chapter eleven
SEVEN YEARS AGO
"Urgh—I hate being sick" Prime groaned lying in bed as Grace came in to take care of her.
"My dear, do you need anything else to cool you down?" She asked as she reached for her forehead but Prime lifted her hand stopping her.
"Mom, be careful you know how scorching my body gets when I get sick." She frowned nodding as she stepped back. Prime's bed had been modified to be fireproof since Ben's death. Her nightmares started the cause her body to overheat and she had destroyed over twenty beds because of it. Then, whenever she got sick, She'd usually had to be locked up in quarantine, but since the bed modification, She was allowed to now lay in her bed without destroying it.
There was a loud noise of Feedback whining filling the house with its noise. Prime groaned as she felt my head throb from the overpowering feedback," What in the world—
"Attention—Master Luther, Mission Alert, I repeat Mission alert" Pogo's voice sounded. It sounded serious as Prime sat up in bed feeling a wave of nausea fill her head.
"Prime dear, you mustn't—
"I just need to hear what the mission is if it's dangerous, Luther can't go alone" Prime cut off Grace and her mother hesitated as Prime tried to get out of bed.
"Please Mom, he's the only one left here—I can't lose him" Prime begged as Grace moved out of the way.
Prime slowly walked over to her father's study, nearly fainting a couple of times. Fortunately, she was wearing fireproof gloves to avoid burning anything she touched. When she got closer to the office, Prime heard him speaking to Luther.
"There's a biochemical substance, unknown, but dangerous, especially in the wrong hands, As my Number One, I need you to deal with the threat"
Prime rushed in holding herself at the door stub," Wait no!! you can't go alone! That's dangerous!" Prime shouted as Luther turned back
Luther looked at her worried "Prime! You shouldn't be out of bed—
"No Number— Return to your quarters! You are in no shap—
"Fuck off Dad! I'm not letting my brother go alone on that mission! He'll die!"
"Prime I'll be fine, I can handle myself—
"No number! Enough with this!
"But Da—
"Prime, let me go" Prime trembled as she shook her head as he looked at her pleading. He always had a hero complex that would kill him one day.
"I can't! I won't!" Prime's vision blurred as she fought off her nausea and argued stubbornly
"I'm sorry Prime," He said as she looked up but only saw a glimpse of Luther as she fell into darkness.
...
Prime shot up from the bed and she started breathing heavily," LUTHER!" She heard loud clattering and she jumped out of bed as she ran through and saw Grace and her father wheeling in her brother in a gurney. "Luther!!!" She ran over as Reginald glanced at her and looked away, ashamed.
Prime saw her twin brother mortally wounded. She followed them into the medical wing—and she scrutinized as Luther was wheezing and hardly breathing as she stood next to him.
"Get that gear off him" her father mandated Grace as she obliged tearing off his clothing.
"Paddles! Quickly!" Grace seized the defibrillator and used it and they all stared but nothing happened," Again" he said panicking. While Prime embraced herself as tears fell down her face. She was getting flashbacks of Ben's death. The haunting image kept switching from her twin to her late lover.
"Shit! I told you! I told you it was dangerous!" Prime turned and screamed at Reginald as reached to feel a pulse but uttered a profanity.
"Bring me the serum," He said as Grace stepped back
Prime inhaled at his conclusion, "What? Dad, are you sure?"
He looked at her with forlorn eyes and Prime shut her eyes as he called for Pogo who was standing there as he walked over to her father, handing him the Serum. Prime peeked at him as he held the Serum and looked at her as if he was asking for approval.
Prime bit her lip. She was hesitant and Luther might not forgive her, but she wanted him to live. So she nodded. Their father injected Luther and slowly pushed down the Serum into him.
He looked at them and said," Now we wait"
...
A few days later, Prime was sat in the Living Room with Grace after finally fully recovering from her cold. Her mother was humming as she was doing some needlework. Meanwhile, Prime was holding a glass of scotch in her hands as she tapped the glass waiting for her brother to wake up.
"Mom, the Serum should have worked right?" Prime questioned quietly
"Yes, your father never fails," She said as Prime grumbled about that statement, he failed to see Luther getting hurt at a mission that clearly said DANGER. She wanted to so badly say that but just held it in gulping down her beverage. Arguing with Reginald was something none of them ever won in.
"Ms Prime, I assure you he'll be fine" Prime veered around to see Pogo who was strolling in with his cane smiling.
"I hope so Pog—" She was cut off by shouting and it alerted her, "Luther!" Pogo looked at her as she ran past.
Prime heard the two following after her to the medical wing. Once she slammed the heavy door open,she saw her father standing next to Luther who was breathing heavily.
"Luther" Prime drew breath as he looked up at her, as she walked in.
"How— Reginald started to explain the Serum and Luther listened.
