CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT: THE JAR WITH THE MARIGOLD

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You, Five, Allison, Klaus, Lila and Diego arrive at Luther's place which was the old Academy.

You also saw that Ben already was there.

"Okay, Luther, we're here. What is it?" Five asked as Luther was holding a letter he have gotten.

"It says 'Your brother Viktor has been kidnapped. Follow my exact instructions, and no harm will come to him'" he read from the letter before handing it to Allison.

"All right. Any idea on who might be behind this?" Five asked "My money's on you-know-who" Luther said "What, Dad? Come on. Did didn't kidnap Viktor. He doesn't give a shit about us" Klaus said as he was wearing surgery gloves and surgery mask.

"It just really hurts when family stabs you in the back" Diego leaned his head closer to Lila's and she looked at him.

You then turned around "Woah, where are you going Love?" Five asked "If Reginald is behind this, we should go talk to him. We have to save Viktor now" she said "Actually we can't, we don't have our powers anymore sis" Klaus said "It's nine against one, Klaus" you said "She is right. We can take him down" Ben said.  

"Five, Y/n, can't you two just call your CIA buddies?" Allison asked and you and Five let out a exhales "Well, the CIA doesn't investigate kidnappings" you said "That's the FBI" Five said "Beside I don't think the FBI will help us" you said.

"Wait. Hey, hey, no. We don't need anyone. We can handle this" Diego said "Yeah" Luther nodded while Ben took a sip of his mug.

"We're not exactly a team anymore, Diego" Five said "Or ever were" Ben said "Then there's the whole 'no powers' thing" Lila said.

"No, I don't care. If Viktor's in trouble, I'm in" you said "So am I, right?" Luther pointed on Diego who looked at Lila "What are you looking at me for? I'm not your mother" she said "I'm in" Diego looked at Luther with a smile "Good luck" Lila said "What?" Diego snapped his head at his wife.

"You can't even run up the stairs without getting a coronary" she said "I'm in the best shape of my life" Diego said "Jesus. Okay, anyway, now what?" Allison looked back at Luther.

"It says we're supposed to meet at Sy's Dry cleaning on 5th Avenue" Luther read in the letter.

"Perfect. Let's roll" Diego said before he turned around "Yeah!" Luther as he walked after Diego.

"What?" Klaus asked as you also walked after Diego "Let's go guys, Viktor is our brother, our family, so come on" you said and the others follow after you.

You all eight got into Diego's van before driving towards the place.

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The sound of tires screeching was heard as Diego turned the van.

The sound of brakes squeak was heard as Diego stopped the van on the street right across 'Sy's Dry cleaning'

"Stay behind Five and Y/n. They got the gun" Lila said as you all got out of the van and Five glanced at you "Stay close to me Love" he said "I think you're forgetting that I can fight and defend myself too" you said "Yeah, well, we still have to protect each other, right, plus you can still get hurt" he said as you both lifted up your gun from just below your back 

Luther opened the door to the building before you and Five walked up from behind him, taken the lead into building, both your right hand was resting on top of your left, with your right hand you were pointing the gun while you were holding a flashlight in your left hand as you scanned the place while walking farther in as the others behind you and Five.

"Be careful Hon" you said as you and him were shining your flashlight around "You too Love" he said. 

"Guys! Can't you smell that? This place is a chemical wasteland" Klaus said as he was wearing a gasmask while he was the one that was walking behind the others.

As you and Five was shining around with the flashlight Luther spotted a person tied with rob to a chair while a black bag was covering their head.

"Viktor" you walked past Five "Love, careful" Five warned and he started looking more around, making sure that no none would charge at his wife as you and Luther rushed over to the person before taken off the bag and Luther smiled when he saw Viktor.

"Hey, there he is" Luther smiled "Looking good, buddy" Ben said sarcastically.

"Thank God! What's up, Vik?" Klaus asked as he took off his mask.

"Couldn't make it to your niece's birthday?" Diego asked "Well, I was on the way, and then I got kidnapped, so..." Viktor said "Yeah, nice excuse" Diego said sarcastically "Diego" Lila glanced annoying at him.

"Do you guys wanna untie me, or..." Viktor said "Oh, yeah, sure" Luther said before him and Ben started to untie Viktor.

