Chapter 6: Calculation
Slowly Five begins to understand. Their childhood wasn't perfect, far from it and his departure didn't make it easier for his siblings. Ben´s death could even been avoided but that was another question for later. Klaus downwards spiral started way before he left.
The only solution that appears in his mind is going back, right now. Back to the morning he thought arrogantly about his powers and selfishly jumped, left them alone. Thinking about it, that was only a few hours ago. The world had been alright at that time.
Five follows his now older brother, locking at his back, he is still seeing the frighten boy that crawled into his bed. Who trusted him to keep the monsters (ghosts) away for the night. They enter the destroyed building; a few letters of the word SUPERMARKET are still attached to the roof or what is left of it. Klaus makes his way to the back of the shop where the freezers for the frozen food are located. Of course none of the cooling systems are working anymore but they don't want frozen waffles. What they do for the coming days (months? Years?) Five doesn't want to think about it.
His brain is already working on a way to get back, back to the time he left. It is probably easier to get back a few days to stop the apocalypse but looking at his brother searching for food tells him he needs to go back further. Then what use does it have to save the world when he loses his brother to his (apparently soul-consuming) powers.
"Five I found them." Klaus smiles at him and offers a box of not-frozen waffles to him. Five takes it with a nod. His brain is trying to calculate an equation to make it possible to return. He needs a library and search for some books and …
His thoughts came to a stop as Klaus offers the other box of waffles to Ben. "Klaus I´m dead. I don't need food. But thank you. You should eat them. You like waffles, remember." Only hearing this conversation told Five everything he needs to know about what Klaus is missing.
His brother is worried about them, but not about himself. He forgets that Ben is dead, painfully obvious to Five but not for Klaus. And he needs someone that reminds him of thinks he likes. Conversations like this must have happened before when Bens look is any indication.
"Thank you Klaus. Would you mind coming to the library with me?" Five tries to get them going. He needs to find a solution as fast as he can.
Klaus nods, his mouth is full of waffles and he follows him. He will figure it out and fix Klaus and his family … and ok saving the world.