The Voices in Her Head (No. 8)

I

Five pushed his little sister down. "Stay here and keep the hostages calm. I don't want you getting hurt."

Diego ran in as he shouted, "Guns are for sissies. Real men throw knives." He threw his daggers forward and they curved at the last second. They landed into a man's chest.

He then looked for Katrine and Five reassured him that she was safe.

The man, still on the counter, started aiming at the kids and kept it pointed at Katrine as he said, "Get back you freaks."

"Hey, be careful up there, buddy." Diego taunted.

"Yeah, wouldn't want you to get hurt." Allison added.

Five popped up behind him and asked, "Or what?" He popped away.

The man was visibly frustrated as he kept shooting at the spaces Five had been. Five popped behind him and punched him in the face with something. "That's one badass stapler."

Diego noticed a stray bullet flying towards Katrine. He rushed over to her and pushed her down and the bullet lodged itself into a wall.

Luther looked at the hostages and said, "They shouldn't be here to see this."

Katrine stood up and told them silently, 'Follow me. I'll get you out of here.'

She un-taped their mouths and the hostages automatically stood up and followed her to the door. She opened it and ushered them out.

Ben frowned and asked his siblings, "Do we really have to do this?"

"Come on, Ben. There's still more guys in the vault." Luther told them.

Katrine looked up at her siblings. "Can I send the people out?"

Diego laughed and ruffled her hair. "Yeah, you can usher them out. After Ben does his thing."

Katrine buried her head into Diego as she saw Ben do his thing, and blood spatter the window.

She noticed a guy pointing a gun at Klaus and glared. She flicked her hand to the side and the gun flew to the ground. "Don't hurt my brother!"

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The kids walked out of the bank once all the thieves had been dealt with. Katrine held Diego's hand as they lined up on the stairs. Reporters started shouting at them, but the kids ignored them. Though, Katrine was having a hard time ignoring them. She got distracted easily, and the shouting didn't help.

Reginald Hargreeves addressed the crowd. "Our world is changing. Has changed. There are some among us gifted with abilities far beyond the ordinary. I have adopted seven such children. I give you the inaugural class of the Umbrella Academy."

✫--✫

Katrine Hargreeves was just coming back from her lunch break. She'd taken an hour because she wanted her favorite diner, and it was a 15 minute drive to and from. Luckily, they did to-go.

When she got back, she sat at her desk and Detective Eudora Patch walked up to her desk and slapped a newspaper in front of her. "Have you seen this?"

In bold letters, she saw a headline that she didn't know she'd see so soon. 'Reginald Hargreeves, billionaire, has been declared deceased.'

"Are you okay?" Patch asked.

Katrine nodded. "Never better. I never thought I'd see this day."

"Are you going back to the house?"