Let it Rain (The Umbrella Academy)

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: Alleywa-ve Goodbye

I sat against the wall of the alleyway and shakily sighed. Gill slid down beside me. "You all right?" He took my hand and fiddled with my fingers.

"Aye, it's juist... There's been a lot happen in the last seven years 'n I juist... Ah don't even know anymore." I leaned against him. "My time not yours of course. Well, not fully." I chuckled as I looked down at the pearls circling my wrist for comfort and smiled lovingly. "Our life together has been perfect. It's just... th' apocalypse. Apocalypses I guess I should say. Not one, but two recent-ish deals with the brunette dingleberry. An-And..."

"Five." My lungs deflated and gave a small nod against his chest. Gill sighed. "Do you love him?" He held his breath at the question.

"Not like I love you, hubby." I tenderly smiled up at him. "You're my one and only. Always will be. Ti a—" He caught my lips with his.

We pulled back when we needed a breath. "Ti amo." He tittered. "You have no idea how happy I am to hear that."

"Our marriage is forever. Literally. You're stuck with me." I lightly chuckled. "Were you worried?"

"Maybe a tad. 'Cause he was your jo 'n all 'n I dunno I was just af—" I caught his lips with mine.

"Husband, I'm yours. You should know that."

He goofily smiled as he played with the pearls on the string. "I know." He tossed my legs over his. "We have seventy minutes still you know." His lips brushing mine as he spoke and pulled me closer to him.

I glanced down at the clock that we took from the wall because neither of us wear watches. "Golly, try forty-five."

He picked up the clock. "Yikes. You ain't kiddin'." He smirked as he wiggled his eyebrows. "Still plenty of time to—"

"Nope." I exaggerated a grin back.

He jutted his bottom lip out and I snickered. "Lame," he grumbled.

"I know." I kissed his cheek then ran my fingers through his soft hair as he rested his head on my shoulder. A few minutes later we fell asleep.

Some time passed and I woke to a whoosh followed by Luther's voice. "Where is everyone?"

"Where's Bonnie?" Five muttered as he looked around in a frenzy.

"Richt 'ere." I yawned then sat up straight making Gill fall.

"Ron?" He yawned in a sleepy daze.

"Still here." Gill sat up and saw me then we exchanged tired grins.

Next we saw Klaus stumbling into the alley. "We made it!" He flailed his arms.

Five looked at his eccentric brother. "What do you mean, "we?""

"Ben of course." I squinted my eyes then turned into a Klaus doppelgänger. My smile grew as I saw Ben and Klaus fighting for control of Klaus's body. Ben's face lit up when he saw me. "Eighty! Hey. You can see me... and my debacle here." He grunted as he struggled to stay in control of Klaus's body.

Klaus looked over and saw me as his identical twin. "Why don't you... possess Eighty's body? ...She's me now," he told Ben in an equally painful looking grapple.

Ben looked at me with a big pleading look. "Can I?"

"Absolutely not." I crossed my arms.

The others looked between the two Klauss with matching looks of confusion. Luther narrowed his eyes, appalled at the odd scene. "What, uh, what's happening exactly?"

"Get out!" Klaus demanded his brother.

"Your guess is as good as mine," Five replied as he saw me carrying on a conversation with nothingness as Klaus fought with himself.