CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

"We are not perfect human beings, nor we have to pretend to be, but it is necessary for us to be the best version of ourselves, that we can be"

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YOUR POV.

"You know, I could really go for some tacos right now" Klaus said as he was eating the Jell-O that Elliott had made "Allison. Tacos?" Klaus asked, looking at Allison "Shouldn't we wait?" Allison asked "You know those guys. I mean, it could take forever for them to bro it out" Klaus said before he looked at Vanya "Vanya, tacos?" he asked "Is there any way that tacos are gonna cause the end of the world?" Vanya asked and Klaus scoffs "I mean, there's only one way to find out, right?" he said and snapped his fingers as he got up "Sure is" Allison said and Klaus looked me "Y/n, what do you say to hang out with some of your in-law?" he asked "Maybe I should go check on Five" I said "He will be fine, come on" Klaus said and I took a deep breath "A little time wouldn't hurt" I said "Yeah. Let's go" Klaus said while Allison and Vanya let out a giggle as the four of us left the building.

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The song 'Hey Da Da' was playing in the radio as we were in the hair salon where Allison was working.

I was sitting on a couch with my head rested on my right hand while I were listened to Allison talking about her husband Ray. He had left her on the street in the middle of the night during a protest that had turned into a riot. He had seen her rumor a police office and then left her in shock and he hadn't come home since.

Allison let out a growl and a chuckled as she grabbed a bottle of champagne "The nerve of that man. I mean, one thing goes wrong, and he's on a warpath. I mean, doesn't know who I am?" she said as she stepped behind Klaus who was sitting on a chair.

"No, no. No, Ray, you know exactly who I am. You just can't handel it" Allison said as she combed Klaus' hair.

Vanya was sitting on a chair, pretending to shoot bottles in front of her "Pew, pew" she said as she mimicked the sound of gunshots quietly. She closed one eye and pretended to focus on the bottles and shot again with her one finger that she was imaginary was the pistol.

"I'm protecting him" Allison said before she slapped Klaus' hand as he was about to touch his hair.

"Ow" he said winced "From what?" he asked "The end of the world, for once" Allison said "Is the world really gonna end in six days?" Vanya asked and you nodded "Well, it did last time. And we did everything Five and Y/n could think of to stop it" Allison said "Hey, wouldn't it be weird if Five grew up all hot?" Klaus asked as he got up "Wouldn't that be weird?" he asked.

"What?" Vanya and Allison said "Eww" Allison said and Klaus looked me "What do you say Y/n/n?" he asked and I raised a brow "You are the only one of us who have seen Five as an adult. I mean you were alone with him for 45 years, so does he grow up to be hot?" he asked and I lifted my head "Does Five grow up to be hot?" Klaus asked as he took a step closer to me.

Oh yeah.

"He must do, right. Just you two in the apocalypse, he had to be hot" he said "If I say that he does, will you leave it there?" I asked and he nodded "Yes, Five grow up to be hot" I said.

Five's look was not the first things I felled for, it was his personality, his heart and soul.

Okay I admit that his look was the first thing I got attracted to.

But just because a person's look is pretty, then it doesn't mean that their personality, heart and soul is.

"So, how he is in bed?" Klaus asked "Ew" Allison said "Oh, please" Klaus said as he turned to Allison "'Oh, eww! Eww!' Please, Miss 'Luther was my lover'" Klaus said before making kissing sounds.

"We have never even kissed" Allison said "Yeah, but you guys were making little sick moon-dog eyes at each other all through puberty and breakfasts and all that" Klaus said as Vanya spun around in her chair slowly while Allison sat down across the room, resting her feet on a chair.

"Aren't we all brothers and sisters, or...?" Vanya asked and Klaus snorted "Well...technically, it--" Allison said as she was trying to find a way to explain.

"'Technically'? If you have to word...use the word 'technically' you're already in trouble" Klaus said and giggled "Okay, can...can we focus? I mean, clearly we're not saving the world tonight, but maybe, maybe, we could at least try to save my marriage" Allison said as Klaus poured some liqour in his bottle causing some of it to drip down to the floor.

"No" he said to Allison "No, because that's like...that's like asking a nun how to hump someone's leg" Klaus said and the three of us looked confused at him.

