Control {The Umbrella Academy} *Complete*

Chapter 13

"Klaus! Get in the damn car!" Leta sped up next to the man, throwing open her door while continuing to roll. Klaus jumped in, slamming shut his door as Leta stepped on the gas, screeching away as fast as possible. She glanced in her rear view mirror as the man giving chase finally decided to give up.

"Christ, what took you so long!" Klaus elbowed her in the side, ripping open a bag of Chetoes. She reached over and snatched the bag.

"Just be glad I came ya nuisance." He laughed, reaching in the bag and stuffing one of the puffs into his mouth.

He plastered on a cheesy smile and tilted his head. "Ohh, you know you love me." He batted his eyes, licking the cheese dust off his fingers.

She tried not to smile, but his mischievous face was impossible to deny. "Shut up."

"Corn chip?" He held his hand up, a chip pinched between his fingers. She smiled, leaning over and opening her mouth. He happily obliged, placing it on her tongue.

"Okay, you're forgiven."

It didn't take long for them to get home, the two enjoying junk foods and rocking out to 90's classics. They pulled up in front of the Academy, parking next to Diego's four door.

The two wandered inside, bags of junk food piled in their arms. "Hey Diego! I'm home!" She called out, popping her keys on the hooks by the door. She heard sounds coming from the sitting room.

The two walked into the room, snacking on the stolen foods. They entered upon the small talk between Diego, Luther, Allison, and Vanya. "Oh good, you're here." Luther stood and gestured for the two to come into the room.

"How the hell did you get her before us?" Leta questioned, taking a seat next to Diego.

"Not important. We need to talk about Grace." She let out a bit of a laugh, slumping back into the couch.

"'Cause you seemed so interested in talking about that earlier."

He ignored her comment, turning to the VCR behind him and putting in a tape. "You should see this."

It was then they all became inthrawled in the video being played. Leta's mouth hung open a bit as she watched.

"That's impossible." The T.V. shut off, she was unable to really come to terms with it. "Grace... she couldn't have just watched him... she just." She trailed off, pulling her knees up to her chest.

"You really think Mom would hurt Dad?" Vanya looked about as shocked as Leta felt as she said it.

"You both haven't been home in a long time." Luther crossed his arms. It almost felt like he was happy that this was happening. "Maybe you just don't know Grace anymore."

"If he was poisoned that would have shown up on the autopsy report." Diego was definitely not letting this go without a fight. He looked up at his brother in pure disdain.

Luther took a defensive stance. Allison glanced down at her hands when he tried to catch her eye. "Yeah, well I don't need a report to tell me what I can see with my own eyes."

"Yeah, and we're the ones who've been away from home too long." Leta mocked, pushing away her snack bag. She glanced over at Klaus. He was standing by a pillar starting off into space. She frowned, but quickly returned her attention back to the conversation.

Diego stood and grabbed the remote off of the stand, rewinding the footage to where Grace entered the room. "And maybe all that low gravity messed with your vision. Look. When she sits down Dad has his monocle, she stands up and it's gone." Klaus snapped out of his daze, pointing at the screen. He hollered an acknowledgement over the sound of chewing chips. "She wasn't there to poison him. She took it. To clean it."