Klaus and Thea had ran out of the room as soon as they heard the explosions coming from around the house. Turning the corner, they ran into Luther, Allison, Diego and Pogo.

"What the hell is going on?" Diego demanded.

"Vanya," Pogo stated grimly. "We need to get to safety outside the Academy," he ordered.

Diego, Klaus and Thea began running while Luther shouted from behind them, "Don't forget Mom!"


Vanya walked through the Academy halls, the place that she'd thought was her home but had really been her prison all along. She opened the door to Diego's old room, seeing a younger version of her brother sat on his bed. He gave her an annoyed look, "Vanya! What do you want?"

Vanya stared at him before closing the door, walking away from the explosion that destroyed the room behind her.

She reached Allison's room and opened the door. Inside, a young Allison and Luther were leaning into one another, their faces close. At the sound of the door opening, the two jumped away and turned to face Vanya. "Just get out!" Allison screamed as Luther ran to shut the door in her face. Vanya turned away and another explosion sent debris flying from behind her.

Vanya opened the door to the twins shared room and saw both Klaus and Thea, but also Ben inside. They all turned to face her, a young Thea grinned at her sister as her arms were wrapped around Ben's shoulders.

"To go on a mission, Vanya, you have to have a power," Ben said. Klaus didn't say anything in response, but Thea slapped Ben's arm in a silent reprimand and gave Vanya an apologetic look. "What he means is that we want you safe, that's why you can't come. I want to come back to my sister in one piece, so you can show me your violin again, yeah?" She gave Vanya a hopeful look.

Vanya couldn't stand the fact that Thea had to even defend her against their other siblings. She could never take sides and it infuriated Vanya, who just wanted the rest of her siblings to treat her as Thea did. She turned away from the three and continued her way down the hall, an explosion wrecking the twin's room. Vanya sent a silent apology to Thea and carried on towards her goal.


Diego, Thea and Klaus ran towards the loveseat where their Mother normally sat and re-charged by the paintings, but it was empty. "Mom!" Diego shouted.

Another explosion wracked the house and the three began calling out for Grace desperately. Suddenly, rubble from the ceiling fell and hit Diego and Thea, knocking one of them out and making the other dizzy. Thea touched her temple in pain - she couldn't seem to catch a break with head trauma - and brought her fingers back to see blood.

'Thea, are you okay? Please get up, it isn't safe. Come on.' Ben pleaded with her. Klaus looked up at the ceiling to see it cracking and threatening to fall at any moment. Without hesitation, he wrapped his arms around his sister and dragged her out of the way. Once she was safe, he went back to Diego, who was beginning to wake up.

Klaus tried dragging him away, but he was too heavy. Thea crawled over, ignoring the danger and tried tugging her brother too, but Diego was too heavy for the twins to move. Neither of them was strong and Diego being still mostly unconscious didn't help matters. "Come on. Diego, move! Wake up! Please," she begged.

The ceiling gave a loud groan and just as Thea felt like it was about to fall on all three of them, Diego's weight became lighter and they managed to drag him into safety as the rubble fell.

Thea held onto the railing in shock and sighed in relief. Diego had woken from the noise and began climbing to his knees. Klaus was giving the space next to Thea an incredulous look while holding out his hands and Thea turned to the spot too. "Ben? Was-was that you?" she asked.

'Y-yeah, I think so. I don't know how, I was just so worried it was going to crush you and grabbed onto him and pulled.'

"Holy shit." The twins both looked at one another stunned but Diego stumbling brought their attention to him. Klaus and Thea both took his arms and dragged his limping form through the house that was crumbling around them. "Come on. Come on, come on," Klaus chanted as they dodged falling debris and glass.

They made it to the fire escape and climbed down as quickly but as safely as they could. Once down, Diego grabbed hold of both the twin's hands, "Hey, you both just saved my life, man," he exclaimed in gratitude.

Thea cringed, "I really didn't," she denied. Diego turned to Klaus and continued to thank him as Thea mumbled, "neither did he, either." Klaus turned to Thea and Ben, who stood next to her, and shrugged helplessly at his look of disbelief.

