27. The Vote

119 4 2
                                    

"It's not just about the ones you lose, is also about the ones you saved"

"It's not just about the ones you lose, is also about the ones you saved"

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

---

Jane and Five entered the hotel with Reginald.

"Woo! Five ! Yeah" Klaus said as the others except for Allison, Reginald and Ben were cheering and whistling at Five.

"Here he is" Luther said as they were all clapping "Yeah" Klaus said "That speech last night! Wow!" Diego said "Brought me to tears, you big softy" Lila said as she jumped off the couch.

Five tucked his hands into his pockets as he stared at his family, regretting the speech and the singing his drunken self have given.

"I especially liked when you referred to us as a family bound by destiny and love" Viktor said as Five walked past them after Jane.

Lila opened up her arm, offering a hug as Five walked closer but he pained no attention to her as he walked past her "Okay. Enough. It was the booze talking. In the light of day, you're all still deplorable" he said before he looked at Jane "Except you of course" he said "I know" she said as they sat down next to each other.

"And your day's about to get worse. The Norse had seven sleepers. The Blackfoot, seven stars. As a boy, I heard the legend of the seven bells. All these stories are the same. The village is under threat by flood, by fire, by a night that never ends. A shaman brings his disciples to a sacred cave. He tells them if they can ring the seven magic bells, the village will be saved, and all will be restored just as it was" Reginald said.

"Reggie?" Lila asked as she raised her hand and Reginald looked at her "Can we get a little less Brothers Grimm and more 'What the hell does this have to do with us'?" Lila asked as she was laying on the couch with her head leaned up against Diego.

"Wait, hold on" Jane said and everyone looked at her "There's 10 of us. Including you Reginald. Meaning 3 people will be left out. You, the person you're supposedly make a deal with and someone else" Jane said as she had her left side leaned against Five while he had his right arm rested behind her.

"Five, what is talking about? Shut her up" Allison said but Five just shook his head.

"Most fairytales have stories of the person having something special about them. What if the seven bells are seven of you guys and that creates some sort of sigil" Jane said "Five, shut her up" Allison said "Even if I wanted to, I couldn't" he said to her before he looked at Jane "Please continue, My Angel" he said "Thank you, Five" Jane said as she looked at him before she looked forward again "As I was saying, what if we're the seven bells that creates some sort of sigil to restore the universe. And there's always a opponent to prevent the heroes from saving the word. So...what if the thing that cut Diego's fingers off is some sort of creature that we have to get past somehow" she said "Great observation, Jane! But that may possibly be incorrect. Do not assume something you don't know" Reginald said "That was a stupid assumption" Allison said "I was trying to read between the line and use my brain, think outside the box" Jane said.

Partners in crime| F. Hargreeves (3) (Book 3)Where stories live. Discover now