I'm Stuck! [The Umbrella Academy : Five Hargreeves X Reader]

Chapter Fifteen

"The world's ending in four days, and Five is nowhere to be found," Luther huffed. They've reached the Academy from their mission and was telling the rest about the news.

"Yeah, 'coz he's in the Commission so the agents wouldn't bother us while we try to stop it from happening," [Name] explained, looking at Luther pointedly.

"Did you not try and stop him from going, [Name]?" Vanya asked worriedly.

"As if I could! He's stubborn as a mule," she answered with a pout, crossing her arms.

"Yeah, sorry, I just–I thought maybe you could, you know? I don't really want him to disappear again and then come back when we're all dead.." Vanya muttered anxiously.

"Yeah, imagine.." the girl chuckled at the irony.

"What's funny?" Diego asked suspiciously.

"No, it's just.. Well, that's what happened when Five disappeared that first time, no?" She asked in confusion.

"That's what happened?" Allison sputtered in horror.

[Name] stared at all of them with a frown, expression morphing into surprise upon realizing they didn't grasp it the first time around. "When Five talked about the apocalypse, and.. he said about everybody dying, did you not..?"

Their expressions contorting from confusion into shock or horror would've been entertaining if it wasn't for the topic of their.. demise.

"We're gonna die?" Klaus squeaked.

"Can I die a second time?" Ben wondered aloud, albeit not as publicly with Klaus the only one who can hear him.

"He didn't mention that part," Diego added, jaw slackened.

"I thought it was obvious enough.." the girl trailed off, biting her lip as she looked at the floor guiltily.

There was silence from the rest as they processed this information, [Name] biting her lip in remorse as she tried to uplift their spirits. "Don't worry, it won't happen since a lot of things have been changing. Leonard isn't even in the picture anymore, so it should be fine."

"Do you know when Five will come back, then?" Vanya decided to ask, wanting to divert the topic elsewhere.

"That.. I honestly have no idea," the girl answered, pursing her lips. "I can't tell if he came back on the same day or the next. Though I vaguely recall that this whole fiasco happened with three days left, so you know?"

"And how many days do we have left again?"

"Four days, at the very least. Though I guess it'd be three given that it's currently night time."

"So what are we planning to do, then?" Klaus asked.

This was met by silence as the rest tried to form a plan, when suddenly, the sound of whooshing paired with what seems to be a blue lightning storm materialized, sputtering out Five's figure holding a briefcase.

"Jesus!" Allison said, surprised.

"Five!" [Name] exclaimed in worry as he rolled off the table, Luther and Allison proceeding to help him up whilst the boy gazed at each of them.

"I thought you were going to distract them? What happened to the plan?" She asked with a frown, looking him over in concern.

"Change of plans, got tired of them so I bombed the whole tube room alongside the briefcases. They should be out for a while," Five went straight towards the kitchen, the rest following along. "I need coffee."

"It's 10 pm," [Name] scoffed. The boy simply ignored her as he rummaged around the cupboard. "And there's no coffee, you should know that by now," she added.