I think he was so weird, but in a funny and sweet way.

"I mean, who in this room knows shit about relationships? This one?" he asked before he pointed at Vanya "In secret love with some farm Frau" he said "Her name's Sissy" Vanya said "Which is an improvement on her previous love interest, the serial killer" Klaus said "What?" Vanya asked as her eyes widened "Later" Allison whispered to her.

"And Y/n, you met our brother in an apocalypse. You two were the only people left. So you really didn't have choice, it was either him or what...a mannequin?" Klaus asked "Yeah and there was many times where both Five and I considered choosing a mannequin instead of each other" I said.

There was many times during the apocalypse where I was prepared to spend the rest of my life alone and hating Five than being with him just because he was the only other person alive.

"Meanwhile, I'm carrying a torch...for a soldier I haven't technically met yet, and Luther is in love with his sister" Klaus said "Okay, again, we are not biological" Allison said in defend "Face it, the healthiest long-term relationship in this family is Five's relationship with little Y/n/n here" Klaus said as he pointed on me.

"The only thing the Umbrella Academy know about love...is how to screw it up" Klaus said before he raised his arm "That it's not true, Five haven't screw anything up in our relationship" I said "How long have you and Five being married?" Allison asked "Well, if you don't count the year I was here in Dallas, we have being married for 28 years, but we were in the apocalypse together for over 45 years" I said "Woah, 45 years with Five. That gotta be hard" Klaus said "A little, but I was no better either, but we got through things together" I said "I can't believe you put up with him for forty five years?" Allison asked in disbelief "Believe it or not" I said.

"How was it, the future?" Allison asked "Honestly, it was terrible and horrible. There was a few things I enjoy, the peace and quite but otherwise I didn't enjoy the rest of it. If it wasn't for Five, I would have ended my life a long time ago. I wouldn't have being able to handle it all alone" I said.

"Five?" Allison asked in surprise, she was probably surprise that her brother Five had been the reason someone had stayed sane.

"Yeah. He kept me going. Gave me something to hold on to, just like I did for him. We kept each alive. He had truly been my savior in the darkest time in my life, he was my light, just like I was for him. When all hope seemed to be lost and I was very close in losing it. Five had been the one to pull me back in. He kept me going, kept me from losing hope and give up, just like I did for him. We gave each other something to fight for" I said and Allison let out a small smile.

"I know that Five is no angel, I'm not either, we have both done some things to survive, things no human being should have to do, just to get back to where we are now. But through it all, Five have remained by my side, clutching my hand and holding me close. We had being by each other side for 45 years and never left. He had become my husband, my light" I said "That is a shock, how were you able to handle him?" she asked "It was hard. I remember he kept blaming himself for getting stuck in the future, I know he is no angel, but I love him anyway. I love every tiny part of him" I said with a smile.

I was happy that I had Five in the apocalypse, I didn't knew if I would have made it through the apocalypse without him.

I knew that the same went for Five, he don't think he would have made it through the apocalypse without me. I also gave him something to fight for.

He kept me going. Gave me something to hold on to, just like I did for him. We kept each other alive. He had truly been my savior in the darkest time in my life, he was my light, just like I was for him. When all hope seemed to be lost and I was very close in losing it. Five had been the one to pull me back in. He kept me going, kept me from losing hope and give up, just like I did for him. We gave each other something to fight for.

"How do you guys deal with this?" Vanya asked "What?" Allison asked "I mean, all of it. The time travel, seeing dead, the end of the world" Vanya said "Well, I get really high" Klaus said before he sat down on a chair "Allison...Allison...lies to herself" he whispered and Allison kicked a chair making it roll towards him.

Klaus then pointed at Vanya "And you suppress all your emotions deep, deep down until you...you blow shit up" he said "Yeah, I'd really like to not do that anymore" Vanya said "Well, you've got six days, missy" Klaus said "What the hell are we supposed to do with six days?" Allison asked "Party?" Klaus asked.

