A/N: Hope you guys enjoy :)
Chapter Seven: The Pops!
It was late when Vanya moved herself and Luna to her childhood bedroom to settle in to stay the night. None of her siblings had left yet, still waiting for Five to return home so they could decide on what to do with their mom, but so far Five hadn't made an appearance. Vanya decided that it was probably best to stay at the manor overnight waiting for Five then to go home and have to come back again the next day.
She and Luna had spent the evening with Klaus, he had slowly rose in the ranks of being Luna's favorite person in the whole world. Vanya knew her daughter was caught line and sinker when Klaus busted out singing "How far I'll go" out of nowhere, he jumped around the living room with Luna, singing the song at the top of his lungs, the sight of it had Vanya in giggles. She had figured out of all her siblings Klaus would be the one to most likely connect with Luna, considering he was just a big kid himself and didn't take himself too seriously like their other siblings have been guilty of doing on more than one occasion.
Well they were playing around in the living room Diego had come back after a while like he said he would, but he didn't stay long, he was upset about something so eventually he removed himself from the room again. That was hours ago, now Vanya was trying to put Luna to sleep on her old twin sized mattress, Klaus had muttered something about a bath before leaving them, Vanya would give just about anything right now to have one to, she was exhausted, all of her muscles ached something fierce, and Luna not wanting to go to bed was testing Vanya's worn-out patience to the max.
"Luna, it's time for bed, now." Vanya sternly told her, normally she let Luna complain and frail around for a while before bed, she played into her daughters games until Luna grew tired of them and laid herself down to sleep but the past couple days was catching up to Vanya, she just wanted to grab a cup of hot tea and relax.
"But mamma I can't, the pops are coming." Luna was rustling the dark grey sheets to the bed, scanning the room in a nervous way, as if she were expecting something to appear out of thin air.
"What pops? What are you talking about?" Vanya was bemused, what on earth was Luna talking about? She's never talked about any "pops" before, Vanya was convinced that being in the manor to long was the source of this crazy talk, this place always did have a way of driving everyone mad.
"Is she giving you a hard time?" Diego had quietly snuck up on them, appearing at the doorway to the bedroom, leaning against the frame with an amused expression, Vanya wanted to slap it off his face. She was glad to see he wasn't as upset as he was earlier in the day, but she didn't like the sass coming off of him.
"Yeah, she always does this before bed, says she's not tired when she is." Vanya half warned him, if he was going to be in Luna's life, now was a good a time as any for him to learn their daughter's behavior, the not so cute and adorable behavior that she displayed to only Vanya in the privacy of their home, or in this case room.
"The pops mamma! The pops!" Luna jumped up and down on the bed shrieking into Vanya's ear making her wince.
"What's she talking about?" Diego asked her, he moved further into the room, shutting the door behind him, and now stood by the bed with Vanya, she shrugged in response. She loves her daughter but right now she's not in the mood to dissect her reasoning for not wanting to go to sleep, the "pops" whatever those were would just have to wait until morning.
"Luna enough already, it's time to go to sleep." Vanya grabbed her before she completed another jump and laid her down, pulling the blankets up and over her to give the signal that she wasn't playing around anymore, she was done with the nonsense talking of "pops" for tonight.
"I'll go get her a glass of warm milk, maybe it'll help settle and put her to sleep." Their mom used to do that for them when they were younger and having a hard time getting to sleep, he's not sure it actually ever did anything to help them fall asleep, but the action alone did make them feel better, maybe it would work much the same way for Luna.
"Okay." Vanya agreed, the same memory went through her head when he mentioned getting the warm milk for Luna, it was a fond memory, one of the few happier moments for them growing up.
Diego walked over to the door and opened it, he felt like something was wrong as soon as he stepped out into the hallway, the hair on his arms stood straight up and a shiver went down his spine, looking down the long hallway he could see two people he didn't know with enormous guns and creepy kid masks on their faces, one male and one female. The clicking noise of both guns cocking had Diego pulling his knives free from their hidden spaces in his jacket.
