born ready, f.hargreeves [1]

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The lovers sat in silence as Hazel left their home, Kali's hand resting on top of Five's. The boy slowly turned to Kali, placing a finger under Kali's chin, causing her to turn to him. Before Kali could question him, he threw his soft lips onto hers. "Finally alone, with nothing dangerous looming over us, perfect," He muttered against Kali's lips.

Their lips moved together as Five grabbed Kali's waist and placed her on his lap before jumping to his room. As they landed on his bed, their lips didn't break from each other as Five swiped his tongue over Kali's bottom lip, causing her to moan as Five slipped his tongue into hers.

Five tangled his hands into Kali's long, red hair, pulling her closer, though it wasn't possible. Kali placed her hands on his shoulder, slowly pulling him away, "Diego,"

Five continued to press his lips against hers, answering quickly, "What about him?"

"He's going to wake up in a minute," She replied pulling herself away from her boyfriend, "Go," She ordered, Five whined before jumping back to the living room.

Kali walked slowly to her twins' room but before she could reach the door, Klaus stumbled out. He looked around, his eyes finally landing on her,

"Come on," He said quickly, grabbing her hand before dragging her the other way, "It's Vanya," Kali looked down, the memories flashing through her mind, Klaus stopped and placed his hands on her shoulder, "I'm sorry. But Luther has locked her up,"

"What?" Kali shouted, "Where?" Klaus quickly took her hand and dragged her to the basement where Diego and Luther stood, waiting for Vanya to wake up,

They stood in silence as the lights inside the large, grey cage, flickered. Then Vanya pushed herself on the narrow window, slamming onto it, though they could not hear a thing she was saying.

Klaus grabbed onto his twin's hand, needing comfort more than she did. "You locked up our sister because you think she has powers," Diego argued,

"No, I know she does. Pogo told me," Luther argued back, stepping away from his siblings, though he was willing to stand his ground, "He's always known. So did Dad,"

"Why would they hide this from us?" Diego asked back and Kali bit back a comment, she knew how much they would hide, "I mean, am I the only one that didn't know this place existed?"Kali couldn't answer again, she knew. She knew of the many tunnels that snaked around this one, she knew none of her siblings knew about them though. She didn't want to end up like Vanya, so she kept quiet.

"He hid so much from us," Klaus muttered, squeezing his sister's warm hand,

"He hid it because he was afraid... of her," Luther answered back, Klaus noticed his sister's hand growing warmer by the second, and the tears that she was fighting away,

"That's ridiculous," Kali bit back, she didn't bother to completely turn to her bigger sibling, not wanting to face him,

"Is it? Dad's lied about everything else, why is this so far-fetched?"

"If you're right, then maybe she's the one who killed Peabody," Diego commented, his eyes not straying from Vanya,

"And cut Allison's throat, tried to drown Kali," He turned to the twins, hoping Klaus's protectiveness would force the druggie to his side,

"Whoa, no. Let's... I ju- sorry, just, let's go back, all right?" Klaus stopped, looking between his twin, who was looking at the floor, and Luther, who was staring him down, "This is Vanya we're talking about. Our sister. The one who always cried when we stepped on ants as kids."

"Yeah, I know. I know it's difficult to accept--" Luther began, trying to normalize the situation,

Klaus, however, cut him off, "It's not difficult to accept, it's impossible to accept," His voice was raised and sharp,

"No, he's right. Look, we can't keep her locked up without proof," Diego agreed, his head snapping to his bigger brother,

"Wh- What more proof do you need?" Luther stuttered, pointing to the panicking woman,

Klaus pointed to the door as he spoke, "Why don't we just open the door and ask her?" Klaus moved to the door but Luther quickly grabbed him and pulled him back,

"No, she's not goin' anywhere," He argued back,

"No, even if you're right, she needs our help, and we can't do that if she's locked in a cage," Kali answered back,

"Yeah, and for all we know, she might be struggling with this new power," Klaus backed his sister up,

"I mean, it must be scary. Terrifying, really, to discover that you can do something that you never thought you could do," Kali backed him up, though she was barely on topic now, something her twin picked up immediately,

"Look, if what Pogo told me is even half true, then she is not just a danger to us. " As Luther finished to speak, soft footsteps echoed from the tunnel and all four siblings turned to see Allison stumbling closer, "Allison, what are you doing down here? You should be in bed,"

Allison took the lid off her pen before scribbling down on the yellow paper. In capitals, she wrote 'LET HER GO'

"I can't do that. She hurt you. She hurt Kali," Luther argued back, his eyes soft and his voice quiet,

Allison shook her head before writing again, 'MY FAULT'

"I'm sorry, but she's staying put," Luther made his final decision, though Allison shook her head, trying to push past the giant though Luther easily kept her still, "Just until we know what we're dealing with,"

Allison tried to push past him again but Luther stopped her, earning Allison to shove his chest as Diego, Klaus and Kali stepped out of the tunnel,

"What was that about?" Klaus whispered as they made their way back to their room,

Kali sighed, grabbing her brother's hand and taking him to her room, "I have something to show you," She held out her little notebook and passed it to him slowly.