"Who grabbed you? Was it Hargreeves and his goons?" Ben asked "No way. This is amateur hour" Five said as they released Viktor "He is right. A man like Reginald wouldn't do it so amateur like that. He would have put up traps" you said before you looked at Viktor.

"Are you hurt?" you asked "No, I'm fine" Viktor replied.

"I apologize if my methods are a little crude" a male voice said which caused Five quickly by reflex push you behind him before he pointed his gun towards some hanging clothes.

"But this is my first kidnapping" the guy said before stepping out "And hopefully, my last" he said as he was holding a gun.

He had a beard, wearing glasses and was bald "But I need your help" he said as he had his gun pointed at you and the others.

"Well, kidnapping our brother and pointing a gun at us isn't gonna buy you much goodwill. Now put down the gun" you said as you, Five and the guy was pointing your guns at each other.

While the guy was looking at Five you took your chance and swung your legs under the guy's causing him to fell to the floor with a grunt as he cried out while he drop his gun.

"You have five seconds to explain yourself, and why you kidnapped our brother" you hissed as you had your foot on top on the man's chest while you had your gun pointed at him.

The family gasp at the sight while Five smiled proudly "Yeah, that is my wife" he smiled before he walked over to stand next to you with the gun pointed at the guy.

"Please don't hurt me" the guy beg "Then explain yourself now" you said "My name is Sy Grossman. And I only kidnapped Viktor because it was the only way I could make sure that you came here. All of you" the man explain "I couldn't leave anything to chance. Especially when it comes to...the Umbrella Academy" Sy said.

You were all quiet before a moment wondering how he knew about the Umbrella Academy. "No one's called us that in six years" Diego said.

"Sorry, pal. The Umbrella Academy doesn't exist" Five said "Um...Okay, but..." Sy spluttering "Okay, but...just...Please let me go, I promise not to do anything, just please...."

You and Five looked at each other and he nodded, signal you to let go of Sy which you did and the two of you step back "Thank you" Sy got up.

"Can...Can you explain this, then?" he opened a small brown box before he lifted up a new paper article and they read the headline.

'Umbrella Academy Saves Eiffel Tower, Receives Key to City of Paris'

A picture of you, Five and your siblings standing in front of the Eiffel Tower, but it was the way they looked when they lived in Dallas in the 60'

"Umbrella Academy saves what?" Klaus asked as Diego grab the article as everyone except for Five looked at the article.

"When the hell did we save the Eiffel Tower?" Klaus asked as you and Five was still pointing your guns at Sy.

"Where did you get that?" Viktor asked "It was in this box of things in the trunk of my daughter's car" Sy said as he pointed at the box "Her name's Jennifer" he said and Lila walked over to look in the box.

"Where did she get that?" she asked "I don't know" Sy said and Diego lifted up a mask that look like the one that Cha-Cha was wearing as Klaus found Dave's dog tag in the box.

"But, okay, listen. So about a year ago, she met these new friends, and uh, they started going to these strange meeting. They're very strange people. They called themselves the Keepers, and, uh..." Sy said which caused you, Five and Lila to glanced at each other as he said the word 'Keepers'

"And then, over time, she stopped talking to me. Just stopped. And that was about three months ago, and I haven't seen her since, and I believe that something terrible has happened" Sy said "No offense. Maybe she just wants nothing to do with you" Diego said and Lila push a little bit to him with her shoulder.

"No, no. My daughter and I are very close. She would never do this to me" Sy said.

"Wait, hold on. How did you find us?" Luther asked "I saw you on TV. Toss N'Wash" Sy pointed on Allison "Ha! See? No small part" Klaus said.

"I...I've actually been watching you for quite a while now" he said while you walked over to take Sy's gun.

"Uh...And I'm...I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I apologize" Sy said as he looked at Viktor while Five walked over to you.

"Uh, but, I mean, she's all that I have left, and, uh..." Sy said "What do you need us for? Call a cop" Five said "I did. They didn't do anything" Sy said "We'd like to help, but we're not the same people in that picture anymore" Viktor said "Yeah, we don't even have powers now" Luther said as Five looked in the box.

"Yeah, we're not special" Diego said "Speak for yourself, tubby" Ben said as he glanced at Diego who glanced back at him while you also look in the box.

Both you and Five's eyes widened when you spotted something in the box.

