n. a moment that seemed innocuous at the time but ended up marking a diversion into a strange new era of your life-set in motion not by a series of jolting epiphanies but by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next, until...
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The rest of the siblings watch as Vanya leaves the room. The room is silent as Klaus follows first. Diego and Allison follow a few seconds later. Five and Marah holding hands, head out to the car. Luther being the last one to leave the world.
Vanya starts the engine as the door opens, revealing Klaus.
"So, so, so..." Klaus starts. "Ben, huh? Gone forever. Isn't he?"
"He traded his life for mine...while he saved the world in the process." Vanya answers, not wanting to upset Klaus.
"Pfft. Show-off." Klaus mutters. "But did he...say anything about...me?"
"He wanted me to tell you that he was too scared to go to the light." Vanya answers. "It wasn't you that made him stay."
Klaus chuckles softly. "Oh, that little shit-heel." Klaus scoffs. "All these years, and I thought it was my fault that he didn't take his ticket to heaven."
Klaus laughs. Vanya sighs, not wanting to be rude. "Look, I'm sorry, but...you should get out, cause I need to..."
"Oh, no, I'm coming with." Klaus answers. "I can't let you face the unknown alone, right?"
Allison and Diego walk out to the car. Allison opens the car door as she and Diego get into the second row of the car. "Got room for tow more?"
"What about the Commission?" Vanya asks, looking at three of her siblings.
"Well, might as well do some good before we die horribly." Diego mutters.
"Whoo-hoo!" exclaims Klaus.
"Oh!" Vanya says, seeing the door open and revealing Five and Marah. "Five, Marah, you...you guys don't have to.."
"We know. You owe us one, sis." Five answers.
"Children ride in the back." Marah states, smiling at Klaus.
"Okay." Klaus responds, jumping over the seat and moving to sit between Allison and Diego.
"Oh, christ." Allison says, hitting Klaus.
"Guys, I don't know what to say." Vanya smiles at her siblings.
Luther walks out last, opening the back door of the car. He crawls his way inside, weighing the car down significantly.
Marah opens her mouth to make a joke before Luther glares at her and interrupts her before she can start. "Anyone makes a fat joke, Marah, and I'm outta here."
Vanya starts the engine. She drives off with her siblings towards the farm, the back of the car dragging on the ground due to the extra weight added by Luther.
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We arrive at the farm twenty minutes later. As we drive up the drive way, we see a storm forming right on top of the barn. I get out first, holding my hand out for Marah to grab.
Once we're all out of the car, we look towards the barn.
"You think whatever's going on inside is causing the cold front?" Diego asks loudly, having to yell over the wind.
"Well, the correlation is high." I state.
"Or maybe mother nature just chose to let snow fall in one small area, Diego." Marah smirks, Diego glares at her causing her to laugh.
A woman runs out of the barn holding a gun towards all of us, no doubt having seen the news about all of us.
"Sissy! Sissy!" Vanya yells, running up to the woman trying to stop all of us from getting shot.
"Get back!" the woman, named Sissy yells. "All of you, just get the hell back!"
"Yeah, I don't back down." Marah shouts back. "People back down from me."
"Sissy!" Vanya yells, trying to stop a fight between my girlfriend and her girlfriend. "Hey! Hey! What's wrong?"
The woman sighs before lowering her gun. She whispers towards Vanya, none of us able to hear what their saying.
"What did he do to you?" I hear Vanya ask the woman.
The woman sighs shakily, before responding. "He's...He's dead. Harlan tossed him aside like a rag doll, same way you sent those police men flyin'. What did you do to him?"
"No..." Vanya mutters.
"What the hell did you do to my son?" Sissy yells.
"Don't have time for this." Diego tells Vanya.
"Where you think you're going?" Sissy says, pointing the gun to Diego now.
"To help your son." Diego states.
"Look, Sissy, I found my family." Vanya mutters, pointing towards all of us. "These are my brothers and my sisters."
More energy crackles from the barn, prompting all of us to share a concerned look. "Ma'am." Diego addresses.
"We're you lyin' to me this whole time?" Sissy asks.
"Of course not." Vanya sighs. "Look, I didn't know who I was. But I do now. And we are not the monsters that they say we are."
"I am." Marah says, raising her hand and smiling towards Sissy. We all glare at her, causing her to roll her eyes at us.
"We did not kill the president. We are not terrorists. We're not here to hurt anyone." Vanya explains, causing the woman to lower her gun.
"Then...who are you?" Sissy asks, looking only at Vanya.
"The only one who can help Harlan." Vanya replies.
Sissy nods her head, allowing all of us to pass. We get into the barn to see the boy, Harlan, floating in mid air with a field of energy surrounding him. We all stand around as Vanya goes to help him. "Harlan? Harlan, It's Vanya." Vanya yells, stepping into the field of energy. "Look, Harlan, I know you're really scared, but I can help you. I need you to listen to me, okay? Can you do that?"
Vanya walks through the energy field.
"Careful." both me and Marah warn at the same time.
"Harlan? I don't know if you can hear me..." Vanya yells over the harsh wind.
"Uh...guys?" we hear Klaus say from the barn door.
"What?" Diego asks.
"You don't have to do this!" Vanya yells towards the kid.
"Ah, shit!" I swear.
"What, who are they?" Klaus questions.
"One's the Handler, the others Diego's girlfriend." Marah answers for me.
"Lila. That's my ex-girlfriend." Diego comments, needing to clear that up.
"What?" Luther asks. "You know what? Doesn't matter. They both look angry."
"Yeah." Allison sighs. "Our brother has that effect on people."
"I'm gonna go find out what they want. You guys stay here with Vanya and the kid." I say, going to walk off when my arm is grabbed.
"If you think you're going alone, you're wrong." Marah smiles, grabbing my hand as we start to walk off before we're stopped again.
"I'm coming with you too. Come on." Diego says, all three of us walking down to meet the Handler and Lila.
"This isn't going to end well." Marah sighs.
"No it's not." I mutter, holding her hand tighter.
