I Saw An Angel (No. 5)

Part 3

After the fight at Griddy's Five made his way over to Vanya's apartment to speak with her. Climbing through the window, Five looks around the small apartment before taking a seat in a chair facing the door. The lock clicks as Vanya opens the door, she goes to turn on the light but Five is able to switch on a lamp making her jump.

"You should have locks on your windows." Vanya rolls her eyes at her brother placing down her keys.

"I live on the second floor." Her words don't cause any changes to Five's expression who shrugs slightly.

"Rapists can climb." Vanya stares at the boy for a moment before turning around to close her door commenting on how weird Five is. Taking off her jacket she drapes it across the back of the couch before walking around to sit in front of Five, they stare at one another for a moment before Vanya's eyes turn concerned.

"Is that blood?" Clenching his fist in slight discomfort Five glances down at the blood on his collar before looking back at his sister.

"It's nothing."

"Why are you here?" Five sighs, sitting up straighter thinking about his words.

"I've decided you're the only one I can trust."

"Why me?"

"Because you're ordinary," Vanya's eyes turn sad at his words causing Five to rethink. "Because you'll listen." Vanya looks at Five's arm once more before standing up and making her way to her medicine cabinet. She grabs bandages, medical tape and peroxide before making her way back out to Five. Upon returning, Five pulls up his sleeve allowing Vanya to clean his arm and rebandage it.

"When I jumped forward and got stuck in the future, do you know what I found?" Vanya nods her head no, "Nothing. Absolutely nothing. As far as I could tell I was the last person left alive. I never figured out what killed the human race, but...I did find something else. The date it happens. The world ends in eight days, and I have no idea how to stop it." THe apartment is silent as neither speaks but soon enough Vanya stands telling Five she's gonna put on a pot of coffee. While waiting Five remember the day he disappeared, and remember just much he had wished he stayed.

Five and His siblings are standing around the dinner table waiting for their father. Reginald stands in front of his seat before giving a command to his children.

"Sit!" All 7 children do as he says and as dinner starts everyone starts doing their own thing. Allison and lUther sit across from one another giving each other shy smiles every once and awhile. Diego carves something into his chair while Klaus rolls another joint. Ben sits reading barely paying attention to his food while Five sits and stares at their father. After a couple moments Five has enough of the silence so he stabs his knife into the table catching everyone's attention.

"Number Five!"

"I have a question." Reginald keeps cutting up his steak as he answers Five.

"Knowledge is an admirable goal, but you know the rules. No talking during meal times. You're interrupting Herr Carlson" Fed up with his father's world Five pushes away his plate causing Reginald to look back up at him.

"I want to time travel."

"No."

"But I'm ready." Five pushes his chair back and stands up from the table, "I've been practising my Spatial Jumps, just like you said." To prove his point Five jumps so he is standing beside his father. "See?" Reginald however is unimpressed and continues to eat his food without looking up at the boy.

"A spatial jump is trivial when compared with the unknowns of time travel. One is like sliding along the ice, the other akin to descending blindly into the depths of the freezing water and reappearing as an acorn." Five purses his lips at his father's words.