chapter twelve
Prime walked into Griddy's Doughnuts as it was empty with no customers—She went over to the booth at the end and waited for her contact to arrive. Her contact wanted to meet a little later since she was behind her schedule, so it was late in the evening when Prime arrived.
The waitress walked over and smiled," Is there anything I can get you?"
"Just coffee, black, thank you," Prime said as the waitress nodded walking away. She then leaned on the table heard the door open and saw her contact walk in. Kay was wearing the usual shades and black mask to cover herself.
"P, it's good to see you," She said as she slid into the booth.
"I'd say the same, but I never have seen your face" Prime teased as she scoffed at her.
"Right, let's get to business, Klaus...— the last report my people have on him, was returning home last night, we don't have anything on him leaving"
Prime groaned, "So, that means—he probably got taken"
"Really? Aren't you guys like superheroes?"
Prime shook her head," Klaus's powers are different, unlike my other siblings, he was not the fighting type. He could defend himself, but definitely not from those who broke into our house. They held off all of us—they were not your average robbers"
"You said blue suits, right?" She asked and Prime nodded
"Well, according to my boss, we had a few reports on someone seeing these two people who have been causing a lot of trouble—the shoot out at that clothing store—and the death of that tow trucker male, heard of it?" Prime closed her eyes groaning remembering Five telling her a little about the clothing store when he went there to retrieve Delores.
"I heard of the clothing store one, any idea who these people are?" Prime inquired
"We don't know them, never heard of them, just about maybe 3 to 4 days ago, was when they suddenly popped up"
Prime sighed "The thing is, they are looking for one of my other brothers, so they could have taken Klaus hostage"
"I can connect you to someone in the force, you know of her, Patch" Prime looked at her shocked
"That—
"Yeah, the one who used to date your brother Diego, Dez, told me"
"I thought you guys don't work together? Dez was my contact to watch Diego, how did you—
"We all connect with the same boss"
"Ah, so I'm guessing you know about Ave and Vic?"
"Yep, the one that watches that celebrity sister and violinist sister"
Prime sighed, Her father was the one who introduced them. They were all from different backgrounds, but in the end, they were basically, another group that Reginald likes to keep. "How can Patch help me? She is all about the rules" Prime asked
"Not anymore, your brother Diego went to visit her, and after, she reported to a scene, where a Lab exploded. She seems to be under the care of something and she is the closest you got to these two masked people."
"In dark blue suits" The waitress walked over with her coffee, "I'm sorry, for eavesdropping, but did you say dark blue suits?"
Prime looked at her," Have you heard about them?"
"Um, yes, a male and female—the man, comes here often, are you two with the police?" She asked worriedly
"Oh, no, we work with them" Prime lied through her teeth
"Oh, the one working for the young boy's family?"
"Yes, did they tell or ask you anything about him?" Prime questioned
She nodded," They were curious about his tattoo"
"Tattoo? Did it have an Umbrella?" Prime asked slowly
"Yes," Prime smiled and got up from her chair pulling out money and handing it to her
"Thank you, so much, keep the change! Kay, where is Patch?"
"She should still be at the scene, I'll text you the directions," She said as Prime ran out of the diner. She headed to her car and got in as fast as she could and got the message from her contact and drove to the destination.
Kay sat in the diner as Prime left and sent her the directions through text. The waitress looked at the masked female and smiled as she walked away. The door opened and her eyes went wide at two people in dark blue suits.
"Shit" Kay muttered as they walked to the waitress and she pointed to her as she ran out of the building. The contact agent jumped on her bike and left.
She dialled for Prime and she picked up," P, the people are here at the diner, I'll follow them, I'll try and send you the details where they go, make sure to meet Patch"
"Got it, thanks Kay"
...
Prime arrived at the scene and hissed seeing the van, Five was driving. She parked her car and hid behind some trees to make her way over the Van unnoticed. She gasped as she saw what was written on the window from the dust debris of the explosion.
"Hey, you can't be here" Prime shot her head back to see Patch walking over to her.
"Patch," Prime said and the woman looked at her confused.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm sorry—I'm Diego's sister, and...someone said I could find you here," Prime mumbled lowly making Patch cross her arms
"Please, I need your help with this" Prime pointed to the van with the message, "They have our brother"
"The one missing?" Prime's eyes widened at her words.
"Yes, wait—what did Diego tell you?"
"Well your little brother is missing," She said
"Ah, yes, but my other brother is missing as well, he might have been taken, by whoever left this message"
Prime's cellphone rang and she picked it up," P, it's a motel" Prime repeated what Kay said.
Patch hummed and raised her hand signalling her," Luna Matar Lodge Motel" She looked at Patch as she reached the windshield for a pack of matches.
"Looks like we found where your brother is," She said
"Can I join you?" Prime asked and she looked hesitant," I have powers—you must have heard about my family" She didn't say anything and Prime begged," Please, I can't lose my brother"
She looked back at the scene and turned to her, "I'll meet you at the motel—can you wait until later tonight?" Prime bobbed her head as she walked away unseen.
Prime wanted to go there immediately, but the one thing Reginald taught them, was to never rush into a scene unplanned, and those two wouldn't kill Klaus, they were trying to lure Five so they needed Klaus alive—but Five was smart not to go.
Prime searched on her phone for the Motel and put the directions into her phone and drove off.
...
