ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ
'ᴀ ᴍɪxᴛᴀᴘᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴇᴍʏ'

Inanna watched Luther across the bar, unable to hide the disgusted yet confused look on her face as he sang along to the song that played through his headphones.

After wandering around the hotel in search of Five who hadn't returned to their hotel room the night before, leaving Inanna rather disappointed until the morning, Inanna gave up and decided that the best place to wait for Five would be the bar as eventually he'd come looking for a drink.

However, instead of Five, Inanna stumbled upon Luther while he made a mix tape for whoever had put him in a love sick daze, making Inanna wish she hadn't left her hotel room that morning.

Diego came over to the bar, collecting the bottles that had been left about at the tables, disrupting Luther who he sang 'Lady in Red' as he leaned over the counter top to grab more bottles.

The smile faded from Luther's face, and Inanna muffled her laughter by pushing her glass against her lips to drink the remaining golden liquid.

Luther looked over his shoulder, puzzled by Diego's large collection of bottles which he had sacked up in crates. "What's with the bottles?" Luther asked.

"Molotov cocktails" Diego responded. "What's with the music?" Diego asked.

"None of your biz" Luther said squinting his eyes at Diego as Diego picked up the tapes, reading the names.

"Phil Collins. Neil Diamond... Are you making a mixtape?" Diego asked Luther, his voice raising with disbelief.

"Shouldn't you be watching your kid?" Luther retorted.

"Dude, I got that parenting thing down, alright" Luther took his headphones off. "The trick is, you give 'em a little trust, and everything falls into place. Now, I've been working on our defence" Diego said changing the course of the conversation. "Now..." Diego sat down next to Luther, only then spotting Inanna. "Red!" Diego beckoned Inanna over to him and Luther.

Luther turned his head towards Inanna. "How- how- how long have you been sat there?" Luther asked Inanna as she got up from her chair and moved down the bar to sit close to them.

"Since the chorus of Can't Help Falling In Love" Inanna raised her brow at Luther as his face dropped, embarrassed that Inanna had witnessed him sing multiple songs.

"I've been working on our defence" Diego repeated, nodding his head at Inanna. "Now, let's talk offence-".

"Defence for what?" Inanna asked.

Diego shook his head, staring at Inanna as if she had just grown two extra heads. "For the Sparrows" Diego stated. "What's our Sparrow plan of attack?" Diego asked.

"Relax" Luther sighed. "Vanya and Allison handled it" Luther said, writing down 'Lady in Red'.

"It's Viktor" Diego corrected.

"What?" Luther asked, looking up briefly.

"Vanya's Viktor now" Diego said.

Luther looked at Inanna who nodded. "What else did I miss while I was kidnapped?" Luther asked.

"Jesus, Luther. Not everything is about you, all right?" Diego said. "So?".

Luther sighed. "The Sparrows are coming here, all right?" Luther said casually as he went back to writing down the songs on his mixtape.

"For what? Tea?" Diego shook his head. "No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No! No!" Diego pointed at Luther. "It's time for you and me to show 'em who's boss. Like the old days, huh? You know, bustin' heads?" Diego punched the air as he spoke "Oh, Jesus, Luther" Diego's smile disappeared, noticing one of the tapes Luther had. "Lionel Rich- Are you kidding me?" Diego asked holding up the tape.

"What? Lionel Richie's still cool" Luther argued.

"No" Diego said, looking at Inanna to back him up. Inanna raised her hand with a shake of her head, wanting to stay out of their silly argument about Lionel Richie.

"Look, I met someone, okay?" Luther said.

"You don't say" Inanna muttered.

"And-" Luther looked to Inanna. "I thought, you know, maybe she'd like some curated songs that just so happen to express what's in my heart". Luther looked away from both Diego and Inanna, avoiding their confused gazes as he put his headphones back over his ears.

Diego pulled the headphones back down "When did you have time to meet someone? I mean, we've been here for two days and the only time you-".

