A Corpse Instead Of A Cube

Father, tell me why I'm not good enough

"So tell me. What do we like to do together? For fun" Reginald asked Klaus as Cyra looked at him in confusion, 'since when did he care about others?', Klaus looked at him weirdly "I don't understand the question" he told the older man.

"Didn't we take any family trips in your timeline?" Reginald asked, "With our dad? Hell no. That guy put the "dіck" in dictator." Cyra snorted at the comment as she laid down on the seats "No, no. It was all about the missions with him. Just mission after mission..." Klaus trailed on as Reginald continued to listen to him.

"How is it you don't understand the first thing about your powers? Did you learn nothing at the Academy?" Cyra rolled her eyes at the question, "Well, things kinda went sideways at the ol' Academy early on" Klaus told his father.

"How so?" Reginald asked getting more information from the man, "Five got lost in time. Just... gone. Ben died during the Jennifer incident." Klaus listed off but Cyra perked up once she heard about the Jennifer incident, she then positioned herself to sit and leaned in to listen more about him and his family.

As Cyra and Reginald listened in Klaus just mindlessly continued talking, "tragic" Reginald spoke while looking at the road "Oh, tragic? I'm not finished" Klaus stated, "You drսg your daughter. For years. You turned Luther into a half-monkey moonboy freak thing. You locked me in a box full of ghosts. And then you killed yourself so that none of us would ever get any answers." He ranted, and Cyra looked at him with an amused face "You guys are like us, fucked up by him" Cyra spoke while Klause waved his hand to shut her up.

Cyra looked at him weirdly seeing as he wanted to see the reaction that their father would give him "I see" Reginald stated, Cyra rolled her eyes and then laid back again to just listen to what they were talking about, "What I'm saying is, you were a terrible father" Cyra chuckled when he said that.

"Yes. Picked that up, thank you" Reginald accepted the insult but didn't let that phase him "Good" Klaus grinned while placing his hand on his chest since his heart was still acting weirdly from him dying and then coming back alive plus being electrocuted.

"High time I made it up to you, starting now", Both Cyra and Klaus laughed at what he was saying since it was out of character for him to care. "You just murdered me and stuffed me in the trunk of your car. I have notes, Dad" Cyra once again looked at Klaus weirdly, he was quickly taking Reginald as his dad.

"Let's not quibble over details. A new proposal. I help you master your powers, you stop blaming me for the sins of your other father. Allow us a new start" Reginald suggested while Klaus looked at him and contemplated, "All right, but I told you, I can't control how long I'm dead. It's just one of those mystery-of-life things" Cyra was surprised that Klaus accepted it since he had just killed him a few hours ago.

"Nonsense. Dying well is a skill like any other. I'm telling you... You simply need the right coach. Do you trust me?" Cyra looked at Klaus and shook her head in disapproval, "Don't do it, in the end, he'll betray you" Klaus just ignored her and smiled at his father "Yeah. I trust you".

Cyra stared at Klaus in disappointment, "Are you an idiot, why are you going to trust him?" Cyra exclaimed in disbelief that Klaus would trust their father. Klaus just spaced out thinking if his decision was right since Cyra was shouting at him from behind and Reginald was actually being a father to him that he desperately wanted.

The car finally stopped by the sideroad and the trio went out, "Near-immortality is an unbelievable gift, yet, you come back to life at unpredictable intervals outside of your control, with the reflexes of a wet noodle" Cyra sat herself down on the bench and just watched the two speak.

"Thoroughly unable to defend yourself or your team. Somehow, you've turned an asset into your liability" Reginald finally stopped speaking and Klaus started talking "Yeah, well, not that I care about your opinion, but if I were to improve myself, how would I do it?" he asked the older man.

Cyra smirked as she knew what Reginald's teaching methods were, she hated it, but somehow it was carved up in her mind. "First, let's sharpen your reflexes, practice makes perfect, stand there" Reginald pointed to the middle of the road, and Klaus turned to look at it "When you're fast enough to catch this ball, you will have succeeded," Reginald told Klaus.

"Why not?, Okay" Klaus gave a small look at Cyra and saw her smiling at him deviously, "but just so you know, I have the hand-eye coordination of a drunk kitten," He told Reginald as the older man threw the ball. Cyra snorted when she saw Klaus doing exactly what he said.

Klaus caught the ball and held it up, "see?" he told Reginald but what he didn't notice was a bus heading towards him "Ha-ha" Klaus laughed and then turned, Cyra winced when she saw the bus hit Klaus, "Ouch" she said to noone since nobody could hear her.

Reginald then sat on the bench and took his journal out, Cyra watched as he took out his stopwatch and pressed to start the timer. She waited till Klaus was up and laughed at him, "You tricked me" Klaus turned to his stomach to look up at Reginald "See?, too slow! Again!" Reginald spoke out.

"You're a terrible father!" Klaus shouted as he looked at Cyra for help, she just shrugged and smiled at him, "I told you so", he just groaned and got up, to get ready for the next ball to be thrown at him, Cyra tried waiting but after 2 minutes she went back in the car and turned the music on for herself.

She continued listening and reading in the car for more than an hour until she looked outside to see if anything improved with the duo. She got out of the car and walked nearer to them, she saw Klaus step out to the truck voluntarily, to which she smiled when he got up faster than the last time Cyra watched, when Klaus finally caught the ball after reanimating, she clapped for him.

"Woohoo, you did it" she smiled at him, "see? Never doubted you" Cyra's smile disappeared once she heard what her 'father' said, she turned to him confused as to why he was genuinely happy for Klaus, Klaus on the other hand was happy that his Father was proud of him. "Now you're ready" Reginald spoke as Klaus's smile also disappeared "Ready for what?" Klaus questioned but Reginald's face just stayed stoic.