CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: GOING ON A ROAD TRIP

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Five woke up before you, he was a light sleeper, he had to be when he was younger due to random training sessions, in the apocalypse whenever random storms came on, and when he was in The Commission in order to keep himself alive. He would wake up with the single sound.

He turned his head to look to the left to see you laying asleep next to him. He smiled as he pulled you closer to him before falling asleep again.

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You opened your eyes to the bright sun shining through the window and into the room.

You turned around to see Five already up, he was standing by his bed, taking some clothes on.

You couldn't help but stare as you watch your boyfriend taking his clothes on.

"You are staring" he said "Nope I'm not" you said and he smiled before he turned around so he was facing you "Do you like the view?" he asked and you rolled your eyes before you got up.

"Let's just go down" you said before you also started getting dress.

Five put on some black jeans and he put a white T-shirt with dark blue checked on and a white shirt underneath, he put on a light brown vest and put a fedora on his head. The fedora was checkered blue with a black band around it and a small feather on the left side.

You got dress into a white T-shirt and some dark blue shorts and some blue sneakers.

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Diego and Klaus was sitting by the table, looking at the boy name Stanley who was taking food from the buffet.

Klaus then looked at Diego "That little delinquent is your son?" he asked "Allegedly my son" Diego said and Klaus laughed "That's so funny!" he said.

Five looked at Stan as he walked over to the others, carrying his mimosa drink in one hand and his other hand tucked into the pocket of his jeans while you were walking next to him, holding a glass of juice.

"Wait, who's...Who's the mother?" Five asked Diego as he looked over at Stan.

"Lila" Diego answered "Excuse me?" Klaus asked as you all widened our eyes "Whoa, I should have expected that" you said as you sat back down on your chair.

"What the hell Diego" you said as you looked at Diego "Whoa, Lila's here?" Five asked "Was. She dropped him off in my lap last night then bolted" Diego said "I don't much care for that one" Klaus said "Don't" Diego said as he pointed his finger at Klaus.

"Technically, she's family" Five said "She was trying to murder us, like..." Klaus said and thought for a moment, trying to wrap his head around the time travel "Yesterday. I mean she stab Y/n" he said "Yeah, like I said 'family'" Five said before he put down his drink on the table.

"Is she coming back?" Five asked Diego before he turned around to grab a chair from another table.

"Well, she goddamn better be, because we got more important things to be dealing with right now!" Diego said out loud causing Stan to look at him "Calm down. Shh" Klaus said to Diego "Hey Diego be nice. Don't blame him, you're the one who got down dirty with Lila in 63', not the kid, it's your fault that you didn't wear any protection, that's on you" you said as you pointed on Diego while Five sat down next t you.

You then rested your head on your boyfriend's shoulders. Five smiled before he stole a bagel of yours from your plate and placed a light kiss on your head "Hey" you said as you lifted your head "Don't steal my food" you said as you took the bagel back.

"Aww, you two are so cute" Klaus smiled. 

Then Vanya walked towards the table "Where's Luther?" she asked "Who cares? Probably out for...a run" Diego said and stopped himself when he saw Vanya with her short hair "...a run" he finished.

"Nice haircut, it suits you" you said "Thanks" Vanya said "Mmm!" Klaus said as he swallowed his coffee "Love the haircut" he said as he waved his hand at her and she smiled.

"So, I, uh, talked to Marcus last night" she said "Wait, what? You talked with the enemy? By yourself?" Diego asked her "Somebody had to do something" Vanya said "Who elected you, Vanya?" Diego asked "It's, uh, Viktor" Vanya said "Who's Viktor?" Diego asked.

There was silence for a few seconds before she spoke up "I am" she said and you all looked at her understanding what she meant by that.

Viktor looked at his family hesitantly as we remained silent while we processed the information "Uh, is that an issue for anyone?" he asked and Klaus let out a chuckled.

"Nah, I'm good with it" Diego said "Yeah, me too. Cool" Klaus said as he put some nuts into his mouth before eating them.

"Why would they have issues with that, I mean a member of the family is half monkey" you said "True" Diego said "I'm good with it Viktor. I have no problem with it, people should be who they wanna be. I'm glad that you found yourself" you said "Thanks Y/n/n" Viktor said "Of course Vik" you said with a smile.

"Truly happy for you, Viktor" Five said and Viktor looked at him before Five raised his brows "But last time I checked, you don't speak for this family" he said.

