A/N
PULLING AN ALL-NIGHTER 🤣 also I'm listening to Klaus's. Scorpion and Frog story right now.

We showed up and Elliots again and my first instinct was to flop on a chair. Diego and Five started talking about nonsense that was all gibberish to my ears.
"Well don't you look like 1000 bucks." Lilas British voice filled my ears
I looked up at her and chuckled
"Well I don't know if you have any powers for how to fix my appearance right now so please just sit there and give in your witty comments to the guys." I tell her
She smiled and positioned her body and motioned for me to sit in front of her. I rolled my eyes and did as she told me too and was greeted to her brushing through my disastrous hair.
"What about the guys who that went after her?" Diego asked Five
"The Swedes?"
"Yeah, I mean how do you know they won't go after her again?"
"We don't." Five told him
"Well that makes my worrying so much better." I said to myself
"Any idea who sent them?" Lila asked as she took a sip from her coffee
"Oh, I have my suspicions." Five tells her as he takes his cup from off the table
"But right now, our priority is finding Dad and getting answers, cause everything else depends on it." Five tells everyone
Lila did a small finishing touch by pining half my hair to the side. I gave her a silent 'thank you' to which she smiled back.
"Which, for the record, I found him already-"
"And then let him go before we could have a meaningful conversation." Five cut him off with a cocky smile on his face
"He stabbed me." Diego said
"I'm surprised he waited this long, Diego. We've all had the urge." Five told him making us all laugh
Lila held up her hand while saying 'good one' but Five only looked at her before speaking again.
"Good thing I know where Dad's gonna be tonight." Five told us as he handed Diego a paper.
"Where'd you get this?" Diego asked him
"Found it at his office while he was busy stabbing you." Five explained to him
Diego chuckled sarcastically and read off the paper
"Hour Hillenkoetter and the Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas cordially invite you to a gala." Diego read
"Woah, wait. Hoyt Hillenkoetter? Are you serious?" Elliot asked in disbelief
"You know him?" Five and I said in sync
"We should go." Lila said with a little gasp
"Says there gonna be a seafood tower."
I smiled and leaned onto my hand as I listened to what Elliot was saying.
"No, Hillenkoetter is... is one of the Majestic Twelve." Elliot told us
I raised my eyebrow and was about to ask until Diego beat me too it
"What the hell is the Majestic Twelve?"
"What? It's a...a secret committee. Uh scientists, military, uh, deep state. No one knows what they really do." Elliot explained as he walked over to his desk
"Wait, so they're government?" Diego questioned
"Shadow government. Yeah Kennedy was the first president to try to push me into the light, but these guys are not to be trifled with. Oh, here we go. Right here. This, uh... Oh, right here." He laid a picture on the coffee table in front of Five and pointed to a man
"That's Hoyt right there."
We all examined the picture and I noticed that only 11 men were present in the photo.
"I only count 11." Lila stated
"Well, that's because they've only identified 11 so far." Elliot told her
"Who's the twelfth." Diego asked
Five and I looked up at him giving him a knowing look, Diego's expression signalled that they got it. My mind went back to the view of Dad with his umbrella.
"Well, I hate to break this reunion short but if there's a Gala we gotta get prepared to look like we belong, also I miss Mel. So I'll see you guys when we're ready to go." I tell them
My walk to Mels was short and when I walked in and went upstairs I saw Mel in her same purple dress from yesterday, sitting at the table.
"Mel?"
She jumped a little and wiped her eyes, her hair had small specks of white in them. And lastly her eye was swollen and purple.
I gasp and ran up to her.
"What happened to you?" I asked her as I kneeled down in front of her
"I went to a restaurant, my group and I. We started a movement. And it didn't end well." She explained to me
I gave her a hug and felt her tears drop onto my shirt.
I gave her an ice pack and sat down across from her.
"We found where my Dad may be, but if you need me here then I'll stay." I tell her
She looked at me dead in the eyes and said
"I'm fine, I'll be fine. Thanks for worrying doll but I can't depend on you for comfort all the time. Anyway where's your dad gonna be tonight?" She asked as he put the ice pack back on her eye
"Well he's going to a gala tonight an-"
Her eyes lit up when I said a gala, she shot up and grabbed my arm like a child trying to show a parent something.
"Ooo, I haven't help someone dress up since Lucy." Her voice dropped a little bit but she shook it off and brought me to her bedroom
'Lucy?'
She pulled out a box and placed it on the bed.
I uncovered the box to reveal a bellow the knee length dress with and off white colour from how old it was, a lacy midsleve top and a puffed out skirt. I looked at the dress and smiled at Mel.
"This was what I bought for Lucy, she would've been around your age. She was just like her daddy, always wild and full of life. Always quick to defend anyone." She started to tear up
"One night my husband, Lucy and I were driving late, the storm made it so it was almost impossible to see. The roads were too slippery and we crashed, turns out Lucy wasn't wearing her seatbelt so when I looked in the backseat she was gone. We were out late cause we were picking out gifts for her 7th birthday." She started to break down crying as she clutched her locket to her chest
"My husband left me soon after that, it just wasn't the same. I never thought I would get the chance to have that type of family again... until I met you." She told me with a smile
I gave her a hug and squeezed her really tight.
"She sounds amazing, you're an amazing mom Melly." I reassured her
She sniffled and got back up
"Let's go get you ready for that gala." She says
I smiled at her and grabbed the dress
"I couldn't agree more."