Doomsday Creators (The Umbrella Academy)

Defeated

Diego half carried, half dragged Lucy to the bowling alley where they would be re-grouping with the others.
They stopped off to grab a first aid kit from a pharmacy on the way, before heading to the meeting place.
After grabbing their bowling shoes from the reception desk, the pair made their way over to the rest of their siblings who had already arrived.
Aside from one other family, and the staff, they were the only ones in the building.

Diego placed Lucy down onto one of the seats and opened the first aid box.
"I'll take it from here" intercepted Five, as he snatched the box from Diego.
"Thank you" mumbled Lucy as Diego sat down next to her.
"Anytime sis. You did bust me out of jail" reminded Diego.
Five pressed an antiseptic cloth against the cut on Lucy's head, causing her to wince, before placing a large plaster over it.
"How do you feel?" Asked Five.
"Not great. My head feels like it's on fire, and I'm finding it hard to breathe" admitted Lucy.
"Well, that is a side effect of nearly being burried alive. But look, if the world doesn't end tonight, I promise I'll take you to a hospital in the morning"
"I'll hold you to that".

"I'm so sorry for what I did" apologised Luther as he rested his hand gently onto Lucy's shoulder.
She recoiled at his touch, and moved to a seat that was further away from his, making his face fall.
"I really am sorry. I never should have done that to you" continued Luther.
"No, you shouldn't have" replied Lucy coldly.
"I know I messed up, but I will make things right again, I promise"
"And how exactly are you going to do that?"
"I swear that I will keep you safe from now on"
"I do not want you anywhere near me, and I certainly don't want your protection"
"But you need it. You can't exactly look after yourself right now".

"Lucy has other siblings who she can rely on to keep her safe" reminded Diego.
"For once, I agree with Diego" admitted Five.
"I've never had boys fight over me before, this is new" mumbled Lucy.
"Look, I will make things up to you later, I swear. But right now we have more important things to worry about. Vanya is out there, and we need to find her before she does any more damage" announced Luther.
"Then it's a shame someone scared her into leaving the one place she was actually safe, where we could keep an eye on her" snapped Five.

"Well we all know where she is headed" sighed Lucy.
Her siblings all looked at her with confused looks on their faces.
"I mean, I assumed that we all know where she is going, since it's her concert tonight. She got first chair, remember, she is the featured performer at the show tonight at the Icarus theatre" continued Lucy.
"Of course, I remember you showing me the poster at Peabody's house" replied Diego.
"You really think she'd peform tonight after everything that happened?" Asked Five.
"Her family let her down, so the only thing she has left, is her music. There is nothing that could stop her from performing" answered Lucy.

"Now that we know where she is going to be, we can make a plan. And we all need to be ready to do whatever is necessary" announced Luther.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Questioned Diego.
"It means that we need to be prepared to do whatever it takes to stop Vanya" admitted Luther.
Allison frowned and hit Luther with her notepad.
"I thought we'd already realised that using force against Vanya doesn't work, since she is too powerful for us to stop" reminded Lucy.
"We don't have a choice. It's Vanya or the world" replied Luther softly.

"I hate to say it, but I'm with Luther on this one. We can't give Vanya the chance to fight back, not with 7 billion lives on the line" admitted Five.
"Five! How can you say that?" Questioned Lucy.
Allison quickly scribbled on her paper, 'she's our sister'.
"Allison's right. She is our family. She's not a monster. We can't abandon her now when she needs us most" insisted Lucy.
"She nearly killed you" replied Luther.
"No, you nearly killed me by locking me in my room"
"I was trying to stop you from freeing Vanya. I was trying to keep you safe and prevent something like this from happening"
"Well you failed!".

"Look, Vanya is a threat, and she needs to be eliminated as soon as possible" said Luther sternly.
"No, I'm not going to let you hurt my sister. I have already lost 2 sisters, and I'm not prepared to lose another" admitted Lucy.
"Vanya murdered Pogo. Vanya murdered mum. Vanya nearly killed Allison. She is too dangerous to be left alive. We have to stop her"
"But she-"
"It's her, or the entire planet".
Lucy sighed, and lowered her head, as she knew that putting her sister above the rest of the human race, was not the right thing to do.

"We will have to plan this carefully, for Lucy is right, Vanya is more powerful than us" admitted Five.
"Well maybe I can help" suggested Klaus.
"Now isn't the time for your games" replied Luther.
"No, let him speak. He saved my life today" revealed Diego.
"You did?" Questioned Luther.
"Well, I took the credit for it, but the real hero was Ben" announced Klaus.
"I'm sorry, what?" Questioned Lucy.

"I'm serious. Earlier today, Ben punched me in the face, and he was the one who stopped Diego from getting crushed" insisted Klaus.
"Ben is dead" reminded Luther.
"I'm being serious. It really happened. But if you need proof. I'll give you proof" announced Klaus as he picked up a bowling ball and threw it in the air.
Not surprisingly the ball just landed on the floor with a loud thud and rolled away.
"Is there anyway of silencing that annoying voice inside your head that constantly screams out to be the centre of attention" snapped Luther.
"You know I liked you better before you got laid" replied Klaus.

Luther's jaw dropped, and Allison's eyes went wide.
"Oh, shit. Sorry. Look it wasn't Luther's fault, cos he was really high. And the girl, she thought he was a furry" explained Klaus.
"Stop talking" begged Luther as Allison got out of her seat and walked away from the group, forcing Luther to run after her to apologise.
"I thought you'd changed Klaus. But you're just the same as you always were" sighed Lucy sadly.
"No I'm not. I'm sober now" replied Klaus.
"Maybe. But the one thing you don't joke about is Ben" said Lucy before getting up and sitting on one of the empty seats in the aisle next to theirs.