"Okay, it's fine, okay? Marcus totally gets it" Viktor said as he sat down between Diego and you "He doesn't want a war any more than we do" Viktor said "What are you talking about? He tried to homicide us!" Diego said "So did Lila, and you had a kid with her" Klaus said "That's true" you said "That's not the point" Diego said as he turned to Klaus "He makes a fine point" you said before you and Klaus high-fived each other.

"We made a deal. He's gonna give back Five's briefcase, then we're gonna get out of the timeline. I'm gonna meet him later today for the, uh, the handover" Viktor said and Five let out a smile while Klaus clapped his hands in relief "Oh, thank God!" he said.

"What is even your plan when you get the briefcase?" you asked "To go back and fix what ever we did back in 63' so we can go back to the original timeline" Viktor replied "That don't sound that bad" you said.

"That's a rookie move. Dude is playing you" Diego said "Oh, really?" Viktor asked as he was looking at Diego "Yeah, but maybe we can use this. And we turn it back on them, and then we wipe them the hell out" Diego said "Diego, stop, please. And you're not gonna, like, do anything today" Viktor said.

"Expect bond with your spawn" Klaus said and patted Diego on the shoulder "Alleged spawn" he corrected.

"Listen, I will get the briefcase, and then we will all go back and fix the timeline" Viktor said "Hey, we're not going anywhere! This is a perfectly acceptable timeline" Five said "Yeah, why don't you tell that to Allison, who's upstairs grieving her daughter, who doesn't even exist here!" Viktor said and your eyes widened for a second.

"Not to mention, we've been replaced by a bunch of blobs and cubes and birds and shit!" Diego said.

"News flash, geniuses! It's not about us! Take a look around. If you hadn't noticed, there's no doomsday. There's no apocalypse. The sun is shining. Birds are doing whatever the hell birds do. That's all that matters. We're done messing with time. And I'm officially retired and I'm going to enjoy it with my girlfriend" Five said and looked at you "There is nothing I want more than spending time with you" you said and Five kissed you on the cheek before he turned in his chair and Klaus sniffed at Five as he got up from the chair before walking to the buffet.

"Is he wearing aftershave?" Klaus asked "He sure is" you said "I'm concerned" Klaus said.

You got up before you walked over to the buffet where Five was "Hey, honey" she said "Hey, Love" he said said with a smile "So, retirement?" she asked "It's time. I'm done worrying about saving the world. It has being so stressful. I'm tired and exhausted" he said "Well, after everything you have done, all the things you have being through. All you have sacrificed, plus the things you have seeing and went through hell and back just to save your family and not have one day to relax. I think that you deserve it. You deserve a long retirement after this" you said "Yeah and now I get to spend the rest of my life with you and that's all I need" he said "Spending the rest of our lives together, is also all that I need" you smiled.

 Then the lights in hotel suddenly switched off all at once before it flickered back on a minute later which cause you and Five to looked around as you both think it was weird about the light

"That was weird" you said "Yeah, maybe it's just an old hotel" he said.

"Hey lovebirds" Klaus said as he walked over to you and Five.

"Hey. What do you say we get outta here, huh?" Klaus asked him and he looked at him "Take a little...road trip" he said "What are you talking about?" Five asked "I'm talking about a sojourn to the countryside. You, Y/n and me, the wind in our hair. Thelma and Louise, on the open road" Klaus said and Five let out a scoffed "You know they die in the end, right? And I would prefer if my girlfriend didn't die for a second time, thank you" he asked while he took some food on his plate.

"Holding hands, living our best life, my little cherub!" Klaus said before he leaned closer to Five as he crouched down to his height while Five scooped a spoon of fruit on his plate.

"Listen to me. I nearly died from Luther's sleep farts last night while you and Y/n was having fun" Klaus said and you rolled your eyes "We need to get out of here, get some fresh air!" Klaus said as Five walked around the buffet before he stopped and turned to Klaus.

"Okay, I'll bite. Why me, Klaus?" he asked "Because you said...you said you're retired, and that's what retired people do. And the two of you said you wanted to spend more time together and what is better than a Road trip. And don't the two of you deserve some fun?" Klaus asked.

But then Five spotted that in the thank in the middle of the buffet there was no lobsters, like there was just a minute ago.

"There's no lobsters" Five said "Excuse me?" Klaus asked "There were three lobsters in that tank a minute ago" Five said "Yeah, well, you know, maybe Chet blended 'em into a morning smoothie" Klaus said.

