Chapter 7: Library
Five is too nice, Klaus thinks. He follows his brother without commenting on it. He likes Five, he really had missed him but he was strange. Of course it could be the fact that his little brother arrived in an apocalyptic world, maybe he is in shock. He let Klaus hug him and didn't really fight against the whole waffle thing. He takes another bite and looks around. He sees the ghost of the dead, more than normally but not as many as he had thought.
His mind is wandering. He is here and without Five or Ben he would be alone. He has no idea what will happen next. His powers are no use for saving the world. A future in this world seems kind of strange. As far as he can tell, they are the last living people alive. Immortality is just shit. Who thought that not dying could be such a mood-killer. He is thankful that he is back for only one reason, Five isn't alone. But everything else he had to life with wasn't worth it.
Looking at Ben he hopes his brother is happy that he eats. He had only said he is hungry to motivate Five in doing something, he doesn't feel it and Klaus knows that without Ben he would die of starvation more often. Sadly he had to remind himself that Ben is dead, he always forgets it, he isn't sure why. As if the part of his memory was mission. He knows Ben died, he attended a funeral but he still sees Ben, he can even feel him but his brother is right he is dead and sometimes he forgets it.
Ben is worried about him and Klaus has already stopped trying to make him not worry. Ben will always worry, that's how he is. Maybe they can find a way to live out here or maybe Five has already a plan to leave. He will be lonely but Ben is still here. He promised to stay and until the day he can stay dead he hopes his brother will keep this promise.
As he eats the last of the waffles they arrive of the remaining of the library, it isn't completely burned down but most of the building structure is destroyed. Many books lay around them.
"Klaus, Ben I need all the books about time travel, physics, mathematics and every related topic you can think of." Five says and starts digging through the piles of books. Ben follows and starts at a different corner. Klaus watches his brothers for a few seconds before he remembers that Five had ask him too. He starts to walk in further back and starts looking for time travel books.
"He really wants to leave." Klaus whispers quietly into the emptiness.