CHAPTER EIGHTY: A LONG DRIVE

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The song 'Baby shark' by Pinkfong was playing in the radio of the van as it was driving down the long and empty road.

"Baby shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Baby shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" a child sang over the radio.

"Baby shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo shark. Mommy shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Mommy shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Mommy shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Mommy Shark" the child sang as Diego was driving down the snowy road as you and the others was all sitting in the van.

"Daddy Shark doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Daddy Shark"

"God! Will you please turn that song off?" Viktor asked "I can't. It's stuck" Diego replied "Grandma Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, Grandma Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" the song continued and Klaus moved his head to the music which caused Allison to roll her eyes.

"This is gonna be a long drive" you sighed.

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ONE HOUR LATER.

"Grandpa Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Grandpa Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" the song kept playing on repeat.

As the song kept playing you looked at Five and you could see that he was not feeling well "You okay?" you asked "I'm fine, just taken it slow" he replied.

"Grandma Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Grandma Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo"

Five looked at you and he noticed that just like him, you were not feeling well "You okay?" he asked "No" you shook your head "How are you feeling?" you asked "Terrible" he said.

"Grandma Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo Grandma Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo"

You and Five turned your head to lok at Diego as you could both feel you were getting worse. You felt nausea.

"Let's go hunt..."

Ben's stomach started gurgling.

"Let's go hunt, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, let's go hunt!..."

THREE HOURS LATER

"Run away doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, run away doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" the song kept playing and just like the others you were about to lose your mind.

"Run away doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, run away"

"I'm going to lose my mind" you mumbled

The sound of turbulent gurgling was heard as you all except for Klaus was getting worse.

"Diego will you change that song?" Luther asked out a little loud "I can't!" Diego snapped.

"Safe at least, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo"

"I'm losing my mind over that song" you said

Klaus then opened something to drink he have brought with him "Oh my God, that smells rancid" Lila said as she was sitting in between Allison and Klaus while Ben was sitting behind them and Luther sitting in the trunk.

"What? You don't like my kale-kiwi-carrot-cabbage kombucha?" Klaus asked and Viktor made a face in disgust while Ben smell to himself "It's good for the soul and great for the bowels" he said "It looks disgusting" you grunt.

"Diego?" Five said as the sound of wet gurgling was heard "Uh...Maybe, uh, pull over" you suggested as you both you and Five felt worse and you felt like you were about to throw up, just like the rest.

"Can't" Diego shook his had "We're making good time" he said "Okay. Well, I'm gonna hurl" Five said "Can you pull over? I need to pee" Lila said "Please pull over Diego, I'm about to hurl and I think the others are too, so unless you don't vomit all over your van, I suggested you pull over" you said.

"You don't want a sippy of this potenit elixir?" Klaus stretched the bottle forward to you and Five who was sitting in front of him "So good for you" Klaus said "No" Five push it away with his left arm "Get it away" you push the bottle away with your right hand.

"All right" Diego lifted something up from his feet "Heads up. Here" he showed them a bottle "Oh no" Viktor said.

"You what it is. Right. Use it" Diego said "Not the pee bottle" Lila said.

But Diego just throw it back to Lila, Allison and Klaus and all made disgusted clamoring as they past it each other, trying to get rid of it.

"Pull over man" Five said "We are sticking and shaking to the itinerary" Diego said as the song kept going.

"Five, open the window" Luther said "Open the window" Ben said "Oh God!" Allison hold her nose.

"Open it!" Luther snapped "Please" Viktor said and Five started rolling down the window.

But by accident the handle came off which caused Five's eyes to widened.

"What the---Did you just break the window, man?" Diego hissed as he reach over to Five's side to grab the handle which cause him to turn the wheel and that made the van began to veer to the left which made Klaus spilled his drink.

"Hey, you spilled my kombucha!" Klaus said but then Lila threw up and the same did Allison "Hey" Klaus said before you started throwing up and Five quickly rub your back "You okay?" he asked.

But then he also started throwing up.

"Everyone, hold it in!" Diego shouted as Five lifted his head "We can't" you wipe your mouth with your sleeve.

"Run away, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo"

Lila and Allison threw up again while Klaus made a face in disgust "Pull over, pull over!" he said.

"We're making good time!" Diego said before Five and Allison threw up again and you rub Five's back just as he did to you.

Viktor covered his ears as the sound of energy thrumming was heard while you also started throwing up "Stop puking!" Klaus shouted.

Then suddenly some energy sound came out of Viktor which broke all the windows in the passenger seat as you and the others let out a scream.

"Son of a bitch!" Diego shouted before he pulled over and stop the van causing the brakes to make a screech noise.

"All right, enough! Okay?" Diego said before he turned to look at the others "No more fighting! And no more puking, all right? And no...no more powers. Not until we get to Maine. We'll get there. We'll find this girl. After that, we'll go back to our regular lives. Are we clear?" he asked the group.

