14. The day that wasn't
"Be careful of that girl, there's a fire burning behind her eyes. She makes kingdoms fall and monsters wish they'd never been born. She's not just a warrior, she is a dragon and she is not afraid to burn your heaven to the ground"
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WEDNESDAY. 8:15 AM.
Luther, Klaus, Diego, Allison, Maddie and Freddy were all in the living room.
"Three days" Allison asked as she handing a cup of coffee to Luther "That's what Five said" Luther said "The old bastard did mention the apocalypse, come to think of it. He just left out the part about how soon" Klaus said "But can we trust him? I don't know if you've noticed, but Five's little..." Allison said, putting her finger up to her temple and moved it around while whistling. "Our little psycho" Klaus said, cutting her off as he lifted up his cup.
"HEY" Maddie said out loud causing them all to look at her "He's not crazy and if he is, then the rest of us are too" she said.
"He was pretty convincing. If he wasn't trying to stop an apocalypse, those lunatics wouldn't be chasing him" Luther said "That's why they were after him?" Diego asked "Yeah" Freddy said.
"What did Five even see?" Allison asked "He told me that he saw only destruction" Maddie said "Apparently we all fought together against whoever was responsible" Freddy said.
Luther then clicked his tongue "Okay. So, here's the plan" he said before getting up "Uh, we go through Dad's research---" "Wait, what?" Allison said, cutting Luther off "Hold on, hold on" Maddie said "Wait a tick, wait a tick, wait a tick" Klaus said and Luther looked at him "What actually happened the first time around?" Klaus asked as he lifted up his hand "Yeah. What are you not telling us? Come on, big boy, spit it out" Diego said.
Luther got uncomfortable as he looked at the others, he let out a sigh before he answered "We died" he said quietly, putting his cup up to his mouth, taking a sip "What was that?" Allison asked and Luther let out a cough.
"Fine then I will say it. We all died" Maddie said and they all looked at her with widened eyes not knowing how to react.
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Five could hear indistinct chatter as the he was walking with The Handler towards the Commission's headquarter.
"I must admit, Number Five, in all the time that I've been here, I've never met anyone quite like you. Hazel and Cha-Cha, for example are talented, certainly, but...they can't see the big picture. You spunk, your enterprising spirit, well, it reminds me a great deal of myself, if...I may be so vainglorious" The Handler said to Five as the two walked up the steps that lead to the front door of the headquarter.
"If things work out for you here, you could potentially make a fine successor, Five" she said before they entered the headquarter.
As soon as they entered, The Handler took off her jacket before handing it to a man.
"I'd like to discuss the logistics of my family's safety at your earliest convenience" Five said as he followed her up some stairs "As well as this body replacement" he said "Such chutzpah. It's refreshing, I'll admit. Slow down, Five. All in good time. In face, now that you've finally agreed to work with us, we've got all the time in the world" she said as they walked up the last stairs before they turned right in the hallway.
"The Commission works in support of a delicate balance between the time line of events and mankind's free will" The Handler said as they walked past the briefcase room causing Five to look at the room.
"The briefcase is no longer part of your kit, Five. Free your mind. You're management now. One of us" she said as they walked past the room and The Handler continued to show Five around the headquarters.
"Alright, anyway. All the people on this floor are case managers, each one responsible for one major event at a time" she said as they looked into a room filled with people that was all sitting by their desk while typing on a typewriter.
"So many of them" Five said "Impressive, isn't it. Being part of something...so grand" The Handler said as they could hear indistinct chatter and phones ringing.
"Come along" she said as she walked away and Five walked after her.
"Whenever someone chooses the wrong path and the time line is changed, the Commission gets a report from field agents on the ground. These field reports are sorted and assigned to a case manager. They determine if anyone needs to be...removed from the equation to assure that their even happens as it should" The Handler explained as they walked into the tube room.
