CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: NEW PLAN
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Luther was standing by the side of the road with his thumb up, hoping that a car would past by while Diego was checking the damaged on the van.
You were sitting on the passener seat by the side doors while Five was checking you for any injures or bruises after the crash while the others was trying to regain back consciousness after the crash.
"I'm fine Five, really" you grab his hands that was by your face "You don't need to worry, I'm fine, okay" you said "Are you sure?" he asked "I'm sure" you kissed his knuckles while cause him to smile.
"What if the crash have damaged you and you are bleeding inside and then---" "Five" you grab his face so he was looking at you "Calm down okay, everything is fine. I'm fine, so take a deep breath okay" he took a deep breath "That's it, okay, calm down, everything is fine, I'm fine, we're fine" you stroke her thumbs down his cheek.
"Okay, but if there is anything----" "I will let you know" you said and he nodded before he rested his forehead against yours.
"Leave it to this clown car of a family to botch a simple search and rescue. For a second there, we had her" Ben said "Who were those weirdoes with the fanny packs?" Viktor asked as he was sitting next to you.
"Was it me, or did they smell like wet sheep?" Lila asked "Goats, I thought" Luther said "Mmm" Lila nodded "Maybe Llamas" Luther said "Who cares?" Diego asked before he looked at his wife "And why did they call you Nancy?" he asked and Five glanced at Lila who glanced at you and him. She didn't really know what to say to Diego.
"Their names are Gene and Jean" you started "They run an underground organization called the Keepers" Five said.
"Sex cult?" Diego asked "No, not a sex cult---" Five shook his head "Once you get to the top, it's always a sex cult" Diego said "Yeah. The man's got a point" Luther nodded "They're an extremist group who believe they have memories from an alternate timeline" Five said.
"Some of their memories are bang on" Lila said "Yeah" Five nodded "They're calling this phenomenon the 'Umbrella Effect'" he said.
"How do you know that?" Luther looked at you "They are one of mine and Five's cases. We were at one of the meeting, being undercover" you said.
"Ugh. How is this even possible?" Viktor asked "Well, you know we're still working on that" Lila said "What do they want with Jennifer?" Ben asked.
Five rub his hands together to keep them warm before rolling his shoulder.
"Great. You don't know that either" Ben said annoying.
"Oh, I'm sorry. At least we shared some knowledge about who they are while all you do is complain" Five said "Well, if it wasn't for this stupid family, we would have saved Jennifer by now" Ben said.
"What? You finally got some balls and finally got a girlfriend you just met a few hours ago? At least we're actually doing something while you're just a plain old asshole" Five said "Oh, is that right" Ben walked closer to Five.
"Don't" you walked in to stand between Five and Ben "Do you need your little wife to defend you?" Ben asked
"No, he don't, but we look out after each other, have each other's back" you said.
"Okay, easy" Luther got in between Five and Ben "Fighting is the last thing we need right now" he said.
"Hey, hey, hey" Allison said to Klaus as she could see that something was wrong with him.
"Are you okay?" she rubbed his shoulder "I'm absolutely fine, thanks to you" he glanced at her "Look. Are you made at me because I saved your life?" she asked "I was very clear, was I not? No marigold" he looked at her "I know, Klaus. What was I supposed to do? Let you die?" she asked "I know. It's just three whole years down the drain. Three years clean and sober. But this what you wanted, right?" he asked as he looked at Allison again.
Then suddenly Five places the back of his hand against your forehead and you glanced up at him "What are you doing?" you asked "Checking for a temperature, making sure you don't have a fever" he said and you rolled your eyes "I'm fine, Five, really" you said and he smiled "Okay, but let me know" he said and you nodded.
Five wrapped an arm around your shoulders and started rubbing his hand up and down to keep you warm.
"What are you talking about?" she asked "I'm talking about this. Our little parasitic relationship. The eternal screwup and his holy savior. As long as I'm around, you don't have to look directly at your empty pit of a life" he said "Wow! You know what?" she got up "Maybe you should take it down a notch" she said annoying "No. I think I'll take it up a notch, shall we?" Klaus got up.
"I mean, dysfunction is, after all, what we do best in this family" he turned to Five and the others.
"We got daddy issues!" Klaus pointed at Viktor "Daddy issues!" he said before he pointed at Five "Chaos Junkie and Mr. grumpy pants, mr. pyscho" he said before pointing at you "Former killer and Mrs. pyscho" he then pointed at Diego "Mommy issues" he then pointed on Luther "More daddy issues" he then pointed at Ben "Obnoxious asshole issues" he said before he pointed at Lila "Then you..." he stopped himself when he couldn't figure out anything to say about her "You seem kind of weirdly self-actualized, as far as I can tell" he said before he turned around "Anyway, I'm just so done living, cowering in your little bubble of superiority" he looked at Allison.
