CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE:
THE BIRDS

[last chapter of season 2]

"Fuck."

Lila rose into the air and glowed, and then she released a powerful wave of her energy.

The wave through everyone back. Luther landed in the house —where Five was—Vanya got thrown at the barn, Allison was thrown in a sack of hay, Alex landed on the snow, and Klaus—

"Catch me! Catch me! Catch me!"

Alex looked up and saw Klaus falling and if his math was right he would land on top of Alex.

The invisible boy opened his mouth to scream, Klaus would land right about now-

Nothing.

Alex opened his eyes slowly —when did he close them?— and found Klaus being held by two cowboys.

Diego got nearly squished by the red tractor. But the good news is that he only got his leg stuck under it.

small mercies.

Lila calmed down and went back to normal.

Alex could hear the handler laughing.

"Klaus," His husband looked at him, "Are we fucked or are we fucked?"

Before Klaus could say anything, they heard a crash. Apparently, Luthe was thrown out of the house causing a large hole.

Alex thought about all the repairs that had to be done after this fight and winced, 'Sorry Sissy.'

Allison ran towards him, but then Lila called her, getting her attention.

"We should- We should help," Klaus said watching as Lila said something causing Allison to go lax.

"Let's go-"

Allison was dying, and Luther was giving her mouth to mouth.

Before they could reach them, however, Allison started breathing again, and Diego called for help.

Everyone —not Five because he was fighting Lila—ran to help the dude with a red tractor on his leg.

"What took you so long?" Diego shouted.

"Were here now if you'd like to stop complaining?" Luther went to the red tractor and got ready to lift it up.

"Or if you prefer we could just leave you here," Klaus said receiving an elbow to his ribs.

"Yeah what he said," Allison voiced her agreement.

"Does everything in this family have to be a discussion?"

"Good point Vanya, and yes. If we don't discuss we're not us, we're aliens who are pretending to be us," Alex said and then went to help Luther and Klaus to lift up the red tractor.

"Are you out?"

"Yes!"

Alex released his child on the tractor and frowned when it didn't affect it. Luther couldn't be that strong!

Klaus was looking at the tractor in confusion.

"Team zero! Unstoppable!" Diego and Luther did an awkward high-five-fist-bump thingy that left Luther looking at his hand in confusion and Diego shaking his hand in pain --but he did it casually to not make it noticeable.

"Has anyone seen Five?"

"He has to be around here somewhere."

"oh by the way," Luther looked at Diego, "Your ex-girlfriend can blink like Five."

Confusion on Diego's face.

"Yeah, the bitch rumored me so I couldn't breathe."

More confusion on Diego's face.

"And she destroyed half the farm with the shock wave. so unoriginal."

Diego confusingly looked around while Alex nodded.

"If she can do whatever we can do, she might as well be one of us."

"Yeah," Luther laughed and then went blank.

Everyone did.

"No, there's no way, can't be."

"It's a reasonable conclusion."

"But there's only seven of us."

"But maybe we need to consider that there's more of us."

"Are we surprised? I mean dad never told us the whole truth about anything."

"But, she's not our biological sister. Right?"

"It's not incest, stop worrying knife boy."

"Ok so If she can mirror our powers that means everything we throw at her she can match, right?"

"Yeah, but she can only mirror one of our powers at a time."

"I married a genius."

"You sure about that?" Allison asked looking between them.

Alex didn't know if she was asking if Klaus was sure about what he just said or if Alex was sure he married a genius.

They came to the conclusion that Five and Lila are probably in the barn. It was proved right when they neared it and heard voices.

The seven siblings didn't hear the whole conversation that Lila and Five were having but from what they heard, it was about Five killing her parents and how it was the handler's doing cause she was after Lila.

"Why?" Lila asked Five, not knowing that the rest of the academy was standing behind her.

"It's because you're one of us," Diego said making Lila turn and look at them, "The handler stole you, Lila, just like the asshole who took all of us."

