The Umbrella Academy

Chapter 1: Breaking and Entering

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Luther opened his eyes when he felt something on his arm. He looked over and saw Allison sitting on his bed, with her hand on his arm. He slowly pulled away from her and turned to his side.

Allison sighed. "There's something you have to see."

...

Luther and Allison stood next to Grace, who had been shut off.

Allison noticed how her arm was sliced open. "Last night, those two guys with the masks, they did this to her." She figured. "It has to do with Five and that girl, right? I mean, they were looking for them."

"I know I argued to turn Grace off, but it doesn't make it any easier seeing her like this." Luther admitted.

"Poor Diego." Allison sympathized. "This is gonna be so hard on him."

"Yeah, it's hard on all of us."

Luther stood up to walk away, but Allison stopped him.

"Luther, are you sure you're okay? You know you can talk to me." She told him.

Luther tried to brush it off. "I'm fine. I don't really want to discuss it."

"Hey, don't do that. Don't shut me out. When I left you were still...I mean, what happened?" She asked.

"Dad sent me on a mission...and it went um...badly. I almost died. He saved my life." Luther explained.

It was true that Reginald had saved his life, but in order to do that, he ended up mixing Luther's blood with simian blood, which made him part monkey.

"Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you through it." Allison told him.

"I was fine. Alright? I am fine. I don't need any help." Luther reassured her.

"People are attacking our family. Come on, talk to me." Allison pressed.

"Don't. I can't talk about it. I'm sorry." With that, Luther walked away, leaving Allison staring after him.

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Vanya jolted awake by the sound of cluttering around. She looked around for a moment and remembered that she had spent the night on Leonard's couch. She looked over and saw him standing in the dining room pouring coffee.

"I hope I wasn't being too loud." He said.

Vanya sat up and rubbed her head. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I must have fallen asleep last night."

He waved it off. "It's okay, you were exhausted. I would've let you sleep all day too, but..."

Vanya's eyes widened. "Rehearsal." She quickly stood up and grabbed her coat, reaching into the pocket. "Shit!" She swore.

"What?"

"I thought I'd be going home last night, so I left my refill. Stupid!" She scolded herself.

"So you stop by on your way." Leonard told her.

"No, there's no time. I really need it for my nerves. I've been taking it since I was a kid." Vanya told him.