With Diego's words, Inanna's face twisted from confusion to further disgust as she and Diego both realised that the only time Luther would have been able to meet someone who wasn't a strange old lady with a cat, was when he had been kidnapped.

"Please say it isn't Anna" Inanna said, crossing her fingers as she felt her stomach churn.

"No" Luther said, his eyes widening. "Anna is quite lovely, but she's you" Luther shook his head gesturing to Inanna. "Not only do you hate me, Five would murder me".

"I would murder you" Inanna glared at Luther as Diego tapped the counter with the Lionel Richie tape.

"This mixtape is for the enemy" Diego said looking between them both as they looked to him.

"Sloane is not the enemy" Luther said. "They are not the enemy. This is all one big misunderstanding".

"Misunderstanding?" Inanna asked. "Anna tried to murder Five, my eyes didn't deceive me like yours clearly have".

"You tried to murder Five" Luther said pointing at Inanna.

"Five blinked Red to the apocalypse accidentally. She had her reasons" Diego said.

"What?" Luther asked, furrowing his brows. "What?" Luther repeated. "Five did wh-".

"It doesn't matter" Diego said. "She's right" Diego pointed at Inanna.

"You know, if our family could just behave ourselves for once, then we could all work together. And then Sloane and I can fall in love, get married, buy a dog-" Luther smiled as he listed the life he wanted with Sloane. "-grow old on a porch".

"That is grossly sweet" Inanna mumbled.

"Jesus, Luther" Diego muttered. "You're pathetic" Luther sighed, picking his pen up again. "Is..." Diego glanced around. "Is Sloane the gravity one?" Luther tried to hide his smile when he looked back up at Diego. "Oh shit. You guys had gravity sex".

Luther laughed, glancing to Inanna who muttered "Gross" under her breath as she reached across the bar for the bottle of whiskey which had been left by an older man who had become irritated with Luther's singing.

"Come on. You know I can't talk about that" Luther chuckled. "And Inanna- that's, she's..." Luther stumbled over his words when Inanna glared at him.

"Luther, I'm your brother" Diego leaned closer to Luther. "We got no secrets. And don't worry about Red, she's been screwing our brother longer than you and I have been alive".

Inanna didn't respond, already trying to block out their conversation by pouring herself a glass of whiskey while Luther glanced around before inching closer to Diego.

"Okay, well, uh, you might say, we were, uh, 'Dancing On the Ceiling'".

Inanna fake gagged, wishing that she had just left the table when Diego had pushed for answers from Luther.

Luther slowly looked over his shoulder as Diego averted his gaze to her. "You had apocalypse sex" Luther argued.

Inanna shrugged with a nod. "Just be grateful that we never had any children, Luther" Inanna responded. "But..." Inanna stood up from her chair, taking the bottle of whiskey with her. "Add that song to the mixtape" Inanna said.

Diego followed after Inanna, catching her shoulder while Luther put his headphones back on and wrote 'Dancing On the Ceiling' on the list.

"Do you really need my help?" Inanna asked Diego as she turned to face him.

Diego nodded taking the bottle of whiskey from her. "Don't you have enough?" Inanna asked Diego as he stepped around her and set the bottle next to the others in the crate.

"This is a war, you can never have enough" Diego picked up the box and nodded for Inanna to follow him as he walked further from Luther, leaving him to make his mix tape.

Inanna sighed as she followed him, not wanting to be left alone with Luther any longer while he poured his heart over music.

Diego came to a stop, looking at Stanley who was leaning against one of the pillars in the hotel eating a hand full of snacks. "The hell are you doing? I told you not to be here" Diego said.

"What's a Molotov cocktail?" Diego sighed as he continued walking "Is it a drink?" Stanley asked falling into step with Inanna as they both followed Diego to the elevator ahead of them.

"No".

"Can I try one?" Stanley asked.

"No".

"I've had beer, you know" Stanley said, still believing that it was a drink that Diego didn't want him to have.