"Vanya grab Luna and run!" Diego screamed, the overwhelming panic in his voice made Vanya act without hesitation, she snatched Luna up from the bed and ran out into the hallway. She paused just outside the door until Diego pushed her in the opposite direction of where he was facing down the hallway, she took off running, Diego right behind her. Loud pops of guns going off sounded, pieces of plaster from the walls around them were bursting free and flying everywhere. Vanya moved her legs faster, Luna was screaming into her shoulder, Diego was throwing his knives back at them, but he was missing, most of his focus being on getting Vanya and Luna away from the crazy people with guns, his full attention was lost within his fright for Vanya and their daughter.
Rounding a corner of the hallway Diego pushed her and Luna against the wall, Vanya's shoulder blades stung where they hit the plaster, "I'm going to try and distract them, you get Luna out of here, do you understand?" His breath was coming out in pants, his eyes darted wildly everywhere, his hands ran frantically over them checking for injuries, she nodded back.
"Yeah...yeah. Please be careful." Vanya and Diego separated in different directions, Diego going towards the sound of guns and Vanya away from them.
Vanya was running with all the power her legs had, she didn't know if she should find a hiding place or leave the house all together, were those people the only ones or was there more somewhere in the house and outside? She could hear the pops of the guns echoing from the sitting room, they felt like they were right up against her ear, they were so loud, she really hoped Diego didn't get hurt.
Vanya didn't trust running all over the house or going outside, so she slipped into one of the many useless rooms in the house, and squeezed herself and Luna into the tiny closet, she shushed Luna's sobbing, trying to calm her down.
By the sounds of bodies hitting the floor, Diego guessed Luther had shown up from wherever the hell he was when he heard the guns going off, peeking out from behind his quick hiding place, Diego spotted Allison and Luther fighting the two crazies.
When one of the crazies grabbed Allison by her throat, the male one, Diego ran out from behind his hiding space and jumped on his back, hitting him as hard as he could with his fist, but it didn't seem to do much to the guy besides make his steps slightly more uneven, it was like hitting Luther.
"Let her go!" Diego yelled.
Luther pushed Diego off the crazies back before grabbing the dude to throw him away from his siblings, the two intruders were on the floor by each other, looking in their direction, seemingly having a quick intermission with each other.
"Who the fuck are these guys!?" Allison screamed in confusion, the night was going fairly well for them all things considered and just as their luck would have it before anyone had time to truly enjoy this rare peace settlement, their house gets broken into.
"You're welcome." Luther gloated to Diego, of course he would choose now to point out that Diego was lacking in that fight, Luther never missed a moment to point out when Diego's fighting style and ability left much to be desired in comparison to his own.
"I was doing just fine." Diego wasn't going to admit out loud that he appreciated the help or that he needed it to begin with, Luther's ego was a big as his body already, no need to make it any bigger.
"Where's Vanya and Luna, are they okay?" Allison interrupted before this could turn into an argument as it often did between the two brothers.
"Their fine..." Diego answered back, it was all he could get out before the crazies came back guns blazing. They all three separated in different directions, hoping to confuse the crazies.
Luther stayed near the sitting room, to be able to fight the big guy that had a hold on Allison's throat before, Allison ran away with the other one hot on her tail, she led her down the stairs to the basement level, Diego was close behind them.
Walking into the room, Diego was glad they had the woman trapped, she would have to get through them to be able to leave which wasn't happening if Diego could help it. He winced when the woman hit Allison across the face, that look like it hurt, "You want to rumor this psycho or what?" Diego asked his sister, now would be a good time to pull out her gift, these guys were clearly not your typical intruders.
"I don't need to, this bitch just pissed me off." Allison spat blood from her mouth to the floor, she had bit her lip when the woman knocked her into the pool table.
"We just want the boy." The crazy woman stated, Allison didn't care if the bitch only wanted a damn bagel, she was getting her ass kicked regardless.
Diego jumped in the fight with kicks and punches when once again the crazy got the upper hand and Allison ended up on the floor. The woman backed away and started running when both Diego and Allison were fighting together. Allison produced the knife she found on the desk when she was thrown, "Get her." She handed it to Diego who immediately threw it, the cries of pain from the insane woman meant that it met its mark.
