repressed love | ben hargreeves

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CHAPER EIGHTEEN

I held on firmly to Ben's hand as he led me straight through the passageway, Diego holding the door open on the other side. The room looked the same as the one we were just in, everything seemed backwards. Instead of there being a front of the buffalo, it was the back end, showing off its ass. How nice. We all filed through the door, taking in the surroundings.

"Let's never do that again." Viktor spoke, slightly out of breath.

"What, narrowly escape the apocalypse?" Allison asked.

"It's kind of our thing, isn't it?" Five added.

"There's something very wrong about that." Diego spoke, stalking the room with his gun.

"Same suite, just ass-backward." Lila spoke, Ben playing with the tail of the Buffalo.

"No hyperbole there." Five spoke.

"This is some hardcore Alice in Wonderland shit." Ben added in.

"Yeah, it only gets weirder." Diego replied.

Dad entered, out of breath, closing the door behind him. Where was Klaus? "At last, the other side."

"Wait, where's Klaus?" Viktor asked.

"Children, I'm sorry, but your brother...I did all I could, but he didn't make it through in time. The Kugelblitz has claimed its last victim."

"What?" I asked, disbelieved. Klaus is supposed to be immortal, how is he just gone?

"No, he was right behind me when I entered the tunnel." Five spoke.

"We need to go back," Sloane added.

"There's nothing to go back to." Dad answered. "Children, there will be time for tears later. Right now, we have to keep moving." He walked out of the room, expecting us to follow.

"Wait. Luther and Klaus?" Viktor asked.

We entered the elevator with Dad, pressing the button for the lobby. None of us could believe it. How could both Klaus and Luther be dead? We walked around, noticing how empty and dull the place was.

"It's magnificent." Dad gushed.

"You guys should've stayed here. This place is way nicer." Ben spoke.

"Lila and I barely got out alive last time. Remember?" Diego spoke, gesturing to his severed fingers.

"But I'm here this time, and the numbers are in our favor." Ben replied.

"Well, whatever it was, it was strong, fast, and super pissed." Lila recollected.

"Alright, so, whatever you do, do not ring this bell." Diego instructed, gesturing to the bell on the front desk. "Unless you wanna lose a finger or a tentacle."

"I'll take my chances–" Sloane began, wanting revenge.

"Don't!" Lila stopped her.

"Get out of my way."

"To take out this thing, we need to be in the right state of mind." Lila explained.

"State of mind? Do you mean, am I angry? Yes, I am angry. I want to kill whatever it is that hurt Luther."

"Luther isn't the only one that's gone." Viktor added. "We lost Klaus too. I'm angry, okay? We all are. We have to be smart about this."

"Yeah, when the time is right, we'll act." Lila replied.