"Are we clear?" he asked "Yes" Klaus said "Yeah" Viktor said "Good" Diego said.

But then his stomach started gurgling and he felt he was about to throw up.

"Now is your turn" you smiled and some small vomit came out of his mouth "Ahh!" Klaus said "Wipe?" Diego asked "We've run our of baby wipes" Lila said.

"Here you go" Klaus lifted up a small wipe "I gotcha buddy" he handed it to Diego who grab it before stepping out of the car.

"Where's he going?" Klaus asked "What are we supposed to do? Turn around?" Allison asked "No. We've come this far" Luther said "It's only another 13 hours to New Grumpson" you sighed "Jesus" Ben said as they all groaning.

"At least we get to have some sibling time" you said before letting out another grunt and Five pulled up a rag before wiping your mouth with it.

"Thanks" you said "Anytime" he kissed your cheek. 

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Day turn into night and while you were asleep on the passager seat next to Lila, Five was sitting next to Diego on the front seat.

Diego slap himself to keep him awake as he was still driving while everyone except him and Five was asleep.

"Do you want me to drive?" Five asked "No, I'm good" Diego answered.

"How can you keep yourself awake?" Diego asked his brother who was looking like he was wide awake "Spend some of your life alone in an apocalypse, and some of it in the Commission, you get use to stay up all night if you have to" Five said.

 "Do you miss it?" Diego glanced at Five "The old days, with missions?" he asked "I do a bit, and when you have spend most of your life doing what I did, it take a long time to really get use to the normal life and you kinda miss the old life a bit" Five said before he took a deep breath.

"But I wouldn't trade what I have now for my old life. I love Y/n more than anything else in the whole universe, more than life itself. And I will do anything I can to protect her" Five said and Diego nodded before silence took over again.

Diego then looked over his shoulder to make sure that Lila was asleep "I think she's cheating on me" he said softly as he looked at Five "Lila" Diego said and Five looked at him "She goes places at night. She goes places, and she lies about it" Diego said "You know, she's got that book club" Five said "Yeah, what is it? A book club for two, Five?" Diego asked "What are you talking about?" Five asked "Last night. I followed her. She was in some café with some guy. Some Greek-looking son of a bitch with a creepy mustache" Diego said and Five realized that the guy Diego was talking about was Five himself, but in his undercover outfit and Five realized that Diego must have seen Lila talking with Five about that meeting they were at with Gene and Jean. But then he would have seeing you too, but maybe he first saw Lila when you went to the counter to get another cup of coffee.

 "The mustache was creepy?" Five asked "Oh yeah" Diego nodded "Sleazy as hell. Just pencil-thin. You know what I mean?" Diego glanced at him.

Five couldn't tell Diego the truth. He was nervous that Diego would think that Five was the one Lila was cheating with. And he wouldn't believe if he told him the truth. And Five also think Lila should said it herself, it should come from her and not Five. Also this was between Lila and Diego.

"Diego, whatever this is, trust me...it's nothing" Five looked at his brother before looking forward again "You guys got the house, a family. Only an idiot throws that away. Lila is no idiot" Five said "So am I supposed to just ignore it? Say nothing?" Diego asked "That would be correct. Bury it. Deep. Cover that shit with concrete" Five said and Diego looked at him while you and Lila opened your eyes as you have heard their conversation.

"What if it was Y/n?" Diego asked "I trust her and she trust me. Relationship is nothing without trust and honesty. It's as simple as that. I wouldn't trade her for the world. I'm sure you and Lila feel the same about each other.  You'd have to be an absolute idiot to throw that kind of love away. All I'm saying is your suspicions could be wrong in the end" Five said.   

"You speak like a true love expert" Diego chuckled softly "You've changed Five, in a good way" he said "Well, when you are with the right person they change you into the person you really are deep inside" Five said.

"Do you and Y/n miss it? I mean, your old job in the Commission?" Diego asked.

"The killing? We don't miss that at all. But if I have to kill someone or anyone again to save her or you guys? I'd do it in a heartbeat and I know Y/n will do the same" Five said.

"You're good brother" Diego said which made Five glanced at him.

That was the second person from his family that have told him that. And still he didn't know what to say or how to react.

"I'm glad that you have Y/n have each other. You deserve it" Diego looked at Five "I'm happy for you, that you have Y/n and the two of you are trying to have an family of your own" Diego said "Well, I hope we are going to have that, because I know Y/n always wanted to have kids of her own, and I wanted to be able to give her that. But I'm in doubt" Five said "Doubt in what?" Diego asked "If I would ever be a good dad. I know that Y/n will be an amazing mom, I'm just scared that I will be a terrible dad, since I don't know how to be one" Five said "Well, neither did I. But just because we had a terrible dad, doesn't mean that we will be one ourself. I have proof that, and so will you" Five looked at him.

Both you and Lila overheard the conversation and you let out a smile.

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