"It's a homemade bomb, okay?" Diego said.

"Sweet. I can help" Stanley said. "Ever made a pipe bomb? 'Cause I have" Stanley said as they stopped in front of the elevator. "I've blown up tons of mailboxes. There are secrets in the mix".

Diego nodded turning to Stanley. "So what's my job here, and how much you paying? I want the same cut as Auntie Red".

Diego held out the crate to Inanna and she hesitantly took it from him, unable to hide the shock on her face as her arms dropped from the weight.

Diego pressed the elevator button and grabbed Stanley by his arm when the elevator door slid open with a ding. "Your job is to study the inside of this elevator, okay?" Diego said as he pulled Stanley into the elevator and pointed at the walls.

"All right" Stanley smiled.

"Until Auntie Red and I get back" Diego muttered, pressing every button in the elevator.

Stanley turned to Diego as Diego left the elevator. "Wait. Hey, come back" Stanley called.

"Stop calling me Auntie Red" Inanna said to Stanley, watching the elevator door close.

"What's he supposed to call you?" Diego asked.

"Maybe Auntie Inanna?" Inanna suggested. "Or Auntie Inan" Inanna shrugged.

"'Red' suits you better" Diego said taking the crate from her.

Once Stanley was out of Diego's way, he and Inanna went upstairs to the pool tables to begin preparing for the attack Diego knew was coming.

Inanna sat on one of the pool tables, tearing apart a large cloth that Diego had found with the knife that Anna had given back to her. Diego had noticed that it was his almost instantly, but chose not to bring it up the moment he had realised that Inanna must have met with Anna at some point to get it back.

"So, you gonna tell me what's up with you and Five?" Diego asked, barely lifting his eyes from the bottle of alcohol in his hands.

Inanna's eyes met Diego's briefly and when she was about to tell him that nothing was up with her and Five — though it was a lie — Diego continued.

"And don't say nothing. What happened on the road trip?" Diego asked.

"Who said anything happened on the road trip?" Inanna asked.

"You spent however long with Luther, watching him make a mix tape and-".

"Thirty ish minutes" Inanna muttered.

Diego nodded. "And now you are here with me, making Molotov cocktails instead of helping Five with whatever shit he and Lila are doing".

"Hate to break it to you, I hate Lila more than Luther" Inanna said chucking a torn piece of cloth at Diego.

"No" Diego shook his head. "You dislike your husband" Diego stated.

Inanna glared at Diego and placed the knife on the pool table. "I love Five" Inanna said.

"I didn't say you don't love him" Diego said sitting the bottle down next to him. "I said you dislike him" Diego repeated. "At the moment anyways".

Inanna sighed. "Well, shoot me for disliking my husband a little because he's being an asshole" Inanna muttered.

"What did he do?" Diego asked. Diego knew he was being a little too nosey but he could tell Inanna wasn't exactly herself.

Inanna shrugged. "I- I" Inanna averted her gaze, picking Diego's knife back up as she continued doing the job Diego had tasked her with. "I tried to speak to him about Viktor's deal and he shut me down, that's all" Inanna said. "And then I found out that my parents were killed by some fucker who will get what they deserve one way or another, if they aren't already six feet under, and I-".

Inanna took a deep breath, loosening her tight grip on the knife, realising that she had spoke all too fast while she shredded apart the fabric.

"And you just want to get the briefcase and go home" Diego said.

Inanna nodded, glancing briefly to him. "Last night, while I was waiting for him to come back from whatever the fuck he is doing with Lila, I was wondering if I made the right decision".

Diego's eyes widened slightly. "Marrying Five?" Diego shook his head. "Five's an asshole, but he loves you and you love him, you made the right-".

Inanna scoffed, sitting the knife down on the pool table again. "I didn't mean marrying your brother" Inanna chuckled quietly as Diego's shoulder slumped. "Even though he makes me want to murder him at least once a day, I could never love someone the way I love him".

