Invisible String | Five Hargreeves

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"Ooo why did no one tell me we were having visitors today!" You stroll down the stairs. "Because we're not. Dad, who the hell are these assholes?" Ben asks angrily.

"Shit."

"Ben? is that really you?" asks Klaus. Meanwhile, Five stares at the girl he once knew. "Y/n?" He softly asks, his eyes softening at the sight of you. You look at the boy slightly tilting your head in confusion. "Five do you know them?" asks Ben looking over at his sister. "No," you shake your head "I swear I've never seen these people in my life."
"Five? She's number eight," says Five. "Um no. That's Christopher, I'm Five." you correct the boy. Five stares at her in disbelief.

"And who are the weirdos on the balcony" yells Diego trying to appear intimidating.

"They are the Sparrows. My children."

"I'm sorry. What do you mean, your children? That's not possible, old man." Says Five with a hint of anger in his tone. "Of course it is! I think I'd know, wouldn't I?" Reginald says. "Everybody else can see Ben, right?" Asks Klaus, still a little out of the loop. "Cute hat, Sundance." Ben sarcastically says, Klaus tips his hat at him. This makes you chuckle, smiling a bit. Your smile catches Five's attention but it immediately fades once you notice.

"They call themselves the Umbrella Academy, a group of scheming, perfidious malcontents who accosted me in the fall of 1963 when I was away on business in Dallas. Be warned, they claim to be my spawn." Reginald explains. During his explanation, you noticed that Five kept glancing from you to something else. Something that was past the hall, towards the door. Was he planning on making a run for it? Then she noticed the briefcase.
"Claim? Look, Five, what the hell is going on?" Asks Allison. "I don't know yet, but it's concerning." He responds.

"Is he telling the truth?" Asks Marcus. "Not the part about us being perfidious." "No, we're amateur-fidious, at best." "But we are his children." "This is our house." "Yeah, yeah. We, uh... We grew up here."

"Yeah, we grew up here." Alphonso mocks Luther, followed by the sparrows snickering. Even you couldn't contain your smile. "I kind of think we would have noticed you." Says Sloane, Luther's face lights up at the sight of her. "Hi. I'm Luther." He says, a goofy smile plastered on his face. Sloane looks down bashfully. You smirk turning back to tease Sloane. Sloane smirks and points back at the group of strangers with her head. This makes you turn back around and see that Five was still staring longingly at you. This makes you nervously look down. Sloane chuckles.

"Okay. None of you belong here." Allison says. You raise your brow at this. You scoff, "So now we don't belong in our own home?" You ask her. "Oh! Well, then. I guess we'll just pack our bags and move out." Says Fae sarcastically. Christopher proceeds to say something only the sparrows understood making them chuckle, receiving weird looks from the umbrellas. "You slay me, Chris." Ben exclaims.

"I wasn't expecting company." Grace sighs coming into the room holding a plate of cookies. "This is the best I could do on short- Short... Short notice." she glitches.

"Mom." says Diego "Mom? She's a robot, you perv." says Jayme "It's not a robot."
"Hey, don't you call him that." "Or what?" "Come closer and find out." "Luther! Guys, chill!" "Think I'm afraid?" "Stand down, Ben." "Look at that! She's got a voice!" "How about I hide that big Rubik's Cube up your ass?" You simply stare amused at the grown 30 year olds fighting like teenagers.

"Enough! I don't know what circus you escaped from or how you got past our security, but we're done here. You got 30 seconds to get out of our house." "And if we don't?" "Then we'll have to settle this the old-fashioned way."