Prime arrived at the motel when the sun was nearly down and waited for Patch. She sat in the car as her legs and arm started to hurt.
"I hate guns—I can see it now, Diego" Prime whined as she thought about Diego always saying guns were for sissies, and honestly, She can finally agree with him.
...
There was a knocking on the car window and Prime opened her eyes and saw it was much darker than before. She glanced to see Patch standing outside and she gasped as she realized she was knocked out.
"Are you okay? Um—
"Prime," Prine said as realized she never told Patch her name
"Sorry, I got held back" She added
"Oh, that's fine, so why don't we check the place out for these psychos," Prime said as they walked towards the motel lobby.
Prime followed in with her and the worker was eating and Patch cleared her throat," I have reason to believe two wanted criminals are in this motel"
"Just two?" He said as Prime snarled at him
"We're gonna need to take a look around," Patch stated
He hummed and spoke," Mm This is a pay-by-the-hour kind of place," He chewed obnoxiously," My customers, they don't get four-star digs, but they do get complete privacy, from me and from the man"
He laughed," Pardon me, wo-man" He played as Prime narrowed her eyes at him
"That's bullshit" She seethed
"They're your rules, not mine. Think I ain't read the Constitution?" He teased
"I don't think you can read" Prine mocked as he glared at her
"Come back with a warrant" He added getting up from his chair and leaving to the back.
Prime groaned as Patch reached over the counter getting the phone,"I'm looking for Diego Hargreeves," She said
"Tell him Detective Eudora Patch called. I think I found his brother. Tell him to meet me at 4535 Calhoun as soon as he can. Uh, hold on, hold on. I, uh I could use some backup" She hung up as Prime raised an eyebrow
"Think I'm not enough?" She questioned
"Oh, no, sorry, it's just he was worried about your brother"
Prime scoffed," Yeah, he is worried about the other one, this one they have, is not on his list of worries" She retorted but sighed," But I guess we can wait, these two are not our average Joe's"
...
They waited for a while and Prime got fed up," Okay, Patch, we have to check, we waited long enough"
She sighed," Yeah" Prime walked out as Patch followed and they walked slowly listening to each door they passed. Some were unoccupied and some had just the average stayer of the night.
"Patch, if things get to shit—I want you to run," Prime said to the officer.
"No, I need these bastards," She said
"I know you're important to my brother. I can't allow you to get hurt, losing someone important to you sucks, and I can't have you getting killed because Diego somehow convinced you to do things his way," Prime said
"What do you—
"I have people who watched my brother for years for me. I know about your relationship, or what it was, I also know about how you like going by rules whereas my brother doesn't"
"I should have you arrested for invasion of privacy" She added
"You'll need my contacts for that, if you arrest me, you'll have nothing" Prime smirked cockiky at her as Patch tried to fight her smile.
"You two are definitely brother and sister"
"Really? I thought he and I were the least alike" she laughed quietly as Prime held her arm up
"Wh— Prine shushed her as she heard thumping. Prime waved her hand for Patch to follow her to the room they passed.
Patch looked back at the housekeeper not speaking but signalling her hand to give her the keycard. The lady looked hesitant but saw Patch's badge and gave it to her. She then ran off probably knowing it was dangerous and left her cart.
Patch then handed it to Prime as she opened the door and gasped at her brother Klaus who had tape over his mouth. He was only wearing a towel and he was covered in blood. He started to yelp as he nodded his head behind.
Prime reached over taking the tape off his mouth slowly," Primey" he yelped.
She slapped her hand over his face," I'm glad to see you, but please be quiet" She burned off his restraints as she pulled him in a hug," You're a moron, getting yourself kidnapped"
He chuckled returning the hug," knowing that you were the only one who cared"
"Of course, I told myself, 'I'll save Klaus even if it's the last thing I do'"
Patch tapped Prime's shoulder as she looked to see the bathroom door open slowly.
Prime pushed Klaus to the ground as Patch shot her gun," Police! Drop the gun, or you're going down!" She shouted.
Prime looked at the man reaching his hand out and throwing his weapon to the ground.
"I'm coming out—don't shoot," He said as Klaus reached for a jacket on the bed. The man walked out and she saw his face burning into her mind as she snarled. This was the one who injured Vanya.
Prime peered down at Klaus as he reached into the vent grabbing some kind of case. She didn't bother with him as she looked back at the man. Her eyes narrowed she noticed something was wrong—He went down to his knees and put his hands behind his head.
Prime heard a gunshot and gasped as she felt it pierce her stomach. She raised her hand making a shield as she covered Patch and her as the woman shot her gun multiple times.
Prime looked over to the vent and saw that Klaus climbed through it," Hazel, we have a problem," The woman said as she stopped shooting.
The guy got up and cursed," The briefcase!"
The two ran out and Patch caught Prime as she fell. Prime gasped as Partch called for her," No! No—
Prime coughed as she heard footsteps. Patch reacted by raising her gun as she pointed it and gasped, "Diego!"
Prime looked over to her brother running in as he saw her on the ground," Prime?!"
"She was shot, Diego! I'm so sorry, there was a lady behind her and—
"No, it's okay—let's get her to the hospital," He said as he lifted his sister. Prime hardly heard anything they said after as she started to go in and out of consciousness.
"Prime stay with me!" Prime heard Diego shout and it was the last she heard as she fell into darkness.
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