chapter sixteen

"I'm sorry—Am I the only one that's sceptical here? I mean, how exactly do you know all of this about what's his name?" Allison said and Prime narrowed her eyes to Five who seemed to be groaning.

"Harold Jenkins," He said sounding a little pained.

"Five?"

Prime asked quietly and he looked at her waving it off," Just from the fall, just sore" He said and She hesitated but didn't question further as he spoke," You know those lunatics in masks who attacked the house"

Klaus scratched his head, "OH yeah, I think I remember those guys"

"How could I forget, they shot me four times" Prime seethed angrily

"Yeah, the ones that attacked us while you were getting drunk," said Diego

He just shook his head," Yeah, them, they were sent by the Temps Commission to stop me from coming back - and preventing the end of life on Earth"

"The Temps what?" said Allison confused

"My former employer—they monitor all of time and space to make sure that whatever is supposed to happen happens. They believe the apocalypse is coming in three days, So I went to Commission headquarters and intercepted a message that was meant for said lunatics "Protect Harold Jenkins" So he must be responsible for the apocalypse"

"What do you mean, protect time and space?" Allison said

"Where is this Hazel—Five?" said Diego

"My skin is on fire" added by Klaus

"Do you have any idea - how insane this sounds?" Allison whined

Prime looked at Five as the four kept throwing questions and noticed he was looking down his stomach again but then shot his head up," You know what else is insane? I look like a 13-year-old boy. Klaus talks to the dead, and Luther thinks he's fooling everybody with that overcoat. Everything about us is insane"

"It always has been" Prime summed up

"They got a point there" Klaus spoke

"We didn't choose this life, we're just living it. For the next three days, anyway" Five specified

"But the last time we tried to stop it, we all died. Why is this time any different? Why shouldn't I go home to my daughter?"

"Because Five is here, that's why and he has the name of the man supposedly responsible," Prime said stepping forward as they all shared looks as Five sighed

"Guys, we actually have the chance of saving the lives of billions of people—Including Claire"

"You know her name?" Allison said baffled

"I do, and I'd like to live long enough to meet her," said Five and almost immediately Allison agreed

"All right, Let's get this bastard"

"You had me at Gerald Jenkins"

"Harold Jenkins" Prime corrected Diego sighing and shaking her head

"I've already lost one person this week, I'm not losing anyone else," Diego said referring to Grace and walked to the living room entrance.

"Luther?" Five asked

"I'm gonna stay and go through Dad's files. I still think this has something to do with why he sent me to the Moon" Prime grit her teeth as she wants to tell him the truth, but she can't.

"Seriously? Now you wanna make the end of the world about you and Dad?" Diego argued

"No. Watch for threats. That's what he told me. Do you think that's a coincidence? This all has to be connected somehow" Prime gripped her fist and frowned

"Prime are you okay?" Five said looking at her and she shot her head up as they all looked at her.

"I—Yeah, just, my stomach is hurting, the wound is still fresh" Prime lied

"I told you, I should have taken you back," said Diego

"Oh, forget it, I'll just need to rest, I'm sorry Five" I apologized as he shook his head," It's fine, go, you need it, we can handle it" She nodded walking past him to the stairs.

...

25 YEARS AGO

Prime was sitting in the medical wing as she was being examined by her father. She was currently being quarantined as she was unable to control her Pyrokinesis.

She set almost anything on fire when she got angry, sad, and even happy. Her emotions were in control while she was not.

Grace, who has been the children's mother for one year now, was next to the young Prime who was being quarantined just outside her dome.

"My dearest, you need to find the switch," Her mother said as she stood outside of the fireproofed dome that Prime was sitting in.

"I can't! Mommy let me go! Please let me go!!!!" Prime screamed as her hands went into flames as she slammed her hands on the clear wall

"No Number! Find the switch!" Her father said harshly as she cried and cried.

The young Prime, only 5 years old, scared, and horrified, of herself. The switch, she didn't understand what it meant.

She shook as she cried," I don't know what switch!" her voice cracked as she leaned on the wall breathing heavily"

"Then I cannot let you go," Her father said as she slid down to the ground crying as he left her in the dome walking away. She watched him leave as she silently sobbed.