"Shit. Mom. Mom!" Diego shouted upon seeing Grace standing in one of the windows, looking down at them all with a loving smile on her face.

Thea gasped in horror as the building continued to fall around her and she knew they wouldn't be able to get her out in time. She lifted her hand to her mouth to muffle her sobs as she heard Diego screaming in denial as their Mother waved at them and blew them a kiss.

The building shook with another explosion and Thea crouched down and shielded her head in between her arms from the flying rubble.

Once the smoke cleared, all that was left was a pile of bricks where their home once sat. Thea had never enjoyed the Academy, and it had never really felt like a home, but it was the only one she'd ever really known. It was where she'd grown up with Klaus and met her other siblings and where she'd fallen in love with Ben...and it broke her heart to see it in ashes.

Diego was shouting desperately for Grace while stumbling around in what remained of their home. Klaus tried stopping him, but Diego just got even more upset and began stuttering again.

Thea sobbed at the sight of her brave brother reduced to tears and the scared little boy he used to be. She ran into his arms and squeezed him tightly, trying to pour all of her love into it and show him that he wasn't alone.

Diego squeezed Thea back in gratitude and rested his chin on top of her head. "I love you, don't worry. It'll all be okay," she whispered to him. Diego squeezed her tighter at her confession and whispered so only she could hear him, "I l-love you, t-too."

Allison and Luther came running toward them and Thea and Diego reluctantly pulled apart. Luther had a grim expression on his face and Allison looked around her in sadness. "Pogo didn't make it," Luther began.

"What?" Klaus asked in shock.

Luther's face was sombre, "Vanya killed him."

"But Vanya wouldn't-" Diego tried denying but Luther cut him off. "No, I saw it. Just before we got out." Thea's eyes widened at the news of Pogo's death. Oh, Vanya...what have you done. Her sister was hurting, and she was lashing out and causing pain that Thea was sure she'd later regret. She isn't in the right frame of mind, she needs help.

"Guys!" Five came running into the clearing where they all stood, he was clutching a newspaper in his hands. "This is it. The apocalypse is still on. The world ends today."

Five's words just made Thea feel even worse. Of course, Thea didn't want to die, but at this point, that wasn't her main priority. Her first thoughts were that her siblings were going to die with her, and that's something she didn't want. She couldn't bear to think of losing someone else, losing another part of her family.

"I thought you said it was over," Luther asked in disbelief.

"I was wrong, okay. This newspaper, I found it in the future the day I got stuck." Five shook his head, "The headline hasn't changed."

"No, that doesn't mean anything. Time could have been altered since that newspaper came out this morning." Diego denied.

Five huffed in frustration. "You're not listening to me. When I found it, I assumed this place came down with everything else. But here we are, the moon's still shining, the earth is in one piece, but not the Academy."

Klaus snatched the newspaper away from Five, "I'm confused," he whined.

"Then listen to me, you idiot!" Five snapped. Thea walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder, "Hey, calm down. No need for insults, we're listening okay? Now explain what you mean." Five gave her a grateful look and took a calming breath.

"What I mean, is that Vanya destroys the academy before the apocalypse." He sighed, "I thought Harold Jenkins was the cause, but he was the fuse. Vanya is the bomb. Vanya causes the apocalypse." Five stared at them all seriously, daring them to not believe him.

Before any of them could talk, bright lights flashed from above and the sound of helicopter blades and sirens could be heard.

"We gotta go, now," Diego ordered.

Regroup at the Super Star. Go!" Luther shouted at them all.

Five glanced at Thea who still stood behind him and took her hand. Thea turned to ask what was wrong when five spatial jumped them both away.

Klaus was confused but Ben's voice brought him back to reality. 'Five jumped them both away. She's safe, now come on. Let's go.'


After getting over the disorientation of Five's spatial jump and politely telling him to warn her next time he did that, they'd both waited until the family had all re-grouped back at the Super Star bowling alley.

