|Doppelgänger| Five Hargreeves

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝟏

_"Gather up, children. Now that we've had a chance to catch our breath, the real work can begin."-Reginald came back to the lobby after exploring the hotel by himself for some minutes. Five and I exchanged a look before getting up, along with Viktor, and walking towards the center of the room.

_"Ah, the myth of the seven bells, eh?"-The boy by my side reminded us all. I honestly still didn't really understand what the myth meant.

_"Exactly. Somebody's been paying attention."

_"Okay, so we find the bells, then what?"-Diego asked. Him and Lila were back as well.

_"No, no, no, no. The bells are just a metaphor for this."-The man turned his journal around to show us the pages. It contained many different symbols and some writing. I recognized those symbols. They were the same that Pogo showed us before and the same from Five's tattoo.

_"The sigil."-Both me and Five spoke at the same time. I looked at him for a second for that.

_"Correct. The sigil is the key to the seven bells. Once we find this symbol, we're one step closer to resetting the universe."

_"What do we do when we find it?"-Sloane asked something I was also curious about.

_"...I don't know."-His response was so unexpected my jaw dropped slightly. What the hell were we there for, then?

_"Excuse me? We're here because you said you have a plan."-Viktor was also appalled with the situation.

_"I do, up to a point."

_"And we're supposed to what, wing the rest of it?"-I joined in the complaining. That was so stupid. Not only were we forced to go through with his plan, we didn't even know what to do in the first place.

_"Great. So we'll just stay in the hotel forever, staring at the walls and eating bad sushi."-Lila retorted after snickering sarcastically.

_"Finding the sigil is our only way out of here and the best chance we have of resetting the universe."-Allison agreed with Reggie. Of course she would.

_"Funny how you and dad are on the same page again."-Five spoke, and I hit him weakly on the arm as a warning. Sure, Allison was definitely guilty, but we shouldn't act so obvious.

_"Okay, uh, where do we start?"-Viktor changed the subject, probably also noticing that the talk wasn't going in a great direction.

_"We'll split into groups. I will go with Allison and Sloane, Ben, Five and Y/n with Viktor."

_"No, we want Allison."-Viktor interrupted. That division didn't make sense, after all. 

_"Ben for Allison. We've trained together, so it makes more sense if we take Allison."-Five gave a great excuse.

_"Yeah. No, thanks."-Allison complained, and I looked at her with a raised brow.

_"Why not? It's what makes sense."-I challenged her, and she simply did not have an answer. Reginald responded for her.

_"Splendid idea. Allison, you go with the Umbrellas. Sparrows, stick together. Everyone take a different floor. We must find that sigil."-As he said that, Five, Viktor, Allison and I started to walk towards the elevator. The woman seemed nothing more than displeased.

_"What about us?"-I heard Diego questioning about him and Lila as we passed by them.

_"You're a duo. Nobody wants to listen to your endless bickering."-...Well, yes.

_"Now, spread out, leave no stone unturned, and meet back here in 30 minutes."

Our group entered the elevator, pressing the third floor, and waited for it to take us there. It was complete and tense silence throughout the whole way. I wasn't sure if I was the one causing the awkwardness due to my terrible mood or if it was the fact that it was obvious for the three of us that Allison was the one betraying the family.