Me and Ella sit in my study as she watches tv and I grab us some tea, needing something to wake us up. I walk back into the room when a strange smell wafts into the room. I look over at Ella to see that she's smelled it too.

I place the two tea cups down on my desk as Ella walks over to me, both of us looking as one of the Umbrella Academy members walks into the office. I quickly grab the fire poker and push Ella behind me as he turns around and looks at us for a second before he grabs one of the paper weights on the fire place.

I step closer going to poke him, with him stepping back and doing the same but with the paper weight.

"Did you do it?" the boy asks.

"How did you get in here?" Ella asks from behind me, sounding calm. I turn my head slightly to see her drinking her tea, looking completely calm.

"Did you kill out moms?" the awful smelling man says, causing me to turn back towards him, confused with what he's saying.

"Moms? What in the worldare you talking about?" I ask, genuinely confused with what this crazy person is talking about.

"Reggie? Kill someone?" Ella laughs from behind me, causing me to turn and glare at her. "Hilarious."

"Please just..." he says, sinking to his knees as he lets the paper weight go. "Please just tell me whether or notyou killed them, and then I'll leave. I promise."

"I don't care enough about you to lie." I state, earning a smack to the back of my head from Ella.

"What he means, is that he has no reason to lie." Ella restates for me, I grumble knowing I said exactly what I wanted to say. "And besides, does he look fit to murder anyone?"

"Well, maybe not now, but..." the smelly man trails off.

"On your feet, boy." I state, he quickly stands up. "You're the drunk one, aren't you?" I ask, remembering that weird dinner I had in '63.

"No, no. I'm Klaus. The spiritual one." Klaus states, waving his hands around.

There's a knock at the door which causes all three of us to freeze. Klaus runs out of the room to hide and I put the poker back as I grab my tea and sit on the couch with Ella next to me.

"All right, Reg, Ella, you two know the drill." Number six states, walking into the room with Number four behind her. "Pills, bills, and num-nums."

"We're not hungry, Jayme." Ella says softly, not wanting to eat the oatmeal and take the pills.

"Come on. I'm really not in the mood for your guys' bullshit today." Number Six states, holding out the cup with the pills in it.

I gulp one down at a time as Ella gulps them both down. 

"Get a move on." Number four states, getting frustrated quickly. I gulp the second pill down quickly. "Sit. Now..." Number four threatens.

'What happened to me?' I think to myself, as I look at Ella and then to the documents that we're placed in front of me.

"What is this?" Ella asks, looking at the document in front of me.

"Doesn't concern you, Ella." Number four states.

"We say sign, you sign." Four states. I grab the pen and sign my signature quickly, wanting them to leave as soon as possible. "Don't make me get Christopher."

"You're a champ, Reg." Four thanks, grabbing the documents as him and Six go to leave the room.

"Woo! Jesus, Reg, Ella, you two stink." Four sniffs the area that, Klaus, came through.

"Hurry up, douchebag. I'm starving." yells Six, getting impatient.

"I'm telling the robot to give you both a bath." Four says as he walks out the door, leaving me and Ella alone.

Klaus steps out from behind the door, looking over at me. "My god, Dad. What happened to you?" 

"We've been asking ourselves the same thing for years son." Ella mumbles, not wanting to converse any longer. "I'm gonna go lie down." She stands up and walks through another room into our bedroom to lie down.

Five, Lila, and Marah meet back in front of a maintenance closet, where they're going to attempt to start up the briefcase's.

Five plugs in the wires into the circuit board as Marah stands in the door way and Lila stands across the closet with an energy box.

"Nice suit." Lila comments, noticing the new suit Five has on.

"Thanks. Tailor in the lobbyis a master craftsman." Five says, not really wanting to talk about his new clothes with Lila.

"Still, I will miss those pasty knees." Lila snickers.

"Yeah, well, we could all stand to beshowing a little less skin these days." Marah comments, reminding the two that she's there as well. "For you." 

"Yeah." Five agrees.

"Ready to hot-wire this briefcase?" Lila asks, a little too much excitement in her voice.

Five exhales as he grabs two of the alligator clips that are connected to one of the briefcases on the other end. "Let's do this." Lila turns the energy on as Five powers up. "Ah shit!"

Marah steps away from the door, wanting to walk closer to Five as he looks to be in pain. "Lila! Lila, stop!" Marah yells, trying to get the girl to stop as she sees the briefcase start to catch on fire.

