𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 ~ 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀

~ Chapter Twenty Nine ~

"Vanya? What happened to you?" Dusk asked as she stumbled towards her sister. Vanya's eyes suddenly went back to normal as she stared at the raven. "Dusk, did you know?" She asked. "No, Vanya. I didn't know!" "How am I supposed to believe that?" Vanya's voice remained emotionless as the shaking continued around them. "I've never lied to you. What Father did was very messed up. And I can imagine your anger. But please, you know me. I'm not like everyone else,"

The shakiness around them stopped as Vanya continued to look at her sister, pondering what to do with her. "You're coming with me," she said, grabbing her hand as the shakiness continued behind them, tearing the basement to shreds as they reached the elevator shaft. Dusk breathed shakily as they reached the top, unaware of the chaos above them.

"Yo, what the hell is going on?" Diego shouted as the walls began to crack. "Are those explosions coming f-" "We need to get to safety outside the Academy," Pogo interrupted Klaus. The siblings immediately started running all over the place, trying to get out while searching for Grace and Dusk. But little did the siblings know that she was with Vanya, watching in horror as the house they grew up in was slowly being destroyed. The elevator came to a stop, and the two sisters walked out and down the hall, continuing to destroy everything behind them.

Vanya stopped at each of her sibling's bedrooms, remembering the painful memories of when they paid no attention to her. Dusk didn't want this to happen. All she wanted to do was to free her from that metal cage and hold her in her arms, telling her everything would be okay. She had never seen this side of her sister before, and it was scary.

Meanwhile, Klaus and Diego had run upstairs, calling out to Grace, but she never called back. Large rubble came crashing down from the ceiling, hitting Klaus in the head and knocking Diego unconscious. Klaus groaned as he tried to wake him as more rubble and wood came crashing down. At the very last second, someone had pulled the two out of the way. Klaus had looked up to see it was Ben. Klaus was in shock but didn't have time to ask questions. They still needed to get out of there.

Vanya and Dusk reached the living room, and Number Seven had come to another stop in front of the fireplace. Another painful memory flushed through her, and more destruction was caused. Dusk looked away, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Pogo emerge from his hiding place. And that gave her hope that he could calm her down. "Miss Vanya. That's quite enough!" He shouted.

Vanya turned around, seeing him standing near the bar, determined to end her tantrum. Her eyes turned back to normal as she slowly walked towards him, with Dusk trailing close behind. " I understand how upset you are. But I can assure you that none of your siblings bear any responsibility for what happened to you as a child," Pogo reasoned. "Did you know?" She questioned. Pogo continued, telling her that she was capable of great things just like her siblings but that Reginald was only trying to protect her from herself. "Did... you know?" 

Dusk looked up at the balcony to see Luther and Allison making their great escape. She held back a sigh of relief as she watched them run down the steps and out of The Academy unscathed. Now, she could only hope that the rest of her siblings got out safely. "Yes, Miss Vanya. I knew," Pogo answered. Vanya nodded, slightly bowing her head before lifting it again to reveal her eyes turned back to white.

Suddenly, the chimpanzee started floating up in the air, and with one swift movement, she flung him across the room, instantly impaling him with the mounted antler horns atop the fireplace. Dusk clasped a hand over her mouth, watching as he groaned in pain before slowly dying. "No," she barely whispered, blinking back tears. The Academy came crashing down behind them as the two sisters walked out of their former home and down the darkened street.