Invisible String | Five Hargreeves

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You walked through the hall besides Five when he abruptly stops in front of Sloane and Luther's room. "What's wrong?" you ask him turning to him. "There's something I need to tell you and the others. Something I saw last night." He says, bringing you with him into the suite. Luther sat in front of the window staring at the sky filled with dark red clouds.

"Hey." Five greets his brother. Luther turns, you wave at him. He waved back turning back around to the window. "Hey, how long do we have left?" Luther asks. "A couple hours. Could be more, could be less. Where's Sloane?" Five asks. "Raiding the wine cellar for our end of the world party." Luther responds. "So I guess you guys know which way you're voting." Five says pacing around the room. You take a seat on one of the couches. "You two are more than welcome to join us." Luther says. "I'm still on the fence on that one. I saw something last night that I was not supposed to see." Five begins to explain. "Diego and Lila. Yeah, they do it on the stairs sometimes." Luther says. Five cringed and you laugh immediately covering your mouth. "No, I saw Dad. He was in his room with someone. He was making some kind of deal. Before you ask, I don't know what the deal was or who it was with. Everything is a blur." Five explains.

You look down at the floor concerned. Could it had been Ben? "Wasn't me or Sloane. We were, uh, busy doing other things last night." Luther says. "Yeah, I get it, Luther. Thank you. Everyone was boning everyone last night." Five says avoiding your gaze. You felt your cheeks heat up. "Wait, Ben hooked up with someone? Hold on, did you and y/n– ?" Luther says. "Focus, please." Five interrupts him. "That story about the bells? There's something Dad's not telling us. Think about it. When has the old man ever been straight with us?" Five explains. "I don't know. He was ruthless in our performance reviews." Luther says. "He always gave me five stars." "Really?" "Look, I'm old enough to trust my instinct, and it's telling me this is a trap." Five extends his hand to you which you take standing from your seat. "Food for thought." He says walking away with you in hand, leaving Luther with his thoughts.

As you make you way to the buffalo suite to help Five recollect his memory, you couldn't help but be deep in your head. "Do you think it could've been Ben?" You ask him hesitantly. Five sharply inhales. "Could be, I'm not entirely sure. What do you think?" He asks you. You enter the pink suite staring at the buffalo head displayed on the wall. "Could be, I mean I wouldn't be surprised. Disappointed? Yes, but not surprised." Your say not being able to meet Five's eyes. However, you felt his sharp gaze on you as you spoke. "He's always been a yessir type of guy with dad. Always doing as he said in order to please him. He seeks his validation, he always has." You explain. "So you think he's for sure going with him?" Five was now pacing around the room. "I know he is, wether it was him who made the deal or not. And I'm sure he'll try to convince Sloane and I to go as well." You finally turn to Five, who stops pacing as he looks up at you. "Would you go with him?" he asks with a hint of worry in his tone. You shake your head. "Of course not. You said it yourself, we're a packaged deal now. If you stay so will I." You give him a saddened smile. He returns it nodding, going back to his pacing.

***

You sat on the staircase in between Sloane and Viktor. Your attention was on the ground as you yanked the lose strings coming from the carpet. "I think you can all guess which way I'll be voting." Allison begins. "We've all been through a lot. We've all lost people." You couldn't help but look up glaring at her. "But their deaths have to mean something. Which is why I'll be voting to go with dad." She says. Lila walks down the stair case. "What she said." She tells Diego. "Let's go save the bloody universe!" She says raising her fist. "Woo-hoo!" Klaus cheers. "All right, well, since she said yes, I vote stay." Diego says making his way to the staircase. Lila scoffs staring at him in disbelief. "How's that for nice?" Diego says not breaking eyes contact with her. "You're not being serious." She says. Your roll your eyes at the couple's tension. "It's his vote, Lila." Allison tells her. "Klaus?" "I am with Father." He says. "Hm." You watch as Reginald turns to Ben. He gives him a nod confirming what you knew. He was going with him.