"So this is the thanks I get for taking care of you for the past five years?" she approached him "I think you've got that back-to-front Sweetheart" Klaus said "Oh!" Allison said "Who took care of you since Ray walked out?" he asked before he lifted his right hand "None of these guys gave a shit" he gestured to you and the others.
"Who took care of little Claire while you bombed every shitty audition in town?" Klaus asked.
"Come, sit down, Love" Five said to you as he help you sit down by the passenger seat "I'm fine Five" you said and he kissed your cheek before he opened the door to the driver seat and sat down while Viktor sat down next to you.
"So you think that I like having a grown man living in my basement, covering my entire house in bubble wrap?" she asked out loud.
"You think I like picking your sorry ass up every time you hit rock bottom?" she asked "Bottom? Moi?" he said hoarsely "There's no bottom here, missy. No bottom at all. I'm the goddamn Mariana Trench!" he said out loud as you and the others just watch those two arguing.
"Wait till you see" he said "You know what? Fine. Fine. Jump off the deep end" she said "I will" Klaus nodded "Because that is so clearly what you wanna do. Have fun, and see if I give a shit!" she said "Thank you" Klaus nodded "Truly, thank you. Finally, a grain of honesty. It feels good" he inhales sharply "Feels refreshing! You wanted the old Klaus. You got him" he said before he turned around "Come on" Luther said "What are you doing?" you asked.
"Look out, Klaus!" Diego shouted as a car came driving towards him but didn't hit him.
Klaus just walk over the road not caring if he got hit by a car or not as the horn was blaring "Klaus come back!" you called out but he just kept walking.
"You know what?" Allison turned to the others "Actually, while we're here, does anybody else have some shit they wanna get off their chest? Because now's the time" she said out loud but nobody said anything.
"No?" Allison glanced at Five and the others "No takers?" she asked "Good. I'm done being the bad guy in this family" she said before she turned around and walked away.
"So what is the plan now?" you asked "Now that the show's over, what are we going to do about Jennifer? We need to find her" Ben said "We're not going anywhere in this piece of shit" Five sighed "He said I was the best one, so...Just saying" Lila said.
"Honey, I miss the kids" you sighed as you looked at Five "So do I" Five said before he looked at his wife "Let's call them" he suggest "Really?" you looked at him and he nodded.
You then pulled up your phone before you dialed your mom's number.
"Hello Sweety" Lydia said over the phone "Hey mom, is everything alright back home? Is the kids alright?" you asked "Everything is fine and the kids are fine. They are actually right here if you want to say hello" Lydia said "We will" Five said "I will put video cam on" you removed the phone from your ear before pressing the camera and the speaker buttons.
"Ellie, Elliott. It's your mom and dad" you could hear Lydia tell the kids.
"MOMMY, DADDY!" the two kids said out loud as Ellie grab the phone and turned it around.
"Hey Sweethearts" you smiled as you saw your daughter's face "Mommy, daddy" Ellie smiled as she saw her parents on the video call.
"Hey Buttercup" Five waved as you were holding the phone in a position so both you and him could see the screen.
"Hey Sweetpea" you and Five smiled at your kids "How was your day?" you asked "Great. We had pizza yesterday" Ellie said "Pizza on a Thursday, huh?" Five asked "Yeah. And I eat two slices" Elliott said "Really?" the couple asked and the twins nodded.
"Daddy, mommy, we miss you" the two kids said "We miss you two, so much" you and Five said as you could feel tears in your eyes. This was the first time you and Five was away from the kids for more than 24 hours.
"When are you coming home?" Elliot asked "We miss you" Ellie said "It wouldn't be long, I promise" Five said "We promise that we will be home as soon as we can" you said.
"Now, you two behave, and you take care of each other" Five said and the kids nodded "We love you both, so much. Forever and a day" you and Five said "We love you too, forever and a day" Ellie said as you send kisses to the screen.
You hang up the phone and Five looked at his wife and he could see tears falling from your eyes, so he wrapped his arms around you, comfort you. "Don't worry, we will be home to them soon" he said "I know" you let out a quiet sob.
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Diego's van had being driving to a repair place and now you and the others was all waiting for the van to be fixed.
"Careful" Diego told the guy that was repairing the van "Careful" he said "Yeah, sure" the guy nodded.
Luther walked over to Ben "Hey Ben" he said "What?" Ben turned to him "What do you want?" he asked annoying "Uh, it's three o'clock. Time to check in with your parole officer" Luther said "Oh, right. I can't wait to catch him up on what I've been up to. Crossing state lines, shooting up a whole town, flipping a Volkswagen. Good idea" Ben said sarcastically with a sarcastic smile.