"No, It was not the same thing," She said while eyeing the academy. knife still held tightly.

"You're right because he didn't have our parents murdered. Listen to me Lila, You were born on October 1, 1989, the same day as us."

"Stay back!" Lila warned when Diego had apparently crossed the invisible line.

"Woah! Stay back!" Diego shouted making everyone move around nervously.

"Lila, Lila, stop."

"I trusted you, I got you a job, I even introduced you to my mother, and then you took off without me!"

"It's cause I had to save the world!" Diego's voiced raised until it matched Lila's, "She's using you," He said more calmly.

"You're wrong, she raised me, she loves me," Lila said, but at this point, Alex wasn't sure if she was trying to convince Diego or herself.

"Yeah, you know what?" Luther said making Lila look at him, "Love shouldn't have to hurt this much."

Lila looked at him and then made a vomiting sound.

Luther smiled awkwardly, "Alright, I tried."

"He's right, we have to kill her," Five said and moved closer, to kill her.

"Five! Five stop!" Five stopped and looked over Lila's shoulder to Diego, "I got it."

"Hey, Lila," Lila looked at Diego, Five forgotten behind her, "Truth? She's dangerous. and you're scared about what she'll do with all that new power. That's why you dragged me to the commission. Because I know what's it like to love dangerous people, difference is..." Diego looked around, at his siblings. To the people he has laughed, fought, cried, and loved with, "They love me back."

"Shut up," Lila said weakly.

"The only thing she loves is power and the moment she can't use you, she will turn on you, and deep down, you know that too."

"You don't know me, Diego," Lila said and held up the knife higher.

Diego ignore the knife that was resting on his heart and moved closer, "Don't I?"

Lila had tears in her eyes, she didn't move, she continued to stare at Diego.

"I know that we can be your family If you just let us."

Lila looked around, at the smiling faces looking at her when-

The handler with a gun was shooting at everyone, and Alex watched as everyone fell down. one by one. and then he felt the gravity failing, and he fell. just like everyone else.

Alex was sure he was dead.

the young girl stopped her tricycle and looked at him with a glare, "Didn't I tell you and your lover boy to stop coming here whenever you're bored?"

"My entire family got murdered just now, believe me, we were far from bored."

She looked thoughtful, "Not all of them."

"What?"

"The oldest soul is still there, he's weak, but he's still there."

"Huh," Alex looked around, "Where are the others?"

She looked at her right and then back at Alex, "Around, you're not going to see them."

"Why not?"

"It's not your time yet."

There was an awkward silence, "Does that mean I'll go back?"

"Depends."

"On?"

"If he can do it."

"Who?"

"Your brother."

"Do what?"

"Go back."

"Huh, like McHargreeves told me?"

"Yeah, you told him about it, right?" There was a wave of hidden anger in her voice like she was waiting for him to say 'no I tots forgot lol' so she could do something to him. something harsh perhaps.

"Yeah, I told him."

She relaxed, "Good," and then started driving her tricycle.

"Where you going?!"

She didn't look back, or answered, she kept going.

Alex sighed, "I hate our talks. never a straight answer."

Alex then felt something in his chest, a pull, and then-

He was back.

He blinked and looked around.

"I know that we can be your family," Diego was telling Lila.

Five was standing next to the door, looking hysteric.

"If you just let us," As Diego said that, the handler opened the door and waltzed it, but Five was ready for her.

Klaus held his hands in front of him and Alex like he knew karate. 

Five pointed the gun that the handler had in her hands just a few seconds ago at her.

"It's true, isn't it?" Lila asked her mother figure, "What Five said."

The handler looked between Lila and Five.

"Answer me! is it true?!"

"Well," The handler didn't get to finish, Draco Malfoy —the white-haired dude— entered and shot her from the back.

The handler fell to the ground with a thud.

Luther sprinted towards the case, but Diego body-slammed him and Alex felt like he was in a football (American) beginners lesson.