Five tried to hide his smile as he looked back at Klaus "You're an idiot, but I'm in" he said "Whoo" Klaus said as he lifted up his hands in joy.

"What do you say Y/n?" Klaus looked at you "Never being on a road trip before, beside I always wanted to see the world and a road trip is a good start" you said

"Wait? Y/n/n is coming too?" Five asked "Yeah, I was gonna draw that card if you rejected it. "And it is a good way for you and Y/n to get some private time alone" Klaus said "Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Five asked and you smiled.

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"Let me go! Get your hands off me!" Stan shouted as Chet as he was holding a grab on him "I saw what you did!" Chet said to him.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?" Diego asked as he ran up to them and Chet let go of Stan "Your son stuffed three mini muffins down his pants" Chet said to Diego.

"And this is a buffet! I can take whatever the hell I want!" Stan said "I got him" Diego said before he grabbed Stan's shoulder "Come on" he said "Wait, take it easy" Stan said "Time for some ground rules" Diego said "How about no physical assault. That's a--" Stan said but cut go off when Diego sat him down by the stairs that lead to the elevator "Shut up and listen" Diego said before he sat down next to him.

"My father was a Hall of Fame asshole" Diego said as Stan began eating the muffin. "And when I was a little pissant like you, I made a promise to myself that I would never act like him to any kid of...mine" Diego said "Yeah, stop. I'm gonna cry" Stan said sarcastic.

"But I'm a busy man, with a lot on my shoulders, okay? So I'm gonna let you slow me down either, all right?" Diego said "Yeah, you look really busy right now" Stan said sarcastic and Diego hit the muffin out of his hand before he looked at him "You can stay until your mom gets back, all right? But no more doing dumb shit, or else you and I are gonna have a serious problem" Diego said and Stan looked down "Look at me" Diego said and Stan looked at him "Me entiendes" Diego said in Spanish.

But then Diego noticed that Stan's right ear started leaking "Dude, your ear's leaking" Diego said "Oh, I...Yeah, I forgot to pack my ear medicine" Stan said "Oh sh--Ear medicine, huh?" Diego said "If I don't drain it, uh, pus leaks out and it smells like cat puke" Stan said "Come on" Diego said before the two got up and walked towards the front door of the hotel.

"Whoa, whoa! Where do you think you're going?" Viktor asked as he walked up to them "Kid thing. I'll be right back" Diego said "No. I need you to stay put and not do anything stupid until I get the briefcase" Viktor said "Yeah, and you're not the boss of him, okay" Stan said causing Diego to give him a small slap on the back of his head.

Diego then grabbed Stan's shoulder before the two walked towards the door.

"Come on, we'll get a few road sodas for the journey. Sometimes, you gotta clear the head out" Klaus said as him, you and Five walked away "Guys, wait. Where are you going?" Viktor called out to the three of you "Get the rats out of the maze, you know?" Klaus said to you and Five "Come on" Five said.

After Five and you had circled the different places you wanted to see along the road trip, them and Klaus got into one of the hotel's cars before Klaus drove down the road.

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The sound of a woman humming gently was heard as Luther slowly opened his eyes and he could feel someone dipping a rag on his forehead.

"Mom?" he asked as he opened his eyes "Why do people keep calling me that?" Grace asked and Luther let out a groan "Where am I?" he asked "The Academy, silly. Everybody's waiting for you" Grace said "The Academy?" Luther asked confused before he sat up.

He then heard indistinct chatter in the background and the sound of a blender whirring from another room.

Luther grabbed a broom before he walked out of the room and into the gym, ready for fight.

He saw Sloane standing by the blender while Ben, Jayme, Chris, Fei and Alphonso was sitting by a long white table, eating as playful string music was playing in the background.

"Ah, there he is" Alphonso said as he looked at Luther.

Sloane turned her head to look at him as the blender stop whirring "Please, join us" Fei said.

"It's okay. Nobody's gonna hurt you" Ben said "Smoothie?" Sloane asked with a smile as she hold a smoothie out to Luther "Oh" he said as he looked at her with smile "Yeah, thanks" he said as he lowered the broom before he let out a chuckled as he grabbed the smoothie while Sloane took the broom.