"Based on the determination, the case manager sends instructions via pneumatic tube to...tempotal assassins like you formerly were, Number Five. Any queries so far?" she asked "Yeah. Who was the case manager handling me?" Five asked "Ah" she said with a smile before she slid her finger down his cheek "You mean the apocalypse" she said.
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The Handler lead Five to another room where people was sitting by their desk while writing on their typewriter.
"Five, meet Dot" the Handler said "Oh, hi" Dot said, looking up from the typewriter.
"Dot is responsible for all apocalypse matters. In fact, it was Dot here who first flagged your appearance in 2019" The Handler said "No hard feelings" Dot said "Well, you certainly put us through the ringer. Outsmarting two of our so-called best temporal assassins" The Handler said and put a hand on Five's right shoulder "If that doesn't spell leadership material" she said out loud, getting everyone in the room their attention.
"...I just don't know" The Handler said and chuckled "I suspect...you like a challenge, Five" she said and before she pulled out a chair by an empty desk causing the chair to made a squeaks sound.
"Which is why I've given you a particularly complex first case" she said and handed him a file with few pages inside.
"It's too bad Joseph Späh decided against sabotaging the fuel tank. It wouldn've been so much easier" she said and chuckled "Anyhoo...if you have any questions...I'll be right behind you" she said as she pointed at the door before she walked out the room.
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"No, we need to figure this out" Diego said "Is it just us?" Allison asked "It's everybody" Maddie said "In the house?" Diego asked "The whole planet?" Allison asked "Yes, outside the house. Everyone died" Luther said.
"Hey" someone said and they all turned around to see Vanya behind them with a young man behind her.
Maddie noticed that as soon as the man spotted her, he kept staring at her.
"What's going on?" Vanya asked "It's a family matter" Allison said "A family matter. So of course you couldn't bother to include me" Vanya said "No, it's not like that. We were..." Luther said but Vanya cut him off "Don't let me interrupt" she said and began walking out the room "Wait" Allison called as she ran up to her "I'll fill you in later when we're alone" Allison said "Please, please, don't bother. And I won't either" Vanya said "Vanya, that's not fair" Allison said "Fair? There's nothing fair about being your sister. I haven been left out of everything for as long as I can remember. And I used to think it was Dad's fault, but he's dead. So it turns out you're the assholes" Vanya said before walking away with the man right behind her.
"Ouch" Klaus said "I'm gonna go find Vanya and explain" Allison said "No, wait, there isn't time. We need to figure out what cause the apocalypse" Luther said and Allison sighed as she heard the front door close.
"Now, there are loads of possibilities. Nuclear war, asteroids. But I'm thinking this is about the Moon. Right? Dad must have sent me up there for a reason. And I was giving him daily updates on the conditions, I sent field samples. The first thing we need to do is find his research" Luther said "Hold on. Hold the phone. We all died fighting this the first time around. Remember?" Klaus said "Klaus, shockingly, has a point. What gives us a win this time?" Diego asked "Five. Last time we didn't have him. We weren't all together. This time we'll have the full force or the Umbrella Academy. That's what we need" Luther said "But Five isn't here" Diego said "No, but he will come back" Maddie said "When everyone is dead" Diego said "No. But he will come back, I know it, I can feel it, he wasn't going to leave us like that. He will come back, I know he will" Maddie said "So, where's Five now?" Allison asked "Well, he had a plan to change the timeline. He will be back soon" Freddy said.
"I'm going after Hazel and Cha-Cha" Diego said "What, right now?" Luther said "Hell, yeah. Three days. I'm losing light by the minute" Diego said "Wait, Diego. Look, I know you wanna avenge your friend, but we got a bigger problem here" Luther said "She wasn't just some friend. If I'm gonna die, I need to know I killed those bastards first. It's not about Dad. It's not about me. The longer I wait, Hazel--" "I know how important this is to you" Luther said, cutting Diego off "Stop making it about you" Diego said before he left.