Thea was sat on Klaus' lap, as the rest of the four chairs were occupied by Diego, Luther, Allison and Five. She was facing away from them all, resting her chin on Klaus' shoulder as she watched a family in the next lane play. They were laughing with each other and had big smiles on their faces. Thea watched them in envy as they went about and enjoyed their normal every-day lives.

"Look, I hate to be the one to say this, but everyone needs to prepare." Luther's voice brought Thea's attention back to her own family. She listened to their conversation while still watching the 'normal' family play.

"For what?" Diego snapped.

"To do whatever it takes to stop Vanya." Allison smacked Luther in the chest for his careless remark.

"How did I not know?" Thea asked, breaking the silence that followed Luther's comment. The whole family turned to Thea in confusion. "What?" Diego asked.

Thea continued to gaze at the joyful family for a moment before she turned back to the others. They could all see her eyes were slightly dazed as she spoke. "How could I not know that Vanya had powers? I mean, I knew practically everything about you all until I learnt to control it. How did I not find out?"

They all frowned at Thea's point and agreed. How could she have not known something so huge? They all remembered just how annoying it was when Thea hadn't been able to control her power as a kid. She would always accidentally answer questions you hadn't spoken and would talk about a subject, not realising it was private.

For the longest time, she hadn't been able to differentiate people's spoken words and their thoughts. Thea had explained to them all that their thoughts sounded exactly like their voices, and so she just often assumed they'd spoken out loud. Thea had been forced to become the greatest secret keeper of them all as she unwillingly collected details of all her siblings.

She knew about Allison and Luther's feelings for one another, she knew when Klaus had begun drinking and smoking weed, and she'd even knew when Ben had had a crush on her. Thea had known about his crush and had flirted with him whenever she could to make him blush. She'd thank him whenever he thought about her being pretty, making him blush more for being caught.

But how could she have not known Vanya had powers?

As the boys and Thea were lost in their thoughts, Allison had been scribbling on her notepad. She hit her chair to get their attention and raised the notepad up for them all to see, giving Thea a regretful and pleading look.

I rumoured you both. Dad's orders. Had to make you both forget.

Thea was stunned at Allison's confession, as were the rest of the boys. Allison scribbled on her notepad in a rush and lifted it up again. I'm so sorry. Never meant to hurt either of you.

Thea shook her head and walked over to Allison, wrapping her arms around her neck in a hug. "I know. I'm not mad, just shocked. You couldn't have said no to Dad, I don't blame you."

She ran her finger across the medical gauze on Allison's neck, "Is that why Vanya did this? Did you tell her?"

Allison nodded her head at Thea's question and got her pen out. I tried to make her forget again. My fault.

Thea hummed and continued rubbing her sister's shoulder soothingly. She now had a better understanding of Vanya's headspace and what she was going through.

Vanya's whole life she'd been told she was ordinary. She'd been pushed to the side, and as much as Thea had tried including her, there were times she couldn't do anything for their Father getting involved.

Thea understood Vanya was likely upset and scared at all these new revelations and when Allison had tried taking that power away from her again - albeit with good intentions - she'd lashed out in fear and done something she regretted.

"It's not your fault. You tried helping her, but she's scared and lashed out. You know she would never want to hurt you intentionally," Thea reassured. Allison gave her a grateful smile.

The boys watched the two comfort one another over their sister's actions and couldn't help but smile at them both. It was nice to see them bonding, even as the world went to shit around them.

Klaus took the newspaper that sat on the table in front of him, coincidentally opening it on the page showcasing Vanya's orchestral performance later that night.

"We need to find Vanya, and fast, she could be anywhere," Luther announced. He wanted to get this sorted as soon as possible.

"Or...here," Klaus spoke up as he turned the newspaper around and showed them all the picture of Vanya.

"That's right. Her concert is tonight," Diego realised.

"Hello," a woman spoke from behind them all. They turned to see a young woman wearing a blue uniform t-shirt. "I hate to intrude, but my manager says if you're not gonna bowl, you need to leave."

