Tonight I gotta cut loose, footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes
Please, Louise
Pull me up off my knees"

"I'm sorry. What do you mean, your children?" Five asked Reginald. "That's not possible old man".

"Of course it is! I think I'd know, wouldn't I?"

"Everybody else can see Ben, right?" Klaus asked, pointing at Ben.

"Cute hat, Sundance". Ben spoke.

"They call themselves the Umbrella Academy, a group of scheming, perfidious malcontents who accosted me in the fall of 1963 when I was away on business in Dallas. Be warned, they claim to be my spawn". Reginald told his children. Well, the Sparrow children.

"Did he just say claim?" Esme asked out loud as she looked to her siblings as Allison stepped forward.

"Claim? Look, Five, what the hell is going on?"

"Can we like not do another jumpy thing again. That one hurt my stomach". Thomas put one of his hands up slightly while groaning a bit.

"I don't know yet, but it's concerning".

"Is he telling the truth?" A Sparrow claimed.

"Not the part about us being perfidious". Vanya spoke up.

Esme observed the Sparrow Academy and noticed that there were only seven of them. Strange. She looked at the one in front and claimed he had to be number one. Seemed reasonable.

"Yeah. Yeah. We grew up here". Alphonso mimicked Luther as the others chuckled.

Esme looked a bit shock at that. "That wasn't nice". She muttered under her breath.

"I kind of think we would have noticed you".

It seemed like Luther got struck by Cupid's bow as he held his hand out towards the one who spoke. "Hi, I'm Luther".

"Okay. None of you belong here". Allison said.

"Well-". Esme started but didn't get anything else in.

"Oh! Well, then. I guess we'll just pack our bags and move out".

Everyone's eyes went to the floating cube that started to speak.

"Oh my god!" Esme exclaimed as she looked at it and started to jump up and down slightly, grabbing onto Thomas's arm. Everyone looked at her confused of why she was excited.

"You guys have a Tesseract?" She asked.

"What the hell is that?" Ben looked at her with hate.

"It's a-I'll be quiet now". Esme immediately backed down, moving her gaze to the ground.

That's when Grace came in with a plate of cookies, looking at everyone.  "I wasn't expecting company".  She said with a sigh. "This is the best I could do on short-short notice". Her robot self cut out a bit.

"Mom".  Diego said.

"Mom?  She's a robot, you perv".

Esme's head snapped to Jayme who said that.  Esme smiled but her eyes said something else.  "What did you just call my brother?"  She asked as she felt a tinge of anger.

"It's not a robot".  Diego said.

"Hey, don't call him that".  Luther defended Diego.

"Or what?"  Ben threatened.

"You know what I don't like your attitude".  Esme pointed to Ben.

"Oh, slim it pipsqeauk".  Ben scoffed.

Esme gaped while Thomas stepped forward.

"What did you just say to her?"  Thomas's hand slowly curled into a fist.

"Why don't you come closer and find out".  Luther then stepped forward.

"Luther.  Guys, chill!"  Vanya tried to calm down the situation.

"Think I'm afraid?"  Ben looked at the three in front.

"I'll show you something to be scared of".  Thomas hissed.

"Stand down, Ben".  Marcus held his arm out.

"Look at that she's got a voice". 

"How about I hide that big Rubik's Cube up your ass?"  Diego chimed in.

"You tell them Diego".  Thomas bounced on his feet slightly, ready to go.

Jayme hissed and some substance came out of her mouth and went on Diego's cheek as it spelt disappeared.

"Enough!"

Esme and Thomas who seemed to be the only ones who noticed looked at Diego's face in disgust as well as shock.

"What in the Jurassic Park?"  Esme asked as it finally got quiet.

"I don't know what circus you escaped from or how you got past our security, but we're done here.  Oh got thirty seconds to get out of our house". 

"And if we don't?"  Allison challenged as the leader took a few steps forward.

"Then we'll have to settle this the old-fashion way".

"Yeah.  Dance off."  Esme was all ready.

"What is up with her?"  Ben gestured to her with an annoyed face.

"NO!"  Diego shouted as he pointed to Esme.  What the hell was up with him?

"No need to shout".  Esme crossed her arms over her chest.

"Sorry". Diego was quick to apologize as he gave her a little pat on the back from standing behind her.

"Look, we just fought a literal army". Vanya looked to the leader.

"Yeah. I'm tired". Thomas groaned a bit.

"Okay? This doesn't need to get ugly". Vanya finished.

"Ohhhhhh". Thomas scanned his eyes back and forth. "Yeaaaaaah". He nodded slowly. They could kick their ass easily.

"Let's all just calm down, and let's talk". Vanya said calmly and Esme nodded, agreeing with a bright smile.

"Psst. Ben-er-ino". Klaus called to Ben.