Then Klaus started leaving "Klaus? Klaus? Klaus!" Luther said "Yeah! Sorry" Klaus said and looked at him "So, what? You're giving up on the world, too?" Luther asked "Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. Mm-hmm" Klaus said "So that's it. You're cool with us all dying in three days?" Luther asked but Klaus didn't say anything and left the room.
"I can't believe it" Luther said "Well, Luther, I will help stopping the apocalypse, but there is a few things I need to do first" Maddie said before she left "Me too" Freddy said and followed her.
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Five was writing on the typewriter when Dot that was sitting behind him leaned to the side "Hiya, Five. How's it going?" she asked.
"I must have utter silence in order to complete this task" Five said as he pulled out the piece of paper from the top of the typewriter before he rolled up the paper.
"Oh, okay" Dot said and went back to her work.
But after a few seconds she starting talking to him again "Hey, a few of us are having lunch, and I was wondering if you...you're doing something" Dot said.
Five ignored her and opened a nearby capsule before putting the paper inside. He then closed the capsule and got up before he left the room "Oh. Bye-Bye" Dot said.
Five walked into the Tube Room, found a opened tube and was about to put the capsule inside when The Handler walked up from behind him "I'm afraid that's not procedure" she said and Five looked at her before she took the capsule from him.
"Five, meet Gloria" The Handler said and pointed at an older woman with glasses on, walking over to them from behind her desk.
"Gloria is perhaps the single most vital cog in our machine" The Handler said "Oh" Gloria said and chuckled "Gloria, this is Number Five" The Handler said "Look at you. Deadly little thing" Gloria said before she took the capsule from The Handler "So happy we decided to close the contract on your life" Gloria said and chuckled "I'm afraid your reputation precedes you. And it looks like you're building on it here" The Handler said and opened the piece of paper.
TO: FIELD AGENT 239485
FROM: N524182A
DATE: 034385934
TERMINATE KARL WEBER
"Oh. Karl Weber. Now tell me, why unfortunate Karl?" she asked as she handed the paper to Gloria who put it inside the capsule again.
"Karl Weber is the butcher at the shop where Captain Ernst A. Lehmann acquires his weekly roast. So, if Karl dies, his butcher shop is passed on to his son Otto, who...never washes his hands, which is disgusting" Five said "So he's the one who gives the captain his roast" the Handler said "And that gives him food poisoning" Five said "Which makes him late for work. Which delays the takeoff" The Handler said "And to make up to lost time, the Hindenburg flies through a weather front of high electrical charge and humidity" Five said "And the static electricity inside the aircraft makes in a virtual tinderbox. Tiny engine sparks..." she said "And just like that, we have..." Five said as he mimicking an explosion with his hand.
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Five and The Handler walked back into the room "I'm sure you've all heard that Mr. Five has proven to be as adept with a pen as he was with a sword" The Handler said to the others workers in the room before patted him on the back as he made his way back to his desk.
"Let his effort serve as inspiration to you all" she said as Five sat down.
"Herb! How long have you on the Lusitania?" The Handler asked a guy "Oh, ah...Well, let's see, I, uh...I..." Herb said "Sorry?" The Handler asked "When I first started..." Herb said "Sorry? I can't hear you" The Handler said and Herb tried to answer "Still can't hear you" she said.
Then the buzzer went on telling everyone that it was lunch time and everyone got up to go to lunch.
"Oh, Gene, a word before you go to lunch. Gutenberg seems to be having second thoughts about the printing press" The Handler said to a person as everyone walked out of the room.
As soon was everyone was out, Five walked over to Dot's desk and began looking through the files.
He found the right file and he hid it under his blazer before leaving the room.
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Five entered the bathroom and walked into one of the toilet stall before he lock the door and sat down before he took out the file.
But as he opened the file, there was only a paper with a smiley face on it "Shit" he said as he looked up from the file just as the door to the bathroom opened before it closed again.
"So, how's your first day going?" The Handler asked as she walked into a bathroom stall next to Five.
