The Invisible String

Chapter 1

Cassandra stood on the balcony next to a blonde-haired Sparrow whose name was Sloane.

Sloane wasn't like the others, she treated Cassandra with respect and therefore she would often behave for Sloane and wouldn't deliberately piss her off.

While Ben was talking to the intruders who had somehow entered their home undetected, Cassandra became bored. While cleaning her nails, she went through each of the intruders and read their minds.

The big stupid stupid-looking one was incredibly confused. He seemed to recognise Ben but no one else.

The long-haired knife guy was itching to start a fight and was also confused at Ben.

The coloured girl was frustrated at the Sparrows being in her so-called home and also seemed desperate to find her daughter.

The scruffy-looking one was over the moon to see Ben, almost itching to hug him.

The small boy seemed the most confused out of them all but he also seemed to be the one would made the plans as he tried to work out what else was missing.

The final one was a slightly taller boy, he just wanted peace.

Finally, Cassandra's boredom couldn't be cured and she stepped into the light clearing her throat.

"How about 'yall just piss off back from where you came!" She called out from the balcony, attracting the intruders and Bens's attention.

Ben glared at her, angry and ashamed at her however, the intruders that were known as The Umbrella Academy looking at her as if they were looking at a ghost.

"Cassy?" The scruffy one asked in disbelief.

A flicker of confusion crossed everyone's face in a moment of mutual feeling before each one changed. Cassandra turned invisible before she reappeared moments later, next to Ben.

"What did you say?" She asked, snarling at the scruffy one.

"Oh come on Cassy, stop the hostility." He said walking towards her and Ben.

As he came towards them, Cassandra noticed a change in Ben as he tensed up slightly. She quickly signaled to the others and within seconds they were down from the balcony.

Once the scruffy one got close enough, Ben punched him square in the jaw sending him backwards and over the table. Cassandra rolled her eyes as she sighed.

"That wasn't needed." She stated bluntly while Marcus went after the big stupid-looking 'umbrella'. Alphonso, Fei, Jayme and Sloane headed off after a couple of other "Umbrellas'. The short one went after Ben while Christphoe went after the one with knives.

Cassandra stood resting against a wall waiting to see who needed help first. At one point a knife came very close to her face but with a lazy wave of her hand, it went flying the other way.

The Umbrella that threw the knife looked over at her in complete shock. Cassandra smirked the him before she disappeared, off to look for Ben. She didn't find him but instead found most of her remaining siblings.

They stood around watching Jayme and Fei fight the Umbrellas. Alphonso was eating popcorn while Sloane watched worried. Still invisible, Cassandra helped herself to the open bag of popcorn in Alphonso's hand before he discarded it and went to help Fei.

Cassandra became visible just as Sloane went for a go in the fight. Looking around, she saw Ben fighting the scruffy one and Marcus was still going for the stupid one. She couldn't see where Jayme had gone and so in an attempt to get some peace, she disappeared upstairs.

When she saw the little one hugging air, she snickered before kicking him down the stairs. She high-fived Jayme before turning her attention back to him, her hands glowing a dark red.

He looked at her, face full of recognition which concerned Cassandra as she had no idea who he or his family were. Being completely distracted by him, Cassandra became unaware of a certain threat that slammed into her.

She felt her whole body slam into the wall, her head taking most of the hit. As she regained her composure, she saw it was the knife-heavy Umbrella.

Before Cassandra could attack back, he threw a knife at her. It caught her shoulder, with the knife lodged in. She seethed at him before rage filled her eyes and she used her telekinesis to pull the knife out and launch at him.

They went back and forth, throwing the knives at each other with each one becoming just as injured as the other.

It took Ben only a quick, single glance to notice how much of a beating Cassandra was getting. He instantly stopped fighting who he was to go straight over to her.

The Umbrella guy took one look between Cassandra and Ben before he turned and left. Ben turned and looked at Cassandra, taking in the damage. He shook his head at her slightly before walking away. Cassandra followed closely only to find one of the Umbrellas lying on the floor.

All the Sparrows began surrounding him, both Ben and Cassandra were smirking. Cassandra even had her hands glowing red. The Umbrella began almost powering up and before anyone knew it, the Sparrows were thrown backwards.

When they came to, all the Umbrellas had left. Ben helped Cassandra up before they both left followed by Sloane. Marcus was not impressed but Ben cut him off stating that Cassandra was more important than a workout...