Esme still had her smile on her face but when she heard Klaus she let out a sigh. "Oh, no".

"You look so much better alive than you do dead. Am I right? Except the haircut". Klaus commented.

"Oh, no". Esme said again, letting out a nervous laugh.

"What the hell did you just say?" Ben questioned Klaus.

"Come on, come on". Klaus waved his arms as he walked forward and stopped in front of Ben. "Stop with the hostility Mr. Grumpy Pants...oh wow. Nice scar muy macho".

"Shut your mouth!" Ben hissed.

"Maybe we should-". Thomas quickly covered Esme's mouth as he watched the scene unfold.

"Essie. Now isn't the time to try and stop this because, it's going down". Thomas nodded his head.

Klaus held out his arms. "You shut your mouth and just hug your brother-"

And there went the first punch.

"Hey! What the hell? You didn't have to do that!" Luther looked to Ben as Esme quickly went over to Klaus who was groaning with pain.

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I did!"

"That's right he did".

"Get back!"

"Luther, hey! Back off!"

Luther swung but Marcus immediately ducked and kicked him back.  Esme helped Klaus up and observed him to see if there were any injuries, not paying attention.  Klaus wiped his bloody nose and looked past her slightly.

"Oh, shit!"  Klaus said as he saw a flying Luther coming their way.

Esme went to look but immediately got slammed by Luther.  His impact sent the three of them to the couch, tumbling the whole thing over.

"You're squishing me."  Esme groaned, trying to push Luther off of her as Klaus tried to do the same.

"Bad touch, Luther!  Bad touch!"

"Sorry".  Luther apologized as he got off of them.

Klaus grabbed Esme's hand as the two were on their hands and knees.

"My back".  Esme whined.

"Mine too".  Klaus agreed as the two helped each other up, Klaus not letting go of her hand, used his free hand to throw a peace sign at Marcus and Luther fighting, stopping their fight for now so they could come through.

"All right.  Peace and love, peace and love.  Here we come.  Damn it".

"Come at me litter box". Diego said to Christopher.  Christopher talked back to him which made Diego walk forward.

"Hey!  Listen, I have amazing hair, all right?  This was era-appropriate!"

Christopher used his powers on Diego which made him wiggle.  "Is that all you got?"

"Hey! Hey Tesseract" Esme through a pillow at the cube and it turned to her as it glowed red.

"Ok. Ok. Christopher. But are you a Tesseract of some kind?" She questioned and Christopher started speaking angrily again.

"I'm just curious. Can't a girl ask questions these days?" She held her arms out as it used it power on her, but it only caused her to laugh.

"Th-that tickles!"

Christopher stopped and just started to shake with anger as it decided to chase after Diego instead. Esme moved her hair out of her face as she looked at the fighting around her. Before she took off out of the room and around the corner. She looked around once more then through a punch to the person that was in front of her.

"Ow!" Thomas groaned, holding his nose.

Esme gasped, covering her mouth then cupping his face with her hands. "I'm so sorry Tommy". She apologized.

"Why did you punch me?" He asked, his voice muffled from his hands.

"I forgot you were on our team".

"You-you forgot! How did you forget I was on your team, Essie?" Thomas cried out, throwing his head back as he still held his nose in pain.

Esme who looked back and forth around the hall with her arms slightly shaking, trying to find the right words.

"I panicked!" She screeched, stomping her foot as she got frustrated.

"Whose your daddy?  Whose your daddy!"  Diego was heard from the room.

"I'll help Diego you see if anyone else needs help".  Esme instructed and Thomas gave a small nod.

"I forgot how hard you punch".  Thomas told her before Esme went back in the room.

"Holy guacamole.  Diego let go of Loki's cube!"

"This is between me and him!"  Diego shouted down to her.

"Fine.  Fine."  Esme held her hands up in surrender, walking away once more.  "Boys.  I swear". 

"Nah.  She's making a point.  Popcorn?" 

"Can I have some?"  Esme said from behind them.

"Jesus!"  Alphonso with the popcorn jumped as he turned his head as Esme just stood there with a small smile.

"No.  I wasn't offering any to you". 

"That's okay."  Esme shrugged as Diego came running by chasing after Christopher still.

"Alright, let's go.  You and me".  Jayme gestured to her.

"Oh, where are we going?"  Esme asked as the girl scoffed.

"What?  You think we're best friends now?" 

Esme just smiled at her and Jayme glared around her.  "Why are you smiling?"

"What's not to smile about?"  Esme asked with a small shrug.

"I'm about to kick your ass".  Jayme spat at her but Esme easily dodged it.

"Ew!"  Esme shrieked with a little jump.  "Im sorry.  That was rude of me.  It's your power and all but...ew".  Esme muttered the last part as she looked past her slightly.

"Oh, you should know Chastity is behind you". Esme told her.

