NO. 14 BROTHER OF MINE
#altprompt "Stabbed"
Five goes to get Diego for a family meeting and ends up blinking in the middle of a fight, and in the line of a knife.
I know I'm behind! This was for yesterday's prompt.
It all happened so fast.
Diego was in the middle of a fight.
He threw a knife.
Suddenly Five was there, and then suddenly they were back at the Academy, where the rest of the siblings seemed to have been waiting.
"What the hell Five?" Diego demanded.
But Five looked at him with surprise and confusion written all over his face. He stumbled back and looked down at the front of his shoulder.
Where Diego's knife was sticking out.
"Wait… woah woah woah," Diego swiftly moved towards him, as he started to fall. He grabbed Five and helped to lay him back as the others rushed towards them.
"Diego what did you do?" Luther demanded.
"I was in the middle of a fight when Five blinked in and then blinked us out." Diego looked at the wound. "He must of blinked in the path of my last knife."
He placed a hand on it, about to pull it out.
"Wait! " Viktor put a hand on his. "Are we sure it's safe." He looked nervously down at the teens face.
Five swallowed hard and looked at them with a look in his eyes. Fear? Concern?
"We have to get it out," Diego reassured his littlest brother. "Get towels or something to press against the wound."
Klaus brought over a blanket from the couch.
"Klaus!" Allison gave him a look.
"Oh please, blood would do this ugly thing a favor," the medium replied. He gave the blanket to Viktor.
"One… two…" Diego pulled out the knife, drawing a pained sound from Five that brought tears to Allison's eyes.
Viktor pressed down on the wound.
"We have to slow down the bleeding at least a bit," Diego said. He then looked at Five who was looking around, clearly trying to focus on something.
"Five. Hey… buddy. Look at me, alright?" Diego realized the signs of a man desperate to cling to consciousness.
Five looked at him, then brought his eyes over to Viktor, placing a hand on his arm.
"I'm here," Viktor told him. "I'm not going anywhere."
Five gave a small huff and then his eyes drooped, his head falling limply to the side.
"Five?" Viktor studied him over. "Five!"
He looked to Diego and then to the others.
"Klaus, go get mom," Luther told her. "Tell her to meet us in the infirmary."
Klaus rushed out of the room as Luther knelt down to, carefull, collect Five. Viktor stayed close.
Allison started to follow but stopped.
Diego was still kneeling on the floor, staring where Five was a moment ago.
"Diego," Allison called over to him, trying to break him out of his stupor.
"I killed him," Diego whispered.
"No," Allison rushed over to him, dropping next to him. "He's still alive."
Diego looked at her with tears in his eyes.
She wrapped her arms around him.
"It's not your fault."
Diego didn't respond, but took a few moments to shed some tears while taking comfort in his sister's embrace.
-UA-
Five opened his eyes, finding himself in the infirmary.
He looked around and felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
"Oh..right."
"You're awake."
He looked over at Diego, who was waiting in the corner.
"Don't tell me you have been moping there the whole time…" Five asked him.
"You could have died," Diego told him. "At my hand."
"But I didn't," Five reasoned.
"Five…"
"Don't start Diego. Don't punish yourself. Don't get all moody on me. I blinked in at the wrong time. It wasn't your fault. And you are the one who jumped into action to save me."
Diego stared at him quietly.
"Say it Diego."
Diego sighed and looked at the ground.
"It wasn't my fault."
"Sorry… I didn't hear you?"
Diego gave a little smirk and looked up at him. "It wasn't my fault," he said louder.
"Good. Now can you get me some water?"
"What do I look like, your maid?"
Five brought a hand to his chest and forced a slight pout. "Oh come on, Diego. After all… you did stab me."
I hope you liked it!
My goal is to have the next two stories out tomorrow so I can get right back on track!