"You must be starving" Fei said "Oh, uh..." Luther said as he walked over to the table while Sloane sat down "No, I...I probably shouldn't" he said before he spotted something on the table "Is that cashew butter?" he asked "Cashew butter, almond butter, sunflower butter, tahini, Brazil nut" Sloane said "Wow. You know what? Now that you mention it, I am feeling a little bit, uh, peckish, actually" Luther said "Help yourself" Alphonso said as him, Jayme and Fei was sitting on one side of the table while Ben, Sloane and Chris was sitting on the other side.

"Thanks" Luther said and went over to a sit that was across from Ben and between Fei and Alphonso.

Luther took a sip of the green smoothie "Wow" he said softly, surprise in how good it tasted.

He put the smoothie on the table and he sat down before he started grabbing some food.

Sloane smiled at him as he smiled nervously while he glanced at them.

"So, we know you're Number One, but we haven't been formally introduced yet. I'm Ben, Number Two" Ben said "It is so good to see you again, buddy" Luther said before he chuckled.

"Why does everyone keep looking at me like that?" Ben asked as he glanced at his siblings.

"Because you've been dead for 15 years" Luther answered as he looked at him and Ben raise a brow as he looked back at him "'Dead?' What do you mean, dead?" he asked and the others glanced at Luther.

"Kind of a long story" Luther said with a nervous smile.

"Anyway, I'm Fei, Number Three" Fei said "Alphonso, cuatro" Alphonso said "Sloane. Five" Sloane said and Luther looked at her "Hey" she said with a shy smile "Hey" Luther said with a smile.

"I'm Jayme, Six" Jayme said.

"That's Christopher, of course. Number Seven" Ben said as he pointed on the cube next to him and Chris said something.

"Oh, don't mind him. He's in a bit of saucy mood today" Ben said as the rest of the Sparrows let out a chuckled.

"He wouldn't get it" Alphonso said "It's just so--" Sloane said with a smile and small laugh which made Luther let out a laugh.

"Wait, uh, what about, um, Number One?" Luther asked "What about him?" Fei asked "Where is he?" Luther asked and Ben grabbed a butter knife before he stabbed it onto the table causing Luther to let out a gasp in shock.

"That's what we'd like to know" Ben said as the others looked at Luther causing him to lean forward a bit "Are we playing a game?" he asked Ben "Whatever game the Umbrellas are playing, you're gonna lose!" Ben said in a threatening voice as he put the butter knife on the table again.

"You took our Number One, so we took you" Ben said as he pointed his finger at Luther.

"Wait, we took Marcus?" Luther aske confused before he let out a chuckled "Why would we do that?" he asked "Act of war? Death wish?" Jayme said "The last time we saw him, he was with your sister" Sloane said "Which one?" Luther asked "The little one with the big powers" Fei said "Vanya? Huh" Luther said confused, not believing that Vanya would do something like that.

"Well, I gotta say, it does not sound like Vanya to go and kidnap anybody" Luther said before he chuckled "You know, having said that, I am usually the last to know about these kinda things" he said "You're their Number One. Shouldn't you know everything?" Ben asked "I know. You'd think so, Ben. Discipline has never really been our strong suit. It's pretty much a free-for-all over there" Luther said before he chuckled but the others just glanced at him like he was idiot.

"So, listen" Luther said as he put some Cashew butter on the bread.

"This sounds like an easy fix. I'll head back. I mean, my family's probably worried sick about me, to be honest. And if they have your guy, I'll send him back without a scratch. All right? No harm, no foul" Luther said as he looked at them.

"Hows' that sound?" he asked as he look at each of them "Good?" he asked as he looked back Ben who just stared at him with a rise eyebrow "Great" Luther said.

But as he was about to stand up, one tentacles grabbed Luther's shoulder before it push him back down on the chair.

"What's the rush? Stick around till Marcus is back" Ben said as the tentacles disappeared into his stomach.

Chris then started speaking menacingly as he float over to Luther.

"My family will come for me" Luther said as Ben wipe his mouth with a napkin "Wonderful" he said with a smile as he put the napkin on his plate "In the meantime, make yourself at home" he said before he grabbed his plate and stood up "Oh, and, uh...before I forget, if you try to escape, Fei's birds will peck your eyes out and make a nest inside your skull" Ben said calmly and Luther looked at Fei who chuckled before she grabbed her plate and got up "Cool" Luther said in a voice like he didn't like it at all.

Ben then sent Sloane a nod before he left.

"So, what do you like to do for fun?" Sloane asked Luther causing him to look at her.

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