Cold Waters || The Umbrella Academy

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

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FIVE HURRYINGLY WENT to the place where the sound just came from—on the second floor of the house, specifically in Vanya's room. He grimaces when he incidentally stepped on a piece of broken glass on his way. His other siblings have arrived a few minutes before him. Inside, he saw Allison, Grace, and Felice surrounding the bed where Vanya peacefully sleeps. He looks around and finds that most of the things inside are broken. Presumably, because of the loud bang from before. 

He steps inside meeting eyes with his brothers Klaus and Ben both of which are at the far corner of the room; standing a few meters away from the bed.

"What happened?"

"Vanya happened." Ben whose now in his pajamas, replied.

Five approaches Felice, hand at Vanya's forehead, eyes, closed. He was about to speak when Grace softly held his shoulder, signaling him to keep quiet.

Behind them, he could hear the arrival of his other siblings Luther and Diego. When they were about to go near, he raised his hand up to stop them.

He watches as Felice does her work. Her palm that's resting on Vanya's head gradually glows in blue.

Klaus clasped his hand to his mouth in order to suppress his gasp. The rest of the team were frozen. Astonished to the sight that's coming together in front of them.

A few seconds more and the light slowly fades away. Felice opens her eyes, blinks softly and lightly falls. 

"Are they alright?" Luther asked finally entering the messy room.

"Yes, they are," Grace reassured everybody. "They just need rest. Plenty of it."

Five is now carrying the passed out form of Felice in his arms.

"What exactly happened in here?"

Grace and Allison exchanged looks.

"Well, it's a lot better to talk about this outside," Allison answered, "After we clean up."

The two brothers who arrived the earliest groans.

"Right. We wouldn't want to wake up the sleeping bomb." After earning his reply, Diego walks out. 

Luther followed him then Klaus next who wants to escape the task of cleaning the mess. Five gets out as well, proceeding to the living room to find a place where he can put the sleeping lady he's carrying.

THE AIR IS filled with tension as the rest of the team waits for Allison, Ben, and Grace. Five has placed Felice on the couch. Across her, Diego and Luther are sitting far from each other. Klaus folds his arms, patience losing as the clock ticks.

To distract himself, Five stands up and scans the room for anything interesting. He spots the old piano sitting at the corner, a family picture resting on the top. Eyes glinting with curiosity, he takes the frame.

There depicts a happy family of the Hargreeves: Sir Reginald in his thirties holding the hand of his pregnant wife dearly.

A slight smirk forms on his lips. He's never seen the man looked like this before. He wonders what happened that he turned out the way he was to them.

Beside is another picture of Felice alone. Putting back the first one, he takes the second and scans it closely.

A hint of surprise marks his face. Gone was Felice's different colored eyes nor the staff she used to carry around. In the picture, she looked like a happy healthy kid. Instead of having her remarkable blue and green orbs, in it, they are in deep brown.