Away with You - Five Hargreeves [1]

Chapter 8

Lance parked the car down the street from the lab. Five got out of the passenger seat and I followed.

"Do you smell... smoke?" I asked.

Five looked at me and began running towards the lab.

"Hey-!" I started sprinting behind the boy as he ran towards the smoke.

I ran into Five but he didn't budge. He was staring up at the burning building in shock.

"Hey, it's-,"

The burning building suddenly exploded, sending the two of us flying back into the air and onto the street below.

"Shit!" I groaned as I propped myself onto my elbows.

The lab was destroyed. Whatever hope we had of finding the person that that eye belonged to was gone.

Sirens could be heard. They were getting closer to us every second.

I struggled to push myself up onto my knees, but when I did, Five had put his arms under my armpits and pulled me up roughly. He blinked us back to the van we had spent the entire day yesterday in.

He opened the sliding door quickly before pulling out a couple bottles of vodka.

"What's that for?" I asked, eyeing up the bottles.

"We're going somewhere. Somewhere quiet," Five told me before grabbing ahold of my arm again.

We blinked away and we appeared in a library. A library?

"Why a library?" I asked as I followed him up some of the library stairs.

"Like I said, quiet," Five answered, laying down the bottles and looking around at the space we were in.

I sighed and sat down against a pillar, looking up at Five. I took a swig of one of the bottles and leaned back, crossing my legs.

Five had been muttering to himself for a while before finally giving up and sitting down beside me.

I handed him the other bottle and he took a sip.

"Hey, hey, watch this," I chuckled, reaching for his bottle.

"You have your own bottle," Five told me, keeping his bottle out of reach.

I frowned at him and sat back slightly.

"No, I just need it for a second," I told him.

Five sighed but reluctantly handed over his bottle. I smiled before raising mine to my mouth. I would take a swig from mine before putting the other bottle to my mouth. I continually switched bottles before Five took the bottle from me again.

~

After what seemed like hours, things became really fuzzy. Five was still leaning on the pillar, with his arm draped around my neck. I was snuggled into his side, still slightly awake.

I leaned my head back against the pillar and giggled. At what, you may ask? I don't know.

Five looked over at me groggily.

"What's so funny?" he slurred.

"Oh, Five," I laughed, waving him off.

My eyelids were extremely heavy. I leaned over and placed a kiss on Fives cheek before passing out completely.

~

"My place is closer. No one will look for them there,"

I opened my eyes slightly and saw Diego carrying me bridal style.

"Diego, what the heck?" I slurred while laughing.

Diego looked down at me and shook his head grumpily. I heard Five burp slightly and Luther looked down at him.

"If you vomit on me," Luther said angrily.

"You know what's funny? I'm going through puberty. Twice!" Five chuckled.

"Hey, hey, hey! I'm growing boobs again!" I slurred, throwing my hands up in the air.

"Oh! Keely," Five said as if he just realized I was there. "Your boobs are fantastic,"

"Don't gotta tell me twice," I laughed.

"Hey, did we drink the whole bottle?" Five asked, leaning over Luthers arm and looking at me.

"Duh," I slurred.

"Well, that's what you do when the world you love goes bye-bye," Five yawned.

"Poof," I mumbled.

"Gone," Five chuckled.

"Hey, what were you two talking bout?" I asked, looking up at the two men carrying us.

"Two masked intruders attacked the academy last night," Luther told me.

"They came looking for you two," Diego said, obviously annoyed. "So I need you to focus. What do they want?"

Diego gave me a light slap on the cheek but I groaned and closed my eyes, shaking my head.

"Hazel and Cha-Cha," Five grumbled.

"Who?" Diego asked, turning to look at Five.

"You know I hate code names," Luther added.

"Ah, the best of the best. Except for me of course," Five said.

"Hey! and me," I snapped.

"Sure thing," Five said while rolling his eyes.

"The best of what?" Diego asked.

"You know, Keely used to never drink," Five said thoughtfully. "Look at you now!" he finished off, laughing.

"Hey!" Diego yelled, turning around and looking at Five.

"Hm- yeah?" Five mumbled.

"I need you to focus. What do this Hazel and Cha-Cha want?" Diego asked seriously.

Five smiled up at him, not answering.

We just want to protect you guys," Diego said slowly.

"Protect us?" I scoffed.

"We don't need your protection, Diego. Do you have any idea how many people we've killed?" Five asked.

"No," I answered for him.

"We're the four frickin' hoursemen," Five spat. "The apocalypse is coming-,"

Five was interrupted by a mouthful of vomit. He turned over and threw up onto the ground beside Luther.