, eyes not leaving Jethro who was breathing peacefully on the floor

He was damn sure once Jethro woke up, the first thing he would do is look for his device 

"Uh, we don't have an official name, but I like to call us 5senses. If that makes sense." Hendryx shyly rubbed his neck, ears slowly turning red from admitting he just named their small group of misfits and runts

"W-well, Yyan's forte is mostly random chemicals, either a poison or a cure, so that makes him have the sense of taste. Then there's Skai-"

"Who?" Max asked, hearing the foreign name for the first time

Even Michaelis who was busy regretting his decisions in the corner got his attention piqued from the sudden mention of the name

"Skai. Uh well, he makes our plans, listen through plotholes and such, and so, he's the sense of hearing. He's not around right now though..." Hendryx softly spoke, looking at the ground and played with a lint he saw lying somewhere on the floor

"Then Brahm-"

"Who?" Max once again asked

"Brahm. I think, that's his name. He's like, a lie detector. I mean it! You could never lie around him cause he smells it from a distance. It's amazing honestly. Sooo, yeah. He's the sense of smell"

"Then Tyrron. You know for someone who's legally blind it's really amazing. He foresees everything, so he has the sense of sight"

"Hold the fuck up" Theon placed his hands in front of him and looked at Hendryx as if he grew another pair of head

"Tyrron's blind?!" He exclaimed

Hendryx just looked at him as if it was obvious

"Well, he can still see a bit on his left eye, and some figures and light on his right so he's technically not blind" He replies with a shrug of his shoulders

"That motherfucker threw a chopstick on my way, hitting me square on the forehead just because I borrowed his wrench!" Theon raised his hands dramatically, still not recovering from the fact that the best marksman he ever encountered can barely see to save his life

"He arranges his tools by size within his reach, Theon. Of course, he's blind" Max rolled his eye, as is he was stating a fact

Being Tyrron's former student, he knew that fact about the guy. But it still amazes him just how accurate and calculating the man can be

"Then there's me! I rely to my sensitive somatosensory, I call them Hendryx tingles. So, I have the sense of touch. but we're not failed government experiments or whatsoever, just a bunch of weird people making a pretty good team" Hendryx grinned gleefully, the memories of them suddenly playing in his mind

"So, what makes you became our father's target?" Cozen asked curiously

"We tried to uncover their hidden truths, and, well, we failed. That's why you're here" In an instant, the atmosphere around the room shifted into something heavy. Something uncomfortable to Jaxen's liking making him squirm in his seat

"We're all apart now. With Brahm and Skai being our brains and being gone at the same time, we can't make a plan to expose them. They knew we are nothing without those two, so they locked them away. But with you seven being looped into this mess, they think that we would have the opportunity to do it again and this time, succeed." Hendryx spoke softly but seriously. The shy timid man from a while ago was now gone and he was like the Hendryx they saw the first time.

All sat in silence, no one dared to speak until they all heard a groan

They all looked at where Jethro was, watching him try and sit up from his uncomfortable power nap

"Where's my device?" He groaned, peeking through one eye and squinting through the blinding lights of the room

"Called it" Jaxen giggled under his breath, making Max roll his eyes and hand him a crisp bill

"What happened?" He asked when he finally sat down properly, ignoring the stinging pain from his sides and the burning sensation all over his body

"Hey, do you know that Tyrron is blind?" Theon immediately asks

Jethro rolled his eyes in reply "Well duh, he barely wears shoes to feel the ground and he has his wrenches arranged within his reach" Jethro spoke as if stating a fact, like Max a few minutes ago

"Seriously?! Am I the only one who wasn't aware?!" Theon looked at the rest of them, waiting for an answer

"To be fair I just thought he's dyslexic" Cozen shrugged

"Really? I thought he's colorblind" Jaxen added

"Well, I thought he had a perfect 20/20 vision!" Theon exasperated 

"Hendryx, where do you think Brahm, and Skai are?" Michaelis finally spoke after a few minutes of gathering his thoughts

The man just shrugged his shoulders in reply and handed Jethro the medicine Tyrron gave him

"Brahm? You mean Brahm Ymarithe? Like, the motherfucker who annihilated a whole gang just because they told him he can't wear pink?" Jethro excitedly cut through the conversation with ease like he was there to begin with

Well, he is. But he was unconscious during the lot of it

"To be fair, pink doesn't look good on him. It clashes with his eyes" Hendryx replied nonchalantly 

"But yeah. That's him. How do you know him?" Hendryx looked at the boy with squinted eyes, prying through his sea of thoughts when Jethro just cleared his throat in response

"I just happen to" He replied with a cough

"He's in the Lationette Psychiatric Hospital. A high-profile patient he is" Jethro added, puffing out a smoke to ease down his nerves 

"And Skai?" Michaelis asked once again

"That's the thing. Only Brahm knows where Skai is" Hendryx replied, remembering the fact that no matter where the two are, they will find ways to be connected

"I can't believe you knew Brahm" Jethro couldn't hide his excitement anymore, grinning through his teeth, beaming at Hendryx who only looked at him confused

"Of course, I knew him, he owns this very bunker we're in" Hendryx said innocently