The Umbrella Academy

Chapter 1: Stuck in Time

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17 YEARS AGO...

Grace, their robotic mother finished setting the table for dinner and started playing a record for everyone to listen to during meal times. She then rang a bell and a few moments later, the children came rushing down the stairs for dinner. They all stood behind their chairs and waited as Reginald appeared.

He stood at the head of the table and looked at them. "Sit."

They all sat down and began eating, listening to the lecture being played throughout the room. Luther and Allison exchanged looks from across the table, Ben was reading a book, and Klaus was secretly rolling up a joint under the table.

Five on the other hand was staring at Reginald and suddenly slammed his knife into the table, making everyone pause.

Reginald looked up at him. "Number Five?"

"I have a question." Five stated.

"Knowledge is an admirable goal, but you know the rules. No talking during mealtimes. You are interrupting Herr Carlson." Reginald told him.

"I want to time travel." Five demanded.

"No." His father said simply.

"But I'm ready. I've been practicing my spatial jumps just like you said." Five insisted. He demonstrated by jumping and reappearing right beside him.

"A spatial jump is trivial when compared with the unknowns of time travel. One is like sliding on ice, the other is akin to descending blindly into the depths of the freezing water and reappearing as an acorn." Reginald explained.

Five sighed in annoyance. "I don't get it."

"Hence the reason you're not ready." Reginald concluded.

"I'm not afraid." Five insisted.

"Fear isn't the issue. The effects it might have on your body, even on your mind, are far too unpredictable. Now, I forbid you to talk about this anymore." His father commanded.

Five gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes before storming off.

"Number Five! You haven't been excused. Come back here!" Reginald scolded.

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Five burst out of the mansion and started stomping down the streets. While he was walking, he jumped through time, and found himself in the exact spot, just in the summer time.

He smirked. "Not ready my ass."

He jumped again and was still walking down the same street, except it was snowing all around him.

Feeling more and more excited, he ran forward a little and jumped again. He appeared in the exact same spot, but something was very very wrong. Everything around him was destroyed. All the buildings had crumbled and were on fire, the sky was filled with smoke and ash, and there wasn't a single sign of another human being around.

Five looked around in shock and turned back around, running back down what was left of the street and going back to the mansion which was now in ruins.

"Vanya! Ben! Dad! Anyone!" He called.

Five tried to use his ability to jump back to his time, but it wasn't working. "Come on. Come on!...shit."

He looked back at the destroyed mansion and fell to his knees, realizing that he was now stuck in the desolate wasteland.

With no way to get back.

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