wednesday 8:15 A.M.
AGAIN
"hold the phone" klaus waves his hand
he thumps the bar counter with his hand while he shook his head "we all died fighting this thing in the first time around remember?"
"klaus, shockingly, has a point" diego agrees, much to lilith's surprise
"what gives us a win this time?" the lights start to flicker above the bar counter. the hargreeves siblings all looked up, very confused. suddenly, a blue flash with blue lightening before five fell and crashed into the counter
"what the actual shit!" lilith yells out, completely shocked. klaus stumbles back into the bench and fell on to it
"je-jesus!" allison jumps back, shielding her face "you guys, am i still high, or do you see him, too?" klaus asks as he stands up
"five, where have you been?" luther questions. five rolls off of the counter and onto the ground the siblings all run to his aid, lilith being the first to grab his arm to help him
"easy there, trooper!" lilith says as allison helps him as well "are you alright?" she asks worriedly
the two girls quickly help him stand up, "who did this?" luther asks
"irrelevant" five groans and grabs the cup of coffee out of allison's hand. he walked away with a limp as he slurped the coffee
the rest of them just stared at him. he sighs realizing that he has to explain the situation to them now "the apocalypse is in three days. the only chance we have to save our world is, well, us" lilith lets out a breath and shakes her head "we're dead" she mutters
"the umbrella academy" luther states proudly
"yup so dead" klaus whispers to her
"yeah, but with me, obviously. so, if you all don't get your sideshow acts together and get over yourselves, we're screwed. who cares if dad messed us up? are we going to let that define us? no. and to give us a fighting chance to see next week, i've come back with a lead" five holds up a folded piece of paper in his hand
"i know who's responsible for the apocalypse." allison holds out her hand and five gives her the paper
"this is who we have to stop." five gives her the paper. the remainder of the siblings crowd around her, curious to see the contents
the paper was for hazel and cha-cha stating "REASSIGNMENT: PROTECT HAROLD JENKINS"
"harold... jenkins?" allison reads aloud. lilith stares at the paper before looking at five "uhmm...whomst?" she asks, confused as are the rest of the siblings
"who the hell is harold jenkins?" diego looks at five who had just finished drinking the coffee.
"i don't know..." five chucks the empty cup of coffee behind him "yet. but i do know that he's responsible for the apocalypse. so we have to find him. and we have to do it now."
"how is he connected to what's gonna happen?" luther asks."i don't know." five admits
"wait, so you just know his name?" diego takes a step forward "that's it?" "that's enough" five said
"i don't know if you're aware but our next door neighbour's cat could be a harold jenkins...how would we know who he is?" lilith asks, a hand on her waist as she looks five questions
"well, then we better start looking" five suggest as if it was nothing
"well where could we even start?" lilith asks, her arms crossed
"i'm sorry" allison starts, a hesitant expression on her face
"am i the only one that's skeptical here? I mean, how exactly do you know all of this about what's his name?"
"harold jenkins." five glared at her. "you know those lunatics in masks who attacked the house?"
"oh, yeah, I remember those guys." klaus scratched the back of his neck."yeah" diego says
"the ones that attacked us while you were getting drunk"
"yeah. them. they were sent by the temps commision to stop me from coming back and preventing the end of life on earth" five explains "the temps what?" lilith asks, she wan't sire what was going on, one thing for sure she was pretty much convinced that five was on the edge
allison crosses her arms, clearly still skeptical klaus rolled his eyes and walked over to the bench. lilith shakes her head, hopping on the bar, grabbing a nearby gin and tonic as she does
"my former employer. the monitor all of time and space to make sure whatever is supposed to happen...happens" five looked athis siblings, as if he was explaining abc's to children
"they believe the apocalypse is coming in three days. so i went to commision headquarters and intercepted a message that was meant for said lunatics. 'protect harold jenkins' so he must be responsible for the apocalypse"
"what do you mean, protect time and space?"
"where is this hazel, five?"
"all my skin is on fire"
"five this is insane, first we get that the world's ending in a few days and now you're telling us that the only way to stop it is to find a harold jenkins?" lilith questions, downing the entire gin and tonic in one go
"you know what else is insane? i look like a thirteen year old boy" five points to himself angrily
"klaus talks to the dead, luther thinks he's fooling everybody with that overcoat and you're an alcoholic that eats people" he says, the last one prompts liloth to give five the bird
"anyway, everything about us is insane. it always has been"
"he's got a point there" klaus lies down on the bench. lilith sighs and nods her head "yeah, i guess he's got a point there-"
"you're an alcoholic" klaus says with a grin. lilith growls and sticks her tongue out at him
"we didn't choose this life, we're just living it. for the next three days, anyway" five explains to them
"the last time we tried to stop it," allison begins, "we all died. why is this time any different? why shouldn't i go home to my daughter?"
