This seems to be a good enough plan for the moment. If Five can just view this as a simple task to get from Point A to Point B he can ignore the conflicting emotions that he's not sure what to do with.

The head alone is heavy, so it feels wrong to leave Ben with the larger share of the weight. He doesn't have it in him to blink them to safety, but he can manage to do this much. It takes effort to remember the direction they were facing when he'd teleported with Ben just before they retaliated.

"There were crates," he says, somewhat uncertainly. "...where we were before. You remember? They were... they'd work."