Thea sighed and glanced at the woman as she waved her hand dismissively. "Go away, we're busy." The woman's expression was blank as she turned and walked away.

The manager was giving them dirty looks and Thea glared at him and focused on his mind, "You too, carry on what you were doing. Don't bother us." she ordered. "I'm not in the mood and we don't have time for this," she huffed. The manager's expression turned blank too as he mechanically turned to sort through the bowling shoes behind him.

Luther gave her a stern expression and she sneered at him, "Oh shut up Luther, I'm fed up following your stupid moral boundaries. Do you want to find Vanya, or what?"

Luther's eyes narrowed but he turned back to the paper. The rest of the siblings watched in mixed amusement and worry. They knew the two often clashed over things. Luther held onto his high morals and doing 'what's right', while Thea often didn't care and would order those in the way to just move if the mission was going south. Luther's need to be listened to and lead clashed with Thea's disregard for the rules, and her powers meant she often came out on top in their fights.

"We're the only ones that can stop her. We have a responsibility to Dad." Luther declared.

"To Dad? No, I've heard enough about-" Diego began to rant but Luther cut him off. "He sacrificed everything to bring us back together."

"I'm with Luther on this one," Five chimed in. "We can't give her a chance to fight back."

"Five," Thea pleaded with him.

He glanced at her in apology but didn't take back what he said. He spoke to her in earnest, "Thea, there are billions of lives at stake. We're past trying to save just one."

"Would you say that if it were me? Would you give up on me, just like that?" she asked him. Everyone shifted awkwardly at Thea's question, none of them wanted to think about being in that position.

Five looked crestfallen. "Thea, no, of course not-" he began but Thea cut in, "So why is Vanya any different? She's our sister. I can't just give up on her. I love her," she begged.

Klaus could see the tension rising between the two and decided now was as good a time as any to chime in. "Hey, you know, guys, uh...maybe I could help."

Five and Thea stopped arguing and turned to look at Klaus along with the others. "Now's not the time," Luther dismissed.

Diego spoke up, "No, let him finish. He saved my life today."

"Yeah, sure, let's go with that," Thea mumbled under her breath and she heard Ben mutter 'Really?'

At the other's stunned looks, Klaus stood up awkwardly, "Yeah, yeah, I did...take credit for it. In fact, the real hero...was Ben."

Everyone but Thea gave Klaus a look of scepticism and doubt. Five glared at Klaus, "Really? You're gonna make up that shit with Thea sitting right there?" Five pointed at Thea.

Klaus rushed to explain himself, "Listen. Listen, today he punched me in the face. And earlier at the house, he was the one who saved Diego's life, not me."

"You are unbelievable, Klaus," Luther said.

"He's telling the truth," Thea whispered. Five turned to Thea and frowned, "Thea, I know you want to see Ben again, but he's not-" Thea shook her head at his attempt at placating her.

She turned to Luther, Allison and Diego, "I'm being serious. I wasn't there when he punched him, but earlier on, when the house was falling down, Klaus and I weren't strong enough to pull Diego out the way and then Ben helped just in time." Her expression was earnest as she tried to convince them all.

They all gave her looks of pity, knowing how much she wanted to see Ben again, thinking she had believed Klaus' lies out of desperation.

Thea saw their looks and shot them a glare, "Don't give me that look. I'm not crazy, do you really think he can lie to me?" she asked sarcastically, pointing to her temple to remind them she could literally read minds.

She turned to Klaus, "Where is he right now?" Klaus pointed to right next to her and she turned to the empty spot. The others watched on, not knowing whether to stop the twins or let them continue. It was hard for them all to watch Thea go along with Klaus' delusions.

"Okay, how can we prove it then? Because none of you wants to believe us," Thea accused.

Allison gave her sister a sympathetic smile, while Diego, Luther and Five were staring at Thea in concern.