"I don't know" Allison said and Vanya sat up in her chair "I'm gonna tell Sissy that I love her. I don't want any secrets" she said "Yeah" Klaus said "Yeah" Allison said before getting up "Yeah, yeah, you're right. Yes cause you know, if...if it's all gonna go tits-up, the least I could do is be honest with my husband" she said "Oh...does that mean I have to face my cult? I just hate group breakups. It's why I stopped dating twins" Klaus said and you let out a chuckled "This family's amazing" Vanya said as she threw her arms out to the side.

"So, we never really have talk about you" Klaus said as he turned to look at me "What do you mean?" I asked "We want to know everything about you?" Klaus asked as he pointed on me "Like your family? How did you meet Five? How did you two get married? And why do you carry those headphones with you all the time?" Klaus asked "They are connected with my walkman who helps me with my seizures" I said "You have seizures? What kind?" Klaus asked

"When I was younger I had gotten many seizures and panic attacks. It have become better, but I still get them when I get scared, nervous or is stress. Every time I have one of the seizures or a panic attack, my family have always being able to calm be down. And as I grow older, my parents deicide to buy me this walkman which is filled will all my favorite songs. So if I'm alone and get one of the seizures. My walkman will help me and it has. And now with my family not here, all I have to help me through is this walkman" I said as I looked at the others "And of course Five" I said before I took another breath "In the apocalypse I had my panic attacks a lot, lucky I had my walkman. And when I slowly started falling for Five, he kind of became my anchor" I said before I let out a sigh.

"My seizures, anxiety and panic attacks are dangerous with my heart" I said "How?" Klaus asked

"I can lose my temper and patience easy and it will only get wore if I'm stress. Sometimes I even get panic attacks. I gets those panic attacks and seizures if I'm really angry, nervous, stress or scared. And if I don't calm down and they get worst and I don't get control over them. My pulse will started raising and then my heart will start pounding like crazy and my heart can't take it if it pound faster than normal and it will end up stopping, meaning I will have a heart attack and die" I explain and their eyes widened a bit.

"So you have a weak heart?" Klaus asked "If you mean weak like that then yeah" I said as I let out a sigh.

"My panic attacks, seizures and my anxiety can get my pulse to start raising and pounding too much which will trigger my heart to star beating faster and that is not good for my heart. It need to have the normal beating. My family was told by a doctor that I needed something to help me when I'm alone. Therefore my family bought me a walkman to help me with this and it have helped me a lot, therefore I was glad that I still had it on me, but Five has always being the one to calm me down the most" I said "So you are dying?" Allison asked "Kind of" I said and the three widened their eyes "Don't make such a big deal out of it. We are all dying" I said "Is that why you look a little paler than last time we saw you?" Klaus asked and I nodded "It will be okay, guys. I'm fine, nothing to worry about" I said.

"How did you and Five meet?" Klaus asked "I woke up from a coma to only find out that an apocalypse had happen. I called out for my family but got no respons. Then I saw a figure looking at me. I hide and when the figure approached me, I hit him in the face with a brick before running. He caught up to me and stop me. I bit him and punched him but he got me down. He told me that his name was Five, but I already knew that since my younger brothers was obsessed with The Umbrella Academy. I punched Five in the face again with a brick. But yet he still followed me. Told me that it was better staying together and I only stayed with me cause he was my only ticket out of the apocalypse. We hated each other for years, wanted nothing more than punch each other every time we look at each other. But we both realized that staying together with someone you hate is better than being alone" I said "Then how did you get married if you hated each other so much?" Allison asked "I just think that one day we saw something in each other, that we didn't see the day before" I said before taking a deep breath.

"Then as the years went by, we slowly started falling in love. Had our first kiss under the clear night sky as the shooting stars was flying across the sky" I said as I thought back to that moment.

"It was in a world where there was nothing, but someone him and I found everything in each other" I said.

"How did he proposed?" Klaus asked "When we were 30, he gave me a handmade ring and ask me to marry him. I said of course say" I said "Did he cry?" Klaus asked "When I walk down to him, I could see some happy tears in his eyes, he just never admit it" I said and Allison and Klaus smiled.

