The New Number || F. Hargreeves

xi. The Day That Was

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"In 3... 2..." Ambrose took a sip of his drink, snapping his fingers, "1..." He stood still as time other than himself began to rewind around him but all he could do was smile.

Ambrose was ready to see Five in one piece for Five he'd been gone a while but for everyone else he may have been gone for hours, Ambrose never really kept track of time completely, but at the moment time begins to resume.

"Hold the phone. We all died fighting this thing the first time around. Remember?" Klaus reminded and It was Wednesday again. The other siblings had no idea but Ambrose did.

"Klaus, shockingly, has a point. What gives us a win this time?" Diego asked again.

Electricity crackles only for Ambrose to jump on the bar catching Five, "J-Jesus!" Allison exclaimed.

"You guys, am I still high, or do you see Ambrose holding Five, too?" Klaus asked.

Five thanked Ambrose for catching him as Ambrose hopped off the bar to put the boy down, "Five, Where have you been?" Luther questioned.

If you had to admit Five was not well, he was stumbling even after Ambrose put him down, Allison and Luther rushed to help the boy, "Are you alright?"

"Who did this?"

Five took Allison's coffee, "Irrelevant. Also thank you Rose for the catch."

"As always." Five walked forward with Ambrose's help however the others just stared confused.

Five chugged the coffee then sighed, "So, The apocalypse is in three days. The only chance we have to save our world is, well, us."

"The Umbrella Academy." Luther mumbled.

"Yeah, but with me, obviously. So if yall 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. and to give us a fighting chance to see next week, I've come back with a lead. I know who's responsible for the apocalypse." Five pulled out a piece of paper giving it to Allison, "This is who we have to stop."

"Harold Jenkins?" Allison questioned.

"Who the hell is Harold Jenkins?" Diego asked.

"I don't know... yet." Five threw the coffee cup.

"But I might." Everyone looked at Ambrose, "Allison you already met him so has Vanya... We all met him."

Ambrose was ignored but Five listened, maybe even Allison listened. She had an idea but wasn't for sure, Ambrose only sighed as the others spoke on it. But after Five spoke and explained, no one listened.

"Do you have any idea how insane this sounds?" Allison said Ambrose was ready to start yelling but was stopped.

"You know, what else is insane? I look like a 14-year-old boy. Klaus talks to dead people, and Luther thinks he is fooling everybody with that overcoat. Everything about us is insane. It always has been. "

"He's got a point there," Klaus added.

"We didn't choose this life, Shit, Ambrose definitely didn't choose this, we're just living it. For the next three days, anyway."

"But the last time we tried to stop it, we all died. Why is this any different? Why shouldn't I go home to my daughter?" Allison said.

"Because this time, I'm here. Ambrose's wings are growing back and we have the name of the man responsible. Guys, we actually have the chance of saving the lives of billions of people. Including Claire."