Luther spoke up, "It's not that we don't believe you...it-it's just that, well, maybe Klaus truly does believe Ben's there, but you're just hearing what Klaus thinks he sees?" His voice rose at the end in question, trying to rationalise what the twins were claiming.

Klaus huffed in frustration. "You want proof, is that it?" He turned to Ben, "Alright, I'll give you proof." He picked up a bowling ball and psyched himself up, "All right, it's showtime baby."

Klaus threw the ball towards the empty spot where Ben stood, but the ball just went straight through him and landed on the floor. Luther and Diego gave Klaus unimpressed looks while Thea sighed in sadness. Allison rubbed her sister's back in comfort.

Klaus coughed awkwardly.

"Is there any way to silence that voice in your head that screams out to be the centre of attention?" Luther asked condescendingly.

Klaus glared at his brother, angry at the trick not working and the sight of his sister upset. "You know, I liked you a lot better before you got laid."

An awkward silence followed, and Thea cringed at Klaus' lack of tact. "Which was a complete...It-It wasn't his fault, 'cause he was ridiculously high, right? And-and the girl, she thought he was a furry," Klaus rambled, trying to make things better.

"Stop!" Luther demanded.

Allison stood up and stormed away from the group. Luther chased after her shouting her name.

Thea went to sit on the table behind the seats as a woman came up to the group with her son. "Excuse me, it's my son Kenny's birthday today, and, uh, wouldn't your son be happier playing with kids his own age?" she asked, pointing to Five who sat sullenly.

"Assuming it's okay with your two dads," the woman continued looking towards Diego and Klaus.

Thea slapped her hand against her mouth to stifle her laughter as Klaus and Diego looked to each other in confusion. Five glared at the woman in contempt, "I would rather chew off my own foot."

The woman was horrified and dragged her kid back towards their own lane. Five walked away but Thea's attention was diverted when she heard Klaus and Diego arguing.

"If I were to date a man, you'd be the last man I would date," Diego said. Klaus huffed, "You'd be lucky to get me."

Thea couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed at the two. Her brothers shot her mock glares and she laughed even harder. She heard laughter come from next to her and grinned at the empty space.

"That was the funniest thing I've heard in ages. Not since Five's joke about Luther and his overcoat," she burst into giggles again at the remembrance of Five's remark.

Ben laughed too, but he was mostly caught up in watching Thea laugh. Her face glowed in happiness, something he hadn't seen much of in the last few days since Five had warned them about the apocalypse.

She turned to look at him - or where she thought he was - and he was glad she couldn't see him as having her full attention on himself, even invisible, made him turn slightly pink. He could hear Klaus snort at his blush but ignored him, as did Thea. Ben was just happy Klaus had moved closer to let them talk, even if he had to eavesdrop to do it.

'You should laugh more.' He told her honestly.

He'd gotten over a lot of the embarrassment he'd had in life around Thea. Dying had made him realise just how little time he'd had around her, and he'd regretted not telling her a lot of things in life. So he didn't let his shyness get in the way now he had a second chance, of sorts. Thea gave him a bemused smile, "Oh yeah? Why's that?"

'Because it's a beautiful sound, love.'

Thea's cheeks turned an alarming shade of pink at his honesty and Klaus chuckled at her face.

She ducked her head and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear shyly. She bit her lip, "Well, um, thank you?" she squeaked out. Her voice had gone high with embarrassment and Thea wasn't used to being taken off guard.

When they were younger, Thea had always been the more out-going one in the relationship. Ben was naturally shy and soft-spoken, and having the twins for friends meant he fit in nicely without having to change that aspect of himself. Both Thea and Klaus were loud enough for the three of them, and Ben enjoyed going along with their high energy.

For a while, before Thea had been able to control her power, she'd known whenever Ben had wanted to do something but was too shy to ask, and so she'd taken it upon herself to kiss him first, knowing it was what he wanted, but was simply too embarrassed to go for it.

Neither had minded, their personalities had matched perfectly, and Ben and Klaus got along great, meaning the three of them hardly ever argued and brought out the best in one another. Ben made the twins more thoughtful and calmer, while they pushed him to come out of his shell and try new things.