A few months later, she was able to leave the dome, only to eat meals, and get proper hygiene, she was put back inside for her to find the switch but still no progress.

...

PRESENT DAY

Prime ambled into the medical wing, which had not been used since Luther's near-death experience years ago. She walked to a wall she knew well and pushed it in it made a click as she saw the familiar dome—She hated with her life.

It was her quarantine.

She sat on the chair in front of it as she saw flashes of her being locked in there, multiple times. It first started, when she was 5 years old when she couldn't control her Pyrokenisis, Reginald locked her in there to find her switch.

Prime tilted her head and saw blocks of wood on the ground and lifted them with her powers as she grit her teeth and smashed them together and let the damaged wood fall to the ground.

"Ms Prime?" Prime turned slowly to see Pogo looking at her shocked that she was in the room," Oh, hey Pogo"

"I must say, I'm surprised you are in here," He said and Prime furrowed her brows," I should say the same, what brings you in here?"

He chuckled as he walked over," I must confess, I often come here, since this is where I first met you, and I feel guilty for making you lie to your siblings"

"So, you come here? Why?" She interrogated him

"It was where you and I did not have a lie between us" He confessed

"Why do you still follow his orders? Even after he died?" She asked," Can you just remove it? You just have to tell me to Pogo, please—

"I can't, they are almost ready, to know the truth, please wait a little longer" He begged

"But Pogo, it's painful, and then there is the one with Luther, I—

"He found out" He cut in and Prime gasped," How?"

"I told him—about the floorboard," He said turning to her looking hurt.

"He deserved to know that," Prime said

"Yes, but your father loves you all, in his special way"

"No Number, was my name, because dad did not want me to feel connected to them, so he could control me, I'm not sure if you call that love" Prime's jaw tightened, "A father does not let his daughters lie for our brothers, Allison and I both, have a secret from the others, and look where it got us. Vanya practically hates us, and we can't tell her that she is SPECIAL, but Dad was afraid of her powers, just like how he was with mine, but I was able to be controlled, and it was because of the serum he used on me Pogo"

...

25 YEARS AGO

An exhausted Prime lay in her quarantine, as her mother picked her up in her arms bringing her to the surgical bench. She laid Prime on it as she looked up at her Mom, who was not smiling, the smile she always wore, was not present on her face.

"Is it time for me to get out Mommy?" Prime asked weakly to her Mom

"It is my dear," She said caressing her cheek, but she stopped when a cleared throat was heard. Prime looked over to her dad as he was wearing his medical outfit, in his hand was a red serum.

"What is that Dad?" She questioned as he looked at her

"This is a curated power, one I invented myself, it will be for your mind manipulation. it's going to help you" Prime nodded as she did not understand what it was going to do to her. He injected the needle into her neck and she gasped in pain as her Mom held her in place.

The Serum, Vulnerable Brainwashing, which he had invented, has the power to allow the one injected to be brainwashed, with the words "You mustn't" similar to the powers of her sister Allison, where she can brainwash a person saying "I heard a rumour", but in reverse.

Once the Serum went into her body, her father spoke," You mustn't lose your control on your fire" Prime breathed in as she repeated," You mustn't lose control on my fire" Her eyes turned red for a moment then back to her normal; green ones.

...

PRESENT DAY

"When I got older, when I understood what the switch was, it was too late. I had new powers, which were not mine, to begin with, it's the reason he didn't give me a number, was because he knew my mind was vulnerable. He knew that the serum would only work on me, not because I'm "ordinary" like Vanya or "Special" like my siblings, its because I was "Naive" and it took me years to see the truth of why he gave me the name No Number," Prime said as she touched her neck

"I was now able to be controlled, and I was raised to hold all of the truth, all of father's secrets and lies" She stated," Pogo, I want to be free from it, even if they hate the truth, I can't live to be the secret holder any longer"

"I promise you, it won't be any longer," Pogo said

"I hope so Pogo because if the world is really ending, I want to at least live the last three days of it, not hiding the truth"

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