Water.

Air.

Water.

Air.

The words ran through Ivys mind as she was pulled deeper into the waters. Just as she attempting to pull up a truck fell into the water, pushing her rather deeper down. Lila was hit by the truck, falling into the freezing water as well. She saw Ivy sinking, falling deeper into the pond, reaching out for her.

Lila looked like she was considering it for a second, looked like she was actually thinking of swimming down and helping Ivy up. But she didn't, she did what everyone expected her to so and used her power to blow up the rest of the ice so she could crawl out.

Ivy was weak. She was powerful, easily one of the most powerful people along side Vanya. But being dropped in water, being freezing, having your powers sucked away from you... it wasn't easy for her. The girl, who's hair was a bright red now, squeezed her eyes shut and focused, focused as hard as she could.

And suddenly her powers twitched within you, the plants in the pond wrapping around her and pushing her up to the surface where she began gasping for air.

"Ivy! Ivy!" she heard Ronnie yell as she struggled to stay afloat, her truck sinking just a few feet away.

"What are you doing here?" Ivy asked as her teeth clattered, using the vines to pull Ronnies toward the shore with her.

"I couldn't leave you here, did you really expect me to just walk away and leave you here?" Ronnie asked her in disbelief with a laugh.

"No." Ivy said while scooting toward her, shutting her eyes and allowing the fire like feeling to form around them for a moment. Ronnie kissed her forehead as they warmed up as quick as they could within five seconds.

"How is she doing this?" Ronnie asked in shock as Ivy looked around.

"Shes like me... she can mimic everyone else, come on." Ivy said as she got to her feet fast when she heard Diego yelling for help, pulling Ronnie with her.

"Hey! What took you so long?" Diego snapped at his few siblings that crowded him.

"Well, we're here now. Do you wanna stop complaining?" Luther asked as Ivy punched his shoulder and motioned for him to lift.

"Or if you prefer we could just leave you." Klaus suggested as Luther pulled the large and heavy tractor off Diego's leg.

"What he said." Allison agreed as Ivy bend down to press her hand to his calf, healing the wound as quickly as she could.

"Does everything in this family have to be a discussion?" Vanya asked while pacing slightly.

"Most of the time, yeah." Ivy agreed with a nod of her head.

"Even when everyone is about to die?" Ronnie asked in disbelief as her pale skin looked porcelain under the snow.

"Pretty much again." Klaus agreed with Ivy as they pulled Diego to his feet.

"Team zero! Unstoppable!" Diego yelled while hitting palms with Luther and Ivy at once.

"Yeah! Tits up!" Ivy yelled as Ronnie looked at her oddly.

"Has anyone seen Five?" Allison asked after a second of silents between all of them.

"I don't know, he's around somewhere." Luther said as Ivy looked around quickly.

"That dumb bitch of a ex girlfriend of yours probably got to him." Ivy rolled her eyes as Diego patted her shoulders knowingly.

"Whys she wanna kill you guys?" Ronnie asked again.

"Does she always ask this any questions?" Diego asked annoyed as Ivy went to speak up before the pink haired girl cut in.

"I'd like to know why my girlfriend and I could possibly be dying, so yeah! I do!" Ronnie defended herself as Ivy put a hand up to silence the both of them.

"By the way, she can blink like Five." Luther spoke to Diego who looked confused.

"Yeah, that bitch rumored me so I couldn't breath." Allison said as Ivy looked to her quickly with worried eyes.

"She used the wind to almost drown me." Ivy added in as she rubbed her arms.

"And destroyed, like, half the farm with a shock wave. So unoriginal." Klaus said with a unbothered wave of his hand.

"If she can do everything we can do, she might as well just be one of us." Vanya confirmed as Ronnie scoffed.

"You think?" the taller girl asked.

"Yeah." Luther laughed before his face fell, "No. No, there's no way. It can't be."

"Lord, why did Five and I only get the brain cells?" Ivy asked with a groan as she rubbed her forehead.

"It's a reasonable conclusion." Allison said in shock.

"The brain cells or Lila?" Ivy asked her.

"Lila!" they all yelled at her, the girls hands going up in surrender.

"Eh, but there were only eight of us."
Klaus said with a knowing look.

"No, he only got eight of you." Ronnie spoke up, knowing from the stories Ivy has told over the years.

"Maybe we need to consider that there's more of us out there." Vanya spoke up toward the small group.

"Are we surprised?" Allison asked with a look of disbelief.

"Not really." Ivy said honestly, "When did Dad ever tell us the truth? About anything."

"But she's not our biological sister... right?" Diego asked with a uncomfortable look as Ivy stiffed a laugh.

"You better hope not, big boy." she laughed while clapping his back loudly .

"Okay, so, if she can mirror our powers, like Ivy can, that means anything we throw at her, she can match, right? Ivy?" Luther asked as he looked to his smaller sister quickly.

