
11. The end of something part 1
"The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never try. Do not fear failure but rather fear to not trying"
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Flashback start...
2006...
It was snowing when Maddie, Freddy, Allison, Luther, Klaus, Diego, Vanya, Grace, Pogo and Reginald walked outside to stand by Ben's coffin. All the kids had tears in their eyes as they all stood around Ben's coffin.
"Your father is ready to give the eulogy, children" Pogo said "The world is full of injustice. Good people die alone with the bad. The cosmic equation will never change unless evil itself is wiped from existence. Thankfully, there are powerful forces pushing back against the wicked and iniquitous, individuals who have the strength to pull together against insurmountable odds to face adversity with unblinking courage, and not to hesitate to sacrifice themself for another" Reginald said.
Tears felled down from Freddy's eyes as he looked at the coffin while he think back on something Ben once said him
"Why are you even helping me?" Freddy asked "Because you are my brother, a part of the family and this is what family do for each other" Ben said and the two smiled to each other.
Freddy wipe the tears away from his eyes before he looked at Maddie that was standing frozen while looking down on the ground, her breath was shaking as she was breathing heavily while tears was running down from her eyes.
Freddy wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer to him before rubbing his hand up and down on her shoulder.
"Unfortunately none of you are such people. Despite years of training and weeks of preparation, you allowed Number Six to die on this mission" Reginald said "It wasn't our fault" Allison said "Excuses? I will not hear them. The Umbrella Academy has failed one of their own, the consequences of which are dire. Hold on to this feeling, children. Let it fester in your hearts...so there is never a next time. Training will be canceled today out of respect for your brother. We resume tomorrow at 6:00 a.m" Reginald said before he walked back inside.
"It wasn't anybody's fault" Vanya said "How would you know, Vanya? You weren't even on the mission" Diego said and Vanya started whimpered as she walked back inside sad. "Nice going, asshole" Luther said "What? We were all thinking it" Diego said "Oh, so you're thinking, Diego? That's a first" Allison said "Screw you!" Diego said before he went inside "Hey! Dad was right. We should've done more. This didn't have to happen" Luther said as him and Allison went back inside.
"Come, let's go inside" Freddy said before him and Maddie went inside leaving Klaus still outside.
Klaus then clenched his fists and started inhales sharply while grunting as blue light appeared in his palm.
Energy started warbling softly while fading.
"Klaus" a voice said from behind him and Klaus gasped as he turned around to see Ben.
"Where...Where am I?" Ben asked "You're back in the land of the living. It's been a total shitshow since you died. The family's a mess" Klaus said as he took a sip of a small bottle that he had on him.
"Listen, um...I need to go back" Ben said "What? No. Why? You just got here" Klaus said "I know. But there's a light and they told me to walk into it" Ben said "That thing? Pfft. Don't worry about it. You can go whenever you want" Klaus said "Are you sure?" Ben asked "Yeah, 1,000 percent. Trust me, Benerino. It's not going anywhere. I'm the expert on the dead, remember?" Klaus said and Ben let out a sigh "Hey, wanna watch me piss in Dad's gas thank?" Klaus asked and Ben let out a smile "Yeah, sure" he said with a small laugh.
Flashback ends...
Maddie was in a room when it knocked on the door and Five entered "Hey" he said "Hey" she said "Maddie, I want to have anything to apologize" he said "About what, that you lied to me when I ask about it and you said to me that it was not important" she said.
"It was not important" he said "Maybe not for you but for me it was. You made a deal with The Handler, after you promised me you were done with that. Why didn't you tell me anything?" she asked "I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to worry. I did that so we could go back, so I could stop the apocalypse and save you and the rest of our family. Everything I did, it's all been for you" he said before he took a deep breath.
"I have being protecting you and putting your safety first ever since I came back" he said "Still you should have told me. We used to tell each other everything, what happen, am I not that important to you anymore?" she asked "Of course you are important to me" he said "Then why did you kept it from me?" she asked and Five took a deep breath "Listen, I am sorry I didn't tell you, I was just worried how you would react or that you will try to stop me. I should have told you, so I am sorry I didn't" he said before he took a step closer to her "But just so you know no fight, battle, no end of the world or apocalypse will ever stop me from worrying, caring about you, protecting you and making sure you are okay and safe" he said and her eyes widened as she looked at him.
