|Doppelgänger| Five Hargreeves

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟖

 We were all back at Luther's place once again, trying to figure out what the hell was happening to us and why our powers were back. Though, the discussion wasn't going anywhere, since at some point, they all just started arguing with each other, with the exception of me and Five, who were sitting at the couch just thinking by ourselves.

Actually, thinking for me was a bit too hard at that moment. My head was still throbbing in pain, all I could do was hold it tightly as if it would do something. The shouting of my siblings only stopped when Viktor came into the room.

_"Someone explain what the hell is going on here quick."-He looked like a mess, just like the rest of us. I took a deep breath, feeling my headache get just a tiny bit better now that the loud noises were over.

_"Well, Viktor, that's what we're all trying to figure out."-Five answered him.

_"Oh God, don't look at me."-Luther spoke, covering himself with his hands. For some reason, his body was back to being what it was, which means, half primate.

_"No one's blaming you, Luther."-Diego said, rolling his eyes at his brother.

_"No! I mean, don't look at me! I'm hideous!"

_"Look, at least you're back to your old self, alright? The rest of us feel like someone injected motor oil in our veins."-Five told him, and I grunted in pain. I felt the boy by my side pulling me to lay on his shoulder.

_"It's so strange. Because I, for once, feel fantastic."-Indeed, Klaus seemed to be the only one not feeling sick in any way. Surprising, considering he was a germaphobe and should probably be feeling sick too just by association.

_"Yeah? Well, you think you got problems? Look at this."-Lila said, her eyes having such deep dark circles that it was pretty concerning.

_"Oh, wait. No!"

Before Diego could stop his wife, she decided to activate her powers, and her eyes suddenly shot lasers through them. Instead of just keeping herself still for the sake of...anyone and anything there, she moved her head, causing the lasers to cut and burn through the wall, making us have to duck down and scream to not lose the top of our heads.

_"Hey, hey, hey, hey! Not inside!"-Luther shouted for her to stop, which she managed to do, but it was a bit too late now for the house. My brother looked around in shock, seeing his home now more destroyed than it already was.

_"What the hell?!"

_"I'm sorry-"-Before she could finish her apology, she accidentally powered up again, and I let out a yelp in surprise, hiding my head in my hands.

_"Turn it off!"-Luther screamed, this time much more irritated.

_"I don't know how!"-She responded, and seemed to stay still for a second. Then, the laser was finally gone. For good, this time. Hopefully.

_"There. Ooh. Sorry."-Lila looked around to see the destruction she had left. I looked down at myself just to make sure I still had all my body parts.

_"Be careful!"-Five told her, displeased with the event.

_"How do you do that?"-Diego asked. I was curious too. That wasn't her power before, after all.

_"A gun to my head, I couldn't tell you."

_"Why did our powers change, and why do I look like this again? I'm supposed to be super strong, not super ugly! I wasn't born like this!"-Luther pointed out. After watching all those scenes, I had a theory for it.

_"I think your body this time is an evolution of your power. Super durability. Just like Lila also evolved and now has laser eyes."-And just like I was able to turn invisible again. Reginald experimented on both me and Luther in other timelines and ended up giving us a taste of how our powers could develop, but he did it "artificially". This time, we developed again, but straight from the marigold consumption. At least that's what I think was happening.