"Then after I had said yes. He blinked me to an old church that was in ruins, but lucky the floor and the altar was still standing and the roof was gone, but you could see the clear night sky. A long road of flowers that had being wrapped together was over the altar and lit up candles had being place around the area. I could see that he had really did his best to make the wedding look as real as he could" I said "That is so sweet. Who knew that Five could be such a romance" Klaus said "Yeah he can be a softy, but don't tell him that, he will not admit it" I said before I looked down at my ring.

"Five then ask me to marry him again but this time official since he remember that I told him how religious my parents is about marriage and to make a good first impression when he's meeting his in-laws for the first time, he think it would be a good idea that we got married again, but made it official this time" I said "That is so sweet, he really loves you" Allison said "Yeah, he does" I said before I looked back up at them "Well, at last one of us is in a healthy relationship, strange but true and real love" Klaus said and I let out a chuckled "You and him are meant for each other" Klaus said and I nodded "We are" I said.

"What about your family?" Allison asked "Well, my biological dad is an asshole. But I have a mom and a stepdad who I have always seen as my real dad, and I have three brothers, one older and two younger. Which I can't wait to see again after not have seeing them for over 45 years. Well I have seeing my yongest brother Gabe, but it was a short reunion" I said "Well, I'm sure they will be happy seeing you again" Klaus said "Yeah. I hope the rest of my family haven't forgotten me, since I have not seen them in over 40 years and since they have not seen me for over 16 years" I said "I'm sure they haven't forgotten you, cause you are someone you don't forget" Klaus said and I smiled.

"How did you ended up in a coma?" Allison asked "I don't know. All I remember was that I was buying a birthday gift for my grandpa and when I walked out of the store I saw a flash blue light at the same time someone bumped into my shoulder and the next thing I remember was me waking up from a coma. So yeah" I said.

"Did you and Five ever got any kids of your own?" Klaus suddenly asked and I looked at him before my eyes widened "I mean, it must have being lonely with just the two of you" Klaus said "Well, there was a few years where we were not completely alone. We had someone" I said "Who?" Klaus asked "Milo and Adam. Our sons" I said as I looked up at them and their eyes widened "You and Five had kids?" Allison and Klaus asked "Yeah Milo Hargreeves Russell and Adam Russell Hargreeves" I said "What happen to them since they are not with you guys?" Klaus asked and I looked down while Allison gave Klaus a small punch on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry Y/n, I shouldn't have ask" Klaus said "It's okay, you couldn't have know" I said "How did he died" Allison said.

Since the three could realized that since Milo and Adam was not with Five and I, they weren't alive anymore.

"Milo was the first person born out of a destroyed world. The first good news the world would have know. He had Five's hair color and my eyes, but his hair was darker. He was just as intelligent and stubborn as Five, but he had my compassion and strength. I love him so much just like I love Adam. He died only a month after he was born. He had inherited my ill heart. Milo was only five at that time but he I think he kinda of understand what was going on. Then when he turned 10. He got sick and since we were in the apocalypse, there was no doctors or medicines that could help him" I said before I let out a quite sob "What's more painful is that Five and I could see what kind of man he would have become but he would never get there. He was ready to go, but we were not ready to say goodbye" I said as a single tear felled from my eyes.

"Losing a child is like losing a part of yourself" I said.

I would do anything to see him again.

"It was hard for the both of us, and I was ready to give up, but Five stopped me and together we got through the pain. We both decided not to talk about Milo. Most Five wouldn't mention Milo cause he was afraid that my depression would return if we started talking about him" I said "I'm so sorry Y/n" Allison said as the three looked at I with a sad look.

"Nothing is harder than trying to keep moving on after the lost of your kid. Losing a kid is like losing a part of yourself. It's like pushing up the ball to watch it roll back down the hill" I said.

"So that's who that kid is" Klaus said "What kid?" I looked at Klaus. He couldn't be seeing Milo, could he? Klaus had the abilities to see the dead, but does that mean that he could see Milo too?

"Yeah, he looks just like Five. I start seeing this kid since you and Five came back for the first time, and I watch him play with Ben a lot of times when I was not with you guys. He have kept trying to hold either your hand or Five's" Klaus said and that 'cause a small but sad smile to appear on my face as the tears in my eyes appeared.

