9. Chapter ✓
Third timeline
... Allison was almost scared to death when she heard Diego's familiar voice. Allison turned around. Her daughter and husband did the same. "Really sneaky of you. Betraying your family like that. Just to make your dream come true?..." Diego asked with mockery in his voice. "Diego. What are you saying? What are you doing here anyway? How did you even get in here?" Allison asked, irritated. Allison didn't realize that this wasn't her brother, but just another version of Diego. She didn't realize that Diego wasn't alone. Allison had no idea what would happen in the next moment. "... Allison, doesn't there seem to be something fishy about your husband and daughter?..." Diego continued.
Allison looked briefly at her daughter and her husband from the sixties. "Diego, I don't understand what you're trying to tell me," Allison said irritably. Allison's husband and her daughter tensed. "... Reginald Hargreeves tricked you, Allison. This isn't your husband from the sixties or your daughter..." Diego continued slowly. "Diego, what are you trying to tell me?" Allison asked, still confused, but her body was slowly becoming alarmed. "... What I'm saying is... that we want to save you..." Diego continued. "We? Save from what?" Allison still had no clue what was actually happening to her. "Now! ...," Diego shouted. In the next moment, so much happened at once.
Lila jumped out of her hiding place and stood next to Diego. "We're saving you from the aliens. Reginald tricked you into doing what he wanted you to do." Lila revealed the truth. Diego throws a knife at Ray. The knife hit Ray right in the heart. "RAY! Oh, no! DIEGO, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Allison yelled in horror. "That's why," said Lila, pointing at Ray.
Instead of blood, a green liquid dripped out. Allison was startled and slowly began to realize what Reginald had actually done. Allison screamed in horror as her daughter took off her head, which was just a very clever mask. Sara jumped out of her hiding place in the shape of a giant colossus squid. She grabbed the second alien, which had previously taken the form of Allison's daughter, and threw it towards Thalia. Thalia leaned hungrily on the living alien.
Thalia was a born vampire with vampire powers.
Thalia sucked the alien dry. Then she pounced on the second alien and sucked it dry as well. This juice was better for Thalia than the normal blood of a human. It contained much more strength and allowed a vampire to go longer without blood. Thalia straightened up and turned to face her group and a shocked Allison. "... What was that all about?..." was the only thing Allison uttered. "Jo, we saved you from two aliens that Reginald Hargreeves tried to sell to you as your lovers," said Thalia earnestly. "WHAT!" said Allison, stunned. How could she have been so naive as to agree to a fair deal with Reginald Hargreeves? "Who are you and you, actually?" Allison asked Thalia and Sara.
"I am Thalia, a vampire. Born on October 1st. 1989." Thalia introduced herself.
"I am Sara. I was also born on October 1, 1989." Sara also introduced herself. After she had changed back.
"We met these two on the way." Lila lied. Allison still didn't realize that it wasn't the Diego and Lila that Allison knew. But that was part of Nora's plan. "They've alerted us to something strange, alien-like in your house," Diego said. "These two have powers in the new timeline, and they could still be of help to us," said Lila, Nora's made-up story.
"Wait, does that mean we've lost our powers?" Allison asked, confused. Allison hadn't thought about her powers until now, and hadn't even considered trying them out. "Yes, through the reset," said Lila. "Didn't you know?", asked Diego. "No. I didn't know," said Allison. "There is one more thing. Thalia: Would you be so kind?" Diego asked Thalia. "Of course," said Thalia with a mean grin. Thalia walked towards Allison. "What are you going to do now?" asked Allison uncertainly. "You'll see," said Lila coldly. "Thalia just wants to check whether you might be an alien yourself." Diego lied, with a sarcastic undertone in his voice.
Allison looked uncertainly into Thalia's blood-red eyes. Which was Allison's fault. Before Allison could escape, Thalia had already hypnotized her. "All right, you're angry with Reginald Hargreeves. You're going to seek him out and confront him," Thalia began in a hypnotic tone. Allison began to nod slowly. "I'm angry with Reginald Hargreeves! I want to seek him out and confront him." Allison repeated Thalia's words in a trance.
"You'll forget me, Thalia and Sara, and you won't remember meeting either of us." continued Thalia. "I will forget you, Thalia and Sara, and I won't remember that I met you both." Allison spoke in a trance.
"You will only remember that Diego and Lila saved you from the aliens. You will go to the café." Thalia slowly concluded. "I'm just going to remember that I was saved from those aliens by Diego and Lila. I'm going to go to the café now," said Allison and began to leave the house in a trance.
Out of time
Thalia, Diego, Lila, and Sara turn up at the One Classic headquarters. "Whew. That really wasn't easy to shake Allison off at the end." said Sara. "You don't say." Thalia replied. "It's a good thing Thalia made Allison forget again," said Sara. "Because otherwise the plan Nora came up with wouldn't be working." said Lila. "So far, everything is still going according to plan. Nora's plans rarely go wrong. So you can rely on it 90% of the time," said Diego. Everyone went to their own room to freshen up and take a shower. Then everyone went about their own business.
In the break room
After some time. All 23 children sat in the break room and ate together for lunch. The room was large and spacious. With a long table that Nora had had specially made for herself and her 23 adopted children.
