Dysfunctional ~ F.Hargreeves

76} This Must Be The Place (1)

"Oh, baby sister!" Klaus ran up to Jenna as soon as both her and Five made it back, "And even babyier sister! Awe! She's adorable. Hi, munchkin! You look just like your Daddy Jenna."
"She finally popped out?" Lila walked over and took a look at the baby for herself.
"Yes," Jenna sighed, "Took her long enough."
"So," Diego joined everyone slowly circling around Five and Jenna, "What's her name?"
"Evangeline," Jenna smiled down at her daughter.
"Still haven't decided on a middle name," Five scratched the back of his neck.
"Well," Luther commented, "Better think of one fast before the world ends," Diego slapped him across the chest, "What!? It's the truth."

"Speaking of the end of the world," Jenna looked around the slowly crumbling Umbrella Academy, "Did Hazel and Cha Cha show up? And where's Ben and Jennifer?"
"Ben and Jennifer are upstairs," Viktor pointed to the landing above, "And we haven't seen your buddies yet."
"Damn it," Jenna cursed under her breath, "We need them here before I can start the extraction."
"Extraction?" Luther abruptly turned to face her.
"The Marigold that infected our mothers bringing upon our births," Five explained to his siblings, "Shattered the timeline into infinite timelines. Same with the Durango. That's why Jenna was going after our doppelgängers."
"And why I was hoping you wouldn't take the Marigold," She elaborated, "First, I need the Durango version of Ben to meet Jennifer to set up the next timeline correctly. Then I need to extract the Marigold from all of you to reset the universe to the proper timeline."

"Am I the only one who's very very very confused?" Klaus groaned, grabbing his head in frustration.
"Nope," Luther looked at the ground, blinking repeatedly.
"So that's what Ben was trying to show me," Viktor realized.
"He what?" Jenna turned her attention to Vik.
"Back at the department store," Vik explained, "When I was trying to pull the Durango from his body, I had a vision. I think he was trying to show me the original timeline."
"He tried to kill you," Allison sat up from her spot on the couch.
"But he didn't," Vik smiled, "Jenna pushed me out of the way and he didn't try to kill her either. I think he was trying to show me that resetting the universe isn't a bad thing. I saw all of you- us. We had normal lives. It seemed... nice."

"You guys need to let me remove the Marigold from your bodies so I can destroy it," Jenna looked around at everyone with a sad smile.
"Okay, but what happens to us then?" Diego asked with a shaky voice.
"You die in this timeline, the universe gets reset one last proper time, and you all have normal lives, but..." Jenna stopped herself from sharing the rest.
"But what, Jen?" Diego furrowed his eyebrows.

"But you guys won't remember each other," She gulped, "You'll be strangers. And you all won't have the same birthday. You'll be born when you were supposed to be and not forced by the Marigold. Everything will be the way it was supposed to be, guys."
"Whoa," Klaus started waving his hands all over the place, "The Old Klaus may have been down for some recreational hara-kiri, but it turns out that I'm really not into killing myself and forgetting my favorite people on the planet, so count me out."
"It has to be all of you on board," Jenna announced, "Or it doesn't work."
"Does anyone else not like this plan?" Luther grunted.

"Well, what happens to our families?" Diego glanced over at Claire and the rest of his family in the corner.
"If you and Lila happen to find each other in the correct timeline, then nothing changes. If it's not meant to be, then... Well, I can't guarantee every one of them will still exist."
"Uh, I don't like that answer, Jen," Lila glared at her, "So what, my kids just won't exist?"
"I don't know!" Jenna tried to stop tears from rolling down her cheeks, "I don't know how the normal timeline's supposed to look, so I have zero clue whose kids will still exist and whose won't. You're not the only one worried about that, Lila. I just gave birth, like, thirty minutes ago. So, once Hazel and Cha-"