Ben laughed, 'It's okay, love. Just stating the truth.'

Thea opened her mouth to reply but frowned when she noticed Five was missing, "Wait. Where's Five?" Klaus, who had been listening to their conversation, heard her and looked around in confusion.

Diego saw them searching and asked what was wrong. Luther and Allison came over at that moment and Thea noticed they both looked calmer. "Where's Five? Did he pass you guys?" Thea asked the two.

"I thought he was with you?" Luther asked.

"He must have left..." Diego muttered.

"Oh, for the love of...where'd he go?" Luther asked mostly to himself. "Well, we're not waiting around for him. The concert starts in 30 minutes."

"Alright, so what's the plan?" Diego asked.

Luther paused in puzzlement, "Well, I think that, uh...We go to the Icarus Theatre."

The others looked at him, unimpressed. "That's a location, not a plan," Diego pointed out sarcastically.

Luther and Diego began arguing but Thea's attention was drawn to the space beside her. 'Thea. Look to the doorway, now.' Ben's voice was tense, and Thea noted that he sounded afraid.

She looked to the entrances and saw about twenty figures wearing red gas masks walk in with guns. She didn't waste a second and with desperation, wrapped her mind around all her siblings' and ordered them, "Get down."

Her command threw them all to the floor just as gunshots could be heard. They looked at Thea in shock and she scrambled to hide behind one of the counters, "Yeah, thank me later," she mumbled breathlessly.

Luther and Diego hid behind a counter, while Allison and Klaus joined Thea behind hers. Gunfire continued to rain down and screams were heard from the frightened customers.

Luther and Diego were shouting about what to do and Thea pursed her lips in contemplation. "Fuck it," she whispered, catching Allison and Klaus' attention before she shot up from behind the counter and raised her hands.

She grabbed onto all the assailant's minds as quickly as possible and ordered them to kill one another. She felt her forehead brake out in a sweat at having to control so many at once but pushed on. The masked men turned their guns on themselves and loud bangs could be heard as they all fell to the ground. Thea saw more masked men run in and got back behind the counter, "Shit."

Luther gave Thea a grateful look at having thought so fast and taken out so many. Now there were only around ten left, a much more manageable amount to take out.

"Who the hell are these guys?" Diego shouted.

"Maybe they're here for Kenny's birthday!" Klaus exclaimed, trying to joke about the situation.

Gunshots continued to get closer and chipped away at the corners of the desks they hid behind. Luther picked up a bowling ball and threw it as hard as he could at one of the men. Diego also took out a few with his knives.

Thea noticed Klaus pick up the cake from their counter and throw it at one of the men, knocking him down. Thea raised a brow, Whatever works, I guess.

As Diego knocked another masked man down, he fell into the record player and music started playing. Thea wanted to snort at the irony of the whole situation.

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, hey. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, hey

Keep on dancin' to the rock and roll, on Saturday night, Saturday night

"They're blocking the exit!" Klaus exclaimed.

"So, what's the plan now, Luther?" Diego shouted over the music.

Dancin' to the rhythm with our heart and soul

Allison pointed towards the lanes and Luther agreed. "The lanes! Thea!"

Thea turned at the shout of her name, "What?"

"Can you keep a hold of them for a few seconds? Just enough for us to escape down the lanes?" Luther shouted. Thea only just heard him over the blaring music, but she nodded.

Thea jumped up first and wrapped the masked figures minds in her own, halting their movements and the siblings all scrambled as quickly as they could down the slippery lanes.

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, hey. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, hey

Just as they reached the end, the gunshots rang out again as Thea had to concentrate on sliding through. It didn't matter though, as they'd all managed to get out before anybody could get hit.

'Come on, quickly.' Thea heard Ben fret, and she tried reassuring him as she panted while running toward the exit, "I'm trying."

None of them wasted any time as they ran out the back door and escaped into the night. Their next stop, the Icarus Theatre.