When Five woke up, we was expecting to be in a lot of pain, or that when the moment he would open his eyes he would be staring at the ceiling of the medical ward that they have at home. Probably also seeing one or two of his siblings in the same room when he would have the enough strength to roam his eyes inside the room.

That would be ideal in Five's opinion.

But the moment he opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed that he is very much alone. And apparently he was also sleeping on the side of a road, leading to god knows where.

And oh, that he somewhat became color blind, because no matter how much he blinks or rub his eyes, the colors are still monochromatic.

"Where the hell am I now?" Five muttered, standing up as he dusted himself of the dirty that he probably got due to sleeping in the grass. Five looked down at himself and he noted that he was still wearing the very same pajamas he was wearing when they got kidnap, and that includes Diego's jacket.

"Oh good, you are finally awake." A bored voice tells him "Took you long enough."

Five turned around to see who was speaking to him, he was mildly surprise to see a little girl in a bike looking at him. "Sorry about that I wasn't aware that my sleeping duration is being timed, if I had I would have set an alarm for you." Five said sarcastically, flashing a wide smile at the girl his dimples in full display.

Instead of being irritated, like Five expected, the little girl just scoffed at him "I forgot that out of all of your siblings, you are the smartass one with a mouth that can piss everybody off."

"Well, I try my best to be the smartass one as you had told me. God knows my other siblings does share only one brain cell, and that brain cell they are sharing is not a very bright one I assure you that."

The girl actually cracked a smile with his statement "Well, you've been here long enough. Time is limited in your circumstances, that's why I am going to make this as quick as I can." The little girl told him as she got off her bike to sit down on the grass next to Five. She wordlessly gestured for Five to sit down with her which Five did with great reluctance.

"I want you dead." The girl said, as if she was just telling Five about the weather.

Five did bark out a laugh when he heard that, "Who doesn't want me dead?" Five is still snickering "That list of people who wants me dead is longer that my patience."

The little girl looked at him in amusement in her expression, she waited until Five calmed down a little before continuing "Not in the way you are used to, which quite frankly is concerning."

Five just shrugged "You just get used to things like that, even though you wished you didn't."

The little girl sighed "Well it's different this time, and for the record, you are very hard to kill."

With that Five flashes her a grin "Thanks."

The little girl rolled her eyes "Anyways, I am the creator of all living things. I was the one who gave life to everything on the living world. You people call me God or whatever."

Five just raised his eyebrows at her but not really doubting her statement which makes the little girl impressed with him. He took this news really well compare to his other brother, that's for sure.

"I believe you, after all that would explain a lot of question that I have. So is this the afterlife?"

The little girl nodded "Yes, in a way. People who dies in the world of the living wakes up here but are free to wonder around until they find their proper resting place as you would call it." The little girl waits for Five's reaction but Five is just staring at the setting sun in the horizon. "Aren't going to ask me the most basic question that people who are dead asks me every single time? You know the generic 'does hell exist'?

Five just hummed "You know, being alone for almost 45 years makes you question everything that exist and doesn't exist. Maybe it's the fact of isolation that makes you question even the philosophical ones that nobody would ever get to know the real answer, not unless they seek it for the greater good." The little girl looked at him in intrigued as she gestured Five to continue his ling of thoughts. "I have thought about that, at the very first moment I killed someone. I have reached to a conclusion that hell doesn't exist but it is merely a concept."

The little girl smiles at him, clearly impress "Care to share your thoughts?"

"You see, realistically speaking, if you were to consider everything morally wrong as a sin, then everybody that has lived would have a sin to bear in their shoulder up until the day they die. It doesn't matter how big or small of a sin it is. So the lingering million dollar question remains, what constitutes as a sin big enough to get you a pass to hell? Is it taking the life of someone? If so how about in a context that someone killed another someone in a line of self-defence? Would the person who killed automatically get a pass in hell just because he/she feared for their own life thus protecting it with the only means they know?" Five took a deep breath before continuing "I have killed thousands of people, innocent ones, people who are not. But when I think about it every day, I do this for myself and for my family. I kill to get the life my family deserve. I kill because I simple had to not because I want to. Despite my ambiguous intention, does everyone other than myself knows this fact? Of course not. So in a way what I do makes it right in my own justification, but in the eyes of the others what I do is a sure pass in hell."