"Couldn't be better" Five said "Glad to hear it" she said as she used the toilet while he quickly closed the file before he began putting it inside his blazer again slowly as you could hear The Handler urinating while coughing loudly.
"Ah. I burned my rugae. Ever burn your rugae?" she asked, trying to make small talk as Five put the file under his shirt.
"The ridges on the hard palate that help pass food to the esophagus. Anyway, I'm on a liquid diet for two days hence the marathon of urination. One faulty cog, and nothing works as it should. You know, we value intergrity at the office above all else. Trust is essential and that trust is...built over time. But in the event of a breach, the Commission will act swiftly and without mercy. An efficiency I'm sure you above all people can appreciate, Number Five" she said and flushed the toilet.
"I'm feeling peckish. Have you had your lunch?" she asked as she walked out of the stall "Not yet" he said as he shook his head "Great. How would you like to lunch with me in my office. You can eat solid foods, and I can live vicariously..." she said and peered over the bathroom stall looking at him "Through you" she said "Sounds great" Five said with a fake smile.
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Maddie and Freddy was walking down the street "I wish that we didn't left the car at home" Freddy said "Stop complaining and enjoy the peace before everything will turn to shit" Maddie said and Freddy nodded "Yeah, you are right" he said and they both smiled as they turned around a corner walking into an alley.
But as they turned around the corner, they saw five huge guys standing in front of them not far away causing Maddie and Freddy to stop.
"Who are they?" Freddy asked "I don't know, let's turn around" Maddie said, but as they turned around they saw four other huge guys walking towards them.
The group quickly surrounded them "Keep calm" Maddie whispered to Freddy.
Then a man walked in front of the group, Maddie and Freddy recognized him the guy that was with Vanya earlier.
"Look who it is. Madison Hargreeves and her pet" the guy said "He's not a pet" Maddie said "And the name is Freddy, dickhead" Freddy said "And since you know who we are, then who the hell are you?" Maddie asked "Name is Leonard" he said "You were with Vanya earlier" Maddie said and Leonard nodded.
"What do you want?" she asked "We are all here from stopping you from saving the world" Leonard said and then one of the guys punched Freddy in the face causing him to fell to the ground "FRED" Maddie shouted and was about to used her powers, but then she was punched across the face making her fell to the ground as well.
Leonard and the other guys started kicking Freddy and Maddie hard making sure that they didn't get the chance to used their powers.
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Meanwhile Five was having lunch with The Handler in her office "And that's how Phil determined that the archduke just had to go" The Handler said as Five put down his glass.
But suddenly he felt pain running through his body which 'cause him to flinch before he looked around wondering while he suddenly felt someone was punching and kicking him.
Why was it that he felt pain but nothing was on him.
But then his eyes widened, when he realized something.
If he was not in pain then it means that Maddie was. He can to be faster about this.
"What's wrong?" The Handler got Five to snap back to reality "Nothing" he looked back at her.
"Care for dessert?" she asked "I had a bad Twinkie in the apocalypse once. It kind of put me off desserts" he said "Please, indulge me" The Handler said as she push a bowl of candy towards Five and he let out a sigh before he pick one up, opened it, and put it in his mouth.
"What's that taste like to you?" she asked "The 1950?" he asked "Precisely right. Our clever metaphysics division concocted a way to perfectly distill an entire decade into a single candy. This one's modeled after the Fudge Mutt, America's favorite in 1955" she said "Remarkable" he said "You'll be happy to know it's the very division that's building your new body. Oh, that reminds me. I have something for you" she said and put her fingers on a intercom "Carla?" she asked "Yes?" Carla said "Would you bring the box in, please" The Handler asked "Certainly" Carla said.
Then they heard footsteps approaching and The Handler got up as Carla came into the office, holding a box in her hands.
The Handler got up from her chair as Carla walked into the office, holding a box and put it on the desk before she left.
"Go ahead. Open it" The Handler said and Five opened the box before he looked inside it.
