Friend Of The Family

{{CHAPTER SIX}}

I walk behind Five as he knocks on Klaus' door and walks in "hey. Get up. We're going"

"Where?" Klaus questioned, messing around with some random yarn he had in his hands

"To save the world" Five replies

I scoff and shake my head "god, Five..." I mutter

"Oh, is that all? Great.." Klaus says, seeming a bit disappointed

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"So, pogo said dad killed himself to get us back together, right?" Five started, pacing around Klaus' room

"Yeah, so?" Klaus replied, putting a sock on

"So it got me thinking. I had to jump to the future to figure out when it happened, but dad, he can't time travel. So how'd the crazy bastard actually know to kill himself a week before the end of the world?"

"Fives, got a point" I add on

"Well you know.."

"Don't answer. That was purely rhetorical. Truth is, our whole lives, he's been telling us we'd save the world from an impending apocalypse" Five states

"But.. what about me? I'm.. I'm not even apart of your family" I ask as I look between Klaus and Five

Five just shrugs "family friend"

"I always thought he said that to scare us into doing the dishes" Klaus says

"Me too. But what if the old man actually knew it was going to happen?"

"Yeah, but knew how?"

"No idea. But the fact remains, his fakakta plan worked. We all came home. Since we're here, we might as well save the world"

"Oh, yeah? What, like, the two of us?" Klaus asked a she put a shirt on

"Uh, well, ideally, no, but.. gotta work with what I've got." Five replies

"Nice to know I'm not your first pick" Klaus mutters as we walk out into the hall

Then Diego runs into his room

"Where have you been?" Five asked

"Jail" he replied "long story. Where's Luther?"

"Haven't seen him since breakfast" Five replied as he glanced at Klaus

"Yeah. Two days until the world ends, he picks the perfect time to drop off the grid"

"Shit" Diego mutters "Allison's in danger"

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"Look" Klaus states as he points to Luther sitting with a drink in his hand "trying a little hair of the dog, are we? Hm?"

"Leave me alone" Luther grumbles, looking down at the mug

"Give us a minute" Diego says as he sits down next to Luther

"Alright. Come on. Maybe they'll brood each other to death" Klaus says as the rest of us walk over to another table

"Look, dad was wrong to lie to you. To all of us" Diego starts

"Look, I did my time. Alright?" Luther spat "four years up there, watching and waiting because he said the world needed me. Four years of nothing but soy paste and processed air because I was naive enough to believe that dads don't lie to their kids. But guess what? The jokes on me. I'm done. With all of it. With him. With you. With this family. With that random, Five brought with him. You wanna save the world, go right ahead. I'm fine to sit here to finish my beer and.."