Playing a Dangerous Game

Betrayal is my last name

I leaped up out of my comfortable spot on the couch with Five. My heart is beating out of my chest.

    "Who the hell are you?!" Allison yells from the corner of the room.

    I swing around to the unfamiliar people in the room, two figures, one male, one female, both with animal masks on.

    Holy fuck..Cha Cha and Hazel.

    I look next to me and Five is behind me, hand on my waist and gun in his hand. Where the hell did he find a gun I don't know.

    I clear my throat as the adults look at me and put their weapons down.

    "Paisley, it's time to come home." Hazel's voice breaks through the mask and my body tenses up.

    "My home was never there..you know this." I stand up tall.

    "Oh come on Hazel, she won't leave willingly...and take the boy behind her with us." The woman formerly known as Cha Cha scoffs.

    I back away a little, into Five's arm and look them up and down. I shook my head and they came closer to me.

    "I'm sorry Miss Shay...I am." Hazel says as he attempts to grab me but movement stops as I hear a gunshot.

I gasp and look behind the adults in front of me and see Luther with a small gun in his hand.

"Fuck!" Cha Cha yells, holding her arm.

Within seconds, the room turns into chaos, with fighting and knives flung everywhere. I am in shock but then quickly take charge, throwing myself into the chaos and swinging on the villains of my story.

Cha Cha gets a hold of my arm and tries to swing me forward over her as I knee her in the stomach, I fall onto the table and cut my legs on glass that goes everywhere.

Suddenly, I feel yanked up by Five and he pulls me behind him.

"Don't fucking move!" He yells and then pushes me into the corner and sprints away punching Hazel off his feet as Diego pins him to the ground.

I watch in horror as Cha Cha punches Viktor in the face sending him backwards and Allison runs at them.

In a split second, I let myself shut down, I focused on the problem at hand and pointed my hands out to the fighting, thunder crackled and rain poured onto the house.

"Enough!" I scream.

The fighting slowly comes to a stop and the man and woman look at me, beaten and bloody.

"Touch another one of the Hargreeves and I will melt you both very slowly and painfully." I walk closer to them holding my hands up in the position too.

"Y-you wouldn't." Hazel stutters.

"Wouldn't I?" I smirk. "Leave, Tell my mom it's over."

It's silent for a second and then Hazel nods. "Come on Cha Cha."

The woman tries to keep the conversation going, but Hazel rolls his eyes and grabs her arm. They walk to the hallway, grab the briefcase, and walk back to me.

"I hope you know what you are starting Paisley." Hazel Whispers. "You know your mother...she won't stop."

I nod slowly and before I know it he's gone.

After a few seconds of silence in the room, Five runs to me.

"Are you hurt, Darling?" The boy in front of me examines my body, seeing the blood from the cuts on me.

I know we are getting weird looks from the rest of the family but at this moment I couldn't care less.

I break down into tears and shove myself into his arms. He hugs me tight and then swoops me up and carries me up the stairs and to my bedroom.

He lays me on the bed and his eyes look at me over, hurt and pain in his eyes.

I just know my eyes mirror his but way worse...I did this, I got them hurt, If I never came here, If I never got attached or even fallin in love with Five Hargreeves..as crazy as that sounds...none of this would have happened.

"I'm so so sorry." I cry out.

"Love, for what?" He patted my hair and scooted me closer.

"I did this, I caused this." I hiccuped.

He shook his head and comforted me. "You didn't do this, this isn't your fault, your mother is a horrible person..this is how she always has been."

I sniffle and hide my face in Five's t-shirt.

It went silent for a few moments before he spoke. "Look, I'm going to run you a bath, clean up, relax in the bath and I'll make you some food."

He quickly swooshes away from me and I hear the bathtub running. I exhale a deep breath grab a random pair of leggings and a hoodie and walk to the bathroom.

I see Five kneeling over the bath adding bubbles and lighting a candle.

I watch him, how is this the same man that for the past weeks..months has been saying he hates me and insulating me over and over again? This isn't hate...this was never hate, we were just too annoyed and dumb to admit it.

"Okay, the bath is done, enjoy and I will make you some bacon and waffles." He gets up, kisses my forehead, and closes the door behind me.

I slowly undress and dip into the warm bath, hissing at the burning sensation of my cuts.

I throw my head back once I get into it fully and sink down, letting the water consume me.

The plan I knew I had to do from the beginning was finally here. I know I have to do it, it will break the Hargreeves trust but it's the only way to keep them safe.

I could live knowing they are safe even if that means them hating me..right?

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About an hour later, the water was cold, so I decided to get out and eat some food.

"Hey, are you okay in there?" Allison's voice came through the bathroom door.

"Yea, I'm coming out, sorry for taking so long," I mumbled.

She told me it was okay and to take my time, I heard footsteps walk away from the door.

I put on my clean clothes and went downstairs to the kitchen. Before I could get there and someone noticed me I heard bits of a conversation that was happening.

"Oh come on Five, You heard them, The handler won't stop," Luther mumbles.

"Yeah so? We don't just give up on our family, she is now our family we have to protect her." Five takes up for me as I hear a cup clank onto the counter.

"I don't want to hurt the poor girl either Five, but what do we do? She is going to get us killed!" Luther raises his voice a little.

I blink a few tears away, he is right, I will get them killed. I have to do this.

I didn't walk into the kitchen, instead, I ran back up the stairs and to my bedroom, grabbing a piece of paper and writing on it.

I'm sorry Five, I have to do this on my own, it is the only way to save you and your family. I hope you can forgive me for betraying you. Don't come looking for me, because by the time you get there, it might be too late.

I hesitate to write my next line but I decide to do it.

I love you Five Hargreeves.

I grab the briefcase under my bed and place the note on my nightstand.

"No turning back Paisley" I whisper to myself.

I put in the information I need on the briefcase and then I feel the ground disappear, a feeling I have become way too familiar with.

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