The Occult: DOOMSDAY

[ chapter twelve : final ]

"God, why are so many streetlights out?" Klaus asks uncomfortably, as the trio finally slowed their pace once the sound of the helicopters faded away.

"Vanya kinda just destroyed a whole block. Something probably happened to the power for this section of the grid." Ben rationalised, his hand still held tight by Melanie as they walked towards what glowed as a more well lit area, when a idea sparks in her mind.

"Oh, hold up." Melanie says, stopping the two men as she jumps, pulling her knees up and stomping her feet down as she lands, the soles of her boots glowing purple and illuminating the darkness like glow sticks.

It was a while ago, but she knew paying for the light up boots off aliexpress would be a good decision one day.

"I love you so much." Klaus smiles, the light now shining on their path and illuminating the small area around them.

"Love you too, Kaykay." Melanie smiles, as they start walking again.

It doesn't take them incredibly long to get to the bowling alley, the sound of pins falling and families cheering as they approached the building with colourful neon out front, the look of the place not changing at all in the last thirteen years since she'd been there last.

Melanie cringed as she put on the bowling shoes, the cream, red and blue not matching her outfit at all, or supporting her aching feet as her siblings spoke around her.

"Look, I hate to be the one to say this, but everyone needs to prepare." Luther says gravely, Diego responding defensively in an instant.

"For what?"

"To do whatever it takes to stop Vanya."

Allison immediately hits him with her notepad, Melanie still eyeing him aggressively as she sat beside Five.

"We may not have a choice, Allison!"

"Bullshit. There's always options." Diego calls him out, Melanie quickly jumping on his bandwagon.

"Exactly. Options we wouldn't have to think about if you'd just listened to all of us in the first place." She spits bitterly, enough time passing between the collapse and that moment for her anger to resurface.

"What kind of options do we have anyway?" Five asks, earning a shrug from Diego as Luther stands.

"Look, whatever we decide, we need to find Vanya. And fast, she could be anywhere." Luther says.

"Or... here." Klaus interrupts, shaking the paper in his hands and pointing to an ad as they all gather around him. "Look at this."

"That's right. Her concert is tonight." Diego remembers, his attention getting pulled away by one of the employees as they approach.

"Hello," she smiles cheerfully, "I hate to intrude, but my manager says if you're not gonna bowl, you gotta leave."

Melanie rolls her eyes, Diego turning to them and asking who's turn it is while Luther picks up a ball, sending it over his shoulder and into someone else's lane.

"That doesn't... ugh, move." Melanie instructs him, him side stepping as she uses her powers to pick up a ball and throw it down their lane, looking to him with a smirk as Allison taps her notepad.

She's our sister.

"We're the only ones capable of stopping this. We have a responsibility to dad." Luther comments, earning a groan from Ben.

"Would you shut up about him for five minutes?" He asks, both Klaus and Melanie raising their eyebrows at his instant reaction, while the others turn to Diego.