Meeting back up in the sitting room, Allison ran towards Luther who was grunting on the floor, her and Diego helped to stand him up, the other crazy must have got the drop on him. Above them was the woman in the creepy pink kid's mask that resembled a rabbit. Her arm extended outward to bust the connection that was keeping the chandelier up, Luther shoved both Diego and Allison away from him when he saw it coming down from the ceiling. The crazies used their distraction to take off.
The entire thing slammed down onto Luther's body, as he slowly got out from under it, his shirt tore from his chest, revealing the mess that was underneath it.
"Holy shit." Diego whispered to the air, how the hell did Luther hide that? His body looked half ape like, with hair coming out from everywhere, it was grey and looked sickly. Luther stared at them for a moment before running up the stairs without saying a word. Allison nor Diego went after him, still shocked over what they had seen.
"Where are Vanya and Luna?" Allison couldn't think about what she just saw, she didn't even know what she just saw, it was easier right now to focus on a neutral topic, her sister and niece, she could deal with the Luther mystery later.
After the big bang that shook the manor it was quiet, Vanya wished she knew what happened, but she was scared to leave the safety of the closet.
"Uncle Klaus, Uncle Klaus." Luna kept whispering into her chest where Vanya had her pressed tight, worried that if she let her go, she would be hurt. She's been saying Klaus's name for a couple minutes now, Vanya guessed she was worried about the uncle who played dolls with her. She wished she had an answer for her daughter, but she didn't, she knew Klaus was taking a bath before all this, but Vanya was sure he must have took off after hearing the guns, so at that moment she didn't know where he was.
"He's fine little bug, he's okay." Vanya pressed a kiss to Luna's head, she was positive he was okay, Klaus was smart, he would have left before getting hurt.
"Vanya! Luna!" Vanya heard Diego's voice echoing off the walls calling for them. She hesitated before opening the closet door, Diego wouldn't be calling for them if they were still in danger of getting shot at. Vanya gripped Luna in her arms and walked out of the room, Diego was in front of her in a second flat, crushing both of them to his chest and kissing everywhere he could reach.
"Are you guys okay?" Allison showed up on the other side, laying a comforting hand on Luna's back.
"Yeah, we're fine." Diego had led them to one of the couches that was still intact in the sitting room, Vanya eyed the massive chandelier on the floor, that must have been what made that loud bang, she hated to think how long it would take to clean up the mess of glass it made and get it repaired.
"Where's Klaus?" She asked them, she wanted to sooth Luna's worry for her uncle by making sure he was okay, Luna could see with her own two eyes when Klaus came out to reassure her that he was fine.
"We don't know, why?" Diego couldn't understand why Klaus's whereabouts was important right now, he could have lost both Vanya and Luna tonight, the last thing on his mind was his brother, and it should be the last thing on Vanya's mind to.
"Uncle Klaus, Uncle Klaus." Luna whispered again this time into Diego's chest seeing as how she was pressed against it, he had moved her from Vanya's arms to his own, needing to feel that extra assurance that she wasn't hurt.
"She's worried about him, she's been asking about him nonstop since we hid in the closet." Vanya replied to Allison's and Diego's questioning faces.
"Why didn't you leave the house?" When Diego had called for them, he assumed he wouldn't get an answer back, in his mind they had left the house, he called out earlier almost involuntarily, he was worried about them and naturally his mouth opened, and their names spilled out. The memory of Vanya coming out of the room with their daughter in her arms was replaying in his head.
"I-I didn't know if those people were the only ones or if they..." Vanya tried explaining herself, but Diego cut her off mid explanation.
"You should have left the house Vanya! What would have happened if those people went into the room! What would you have done!" Diego yelled at her in anger, just the thought of them getting hurt was making him shake with worry that transferred over into being mad.
"I just told you I didn't know if there were more people, I wasn't about to go dragging Luna everywhere without knowing that." Vanya didn't yell back, she didn't want him to do this right now, emotions are strung and everyone in her opinion just needed to be glad they were okay, get some rest, and revisit the conversation in the morning.
