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Self-care was not something Delilah enjoyed doing. It was boring and she didn't truly like it, she just did it because well, it's what she was 'supposed' to do. She'd rather be beating the shit out of someone. But well, that wasn't possible today.

A nose strip is taped across her nose, and her hair is up in a small ponytail, the under layer falling out. Grace's homemade cookies sit on her bedside table, and as much as she would love a bath, she's not taking Klaus's offer to share.

Deep breaths. That's what Grace would tell her to do. To take some deep breaths before she fell asleep, knowing that soon the blood inside her would no longer be hers. But that wasn't happening tonight. That hasn't happened in a long time.

"Shit!" Diego's voice rings out outside her room, and before Delilah can stand, she hears gunshots.

"Shit..." Scrambling out of bed, Delilah slips on her trainers, she was not fighting in socks -

God, why didn't she keep knives in her room like Diego...

The gunshots get louder and Delilah opens her door, looking left and right: finding a knife embedded in the floor and two figures at the end of the hallway. Delilah picks up the knife, throwing it so it hits the larger figure in the shoulder.

Before they can turn, Delilah has leant back in to her room, and as the footsteps approach, she lunges, grabbing the person's shoulders, and kneeing them in the groin. Down the hall, she can hear Diego and a male fighting.

"Shoot him Cha Cha!"

"I'm busy!"

What Delilah now assumes is a female, and is 'Cha Cha', struggles to pick up her gun from the floor and Delilah pushes her foot down on it, swinging her leg back so it slides down the hallway.

"Now it's fair," Delilah sighs, before a fist fight ensues, eventually the man shouts for Cha Cha again, and she manages to push Delilah to the ground before rushing off down the hall in search of Diego.

Delilah groans as she stands, at least Diego was in fighting gear, she was in her old Pyjama bottoms which were far too short, and a crop top.

Allison and Luther were somewhere, they would help. Where was Klaus? Delilah doesn't get to finish her thought as she hears Allison shouting form downstairs, running as fast as she can, she finds herself in the living room where Diego is on the shoulders of the man who's strangling Allison, and Luther tackles him. 

Figuring it was handled for the moment, Delilah rushes to a cabinet, she knew they were here somewhere...Yes!

Darts. Very old, vintage darts.

"Who the hell are these guys?!" Allison exclaims as Delilah re-joins the group.

"You're welcome,"

"I was doing fine!" Diego pants

"Oh, yeah, you really had them..."

"Ever hear of a rope-a-dope?!"

"Really not the time guys!" Delilah shouts before gunshots enter the room, Diego pulls her down with him and she crawls behind a sofa. It seemed Cha Cha had found a gun.

"Go! Get out of here!" Luther ushers Allison out and Diego shouts for Luther and Delilah to leave. Delilah doesn't, sneaking around the floor when she hears heavy footsteps enter.

The man in the blue mask goes up the weapons cabinet.

Shit. Delilah knew she couldn't take him on her own. Yeah, she was strong...but if Luther was struggling...

"Hello?"

Double shit.

"Guys? Is everyone okay?" Delilah watches as the man moves forward and she reaches into her pocket, pulling out a dart, as he approaches a clueless Vanya, she throws it towards his neck.

It barely penetrates the skin, but he turns and Delilah stands "Hey dickhead," she grins and as he charges towards her with a chain mace, Delilah ducks and slides between his legs, turning and banging his back, stealing Diego's move as she forces him to give her a piggy back.

"Get out of here!" she shouts, but Vanya is frozen in shock "Vanya! Fucking leave!" she listens this time, rushing out of the room and Delilah tries to take the mask off.

Unfortunately, he manages to pry her off him and throw her to the ground.

Luther appears in the doorway and as he's finally noticed and is also charged at, Delilah stands, running out of the room and down to where she could hear Allison and Diego in the kitchen.

"Either of you wanna rumour this psycho?" Diego asks as Delilah enters the kitchen.

"I don't need to, because this bitch just pissed me off," Allison wipes some blood off her chin and turns to Cha Cha.

"We just want the boy,"

"Oh, well, in that case..."

And the fight continues. It was easier to let Allison deal with it while Delilah catches her breath, leaning on the table she'd eaten breakfast on that morning. Grace. Was Grace okay?

When Allison falls to the ground, Diego whistles and now he's a target "You just gonna stand there D?!"

"Sorry!" while Allison stands, Delilah grabs Cha Cha, pulling her face towards her "I heard a rumour -" She didn't know what to say, she wasn't used to this. She'd only done it when Reginald told her to. Was it even working?

She can see her mother's eyes, see the boredom as she sits there, Reginald behind her, telling Delilah what to say.

"I heard a rumour...I- I head a..."

"How are you going to control them if you don't know what you want them to do?!"

"I heard a rumour, that you ran away,"

"Like that helped," Diego mutters and Allison looks uncomfortable as she passes a knife to Diego

"Get her,"

"Well sorry I froze," Delilah sighs, watching the knife lodge itself in Cha Cha's arse "Come on," Delilah leads the other two upstairs.

When they enter the entranceway, Luther is on the ground, groaning in pain.

"Luther!" Allison rushes over

"Come on Luther get up," Diego and Allison try and get him up, and Delilah groans, going to help as well, as she helps lift, they realise she really could have done it herself.

Electricity crackles and the four look up where Cha Cha is staring at them as she takes the knife that was embedded in her and stabs a socket.

"Get out the way!" Luther shouts and he pushes everyone off him.

As the chandelier falls,  Luther doesn't move, and it shatters on top of him.

Delilah stares with Allison and Diego before she realises that she can help. Walking calmly over, she starts to lift the chandelier, but Luther stands himself and she backs away, watching as his t-shirt rips and falls off him with the chandelier, revealing a very...hairy chest.

Vanya appears and the five are now staring at Luther.

"Holy shit,"

"...Yeah,"

Luther seems to realise what's happened and he runs past Diego and up the stairs to his room. Allison walks over to Vanya to check on her bleeding head.

"Did you know?" Vanya asks

"No,"

"Shit, Mom," Diego also runs up the stairs.

"You'll be okay?" Delilah turns to Vanya, and she nods, so Delilah runs upstairs as well.

"Mom. You okay?" Diego asks and the two approach her, seeing her sat still and humming.

"Of course I am,"

"You didn't hear the noises? The guys in the masks that just shot up the house?"

Grace laughs softly as Diego kneels down by her, Delilah standing on the other side "What are you talking about, silly?" she starts humming and goes back to her cross stitch and both Delilah and Diego see that she's sewing into her hand.

Diego looks up at Delilah and she nods, they were in agreement.

Diego takes a shaky breath as he strokes his mother's forearm, opening up her wiring "Diego? What are you doing?"

"It's okay," Delilah starts, drawing Grace's attention to her "It's okay mum, just look at me," Grace smiles at Delilah and lifts her hand to stroke her cheek.

"What's wrong?" she wipes away a tear and Diego struggles to continue as there's a faint beeping and whirring.

"It's gonna be o..." Diego stops, his own tears falling.

"Remember what we worked on. Just picture the word in your mind,"

"It's gonna be okay..." he stutters over his next word "Mom,".

Grace stares at her son as the whirring fades and there are soft beeps. She slurs over her words "Di-e-go...Re... mem... ber,".

As her eyes close, Delilah drops to the floor and brings her knees to her chest, hiding her face. Diego stands and reaches for her hand.

She takes it.