Dysfunctional ~ F.Hargreeves

64} Dry Cleaners And Marigold Shots

After a brief drive in Diego's slowly dying van, the Hargreeves family arrived at Sy's Dry Cleaning.
"Stay behind Five," Lila warned the family as they all exited the van, "He's got the gun."
Luther slowly creaked open the door to Sy's and let Five enter before the rest of the siblings. He did a quick scan around the premises with his gun at the ready and a flashlight; like a true CIA agent in a TV show.
"Guys," Klaus mumbled through his gas mask, "Can't you smell that? This place is a chemical wasteland."
In the back of the place, they stumbled upon a person tied to a chair with a bag over their head. Luther took the bag off to reveal Viktor's squinting face.

"Hey, there he is," Luther gave his brother a reassuring smile.
"Looking good, buddy," Ben said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Thank god!" Klaus tried to take his mask off, "What's up, Vik?"
"Couldn't make it to your niece's birthday?" Diego smugly asked.
"Well," Viktor readjusted to his surroundings, "I was on the way, and then I got kidnapped, so..."
"Yeah, nice excuse," Diego playfully rolled his eyes.
"Diego," Lila scolded him.
"Do you guys wanna untie me, or..." Viktor gestured to his tied down limbs.
"Oh, yeah, sure," Luther snapped out of his daze and got to untying his brother.
"Who grabbed you?" Ben asked while helping Luther, "Was it Hargreeves and his goons?"
"No way," Five scoffed, "This is amateur hour."

"I apologize if my methods are a little crude," A bald man with a beard approached from the back, causing Five to point his gun at him, "But this is my first kidnapping. And hopefully, my last. But I need your help," He had a gun pointed at the family as well.
"Well," Five stood straight on, "Kidnapping our brother and pointing a gun at us isn't gonna buy you much goodwill."
"It was the only way I could make sure that you came here. All of you. I couldn't leave anything to chance. Especially when it comes to... the Umbrella Academy."
"No one's called us that in six years," Diego counted on his fingers.
"Sorry, pal," Five blew him off, "The Umbrella Academy doesn't exist."
"Um, okay, but..." The man slowly placed the gun down, "Okay, but... just... Can you explain this then?" He pulled some shit out of a box and showed them a newspaper clipping, "Oh crap," He pulled out a weird homemade device, "I almost forgot about our last guest."

He hit the button and a blue flash of light burst next to him, with a pissed off Jenna emerging from it.
"What the fuck, Sy!?" Jenna wrapped her arm around his throat and put a knife to it, "You do this in every fucking timeline. I'm going to kill you. Do you know how fucking long it took me to make that briefcase functional in this timeline?" She nudged a sputtering and dying briefcase near her feet, "A while!"
"I'm- I'm sorry," Sy croaked out, "But this was the only way I could get you here. I didn't want it to come to this, but you blocked my emails."
"Jenna..." Five let his gun fall to the ground as he stared at his long lost wife with tears forming in his eyes.
I knew it...

"Hi, Muffin," She winked at her husband, gesturing to his wrist, "I see you got my gift," She quickly turned her attention back to Sy, "I'm nine months pregnant and past my due date, you little shit."
"I didn't know..." Sy gasped for air beneath her hold.
"Go to hell," Jenna dug the knife into his skin a bit before letting him go, "And the emails were hella creepy, by the way." She walked over to Five and pulled him to a quick kiss, "I missed you, Pocket Watch," She kissed his cheek afterwards and walked back to the corner where she spawned in, "Later losers. Love ya!" She flashed out of existence similarly to Five when he still had his powers.
"What just happened?" Diego leaned over and whispered to Allison.
"No fucking clue," She shook her head in disbelief.
Five silently stood in his spot, caressing his cheek and fiddling with his lips where Jenna had kissed him.

"Looks like our guest of honor won't be staying," Sy rubbed his throat and passed the newspaper to Klaus, "But as I was saying, this is you guys, right?"
"The Umbrella Academy saves the Eiffel Tower?" Klaus read the heading, "When the hell did we do that?"
"Where'd you find this?" Ben asked, curiously.
"It was in this box of things in the trunk of my daughter's car," Sy explained, "Her name's Jennifer."
"Where did she get that?" Lila interrogated.
Diego started sifting through the box and Sy replied, "I don't know. But, okay, listen. So, about a year ago, she met these new friends, and, uh," Klaus dug around and found Dave's old dog tags which he snatched, "They started going to these strange meetings. They're very strange people. They call themselves the Keepers, and, uh..." Lila and Five exchanged a knowing glance, "And then, over time, she stopped talking to me. Just stopped. And that was about three months ago, and I haven't seen her since and I believe something terrible has happened."