A/N: Hope you guys enjoy :)


Chapter Twelve: He Was Literally Just Here

Luna's hysterical cries could be heard from the street in front of her home, Vanya's instincts were telling her to jump from the car well it was still in motion to check on her child. Her coarse chokes and hiccups could also be heard, Vanya could also vaguely hear other voices besides Luna's, they were trying to calm her daughter down, but it wasn't working, Luna only seemed to get louder. She thankfully had enough sense to wait until she was parked in the driveway before she made her way inside her house.

Inside Lizzy was kneeling on the ground in front of Luna with worried eyes, hands cupped to her mouth unsure what to do or say in the current situation. Eleanor was off to the side, gaping like a fish, it was activity Vanya cared little for at the moment, they weren't doing anything helpful for the situation. Luna's cries got impossibly louder when Lizzy tried laying her hand on her shoulder trying and failing to offer some form of comfort to her little bug, how Luna hasn't lost her voice yet is a pure mystery.

"What is going on?" At her voice Lizzy and Eleanor jumped but not her little one, they turned their attention to her, both talking over each other to explain. She rushed to the middle of the living room to kneel like Lizzy but closer to Luna.

"Miss Vanya, I don't know what happened. She was fine, then out of nowhere she started crying and screaming." Lizzy told her, her voice overpowering Eleanor's who had went quiet in the background, her lips were shaking, and her eyes were watering up, the poor thing look traumatized, Vanya wondered if she would still have a babysitter after this incident.

"Luna, baby what's wrong?" She reached her hand forward like Lizzy did moments before to lay it across Luna's back, the second she made contact her little bug flung herself up and towards Vanya, she curled her little body tightly against her chest, wrapping her thin arms around her neck practically choking Vanya.

"When did she start this?" She questioned; Eleanor looked to Lizzy to provide the answer. Vanya assumes her old lady neighbor got here moments before she herself did and had just has much of a clue as to what was happening as she did, that's probably what she was trying to tell her when she asked what was going on.

"Not long after her dad left," Lizzy was now crying full crocodile tears, moving away from Luna like she was a wild animal that could attack at any moment "Like I said she was fine, she was playing on the floor with HeiHei, then literally out of nowhere she clutched her side, she started screaming and crying. I checked for some type of injury but there was nothing there. She hasn't let me touch her since." Lizzy was crying so bad she hiccupped around her words, much in the same way Luna was doing.

She felt a hand tap her fingers, Allison was handing her a wet washcloth that she used to slowly wipe away the tears that were still falling from Luna's eyes and the snot that ran down her nose and chin.

"Little bug, I need you to tell me what's wrong, I can't help you if you don't." She sat down on the couch and placed the throw blanket she had there for decoration over Luna's shaking body. Vanya wanted her to talk but it seemed Luna was more content to bury herself further into Vanya.

"You can go home Lizzy, I got this," Vanya said to Luna's babysitter, she looked completely freaked out, and like she was a second away from fainting or something, that was the last thing she wanted to deal with right now, "Thank you so much for watching her, I'm sorry about all this." She dipped her chin to indicate to her little bug.

As far as Vanya knows this is the first time that Luna has done anything remotely like this, for the most part she was a good baby for Lizzy. The only time that she turned into a little demon was at bedtime, but Lizzy hasn't seen that side of Luna yet because Luna had no issues with naps, it was just nighttime that she threw her tantrums of not wanting to go to sleep.

"It's no problem, Miss Vanya," Lizzy frantically nodded to her as she collected her things, "Let me know if you need anything, and when she gets better." She told her before she practically ran out the door, Vanya couldn't really blame her, Luna's screams which were now nonexistent were horrifying.

"You too Eleanor, I'm sorry you had to come all the way over here," it's not that long of a distance but for an old woman it was, and Vanya didn't want anything happening to her sweet neighbor on the walk over and back, "Thank you for coming."

"Of course, dear, you let me know if you need anything, I'm right down the road." Eleanor nodded a couple of times then thankfully left without any complaints or comments.

Allison sat next to her on the couch, cautiously reaching her hand forward to Luna's face to wipe away the brown strands of hair that was sticking to her cheeks from her tears. Vanya thought she was going to flinch away or start screaming again but she didn't, she surprisingly leaned into Allison's touch.

"Can you lift her shirt to check her side, maybe Lizzy missed a bruise or something," Vanya leaned back on the couch so Allison could have a view and reach of Luna's shirt. She trusts Lizzy but she was really frantic so maybe she missed an obvious problem. Allison lifted the shirt and searched for anything that would be unusual for the little girl to be marked with, there was nothing but smooth skin underneath the shirt.