"Is that..." you looked at Five.

"Give us 24 hours" Five suddenly said causing the others to look at him.

"Five, what are you doing?" Allison asked "24 hours. We'll find your daughter" you said as Five closed the box "Yes. Thank you" Sy said as Five started walking away with the box.

"Guys, let's go" you said as you follow after Five "What are you talking about?" Luther asked "Thank you very much, Umbrella Academy. I think you're special" Sy said as the others walked after you and Five.

"Five, Y/n" Diego said as the others walked after you and Five "Come on" Five said "What the hell was that, man?" Diego asked as you walked over to the van.

"Hey, why are you considering helping that guy?" Ben asked "Five, Y/n" Allison said "What's going on you two?" Luther asked as Five put down the box before he opened it.

"Because..." he struck his hand into the box before pulling something from it "Of this" he lifted it up to show them it which caused the others' eyes to widened when they saw what Five was holding.

A glass jar filled with Marigold, that things that gave you and the others your powers.

You all stared in shock as the sound of high, treble thrumming was heard.

"What the..." "Yeah" you nodded "That is a jar with Marigold. That thing that gave us our powers" you said "Why and how is it laying in a box?" Luther asked "Maybe we should find a place to talk" you said.

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You, Five and the others all arrive at a nearby Japanese restaurant after deciding to send some time together and discuss what had happen back at the washing shop.

"What I'd like to know is how the daughter of some random dry cleaner end ups with a jar of Marigold in the trunk of her car" you said as you were holding the jar in your hands.

"How do we know that's not just a jar of glow stick juice?" Diego asked "Why don't you take a sip and find out, tough guy?" Ben sent him a sarcastically smirked "I will if you will" Diego said "Don't even think about it" Lila said.

"Okay, for the sake of discussion, let's say this is legit" you put the jar on the table in front of him "Does anyone here actually want their powers back?" Five asked "No, siree, Bob" Klaus said "Yeah" Ben lifted his hand.

"For the first time in my life, I'm sober. And...happy. But most importantly, 100% poltergeist-free" Klaus said.

"Free? You rarely leave the house. And when you do, you're wearing surgical gloves in public " Allison said "Yeah, well, at least I'm in control" Klaus said.

"Showtime" the chef said before showing his moves with the object.

"Look at this chump" Diego leaned his head closer to Lila "Angele's wrong" he said and Lila glanced at him "Sloppy form" he said.

You and the others cheered when the chef was done showing his moves.

"Good job sir" you said "Nice" Five said as the two was clapping.

"He is so good" Luther clap.

"Look, guys, it's hard no for me too. I've got a bar to run, friends. Like, a real life" Viktor said "You're all nuts, all right?" Ben asked and they looked at him "We should be mainlining this shit right now" he glanced at the others before looking at you.

"Come on Y/n, your powers, I mean they were so OP, and now you can have them, you were so powerful, no one will stand in your way, you will be powerful again" Ben said "Yeah, I was, but I was also too powerful" you said "Don't you remember that your powers saved our lives" Ben said "And she almost died doing that" Five said "I have it fine now, so no. I don't want to drink that" you pointed on the jar.

Ben rolled his eyes before looking at Luther "Look, come on, big guy. I know you want it" he said "Wait! I mean, that's though one" Luther said "Come on. You don't need that, Luther. Your life is fantastic" Klaus said as he was cleaning his teeth with some tooth string.

"I don't know about fantastic, but you know, I'm...I'm managing" Luther said "Is that where the bar is set these days?" Ben asked and Luther looked at him "Managing?" Ben asked annoying.

"I'll do whatever the group decides. How's that?" Luther asked "Yeah, I'm with Luther. Majority rules" Diego said "Yeah, right" Luther said and Klaus looked at Allison "You're not actually considering this, are you?" Klaus gagging as the sound of teppanyaki flame whooshes was heard.

Ben then glanced down at the box before he pick up the jar of Marigold and put it in his pocket without anyone notices it.

"No" Allison said haltingly "No, my life is great. I have everything I need" she took a sip of her small cup.

"Yup. Me too" Lila said "Same" Klaus said "I'm not going to drink it, I love it not having powers, this is the normal life I always wanted, so no, I'm not going to drink it" you said "Same" Five and you said before looking at each other with a smile.

