She with The Flowers in Her Hair| Number Five

🌼CHAPTER 31: Just Another Family Meeting Without Vanya🌼

The adults were able to relax, Diego even went ahead to help Ellie sit up and guide her down the counter. His eyes glancing down, checking for any injuries she may have acquired from their ungraceful fall. Not one of them helped Five though, he fell off the counter, back-first, making the three rush to catch him. Allison and Luther shot questions, most probably from how rugged the two looked, Five more than Ellie, but was only met by a mutter, and Allison's coffee being snatched from her hands.

Five gulped down the coffee, letting the bitter liquid run down his throat as quick as possible, all of them except for Ellie watching him as he did so, hoping for some sort of answer. "Where's Vanya?" Ellie asked out loud, but was ignored as the siblings were still looking weirdly at their brother. Five breathed heavily, turning around, to face the rest of them.

"So the apocalypse is in three days. The only chance we have to save the world is, well, us." He said looking each of his sibling in the eye as he did so.

"The Umbrella Academy." Luther piped up absentmindedly, making the two behind the counter snort.

"No shit sherlock." Ellie jabbed, making the big man cough in embarrassment.

"With me and Ellie of course. So if y'all don't get your sideshow acts together and get over yourselves, we're screwed. Who cares of dad messed us up? Are we gonna let that define us?" Five said

"No." Klaus said, the only one answering making Allison look at her brother weirdly.

"And to give us a fighting chance to see next week, we've come back with a lead." Five said whipping out a crumpled piece of paper. "we know who's responsible for the apocalypse. He continued looking at the paper. Allison held her hand, as the boy place it in her open palm. Ellie and Diego walking towards them, Ellie by Five and Diego behind his sibling peeking over their shoulders. While the adults pondered on the matter, Ellie grabbed onto Five's hand. The mere touch sent a pain through her, her head snapping to Five.

"Your hurt." She whispered to him, Five avoiding her eyes, making the girl squeeze his hand. "Look at me Five." This made him finally meet her gaze. Her green robs were filled with concern as she looked at him. "Come on let me heal you." Five only chuckled at her, placing a lose stand of hair behind her ear.

"Leave it love, I'm fine." He said to her, trying to comfort her but it only made her huff out in annoyance. Her anger nagging in her stomach, turning around so Five wouldn't see but he knew she was mad. "Okay, if I take a petal, would it make you feel better?" he said, the girl's eyes softening quickly from his voice. She reached up to pluck a single petal and held it up to him. Five grabbed it and shoved it into his mouth. "Better?" Ellie nodded placing her hand back in his. The two of them facing the four adults.

"Harold Jenkins?" Allison asked first, her face scrunching up in question.

"Who the hell is Harold Jenkins." Diego followed after, prompting all of them to look to the two, Five slurping up the rest of the coffee. Throwing the empty cup behind him, making his wife tsk out loud.

"I don't know." He answered truthfully, his eyes even glossing over. "but I do know that he's responsible for the apocalypse. So we have to find him..." Ellie didn't hear the rest as she was distracted by a feeling, a presence in the hallway. Her head snapped to the hallway but ignored it, thinking that it was probably just Pogo.

"So you just know his name? That's it?" Diego walked up, placing himself in the middle of the group.

"That's enough." Five countered, sparking a debate among them.