"That's not an excuse Vanya! You could have gotten Luna killed!" The more Diego yelled the more agitated Vanya got. How did a conversation about Klaus turn into this?
"I did what I thought was best to protect MY daughter." Vanya retorted, putting emphasis on the word "my" on purpose because she knew it would be a metaphorical slap to Diego's face.
"OUR daughter Vanya." Diego growled out, he knows he hasn't been a part of her life thus far (of no fault of his own he would like to point out) but he was her father, he had a right to a say in what does or doesn't happen to her, especially when it comes to protecting Luna from harm.
"A couple of days doesn't make up for a couple of years Diego." Vanya fumed, she was glad he wanted to be in Luna's life, but he couldn't just think that he would come in and take over, making choices and decisions that were rightly Vanya's to make at this point.
"Okay you guys, I think maybe we should all just take a deep breath." Allison butted in, she had stayed quiet up until now, but she needed to speak up because she could see exactly where this conversation was leading, and it was nowhere pretty.
"I know that but whose fault is that Vanya! Yours! You didn't tell me you were pregnant so what the fuck were you expecting!" Diego had put Luna down on the couch and started to pace the floor, SHE was the one who didn't contact him to tell him she was pregnant, one measly phone call was all it would have taken and none of this would even be a factor right now. But she didn't call, she didn't even text so of course she went all this time alone, it's not Diego's fault that he hasn't been there for her or Luna. Had Vanya called him he would have told her the truth much sooner, and they could have been raising their daughter together this entire time.
"Apparently to much from you to begin with!" Vanya was done, done with this, done with him, done with this place, she was just done. She ignored Diego and Allison to go up the stairs, back to her old room to grab Luna's bag, after grabbing it she went back downstairs.
"Where the fuck are you going?" Diego demanded when he seen Luna's bag slung over her shoulder, he stood in front her to prevent her from taking another step.
"Away from you, come on Luna." Vanya held her hand out for her little one to take, but she didn't, instead she snuggled further into the couch, firmly shaking her head at Vanya.
"Uncle Klaus." She said again, Vanya loved her brother, she really did, but she was seriously getting tired of hearing Luna repeat his name, it was not the time to be worrying about that.
"He's fine Luna. Now come on. She shook her hand that was still held out to her daughter.
"Just let her stay Vanya, you want to run off that's fine but she's tired so let her stay, I got her." Diego had lowered his voice, but he was still pissed. Vanya was going to argue but decided against it, this would be the first time that Luna's been away from her but right now she needed to leave this house and get away from Diego, logically she knew dragging Luna with her wasn't the smartest idea, so she didn't argue. Plus, as angry as she was at Diego, she knew he would take care of Luna and not let anything happen to her.
"Fine. I'll be back later, little bug. Be good, I love you." Vanya stepped around Diego to give double kisses to Luna's cheeks, she waved bye to Allison and took off without a single word or glance to her daughter's father. She didn't know where she was going, she just knew she wanted to get away.
Vanya found herself in front of a wood shop, it had started raining, she was soaked through, but she didn't care, the water actually felt kind of good on her warm skin, it helped to cool her down after her heated debate with Diego. It was late at night, so she was surprised to see a light still on inside the little workshop, a figure moving about inside.
Leonard had spotted her out in the rain through the window, he hurriedly rushed to open the glass door, "Oh my god, Vanya are you okay?" He gently grabbed her arm, pulling her into the shop.
"I'm sorry, I don't know-I wanted to..." she didn't know what she was doing here, she should leave, go back to the manor and talk through the anger with Diego, they clearly had a lot of unresolved things to settle, even after their "talk".
"Hey-Hey it's fine, I'm glad you're here." Leonard smiled at her.
Somewhere across town, Klaus was struggling in a trunk to break the duct tape that tied his hands together, he was in a towel and nothing more, leave it to him to get kidnapped by some crazy people in masks well he was naked as the day he was born.
A/N: I didn't write it in, but everyone just assume Vanya is still taking her pills, I tried writing it, but I didn't like it...So let us all see it through "our imaginations" lol (picture SpongeBob's voice with that).
Hope you guys enjoyed, feel free to drop a review :)
