UMBRA ━ FIVE HARGREEVES

TWENTY FOUR

—𝘼𝙋𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙔𝙋𝙎𝙀!

❛❛ 𝙄 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐! ❜❜

~ ☂︎︎ ~

"𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙊𝙉, 𝙄 𝘾𝘼𝙉'𝙏 let you do that, all right? She's beyond reasoning." Luther chased after Allison, the rest of us following him up the steps of the theater.

"You hear the music? It's started," Diego shouted over muffled violin music coming from inside the building.

"Do you honestly think she's going to listen? After everything that's happened?" Luther asked Allison.

"Come on guys, hurry up. We don't have time for petty arguing," I said impatiently. "Ok," Luther sighed, nodding at Allison. She immediately ran down the hall.

As soon as she was out of earshot, Diego spoke up. "You're using her as a distraction, aren't you?" he asked. "Our best chance is to incapacitate Vanya. She'll thank us later," Luther said. I really wanted to slap him right now.

The four us began to walk in the direction Allison went. "So, what's the plan?" Klaus questioned.

"You wait out front," Luther instructed. I gave him a confused look. If he was able to completely conjure Ben earlier, shouldn't he be with us?

"What?" Klaus asked. "Yeah, you're the lookout," Luther asked, brushing the topic aside. "The lookout?" he said once again, in disbelief. "Yeah, seriously. What did Klaus ever do to you? He can be useful, maybe he'll be able to conjure Ben again." Luther stopped and turned to me. "Come on, you know that won't happen. I know you think you saw Ben, but that isn't going to help us."

I scoffed, pulling Klaus into a quick hug. "I'm sorry," I whispered. He just nodded, gesturing for me to keep going.

I continued to follow Diego and Luther down the hall. Diego found us a door to the backstage, letting us inside. I followed Luther to one side of the stage (because we all know he needs more protection) while Diego went to the other. Diego and Luther immediately ran into the stage, while I stayed back. And of course, knowing what Vanya could do, I code the right thing. I force created by her pushed both of them back and onto the ground.

The audience began to scream and run away in fear. Many of the performers started to get up too, but Vanya used her powers to push them back into their seats. She stood in the center of the stage, continuing to play. Her whole body began to glow. I stood up, ready to use my powers to knock her out, but as quickly as I stood, I was pushed back on the ground. I immediately crawled to where Allison, Diego and Luther were behind a row of seats.

"She's stronger than I expected," Diego said, referring to Vanya.

"Yeah," Luther breathe out. Allison threw a bag at Luther, having no other way to retaliate. "Yeah, we're fine. Thanks for asking. Look, I almost lost you once, all right? I wasn't about to lose you again," he told Allison.