FIFTEEN | YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THE SHOW HERE ANYMORE, OLD MAN!

"I don't understand, what? You just let him go?" Lila asked, staring at Luther in disbelief, sitting across from him. "Well, how was I supposed to know Ben was infected with this..." Luther asked in return as he enjoyed a doughnut.

"Whatever this thing is?" In disbelief, Luther waved his left hand, causing Tate to massage her forehead in frustration. "You had one job..." Tate muttered as everyone continued to stare at Luther.

"Great work, Luther. Really great," Five stared down at Luther, giving him a sarcastic compliment.

"The rash on his arm, what did it look like?" Abigail asked, leaning forward to Luther. "I dunno, it was just kind of..." Luther trailed off, trying to think of a scenario best to describe.

"You know, it kind of looks like the thing that Klaus caught when he came home from Ibiza," Luther tried describing the rash on Ben's arm, causing everyone to groan in annoyance at his description.

"Man, am I glad you're a stripper and not a news reporter," Tate huffed before Diego joined in. "Are you a doctor or do you just play one at the bachelorette parties?" Diego remarked, unimpressed with Luther's terrible explanation.

"Hey!" Luther snapped his head, glaring at his two siblings. "I am a professional dancer," Luther tried to play down the fact he was a stripper. "I don't see you dancing in the circle of life in Lion King!" Tate retorted before Abigail spoke up.

"Luther, was there anything unusual about this rash?" Abigail inquired before Luther answered guiltily. "No, it was just you know, red," Luther answered before taking a pastry bite.

"Chicken Pox?" Tate guessed before Luther stared at her.  "And glowing..." Luther added, causing Tate to squint her eyes in disbelief as Abigail turned to Luther.

"And pulsating," Luther ended before Diego turned around in frustration.  "You didn't think maybe that was worth bringing up?" Five asked, unsurprised by his actions but remained irritated.

"I just thought it had to do with our powers coming back," Luther explained his reasoning for not informing the group. "I mean, we've been having issues, I know I have," Luther admitted with guilt before taking a bite of pastry.

"I've heard enough," Reginald said before turning around to pick up his rifle. "Whoa! What are you doing?" Lila asked, causing everyone to turn around at Reginald.

"It's time to hunt," Reginald informed the group as Tate stared at him in horror. "He's gonna kill Ben all over again," Viktor said.

"One of the hosts must be eliminated before the reaction is completed," Reginald informed the group before Allison spoke up. "Reaction?" Allison asked before Tate chimed in. "You know they're humans, not lab rats, right?"

"Reggie, please listen to your children, you can't just murder him," Abigail pleaded with her husband. "She's right, there has to be another way," Luther agreed.

"I understand, you've grown attached to your brother," Reginald tried to sympathize as he held the rifle close to him.

"But you don't seem to appreciate what's at stake here," Reginald argued as Allison picked up a plate, tossing it around with her hand. "We must act before it's too late," Reginald urged before he started walking outside.

Allison immediately aimed the plate at him, hitting Reginald before he collapsed onto the ground. "How about you shut your mouth!" Allison yelled, causing Tate to gasp in shock. "How dare you!" Reginald yelled, disgruntled at the attempt to stop him.

"I think it's high time you realize you're not running the show here anymore, old man," Allison swayed towards Reginald as she held her head up high. Reginald tried reaching for his gun before Viktor lunged towards him.

"Don't even think about it," Viktor shouted as his power overtook Reginald, the orange forcefield forcing him to stay on the ground.

Reginald struggled, gasping for air as Viktor stepped closer to him. "Do you think these childish theatrics will stop me?" Reginald taunted, trying to appear unbothered.

"Okay well, we can step it up a notch if you like," Tate stepped forward, taking Viktor's side as she used her telekinesis to hold Reginald down, causing Reginald to groan in pain. "Tate, Viktor, please don't hurt him," Abigail pleaded as Tate stared back at her.