"All right, then. Motion fails. We don't drink the mystery juice. So we don't get our powers back" Five said "Thank God!" Klaus let out a relieved sigh.

"I tried. You're all morons" Ben got up before walking away.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Luther asked "To take a piss! Is that okay, Luther?" Ben asked annoying "Or do you need to run that by my parole officer too?" he asked before walking away.

"Oh shit! I was supposed to call him at 6:00!" Luther said and you all continue watching the chef entertain them.

He did something with a figure which made Lila laugh "Is that what I think it is?" Luther pointed at the figure "Yeah, it is!" Viktor nodded "That's disgusting" Luther lowered his hand.

"All right. I gotta hit the road" Viktor said "No, so soon?" you asked "Come on Vik! Stay a bit longer!" Luther said "No wait! Stay, man!" Diego said "It's just such a long drive. So, yeah" Viktor said before giving you a quickly hug.

"I should go too. I've got an audition tomorrow" Allison said "Like a big, important audition, and we have to boot camp the lines!" Klaus said and Allison gave him a small slap on the chest as Lila looked at her wrist watch.

"You've gotta drive the kids to the dentist at 7:00 am" she said and Diego let out a stilted laughter "Why you gotta make it so early again?" Diego asked as he took a sip of his beer "Because they have school at 8:00" Lila said.

"Well, Y/n and I always have to leave, we both have an early shift tomorrow" Five said and you nodded.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey! Where's everyone going?" Ben asked as he came back to see that you and the others all have gotten up and was getting ready to leave.

"We haven't even gotten to the steak yet!" Ben said "Party's over" Viktor said as a waiter enter with some shots. "No! No!" Ben shook his head "Okay. One last shot, on me" he said as the waiter put the shots on the table before leaving.

"For old time's sake" Ben glanced at them "Please!" he said before he looked at Klaus "Klaus!" he said "No!" Ben said "Ignore him!" Luther said "Come on. He doesn't drink" Five said "He is sober, which mean he don't drink, so stop forcing him" you said.

You and Five cared for Klaus very much. Klaus was like the complete opposite of Five, but those two seem close.

"Sake doesn't count" Klaus said as he took off his mask "Exactly" Ben said "It doesn't?" Luther asked and Ben grab a shot before he stretched the shot towards Klaus.

"Hey. Dude's sober" Diego said "Thank you" Ben said as Klaus grab the shot while Five looked at you "You know that don't have to drink if you don't want to" he said "It's alright. I won't get drunk of a single shots" you also took one.

"Okay, then" Ben said with a smile "Here's to the nonexistent Umbrella Academy!" Ben glanced at them with a smile "Kanpai!" he lifted his shot "Kanpai!" you and the others said before taken a sip.

"Thank you!" you put your glass down as the others did the same.

Five grab the box before you and him left with others, except Ben who sat back down "Hey! You comin'?" Luther asked "I'm gonna savor my last minutes of freedom and finish this shrimp, if you don't mind" Ben said and Luther cleaned his throat "What about curfew?" Luther asked "Relax Captain Tight-ass. I'll meet you back at your shithole later" Ben said "Captain Tight-ass?" Luther asked before walking away.

When Luther left Ben pulled up the jar of Marigold, but it was not filled up anymore. More than half of the jar was empty.

Ben opened the jar before pouring some of the marigold down in his shot.

"See ya on the other side, fuckfaces" he smiled before taken a sip.

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The door to your and Five's apartment opened and you and Five who was making out entered the apartment.

Five closed the door with his foot before he lifted you up and you wrapped your legs around his waistline while he walked over to the bedroom and over to a wall making your back leaned against it as you kept making out.

While you were making out, he pulled off your jacket, throwing it to the side, before he walked over to another wall before he pulled off your shirt and threw it to the side.

Five walked over to another wall and you pulled off his shirt before you throw it to the side.

He pressed your back against the door still making out.

He held your hand tight above your head as he kept kissing you and moved more lower down your neck. Your whole body was trembling from his touch, from the wicked pleasure he'd giving you. He watched you fighting the growing as he gave you multipel hickeys on your neck.

"I love you so much" he said into your ear before biting it gently "Proof it" you said out of breath from him kissing your neck.

He pulled back to look at you as a deep growl escaped your throat.

