Chapter 9: Goodbye
Digging four graves sound hard, it was even harder to do it. Klaus wasn't strong like Luther or had a well-trained body like Diego, still he manage it. As it came to bury them he made Ben corporal to help him. Allison and Diego weren't that heavy but for Luther they had needed both of their combine strength. Vanya´s body was still inside the academy, they got her last, not because she had destroyed the world or the stupid number system. No the only reason they got her last is that Klaus could feel her ghost nearby. He hadn't really felt her before and he was sure his other siblings are gone to the afterlife but Vanya wasn't. Maybe he had needed some time to wake up from getting overpowered by her powers. Who knows?
She was waiting for them, right next to her body, something most ghosts avoid, a reminder of being alive. "Hey sis." Klaus waves his ´hello´ hand, she looks up, tears in her eyes.
"Klaus, Ben." She offers them a small smile; she had already accepted her situation and understands what happens. Some ghost take centuries to get it. Her eyes have lost the white and cold look, she is back to being their loving little sister, just dead Klaus reminded himself. It was easier to make out the fact because of the body in the white suit, not like Ben. Ben is dead.
"Ben how about you get Five. I will finish here and after that we can all say our goodbyes." Ben nods and walks away.
"You want to see Five right?" Vanya´s eyes sparkle. "Good, than let us finish that and we can have a nice chat. I can feel how you are already getting pulled away from here." Vanya´s body was light enough for him to carry her alone. She had been the smallest most of their life. Vanya watches him while he buried her. She doesn't say a word at first, just watching him.
"Aren´t you angry with me for doing that?" Klaus shakes his head. "Why, I hurt you. I hurt them." She pointed at the other three graves already filled up with the soil he had taken out before.
"We had hurt you too. It´s our fault and yours and dad´s. We are all guilty about the whole thing. But don't worry. Five wants to go back in time and fix everything. He will be able to help you." She watches her body disappear under the soil, her white suit covered with it.
When he is done Five and Ben return. Vanya is corporal too. Klaus made her as soon as he felt Ben returning. Surprised he finds them carrying four rocks. They lay them down on the graves. Headstones for their siblings. Ben´s grave is here too. Five of the seven siblings are buried here in the garden. Klaus doesn't feel like saying something he let Five and Vanya talk and after they all say goodbye to her and the others they return to the library.
The first sundown in this new world follows them back. Ben reminds them both that they need some blankets for the night. Five carries them and Klaus gets some wood pieces that aren't burned for a fire later. He hadn't thought about the cold night ahead. It's April and in the sun you don't feel it but Ben has a point. He is already used to taking care of him, on the streets and everywhere else. Five seems to be in his own mind and hadn't thought about it. He smiles a bit. Without Ben they would probably die of starvation and the cold. At least one of them had their basic human needs in mind.