A Match Made In Hell.

where's gloria?

"you know that's not how we do things here." the handler said right after we send it. "five looked at me cautiously and looked back at the handler. "where's gloria?" "i don't know." "i think she went out to get lunch." then we heard a few groans coming from - guess who- gloria. the handlers smile faded as she looked back and saw gloria on the floor , behind her desk. i faked a smile and five just looked at me trying not to laugh. "your a great disappointment to me." the handler said , mostly at five. "you can't change what's to come, five. i truly find it so odd that you can't shed this fantasy. you're a first rate pragmatist! you belong here with us." confused at what pragmatist means i just stayed quiet. "i don't belong anywhere , thanks to you. you made me a killer!" five said and my smile faded just thinking about all the things he's been through. my thoughts were interrupted by the handler. "you were always a killer." she started unzipping her dress and my eyes grew wide. "woahhh calm down lady! he may be 58 years old mentally but his body's only 13!" she looked and me confused and then pulled her gun out. "anyways , i never made you a killer five , i just pointed you in the right direction." she stuck the gun to fives face and shot, but luckily he'd already transported , me with him.

suddenly an alarm went off and kept on saying 'security break in tube room' repetitively. me and five were hiding behind one of the machines. i gestured to him that i'm turning invisible. he didn't understand so i started waving my hands across my face trying to get him to understand and he just looked at me trying to hide his laughter. "are you okay?" he mouthed at me. "i'm going to turn invisible!" i mouthed back. it took him a few seconds but he processed it and nodded. i turned invisible and got up and stood behind a pole thinking of what i should do. five pushed a cart that was in front of him towards the handler and she shot. luckily , five had already moved.

"is this how you want the last line of your report to read?" the handler questioned. five teleported in front of her. "when i'm done , i'm done i guess." he replied. "you can't keep this up , five. we all know that even you have a limit , same for you celeste." the handler continued. "i saved you from a lifetime of being alone. you owe me." my heart stopped as she was about to shoot but then no bullet came out. she was out of ammo. relive washed over me and i snapped out of my thoughts and bashed the back of her head using the grenade. five teleported behind me and i walked over to him knowing what he was going to do. i became visible again as five said, "i do owe a debt, but its not to you." five and me held up the grenades , opened them and rolled them over to her. five grabbed my hand and we both ran out of the room as fast as we could. as soon as we got out five grabbed my waist and pulled me close to him , his front against my back. we both ducked and our hands interlaced. a huge bang occurred and five teleported us to the suitcase room. he grabbed one of the suitcases and set the date to 2019. he grabbed another grenade that i didn't even know he had and threw it in there. we both ran out again and turned around to see the explosion and as soon as it was about to hit us the suitcase transported us back to the living room.

we both fell on the table , five on top of me and his head resting on my chest. "you guys , am i still high , or do you see them too?" "where have you two been?" luther said as five got down from the table. "are you guys alright?" "who did this?" i let five answer. "irrelevant." five said while grabbing allison's coffee. allison looked at me and whispered "why him?" i just giggled. five downed the coffee. i got down and stood next to five and winced, my back hurting from the fall. "are you okay?" five questioned, putting his hand around my back. "yeah , i'm okay."

"so the apocalypse is in 3 days. the only chance we have to save our world is , well , us." "the umbrella academy." luther muttered. "yeah , but with me obviously." five replied with extreme sass. "so if y'all don't get your sideshow acts together and get over yourselves , we're screwed. who cares if dad messed us up? are we gonna let that define us? no." five said starting his pep talk as klaus shook his head no, agreeing with five. "and to give us a fighting chance to see next week , we've come back with a lead." they looked at us questioningly. "we know who's responsible for the apocalypse." i said. five handed the paper to allison. "this is who we have to stop." "harold jenkins?" exclaimed allison. "who the hell is harold jenkins?" five started drinking the coffee again and offered me some. i took it out of his hand and started drinking it and instantly regretted it and passed it back to him. he shrugged , drank the rest and threw it over his head.

"i don't know...yet." i couldn't help but smile at the funny situation. "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 questioned. "i don't know." "wait , so you just know his name?" diego cut in. "that's it?" "that's enough." five replied. "there's probably dozens of harold jenkinses in the city." "well , we just better start looking then." "i'm sorry," allison started. "am i the only one that's skeptical here?" five groaned and put his hand over his stomach. i looked over to him. "hey , what's wrong?" i whispered , concerned. five shook his head. "nothing." "how exactly do you know all of this about -what's his name?" "harold jenkins. you know those lunatics in masks who attacked the house?" "oh yeah i think i remember those guys." "yeah , the ones that attacked us while you were getting drunk." "oh oh! and the ones who shot celeste!" diego shot a look at klaus. "what? they shot celeste?" five said angrily , then turned to me. "hazel and cha cha shot you?" "yeah i even forgot about it actually." "i'll kill them." "hey , calm down. they're gonna kill each other remember?" five nodded but clearly still mad. "who even are they?" allison asked. "they were sent by the temps commission to stop me from coming back and preventing the end of life on earth." "the temps of what?" "my former employer-" "who we killed." i interrupted. "they monitor all of time and space to make sure whatever is supposed to happen happens. they believe the apocalypse is coming in 3 days. so i went to commission headquarters and intercepted a message that was meant for said lunatics. 'protect harold jenkins'. so he must be responsible for the apocalypse." everyone was silent for a while , trying to process what they had just heard. in fact i don't blame them it's pretty confusing.

then out of no where they all burst into questions. "what do you mean , protect time and space?" "where is this 'hazel' , cel?" "i have no idea what your talking about five." "my skin is on fire." "do you have any idea how insane this sounds?" while they were blurting out all of this , i noticed five winced again. "hey , talk to me. what happened?" "i'm okay- it's okay." just as i opened my mouth to say something five replied to allison's question. "you know what else is insane? me and celeste look like 13 year old children , klaus talks to the dead , diego thinks he's batman and luther thinks he's fooling everybody with that overcoat." i snorted. "everything about us is insane. it always has been." as five continued talking i couldn't help but think five was hiding something. was he hurt? is he okay? "why shouldn't i go home to my daughter?" allison asked. "because we have the chance to save billions of lives. including claire's." "you know her name?" "we both do , and we'd both love to meet her someday." i said. allison smiled and me and i smiled back. "all right, let's get this bastard." i hugged allison and whispered to her, "i know she's gonna grow up and be beautiful like you." she kissed my forehead. "you had me at gerald jenkins." me and allison cackled and five broke out a smile. "harold jenkins." "whatever. ive already lost two people this week , i'm not losing anyone else." "luther?" five asked with a hint of hope in his voice. "yeah i'm in , you go. i'm gonna stay here and go through dads files." i sighed in disappointment. "i still think this has something to do with why he sent me to the moon." "seriously? now you wanna make the end of the world about you and dad?" "unbelievable." i murmured. "no- watch for threats , is what he told me. you think that's a coincidence? this all has to be connected somehow." "no , we should all stick together." "we don't have time for this." five shouted. "let's roll. i know where we can find this asshole. klaus , your with me." "yeah- i- i'm good. i think i'll uh- pass. i'm feeling a little under the weather , so uh..." i walked up to klaus. "hey , are you okay? wanna talk?" "no no you go ahead i need to do something anyways, and five needs you." i nodded and kissed his cheek. "you know i love you right?" "and i , you." we smiled and i walked towards five.