He pulled you closer to him, begging for more. He grabbed you by your waist and lifted you, before kissing you, hard and demanding, your tongues touching.

You slid your hands to the back to his head, running your fingers through his short dark brown hair, pulling him closer, deepening the kiss. He carried you to your the bed before tossing you onto the bed. You lay there with your swollen, ragged breath, seductively unbuttoning his shirt.

He took off his last shirt he wore and threw it somewhere on the floor before walking over to you. You placed your trembling hand on his cheek and wrapped your arms around him.

He kissed you again a little harder this time, repeating his proclamation every time his lips pressed against a new part of your skin.

It didn't take long until the rest of your clothes was laying on the floor.

He moved his mouth to the soft spot under your jaw. He kissed the hollow of your neck.

Your breathing was growing heavy, and every time his lips brushed against a new patch of your skin, you shivered.

"I want you" you breathed "I want all of you, Five"

He was satisfied hearing that. He wanted you too, in the bad or good. He jumped on top of you, resting his body weight on his arms so that you were trapped underneath him.

"How do you want me, Y/n?" he wanted to hear you saying that.

You stared into his eyes, your body trembling before you whispered "I want to feel you"

He leaned down to kiss you, adjusting himself to your level "I'm all yours" he growled.

He then leaned down and the silence between the two of you spoke volume as he place the head of his penis in her hole, pushing himself in you.

You let out a gasp as you felt his penis entering your hole. "Sorry" he mumbled between the kissed his did on your neck.

He ran his tongue over your slightly parted lips, and you let out a quiet sight of pleasure. He tried wet, warm kisses down your neck and prominent collarbone, pulling your lip.

You breath out shakily, her breath mixing with his as he bent over her, readjusting for a moment before using his hips to pull out of her and push back in.

He kept playing with you, using his tongue, teasing and flicking it over your fold and clit. 

When his tongue landed lightly on you, you let out a loudly moaned and let out a hissing. He pressed his body more against you, pushing his penis more in your hole before stopping when he was completely in you.

Hearing your moan made him shiver as he continued, your lips softly meshing with his as he continued, the feeling of pleasure overtaking him as he kept going, his hand bracing the sheet covers as he tried to hold on, taking slowly breaths and trying to just focus on you, not just the feeling you were giving him.

You knew that the feeling was fleeting for you so he tried a different method while kissing you random places on your neck and collarbone while you put your left hand behind his head, tugging his hair as you closed your eyes, while leaning you head more against the pillow.

You started moving with him rather than him moving alone, your breath was uneven and you breasts rubbed against his chest as he continued his movement.

You kissed his ear as you clamped around him while his penis continuing its movements before he readjust to move quicker.

Then it hit a place particularly deep inside of you, making a moan and a gasp exit your mouth.

He felt his orgasm nearing as he continued to move faster, your hands in his hair and running down his back, driving him closer before a particular moan drove him over the edge. He came with a loud groan, rutting his hips against you as you clamped around him harder, your back arching as you came along with him, both of your hips driving slowly against each other to ride out his highs.

Then you flipped so he was under you and you smiled to each other before you kissed him again.

He leaned his head more against the pillow, his fingers grabbing your hair more as you were kissing his neck while your fingers were locked together.

Then Five flipped you over again so you were under him.

You leaned more back against the bed while he was on top of you, kissing you passionately.

You then spread your legs and he immediately enter you again causing you to let out a moan as you felt him enter you. You both moaned with intense pleasure and your legs wrapped around his waist.

As he kissed you over and over again, he thrust into you slowly and your body rocked with his.

Then he groaned into your shoulder and you came together clutching at each other's bodies, never wanted to let go.

Five then started kissing your neck while your fingers were locked together as your bodies was as pressed against each other as they could be.

Then you flipped him over and you smiled to each other before you kissed him while you moved your hips back and forth, slowly riding him.

He continued to move faster, your hands in his hair and running down his back.

He came with a loud groan, rutting his hips against you as you clamped around him harder, your back arching as you came along with him, both of his hips driving slowly against each other to ride out your highs.

Then he flipped you over again so you were under him and you wrapped your legs around his waistline while you leaned your head more against the pillow, your fingers grabbing his hair more.

You smiled to each other before he kissed you while he moved his hips back and forth, slowly riding you.

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