The Space Between Us (S1) || Five Hargreeves x Reader

☕️ Chapter Thirteen ☕️

Lance pulls the car on the side of the road, not too far away from the lab and parks it, alerting all of us to get out of the car.

"Stay behind him in case he tries to run away." Five quietly instructs me, as we make our way across the road.

I nod. "Will do."

We reach the sidewalk and Five grabs Lance by his sleeve and drags him to the lab. We walk, well, I hover and quickly round the corner to get onto the street that the lab is on.

A look of confusion comes across my face, once seeing fire and smoke coming out of the lab. "Oh no..."

Five immediately lets go of Lance's sleeve and runs toward the building. Using my powers, I plant Lance's feet where he's standing, as he tries to run away.

"Nice try." I laugh sarcastically then hover after Five. "Five!"

Suddenly, the building explodes, making me put my hands up to guard my face, since I was almost to Five.

After most of the smoke and dust clears and much coughing, I see Five just laying on the ground.

"No, no, no, no..." I repeatedly mutter under my breath and hover the rest of the way to him and he sits up about the time I reach him. "Please tell me that you're okay."

He sighs. "That's just great..."

I let out a breath of relief, seeing as he is okay. "He said that was the only copy of the list, so...we can't get it."

He gets off the ground and dusts his blazer off. "Let him go back to his car. We're going somewhere else."

"Where? Back to the Academy?" I ask.

"Eh. Close enough. We're going to the library." He answers.

I nod and hover over toward Lance. "We won't be needing you anymore. So, you won't be seeing us anymore."

"Just please...please let me go." He stammers.

I flick my wrist towards his feet and he stumbles backwards, almost falling down, and runs back to his car.

I chuckle to myself. "It's been awhile since someone's been afraid of me..." I turn around and hover back to Five.

"Ready?" He asks.

I nod. "Mhm."

He lays his hand on my shoulder and jumps us back inside the van, right into our seats.

'Mission failed?' Delores asks.

"The lab blew up, so yeah...mission failed." I answer.

Five picks up the bag that Delores is in and carefully places the bottle of liquor back in the bag.

"Are we going now?" I ask.

He doesn't answer me. He only lays his hand on my shoulder again and jumps us in front of the library. He immediately starts walking towards the door.

I raise an eyebrow. "Ok..?" I then hover after him.

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It's been about two hours since we first came to the library and the bottle of liquor that Five brought has been opened. I know Five has gotten himself drunk.

I've peacefully been reading a book, taking just little sips of the liquor every now and then, while Five's been drinking a lot more than I have.

He leans against the railing. "I should've known Hazel and Cha-Cha would've done this..."