CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR:
THE SHIT COFFEE

Klaus and Alex searched everywhere last night and they found no sign of Luther. Alex even found a megaphone and shouted "Here, Monkey, monkey. monkey. I've got bananas!" but no monkey showed up. However, one of the locals had apparently called the cops because they were 'disturbing their peace'! what bullshit. So after avoiding the cops and running back to the academy, they collapsed on Klaus' bed.

"I hate him," Alex said sleepily and turned his back to Klaus so he could spoon him. 

"We all do Lex, go to sleep," Klaus said while he buried his head in Alex's shoulder.

And they had a semi-peaceful night.

The next morning, Klaus woke up with a headache. Luther could not be any louder and his room was down the hall from his, so they heard everything going on in Luther's room.

Klaus tried to sit on the bed when he found a heavy weight on his chest and when he looked down he was met with black hair and some drool on him.

He smiled to himself and then ran his fingers through the hair until Alex started to stir in his sleep.

"I don't like chimichangas..." and he talked in his sleep.

As Klaus continued to play with Alex's hair, he started to wake up until he was fully awake on Klaus' chest.

"'morning," Alex mumbled.

"Morning, Lex."

"Man I had the weirdest dream ever, It was Christmas and the Doctor was here trying yo feed me chimichangas! I've never been so scared in my life," He shuddered.

Klaus smiled, "Yeah you talk in your sleep," He then looked at his drool covered chest, "And you droll in your sleep."

Alex picked up his head and stuck out his tongue at Klaus and then he got off him, stretched and yawned.

"Let's go annoy Luther," Klaus grinned and they got up.

Minutes later after they had refreshed, they were standing outside Luther's door and Klaus had found a bell somewhere in his room.

Klaus ringed the bell, "Wakey, wakey!" he singsonged.

Alex continued, "Eggs and bakey!"

Luther stumbled out of his room with only a sheet to cover himself.

"Oh there's the man," Klaus stopped ringing the bell.

"Ew gross dude, cover yourself. There are children present," Alex tried to cover Klaus' eyes cause he's the baby.

Klaus batted Alex's hand away, "Someone pulled a disappearing act last night. What mischief did you get into?"

"What? I didn't."

"Yeah?" Alex crossed his arms, "Maybe we should ask her."

Klaus looked over and waved with the ring, "Hello."

The girl waved back before Luther closed the door.

"Oh come on," Klaus chuckled, "Don't be shy, big guy. You needed it! not a lot of ladies on the Moon, I assume."

"And all that," Alex inhaled deeply, "Pressure resting on those big hairy shoulders."

The mischief duo laughed.

"Guys, enough."

There was a moment of silence, "Wait, this is like your-" Klaus wiggled his eyebrows while whispering.

Luther just looked at him.

Alex gasped, "No way! wait, yes I can actually believe this."

Luther looked offended but he knew Alex was joking. Maybe. He wasn't sure.

Klaus started spinning and ringing his bell, "Whoo!"

"We are not having this discussion."

"Yes we are, I have to make sure she's good to my baby bro-"

"Were all the same age, Alex."

"-Hush, baby bro. Big bro speaking." Alex shushed Luther.

Klaus was still spinning and ringing, "He popped his cherry!" He then suddenly turned to Luther with his hands over his mouth, "Now you have to marry her!"

"No marrying until I approve baby bro," Alex said sternly.

"Would you keep your voices down?" Luther hissed.

Klaus lowered his hands causing the bell to ring, "You know I remember my first time, It was something out of a romantic novel. It was-"

"Okay dude, that's enough." Alex stopped Klaus before he could continue. This was their private life for fuck's sake. Not that he actually cared but still!

"Alex," Luther snapped making them both turn back to him, "What is it?"

Alex looked confused so Klaus answered, "What? Oh, the Uh, important family business. Meet me downstairs, okay?"

"And, Luther No dilly-dallying, all right? Chop, chop." Alex said and with that, the two left Luther alone, for now.

When they got to the kitchen Alex started hitting the coffee maker but the coffee maker remained unmoving.

Klaus had left to put the bell away and when he came back he saw Alex ready to start the chainsaw and cut the coffee maker into two pieces.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Klaus questioned.

Alex looked over to him, "It wasn't working."

"Well, did you plug it in?"

Alex closed his eyes, "No."

Klaus stared at him with disbelief.

"In my defense, who unplugs the coffee maker?"

It was at that moment that Luther walked in with a hoodie, took a look at Alex and his chainsaw and said, "I don't even want to know."