"I'm sorry for losing him" Klaus said "It's fine" I looked down "Wait, he looks like Five?" I looked back at Klaus "Yeah, when he smiles and stuff he looks like you, he have your smile. But he looks like Five. He is...." but stop when he saw my face.

"Sorry" he said "It's okay, but I'm glad that he never left us" I said "I can summon him if you like?" Klaus asked "No" I shook my head "I want Five to be there too" I said.

"I'm sorry about your lost" Allison said "It's okay. You guys deserve to know, just as long as we don't mention it again" I said "We promise we wouldn't" Klaus said while the others nodded.

"But I need to know, how did you and Five do it, without getting pregnant again?" Klaus asked "We found a patterned" I said with a smile.

"I'm actually glad that the apocalypse happen cause I don't think I would ever had met Five, if it hasn't happen. I love him so much and I can't see myself without him. He is the medicine that my heart need" I said "Well you two are made for each other" Allison said "Yeah, you are soulmates" Klaus said before he lifted his hand.

"Why did you stay with him?" Vanya asked "'Cause he was the one and I love him so much, no matter how much we fight, we always worked things, no matter how stubborn and annoying he could be. I still love him, cause I see the soft and caring side of him and also he was the only living being in the apocalypse, so I really didn't have someone better to choice" I joked and the others chuckled.

"There's not a word to describe how much Five love me or how much I love him. I know that we will searched the entire timelines for each other. He promised to look for me anywhere I go and I know he keep his promises as much as he can. He loves me, I know that. I know that his love for me has never wavered and will never change whether we are together or not. He is a hardworking, selfless and honorable man and I love him. It's always Five. In every universe or timeline, it's always him. That will never change" I smiled.

"How did you two kept your marriage for all those years?" Allison asked "I don't know. I think it was about our strong bond and our communication, but most important we don't keep any secret from each other, we tell each other everything" I said "Well, let's hope we fix this and then you two can live a normal life in a normal world" Allison said.

"Welcome to the family, Y/n/n" Klaus said as he lifted his glass "Thank you" I said.

"Okay, let's not get ahead of ourselves" Allison said and Klaus walked over to her before he put his arm around her shoulder.

"Come here" the two said, looking at Vanya "Get over here" Klaus said and Vanya up before she jumped up and down like a bunny, "I love you guys" Klaus said as Vanya joined them.

The three then turned to me "Come here, Y/n/n. This is what you married into. You married Five twice, one time in the apocalypse and second time in 2019 in a town hall to make it official, so is too late to back out now" Klaus said and I rolled my eyes before I stood up and approached the three.

Klaus threw his arm over my shoulders before pulling me into the hug.

I smiled as the three were hugging me. Five's siblings weren't what I had imagined, and they didn't match the figures in my head that I had created when he first told me about them or the figures I had imagined in my head before I ended in the apocalypse.

"Oh" Allison suddenly said when she heard the song 'Twisting' the Night Away' play in the radio and she walked over to the radio before she turn up the volume.

The siblings then started dancing while I was watching with a smile.

While the three was dancing, I turned around before walking out of the building.

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I walked out of the salonen to see Five sneaking after Lila across the street.

"What the hell" I said before I followed after him.

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I had followed Five to an abandoned warehouse.

I saw how he was crouching down behind a big cement block.

I slowly walked over to him before I put a hand on his shoulder "What are you doing?" I asked which cause him to jump a bit before he turned around to look at me "Easy, it's just me" I said "How did you know that I was here?" Five asked "I saw you walking down the street after Lila" I said and Five nodded.

We then saw Lila run over to the huge, empty old warehouse while the sound of a train rumbling along tracks was heard nearby.

We saw how she glanced around before she smashed the glass on the door, clicking the lock.

Lila grabbed the doorknob on the outside of the door before she opened the door and went inside.

When Lila closed the door, Five and I ran over to the door and I peek inside.

"Clear" I said and Five grabbed my hand before he blinked us inside the warehouse.

Five blinked us behind Lila causing her to stop before she turned around to look at us.

"What's your game, crazy lady?" Five asked with his hands in his pockets "Who cares? You said if you saw me again, you'd kill me" Lila said with a smile "Oh, I remember" he said "Well, come on, big talker. Let's get this done" she said "All right" he said before he blinked behind her and threw a kick at her, but she quickly turned around, kicking him in the face causing him to let out a grunt as he stumble backwards.

