The Occult: DOOMSDAY

[ chapter eight ]

"Nuclear war, asteroids. But I'm thinking this is about the moon, right?" Luther says, instantly losing everyone in the room.

Melanie almost wants to laugh as she sees the look of desperation Diego sends Klaus the moment the word "moon" leaves Luther's mouth, but stops suddenly, feeling a strange wave of deja vu wash over her.

"Dad must have sent me up there for a reason. And I was giving him daily updates on the conditions, I sent field samples. So the first thing we need to do, is find his research."

"Hold on, hold the phone," Klaus interrupts, we all died fighting this thing first time around, remember?"

"Klaus, shockingly, has a point. What gives us a win this time?" Diego asks, adding onto Klaus's point.

Suddenly, a bright blue portal opens above the bar, making Melanie throw herself backwards into the cabinets behind the bar to avoid it.

"Jesus!" Allison yells, all of the siblings watching as Five fell on top of the bar in front of them.

"You guys, am I still high, or do you see him too?" Klaus asks worriedly.

Luther immediately starts to question him as he rolls off the bar, his feet barely landing under him as Luther and Allison help him stand up.

"Irrelevant." He replies to his questions, snatching the coffee cup from Allison's hand instead of answering.

The five watch him as he walks away from their little pack, slurping back every drop of coffee he could before turning to face them.

"So, the apocalypse is in three days. The only chance we have to save our world is, well, us."

"The umbrella academy." Luther says quietly.

"Yeah, but with me, obviously." Five adds, looking at everyone, "so if yall don't get your sideshow acts together and get over yourselves we're screwed."

Five is met with silence as everyone stares at him in shock, Melanie wordlessly exchanging glances with Diego as he continues.

"Who cares if Dad messed us up? Are we gonna let that define us?" He asks them sternly.

"No." Klaus replies, breaking the silence of the group and speaking for everyone.

"To give us a fighting chance to see next week, I've come back with a lead." Five announces, pulling a piece of paper from his pocket, "I know who's responsible for the apocalypse."

Allison immediately reaches out for the paper, her, Klaus and Luther crowding around it before Diego and Melanie join them.

"This is who we have to stop." Five says as she opens the folded paper.

Reassignment: protect Harold Jenkins.

"Harold Jenkins?" Allison reads aloud.

"Who the hell is Harold Jenkins?" Diego asks, looking between Klaus and Allison to see Five.

But instead of a answer, all they get is the sound of Five slurping on Allison's coffee cup.

"I don't know... yet." He says, throwing the empty cup into the room behind him. "But I know he's responsible for the apocalypse. So we have to find him, and we have to do it now."

"How is he connected to what's gonna happen?" Luther asks.

"I don't know."

"Wait, so you just know his name?" Diego asks, everyone taking turns at firing their questions to Five.