Lotus |1| The Umbrella Academy

Ten

Chapter Ten:

"Hey."

Lotus groaned, hiding her face. She had fallen asleep, and was in no mood of moving. That was another talent of hers, being able to sleep absolutely anywhere, even in the presence of a insane but driven man child.

"Hey— hey." Fingers flicked her forehead where her hands failed to guard, next thing she knew hands that were not her's were shaking her awake.

"Fine!" She hissed shifting up, "I'm awake. Are you happy now? Damn."

"That's our guy." Five pointed at the building. A man, who she recognized as Lance walked out of the building gripping a bag. Lotus watched carefully as a car pulled up and he walked towards it, looking around before shoving the bag through the window and rushing back into the building.

"What the hell is he doing?" She asked.

"Don't know." Five told her swinging open his door, "Come on."

"What—" she rushed after him, slamming the door shut as she trailed. He speed walked across street, pacing back and fourth where the car had just been parked. "What are you looking for."

"Anything."

"Anything?"

"Nothing." He grumbled, "There's Nothing here!"

Lotus sighed looking up at the building. A lot of lights were still on and she could see the shadow of someone walking around a room. Street lamps flickered on, a static noise filled the air. The building didn't feel right to her, but she had no idea why, considering she didn't know this place existed until Five brought her there. Even after all the asking, she still hadn't gotten a clear answer from him about her part in his grand plan. She figured the obvious, but she didn't think her power couldn't reach the limits of whatever he was planning. Five huffed shoving his hands into his pocket as he turned to stare up at the building, a foot tapping angrily on the cement.

"Why don't we go back to the van?" Lotus questioned already turned around, "And see if he leaves again?"

Five said nothing but slowly followed her anyways, keeping an eye on the front door of the building as he did. She was almost about to cross the street when hands wrapped around the hood of her sweater and yanked her backwards. She stumbled back across the sidewalk and crashed into a cement wall, blocking the view of the doors. She turned to see Five staring out, she glared at him fixing her sweater.

"What is your problem?" She smacked his shoulder, "You couldn't of just told me—"

"He's leaving." Five hissed, hitting his hand around open air at her. "I've got to follow him."

"We can go back to the van."

"I don't have time."

Lotus' eyes widened, "No- Five!" She yelped as he took a step back "Don't you dare leave me here—"

But it was to late, he had vanished in a blink of blue. Lotus groaned throwing her hands up in the air, thinking what was she to do now? She didn't have the keys to the van, Five had also taken those with him. The Academy wasn't to far away, but she wasn't sure if she wanted to go there. Lotus didn't feel as if she belonged there, as Pogo had suggested. That place was foreign to her, but maybe any of the inhabitants could help her find Five. Her feet carried her back across the street, sprinting through alleyways and quiet neighbourhoods. Her shoulder had started to ache, and upon further discover of moving her sweater out of the way she saw the bandage that Pogo had put on was completely soaked in blood. She grimaced covering it up again, figuring she hit it when Five yanked her backwards into a stone wall.