"Clothes make the man, Five. Won't be nice when you can actually wear it? Very soon, I assure you. They're perfecting your body as we speak" she said "Thank you. It's a very kind gift" he said and closed the box.
He then turned around and pointed on a flamethrower "Is that a Chinese flamethrower?" he asked "Good eye" she said and he walked closer to it "War. Such a fascinating concept. A temporary salve for a permanent human flaw. Course, it's a bit easier to see from 30,000 feet" she said and chuckled as she walked up to him.
"These are just some of the things I've collected in my travels" she said as she moved her hand to all her collected before she picked up a grenade "M26 grenades from the Vietnam War" she said before putting it down.
"And this, the most noteworthy, perhaps" she said before she picked up a pistol "My Walther pistol. The very one Hitler used to kill himself. We're not supposed to take these kind of things, but...he wasn't gonna use it anymore" she said before she pointed with the pistol "Feel...how perfectly balanced that is" she said before she handed the pistol to him.
"I had some thoughts I wanted to run by you. Some suggestions to improve Commission protocol" Five said "Mm! Shaking things up already" she said as she took the pistol and put it down "I admire that" she said as she stroke her finger down his cheek before she poke his nose.
"Go on. Do tell" she said as she walked back to her desk "Gloria" he said as he walked over to her desk "The tube operator. Wouldn't be simpler if case managers were to send their own messages?" he asked as she sat down on her chair "I appreciate the thought. I really do. But everyone loves Gloria. I---I would never hear the end of it. She's been with the Commission family for years and she's this close to making pension" she said.
Then it knock on the door and Dot entered "Sorry to interrupt. May I have a moment alone?" she asked "Of course. Duty calls. We'll continue this discussion later, Five" The Handler said "Sure. May I?" Five asked, pointing at the bowl with candy "Please" she said with a smile and Five took one before putting it in his pocket and left.
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Both Maddie and Freddy was bleeding down their nose and they both had cuts and blood on their face and clothes.
Six guys was holding Maddie as Leonard walked closer to her. "STOP, DON'T, PLEASE" Freddy shouted as he tried to get free from three guys' grip.
When Freddy shouted those words another picture was show in his head and he saw a man laying on the floor with his head beating and bloody while another man was standing by him holding a bloody baseball bat as Freddy could hear his younger self shouting and begging the person with the bat to stop but Freddy shook his head making the picture inside his head to fade away.
"Since you are the only one that can stop her from killing all of you, I better get rid of you so I can get my revenge" Leonard said as he stepped closer to her.
Maddie tried to used her powers but it hurt every time she even tried, she had being beating too much and was too tired.
"No powers, you are helpless" Leonard said "Why are you doing this?" Maddie asked "Since both are you are about to die, I better tell you. Is because I hate you and all the others from the little Academy" Leonard said "You are Harold Jenkins, the guy that killed his own father. I have read about you" Freddy said "I am. And I've waited for my revenge for years" Lenard said "Why do you hates us so much?" Maddie asked "When I was a kid I wanted to be like you, but the only thing you all did was laughing in my face. You told me I was nothing and that make me hate all of you" Leonard said.
"Not a day after I was let out of jail, I found Reginald's diary laying in a dumpster. All of your powers and weakness, every detail of everyone's powers, you're entire life, everything you need to defeat you and I read it, every single page. And now when I have Vanya on my side, she doesn't even know it but she is helping me getting my revenge" Leonard said.
And then Maddie knew, Vanya was going to be the cause of the apocalypse.
"Vanya. Vanya is going to be the cause of the apocalypse" Maddie said and tried to get free from the grip "She is and since you are the only one that can stop her, I need to kill you and your friend too, since I can't have anyone going to warn the others" Leonard said and pulled out a huge knife.
"NO" Maddie shouted and tried to get free.
Freddy tried his best to get free. Was this it, was his best friend going to die in front of him and he was not able to do anything, was he going to watch another person he love died in front of him without being able to do anything?