"Yes. Lila is a bit different then me, she can mimic whoever she wants at any time while I have to be emotional first... it makes her a lot more dangerous." the now auburn hair girl said as she looked at each of her siblings.

"Yeah but she can only mimic one of our powers at a time." Klaus pointed out with a knowing look, holding up a one with his finger.

"You sure about that?" Allison asked with a knowing look toward the man.

"Oh hell." Ronnie said as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Cause you're one of us." Diego spoke as the siblings walked into the barn, hearing Five speak to Lila about how the handler wanted her, "The a handler stole you, Lila."

Ivy looked to her twin, a nod of his head to reassure her he was okay.

"Just like our asshole father took all of us." Diego added in as he got closer to her, Ronnie stayed behind Ivy with weary looks.

"No, it's not the same thing." the woman shook her head quickly.

"You're right." Diego agreed gently with a small nod, "Because he didn't have our parents murdered. Listen to me, Lila. You were born October 1, 1989, same day as all of us."

"Stay back!" Lila yelled as everyone jumped at her words, Ivy reached to pull Diego back but Ronnie had a pretty tight grip on her arms.

"Hey! Hey! Stop! Wait! Hey! Lila, Lila, Stop!" Diego ordered as he tried to calm her down.

"I trusted you." Lila said in disbelief toward the Hargreeves man, "I got you a job. I even introduced you to my mother, and then you took off on me!"

"Because I needed to save the world!" Diego argued, "Shes using you, Lila. The Handler."

"You're wrong. She raised me. She loved me." Lila spoke, her voice broke as Ivy felt a pang in her heart.

"Yeah, you know what? Love shouldn't have to hurt this much." Luther spoke as Ivy felt a chill, letting go of Ronnie as she inched forward.

"Hey, Lila, hey." Ivy said as she snapped her fingers to look at her, "We thought our father loved us too, in his own sick snd twisted way. We wanna believe that, we're their children, we have to believe that. But sometimes... sometimes there's curtain things that have nothing to do with love, sometimes there's people in this world we wished loved us back and they don't... if she loved you, she wouldn't do this to you. You know that though, you're smart, and you're brave, and you've got a good head on your shoulders. You know that."

Lila stared at her with watery eyes, her hands shaking as she stared into Ivys green eyes that pierced hers right back.

That was until she faked a gag.

"Stupid b-" Ivy began as Ronnie pulled her back.

"We tried." Luther said, taking his sisters side.

"He's right. We have to kill her." Five agreed quickly with a nod of his head.

"Hey! Five! Five, stop!" Diego yelled at him as he held a hand up toward the small man quickly, "I got it."

Ivy watched in disbelief yet her eyes were soft when he looked back to Lila, "Hey, Lila. Truth. Shes dangerous. And you're scared of what she'll do with all that new power. That's why you dragged me to the Commission. Because I know what it's like to love dangerous people. Difference is... they love me back."

"Shut up." Lila demanded through her glassy eyes and broken voice.

"The only thing she loves is power. Now, the minute she can't use you, she will turn on you , and deep down, I know you know that." Diego spoke, not even the smallest bit scared at the knife pointed to his chest.

"You don't know me, Diego." Lila shook her head as she stared back into his chocolate eyes, pushing against the blade to stand closer.

"Don't I?" he asked while staring down at her, "I know that we can be your family... if you just let us."

Lila looked around at each of them, Ivy gave her a nod and a smile smile, much like Ronnie did from behind her.

The Handler stumbled in, Five holding a large gun in his hands as her.

"It's true, isn't it?" Lila asked the woman in disbelief, "What Five said. Answer me! Is it true?"

"Well-" the Handler began before the same blonde man that had attacked each of the siblings before came around the corner and shot the Handler multiple times in the chest. Ivy shielded Ronnie and Klaus quickly, the two only in arms reach of her.

"Lila!" Ivy yelled as Lila ran forward.

"The case!" Luther shouted as he ran forward.

"No!" Diego said as he attacked Luther, tripping him.

"Lila! Don't!" Ronnie yelled, thinking she was helping a she charged forward.

"Ronnie, no!" Ivy yelled as she went after her, to late as Ronnie tackled Lila just as she got ahold of the brief case.

And with one blue flash the two where gone.

"No!" Ivy yelled in agony as she fell to the spot the case once was, looking around as if Ronnie was hidden under the hay.

"Ivy." Five said as he grabbed her shoulders before she swung her arm, the wind knocking him back as she attacked Diego.

"Why would you let them go?" she asked while hitting his chest.

"Because I love her." he spoke up at his sister.

"And I loved her!" Ivy yelled back as the plants wrapped around his wrist, pulling him backwards toward the wall.

"Ivy, stand down!" Vanya tried as Diego stared at his sister, she was paused, just holding him and the plants to the wall.

"I'm sorry." Diego spoke as Ivy sighed and dropped him to the ground, surprised everyone when she took her stance next to Luther, rubbing her teary eyes, wrapping her arms around his forearm in comfort as he held a confused and wide eyed look but patted her head comfortingly.