"Than what decision?" Diego asked.

"Leaving the life I had made for myself the day I saw your stupid face in the newspaper" Inanna said.

"What?" Diego's brows furrowed.

"I went to Elliott's in the 60s because I had seen your mugshot in a newspaper" Diego's expression softened and he pushed aside the bottles to sit on the pool table next to Inanna. "I could have left it alone... yeah, I'd have spent the rest of my life alone and stuck in this stupidly small body, but Elliott wouldn't have died the way he did and your dad wouldn't have adopted Anna".

"Elliott's death wasn't your fault" Diego said as Inanna turned away from him, knowing that she wouldn't be able to hold back any of her tears if she looked at Diego.

"But it was" Inanna muttered. "I didn't have to kill the Swede, but I did".

"He was going to kill you, you did what you had to" Diego said.

"And then Elliott died as a result" Inanna nodded, chewing on the inside of her lip. "I'm not a good person, Diego. Violence is the only thing I know because I've been on survival mode since I was sixteen years old. And maybe the universe has had enough of my bullshit and has decided that if I could let someone as kind and as loving as Elliott, die in such a brutal way, I don't deserve to be happy".

"You're not a bad person" Diego said shaking his head as Inanna felt a tear run down her cheek, feeling like a child for crying to her brother in law over the things that had kept her awake. "You're hurt but that doesn't mean you aren't good. It just means the world has been crueler to you than it has to most".

Inanna tucked her hair behind her ear, letting her eyes meet with Diego's "Where'd you find that quote?" Inanna asked.

"That was all me, Red" Diego responded, slightly offended.

"It wasn't half bad" Inanna muttered.

Diego shook his head. "What I said back at the farm still stands, I meant it when I said you've got us. You're family and if you need me to beat Five up, i've been waiting for an excuse to knock his cocky smirk off his face".

Inanna chuckled quietly. "We should finish getting ready for the Sparrow attack" Inanna said.

Diego nodded as he jumped off the pool table, partially wishing that Inanna would give him the go ahead to punch Five. "You gonna tell me when you got that knife of mine back?" Diego asked.

"No".

Once Inanna and Diego had placed the Molotov cocktails in various places around the hotel, they waited in the hotel lobby, joining Luther who sat in front of a board game which he had started playing by himself. Neither Diego or Inanna offered to play against him, but moments after Viktor and Allison sat with them, the Sparrows entered the hotel one after an other wearing matching red suits and arriving earlier than planned.

"Well, thanks for coming" Viktor said as Inanna balled her fists up to avoid itching her skin, unable to stop the sweat the built up across her forehead and under her clothes.

"Oh, yeah, super glad to be here" Jayme said.

"Where are the rest of you?" Ben asked, noticing that they were a couple short.

"Are you taking attendance?" Diego asked.

"Where's Five?" Anna itched the back of her hand, glancing from Diego to Inanna.

"He'll be here" Diego said, pulling Anna's eyes from Inanna.

"Where's the briefcase?" Allison asked, her hands tucked into her pockets.

"Where's our brother?" Ben asked.

Allison smirked. "Maybe we should try this again before I lose my temper" Allison said.

"Allison-".

"I got this" Allison said to Viktor, never once averting her gaze from Ben. "Hand over the briefcase or no deal" Allison said to Ben.

"Yeah, tiny problem. Deal's off" Ben said.

"Oh, 'run'!" Luther shouted, smiling proudly after figuring out what Sloane was trying to mouth to him.

"Molotov this, bitches!" Stanley shouted running from the elevator towards them with a lit Molotov cocktail in his hand.

Diego turned to Stanley pointing at him with his knife. "Stanley!" Stanley stopped in front of Diego "Not now!" Diego shouted.

"Don't-" Inanna's words fell short as Stanley dropped the bottle onto the floor. The bottle smashed and the banner next to Stanley caught fire. "-drop it" Inanna muttered watching the flames rise up the fabric as the smoke alarm began blaring.

