five and me ↴ the umbrella academy

chapter eleven ↴ fucking act like it!

"where have you been?!"

"who did this?!"

Kenzie sighed and plopped down on the sofa in the Hargreaves household, giving Five a pointed look. "that's right sweetheart, where have you been?"

"irrelevant." Five answered vaguely, downing a cup of coffee. Kenzie grimaced, stood up and brushed some dirt away from his face.

Five smiled gratefully and she winked back at him.

"so, the apocalypse is in three days. the only chance we have to save the world is well, us."

Luther said with a defeated expression, "the umbrella academy."

"yeah, but with me, obviously. so if you don't get your sideshow acts together and get over yourselves, we're screwed." he said firmly.

Kenzie decided backing him up would be a good idea, so she somewhat enthusiastically said, "yeah! who cares if you're dad messed you all up? are you gonna let that define you as a person? no you're not, because you're all individuals and you all have special talents— including Vanya!"

Klaus shook his head, but Five only continued.

"so, to give us a fighting chance to see next week, I've got a lead. I know who's responsible for the apocalypse." he stuck out a piece of paper and Allison took it. "Harold Jenkins?" she read, making Kenzie sit up. "any of you know a Harold Jenkins? like, is he an evil villain or some shit like that?" Diego shook his head. "I don't think so, so who is Harold Jenkins?"

Five shrugged. "I don't know— yet. but we have to find him because he's responsible for the apocalypse, and we have to do it now."

"how is connected to what's gonna happen?" Luther questioned with a frown.

"I don't know." Five answered flatly.

"so you just know his name? that's it?" Diego yelled exasperatedly. "There could be dozens of Harold Jenkinses in the city!" He snapped.

Kenzie got up and turned to Diego. "asshole, you're asking for the louie's through your jugular!"

"I'm sorry, but am I the only one being a bit skeptical right now? I mean, how exactly do you know all of this about what's-his-name?" Allison asked, making Kenzie roll her eyes.

"who cares, that's who he says it is, so it is." Allison rolled her eyes. "you know nothing about being a superhero." she jabbed nastily. Kenzie smiled innocently and tilted her head to the side. "neither do you, sweetie. you know, even when you were on tv I always thought you were shifty— you became a superstar over night! but now I know, you used you powers to get everything. in actuality, you don't know how to be anyone except a fake bitch. don't even come for me with that attitude sis."

Allison glared harshly at Kenzie. "you know nothing about our family!"

Kenzie scoffed. "I once comforted Vanya on her birthday, when none of her siblings called to say happy birthday." she got up and leaned against the arm of the chair she previously occupied. "she told me about her family. Luther—" Kenzie turned to Luther with a sharp glare, "the supposed brother that hated her." he sputtered as Kenzie next turned to Diego with the same glare. "the brother who mocked her relentlessly for being 'different'." next was Klaus, and unknown to Kenzie, Ben who stood next to him. "Klaus, even you told her to piss of as a kid! her favourite sibling was Ben, the one who passed away and crushed her. and lastly, Five." She turned to her boyfriend. "the missing brother."

Kenzie glared sharply at all of them. "you're lucky to even have each other! all I have is a dead sister and a distant father! you're a family, so fucking act like it for gods sake!"

(AUTHORS NOTE)

I'm so sorry for the long wait! I've been focused on school lately, but our fav couple, Fixie (I think that's what we're  going with?), finally got together!

I stg, I hate high school so fucking much! I had an essay that I had to do and I hated it 😬 like seriously, it's only my first year, and everything is so stressful.

tbh, you start of in high school thinking it will be magical, but when you get there you realise your best just isn't good enough! and then suddenly it's a passing game! i swear I used google 87 times during my essay!

anyway, sorry about that rant.

i love you all so much! thank you for all the votes and comments, I may not reply to them all but I appreciate every single one!

I'm changing the way I sign off now :)

peace,
b 💗