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ROSE sat on the edge of five's bedroom window, peering down below at her brother klaus who was dumpster diving. "must be pretty desperate for drugs to go into the garbage for it" rose tells five who was currently getting changed. he sighs, walking towards the window, looking past rose's shoulder to his brother. "you ready?" he asks, rose nods taking a deep breath and maneuvering herself down the ladder to the alley, five following behind her. 'why do we have to take the window rather than the front door all the time' rose thinks to herself, carefully putting one foot beneath the other.
"damn it, where's dad's stuff! shut up! i'm trying to find whatever priceless crap was in that priceless box so that pogo will get off my ass!" klaus shouts to himself, throwing bags of trash around the alley. "i'd ask what you're up to, klaus, but then it occurred to me... i don't care." five states as rose jumps off the bottom of the ladder, walking up to the dumpster "hey!" klaus laughs "you know there are easier ways out of the house?" "this one involved the least amount of talking." five jumps down too, joining rose "or so i thought." he adds, standing next to rose with his hands in his pockets "hey, hey, hey, so... you two need any more company today? i could, uh, clear my schedule." he smiles at the two "though you were fantastic yesterday, we are more than happy by ourselves today, klaus" rose smiles back kindly "anyway, looks like you've got your hands full." five adds, turning around to head away. "oh, this? no, no. i can do this whenever. i'm just-" klaus falls into the dumpster with a loud clatter "i just misplaced something. that's all. oh! found it! thank god!" klaus takes a bite of the doughnut he had located in the trash "you're disgusting" rose sniggers, scrunching her nose up in disgust "it's delicious, i don't know what you're talking about" he gags, rose rolls her eyes and clicks her fingers, the doughnut flourishing into a green floret of broccoli "you're favourite. eat up you need the nutrition" she mocks, knowing that broccoli is klaus's least favourite vegetable. klaus stares at rose, taking a large bite of it, then spitting it out quickly in disgust.
"i'm done funding your drug habit." five declares, taking rose's hand as they walk away from their brother. "come on! you don't-. maybe i just wanna hang out with my brother and sister." rose turns back around to klaus, blowing him a small kiss "mi hermano y hermana" he shouts to them "mucho amor" rose shouts back before following five's lead and ducking to the passenger seat of the plumbing van, "i love you! even if you can't love yourselves!" klaus takes another bite of the broccoli as he watches rose and five open the car doors and sit inside, five starting the car and driving away with a cloud of smoke and squeal of the tires.
"what's on the agenda today?" rose asks five as they pull into a car space outside of the familiar prosthetics producer, meritech. "i have a feeling that mr bigg, may be hiding something." "so we're on a stake out" rose questions, looking at the large building "yep."
they both observe the front of the building, watching as several pedestrians walk past unaware of the danger that lurks over them, waiting to attack in the next six days. "there he is" five points out as rose sat forwards, watching as mr bigg enters the building, holding cups of coffee in his hand. rose sits back in her seat after seeing him disappear into the curious place.
"i have a question rosie" five asks, not turning away from the view of meritech "shoot" she replies, staring at the passers-by. "why didn't you leave?" rose sighs, crossing her legs as five turns to look at her. "well. our dear father thought it would raise a few eyebrows if fourteen-year-old girl walking around on her own. i wanted to leave all the bad memories behind so bad but i couldn't. i couldn't bear to leave behind mom and all the good memories i had there with everyone and you" she whispers, staring into five's eyes. rose had always managed to find comfort in them, even in some of her darkest days. "i'm going to get some coffee." rose whispers with a soft smile, opening the door and walking to queen's mini-mart which was on the corner of the street.
after paying for the two large black coffees with the very little amount of cash she owned, she exits the store, heading back to the plumbing van. rose opens the passenger door with her free hand, sitting inside and setting the hot cups of bitter black coffee in the cup holders. shutting the door, she turns her attention towards five who was looking out his window, shaking and breathing heavily. "five?" rose whispers concernedly, placing her hand on his cheek facing the window, turning his face around to meet her own. "are you ok?' she asks, looking at the boy all over to see if he was hurt. "yeah, yeah, i'm fine" he replies, taking a few steady breaths and placing something into his pocket. he picks up the coffee from the cup holder and rose takes her hand off his cheek. "where did you just go?" she questions not taking her eyes off him as he takes a long sip. "the old man was right. the effects time travel have on your mind are unpredictable." rose opens her mouth to say something but a tapping on rose's window alert both of their attention's to it.
luther. rose rolls down her window "go in the back" five orders as rose rolls her window back up. "where am i meant to go" rose and five both jump as klaus whispers from the back of the van "jesus christ klaus!" rose yells "sorry" he mutters as he moves aside so luther can fit in. luther steps into the van which causes it to almost tip over. after several seconds of moving about everyone finally gets comfortable. "you shouldn't be- how did you find us?" five asks luther as rose nods towards klaus who was currently trying to make music by banging a wrench on some pipes, completely oblivious to the stares from the three. five picks up a piece of trash and throws it at him, causing him to stop making noise "get out! you can't be here!" five screams at him. "we're in the middle of something" "i can tell you're in the middle of something. there's how do you say? sexual tension in the air" he says waving the wrench in the air "shut up klaus." rose warns as he puts his hands in the air in defeat. "any luck finding your one-eyed man?" he asks moving closer between the two "no" five whispers back "what's he talkin' about?" luther questions "does it matter? it's klaus" five assures, "he won't remember it when he comes off his high anyway" rose adds as five sighs.
"what do you want, luther?" "um, so grace may have had something to do with dad's death." "mom not grace" rose says sternly, staring at the man "so i need you two to come back to the academy, all right? it's important" rose and five chuckle "'it's important.' you have no concept of what's important." five spits. "hey! did i ever tell you guys about the time i waxed my ass with chocolate pudding?" klaus laughs, five and rose look at each other and sigh, trying hard to contain their laughter "it was so painful" "christ almighty" rose whispers, looking out the window. "what are you still doing here?" luther asks "what? i need an excuse to hang out with my family?" klaus defends "we're trying to have a serious conversation." "what, and i'm incapable of being serious? is that what you're saying?" "luther's got a point, you should get out." five intervenes between the two's bickering "we love you, but you're too high to be in this conversation" rose smiles at the man, klaus opens the door and gets out "fine!", he slams the door as the three sigh in relief.
"what the hell are you two up to?" luther inquires "you wouldn't understand." five scoffs "try me. last i checked, i'm the leader of this family" "well, last i checked, i'm twenty-eight years older than you." there was a short silence as luther looks at rose for her defence, "also, you don't exactly have the right mental capacity to beat him" "thanks" luther mutters, "you know what your problems are?" he says sternly, "really hoping you'll tell us" five scoffs, looking at rose who was just as disapproving. "you two think you're better than the rest of us. you always have. even when we were kids. but the truth is, you're just as messed up as the rest of us. we're all you two have. and you both know it." rose and five chuckle "we don't think that we're better than you, number one. we know we are. i've done unimaginable things, things you couldn't even comprehend. and rosie here was following me every single step of the way, even when i wasn't there." rose grins at his comment "just to get back here and save you all." a shop bell rings followed by the incoherent shouts and fast footsteps.
"hey, bitches!" klaus runs around the streets, dropping stolen goods every step. rose, luther and five follow his every movement in shock. klaus runs in front of a taxi causing it to stop as he runs as far as he can from the policeman. "now i'm starting to wonder if that was the wisest decision" five says, not taking his eyes off klaus "thank god we're not blood-related, hey" rose adds, doing the same as five.
