Knife Boy. (Diego Hargreeves x Reader)

Chapter 8

I woke up. I was not on the couch. I sat up, my arm was still sore. Diego was sharpening one of his knives at the end of the bed. He looked over at me. "Look who finally decided to get up." I groaned and covered my face with my hands. "What time is it?" I mumbled. "Uhhh, 9:43 am." I removed my hands from my face and looked at him. "It's 9 am?" He nodded. "Almost 10 am now." I laid back down. "Wake me up when its 3 pm." "Fine. Enjoy your slumber." I said nothing and he left.

~Like 10 Minutes Later~

I decided not to go back to sleep. I got dressed and left his room. I was walking towards the stairs when I saw Grace but...Oh god damn. I Went to find Allison and showed her. "Holy shit." I bent down and took a closer look at her arm. "Who did this?" "Maybe the guys in the masks?" I stood up. "Maybe." I looked at Grace again. "Oh no." She looked at me. "What?" "Diego." Her eyes widened. I sighed. "I'm gonna get some breakfast." "Alright. Oh! How's your arm?" "A way lot better then last night. Its still a little sore but it's good. Thank you." "Of course." She went down the hallway and I went downstairs. I expected to see Klaus downstairs getting a drink but he wasn't. Hm. Weird.

I got myself a drink and decided to make some eggs. Allison showed Grace to Luther then they got into a fight or something I don't know I was eating eggs. "Hey. I'm gonna go find Vanya." "Alright. And by the way have you seen Klaus anywhere?" She thought about it for a minute. "Actually I haven't." "Weird. Anyways, See you when yo get back." She waved and I waved back. I went upstairs and saw Luther looking in Five's room and talking to Pogo. "Like I said Master Luther, Number Five hasn't lived in the room since he was a boy." I walked into Five's room and leaned against the wall. "Yeah I know, but we need to warn him. He doesn't even know we were attacked. He doesn't know they're looking for him, He doesn't know-" "What are you doing in here?" I looked over. I know Luther's gonna bring it up. "Uh. Do you know about mom?" I sighed loudly. Diego looked back behind him then back at Luther. "Well looks like you got what you wanted, one way or another right?" Why am I always in the middle of family arguments? "Wanna tell me what you're doing here?" "Looking for Five." "Oh let me guess you're gonna save the day." "Its what I do. Asshole." He turned around to leave. "Really? Last I checked you mopped floors." My eyes widened. "Luther stop-" Diego cut me off. "Now its fine. And what do you do Luther? Sit on the moon for four years, waiting for orders?" "Boys. This wont help us find Five." They ignored Pogo. How dare they.

"Keep on being a loyal soldier after everything our father did to you." "What you mean save my life?" "No I mean...Turn you into a monster." I looked at Diego and sighed. "Diego I swear to-" Luther punched Five's closet. Well then. "Can't hid it anymore champ." "He had a difficult decision to make and he made it." "Grow up Luther were not 13 anymore." "That's what leaders do, by the way." "He sent you on that mission all alone. Almost got you killed." I laid my head in my hands. "Yeah well t least he was there. Where were you? You and everyone else in this family? You walked out." "And thank Christ that I did, Or I would've ended up just like you. Let me ask you a question. When you watch one of these nature shows..." "Diego, please." Pogo tried to stop him. "Does it turn you on?" WHATDIDHESAYY? "So what? Is he just an animal to you know too Diego?" He pointed at Pogo. "Don't-" "Enough!" I lifted my head up as Pogo yelled. "This house was attacked. We barely got out with our lives. And Grace...she wasn't so lucky. Your brother is missing, and this is how you rise to this occasion? Take your nonsense elsewhere. Now." Alright number 1 on my list 'do not upset Pogo' alright great. "Sorry Pogo." "Yeah sorry Pogo." Pogo looked at me. "Go with them y/n. You will be the only brain in this mission." I laughed. "Sure Pogo. Bye."

I walked out of the room and Diego was waiting for me. I smacked him in the back of the head. "Ow! What the f-" "Really Diego? Really." He rolled his eyes. "You knew he was gonna get pissed at you." "Maybe a little bit." "Whatever. Let's just get going." We left.

We saw the van Five has parked. "This is it. He's still here. This is Five's van." We walked up to the van and Luther tried opening it. It was locked. Luther sighed and Diego looked at him like he was n idiot then he pick locked the door. 3 times they both tried getting in the van. Luther looked at him. "I'm one." Diego looked at me then opened up the back door and got in. I waited outside. Diego whistled and I poked my head in the door. He showed us Vanya's book that Five had written in. "I know where to find Five."

