CHAPTER FORTY: WHAT IS A ROAD TRIP?
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Five was laying in the bed asleep when you suddenly started jumping up and down on the bed "Five, get up, get up. I'm hungry, let's eat" you kept jumping up and down on the bed.
"Okay, I'm up, I'm up" he sat up and rubbed his eyes before looking at you to see that you had already change clothes.
"You're up early, I'm usually the one that is first up" he said.
It was usually Five who was the one that was up first and very early sometimes before the sun is up, but not anymore, maybe it was because his guard wasn't up so much because you have won and you were safe.
But that didn't mean that he had let his guard completely down, he had a little kid to take care of which made him a parent, so his guard would never be fully down.
"Yeah. I'm so excited for today, so get up Five" you smiled "Alright, fine, I will go change, wait for me in the hallway" he said and you nodded.
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
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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.
You and Five walked out of the elevator before you walked down to the buffet.
You picked up a slice of toast and a glass of juice while Five picked up a mimosa drink.
Five looked at Stan as he followed you with one hand tucked into the pockets of his jeans while carrying his drink with his other hand.
Five knew that you were still a little shaky from last nightmare so he kept an eye on you. He didn't want to coddle you because he already knew that you'd end up shutting down or crying. It was something he learn during the apocalypse and that was one of the many things he knew about you.
"Wait, who's...Who's the mother?" Five asked Diego as he looked over at Stan.
"Lila" Diego answered "Excuse me?" Klaus asked as they all widened their eyes while you sat down on a chair by the table.
"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, with her psychotic mother, like..." Klaus said and thought for a moment, trying to wrap his head around the time travel "Yesterday" he said "Yeah, like I said 'family'" Five said before he put down his drink on the table "Is she coming back?" he asked Diego before he turned around to 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 as Five sat down next to you so you were between him and Klaus.
"So that means that the boy is my cousin?" you asked "Well, technically he is" Five said "Can I go over and meet him?" you asked "Of course" Five nodded and you grabbed your plate and glass of juice before you walked over to Stan.
"Hey" you said and Stan looked at you "I'm Y/n, your cousin" you smiled "Hey Y/n, I'm Stanley, but you can call me Stan" Stanley said "Can I sit?" you asked "Of course" Stan said and you smiled as you sat down next to Stan.
"So who is your parents?" he asked "Well, my real parents are dead but Five have being taken care of me for as long as I can remember, he is the closest things I ever had to a parent" you explain and he nodded.
"Hey, can you keep a secret?" he asked "Yeah" you nodded "I'm not really your cousin" he said "You are not?" you asked and he shook his head "Lila just brought me here 'cause we are playing a prank on Diego making him think that I'm his son" he said before he looked at you "Don't tell anything to him" he said "I wouldn't" you took a sip of your juice.
Five glanced over at you to see you laughing at Stan making a funny face which caused him to smile "Nice to see her bonding with someone who is also a kid" Klaus said "Yeah. Sometimes she acts more like an adult than a kid. It's nice to see her act like a little girl again" Five smiled.
Then Vanya walked towards the table "Where's Luther?" she asked "Who cares? Probably out for...a run" Diego said as he paused for a second when he noticed her short hair.
"Mmm!" Klaus said as he swallowed his coffee "Love the haircut" he said as he waved his hand at her and she smiled.
"You look pretty, V" you said and Vanya 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 they remained silent while they 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 "I think it's cool" you said and Viktor smiled.
"Truly happy for you, Viktor" he 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 Five "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 not the point" Diego said as he turned to Klaus.
"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.
"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 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, because while you have your daughter, she is upstairs grieving her daughter, who doesn't even exist here!" Viktor said.
"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 not bothered by the Commission or another apocalypse. No one is trying to kill us, no one is trying to kidnap Y/n, and we're all together. It's a fresh start for all of us. This is the best timeline for Y/n. She is safe. And that is the most important things to me. So we're done messing with time" Five said before he grabbed his drink "And I'm officially retired and I'm going to enjoy it" he said 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 them "I'm concerned" he said.
Then the lights in hotel suddenly switched off all at once before it flickered back on a minute later which cause Five to looked around as he think it was weird about the light
"Hey" Klaus said as he approached Five "What do you say we get outta here, huh?" Klaus asked him and Five 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 two 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?" 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. 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 don't you deserve some fun? And so does little Y/n, don't you think she will enjoy a road trip, she might never have being on one before" Klaus said "How do you know that?" Five asked "I mean if Y/n have spend her life in the apocalypse and not know anything other than that and The Commission, then I can figure out that she never had being on a road trip, so maybe it will good for her, getting into the real and normal world" Klaus said.
Maybe Klaus was right. Maybe road trip would be good for you.
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.
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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.
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Five walked over to you "Hey kid, what do you say to go on a road trip?" he asked "What is a road trip?" you asked "It's like a trip or a journey" he explain "Like those we were on in the apocalypse?" you asked "Yeah, but this time we are in a car" he said "And I'm coming with you two" Klaus said "Yaay. I have never being on a road trip like that before" you said "Come on, we'll get a few road sodas for the journey. Sometimes, you gotta clear the head out" Klaus said and Five picked you up in his arms before he spin you around.
"Come on" Klaus said as you jumped on Five's back and the three of you got ready.
"Guys, wait. Where are you going?" Viktor called out to them "Get the rats out of the maze, you know?" Klaus said to you and Five.
"Come on" Five said as he put you down and you rushed over to Klaus before jumping up on his back. "Time for a pony ride" he said while you laughed.
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