"Finally a break where we can all sit at the table and have lunch together," said Laura with relief. "Yes, but actually we have all the time in the world because time works differently here and practically stands still," said Aidan, amused. "You're right again," said Laura with a genuine smile.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence. Which all 23 adoptive siblings enjoyed.
"How many people from the first timeline ended up here in the third, where they shouldn't have been?" Cecilia took the floor. "It's not just the Umbrella Academy. It's also two other academies. How could all this have happened?" asked Melody. "We have to straighten all this mess out. But hey, isn't that our job?" groaned Emil.
"... How this could have happened, I don't know ..." began Luna. "... But it's some of our versions..." finished Sam. "You and your twin sets." chortled Klaus.
Luna and Sam were fraternal twins, different in appearance but complementary nonetheless.
"... Hey ..." began Nico. "... Fits ..." continued Leon. "... Let's ..." said Finja. "... To ..." finished Olivia. "We've got it!" said Olivia, Leon, Finja and Nico in unison. "We mustn't forget the quadruplets, of course." laughed Sloane.
Olivia, Finja, Leon and Nico were quadruplets and related to the Shadow Light twins.
The whole group at the table laughed. "What do you think? How long will it be until our lunch break together is over?" Luther asked the group. "I have no idea." Alex said cheerfully. Everyone laughed again. "The blood is so delicious," said Thalia, smacking her lips. Who drank from a huge cup of blood for lunch. "You've earned it after manipulating Allison," Sara said with a grin. "Could someone maybe grill the sausages? It's probably been forgotten." asked Diego.
Tiara grinned and pointed her finger at the sausages. An electric shock came out and grilled the sausages in seconds.
"Thanks!", said Ben. "You're welcome." Tiara grinned. Lila grinned mysteriously and meanly at the same time. She used Tiara's gift and grilled herself a steak. But accidentally caught Finn, who received an electric shock. "Ouch!" Finn was startled by the sudden electric shock. "Sorry." Lila apologized, but still grinned nastily. "Okay, since I haven't said anything yet, but I will now. Want to bet that our break will be over soon?", Felix made a guess.
Before anyone could say anything else, exactly what Felix had just said happened.
"Red alert! I call Ben, Aidan, Sara, and Lila to room C6! I call Luther, Diego, Klaus, and Sloane to room C7! Thalia, Tiara, Emil, Cecilia, Melody, and Alex I call you to room C8! Luna, Sam, Olivia, Finja, Leon, Nico, and Finn I call room C9! Laura and Felix to my office!", Nora's voice echoed through the speakers.
"What a coincidence." Cecilia grinned. The aforementioned people made their way to their assigned rooms.
In Nora's office
Laura and Felix knock on Nora's door. "Come in!" Nora's voice rang out. Felix and Laura entered. "What is it, Nora?" asked Felix. "I'm glad you asked. Emergency: Red alert level. Too few people. You two know what that means," said Nora directly. "Yes, we know," said Laura, blanching a little. "Duplication," replied Felix, also a little blanched.
"There were several events and all from the first timeline. More than just two more academies. They're all your duplicates in any case. As we have too few recruits, you'll both have to use your duplicates to keep the building intact. Everyone else will take care of the other time runaways. Lila will also join you later and copy Felix's powers to do the same. Do we understand each other?" asked Nora. "Yes. We understood each other," replied Laura and Felix at the same time.
At a train station
Ben, Aidan, Sara, and Lila / Luther, Diego, Klaus, and Sloane / Thalia, Tiara, Emil, Cecilia, Melody, and Alex / Luna, Sam, Olivia, Finja, Leon, Nico, and Finn / Laura.
We are all together at a station waiting for different trains.
"How much longer will it take?" Tiara asked impatiently. "Calm down. Laura and Aidan are already programming the right moves for the right amount of time." Sam said in a calm tone.
With Laura and Aidan
"Hey, are you all right?", Laura asked Aidan. "Yeah, everything's fine, it's just a lot at once again," said Aidan curtly. "I understand that. You know what? Felix and I were put on red alert together with Lila." Laura said, a little depressed. "What! Duplication! Oh, dear. When was the last time it was like this?" Aidan asked sympathetically. "I don't know. It's been a while. Above all, how are you supposed to keep track of all the different timelines?" Laura said, shrugging her shoulders.
"That's right. Ah, the first time train is here." Aidan announced. "Thalia, Tiara, Emil, Cecilia, Melody, and Alex! Your time train has arrived. Good luck with your mission!" Laura called out to her siblings. "Thank you!" shouted Thalia, Tiara, Emil, Cecilia, Melody, and Alex in unison and boarded the first time train. The train set off as soon as the first group had boarded.
Now there were only: Ben, Aidan, Sara, and Lila / Luther, Diego, Klaus, and Sloane / Luna, Sam, Olivia, Finja, Leon, Nico, and Finn / Laura. At the station.
"Okay, now for the second time train," Laura murmured. Aidan and Laura activated the time train controls again. The two of them reprogrammed the second time train. After a few minutes, the second time train came into view. "Luna, Sam, Olivia, Finja, Leon, Nico, and Finn! This is your time train now! Good luck with your mission!" Aidan shouted to his other siblings. "Thank you!" shouted Luna, Sam, Olivia, Finja, Leon, Nico, and Finn in unison with the group before them. They also got on the second time train and drove off. ...
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