A woman with curly hair ran out of the hotel clothes store, alerted by the alarms and the bright orange light that filtered in through the store window.

"Delaney!" Anna shouted and the woman spun on her heel.

"You said your girlfriend wouldn't be here, Anna" Ben said to his sister.

"Well, she wasn't supposed to be" Anna said as Delaney ran over to her.

Inanna recognised the woman instantly from the photograph the tailor had shown her the night before and she recalled seeing a woman in the fields with Anna after Anna returned Diego's knife.

Anna and Delaney shared quiet words between each other before Anna pushed Delaney behind her.

Ben glanced to Anna and Anna nodded. "Power up" Ben said as he held his hand up.

A flock of crows appeared behind Fei, flying above her while the others rolled their shoulders, but what caught Inanna and the other Umbrellas by surprise was the vibrant orange flame that danced around Anna's finger tips, like a ballerina in a jewellery box.

"The fuck" Inanna knew her mouth was hanging open with shock. Anna tilted her head as a smirk grew across her lips.

"lnanna" Luther whispered. "Can you do that?" Luther asked as the hotel residents ran towards the elevator and away from the burning banner and the fight that was about to begin.

"I think i'd remember if I could do that" Inanna muttered, unable to take her eyes off the flame as it grew into a small ball of fire and settled above Anna's palm.

"Maybe try snapping your fingers?" Luther suggested.

"Oh, because that will fucking work" Inanna whisper shouted as she glanced to Luther.

"But she's you" Luther argued.

"I know" Inanna mumbled.

Diego grabbed Stanley's arm dragging him over to the lobby desk as Ben shouted "Now, Chris".

Diego threw Stanley over the desk and instantly fell to the floor, clutching his head like Inanna and his siblings as Christopher hit them with red rays of electricity which knocked them to the floor in pain.

Inanna held her hands over her ears, desperately trying to block out the sound as her eyes screwed shut, the pain causing her heart rate to spike.

"I heard... I heard a rumour.." Struggling against the pain, Allison fell just as powerless as the rest, unable to use her powers to stop Christopher.

"Anna" Delaney grabbed Anna's shoulder, shaking her head as Anna glanced at her. "You never said you were going to kill them" Delaney said, watching as Inanna fell onto her side.

Anna ignored Delaney taking a step towards Inanna as Ben said "Kill 'em".

Anna let the ball of fire grow in the palm of her hand, only feeling a hint of sympathy towards Inanna as she watched her phase, but before she could put an end to Inanna's pain, there was an echoing yell which followed a yellow blast of energy.

Anna fell to the floor to avoid the blast and she knocked Delaney down with her, wanting to protect her girlfriend from the unexpected wave that hit Jayme and Alphonso in front of her.

"Jayme! Alphonso" Fei called her siblings names, reaching out to the two Sparrows that laid dead and torn apart from the blast.

Anna froze, unable to tear her eyes from Jayme and Alphonso. Delaney staggered to her knees, holding Anna's face in her hands to turn her away from their bodies, whispering "Just look at me" while Ben stumbled to his feet.

"Pull back!" Ben shouted. "Pull back!" Ben repeated.

Anna and Delaney fled the hotel with Ben, Fei and Christopher, leaving Sloane lying unconscious on the floor.

Viktor sat up slowly and turned to Inanna next to him. Inanna laid still on the floor, her hands loosely placed over her ears.

"Inanna?" Viktor spoke her name, wanting to tell her that it was over but when Inanna didn't respond, Viktor rolled her onto her back, knocking her hands off her head.

"Inanna" Viktor shook Inanna's shoulder, pulling himself up onto his knees as he inched closer to her.

Diego looked over at Inanna and Viktor, watching as Viktor pressed his fingers against Inanna's throat, searching for a pulse as Inanna's phasing slowed.

so... anna has powers.
very much inspired by
bloom.