The Sarcastic Sparrow

The Votes

You are all sat in the main entrance of the hotel by the stairs. Ben and Reginald standing at the front of everyone. Klaus, Diego on one side, Klaus leaning on a pillar. Luther and Sloane sat on the stairs with Sloane being in between Luther's legs. Viktor and Lila also on the stairs Viktor sitting and Lila standing. Five and you are on the opposite side to Diego and Klaus. Five standing up and you sitting on the floor between his legs. And finally Allison who's standing in the middle of everybody.

"I think you can all guess which way i'll be voting. We've all been through a lot. We've all lost people. Mannequins... But their deaths have to mean something. Which is why i'll be voting to go with Dad" Allison starts off and you snicker at when she brought up mannequins.

"What she said. Let's go save the bloody universe!" Lila shouts walking past Diego with a grin and joining Reginald and Ben

"Woo-hoo!" Klaus cheers.

"We're still voting to go, right?" You whisper to Five and Five only nods his head not making eye contact with you

"Alright, well, since she said yes, I vote stay." Diego says smugly walking to the stairs.

Lila scoffs at his childish behaviour

"How's that for nice?" Diego says with no emotion

"You're not being serious" Lila mutters

"It's his vote, Lila. Klaus?" Allison questions the next person

"I am with Father" Klaus agrees to go while pointing to Reginald

"Hm" Reginald hums with a smile as he turns and nods his head with Ben in union

"Okay, that's four to one. Viktor?" Allison informs and then turns to Viktor

"Look, I wanna believe, okay? I really do. I just can't shake the feeling we don't know what we're getting ourselves into." Viktor answers

"No, but we know what we've got if we don't. We have to go into this together. Viktor. A family" Allison tries to persuade Viktor making you roll your eyes as she uses the term 'family' when all shes been doing is causing fights with Viktor

"You can't just keep throwing the word 'family' around. It isn't enough. I vote stay" Viktor finally gives his point

"Luther?" Allison questions through gritted teeth

"Um... Sloane and I talked, and, well, we're out. Look, we wanna spend whatever time we have left together, and not fighting some guy with a sword and ringing bells and stuff. So..." Luther explains

"Well, dead even. Four in, four out." Viktor points out

"That leaves you two, Number Eight and Number Five" Reginald informs

"We've actually decided to share our vote! To keep it even. And we both have decided to go and sav—" You try to say you are with Reginald while standing up but as soon as you stand up Five covers your mouth and presses your back against his chest still keeping your mouth covered with his hand making your confused

"I saw the future, and it told me to sit this one out. We vote stay. It's time to accept our fate." Five ends the voting as your eyes widen.

This bastard just lied to me!?

"You're all pathetic" Allison mutters and storms off

"Why can't we go in there, just the four of us?" Ben argues

"That would mean certain failure. There must be Eight." Reginald says the last part looking directly at you. Five still had his hand covering your mouth and you didn't bother to fight back as you've completely lost hope
"Children, I can't say i'm happy with this. But I see now the blame falls on me. I failed you when you were young, and I have failed you now. And in doing so, I have doomed the entire universe. If anyone needs me, i'll be in the courtyard... awaiting the end" Reginald speeches and walks off

"Idiots" Ben insults then also walking off

"Was that a real apology?" Viktor questions

"The man's never apologised for anything in his life" Luther answers frustrated at the situation

"I actually feel bad for him" Diego mumbles quietly but loud enough for people to hear him.

"Don't worry. It'll pass." Five reassures with a slight grin knowing Reginald didn't get what he wanted.

"So now what?" Sloane questions Five

"We wait for the end. See you around. It's been interesting" Five waves everyone goodbye as he grabs your hand and starts walking up the stairs. You don't say a word as your mind is all over the place. You guys make it to the kitchen and Five starts making himself some cornflakes

"Why'd you lie to me?" You ask quietly breaking the silence causing Five to stop and look at you

"Because, I don't want to risk not knowing what's going to happen to you and everyone else. I'm sorry." Five apologises as he looks at your frail figure standing in the middle of the kitchen.

"No point in being mad at you, we're all dead anyway" You chuckle awkwardly. Your eyes show no sparkle making sure that it's visible to everyone that you have lost hope

Five walks over to you pulling you in to a tight embrace. He plants multiple kisses on your cheek for comfort and strokes your hair calmly

"This is the third time the worlds ended...it's just what the universe needs" Five whispers in your ear slowly swinging you side to side for comfort. You only nod and shove your head into the crook of his neck. The hug lasts for a while until you pull away

"Finish making your cereal before it gets soggy" You demand as Five chuckles.

"Want some?" Five offers

"I'll pass, not a fan of cereal" You shrug as your eyes lock onto a flask and a vodka bottle standing next to it

"Suit yourself" Five mumbles as you make your way to the flask and Vodka bottle

"Been looking for you" You mutter to the Vodka and flask making Five turn around to see who you were talking to only to see you've picked up alcohol

"You want last nights events to happen again, or you just love the taste of vodka" Five questions with a smirk as he sees your face immediately turn red

"Both" You bravely reply seeing now Five's the one to get flustered. You pour the vodka into the flask and then place down the bottle. Five and you exit the kitchen with a bowl of cornflakes and a flask filled to the top with vodka. Perfectly normal breakfast!

Word Count: 1104

This one's short cause shit goes down in the next one! 🤭