No, he refuse, he can't just stand and watch, he need to do something, even if it means giving his life for her.
"Time to die painful" Leonard said and swung the knife towards Maddie.
Suddenly Freddy knocked down the three guys that was holding him. He then grabbed Leonard's arm before he push him away.
"If you want her, you must first get through me" Freddy said "Well, alright" Leonard said and began to swing to the knife towards Freddy who dodged it.
Freddy then kicked the knife out of Leonard's hand before he punched him in the face making Leonard fell to the ground.
Freddy then turned around to look at the six guys that was holding Maddie, "Let her go" he said.
But suddenly he felt a pain in his stomach and he looked at Maddie whose eyes was widened "NO" she cried out.
He then looked down to see a knife right through his stomach and blood dipping down from the knife's edge.
Leonard stood behind Freddy holding the knife "You of all people should know to never turn your back to the opponent until you know that they are done" Leonard said.
Freddy then looked up at Maddie before he cough out blood and blood started dipping from his mouth.
Him and Maddie stared at each other as the knife had impaled right through his stomach and more blood was dripping down from his stomach and from his mouth.
"Fred" Maddie said as Leonard pulled out the knife making Freddy fell to the ground.
"Stupid asshole" Leonard said as he grabbed Freddy and pulled him back "You think that this saved your little friend, no, she is just going to die in a few minutes" Leonard said as him and three other guys started kicking Freddy "Please, stop. No. Freddy, please stop" Maddie cried, but they kept kicking him.
"STOP" Maddie screamed and suddenly all the guys was throw back by a red energy wave and Maddie ran over to Freddy.
She grabbed him and turned him around as she sat down on her knees. His whole face was bloody and his stomach was bleeding badly.
I can feel your heart hanging in the air
I'm counting every step as you climb the stairs
It's buried in your bones, I see it in your closed eyes
Turning in, this is harder than we know
We hold it in the most when we're wearing thin
"Maddie" he said as he opened his eyes "Yeah, I'm here" she said.
Comin' like a hurricane, I take it in real slow
The world is spinning like a weathervane
Fragile and composed
Though I am breaking down again
I am aching now to let you in
"Why did you do that?" Maddie asked while crying, "Because you are my best friend and also I couldn't let another person I love die in front of me. I wouldn't be able to handle it again" Freddy said as his breath started fading in and Maddie put her hand on his stomach to try and stop the bleeding, but there was too much blood.
Seven times again when you are not awake
Seven times the flame, too much to take
The sky burns red against your skin
The world we know turns in the wind
"Freddy, please don't leave me. You are my companion, my best friend, my brother, I need you" Maddie said "I will never leave you, I will always be with you, unseen, unheard, but always right by your side" Freddy said and started coughing "You are strong Maddie. Stronger than you know, you can stop this and save the world" Freddy said and Maddie started sobbing.
Coming like a hurricane, I take it in real slow
The world is spinning like a weathervane
Fragile and composed
Though I am breaking down again
I am aching now to let you in
"You are the best friend anyone could ever ask for, be your friend was the best thing that could ever happen to me. I'm sorry that I can't be with you anymore, but you just have to make it on your own now, you can do it, because you are strong" Freddy said and let out a cough causing more blood to come out of his mouth. "Now I can be with Kate again" he said and let out a small smile before he looked up at Maddie "May we meet again" he said before he closed his eyes and stopped breathing.
It's all we know, all we know, the hurricane
Falling slow, falling slow in the pouring rain
Maddie's eyes widened "Fred. Freddy" she said as she tried to wake him up, but nothing happen. She then whistled before waiting for Freddy to respons, like he always do, just like she respons when he whistled, but when he didn't more tears to start to roll down from her eyes.
It's all we know, all we know, the hurricane
Falling slow, falling slow in the pouring rain
"No, Freddy don't leave me, please, I need you" Maddie said and pulled Freddy's head closer to her chest, giving him a hug while she had her eyes closed.