Jayme looked behind her and saw nothing then looked back to Esme. "No one is there. Did you get whacked in the head with something when you were a kid?"

"How did you know about that?" Esme asked seriously then just waved it off. "I'm thirsty, maybe we'll talk later". Esme then gave Chastity a nod. Within seconds scratch marks appeared on Jayme's skin as she let out a cry.

"What the hell?" Jayme shouted as she kept spinning around, trying to find who was clawing at her.

Esme hummed to herself as she skipped away from all the chaos and down to the kitchen. Esme sat on the counter as she drank from a glass. Once and awhile she heard crashing and grunting. She just nodded as she tapped the counter. A pair of feet running was heard and when she looked up, Thomas came into the room.

"Time to go, honey". Thomas said quickly as he took her glass, placed it on the counter and pulled her out of the house.

~~~

"I've just never had my ass handed to me like that before. It's like...here you go...it's your ass".

Esme looked to Luther sadly as she adjusted herself on the picnic table she was sitting at. She may have not gotten beaten up like the others but her back still hurt from Luther's big ass.

"Oh, thank god you're alive". Vanya said as she finally made it.

"You okay?"

"Apparently, so is Ben".

"Yeah but this Ben is rude". Esme grumbled.

"He's a Dickhead". Allison corrected Esme.

"They're all dickheads". Diego pipped in.

"Dickheads that can fight". Luther said.

"Okay, next person to say 'dickhead' is getting a punch to the throat". Five warned them.

"Dickhead". Allison

"Dickhead". Luther

"Dickhead". Klaus

"Dickhead". Diego

"Jerk!" We all know who said that one.

~~~

"Esme.  Esme.  Get out".  Diego told her as she just kept walking around the revolving entrance.

"But it's so fun.  See I'm in...now I'm out.  In-Out-In-AH!"  Diego pulled her out.

"Absorb her into your bosom.  You know, 'cause back in her heyday, she played host to world leaders".  Klaus started to list a bunch of names but Esme was too busy looking at the place.

Thomas followed behind Klaus while Esme stared at a few stars that were on the ground. She hummed to herself as she stepped onto one star and then to another, counting them.

"Nine." She said out loud to herself.

"Esme. Let's go. We got rooms". Diego called to her. She looked up as she quickly walked over to them.

"Let's Brady Bunch this bitch". Allison told the family.

"But I want to stay with you". Thomas held onto Esme's arms gently.

"I know but there's only enough beds for three people". Esme gave him a comforting smile.

"Why can't I snuggle with you?"

"Because the beds are twins".

"That's ok. I'll snuggle with you, Thomas". Diego said from next to them.  Obviously being sarcastic.  Esme smiled to her brother while Thomas looked at him with un-amusement.

Esme followed her sisters into their room but only saw two beds. "I thought there was three". She said.

"Sofa turns into a bed". Vanya told her.

"Dibs on couch bed!" Esme ran over and jumped on the couch, laying down and closing her eyes, letting out a sigh. Now, she could finally rest.

She heard some movement. Easily knowing that Vanya and Allison laid on their beds. It was quiet for a few moments until Allison spoke. "Last night, I was sleeping in my own bed next to my amazing husband".

"I kissed Sissy goodbye a few hours ago. Give or take fifty years".

"I'm glad you finally found somebody that treated you right". Allison told Vanya truthfully.

"She saw me for who I really am. I'm not ready to give that up".

"I feel the same about Ray".

Esme wanted to chime in. She really did but it wasn't the right time. Here were her sisters, sad that they would never be able to talk or hold their true lives again while Thomas was just next door. She felt her place was to be silent. But of course her being silent led too;

"Oh, hi Tommy". Esme blinked a few times as she smiled up at Thomas. He was looking down at her from where he stood

"You alright?" He asked worriedly.

"Of course. Why wouldn't I be?"

"You were tuned out for quite sometime". Thomas told her.

Esme furrowed her eyebrows as she sat up and looked back, seeing the empty beads Allison and Vanya once were. "Oh". Esme said quietly then looked to Thomas. "I haven't done that in awhile".

Thomas took a seat next to her. She observed him and he looked at her strangely. "Why are you staring at me?"

"You're wearing something different then your hood". She pointed out.

"I got tired of Diego calling me Anakin".  He shrugged as Esme laid back down, placing her head on his lap while her legs were propped up on the sofa arms.

"He secretly likes you".  Esme told him.

"Yeah. Uh-ok".  Thomas shook his head.  "Before they all went to eat he pushed me off the bunk bed".

"Give him time".  Esme hummed as she hit her feet together softly.

"You want to get food?"  He asked.

"Maybe later.  I just want to rest.  Pretend that we are done with dealing with everything". Esme let out a sigh, closing her eyes again. 

"Good idea".

**annnnd we are back.  I'm so excited to be updating this book again.  Not to mention making memes again**