Chapter 2: Awakening
Klaus feels himself coming back. He had another nice talk with the girl on her bike aka GOD and again she doesn't want him there. He really would love a break, she could at least keep him a bit longer but then again does he really want to return to a body that had started to compose? Not really. Yet again he fights his way back out of the dark and start to sit up. His eyes are still closed, he doesn't want them to hurt from the light of the day. Klaus makes a check on his body, everything seems to be in the right place, pain was manageable, still he hates waking up after dying.
"That hurts." He complains to no one and rubs his head.
"Welcome back." He gets an answer anyway, unsurprisingly Ben is waiting for him, next to his lifeless body.
"Eight time is a charm." Klaus smiles and open his eyes to look at his brother.
"Eight? You already died ten times." Klaus made a head count.
"Not true, eight. I´m pretty sure. There was the bridge, the three overdoses, the stray bullet, really not my fault. The car (that was just rude), my adventure with the razor blade and of course now, the end of the world. What did I forget?" Offended that Ben wouldn't believe he can count his own deaths, self-inflicted or others.
"You forgot the drowning. You were so out of as you came out at the shore that you walked into the next ally and passed out. The next morning you didn't remember it. But believe me, 15 minutes under water means you were dead."
"Ok, maybe nine, but that's all. I didn't die from something else, right?." What could Ben mean, he had three fatal overdoses, the others don't count he didn't die then.
"Two years ago you froze to death behind a dumpster." Speechless Klaus looks up at his brother who had his arms folded and waited for a reply. He knows Ben wouldn't or even couldn't lie to him.
"Yes ok, ten times. Why didn't you say something about me freezing to death. Would have been nice to know." Klaus starts to free his coat from ash and dust that had collected itself on it while he slept (was dead).
"You didn't remember and you were already in a bad place. I was just happy that you came back and decided to stay in one of the shelters the next night.
"Ok, Benny-boy what next? Because after we saw this lovely piece of moon crush the earth I really think we need a plan." He doesn't have to look around further to see the destruction left behind by it.
"You could start by talking to Five." That pulls Klaus out of his thoughts.
"Five?" Klaus follows Ben´s arm, pointing at something behind him. And there he was, Five. Not one day older than thirteen. Still in this stupit uniform and a very strange and untypical look on his face. Confusion.