"All right. First off, I wanna say I'm sorry. I know I really screwed the pooch on this whole going-back-in-time-and-getting-stuck thing. But the real kick in the pants here is we brought the end of the world back here with us," Five explains.
"Oh, my God, again?" Klaus whines.
We all look at him and nod.
"All of you knew? Why am I always the last one to find out about the end of the-- Oh, my God. My cult is gonna be so pissed. Five! I told them we had until 2019," Klaus whines even more.
"We have until Monday. We have six days," I explain.
"Is it Vanya?" Klaus asks, sipping his alcohol.
"Klaus," Allison and I say sternly.
"What? It's usually Vanya," he says.
"Do you have any leads, Five?" Vanya asks calmly.
Diego hands Five a folder, "yeah, we have one," Five says, handing Allison the folder.
She opens it and stares at the photo, "holy shit, is that Dad?"
"Yeah," Diego answers.
"That's him?" Vanya asks, not knowing what Dad looks like.
"And he's standing on the grassy knoll," I add.
"Fiona, Diego, and I have been trying to talk to Dad about what exactly this means. So far, we've got nothing," Five explains.
"Not nothing. We know he's planning to kill Kennedy," I correct, looking over at Five.
"Maybe. But we don't know who or what sets doomsday in motion. Could be Kennedy, could be something entirely independent. But if we know something changes the timeline, we have to make it right again," Five explains.
"Yeah, but how are we supposed to fix it, if we don't know what's broken?" Allison questions.
"Oh, come on. Do the math. We know Dad's having shady-ass meetings with some shady-ass people. We know he's on the grassy knoll in three days to kill the president. So I think we all know what we have to do," Diego rants.
"Find Dad," Five says.
"Kill Dad," Diego says at the exact same time.
We all turn and look up at Diego.
"None of us are supposed to be here, right? I mean, what if it's us? Has anyone here done anything to screw up the timeline?" Vanya looks around.
We all go silent until Luther speaks up, "Diego's been stalking Lee Harvey Oswald."
"And you're working for Jack Ruby," Diego butts back.
"Allison has been very involved in local politics," Klaus chimes in.
"Okay, you started a cult," Allison adds loudly.
"I'm... I'm just a... a nanny on a farm. I don't have anything to do with all of that," Vanya says.
"Well, maybe you do, we just don't know it yet," Allison tells her.
Diego whistles loudly, "listen to yourselves. Everything in our new lives is connected to Kennedy. That can't be a coincidence. Luther works for Ruby, Allison is protesting the government, Dad is on the grassy knoll, Klaus is... doing something weird and pervy but probably related. See, clearly, we were all sent back here for one special reason: saving John Fitzgerald Kennedy."
They all begin arguing with each other and I finally speak up, "Guys, you all die. Five and I were there. We saw it. And I wanna forget it, but I can't. I saw Russian nukes vaporize the world with all of you in it... in a war that never happened until we brought it here," my voice starts to quiver and Five wraps his arms around me.
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The Boy and The Psycho
FanfictionJust another Umbrella Academy FanFic :) I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN FIONA HARGREEVES DISCONTINUED as of 12/2023 highest rank: #1 in aidangallagher