The little girl is clearly staring at him an air of amusement surrounding her, she tore her gaze away from him "I knew I pick the right Hargreeves." She muttered which made Five looked at her in alarm. "Don't worry I don't plan on killing one of your siblings, you are the only one who could do what I want to anyway. Which reminds me, could you please talk to you brother? The weird one who looks like he smokes everything he touches."

"You mean Klaus? What do you mean about that?"

The little girl gave him a side look "Oh yes that, Klaus. I don't like him here but somehow he already has been here 2 times already and I am getting tired of kicking him out every single time."

Five's eyes went wide, what the little girl is saying is starting to sink in him "You fucking mean that Klaus has already died 2 fucking times and didn't even bother telling us?!" At this point Five wants nothing but to return to the world of the living just to kill his good for nothing brother. How come Five has to die to learn this?! Does anybody else know other than, you know, fucking God himself?! "I swear to- that fucking- Klaus!"

"You need to calm down, don't worry Klaus is basically an immortal."

Five turned to her in disbelief "It doesn't mean that he should just keep on dying! I didn't do everything I did just for them to die, not until they have lived a full life!"

The little girl gazed at him with a softness that Five wasn't used to receiving, which made his anger deflate a little. "You really do everything for them... to your family I mean."

Five wanted to scoff, or to say something that would debunk her statement but... "Of course I do..." he whispered instead "They are all I have."

"You humans make things complicated as it is." The little girl casually says as she stretch her legs "If that's how you feel, maybe you should start acting like it then. You know, you have lived for so long but... what you did isn't living, its surviving. Now that you are given another chance to live the life you want, with your siblings, try not to waste it by separating yourself with them. If you want your family to live a long happy life, then live it with them. Start taking down your barriers that you have built for so long, allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to be comfortable with them..." the girl made direct eye contact with him "Let yourself relax, breath the new life you made for your family. You are just a human being Five, you are allowed to feel things that you missed out because of years of isolation."

Five chuckled, low and breathy "I didn't think that I would be getting life advices while being dead, it's kind of ironic don't you think so?"

The little girl just shrugged "Technically speaking, you are still not yet dead. Like I have told you I want you dead but I could send you back. I just saw what happened to you as an opportunity to meet you here, like I mentioned you are very hard to kill. Makes sense actually considering who your twin brother is."

Five's head snapped at her direction "I could ask a million question in your statement alone." Five could feel himself getting a headache, being dead apparently also does that to you.

The little girl huffed, clearly not expecting this little slip up to happen "Okay fine I will tell you but consider this as a peace offering for killing you." Five just nodded but didn't even bother to verbally response "You and the big guy, I think Luther is his name? Yeah you two are twins. I'm surprise your old man didn't tell you."

Five just shakes his head "Well it is expected. Me being twins with Luther wouldn't do us any good or wouldn't be beneficial in anyway. I honestly think he didn't tell that on the sole purpose of the 'balance' or the dynamic of the family wouldn't shift into a not so favourable tip on his behalf."

"I really like you, you are rational and you clearly use that big brain of yours. And I don't think that's the case, you are hard to kill not just because you are very skilled and very smart but part of your twin's power has manifested in you."

"What do you mean by that?"

The little girl just scoffed "Don't you think it will be interesting if you find that out yourself? I know you like solving complicated things, so consider this as part of a puzzle you need to solve once you get back. You know to keep you occupied."

Five just hummed in response he wasn't satisfied with her answer but he likes the challenged so he let this info be storage in his mind to be solved later on, still feeling that the little girl has more to say "So back to the order of business, the true reason why I killed you. How would you oppose to the idea of completing your family?"

Five looked at her questionably "What do you mean by that?"

The little girl smirked at him "Getting Ben back as an alive and breathing human being once again?"

"...what?"

~o~oOo~o~

"Diego calm down! Diego!"

Diego didn't listen to any of his siblings as he rushed out of the medical ward, his hands itching for more knives that are just in his room. A hand stopped him from running up in his room. It was Luther's

"Calm down?! You are telling me to calm the fucking down!? Five is fucking dead and you expect me not to do something about this shit!?" Diego shouted as he harshly remove Luther's grasp from his wrist. Diego realized that his other siblings has followed him out of the medical ward.