She knew that when Five say he is sorry, when he said it like that, she knew that he means it.
"Alright you are forgiven" she said before she put her hair up in a ponytail and Five smiled.
"So are you okay?" he asked "I would lie if I said yes. No I am not alright" she said "What is wrong?" Five asked.
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
No matter what I say or do
I'll still feel you here 'till the moment I'm gone
"I'm afraid that what happen to Ben would repeat itself and that I would lose control and kill everyone I care about, include you" she said "That wouldn't happen" he said "How would you know that?" she asked "Because you are strong enough to keep in control" he said "I'm dangerous Five, alright" she said.
You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love
And not feel your reign
"Hey" Five said and grabbed her hands "I am not scared of you, and either is Freddy, or Diego, or Klaus or the rest of our family, you are not a monster, and I don't believe that you would ever hurt any of us and if you ever lost control I will be there and keep you calm and I would not let you hurt anyone or would I ever let anything happen to you, I promise" he said "How do I know that you will be there, you always leave" she said "Not this time. You are the most important person in my life and therefore I will never hurt you or leave you, I promise" he said and she looked at him.
Set me free, leave me be
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am, and I stand
So tall, just the way I'm supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me
"I don't believe that you will ever hurt me. You can keep in control because you are strong, stronger than you know" he said and she let out a sigh "Then I will do my best, because as long as you believe in me, I will never stop fighting" she said and he smiled "I'm so proud of you for never giving up, even when times get hard. You're the strongest person I know and you are worth for me to fight until my very last breath to have you in my life. If you ever need anything, I am always here for you" he said before they just stared into each other's eyes.
When Five said those words to her, Maddie knew that he still had a heart and that he worries about other things than the apocalypse and one of the things he worried most about was her, which she was happy about. By saying those words to her and saying that he is sorry, he had just proof to her that he is still that guy she fell in love with.
Maddie knew that Five was never good with emotions or showing them. But it was like she could see right through him, she could see what he felt. Five has never being a soft person or a comforting one, but he can if he is around her. She made him soft and weak. She was his biggest weakness but also his biggest strength.
Five let out a smiled which cause her to smile as well. That smile he gets whenever he's around her. Not an awkward or sheepish smirk, but a genuine and caring smile; something she hadn't seen him do in a while. For her, seeing him smile made it all worth it, the guy who stole her heart.
Everytime Five looked at her, she smiled to him or he was just near her, he felt whole and happy. Nothing overcome the love Five has for his family, but especially for her, his favorite, his confidant, the celestial body that plumment the world into the flames. He still tast ash on his tongue every morning, but looking at the end of days, at her, at her brightness, at her face, her eyes, her smile, her hands and her mistake, he can't regret it. In the end, he are only left with the truth, a world without Maddie, is not worth saving.
"Can I see it?" Five asked "See what?" she asked "Your magic, can I see it?" he asked and she nodded.
Oh, you loved me 'cause I'm fragile
When I thought that I was strong
But you touch me for a little while
And all my fragile strength is gone
They walked closer to each other before they leaned their forehead closer so they were inches apart.
Maddie lifted her right hand so it was between them, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she opened them again and her eyes was only glowing a little bit red. She then opened her hand and Five's eyes widened when he saw a little round red energy ball floating a little bit over Maddie's palm.
Set me free, leave me be
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am, and I stand
So tall, just the way I'm supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me
Then the energy ball floated over on one of Maddie's fingers and Five smiled when he saw it turned into a little but beautiful red butterfly.
Maddie lifted her finger a little bit making the butterfly to fly up. The two watched as the butterfly fly up before it split into two and a darker red butterfly was now flying next to the red butterfly.
I live here on my knees as I try to make you see
That you're everything I think I need here on the ground
Maddie and Five smiled as they watched the two butterflies flying around above them.
Five looked at Maddie who looked at him and they smiled to each other before they looked at the two butterflies.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down
"I remember I always used to do this when we were alone" Maddie said and Five nodded "Yeah, and just like those times, I still think is beautiful, but is also made by someone that is beautiful" he said causing Maddie to look at him.