Watch it go, watch it go, we stay the same
This remind her of Ben's death, he also died in her arms "Why can't I save the people I care about" she said while crying.
And I don't know, I don't know how it can change
Leonard and the others got up and saw Maddie crying over Freddy's body "Well, that was one" Leonard said with an evil smile as him and the other guys walked closer to her. "Now be a good girl and accepted your death and we will make it quick, I promise" Leonard said.
Maddie could feel her powers was rising and as she opened her eyes, they started to glow red "I can't...I don't know...I don't know if I keep in control...I...can't hold it much longer" she said with tears running down her eyes.
Watch it go, watch it go, we stay the same
And I don't know, I don't know how it can change
And I don't know, I don't know how it can change
It's all we know, all we know, the hurricane
Maddie could feel her powers was rising more and more and without Five being there, she couldn't keep in control any longer. So she lifted her head and screamed as loud as she could, but as she screamed, she let go of her powers and released the full strength of them.
"WHAT?" Leonard said as a huge wave of red energy was released out of Maddie's body.
As Leonard and the guys was hit by the wave they got throw back before they got completely destroyed.
As Maddie kept screaming while crying, she let more go of her powers and more energy was released causing the wave to get bigger, destroying everyone and everything around her.
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Five was standing around a corner, his arms crossed over his chest.
He peek around the corner to see Dot leaving The Handler's office before walking into the Tube Room.
Five blinked to the Tube Room and hide behind a corner.
"Gloria, The Handler know that Five is up to something. Get this to Hazel and Cha-Cha immediately" Dot said giving Gloria a capsule "Immediately" Dot said again "Okay. Yeah" Gloria said and Dot left the room.
"Who are they?" Gloria said as she put on her glasses.
Five blinked behind Gloria and knocked her out. He then grabbed the capsule and opened it, reading the paper.
To: HAZEL AND CHA-CHA
From: C893467A
Date: 0893457983
REASSIGNMENT: PROTECT HAROLD JENKINS.
Five's eyes widened, he now knew who was responsible for the apocalypse.
He quickly folded the paper before putting it in his pocket and he began writing on the typewriter for a new reassignment for Hazel and Cha-Cha.
To: CHA-CHA
From: N524182A
Date: 0121378349
TERMINATE HAZEL FOR IMMEDIATE EXTRACTION.
Five ripped the paper out when he was done before he began typing another one.
To: HAZEL
From: N524182A
Date: 0982340124
TERMINATE CHA-CHA FOR IMMEDIATE EXTRACTION.
Five grabbed two capsules and hurried put each paper in one before sending them off.
"You know that's not how we do thing here" a voice said and Five looked to the left to see The Handler. Five leaned his left shoulder against the tubes, acting like nothing happen. "Where's Gloria?" she asked.
"Don't know. Couldn't find her anywhere" Five answered as he leaned up against one of the slots.
Then Gloria groaned and The Handler look behind her to see Gloria laying behind the desk.
The Handler then looked back at Five who has stepped away from the tubes to stand in the middle, ready for anything.
"You're a great disappointment to me. You can't change what's to come, Five. I truly find it so odd that you can't shed this fantasy. You're a first-rate pragmatist. You belong here with us" she said and Five shook his head while looking angry at her.
"I don't belong anywhere, thanks to you. You made me a killer" he said "You were always a killer. I just pointed you in a direction" The Handler said before she unzipped her lower part of her dress, revealing a gun and she lifted it up before aiming it at Five.
But he reach to blink away with a whooshes before she could shoot.
The Handler kept shooting everywhere, hoping to hit Five at some point causing the people outside the room to gasp and scream.
The gunshot woke up Gloria with a whimper while people outside the room started picking.
Dot came running and she let out a gasp when she saw The Handler shooting, so Dot pressed the red button for emergency before she jumped in fear while the other employees started screaming when they heard the shooting.
The Handler walked farther into the room and Five push a cart towards her, but she stopped it with her foot before she fired at him but he reach to blink again.