"What are you planning to do Diego? Go out there and kill whoever did this to Five? Because the last time I check they are already dead Diego!" Luther said, he could understand where Diego is coming from. He is Five's brother too after all. "I understand how you feel Diego, we all do. Please don't make this harder than it already is..."

Diego punched the wall beside him, resting his forehead against the wall, quite tears slipping out of his eyes "He is g-gone b-because of me..."

Vanya went towards Diego hugging him "It will never be your fault Diego... no one blames you. What happened today, wasn't any of our fault."

"It was my fault..." Klaus silently said, but they were able to hear him anyway. Diego looked at him as Vanya realised Diego in the hug. "If it wasn't for me... Five would still be resting in his room, if it wa-"

Klaus was cut off when Luther hugged him "It wasn't any of our fault. It is nobody's fault Klaus." Klaus cried as he hugged Luther back. Allison joined the hug, soon followed by Diego and Vanya. The five of them seeking comfort with one another. Words doesn't need to be spoken as their heart and emotions do all the mourning of their lost but never will be forgotten brother.

"Man this sucks..." Klaus muttered as they are all still hugging one another "Two brothers would be hunting me, just my luck that Five is one of them."

Suddenly Diego jolt back, causing all of them to look at him "Klaus... can.... can you see Five?"

Klaus's eyes widen in realization, Klaus tried to use his power, concentrating all his energy to summon Five just like what he did with Ben years ago. Nothing.

"I... I can't. He won't respond to my powers."

The rest of them looked at one another "Do you think...?" Vanya started

"No we shouldn't get our hopes up like that." Allison grimly said "We all saw Five just now and.... it's been 20 minutes already...."

Luther swallowed thickly "Maybe Five just doesn't want to show up?"

"Even in the afterlife, Five is being a complicated little shit..." Diego said fondly that earned a chuckle out of everyone.

Suddenly they can hear their Mom calling them all out, "You all need to see this, Five's power is acting up. I don't know the cause but..."

They didn't even let her finish as they all sprint towards the medical ward once again.

~o~oOo~o~

"You... you mean to tell me that if I time travel back to the year where Ben is still alive and bring his body back here in the future with us, his soul would merge with his body?"

The little girl once again looked impressed at him "Yes, I am aware that you have a briefcase right? It is the perfect opportunity without making you drain your powers too much that you won't be able to come back in the present."

Five is already starting to calculate the moment the little girl told him it was possible. He thought of this actually, he knows with the right math and set of equations he could do it. Sure there will be consequences if not done right but... it would be worth it. To once again complete their family, to have Ben alive and well. "Why are you giving me this opportunity, I know you fully know that I would agree to this in a heartbeat."

"At first, the circumstances with your brother didn't had an effect in the afterlife. However as he stay in between the land of the living and the land of the dead it is starting to affect the concept of it. Its either you are dead or you are alive, you can't be in between it disrupts the balance I am trying to keep. I thought that if I made Ben dead, I am afraid that your lunatic brother would kill himself just to bring his spirit back with him. I can't have that, so I am giving this as a valid choice for you to pick."

Five laughed, Klaus's ability to even annoy God herself is beyond amusing and fantastic at the same time. "So you killed me just so I could bring my dead brother back? Why not just use Klaus to say this?"

This time the girl looked at him with clear irritation "What part did you not understand that I don't like your brother? I prefer talking to someone more rational and doesn't ask a lot of stupid mind numbing question." Five chuckled at that "So I am just going to assume that you'll be able to bring Ben back to life yes? Ah which reminds me, the price of letting me do this if that if you can promise me that I won't see Klaus for a very long time okay?"

Five smiled at her "That, I can promise you that."

The little girl reached out her hand as Five shakes it, like a formal deal has been made between the two of them "Well time for you to go, you have been here for only 5 minutes but it's been much more than that in your time."

Five stood up as he once again brush off the dust of his pajamas. "How do I get to go back?"

The little girl stood up, getting in her bike "Like how you usually do to get back to your family. Jump number Five, jump."

The little girl vanishes into thin air. Now alone once again, Five concentrated all his energy into his hands until a blue light shone in the world of monochromatic setting. Not a minute later he could feel as if it will be his biggest and most important jump he would ever do.

Well it been an eventful day but it's time to go back to his family. Where he truly belongs.

~o~oOo~o~