Eventually the two slow to a walk. Stellar lets go of Five's hand, looking up and running a hand through her hair, blinking back the tears which are threatening to spill from her eyes.
"Oh my god..." She whispers.
"We have to keep moving." Five urges.
She glances back, seeing the form of Reginald running toward them and nods, brushing past Five as she walks forward, ducking her head to hide her tears.
---
Stellar comes out of the tunnel behind Allison. She tilts her head. The same room stood before them, but...different.
"Let's never do that again." Viktor huffs.
"What, narrowly escape the apocalypse?" Five snarks.
"It's kind of our thing, isn't it?" Diego comments.
"There's something very wrong about that."
"Same suite, just ass-backwards." Lila observes.
"No hyperbole there." Five agrees.
"This is some hardcore Alice in Wonderland shit." Ben says.
"Yeah, it only gets weirder." Diego warns bitterly.
Stellar is still standing by the passage, watching as Reginald comes running, jumping into the room. As soon as he's in, she slams the door to the passage shut, crossing her arms as she narrows her eyes at him. He takes no notice of this, turning to everyone else.
"At last, the other side." He says vaguely.
Any second now.
"Wait- w-where's Klaus?" Viktor asks.
"Children, I'm sorry, but your brother...I did all I could, but he didn't make it through in time." Reginald says, a solemn expression on his face.
Stellar lets out a low scoff.
"Bullshit." She murmurs under her breath so he couldn't hear her, pushing herself off the wall she was leaning on and walking over to Lila.
"The Kugelblitz has claimed its last victim." Reginald says at the same time, unintentionally covering up her remark.
"No, he was right behind me when I entered the tunnel." Five reasons.
"We need to go back." Sloane says tearily.
"There's nothing to go back to." Reginald declines.
"Hate to say it, but he's right. Everything will be gone." Stellar agrees.
Reginald nods at her.
"Children, there will be time for tears later. Right now, we have to keep moving." He strides out of the room, not looking back. He knows they'll follow.
---
The elevator bell dings, and the group steps into the lobby. It's empty, the hallways dimly lit in a menacing way.
"It's magnificent." Reginald breathes, walking further in.
"That's one word for it." Stellar murmurs to Lila, who nods in agreement.
"You guys should have stayed here, this place is way nicer." Ben comments.
"Lila and I barely got out alive last time, remember?" Diego says darkly.
"Yeah, but I'm here this time, and the numbers are in our favour." Ben shoots back.
"The numbers were in our favour until we lost two people." Stellar says flatly. Everyone goes quiet for a second, the realisation fully setting in.
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Real or not real? (Five Hargreeves) Book 2
Fanfictionsequel to Is this real? Stellar finds herself meeting with the Umbrella Academy yet again, this time in a very different version of 2019. However, no meeting with these super powered siblings is ever chaos free. Or apocalypse free. s3 of umbrella ac...