You're keeping me down, eh ooh
You're on to me, on to me, and all over
They were looking into each other's eyes and as they leaned closer the two butterflies shaped a heart right above them.
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
As their lips was few inches from each other, they were interrupted by Luther calling from downstairs causing the butterfly to disappear.
Maddie and Five took some steps backwards and looked at each other before they both scratch the back of their heads.
"We better go down there" Maddie said "Let's go" Five said.
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Everyone but Klaus was standing in front of the television in Elliott's store listening to what the reporter on the news was saying.
Five was standing with his back leaning against the railing by the end of the stairs. His hands was crossed in front of his chest and his right leg was cross over his left.
Maddie was sitting on a small desk that was between Luther and Five while Freddy was standing leaned up against it and Vanya was standing on Luther's right side as Allison was standing on the stairs with her arms leaning on the railing while Diego had his right arm rested on the railing by the foot of the stairs as they were all looking at the TV.
"Authorities are asking for help identifying several persons of interest at Dealey Plaza at the time of the assassination. The FBI believes that may have been acting in concert with alleged shooter, Lee Harvey Oswald" The reporter said as he was holding up a picture of Lee Harvey Oswald.
He put the picture down before holding up another one what looked like to be mugshot of Vanya.
"Vanya Hargreeves, wanted in connection with the deaths of serveral FBI agents inside the federal building at Dealey Plaza" he said before the picture changed to a mugshot of Diego.
"A Cuban exile know only as Diego..." the reporter said "Cuban?" Diego asked quietly "...Who recently escaped from the Hobrook Sanitarium" the reporter said.
The picture changed to a mugshot of Luther standing next to Jack Ruby "A bare-knuckle boxer with suspected Mafia ties who fight under the alias 'King Kong'" the reporter said and Luther rolled his eyes before looking off to the side.
When the picture changed to a mugshot of Allison, she rolled her eyes.
"Allison Chestnut, a Negro radical responsible for instigating and organizing the recent riots at Stadtler's lunch counter" the reporter said and Allison glanced around the room before looking back at the TV.
The picture changed to a mugshot of Freddy "A man only know as Freddy charged for, stealing, assault and kidnapping" the reporter said "Assault, really, come on, he started it" Freddy said.
The picture changed to a stained glass window of Klaus. "And finally, Klaus, the controversial cult leader and know tax evader." The reporter said.
"The FIB is asking the public to be on the lookout for a young girl only know as Maddie and this unidentified boy" The reporter said before the picture changed again to two pictures next to each other, one of Five who was looking over the fence at the Dealey Plaza and the other of Maddie.
"Who they believe are both being held hostage by the suspected terrorist network..." the reporter said and Five nodded "Well, it's true. I do feel like I'm being held hostage most days" he said.
"God, I hate that photo" Diego said "They're saying I instigated the riot? That's unbelievable" Allison said with a scoff "Look, the good news is that we restored the timeline and we stopped doomsday. So--" Luther said "Yeah, a bunch of real goddamn heroes. We let Kennedy die" Diego said "Yeah, and now we're officially the most wanted people in the world. The FBI is after us, the Dallas police, the Secret Service. It's only a matter of time before they hunt us down here" Allison said as Klaus walked down the stairs behind her.
"Well, where are we supposed to go?" Vanya asked as Klaus walked down the last two stairs before walking in front of them "I have this yurt just outside Reykjavik. We could totally lay low there. Folks there are a little weird, but lovely. Welcoming---" Klaus said but Five cut him off "Hey, numbnuts" he said and Klaus turned around to look at him "Hiding's not gonna make a difference here. The Commission will hunt us down wherever and whenever we go" he said.
"He's right. They'll never stop" Diego said causing Five to turn to him and he furrowed his brows before he shook his head "I'm sorry, since when are you an expert on The Commission?" he asked "Since I got back from there" Diego said "What?" Five asked "Yeah, they headhunted me, offered me a job. Full time with benefits which I had to turn down" Diego said "They headhunted you..." Five said before he let out a fake laugh "The village idiot" he said with a chuckled "What, am I not allowed to be headhunted. Only the almighty Five needs to be in demand?" Diego said while Maddie and the others rolled their eyes.
