Doomsday Creators (The Umbrella Academy) Book Three

16. Kugelblitz

Viktor and Lucy headed down to the lobby later that morning, to see if they could find the rest of their siblings, to tell them about what Harlan had done.
The first person they saw was Luther.
"Hey have you seen Allison?" Asked Viktor.
"No- What the hell happened to your face?" Questioned Luther.
"It's nothing" insisted Viktor.
"It looks like you're lucky to be upright. Did Harlan do that?"
"He didn't mean to. We just got into a disagreement"
"About what?"
"Nothing".

Luther was stopped from responding by the sudden arrival of Diego.
"So, I've checked the perimeter and we're good. But we'll have to take it in turns to keep guard, to stop the Sparrows from getting in" informed Diego.
"What happened to you? Did Harlan do that too? The Sparrows are right about him, he shouldn't be here, he's dangerous" admitted Luther as he looked at a deep cut on the back of Diego's neck.
Lucy assumed this wound was from him going out fighting with Allison the night before, but Luther didn't know about that particular excursion. And she knew he wouldn't approve if he knew.

"Look, Harlan's only dangerous because I made him that way. Look, this is my mess, and I'm going to fix it" reassured Viktor.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Asked Allison, as she came down the stairs to greet them, covered in bruises.
"Jesus Christ, he got you too" gasped Luther.
Allison saw the wound on Viktor's face and frowned, "You O.K?".
"Fine. You?" Questioned Viktor.
"Never better" answered Allison.

A second later an explosion of blue light made them all jump, and they turned to see Five and Lila sprawled on the floor, clutching two briefcases.
"Where the hell have you been?" Demanded Lucy.
"Facing my own mortality. I don't recommend it" answered Five, as he stood to his feet.
"You've been gone for days" frowned Lucy.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I'll explain later".
"You've had the briefcase this whole time? We've been looking for this" Gasped Allison.
"Well, look no further. That's the last one on earth. Or should I say, was the last one... Ah, shit, it's dead" replied Five, as the briefcase began emitting smoke.

Lila got off the floor and threw herself into Diego's arms.
"Wait, why are you happy to see me?" Questioned Diego curiously.
"It turns out we've got less time than I thought to hold a grudge. So, you're off the hook" informed Lila.
"Good to know" replied Diego.
"Where's Stan?" Asked Lila.
Before he could answer, Luther pulled him to one side.
"Hey, did you and Allison get into some kind of fight last night?" He Questioned.
"Hell yeah. We kicked some serious ass last night" revealed Diego.
"What the hell has gotten into this family?" Sighed Luther.

"Yeah, about that little fight last night, I have a bone to pick with you Diego. I don't think that getting into bar fights is what Allison needs right now" informed Lucy.
"Relax. She just needed to blow of some steam. She was brutal last night. I've never seen her fight like that, she was amazing. But don't worry, she's fine now" reassured Diego.
"Oh yeah, she really looks fine" frowned Lucy, as she pointed to where Allison was sat.

"Oi, cut the chit chat, I'm calling a family meeting here" announced Five.
"I'll be right back" informed Diego, before running off to find Stan.
"Don't leave me with your family" hissed Lila.
"Where's Klaus?" Questioned Five.
"Who knows. I haven't seen much of him since we got here" admitted Lucy.
"Hmm, that's strange. I wanted him to hear what I have to say" replied Five.
"Just spit it out Five?" Snapped Allison.
"Well, since you asked so nicely, sister mine. Our little paradox brought forth a freaking Kugelblitz" revealed Five.
"What the hell is a Kugelblitz?" Questioned Viktor.

Five called the whole family over to the bar, where he poured them all a drink, and told them about the Kugelblitz.
"So, this Kugelblitz is-" started Viktor.
"The end of everything.  Every rock, every star, every atom, sucked into a radiant black hole" interupted Five.
"Randomly collapsing matter at every moment in time, throughout all existence until there's nothing left" finished Lila.
"I hate to say I told you so, but-" began Five.
"You love to say I told you so" sighed Viktor.

"It's amazing, how someone hates you all enough, to knock off your mums and end the universe" commented Lila.
"We don't know that" said Viktor quickly.
"Yeah. We don't know for sure that whoever killed our mothers, intended to destroy the universe as well" added Lucy, who joined Viktor in trying to protect Harlan.
"It doesn't matter who created it, because we are going to kick its ass" informed Allison.
"And how are we going to do that? Are you and Diego going to punch it in the kugel?" Mocked Luther.

"The best plan would be to go back in time and take out whoever kills our mothers, to stop the paradox. But we can't do that, because the briefcase is kaput" admitted Five.
"And why can't you just blink us all to safety, like last time?" Questioned Allison.
"The last time I tried to do that, we all got separated and stranded in time. I'm not willing to risk that again" informed Five, as his eyes flicked to Lucy.

A few moments later, Klaus, Diego and Stan made their way over to the bar.
"Hey, give me that" said Klaus, as he took a bottle of liqueur from Five, and began to down its contents.
"What on earth happened to you?" Questioned Five, as he looked at the large wound in Klaus's chest.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just a spear gun to the chest, no biggie" answered Klaus.
"Can't the people in this family go one day without getting injured?" Mumbled Lucy.

"Hey, what did we miss?" Asked Diego.
"The universe is ending, and we're all going to die" answered Lila.
The second Lila finished talking a blue shock wave shot through the hotel, causing several people in the lobby to disappear.
"What was that?" Questioned Luther.
"That was a Kugel wave... It's getting stronger" answered Five.
"How long do we have?" Demanded Luther.
"Well, if you factor in the-"
"How long, Five?"
"4, maybe 5 days, until the rest of existence is blitzed".

"That's it?" Gasped Lucy.
"I'm afraid so" sighed Five.
"I didn't realise the end of the world would be quite so soon" mumbled Lucy.
"I know. I'm sorry I didn't come back with better news"
"It's not your fault. You didn't cause this".
Allison began to hyperventilate, and left the bar to get some air.
The rest of siblings all raised their glasses together, knowing that in 5 days time, they would all be dead.