Prime walked over and clutched his hand as he tried to pull away but she shook her head. Their Father and the others left the room as Prime stayed with him, "I told you, not to go" She said as she started to shake.
"Prime—
"You MORON!!" Prime cried loudly as she punched his chest repeatedly saying "Stupid"
"I'm alive at least," He said as Prime ceased hitting him," Yeah alive, hairy, huge and STILL STUPID" She argued as he laughed
"It's not funny! I thought I lost you like Ben!!" He looked at her and choked. He had forgotten just how much trauma Prime went through over Ben. It was why she was so persistent in stopping him from going.
"Oh, oh...I'm sorry Prime, for making you almost live through that again"
"No shit, you asshole!" Prime grumbled as she sloppily wiped her tears away.
FLASHBACK OVER
Prime walked into Luther's bedroom with Allison as she sat on the bed. She reached over shaking him as he woke up with a snort. Prime tried not to laugh at the noise as he pulled out of Allison's grasp and turned.
"There's something you have to see," Allison said as she smiled at Prime walking out of the room.
He stayed in bed and turned and looked at his twin as she raised an eyebrow," Was that necessary? Get up you, big oaf and follow us—it's important." He gave Prime a look as she made a face at him walking out of his room. She faintly heard his bed creak as he followed her.
They reached Grace's station and Prime sighed seeing her. Luther looked at them and ran over kneeling in front of her, "I know I was arguing to turn Grace off, but it doesn't make seeing her like this any easier"
"Poor Diego," Allison said distressed and quietly," I mean, this is gonna be so hard on him"
"Hard on all of us, sis" Prime forcibly added
Luther walked passed Allison, "Luther" she called to him.
"Yeah?" Luther responded looking back at her.
She sighed and looked up at him," Are you okay? You know you can talk to me"
He shook his head being dismissive," I don't want to discuss it" He tried to walk away but she grabbed his arm
"Hey, no"
"Luther, don't do that, don't shut her out," Prime said finally speaking up and he looked back at her and then to Allison.
"When I left, you were still..." She looked at Prime and him," What happened?"
Luther spoke," Dad sent me on a mission and I failed"
Prime walked over interrupting," I tried to tell him not to go, both him and Dad"
"What about you?" She turned to me
"I was sick, but I tried Allison, I tried to not let him go alone, but this big oaf knocked me out"
"Wait a min— You what?!" She scolded Luther as he looked away ashamed
"Yeah, and because of that, he went on the mission and almost died" Prime glared at him, very much still bitter about the whole situation.
"I could have handled it myself Prime," He said stubbornly
Prime crossed her arms, cocking an eyebrow" Yeah? Well look how that turned out"
"Dad saved my life" He fought back
"Right, it didn't need to happen if you just waited until I got better! The damn mission was not worth as much as your life!! Damnit! I couldn't lose you! I told you!!" Prime shouted at him as her eyes started to tear up," It was already so hard losing Ben, and to lose you as well?! My brother, my twin" She stated as she hugged myself
"I'm sorry Prime, but—
"I get it, we already discussed this, end of the story," he shot him down and looked away from him.
It went quiet for a while when Allison spoke up, "Why didn't you tell me?" She sighed," I could have helped you through it"
"Because he's stubborn" Prime grumbled
"I don't need any help" Luther argued
"People are attacking our family" She replied.
Prime sighed and walked past but they called out to her and she turned, "What?"
"Where are you going?" Luther asked
Prime crossed her arms staring at them firmly, "Well, Klaus is not here, I need to look for him"
"He's probably doing whatever he does," Allison said and Prine glared at her tightening my crossed arms
"No, Klaus always tells me when he leaves, last night, he was not around the entire fiasco, so I'm worried he got hurt, or something happened to him"
"What makes you think that? Also, Five? why are you not worried about him—"
Prime cut Luther off "Because Five, knows what he's doing, and he can protect himself, whereas Klaus can't"
"But you're still injured," Allison said as she walked over to her.
"So what? Our brother is out there possibly hurt while all of you seem to not care about his wellbeing. There has to be one of us who gives him the time and day. I'm not going to lose another brother" She bitterly spat walking away not caring that her leg was throbbing with each step.
She eventually, left the house going into her car. She then pulled out her phone dialling for any of her contacts who always kept an eye on Klaus for her. She sat in the car behind the wheel as her phone rang and it clicked.
"P, what's up?" The contact said as she picked up
"Hey, Kay, I need your help, my brother is missing"
"Shit? Tell me what happened" She said
"Two intruders who were wearing, I think mascot heads, came in the Manor shooting up the place, they seemed to be wearing dark blue suits"
"Ah, I see, meet me at Griddy's, I'll bring my files so we can check through them"
"Thanks, Kay," Prime concluded as she hung up.
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