"Diego, you're not Commission material, all right? Got an obstinate nature to ya" Five said "Who do you think it was that figured out Vanya was the one that causes doomsday and stopped it? Me" Diego said "Hey!" Klaus and Maddie said.
"That's who" Diego said before he walked up in front of Five and leaned towards him while Five tilted his head, watching him in amusement.
"I figured it all out on the Infinite Switchboard" Diego said "You were on the Infinite Switchboard?" Five asked "Hell, yeah. I made that machine my bitch" Diego said out loud "Y'all need to recognize I got shit going on y'all don't even know about" he said as he looked around at the others.
"Oh, sorry. You've got things going on?" Allison asked "This isn't helpful" Luther said as Vanya walked upstairs.
"Look, I met the Résistance in their secret lair. All right? I went through orientation and I passed and I stopped doomsday. At least I wasn't busy playing with myself..." Diego said, pointing at Five.
"I wasn't playing with myself" Five said "No, 'cause you have Maddie for that" Diego said "Hey" Maddie said as she made a face in disgust.
"Can you dispense with the dick-measuring for five minutes?" Allison asked annoyed.
"Unless you can literally 'cause Ben and I--" Klaus said but Luther cut him off "We don't have time for this. The Feds could be here any minute" he said "That's what I've been saying" Allison said "I'm agreeing" Luther said "Okay, calm down, Hairy--" "Hey, it's King Kong. And I'm sick of your ass, okay" Luther said, cutting Five off.
"Yeah, okay, you win" Diego said "Guys, we need to move, okay? That is more important here. That is our only option" Luther said "We need to box those window and stay here" Diego said.
Then Vanya walked downstairs to them "I'm leaving" she said and they looked at her "What? To go where?" Allison asked "Sissy's farm. Something's wrong with Harlan, and I need to help him" Vanya said "Vanya, we need to stick together, okay? Now more than ever" Luther said as he took a step towards her "That's why I'm telling you this" Vanya said as she took a step forward "Whatever's going on with Harlan, I think I might've caused it" she said "How?" Maddie asked and Vanya let out a sigh.
"He drowned, and, uh, somehow I was able to bring him back to life. And now it's like we're connected" she said "Wh...What does that even mean?" Diego asked "I don't know. I can't explain, but....I know that he need my help. I need your help, too. I'm scared. And the first time in my life, I don't wanna do it alone. I want my family by my side" Vanya said.
Diego crossed his arms before taking a step forward "Look, I'm sorry. We have other priorities right now" he said "Diego's right. For once. We need to make our stand here and now" Five said.
Vanya looked at Allison who looked at the floor to avoid her gaze, Vanya then turned to Klaus who looked away.
"Okay. I guess I'll see you when I see you" she said before she walked out of the door and into her car.
Then Klaus got up and followed after her.
"I'm going with her" Maddie said and Five looked at her "What, no way, I want you to stay here" he said.
"We have to help her, we may not be related by blood but we are a family" she said before she pulled up her sleeve on her left arm and showed the Umbrella tattoo to the others.
"This. We all got this, and this means that we are a family and we need to stick together. Dad didn't gave us these because he think it was pretty or he like to see us in pain, no he gave us these to keep reminding us that the ties that bind us together make us stronger than we are alone and he was right, we are stronger together than we will ever be alone. This tattoo proof that" Maddie said before she pulled down her sleeve "I don't know about you, but I'm going with Vanya, she need us. So I'm going to help her" she said before she took a deep breath "We need to come to realize that no matter how powerful we are. Our greatest strength is family" she said as she glanced at each other of them "We are a family. And family is always and forever" she said before she turned around and walked out the door "Wait for me" Freddy said and walked after her "I'm going with them" Allison said "Me too" Diego said and they both walked out the door.
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Vanya put her keys in the car, but then the front door opened "So, so, so...." Klaus said as he step into the car before sitting down next to Vanya.
"Ben, huh? Gone forever. Isn't he?" he asked and she nodded "He traded his life for mine...while he saved the world in process" she said "Pfft. Show-off" he said before he looked forward "But did he...say anything about...me?" he asked as he look back at her and she nodded "He wanted me to tell you that he was too scared to go to the light. It wasn't you that made him stay" she said "Oh, that little shit-heel" he said as he let out a chuckled "All these years and I thought it was my fault, that he didn't take his ticket to heaven" he said with a smile before he let out a small laugh.