lilith could hear the pain in allison voice as she mentions the word "daughter", she's never actually met her before, she's been to the wedding but that's all she was ever invited to. regardless if allison left her out of her niece's life, she's gonna be here now
lilith hurries to allison's side and slings her arm around her shoulder for comfort, allison smiles at her gratefully
"because this time, i'm here" five simply states "we have the name of the man responsible. guys, we actually have the chance of saving the lives of billions of people. including claire"
claire...that name was the only proof lilith has of her niece, maybe she should send allison some cute outfits when this was over
if it'd ever be over
"you know her name?" allison asks in shock
"i do," five nodded, "and i'd like to live long enough to meet her" he whispers gently, enough for allison to hear
lilith's heart melts at the way five speaks of claire, the little psychopath had a heart after all
"alright" allison begins with a newfound confidence. lilith grins, patting allison's back "let's get this sorry son of a bitch"
"you had me at gerald jenkins" diego proudly, yet embarrassingly states
"harold jenkins" five corrects
"whatever" diego dismisses him "i've already lost two people this week, i'm not losing anyone else"
"luther?" "yeah, you go. i'm gonna stay and go through dad's files" luther faces allison "i still think this has something to do with why he sent me to the moon"
"seriously?" diego glances at luther before looking over to lilith. she shrugs her shoulders "if klaus is addicted to drugs, luther's addicted to denying the possibility that something is for once not about him"
diego chuckles at her quip. lilith soon turns her attention to luther "but seriously though, curious george... can you for once not make the end of the world a bonding moment for you and the old man?"
"no" luther denies "'watch for threats.' that's what he told me. you think that's a coincidence? this all has to be connected somehow"
lilith rolls her eyes, glancing at allison, she nods her head, trying to tell her to do something about luther
"no, we should all stick together" allison quickly tells luther, much to lilith's delight and luther's dissapointment
"we don't have time for this" five calls out. lilith groans and looks around "good god guys get a grip. the world is ending, priorities guys, priorities! first... we find harold jenkins, who's driving?"
"alright, let's roll" diego smirks over at lilith who returns his teasing gaze with a smile
"and i know where we can find this asshole.
klaus, you're with me" diego says, they all turn to look at a very tired klaus who was quick to refuse
"yeah. i- i'm good" klaus slowly sat up. lilith stares at him worriedly, "you alright, crazy?" she asks, he waves his hand at her and nods his head
"i think i'll, uh...i think i'll pass, i'm..i'm just feeling under the weather, so, uh..." klaus groans as he walks past his siblings. he clutches his stomach, but lilith is quick to be by his side
she turns to her siblings and nods at them "i'll stay here with them, you guys go ahead"
diego, five and allison nod their heads as lilith helps klaus out the room
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"klaus?" lilith calls out, the sneaky bastard somehow managed to sneak away from her grasp, she didn't know how a druggie managed to get by her but she's going to assume it was because she wore heels...and cause she's a tad drunk
"goddamnit it klaus if you're out getting high...again?" she ends up in the ground floor of the house to see a very drunk luther being teased by klaus
"get him...dad... do it now" luther slurs his words, he steps towards klaus dangerously and lilith didn't like how angry he looked
"luther are you drunk- holy shit he busted into dad's liquor cabinet" lilith gasps and runs towards the cabinet, she opens the top portion and sees it to be completely empty
lilith looks to luther "you drank from my secret stash!"
"i told you already, all right? i...i can't!" klaus' previous mischievous tone had turned down by a lot as he speaks. lilith looks at her two brother's she watches the both of them cautiously
luther suddenly grabs klaus by the throat, pinning him to the wall "you little shit!" lilith gasps, she is quick to react, running over to where they were and attempted to hold luther back
it wasn't as effective obviously but her efforts were not in vain as he drops klaus on the ground, his attention now fully focused on lilith "you...bitch!" he slurs over his words, lilith recognized that drunk tone. trevor used to come home drunk a lot, the only thing he expects is lilith's complete silence as he hits her, she didn't think her own brother would stoop so low
he pushes her away, too rough for her liking. she is sent flying, the marble column beside klaus being her only "cushion"
"jesus christ luther!" lilith manages to croak out, she didn't know why he was so upset, hitting her is one thing, but hitting klaus was another. she growls at him but notices his somber expression as he edges away from them
he wasn't in a good mood, now she had to put her big sister pants on and listen to her assailant. she stands up, her back still aching from the impact and helps klaus up who groans from the pain
"of course i tried! all right god knows, i've tried, but he is as he was in life; he's a stubborn prick!" klaus insists, at this point lilith had to speak up "luther why is dad so fucking important right now?"