Lila portaled away with the case.

All eyes were on Draco and Five, the two people with guns.

Five eyes the only member left of the Swedes, and then threw his gun to the ground, "Enough."

He eyed Five and the others, before he too threw his gun, "Enough."

And with that, he walked away.

"I almost had her, why the hell did you stop me?" Luther asked as he was still on top of Diego, probably suffocating him.

"Cause, I love her."

Alex and Klaus awed and cooed.

Cuties! Diego and Lila sitting on a tree-

Luther got up.

"Who the hell was that guy?" Klaus said pointing at where Draco had previously been.

"Harleen!"

Sissy's voice made them all sprint downstairs, where Vanya removed the power she had accidentally left in Harleen.

The siblings looked at Vanya who was staring back at them.

All was well.

None of the stupid, one-brain celled Hargreaves, thought that the many, many, briefcases out in the farm existed.

So Five and Diego called Herb to get them a briefcase.

It was really embarrassing when Herb pointed at all the briefcase on the ground.

Vanya went to get Sissy and Harleen, it was time to go home.

but Sissy had other plans. She was terrified, she chose not to come. Which made Vanya heartbroken.

She came out of the house and Alex could see the tear tracks on her cheek and the redness of her eyes.

She sat down on the porch, next to Diego and Alex.

Alex threw a hand around her shoulder and drew her to his side and laid a kiss on her head, "I'm proud of you."

Diego moved closer and hugged Vanya from the other side.

"I'm proud of all of you."

Klaus and sat behind Alex and dramatically hugged him from behind and dropped himself all over his husband, "love me!"

Vanya and Diego chuckled at the duo.

Vanya came to sit in front of Diego and leaned against his legs while Luther sat behind him and threw his into Klaus' lap.

"Alright, let's go-" Five was rudely interrupted by Luther's hand, who dragged him into the pile.

"Five more minutes."

And they sat there for Six more minutes before FIve forced them to move.

They gathered around in a circle.

"Wait!" Klaus said and looked at them with a weird expression.

"What?" Alex frowned at his husband.

Klaus looked at him guilty before running to the porch picking something and coming back.

"I'll give you 70 bucks if you leave him here," Alex heard Diego mutter to Five, but he was more focused on his husband with a cowboy hat.

Klaus nodded at them to show he was ready, and they all held hands.

"Can't believe I'm going to probably die holding hand with idiots," Alex whispered to Vanya who smiled, but he was sure the rest heard him as well.

Five opened the briefcase, and -

Back to the Academy!

"Oh my god!"

"What day is it?" Klaus asked urgently and Five reached for the newspaper on the table, "April 2nd, 2019, a day after the Apocalypse.

"We succeeded!"

"I should find claire," Allison said but then he was dragged away by Luther.

"Oh, come on, one drink."

Diego looked at the Painting of Five, or more importantly the painting that had held Five.

"Why is there a painting of Ben?"

They all looked at the painting.

The painting that was put there after Five had gone missing.

"I knew you would eventually show up," A voice said from the fireplace, a voice that everyone knew.

"Dad."

Reginald Hargreeves.

"You're alive," Luther whispered.

"Why shouldn't I be?"

They all kept staring at him.

"Yeah, you're right, I'm just happy that we're home and...together again.

"Home? this isn't your home."

We're homeless now? is this the next apocalyptic event?

"What are you talking about? this is the umbrella academy," Allison said.

"Wrong again, this, is the Sparrow Academy," he looked at something behind them making them all turn around.

Six people stood high on the second floor with what looked like a floating cube?

"Dad, who the hell are these assholes?" A very familiar voice said almost giving them a heart attack.

Ben--but with an emo haircut--stood in front of them looking at them like he had no idea who they were.

They all stared back with horror.

"Shit."

☆彡WORDS: 2500☆彡

AND CUT!

Bonjour!
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