His face then dropped before he turned back to look forward.
"Look, I'm sorry, but...you should get out cause I need to--" she said but he cut her off "Oh, no, I'm coming with. I can't let you face the unknown alone, right?" he said.
Then the back doors opened and Maddie, Diego and Allison stepped into the car, taking a seat behind Vanya and Klaus.
"Got room for four more?" Maddie asked as they closed the door "Four?" Vanya asked as she only saw three, but then Freddy who was in his mink form crawled out from Maddie's inner pocket "Let's get going" he said as he crawled up to sit on Maddie's shoulder.
"What about the Commission?" Vanya asked "Well, might as well do some good before we die horribly" Diego said "Whoo-hoo!" Klaus said with his hands in the air.
Then the front door opened "Oh!" Klaus said as the door next to him opened and they saw Five causing Maddie to smile.
"Five, you...you don't have to---" Vanya said "I know. You owe me one, sis" Five said and smiled to her before he looked at Klaus "Children ride in the back" he said "Okay" Klaus said and crawled on the back seat between Diego and Allison.
Five and Maddie then looked at each other "If we are going to die. We will die together" he said while looking at her with a smile.
"Guys, I don't know what to say" Vanya said as she was looking at them.
Then the trunk of the car opened with a squeaked noise and dropped with a loud thud. The car squeaked as Luther climbed inside the back making the car shook and the back of the car bent down making it hit the ground.
Luther was crouching in the small space as he slammed the trunk door shut before he looked at them "Anyone makes a fat joke, and I'm outta here" he said and they all smiled before Vanya turned on the engine and drove away.
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As soon as they arrived at the farm they could hear wind whistling, energy crackling, sizzling and lighting crashes.
There was a yellow house and a green bar off to the side. The long driveway that lead up to the barn and the house was covered in show.
They could see that a huge cloud was over the barn and the whole farm area was covered in snow and they could see that the snow was coming from the big cloud above the barn.
Energy kept crackling from the inside of the barn which was glowing and flashing green.
Lightning hit the barn again, making a crackling noise.
Vanya slowed down in front of the bar as another lighting hit the barn again.
As soon as Vanya stopped the car they all stepped out and Freddy shifted back to human.
"You think whatever's going go inside is causing the cold front" Diego said "Well, the correlation is high" Five said the barn while stepping closer to it.
But then Sissy rushed out of the barn with a rifle before she aimed at Maddie and the others which 'cause Five and Freddy to put themself in front of Maddie.
"Sissy! Sissy!" Vanya said "Get back! All of you, just get the hell back" Sissy warned and Klaus raised his hands up as Sissy ran down a small hill before stopping with the rifle pointed at the others.
"Sissy! Hey! Hey! What's wrong?" Vanya asked as she took a step towards Sissy "Carl" Sissy said quietly while panting as Vanya had her hand out to Sissy "What did he do you?" she asked "He's..." Sissy said, her breath was shaken "He's dead" she said and Vanya put her hand down "Harlan tossed him aside like a rag doll, same way you sent those policemen flyin' What did you do to him?" Sissy asked and Vanya shook her head "No--" "What the hell did you do to my son?" Sissy asked.
"Don't have time for this" Diego said and took a step forward but then Sissy pointed the rifle at him causing him to stop "Where you think you're going?" she asked "To help your son" Diego said as he put his hand out towards Sissy while Luther walked towards him.
"Look, Sissy, I found my family. These are my brothers and my sisters" Vanya said as she pointed at her siblings and Sissy lowered the rifle "Ma'am" Luther said with a smile as he waved at Sissy.
"Were you lyin' to me the whole time?" Sissy asked as she looked at Vanya "Of course not" Vanya said as she took another step towards Sissy "Look, I didn't know who I was. But I do now. And we are not monsters that they say we are. We did not killed the president. We are not terrorists. We're not here to hurt anyone" Vanya said "Then...who are you?" Sissy asked "The only one who can help Harlan" Vanya said and Sissy nodded before they all ran towards the barn.