"Nope, there's nothing." She pulled down Luna's shirt and started rubbing her hand up and down her back, trying to sooth the shaking away.

"Little bug, you have to tell me what's wrong, please." Vanya tried to coax Luna into talking again now that Lizzy and Eleanor were gone.

"Hurt." Luna's little voice seemed to ring off the walls even though she whispered the word into Vanya's chest.

"You're hurt?" Allison asked her, to which Luna shook her head "no".

"Diego told me about her saying her arm hurt not too long ago but there was nothing there, now she's saying her side hurts and there's nothing there..." Allison didn't know where she was going with her thoughts, so she trailed off mid-sentence. She remembers Diego telling her of Luna's nightmare, about her complaining of phantom pain, now was very similar to that, maybe something was connecting here, and they were just not getting it.

At the mention of Diego's name Luna flinched back, grabbed her side, and sobbed louder than what she was already sobbing.

"I don't know what's going on, I don't know what to do." Vanya whispered out, she felt like crying. She didn't know how to help her daughter in this situation right now, she didn't even know what was wrong, let alone know how to fix it. The inability to make things better for Luna was heartbreaking for her, she was utterly useless right now, Vanya hasn't felt that way in a long time.

"Hey, it's okay, motherhood isn't something that comes with instructions Vanya. It's fine to not know what to do, you're doing your best, that's all that matters." Allison firmly said to her sister, she moved her arm to be around Vanya's shoulders to give her a side hug. She could tell Vanya wanted to cry, she knew that feeling all too well, except with her she used to rumor Claire when moments similar to this one got too difficult for her to handle, and motherhood became too much for her.

"Maybe you should call Diego, you're not alone in this anymore, maybe he can get her to open up about what's wrong." Allison suggested, she didn't want to overstep but considering how Luna reacted to Diego's name just now, maybe calling him and getting him over here was for the best, plus he could explain that weird voicemail he left Vanya.

Before Vanya could verbally respond and tell Allison to get her phone so she could call him, Allison's own phone started ringing.

"It's Luther," Allison told her when she pulled her phone free from her purse, "Hello."

"Allison, let me talk to Vanya, Luther didn't have her number, so I had to call you." Five's voice filtered out from the phone, Vanya motioned for Allison to put it on speaker because she couldn't carry the phone in her hand well her arms and hands were occupied with Luna.

"Five?" Vanya was relieved to hear his voice, she's been worried about him.

"Vanya, you, Luna, and Allison have to get to the hospital. Diego's hurt, he's been shot. Klaus is with him, me and Luther are walking into the hospital right now." Five calmly told her, Vanya thinks he's trying to sound calm, so she can stay calm too.

"Shot! What do you mean he's been shot! By whom! Where! Is he okay! Is Klaus okay!" It didn't work, she handed Luna to Allison and took the phone from her hand, she was the furthest thing from calm right now.

"I don't know if he's okay Vanya, all I know is that he went looking for Klaus, found him, things didn't go as planned and he was shot. I don't know about Klaus either, last I saw him he looked pretty banged up to but he was walking so there's at least that." Five tried to offer her a little comfort, he did see Klaus very briefly, only really caught a glimpse of his face before the ambulance shut the doors and drove off. As Five talked to Vanya she collected hers and Luna's things to leave.

"We'll be there right now, text Allison's phone the address." She requested before hanging up the phone without saying goodbye.

"Are you okay?" Allison was worried that maybe all this was becoming too much for her sister at the moment, she was just standing there in the middle of the living room doing nothing but staring into space after she collected her things to leave.

"I'm good, I'm going to go get one of my pills, I'll be right back." She was down the hallway and in her room before she remembered that she didn't have pills at the moment, she still hasn't went to refill the prescription bottle. She was going to turn back around but a bright red color of something coming from her bed made her stop.

On her bed was an empty pill bottle with a bouquet of red roses and a note. She felt Allison come up behind her, so she shifted to the side to let her see what was on the bed. She didn't move to pick up the flowers or the note.

"Who's that from?" She shrugged at Allison's question, the only people who have been here were Lizzy, Luna, and Eleanor...and Diego, maybe they were from him? But that didn't explain the pill bottle. Allison waited for Vanya to do something but when she didn't do anything but stand there, she took it upon herself to walk over to the bed with Luna still in her arms and picked up the note to read it out loud.

Vanya,

You dropped your pill bottle at my house, I came to drop it back off. I was going to leave it and the roses with the babysitter, but she was kind enough to let me inside, so I decided to put the flowers on your bed, I hope you like them.

Can't wait for our date, Leonard.

"He was in your house? Without you here? You guys have a date?" Allison didn't like that; Vanya didn't know this man well enough for him to be coming here unannounced with the babysitter and Luna here by themselves. Who does that?