Lila laughs as she turns the energy off, walking outside of the closet. Marah runs over to Five as he shakes out his hands. "Shit! Lila!" Five exclaims, putting the fire out of the briefcase.

"Shit!" Marah and Five say at the same time as they look at the now burnt briefcase. Walking out of the closet, Marah grabs Five's hand as he brings there hands to his lips.

"Yeah, I was 99% sure that wouldn't work." Lila states, still laughing.

"Well, I'm glad my pain amuses you." Five states sarcastically, hissing when he feels a little heat on his hand. Looking down, he sees that Marah's hand is heating up.

"Calm down, love." Five whispers in Marah's ear, pulling her closer to him.

"You have no idea. It's like my therapy." Lila continues to laugh.

"Well, now we are downto one half-dead briefcase, and my jumps are only accurateup to a couple minutes. So, essentially, we're screwed." Five states, pulling Marah into him more.

"Maybe." Lila says, causing the couple to look at her confused. "Maybe not."

"Oh, I hate that smile." Five says begrudgingly, not really wanting to hear what she has to say.

"Listen, on your own,your little jumps are rather pathetic." Lila states, looking at Five and then turning her attention to Marah. "And you, I still don't know what your power is or why you're here. But if we powered up together, you blinking, me mimicking that blink, I think we could createsome kind of feedback loop and get enough juiceto jump-start the case."

" All of us together." Five and Marah look at each other, each sharing an equal expression of distrust in this plan.

"We'd have to trust each other." Lila says casually, as if that's the easiest thing in the world to do.

Five scoffs. "Lila, you just spentthe better part of the last ten daystrying to end my life."

"You killed my birth parents." Lila states, still not over that small fact.

"Fair enough." Marah mutters, earning a small smile from Lila.

"And your entire family stood by while that greasy Swedeput a cap in the woman who raised me." Lila comments, also not over the death of the Handler.

"The Handler was going to kill you, Lila." Five states. "In fact, she did kill you. Then I rolled back timeand let the meatball do his work. Oh, and by the way, if you're leading Diego onas payback for what happened in Texas, you're pissing up the wrong ladder there 'cause that idiot may actually love you. The Handler never did."

"What do you know?You spent decades shagging a mannequin." Lila scoffs, not wanting to believe what Five's saying.

"Do not talk about Delores like that, Lila." Five seethes, walking towards her as he drops Marah's hand. "And besides, I was also in love with a girl who I thought was dead so I didn't really have a lot to work with."

"This is insane." Lila comments, jumping off of the table she's sitting on. "There is no way we're gonna get past thisto make it to the Commission."

"Okay, perhaps we can't get to trust, but there is a certain honestyin white-hot hatred." Marah states, grabbing Five's hand.

"Then come over here,you god-awful little shit. And you as well, girl who's dating a psycho." Lila states. "And hold my hand."

Five and Marah smirk as Five grabs Lila's hand and holds tightly onto Lila as the three walk back into the closet. 

"Okay, relax." Lila comments.

"I can't. Your breath is terrible." Five comments, shying away from Lila.

"Garlic is for winners. Enough foreplay!" Lila yells, turning the machine on.

"This is so stupid." Marah mutters softly, holding onto Five's arm tightly.

"Power up, shithead!" Lila exclaims.

Both Five and Lila power up, energy flowing throughout the room. Both of them grunting as they feel their energies working against one another.

"That's it." Marah says softly, whispering in Five's ear to keep him calm.

"Let me in!" Lila yells.

"I can't! It's too much." Five yells, the energy starting to take over.

"Don't bitch out on me now." Lila exclaims, pushing more of her energy in.

"I hate you so much." Five states, feeling their energies feeding off of one another now.

"Then get this right, or it's you, me, and Marah in the Stone Age forever!" Lila yells, knowing that's all the motivation Five needs.

"Now! Do it now!" Marah yells.

Lila and Five's energies push further into the briefcase as they finally power it up enough, pulling them to the commission, Marah coming along with the two as she holds onto Five for dear life.

"Oh, brilliant idea, Lila.Welcome to the Ice Age." Five exclaims, pulling Marah closer to help warm her up, even though he know's she can do it herself.

"Shut up and just look." Lila says smiling, turning around to see the commission covered in snow and ice.

"The commission." Five breathes out.