CLOUD TO GROUND ☂︎ FIVE HARGREEVES

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A sharp knock at the front door broke the peaceful moment, drawing their attention.

"I'll get it." Five got up, drink coming with him.

"Okay." Hypatia took a sip of the bright green beverage, cringing a bit at the sweetness. The slight burn of alcohol hit her throat, reminding her to drink it slowly. She wasn't quite sure how this body would react to alcohol and she'd decided she'd find out carefully.

Five returned to the lounge fairly quickly, followed, to her surprise, by Hazel. The assassin entered the room, gun in hand, but didn't seem particularly interested in shooting anything.

"You're here to kill me?" Five sat back in his seat at the bar.

"Oh, shit." Hazel awkwardly put the gun away, surprised by its presence still in his hand. "Sorry. Old habits."

"So, you aren't here to kill anyone?" Hypatia asked curiously, hazarding another sip of her margarita.

He shook his head. "I can understand why you might feel that way, you know..."

"Well, you attacked our house, tried to kill my family, and kidnapped my brother."

"We'll, there's not much I can do about the past. Don't forget, I'm not the only killer in this room. You got the definition of a bloody history, pal." Hazel retorted. "Speaking of which, that job you did in Calhoun, that shits legendary. Can't believe I'm actually sittin' here talking' to you, after all-"

"Hazel, why are you here?" Five finally interrupted.

"Well, you know I'm-" Hazel didn't get to finish his sentence as he was thrown to the floor by a kick from Diego.

"Diego, stop!"

"What the hell?"

Even after cries of protest from the others in the room, Diego flipped through the air, landing several more painful looking kicks to Hazel.

"You know, before you kill him, you might wanna hear what he has to say." Five suggested, only to be completely ignored.

By now, Hazel had gotten back to his feet, and the two men began to scuffle, each successfully landing hits on the other.

"I'm going to kill you for what you did to Patch." Diego spat, whipping out one of his knives, Hazel sending a urgent look towards Five.

"We should probably help him, right?" Hypatia asked as Diego sunk a knife into Hazel's leg.

"Hold on. I wanna see this play out a little longer."

It was clear Diego had the upper hand, inflicting far more damage on his opponent in his revenge fueled attacks. Hazel was able to regain some ground for a moment, pinning Diego's arms and lifting him off the ground, but it quickly backfired as Diego sunk his teeth into his ear.

"This plays out any longer and your gonna have a dead body on your floor, and I am not helping with that."

Finally, Five spacial jumped away, Hypatia catching his margarita which he'd left hanging in mid-air. Grabbing a glass serving tray, he smashed it over his brother's head, knocking him unconscious. "I draw the line at biting."

As Hazel shook the shattered glass out of his hair, Five walked back to his seat at the bar, taking his margarita back from Hypatia as he did. "Hazel, whatever you came here to say, I suggest you make it quick, before he comes 'round."