We got to the library. "Let's split up." "Wow good thinking." Me and Diego went left and Luther went right. We looked in every room, aisle, table we could find. Nothing. Luther came up to us. "Anything." "No." Luther turned around. "You wanna know why I left?" Another family thing? God damn. I turned around and sat at a table behind me. "What? What are you talking about?" Luther walked up to Diego. "Why I left the academy." "Yeah 'cause you couldn't handle me being Number One." Always has to bring that up. Always. "No. Because that's what you do when your 17. You move out, become your own person, grow up." "Oh yeah, your a real grown-up." "At least I make my own decisions. You've never had to hold down a job. Pay bills. You ever even been with a girl?" "I..." He cleared his throat. I snorted. They looked at me. "Sorry." Diego smiled but stopped when Luther looked at him. "I don't know what your talking about." "Look you wanna blame me, blame us for leaving...that's okay. But maybe you're asking yourself the wrong question. Maybe its not why we left. Maybe its about why you stayed." Luther walked up to him. "I stayed because the world needed me." Diego sighed. "You stayed because you couldn't let go of the way things used to be. The academy, dad. With Allison." Luther looked up then looked at the floor. "Dad's dead. Mom too now. Were orphans again dude." I stood up and looked over the railing. "And things are never gonna be the way they used to... be." "Do you ever stop talking?" Is that Five? "Uh guys?" I walked down the stairs and Diego followed. "Oh shit." Five was passed out with 'Delores' and is he...drunk? "Is he um..." "Drunk as a skunk."

Luther was carrying Five as we walked. "Well we can't go back to the house. Its not secure, those psychopaths could come back at any moment." "My place is closer. No one will look for him there." Five burped then sighed. "If you vomit on me..." "You know what's funny?" Five leaned his head back. "Aah! I'm going through puberty. Twice. And I...I drank the whole bottle didn't I? That's what you do when the world you love goes bye-bye. Poof, it's gone. What are you guys talkin' about?" Luther sighed. "Two masked intruders attacked the academy last night." "They came looking for you! So I need you to focus. What do they want?" "Hazel and Cha-Cha..." "Who?" Luther looked at him. "You know I hate code names." "Ah, the best of the best. Except for me of course." "The best of what?" Five ignored Luther. "You know, Delores always said she hated when I drink. She said it made me surly-" "Hey!" Diego turned around and stopped walking. "Hm. Yeah?" "I need you to focus. What does this Hazel and Cha-Cha want?" Five smiled and said nothing. "We just want to protect you." "Protect me. I don't need your protection Diego. Do you have any idea how many people I've killed?" I'm sorry what? "No. I'm the four frickin' Horsemen. The apocalypse is coming." He leaned behind Luther and threw up. Diego looked away.

We got to Diego place. Luther laid Five down on the bed and Diego put Delores in a chair. I sat in another chair. Diego walked dover to Five sleeping. "Funny. If I didn't know he was such a prick I'd say he almost looks adorable in his sleep." "Well don't worry, He'll sober up eventually. Be back to his normal, unpleasant self." "Yeah, I can't wait that long. I need to find out what his connection to those lunatics before someone else dies." (Oh your in for a ride Diego. Sorry) "All that stuff he was saying before. What do you think he meant by that?" Diego looked up. He put his hands up and we heard footsteps. He took his knife out and went to the door. He opened the door and got ready to throw his knife. "You throw another one of those goddamn knives at me, I'm pressin' charges." Diego put his arm down and opened the door more. "What do you want Al?" "I ain't your secretary." "Yeah." Diego walked down the stairs. "Some lady called for you, said she needs your help." "What lady?" "I dunno some detective." Me and Diego looked at each other. I stood up next to Luther. "Patch?" Al shrugged. "She needs my help..." "Diego can I come?" "No. Stay here and help Luther with Five." "She needs you to help her at the motel. A dump on Calhoun." "When?" "About a half an hour ago." Luther walked over to the railing. "Uh said she found your brother." Al walked away. Me, Luther, and Diego looked at Five then back at each other. "Well that didn't make sense." "Klaus." They both said. "Well no I have to come! Klaus is my best friend!" Diego looked at me. "No." Diego left. Damn it.