Klaus made Alex return the chainsaw from wherever he had gotten it from (It was from Five's room) and then after plugging the coffee maker, he made some coffee.

"Here we go," Klaus said as he poured some coffee for Luther and then for Alex,  "This'll fix ya."

Before Alex could take a sip, his cup was rudely stolen from him by Five. Klaus poured himself a cup and decided to share with Alex, Cause the coffee was terrible and he couldn't finish that shit on his own.

"Jesus, who do I gotta kill to get a decent cup of coffee?" Five placed the stolen cup back on the table.

"decent cup of- Bitch," Alex said before pausing, "Deja Vu, wow."

"Can we get started?" Luther mumbled.

"Anyone seen any of the others? Diego? Allison? No? All right, then, this is the closest thing to a quorum we're gonna get." Klaus starts banging on the table with a spoon or whatever it was. Alex was busy gaging from the coffee. That shit was awful!

"Now, listen up. There's no easy way to say this, so I'm gonna spit it out."

"This is a bad idea," Ben announced his presence to the only two people who could see him, but only making Alex jump.

"Yeah," Klaus said and then went quiet making the three-four if you count the ghost- to look at him.

"Klaus."

"I conjured Dad last night."

more silence.

"I thought you said you haven't been able to conjure anyone in years." Luther questioned when it became obvious no one else was gonna say anything.

"Ah, yes, I know, but I'm sober. Ta-da!" He did a hand thing, "I got clean, Yesterday, Alex made me do it and then we ended up having this conversation with dead old Daddy himself."

Ben sighed.

'Mood' Alex mouthed to Ben, making him slam his head on the table.

'double mood' Alex thought.

"Has anyone got some aspirin?" Luther stood up.

"Top shelf, next to the crackers."

"Why is it next to the cracker?"

Klaus stopped Luther, "Hey, hey, hey. This is serious, guys, all right. This really happened, I swear."

"Okay, fine. I'll play," Five had the cup back in his hand, "What did the old man have to say?"

"Well, he gave me the usual lecture about my appearance and my failures in life, Yada yada yada, No surprise there. Even the afterlife couldn't soften a hardass like Dad, right? But he did mention something about his murder, or lack thereof, because-"

"-Wait for it."

"-he killed himself," Klaus said in a dramatic, sad voice.

"I don't have time for your games, Klaus." Luther said and this time really got up.

"I'm telling you the truth, Luther. Alex was with me too, ask him."

Five and Luther turned to Alex, who nodded, "Yeah he started shaving Klaus and ignoring me like I was invisible."

"Why'd he do it, then?" Five questioned.

"He said it was the only way to get us all home again," Klaus answered.

"No, Dad wouldn't just kill himself," Luther argued.

"Ah, you said it yourself," Five started, "He was depressed. Holed up in his office and room all day and night."

"No," Luther continued to deny it, "There weren't any signs. Suicidal people exhibit certain tendencies, strange behaviors."

"Like sending someone to the Moon for no reason?" Alex said making Luther loo at him.

"I swear to God, Klaus if you're lying-"

"I'm not. We're not." Klaus defended himself and his lover.

"Master Klaus is correct," Pogo said as he walked into the room with his cane, making the five kids turn to him.

"Regretfully," Pogo sighed, "I helped Master Hargreeves enact his plan."

"What?"

But Pogo wasn't done, "So did Grace, It was a difficult choice for both of us. More difficult than you could ever know. Prior to your father's death, Grace's programming was adjusted so that she was incapable of administering first aid on that fateful night."

"Sick bastard." Five commented.

"So the security tape we saw?"

"It was meant to further the murder mystery. Your father hoped that being back here, - solving it together - would reignite your desire to be a team again."

"And to what end?" Alex asked.

"To save the world, of course."

Klaus laughed, "All right."

"First the Moon mission and now this. You watched me search for answers and said nothing. Anything else you want to share, Pogo? Any other damn secrets?"

"Hey, calm down, Luther."

"No, I won't calm down. We've been lied to by the one person in this family we all trusted."

"It was your father's dying wish, Master Luther," Pogo sighed, "I-I had no choice."

Luther walked over to where Pogo was standing, "There's always a choice."

And with that Luther left the kitchen, and was followed by Pogo.

"I gotta think," Five portaled out.

Klaus, Ben, and Alex sat in silence, thinking.

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I couldn't update because I was in the middle of my exams and I realized I haven't listened to anything the teachers had said the whole year. So I had a lot of reading and writing to do. sorry.

I hope you guys enjoyed your holidays.

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