Golden |2| The Umbrella Academy

SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: NEW PLAN

*explains the photo above
I do these character board things for some of my stories so I remember what they look like and stuff and this ones my fav so I thought I'd share this one of Lotus. Ignore how bad it is but that's what I imagined she'd kinda look like.*

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Five was the first to show up, he blinked in out of nowhere and immediately began to scale the nearby dumpster. He opened the lid and yanked out a briefcase, landing back on the ground with a smile. He slipped a stopwatch from his pocket and stared, "Why is nobody here?"

Lotus sighed, "I don't know what you were expecting."

He shook his head, peering down the alleyway. "I'm here!" Luther shouted coming from behind, "Where's everyone else?"

"You're the first." Five huffed, eyes trained on the opening.

"Wait." Lotus said, watching as a figure stumbled by before making their up towards them. "Klaus!"

He was struggling as he walked, bending back and forth, and swatting around his head. "We made it!"

He stopped in front of them, both his brother's stared in confusion. "What do you mean we?"

Lotus pursed her lips, watching as Ben appeared half in and half out of Klaus. "Um." She mumbled, "Is that normal?"

"Is what normal?" Luther asked.

Lotus pointed as Klaus struggled, "Ben is inside him. Like inside, inside. Oh my god he's possessed—"

Klaus turned to the side and puked. And not a little, but either way they were all looking down at the beige pool with disgust. Ben laid in the middle of it, also covered head to toe.

"He just threw up his brother." Lotus grimaced, moving behind Five. "I just watched a man puke up his ghost brother."

"I can't believe it! I mean you're here." Luther huffed, staring at Klaus sprawled out on the ground. "This is insane!"

"We have eight minutes left." Five hissed.

Lotus frowned, maybe she was to hopeful when she thought they would be actually going home. "Got any other plans, Five?" She looked to him.

"This was it."

Klaus mumbled aimlessly, staring at the sky. Lotus felt bad for the man, his own puke slowly trailed towards his body.

"Damn it!" Five huffed, "I got this for nothing!"

"What day is it today?" Klaus whispered.

Luther punched the dumpster, "We only have a minute left!"

"What's going on, guys? Are we going somewhere?" Klaus asked.

"It was a simple task. It was a simple task!" Five dropped the case and paced back and forth, anger rolling off him in waves. "All we had to do was be here! Didn't have to fight a giant sea monster, no. An army of mutants, nein."

"I can't believe this." Luther sighed.

"It was handed to us on a silver platter!"

Klaus sat up, bringing his hands to his head. "Could you guys moan a little softer? My head is killing me."

"Listen to me you little puke bag!" Five seethed marching up to him, "We just blew our chance to save the world—"