When Vanya opened the door to the barn the energy crackling sound lot louder.
Energy resonating was rushing as they enter and they saw Harlan suspended in midair surrounded by blue and golden energy wave spinning around him.
"Harlan" Vanya shouted as the boy was floating in the middle of a blue and orange energy storm while his body was shaking violently.
"Harlan, it's Vanya!" Vanya shouted again as she was trying to get him to react and to wake up from whatever type of trance he was in but he kept gasping while his body was jerking around as he was being held in midair.
"Look, Harlan, I know you're really scared, but I can help you!" Vanya shouted loudly as everyone was standing beside her while Harlan kept gasping.
"I will go in" Maddie said but then Five grabbed her wrist "No you are not" he said "I can handle it" she said "You could die" Freddy said "They are right, Maddie. I will do it. It's my fault and my powers, it had to be me" Vanya said before she looked at Sissy who nodded.
Vanya looked forward before her eyes changed into an icy blue white color as her skin turned pale and the sound of high-pitched tone resonates was heard.
She then took a deep breath before she walked through the energy and into the circle while Harlan kept grunting.
"Careful" Five said as Vanya stepped closer to Harlan.
Then Freddy heard an energy whooshes sound nearby, so he walked towards the other end of the barn.
He furrowed his brows as he saw The Handler and Lila standing farther out on the plot of the land.
"Uh...guys" he said "What?" Diego asked as Maddie and the others walked over to Freddy.
"Ah, shit" Diego said "What, who are they?" Klaus asked "One's The Handler and the other's Diego's girlfriend" Five said "Lila" Diego said "What?" Klaus asked as he turned around to face Diego "That's my ex-girlfriend" Diego said "You know what? Doesn't matter. They both look angry" Luther said "Yeah" Klaus said "Our brother has that effect on people" Allison said "I'm gonna go find out what they want. You guys stay with Vanya and the kid" Five said "I'm coming with you, too. Come on" Diego said.
"I am coming too" Maddie said and Five looked at her before he put his hands on her cheeks "No. All I care about right now is keeping you safe. So you need to stay here. Okay?" he said and she nodded "Be careful" she said "I will" he said before he kissed her on the cheek and walked away with Diego behind him.
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The Handler chuckled as Diego and Five approached them "I love the smell of that fresh country air, don't you darling?" she asked "Makes me want to vomit" Lila said "What do you want?" Five asked as he glanced between Lila and The Handler "To watch you suffer" Lila said as she looked at him and Five gave her a smirked smile.
"What about me?" Diego asked and Lila looked at him with a look of disgust on her face "You're not even worth my wrath" she said "Easy. We're here on official business" The Handler said "And what business is that?" Five asked "As the head of The Commission, I've decided to eliminate the criminals responsible for the assassination of the former board of directors" The Handler said "Yeah, right. We didn't kill the board" Diego said "Uh, actually, Diego, that's not entirely accurate" Five said and Diego turned his head to look at him "You didn't tell them. Oh, Five" The Handler said.
Maddie, Freddy, Klaus, Allison and Luther had walked out of the barn and was standing by the field, looking at Five, Lila, Diego and The Handler.
"What do you think they're talking about? "Allison asked "I don't know" Klaus said "Which one's the girlfriend?" Luther asked and Maddie let out a small laugh.
"Five, what the hell did you do?" Diego asked as he looked at Five "What I had to get my family home" Five said while looking at Diego before he turned to The Handler "Until somebody reneged on our deal" he said "Somebody wouldn't have reneged if somebody could've met a simple deadline. Alas" The Handler said "You set me up to fail" Five said "You set yourself up to fail, friend. You, your brothers, sisters and your girlfriend. Kinda the running theme of your little life, isn't it?" The Handler said and let out a small chuckled.
"Dude, I can't believe you killed the board of directors. You have no idea how messed up The Commission is right now" Diego said as he was looking at Five.
"Messed up? Who's saying that?" The Handler asked "Everybody" Diego said as he turned to her "Christ, even the janitors think it's going to shit" he said.
"That's not all he killed" Lila said and Five looked at her "What are you talking about?" he asked "Don't play dumb, you prepubescent piece of shit" Lila said aggressive "Enough. The point is all of you are going to die today" The Handler said as she put down the briefcase.
