AETHER ~ UMBRELLA ACADEMY

2.07

Öga for Öga

Lea was sick and tired of time travel. Absolutely exhausted. 

But there she was, with Five. In 1982.

Clearly every other time period just wasn't good enough, she just wanted to go back to 2019, it was nice there.

They walked towards the address they were given, having to practically jump out the way of the car door opening, a man coming out right after, people are so inconsiderate.

The two did come out of nowhere but that doesn't matter, the man should have checked.

They walked through the door, looking at some weird taxidermy on the walls which was so extremely creepy. 

“Excuse me,” Five interrupted a woman who was trying to rearrange the display on the front desk.

She jumped, turning back to the two, “Uff da. You snuck up on me there. If you're looking for the cookies, we don't put ‘em out till three.”

Five sighed, “I can hardly wait.”

Lea tapped his shoulder slightly, “Can we wait till three, I’d love a cookie.”

Five shook his head in amusement before turning back to the woman, “Uh, do you happen to know where the Midwest Soybean Society is meeting?”

“Sure do. Muskellunge Banquet Room,” the woman pointed into the direction behind her. “You looking for your mom? She in for the convention?”

Lea tried not to laugh, “Yeah, she’s waiting for us.”

Five then looked to the side before pulling out a bank note, “Hey, can I have some change?”

The woman took it off of him, “Oh, sure, I’ll just look in my purse. Only a nickel and a couple of dimes. Ooh! You. . . are. . . in luck, mister.” She said handing the boy some coins.

Five chuckled softly, “You know, some say the best luck is to die at the right time.”

Lea looked at him in annoyance, “What?”

But he then grabbed the girl's hand walking towards the direction the woman pointed.

He walked towards a vending machine, putting the coins in and typing the number he wanted in for a chocolate but it got stuck.

“The best luck is to get a chocolate bar out of a vending machine,” Lea pointed out. 

Five ignored the passive aggressive comment, scoffing before hitting the machine very angrily, shaking it and elbowing it. Finally, he kicked the machine but started to walk away before he could get anything. 

The  blonde girl, however, put a packet of crisps and a chocolate bar into her jacket pockets, quickly skipping after him.

The two of them stood in front of the door, Five looking to the right and picking up two axes, handing one to Lea as they walked through the open door.

At the head of the table was a– person? – with a fish tank as a head, Lea thought it was very funny.

“You?” The person gasped, standing up. “Call security!”

And just as someone wheeled their chair towards a phone in the corner of the room, Five jumped towards her whacking the axe down onto her arm, cutting it clean off.

“Get ready to die,” Lea whispered menacingly, using fire to burn off one of the men’s heads as Five went to his own thing.

Lea took the right side of the room, burning the steel of the axe so it was alight before swinging it at whoever was closest to her, blood splattering all over her.