"Moron" he said before walking away from him "All right" Luther said.
"I need a run on a Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country" Five said as he was talking to someone over a phone that was hanging on the wall.
"'80, '81. Brown, simulated woodgrain sides. New Mexico plates. Look for matches with an owner first name Gene. That is Golf-Echo-November-Echo. Or Jean. That's Juliet-Echo-Alpha-November" Five said.
"Hey, you know what's strange?" Luther asked and the others looked at him "All those people back in New Grumpson. They were wearing Hargreeves-Branded military gear" he said "Luther, the entire goddamn place was a Hargreeves town" Allison said "Yeah, it's like it was designed to keep Jennifer hostage" Ben said "What's so important about her anyway?" Lila asked as Five hang up the phone.
"Isn't it obvious? She's one of us" Allison said "No. No way" Ben said "I mean, that would make sense. Why else would dad build a Truman Show around her?" Five asked.
"The guy played us, all right? Nothing Jennifer said jibed with Sy's story" Ben said "They're both gone now, so that leave us with two shitty options. We either go after the Keepers, or worse, talk to dad" Viktor said and everyone sighed.
"Come on, man" Diego said.
"Okay, new plan. Think we need to split up. Me, Five and Lila will follow up with the Keepers" you said "Good idea. The rest of you go talk to dad" Five said.
"Uh-uh" Diego shook his head before getting up "I'm going with you" he looked at Lila and she glanced at Five who glanced back at her "Fine by me" he said "I don't have a problem with it" you said.
"And I'm going after Jennifer" Ben said "It's better if we stick together" Viktor said "No, it's not. And this little field trip proved it" Ben said "You're awfully gung ho for a person that didn't wanna go in the first place" Diego told him.
"You're all a bunch of clowns. I'm going on my own" Ben said before he turned around and walk away "Ben" Luther said but he just kept walking "Don't you walk away from me" Luther said but Ben ignored him.
"And then there were seven" Lila said.
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As soon as the van was fixed, you and the others got into the van before Diego drove down the road. Lila was sitting next to him.
You and Five was on the passenger seat next to each other.
"Come here" you whispered to Five, opening up your arms. He gladly accepts your embrace as your arms encircle him and his encircles your waist in a protective manner.
Your right fingers was locked together with Five's left fingers as your hands were locked together while you had your head rested on Five's shoulder and he had his head on top of yours as you were both asleep just like Viktor, Luther and Allison was also asleep.
"Look" Lila started "The reason that they call me Nancy is---" "I already know" Diego cut her off and she looked at him "Know what?" she asked and he sighed "I followed you. The other night" he said "You what? What, so you're spying on me now?" she asked.
"I saw you" she looked at him "You were in the café with...with him" he said "With who?" she asked "Don't play dumb. The little Greek guy with the mustache" he said.
She started laughing as she realized what he was talking about "Is that funny to you?" he asked "Yeah, trust me. That is absolutely hilarious" she laughed "Our kids are gonna grow up in a broken home, and you're laughing" Diego said.
"Diego, the...the little guy, the little Greek guy, is Five" she said and he looked at her "Yeah. Y/n was there too. The three of us have been undercover investigating the Keepers" she said "You've been lying to me? And you're working undercover with the CIA?" he asked "See this is why I didn't tell you. Because I knew you'd have some bizarre reaction" she said "I'm not having a bizarre reaction" he said "You're acting like I had an affair" she said "No. It's worse than an affair" he hissed and Five opened his eyes before he saw your head on his shoulder which cause him to smile before he closed his eyes as he rested his head back onto your head.
"Okay, as much as I would love to unpack whatever this is, we have much more important things to think about" she said "It's because he's in the CIA, huh? I'm just a dumb delivery driver" he said "No, Diego" she said "Then why?" he asked "Because I needed something for myself, okay?" she looked at him before looking forward again "Something other than changing diapers and wine moms and ballet class. At least you get to get outside the house every day. I'm just trapped in this unending suburban hellscape. So that is why I went there and Y/n and Five happed to be there" she said.
"I mean, that's good to know. That the life we built is so bad" he said and she looked at him "That's not what I meant" she said "You think I like delivering packages day in and day out? Busting my ass? Oh, trust me. I'd mean I rather be out there cracking skulls, but, I mean, somebody's gotta show up for this marriage, 'cause...it sure as hell ain't you" he said and she looked at him.
Then Diego hit the radio with his fist causing the song 'Baby shark' to start playing which made you and the others to wake up.
"Really Diego?" you groan "Yeah" Diego said a little annoying.
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