"I agreed to go to dinner with him." That was all Vanya could think to say, she felt weird seeing the roses on the bed, felt weird knowing Leonard was in her home with her daughter here without herself being here. She does like him, and the roses are beautiful, but it was still unsettling and something Vanya has to think more on at a later time. She didn't come to her room to get distracted, her and Allison needed to leave, right now her focus is Diego and their daughter, not whatever this is.

"We don't have time for this, let's go." She walked out of the room with Allison following right behind her, she grabbed their things and held open the front door for her sister. Her heart was beating loudly, she felt like she could feel the individual beats and hear them in her ears, she was praying that Diego was okay, praying that she wouldn't lose him before she really even had him, her and Luna.


Klaus had a firm grip on the black briefcase, he got odd looks from the paramedics that surrounded him, but he didn't care. He wasn't letting the briefcase go, he went through a lot in that nasty motel, the least thing those fuckers could give him was their briefcase that he hoped had money in it or something that he could sell. He hasn't had a chance to look inside yet but when he got a chance, he was taking it.

The paramedics were kind enough to clean him up and give him a pair of scrubs to be able to get out of his bloody nonexistent clothing considering he still only had the towel on. They were far more focused on Diego which he couldn't fault them for, he sat back, trying not to get in their way of stabilizing his brother. He much preferred they didn't fuss over him anyways; he didn't need them noticing the signs of withdrawal and committing him to a rehab. He was surprised they let him into the back of the ambulance with them, but nonetheless grateful, he didn't want to leave Diego alone just yet.

"Is he going to be okay?" Ben asked him, he was sitting next to Klaus and half in one of the paramedics, but he didn't seem to notice or care. His worried eyes were trained on their brother.

"I don't know." Klaus didn't want to lie to him when he himself wasn't sure if Diego would be okay. There was a lot of blood and Klaus thinks the bullet is still lodged in his side, he hopes he's okay, but he couldn't make promises that he maybe wouldn't be able to keep.

The ambulance came to a stop and everyone was a flurry of movement, opening the doors and taking Diego out, rushing him into the hospital where doctors and nurses immediately surrounded him. Klaus tried following them but was stopped by a nurse.

"I'm sorry sweetie, but you can't go with them, they have to do emergency surgery." She was a tiny thing that had honey in her voice, Klaus could see the genuine regret that she had to stop him, but she had a job to do.

"I'll be waiting out here for you Diego! I'm not going anywhere; you're going to be okay!" He called to his unmoving brother before they could take him beyond the thick double doors marked "employees only", Klaus isn't sure if Diego could hear him or not, but he felt better knowing he told him he was going to be here, and he wasn't leaving.

The nurse led him to a waiting area "I'll come out to give you updates on his progress." She promised him, at Klaus's nod she left the room, it was empty, the only sounds that could be heard was the humming of the vending machines and his loud breathing. He wondered how long it would take Luther and Five to get here, he saw them as the paramedics were closing the doors, he wanted to call out to them, but they needed to leave if Diego had a chance at surviving the gunshot wound so he didn't call out anything to them.

Ben was talking to him, but he couldn't hear a thing, his nerves were fried, he was fidgeting in his chair, the humming from the vending machines was too loud, all he wanted was just a little something to get rid of the nerves and to hold him over for a little while longer, he didn't have anything though.

Looking down to his lap though he remembered that he did have a mystery briefcase with possible means to get him what he wants, there was no harm in looking anyways. Popping open the case a pulling sensation spread through his body and snapped at his skin in a very unpleasant manner, his vision was blinded by blue neon light, and he couldn't hear Ben droning on anymore.

The tiny nurse led Five, Luther, and Eudora to the waiting room, telling them Diego was in surgery and they would have to wait along with the other man.

"I'm glad you guys showed up to be honest, the other guy didn't look like he should be alone." Five was surprised to hear real concern in the nurse's voice, like she genuinely cared if Klaus was alone or not, like she knew him.

Walking into the empty room, Five and Luther glanced around looking for their brother, but he wasn't anywhere to be found in the little waiting room, Five turned back to the nurse with his eyebrow raised in question.

"He was literally just here a minute ago." The poor nurse sounded freaked out, panicked like they were going to blame Klaus's disappearance on her.

"No worries, it's Klaus. He tends to take off at the most inconvenient times." Luther dismissed, this is what Klaus does, he gets up and leaves when whatever was happening no longer held his interest. Luther wasn't worried about it and no one else should be either.


A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed, feel free to drop a review :)

Vanya is a bit wary of Leonard's actions...is she getting the creep vibes yet? lol

Luther is an asshole lmfao jk