"Where did it take them, Five?" Ivy asked, her hair was pitch black once again.

"I'm not sure." the green eyed boy said as Ivy looked away with sad eyes, aiming his gun at the white haired man.

"Enough." Five announced as he dropped the gun on the ground. The unknown man looked around at each of the siblings, dropping his gun as he said the same thing Five did in Swedish.

"Who the hell was that guy?" Klaus asked before Sissy yelled for Vanya, everyone running off but Ivy lingered behind.

"Hey." Diego said as he stood before her, "I'm sorry about Ronnie, I know how you felt about her."

"I'm sorry about Lila." Ivy said as she reached for his hand, "Guess it's just us again."

"Always does just end up being us." he joked as Ivy cracked a smile, "Come on."

"Shes got this." Ivy reminded Sissy as their sister got through the energy that was surrounding Harlan, speaking to him as she pressed her hands to his knees and took a deep breath. The energy suddenly flew back, making everyone stumble but it was gone, away from Harlen as he continued to hold his knees to his chest.

"Oh, baby, oh baby." Sissy cried of joy as she wrapped Harlen in a tight hug while Vanya smiled over at her siblings.

"Proud of you." Ivy whispered to Vanya as she pulled her to her feet.

"You gonna be okay?" Klaus asked as he sat by Ivys side, the two sitting side by side in the chicken coop.

"I'm gonna have to be." Ivy said as she looked over at him, "What do we do best anyways?"

"Mess up relationship, can't keep them in check, take your pick." Allison added in as she sat on the other side of Ivy and nudged her shoulder.

"We're all a little to messed up for relationship." Ivy joked as Klaus hummed in agreement much like Allison did, "I'm gonna miss her."

"What's that thing you use to say? Back when we were little chicklings ourself?" Klaus asked as Ivy laughed slightly.

"Don't focus on who you miss-" Ivy began before Klaus and Allison joined in, "Instead think of your memories."

"I love you guys." Ivy gushed sadly as she put both her arms around the two and held them close to her.

"Everyone ready?" Five asked as he held the brief case in hand.

"Let's do it." Luther nodded, Ivy grabbed both her sisters hands with small smiles.

"Wait!" Klaus announced before Five pulled the brief case open, running off quickly as they all held looks of confusion.

"Fifty bucks if we leave him here." Diego whispered to Five as Klaus came running out the house with a large hat on his head.

"Stylish." Ivy commented as they all joined hands. The blue static was seen before the siblings as it flickered and with a flash....

They were back in the Umbrella Academy home.

"Never though i'd say I missed this place." Ivy said with a groan from where she was on the ground.

"Wh-what day is it?" Luther asked as Five grabbed the newspaper.

"April 2nd, 2019. Day after the apocalypse." Five announced as Ivy put a arm around him for support.

"Wait, so we stopped it." Allison said with a smile.

"My god, it's over?" Vanya laughed as Ivy did as well, leaning into her twin more as he wrapped a single arm around her.

"Did we actually succeed at something? That's incredible!" Klaus gushed as they all chuckled at his words, "I don't know about you guys but I need a drink."

"Yes!"

"Many, many, many drinks please."

"I'm with you on that one."

"I should go find Claire."

"Oh come on, one drink."

"Proud of you." Ivy said as she kissed Fives forehead while he pretended to rub it off with a knowing look.

"Proud of you." he repeated as they walked into the large living room with the others.

"Why is there a painting of Ben over the mantelpiece?" Diego asked, getting all of their attention as they looked over to indeed see a picture of Ben over the mantelpiece.

"I knew you'd show up eventually." a new voice was heard as they all turned to see Reginald rise from his chair and walked closer to them.

"You're alive." Luther said in shock.

"Why shouldn't I be?" Reginald questioned back.

"Yeah, y-yeah, you're right. I'm just happy that we're home and together again." Luther quickly made the excuse while Vanya and Ivy shared a look from a few feet away.

"Home? This isn't your home." Reginald corrected him quickly.

"What are you talking about? This is the Umbrella Academy." Allison said with a odd look.

"Wrong again." Reginald corrected her, Ivy felt her heart race, "This is the Sparrow Academy."

"Five..." Ivy trailed off as she looked down at her brother she was still holding onto for dear life. The loud footsteps made them all turn and see multiple silhouettes of others with weapons at the top of the stairs.

"Dad, who the hell are these assholes?" a much tougher and marked faced Ben asked as he glared at each of them.

"Ben.."

•

kylie speaks

ah, shit. i'm
hurting again.
thank you all for
joining me in
writing season two
for our favorite
bbg ivy again, i know
i'll miss her horribly
until season three and
i can only hope
lila returns as well
so i can include ronnie
once more.
i love you all so much
and i appreciate all of
your support
on this chaotic and
hopefully moving book
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