Tate's eyes began to glow red as Tate's red energy began to deepen Viktor's orange energy as their powers began to mix, encircling the two away from the group.

"Why not? Why shouldn't we? All he does is hurt everybody else," Viktor yelled as Five stared at Tate in shock, surprised by her sudden energy to stand up against Reginald.

"Ben, Jennifer, me, all of us," Viktor yelled before Tate interlocked her hand with Viktor. "Spare me the waterworks," Reginald huffed, ignoring Viktor's cry for help.

"And for what? So you could feel like you had everything? Dad, we wanted nothing more than for you to see us, but you didn't want to! Make Luther, Klaus, and Diego feel smaller than what they were,"

"Made Viktor feel ordinary, depriving Five of the chance to fix his past. Putting me into that freezing machine when you stole my life! That was all your wrongdoings, Father! We didn't ask for much, all I wanted from you was for you to see us as the people we were,"

Tate screamed as she held back tears, gripping Viktor's hand tighter. Five's expression softened, he hadn't seen Tate yell at her father this harshly since the Kugelblitz, realizing the damage was never really fixed between any of them.

"One life isn't more important than the entire planet," Reginald argued as the floor under him began to crack from the force of Viktor and Tate's powers. "Oh, but your wife's is," Viktor threatened before Five tried racing towards Tate but failed as Luther held him back.

"You stuck your nose where it didn't belong," Reginald glared helplessly at the two. "And you allowed Jennifer to escape, this is your fault!" Reginald exclaimed, pointing to the duo as Tate's hand started cramping from using her power.

"Oh no, no, no! This is your fault!" Viktor retorted back lividly. "My whole life, all I wanted was for you to see me, to make me a part of the team," Viktor said enraged as the floor continued to crumble under Reginald.

"Instead, you treated me like I was broken!" Viktor pointed to himself as Tate comforted him, not letting go of his hand. "And I believed you!" Viktor yelled as Tate's eyes began to water at Viktor's declaration.

"I thought you knew me better than I knew myself, but I know now you don't know shit!" Viktor cried as Tate stared at him with a proud smile as the floor forcefully moved.

"You're the failure! You're the reason this happened! And I am not gonna let you kill Ben! Not now! Not ever! Am I clear!" Viktor blamed their father harshly before taking a breath shakily.

Abigail stepped forward, managing to pass through the windy guard Viktor had encircled Tate and him in. "Viktor," Abigail rested her hand on Viktor. "That's enough," Abigail calmed him down as Five did the same as he stepped forward, wrapping his arms around Tate's shoulder.

"That's enough," Abigail reassured before Tate sighed as she crumbled at Five's touch. "You and your father..." Abigail turned to her husband as Reginald got up from the ground. "Both so headstrong," Abigail commented as Five hugged Tate tightly.

Reginald adjusted his suit before a guard walked in. "You took your sweet time," Reginald commented before the guard whispered something into Reginald's ear. "Oh," Reginald mumbled as he processed the information.

"What?" Viktor asked as Tate pulled away from Five. "It seems like we may have found your brother," Reginald revealed the newfound information as the guard walked away.

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LOOK AT VIKTOR STANDING UP TO REGINALD, I INITIALLY WANTED TO JUST LEAVE AT VIK BUT ADDING TATE FELT LIKE IT JUST MADE IT ALL MORE POWERFUL ALSO THE RANT FOR WANTING REGGIE TO SEE THEM AS THEY WERE WAS LITERALLY THE REALEST SHIT ALSO VIKTOR AND ALLISON ARE THE MVPS FOR THIS SEASON. 

ALSO I MADE TATE CALL REGGIE DAD WHICH SEEMS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR HER BUT TO ME ITS THAT SCENE IN SHAMELESS FIONA GIVES FRANK THE WAKE-UP CALL OF SHE DID EVERYTHING WHILE HE WAS A DRUG ADDICT SO JUST CALLING REGGIE DAD INSTEAD OF REGGIE MADE IT ALL THE MORE SAD IN MY HEAD