Die With A Smile

1.8

The sound of glass shattered echoed as dust clouded over them, the boy lay motionlessly as the three Umbrellas stared with widened eyes. It was silent, none had the courage to walk forward. The limp boy made no movement, the sight of him startled them.

"Nico!" Allison cried out, cutting through her shock, kneeling down beside the boy whose face was covered in dust and blood.

Luther stared at the boy with widened eyes and with slow steps walked closer. He then grabbed the bottom of the chandelier and began to pull up. Not caring that the chandelier was ripping his clothes off, the man continued pulling up the decor. His once clothed body now displayed his large and very hairy upper body.

At the sight, Allison got up and moved a few steps back, her eyes widened in shock. The others shared the same look as they continued to watch.

Once it was enough, the man held the chandelier with one hand and with the other dragged the boy out. His once neat clothes were dirty with dust and blood, with skim cuts from bullets. Once he was out, the man dropped the chandelier, and sighed in relief seeing the boy's steady breaths.

When Luther looked up again he saw how the others were looking at him. How Allison was looking at him. He then glanced at the injured boy before taking his leave with rushed steps. Once he was gone, Vanya walked forward, where the three siblings loomed over Nico.

"Did you know?" Vanya asked, indicating the Luther situation.

"No." Allison softly said, shaking her head. Diego then mumbled something as he ran up the stairs. The sisters didn't question him as they tended to the boy. They brought him to the couch as Allison began to bandage him and handed Vanya a red handkerchief.

"Who were those people?" Vanya asked, watching as Allison tended to Nico. She held a guilty look as she saw his skin had spots of dried blood.

"I don't know. But we are lucky to be alive." Allison sighed, putting the medical things away in its white box.

"You sure you're okay." She softly asked, and the woman across from her nodded.

"Yeah... Nico saved me, twice." Vanya mumbled, but Allison was still able to hear. A soft smile graced her painted lips before it slowly dropped when they met the boy. Silence filled the room as Diego walked in with shaky breaths.

"Diego?" Allison called out to him, who turned to look at them, mostly at Vanya and Nico.

"What are you still doing here?" Diego asked, his breath ragged. It became slightly worse when he looked down at the boy.

"I'm just trying to help." Vanya meekly said, looking down at her lap.

"No, you could've been killed. Or gotten any of us killed. She is a liability." His tone was harsh, pointing an accusing finger at the woman. Allison was silent as she began to think, her eyes downcast as her mind flooded with thoughts.

"Allison?" Vanya asked, breaking the woman out of her small trance.

"I think what he's trying to say is that this kind of stuff is dangerous. You're just—"

"Not like you." Vanya finished off for her sister, who silently stared back.

"D-Don't blame h-her, please." Nico managed to mumble, the others looked down at him. His hand weakly held onto Vanya's, whose eyes held a glossy look. With a heavy heart, the woman gently pulled her arm away.

"No, that's not what I– Vanya, wait." Allison called out to her sister but was cut off once again.

"Let her go. It's for the best." Diego told her, his eyes never leaving Nico's. Who let out a shaky breath, his eyes fluttered closed.