I Think I'm Alone Now (Criminal Minds/ Umbrella Academy Crossover)

Chapter 6: We're going to be okay.

Six months. It had been six long months sense Spencer had left the hospital with Luther, Diego, Allison, Five (who now had an actual name), Klaus, and Vanya. Morgan and Ben had joined them in their home a week later. To say that life had been a whirlwind sense they adopted the seven children would be an understatement. The new family had to move to a house instead of living in the apartment that Morgan and Spencer had been sharing, start therapy for the children (which was going a lot better now than when they had first started the weekly sessions with the kids), start physical therapy for Allison and Ben, start family therapy for everyone (which he and Morgan had both struggled with at the beginning, but were very happy with the continuing results), go through the adoption process with all seven children, and on top of all of that they had to work through the court case and make sure that Luther's actions with Hargreeves wouldn't be on his record in any negative way. The six months felt like six days with how busy it had been. But things were calmer now, and Spencer couldn't hide his grin if he wanted to as he sat on the front porch of their three story home in a peaceful neighborhood, only a 20 minute drive away from work, and only five minutes away from JJ's house. Vanya and Ben were sitting with him on the front porch, the boy reading a book in Spencer's lap while Vanys was practicing her violin, the music carried by the wind of the beautiful spring day. "What is this word?" Ben asked looking up at Spencer, pointing to the word 'encounter' in his book. Spencer looked away from the other children who were playing some type of game in the front yard and sounded out the word with Ben, then explained what the word meant.  "Hey! Come on Luther. That's not fair!" Klaus called out as Luther kicked the soccer ball over his head, and into the make shift goal that the kids had made with sticks and twigs from the tree in the front yard. "How is it not fair? I didn't break any rules." He said with a grin as Allison grabbed the ball. "Yea Klaus, that was a fair play. Don't be a sore loser." She said, Spencer grinning as the sound of her voice. He could still remember the first time she spoke to him like it was yesterday.

-Five Months Ago-

She had been in physical therapy for almost a month and the doctor was starting to lose hope that she would ever talk again. But Morgan and Spencer didn't let their disappointment in the situation show in front of their daughter as they drove her home from the therapists session. As they pulled into the driveway Allison started to unbuckle her own seat belt and Spencer was jsut glad that she was alive, voice or no voice. That day so long ago could have been so different if not for Hotch's actions. Allison had run inside the house after Morgan opened the car door for her, eager to see her siblings after being away from them for a few hours while Spencer and Morgan took their time walking into the house. Morgan walked into the kitchen where his mom, the kids grandmother, was cooking dinner while Spencer went to check in on the other kids who were finishing their homework in the living room. The kids weren't nearly ready to go to any form of public or private school after only a month of adjusting to their new lives. So the couple had decided the a home tutor and homeschooling would be the best for the time being. He walked into the living room to see everyone working, except for Klaus and Allison. "Luther, where are your brother and sister?" Spencer asked. "Klaus went upstairs to get his notebook awhile ago and Allison went to go check on him and get her homework from her room." The boy said without looking up from his math sheet. Spencer thanked him before walking up the steps, but before he made it all the way to the second floor he could hear some sort of commotion. "Dad!" He heard someone cry out and he started running, taking the steps two at a time, hearing the fear and shrill sound of the voice calling for him. He didn't even think as he threw the door open to to bedroom where he could hear crying. Allison was kneeling next to Klaus's bed and looked worried as Spencer ran over. This wasn't the first time that Klaus had some form of anxiety/panic attack and hidden under his bed, but it was the first time that Allison was a witness and it clearly had scared her as well. "It's okay Allison, it's okay." He said gently as he lowered himself to the floor and tried to get Klaus's attention. The scared boy sobbed when he saw Spencer and practically jumped out from under the bed and climbed into the mans arms. "I'm here now Klaus. Breath, feel my chest and breath with me." Spencer said gently petting the boy's messy hair down with one hand while running the other hand over the boys back, the man could feel the boys heart racing against his hand as Klaus struggled to get his breathing under control. It took a few minutes, but soon enough Klaus was breathing normally and slumped against Spencer, his legs wrapped around Spencer's waist and arms around his neck. The sudden attack had taken any energy the boy had left from the day as he snuggled his face into Spencer's neck, resting in one of the few places he knew was safe. "Dad, is he okay?" Allison asked sitting on her knees next to the two boys. Spencer blinked, his mind blanked out for a second at the shock of two things. 1) Allison finally calling him dad, and 2) she was using her voice! It was a whisper, but he could hear her beautiful voice coming out of her. "Dad, why are you crying? Do I need to get Papa?!" She asked going to stand up, but Spencer wrapped his arm that wasn't supporting Klaus around her and pulled her into his side in a hug. "No, I'm - I'm just happy. These are happy tears. Klaus is fine...your voice is beautiful honey." He said looking to the young girl as she blushed. She seemed confused for a few seconds before her hand hovered above the scar that was on her neck. "I - I did it!" She said, her voice a whisper again, but they had heard it. She had talked. "I'm so proud." Spencer said kissing her cheek. "Now let's go tell Papa that you said 'Dad' before 'Papa'. It will be entertaining." Allison smiled and stood up, before helping Spencer stand with a tired Klaus still slumped against him. Klaus was fighting a loosing battle with sleep in Spencer's arms as they walked down the steps together, Allison rushing into the kitchen. "Your sister must love you very much to use her voice to help you, right Klaus?" Spencer whispered as the boys eyelids fluttered shut. Spencer got a sleepy grunt as an answer and he smiled as he heard Morgan say "You've gotta be kidding me! But I'm the cool Dad!" from the kitchen.