"he needs to answer to me for what he did..."
"no right now you need to answer to us for what you just- wait what? what dad did? what did he do?" lilith's mind was easily swayed as her interest peaks at luther's statement
"for sending me up there...i sacrificed everything for him, my entire life" he stops to take a breath. lilith and klaus both glance at each other, and look at back luther for more answers "i never left this house...i never had friends...and for what?... for nothing"
lilith sees tears forming in his eyes, she suddenly gets worried, forgetting everythin he had just done for this moment because she saw how vulnerable luther was at the moment. klaus must have been thinking the same thing as he rushes to luther's side "oh, no, no, no, no...hey, just...just...just relax, okay? just...just relax"
luther sighs and sits down on the bench, lilith quickly makes her way to the bench, sitting next to him "i...i could try again" klaus offers "i mean, i can't promise i'm clean enough...but just..."
luther drinks a little from the glass he brought with him to the bench, lilith and klaus notice it and shake their heads
lilith grabs the glass from him and passes it to klaus "none of that for you mister, that is enough...do you think being seventy five percent drunk all the time is fun? no! have some self control!" she scolds, biting back her tongue from the irony of the situation
an alcoholic and a druggie lecturing their brother on the dangers of the dark side
"come on, come on... chin up there, big guy" klaus says, in an attempt to cheer him up
luther whimpers and shakes his head "it's okay...just go"
lilith and klaus glance at each other again, unsure of what they're actually doing "hey why not we call the others? huh? allison would love to help you out" lilith offers
"i don't want her...i don't want them to see me like this...besides, i... you know, i'd just hold them back, what they're doing is too important"
"what are you talking about? you're our number one remember? "o captain! my captain!"...remember?" luther laughs and klaus sits by him. klaus and lilith both surrounding luther
lilith however was not amused, she gave klaus a blank yet seemingly offended stare "really?...now you're good at comforting someone? where was this attitude when ben came back late while training and you told me i probably ate him and just forgot?" lilith asks, kluas shrugs his shoulders "didn't think you'd take it seriously"
"i was crying klaus...and you went on about how i enjoyed it and that i even ate dessert after that and ate vanya"
"it was a joke-"
their short walk down memory lane was cut short as they notice that luther had started chuckling to himself, watching the both of them go back and forth
lilith and klaus chuckle awkwardly as luther then starts to sob on klaus shoulder. klaus averts his gaze to lilith who shrugs her shoulders, they pat his back in a comforting matter
"you know diego was right...dad sent me up to the moon...because he couldn't stand the sight of this...of what he did to me of what i've become..." he continues to sob on klaus' shoulder again, with lilith quick to comfort him again
"hey listen... this wasn't any of your fault...it was...it was...dad...an asshole" lilih leans back on the bench with a heavy sigh "right to the very end"
klaus hums in agreement, looking to luther "you know if...there's anything else that me and lily could do...or..."
"i wanna be like you guys"
lilith blinks, the statement caught her off guard "the millionaire me or the depressed alcoholic me? only one of them can be good luther"
he looks up at both klaus and lilith "i wanna do whatever it is that you-"
"no...good god no" lilith realizes what he meant, he wanted to actually be like them... she grimaces at the thought of luther becoming like her or klaus, always looking like they're having the time of their life, going to raves, snorting up drugs, drinking to their hearts content, smoking like chimneys... she wasn't about to drag luther to her level
klaus shakes his head at luther's request, him and lilith set on keeping luther away from these types of things
"come on guys... cause you... you two always seem so carefree and i just need it... i wanna be number four...eight...eleven?" luther scrunches his face, clearly too drunk to care about his miscalculation
lilith however was more focused on why the hell he'd want to be like klaus and her
"luther, trust me- trust us! you don't want that" kluas pleads, gesturing to himself and lilith. lilith nods her head "i do-"
"you don't want that!" lilith snaps, but nevertheless luther continues to beg. lilith sighs and stands up "alright you just need some sleep, relax, i'll make macarons" lilith offers, grabbing luther's arm to pull him up, but her efforts were all for nothing as luther continues to slump on the bench
luther grabs his hand back, lilith groans as she is pulled back "fine...i'll go by myself" luther mutters, lilith and klaus hear it though
"what? no sit your drunk ass down motherfucker" lilith says in a useless attempt to convince him, he stands up and begins to walk away
lilith and klaus glance at each other before running after him "luther! no we can't let you-"
luther suddenly shoves both of them aside, sending the pair sliding down the room. they land with a tiny squeak. lilith and klaus stare at each other, realizing how much shit they're going to have to sort out