"Oh. Well, I don't like your chances. Nine of us, two of you" Diego said "You know, you're right. Let's change that" The Handler said before she she snapped her finger and instantly almost every agent of The Commission appeared behind her with briefcases and guns causing Diego and Five to widened their eyes.
"That's not good" Maddie said as they saw all the agents "Oh, my God" Luther said "There must be hundreds of them" Freddy said.
"So what do we do now?" Diego asked "Well, we got two choices: fight and die now or run and die later. Either way, we're food for worms" Five said "Preference?" Diego asked "Wouldn't mind a few more minutes breathing air through the old windbags" Five said.
"All right. Let's get this over with, shall we?" The Handler asked and she pulled out a small red rag from her pocket before holding it up.
"Run!" Five shouted before the two turned around and started running "Shit. Go! Go!" Freddy shouted before they turned around and got ready to run "No! What about Five" Maddie said "He will make it, just go" Freddy said as he grabbed her hand and they started running.
The Handler let go of the rag and the agents let out a battle cried before they started running after Diego and Five.
The agents opened fired at Diego and Five who kept running. Bullets was flying around Maddie and the others as they kept running as well.
The cloud above the barn vanished along with the lightning as the siblings were all running while dodging bullets.
"Get down" Allison said as they took cover behind barrels with hay.
Both Diego and Five took a quick look back "We're not gonna make it!" Diego shouted as bullets flew around them.
But then Five grabbed Diego "What are you doing?" Diego asked and Five blinked them farther ahead, closer to a red tractor.
"Five, I think I'm gonna puke" Diego said as he stumble forward "No time" Five said.
The sound of bullets striking and ricocheting was heard as the two took cover behind the red small tractor.
"What now?" Five asked "We blink into the house, man!" Diego said "Okay" Five said and grabbed Diego before he huffed as the blue energy light surrounded his hands but it kept dying out.
Five tried again and the sound of energy flutters was heard as his powered died out.
"What?" Diego asked "Shit, I'm out of fuel. I'm too tired" Five said while glancing around as he moved his hands away from Diego.
Diego peered round the wheel, to see that the agents was coming closer "Go! I'll...I'll cover for you" he said before he stood up and walked around the wheel of the tractor.
"Diego, what are you--" "GO!" Diego shouted at Five and he took that as his cue and he stood up before he started running towards the house.
Diego got out of cover before he stretched his arms forward and with his powers he made the bullets slow down.
He then moved his arms to the side making the bullets flew to the side where they hit a big hay bail.
The bail blew up as Diego took cover again behind the wheels of the tractor "Shit" he said.
Five managed to get to the house where he quickly hid under the dinner table while glass was shattering as the bullets flew into the house while he was keeping his head down and was holding his hands on his ears.
The siblings covered their ears as the bullets flew around them. "Freddy, can you used your power on them" Luther said "I am trying, but I think that I'm still a little exhausted after The FBI building" Freddy said.
But suddenly they heard a high-pitched tone resonating and Freddy looked to the left to see that Maddie was gone.
They looked up and they saw Vanya came flying out of the barn.
Then they saw Maddie floating next to her.
Vanya's skin was pale and her eyes was white while Maddie's eyes was glowing red and red whisps was around her hands as red energy was around her body and red dragon wings made out of red whisps was on her back making her fly.
Maddie and Vanya looked at each other with a smile "Let's show them what happen with people that choice to mess with this family" Maddie said and Vanya nodded "Let's show them" she said.
Then they looked back at the army and a high-pitched tone intensifying came out of Vanya while more red energy came out of Maddie's hand and a red dragon head appeared around Maddie.
"Whoa!" Freddy said as they all took cover.
Maddie and Vanya let out a grunt as they sent out a huge energy wave towards the army.
Wind was howling and glass was shattering as the wave hit the agents causing them to flew backwards knocking them to the ground.
The high-pitched tone hums softly as Maddie and Vanya power their powers a little bit down and the red dragon head around Maddie disappeared.
Both Maddie and Vanya exhales sharply as they both powered a little bit down.
"It's over" Allison said and they all looked out of the their cover.
