Not Even Close || Number Five x Fem!Reader

Chapter 63

Stanley got himself out of the counter. The feeling of his knees going slightly weak made it evident that the whole thing frightened him. When Diego saw him, he called him with a whistle, "You! Upstairs! Now!" He ordered.

The 12 year old already understood why he was stern about him at this point. He only found himself trapping his so-called father in his embrace. Somehow relieved that he was safe and not dead despite the cube's excruciating endeavor. And it was all because of Y/N.

“Thank you.” He reached out to the girl telepathically before he walked away and followed Diego's orders. He can't be more grateful that Y/N had cut it short before they reached their deaths.

Y/N softly chuckled beneath her breath as soon as she got his message. Yet she remained still where she stood after her headache disappeared, mainly lost in a trance after finding out that her other side that was supposedly forever suppressed came to play again after years of trying to shove it back in its cage. Was I not calm enough? Is what had gotten into her mind. Or was I too calm?

Klaus got back from the Academy in the midst of this moment after his heart-to-heart with Reginald Hargreeves. It was clear that he was unaware of what had just happened right when he saw a dead Jayme and a dead Alphonso. "Oh, man. Heavens to Betsy. What did you do?" He exclaimed as he looked at his siblings.

He then landed his gaze on Viktor. "Did Viktor go full Carrie again?" He assumed.

"We didn't do this." Allison answered. Silently, she pointed out to the older man with her eyes to let him know who was the culprit.

Viktor once again called for his name. "Harlan?"

"Don't!" Only to have Harlan push him away before Viktor could lay a finger on him. As much as he missed his old nanny, his head hurt too much to be closer to him. "Don't come near me, please." He said to him.

He watched as Harlan winced in pain. "I just want to make sure you're okay." Viktor reassured, concerned about the way he looked as Harlan tried to endure the ache in his head as he can feel all of them. So much had changed and developed in him, Viktor thought. "You can... You can talk now." He addressed, "It's--"

"I can do a lot of things now." Harlan told him.

Three of Viktor's siblings huddled in confused as they watched the two of them talk. "Who the hell is creepy grandpa?" Asked Klaus as he approached Allison and Diego. Eyes locked on the scene.

"That's the kid Viktor saved in Dallas." Diego answered. The fact that he's already aged was completely confounding for Diego. And now that his siblings have realized it was Harlan, they shared the same feeling as they exclaimed,

"Oh, yeah, shit."

"Oh, shit. You're right!"

Y/N soon joined in their short gossips to ignore her appalling actions. "I thought Viktor took his powers back." She questioned.

"I guess that didn't stick." Allison shrugged.

"But what's he doing here now?" Asked Klaus.

There were a lot of questions that were left improperly answered. "Who cares? He saved Y/N from a frenzy when she protected us from the Sparrows." Diego remarked only to have Klaus gasp in concern for his best friend.

He looked at Y/N with worry in his eyes. "You've gone rogue again?" He fretted at the girl. Her turning back to that state was never a thing that they anticipated as it seldomly happened. Whenever he could see her whole personality and looks change due to this, the only feeling he ever had was dread.