The Boy and The Psycho

The White Violin

Five and I run through the rumble in the place where our house once stood looking for our family.

"Guys!" Five yells.

Our siblings all turn to look at us with sad expressions.

"This is it. The apocalypse is still on. The world ends today." Five explains.

"I thought you said it was over." Luther says stepping closer to the two of us.

I run over to Klaus and he takes me into his arms.

"I was wrong, okay? This newspaper, I found it in the future the day I got stuck. The headline hasn't changed." Five explains while holding the newspaper up.

"No, that doesn't mean anything. The time could've been altered since that newspaper came out this morning." Diego points out.

"You're not listening to me. When I found it, I assumed this place came down along with everything else. But here we are. The Moon's still shining, the Earth is in one piece, but not the Academy."

Klaus leans over and snatches the newspaper from Five. "I'm confused."

"Then listen to me, you idiot! Vanya destroys the Academy before the apocalypse. I thought Harold Jenkins was the cause, but he was the fuse. Vanya is the bomb. Vanya causes the apocalypse."

"We have to find her." Luther says.

A helicopter comes whirling overhead shining a bright light down onto the rumble of the Academy.

"We gotta go, now. Regroup at the Super Star. Go!" Luther orders.

Five comes over to me and pulls me from Klaus teleporting the two of us away.

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Pins fall from the birthday party next to us and they erupt in cheering as the six of us sit at the lane beside them discussing our plans.

"Look, I hate to be the one to say this, but everyone needs to prepare." Luther says breaking the silence.

"For what?" Diego brings up his eyes to look at Luther.

"To do whatever it takes to stop Vanya. I--"

Allison slaps Luther on the chest with her notepad and gives him a glare.

He sighs. "We may not have a choice, Allison."

"Bullshit. There's always options." Diego says.

I look over between Luther and Diego from my spot on Klaus's lap.

"Yeah, like what?" Five asks.

"I don't know."

"Look, whatever we decide, we need to find Vanya. And fast, okay? She could be anywhere." Luther explains as he stands up.

I look at the newspaper in my hands and stop at a certain advertisement.

"Or... here." I say looking up at my siblings.

"Look at this." I move the newspaper around for them to see and point at the ad.

"That's right. Her concert is tonight." Diego says from over my shoulder.

"Hello." An unfamiliar voice says behind us.

We all stand up and face her.

"I hate to intrude, but my manager says if you're not gonna bowl, you gotta leave." She shines a fake smile at us and walks away.

A few of us look behind her at the shoe counter and a plump man slams down a pair of bowling shoes onto the counter.

"Whose turn is it?" I ask.

"Oh, for..." Luther huffs and picks up a ball chucking it across a few lanes before it hits a set of pins and knocks them all down.

Allison taps on her notepad for Luther to read. "She's our sister." It read.

"We're the only ones capable of stopping this. We have a responsibility to Dad."

"To Dad? No, I've heard enough about--" Diego starts then Luther cuts him off.

"He sacrificed everything to bring us back together."

"I'm with Luther on this one. We can't give her a chance to fight back. There are billions of lives at stake. We're past trying to save just one." Five says.

"Hey, you know, guys, uh... maybe I could help." Klaus says from his spot on my shoulder.

"Now is not the time." Luther tells him.

"No, let him finish." I look up at Luther and give him a glare.

"He saved my life today." Diego adds as Luther gives me a look.

"Is that true?" Luther asks.

"Yeah, yeah, I did... take credit for it. In fact, the real hero... was Ben."

We all confusingly look at Klaus as he looks around at us.

He sighs. "Today... Listen. Today, he punched me in the face. And earlier at the house, he was the one who saved Diego's life, not me."

"You are unbelievable, Klaus." Luther says.

"You want proof, is that it? All right. I-- I'll give you proof. All right, it's showtime, baby. Catch!"

Klaus picks up a bowling ball and chucks it at the counter behind Five and I. It hits the floor and bounces away.

All of us turn to Klaus and give him a look. He puts his hands on his head and sighs.

"Is there any way to silence that voice in your head that screams out to be the center of attention?" Luther sneers.

"You know, I liked you a lot better before you got laid." Klaus blurts out.

I turn to Allison and watch as her face change as Klaus puts his hands out to her.

"Which was a complete... It-- It wasn't his fault, 'cause he was ridiculously high, right? And-- And the girl, she thought he was a furry..."

"Stop!"

"Okay."

Allison quickly picks up her notepad and begins to leave after hearing of Luther's actions.

"Allison, wait." Luther tries to stop her but she keeps walking so he follows her.

"Excuse me?"

A larger woman and her young skinny son come walking over to Five and I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion.

"Excuse me, it's my son Kenny's birthday today, and... Uh... wouldn't your son be happier with kids his own age?" She asks looking at Five with an obnoxious smile.

Five scrunches his eyebrows at her.

"Assuming it's okay with your mom and dad and I'm assuming that's your stepdad." She points between Klaus and then over to Diego.

The three of us look at the lady at the same time then glance over at Five.

"I would rather chew off my own foot." Five answers her.

The lady drops her smile and then grabs her son.

"Let's go, Kenny."

Five gets up and runs over to a ball chute leaving me, Diego, and Klaus alone.

"If I was going to marry any of my sisters, you'd be the one I'd choose, hot stuff." Diego says leaning closer to me.

"You'd be lucky to get me."

I smile and lean in as if I were going to kiss him then I moved my head and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Oh dirty trick, Fi. Dirty trick."

He smirks and grabs my face and squeezes my cheeks until my lips were pouted and quickly pecks them then gets up.

"If I were to bang Fi and have a kid. I sure hope it wouldn't turn out to be anything like Five." Klaus says.

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