She is good.

I swung a kick at Lila but she quickly spun around, kicking me in the face causing me to let out a grunt before falling to the floor.

Lila let out a chuckled before she started running the other way.

"Love, you okay?" Five asked as he rushed over to me who was bleeding a little bit from my nose "I'm okay" I said even so it was lie.

I was still a little exhausted from the fight against the Swedes.

"Stay here. I will take care of her" Five said "No, Five--" "No time to argue, stay here" Five said, cutting me off before he chase after Lila.

"Really, just gonna leave me here?" I sarcastically as I wipe the blood off my nose with my sleeve.

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FIVE'S POV.

When Lila and I came to a huge room and when I was closed enough, I blinked in front of her causing to stop.

Time for her cover to be reveal.

I then jumped up in air, swinging two kicks at her face, but she bent backwards, dodging my legs.

I spun around again, swinging a kick at her, hitting her in the face.

She swung her fist at me just as I swung my fist at her and we started punching each other.

I threw a punch at her but she ducked down before she grabbed my shoulder and she give me a knee in the face.

I threw another punch at her but she swung a kick at me, hitting me in the face.

I put my hand on the floor and swung my leg towards her, trying to hit her knee, but she dodged it.

She is good.

I got up and swung a punch at her but she block it with her arm but then I kicked her in the stomach causing us both to stumble backwards.

I charged towards her but she turned and grabbed the side of a table that was standing next to her before flipped over the other side.

I turned around the table but stopped when I saw that she wasn't there.

Where did she go?

"I'm waiting" she said and I turned towards the voice to see her standing over by a metal wall, leaning up against it.

I narrowed my eyes in confusing before I blinked over to where she was.

But as I appeared over by the wall, she was gone again causing me to have a confused look on my face.

What the hell.

I then heard her laugh causing me to turn around to see her standing over by the other side, leaning against another wall "Fed up yet, Five?" she asked with her arms on crossed and one foot against the wall.

How the hell did she get over there so fast?

I furrowed my brows before I turned to look on the floor and I found a metal pipe. I grabbed it before I blinked towards her spot.

But when I appeared, she was gone causing me to hit a small electrical device instead making sparks fly everywhere.

I then heard her grunting behind me.

YOUR POV.

I have finally arrived where Five and Lila went to and I saw Lila attacking Five from behind.

"FIVE, WATCH OUT!" I shouted and I swung both my legs around before I wrapped my legs around Lila's neck, spinning around and she grunted as she fell to the floor while I landed on my feet.

Lila swung a kick towards me but I block it with my arms before I quickly ducked down, swinging my legs under hers, causing her to let out a grunt as she landed on her back making her cry out.

Five approached Lila before he put his foot on her throat and she put her hands on his shoe.

Five and I are the power couple. No one stand a chance against us when we are fighting together as one.

"You two are better than I thought" Lila wheezes, her voice strained from not being able to breath "And you are entirely average" he said before he looked at me "Thanks Love" Five said but then I gave him small slap across the cheek causing him to let out a grunt.

"What was that for?" he asked "That was for leaving me behind" I said "I told you to stay back" he said "Don't you ever tell me to stay back again" I said, almost shouting at him "Okay. Sorry" he said and Lila let out a laugh "You really are her bitch" she said causing us to glance at her and Five pressed his foot more against her throat causing to make a choking noise as she lost more oxygen.

Five then moved his head slightly as I stood next to him "You can come out now" he said out loudly.

The sound of heels clicking was heard as The Handler came walking into the room from behind him with a cigarette between her teeth "Well done. You figured it out" she said.

"Well, it wasn't very hard" I said "She fight like every one of you Commission drones" Five said as he pressed harder on Lila's throat.

"Hmm. No matter, here we are. Together again" The Handler said before taking the cigarette out from her mouth.

"I've gotta ask...did you two miss me, you little shits?" she asked as she tilted her head and Five and I glanced intensely at her while Lila let out a cough before she let out a laugh.

No, we both didn't missed you.

"The one who doesn't tell you what you want to hear, but tells you what you need to hear, keep this person"

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