The Umbrella Academy

Chapter 3: Drunk Skunks

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Allison stood by a kiosk at the Icarus Theatre, waiting for Vanya to get out of rehearsal to tell her about Grace. While waiting she spotted a magazine that had her daughter Claire and her ex-husband Patrick on the cover. She grabbed it from the kiosk and flipped through the magazine angrily.

A few moments later, Vanya came out of the building and saw her standing there. "Hey, what are you doing here?"

Allison quickly closed the magazine and looked over at her. "Hey. I was looking for you. I, um. I wanted to be the one to tell you about mom."

"What?"

"Vanya, she's...she's gone." Allison told her.

Vanya's eye widened. "I thought we were gonna wait a bit."

"It was those psychopaths last night. They killed her. We found her this morning. And listen...last night, what I said—."

Vanya shook her head. "No, no, don't...don't worry about it."

Allison nodded, before she remembered something. "Oh, I have your keys." She said, handing them to Vanya.

Vanya looked a little confused. "Why do you have my keys?"

"It's a long story..." Allison replied vaguely. "Do you wanna get a drink?"

Her sister nodded. "Sure."

...

Hazel and Cha-Cha sat at the counter of Griddy's Doughnuts looking like they went through hell.

Cha-Cha stared down at her plate which had a chocolate donut with sprinkles. "I hate sprinkles. Maybe I just hate donuts. Why are we here again?"

Agnes came over with a coffee pot and gestured to their cups. "Refill?"

"God, yes, please." Hazel groaned.

Agnes smiled and refilled his cup along with Cha-Cha's, and went to go check on other customers, Hazel watching her as she left.

He then turned to Cha-Cha. "The world is ending. All this, all these...people...they'll be gone and they have...no idea."

Cha-Cha suddenly perked up in realization. "This is not a broken contract! Five, (Y/n), those assholes are trying to change the timeline."

"So, we're not only going to kill them, we're going to..."

"End the world." She confirmed. "Come on, let's get back to what's his name."

...

By what's-his-name, she was referring to Klaus, who they had left tied up in the closet. And who was now being bothered by ghosts, as they kept screaming his name.

Klaus panted heavily and screamed, although it was muffled by the duct tape over his mouth. Ben was in the closet with him, trying to keep him calm.

"Klaus, breathe, you're in the worst of it now. Just try and stay calm."

Klaus suddenly heard the sound of vacuuming and peered through the small slits in the closet door and saw that a maid had come in to vacuum. He tried screaming for help, but the woman had headphones on and was listening to music.