"What's the rush, Five? We're just getting started. Is this how you want the last line on your report to read?" The Handler asked.
Then Five appeared in front of her "When I'm done, I'm done, I guess" he said "You can't keep this up, Five. We both know that even you have a limit. I saved you from a lifetime of being alone. You owe me" she said and pulled the trigger but the gun made a clicking noise meaning that it didn't have anymore bullets which cause Five to smile.
"I do owe a debt" Five said before he blink again and appeared behind The Handler "But it's not for you" he said and pulled up a grenade.
He smiled at her while waving with the grenade in his hand.
He then pulled out the pin of the grenade before he throw it at her feet "Shit" she said.
Five then ran out of the room before it exploded causing glass to shattering and people screaming.
He blinked to the Briefcase Room and he grabbed a briefcase before he pulled out another grenade and pulled out the pin before he threw it aside to the other briefcases.
"Hey, what are you doing---?" a guy asked as Five ran out of the room before it exploded causing glass to shattering.
Five lifted the briefcase before he put in front of him, shielding him from the glass and the explosion with the briefcase "I'm coming Maddie. I'm coming back to you" he said before he traveled back in time.
But he didn't know that when he traveled back, everything that have happen while he was gone, didn't happen. Everything was rewind and the things that have happen that day, didn't happen, like, Klaus seeing Dave as a ghost, the guy he felled in love on his time travel journey but unfortunately died in the Vietnam war in Klaus' arms. Vanya finding Reginald's journal about the siblings' powers under Leonard's bed. Grace telling Diego the truth about Reginald's death. Allison's and Luther's romantic moment. Freddy's death and Maddie losing control, destroying everyone and everything around her.
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WEDNESDAY. 8:15 am (...Again)
"Hold on. Hold on the phone. We all died fighting this thing the first time around. Remember?" Klaus said "Klaus, shockingly, has a point. What gives us a win this time?" Diego asked.
Suddenly there was a electricity crackled noise before sudden bright flashing light appeared right above the middel of the bar counter.
There was a loud static crackling sound coming from the ceiling causing them all to look up at the sound.
Blue light filled the air right above the middle of the bar before Five fell through the light and onto the counter on top of a briefcase.
"Je..Jesus" Allison said as everyone jumped back while Five grunted.
Five had a giant crimson red stain from the side of his shirt and a few spots on his blazer. His hands also had blood on them.
"You guys, am I still high, or do you see him, too?" Klaus asked as they all looked at Five "Nope, that is Five" Freddy said with a smile.
Maddie smiled as soon as she saw Five, she knew that he would come back.
"Five, where have you been?" Luther asked as Five rolled off the counter and when he rolled off he almost felled to the floor. "Are you all right?" Maddie asked as she caught him before he felled.
Freddy and Maddie grabbed his arms, stopping him from falling before holding him up as they helped him stand. "Who did this?" Luther asked "Irrelevant" Five said as he grabbed Allison's coffee before he grunted slightly and took a few steps forward.
Five drank the coffee before he sighed and turned around to look at the others "So, the apocalypse is in three days. The only chance we have to save our world is, well, us" Five said "The Umbrella Academy" Luther said "Yeah, but with me, obviously. So if y'all don't get your sideshow acts together and get over yourself, we're screwed. Who cares if Dad messed us up? Are we gonna let that define us? No. And to give us a fighting chance to see next week, I've come back with a lead" Five said before he hold up a piece of folded paper.
"I know who's responsible for the apocalypse" he said and Allison stuck out her hand towards Five who handed her the paper.
"This is who we have to stop" Five said as as Allison unfolded the paper while Diego looked over her shoulder, so he also could see it.
"Harold Jenkins?" Allison said "Who the hell is Harold Jenkins?" Diego asked and they all looked up at Five who was drinking the rest of the coffee.
When he was done he threw the cup across the room.
"I don't know" he said.
"Love is our true destiny, we do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone, we find it with another"
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