Five looked out the window and his eyes widened when he saw Maddie flying up in the air with dragon wings on her back that was made out of red whisps. Five then let out a small smile, Maddie had finally done it. She had finally let go of her fear and being able to released the red dragon in her without losing control.
Everyone smiled as they thought that was it, but then their smile faded when they heard energy whooshing steadily and they looked out on the field to see a bubble of red and icy blue energy.
Off the distance stood an unharmed Lila and The Handler inside a bubble of red and icy blue energy force.
"How are they doing that?" Luther asked as they all looked at The Handler and Lila who were both inside of the bubble that had shield them from Maddie's and Vanya's energy wave.
The bubbled then dropped to the ground "Your turn, dear" The Handler said and energy started thrumming as a icy blue light appeared on Lila's chest and as she started flying up in the air, her eyes turned white and her skin turned pale as high-pitched tone resonating making the wind whistling.
"That is not good" Freddy said as everyone's eyes widened "What the hell" Vanya said as they saw that Lila's powers was similar to Vanya's powers.
"That's not normal" Diego said while Freddy, Klaus, Allison and Luther started backing away a bit.
"Shit. Shit" Five said before he took cover under the table again and Lila sent out a huge every wave towards the siblings.
The sound of a loud blast was heard as the wave of energy ran across the farm, hitting Maddie and the others making them all flew backwards.
The red wings on Maddie's back wrapped around her to protected her as the wave hit her causing her get thrown backwards.
Maddie and Vanya hit the barn and landed hard on the ground.
Luther felled through the house's roof and landed hard on the floor with a grunt and Allison landed in some hay while Freddy flew farther back and hit a tree before he landed hard on the ground unconscious.
"Catch me! Catch me! Catch me!" Klaus shouted as he felled from the air and before he hit the ground, two ghosts grabbed him "Oh, thank you" he said.
Diego landed hard on the ground and the red tractor landed on his foot causing him to yell out in pain.
Lila then floated down to the ground again "Aah! Well done, darling. Let me know when you've killed them all, will you?" The Handler said "Okay, Mum" Lila said "And if you can, try get that Freddy guy over to our side, he seems strong, we can use him" The Handler said "Alright" Lila said before she started walking forward.
"Luther, you all right?" Five asked as he rushed over to Luther who was growling before he lifted his head off the floor "Oh, I think I swallowed my tongue" he said "Luther, if you swallowed your tongue, you wouldn't be talking, you big moron. Come on, on your feet" Five said as he help Luther to his feet and Luther groaned as he got to his feet.
He stumbled a bit backwards, grabbing Five's shoulder to support himself "Hey, what the hell happened. What was that?" he asked "She must've redirected Vanya's and Maddie's energy wave" Five said "Yeah, I know, but how?" Luther asked.
Then suddenly some bricks started falling down from the broken roof causing Five to look up to see the bricks and his eyes widened "Luther, watch out!" he shouted as he put his hands on Luther's chest before he pushed him aside as the bricks tumbled down on Five, burying him.
Luther stumble backwards almost tripping over a piece of the broken roof "Five!" he shouted as he rushed over to the pile of bricks "Five" he shouted as he bent down to the pile of bricks before he started removing the bricks.
But then Lila blinked into the house and she chuckled at the sight. "What are you?" Luther asked as he stood up "Someone who wants to kill your brother" Lila said "Well, that's understandable. Diego can be a lot to handle" Luther said as Lila walked over to him.
"Yeah, I was talking about Five" Lila said "Him, too. But, unfortunately, they're family, so you're shit out of luck" Luther said before he threw a fist towards Lila but she put her hand out, grabbing the fist before it could hit her face.
Luther let out a grunt and a groan as the sound of leather glove creaking was heard.
"How is this possible?" Luther asked as he was trying to push the fist towards her but she was holding it back with the same strength, "Gotta believe in yourself, big boy" Lila said before she threw Luther out of the house.
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Freddy was still laying on the ground unconscious, when he suddenly heard a voice "Get up, don't give up now" a man voice said.
It was like the man was standing right in front of him, looking down at him "Get knock down, get back up. You need to get up, son" the man said and Freddy opened his eyes.
"Actions speaks louder than words"
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