Thea and Klaus were sat side by side in a white pristine office. Five stood leaning on the desk of the man they'd come to see. He had a scowl on his face as the doctor droned on.

"As I said to your son earlier, any information about the prosthetics we build is strictly confidential. Without the client's consent, I simply can't help you."

"Well, we can't get consent if you don't give us a name." Five replied annoyed.

"Well, that's not my problem." The doctor shrugged in mock sympathy.

Thea stopped listening. She was honestly a little bored. They'd been back and forth with the man for the last 20 minutes and they were getting nowhere. Thea looked towards Klaus. He had a thoughtful look on his face and he turned towards her before winking. Thea raised a brow. What on earth is he up to?

"And what about my consent?" Klaus spoke. The doctor was confused, "Excuse me?"

Klaus continued, "Who gave you permission, to lay your hands...on my son?" he pretended to tear up. Thea's eyes lit up in amusement. So this is your game, Klausy? I see where you're going...let's get this show rolling.

Thea stood up and walked over to Five. She grabbed him by the shoulders and began tearing up dramatically. "I'm so sorry this man touched you." She gave the doctor a sour look.

The doctor and Five gave the twins odd looks. "What?"

Klaus was glad his sister could keep up. He pointed at Five and stared at the doctor, "Oh, you heard me."

"I didn't touch your son..." the doctor replied nervously.

"Oh really?" Klaus asked, "Then how did he get that swollen lip, then?"

Thea lent down to Five's ear and whispered, "Go with it, it'll only hurt for a minute." Five turned to question her when Klaus turned and punched him in the face. Five touched his bleeding lip and glared at Klaus. Thea squeezed his shoulders in apology.

Klaus turned back to the doctor. "I want it. Name, please. Now."

The doctor stared at him incredulously. "You're crazy."

Klaus gave a humourless chucked, "You got no idea." He looked down at the snow globe sat on the desk. "'Peace on earth' that's so sweet." He then smashed it against his head, glass shards flying everywhere. Thea cringed at the blood running down his forehead. As soon as we get back he'll need that checked out. She glanced over at Five, him too.

"God that hurt!" Klaus exclaimed.

Thea saw the doctor pick up the phone to call security. "Don't," she said. The man's arm froze mid-air and his eyes widened. Klaus grabbed it from him before shouting down the phone for help. He looked back at the doctor. "Now, here's what's gonna happen, Grant."

"I-it's Lance."

Klaus ignored him, "In about 60 seconds, two security guards are gonna burst through that door and they're gonna see a whole lot of blood, and they're gonna wonder 'What the hell happened?'" Five finally caught on to his plan and gave the man a smug smirk.

"and we're gonna tell them that you...beat the shit out of us." Klaus sobbed dramatically before standing up straight and smiling sarcastically. "You're gonna do great in prison, Grant."

"Trust him, he's been there." Thea chimed in.

"Little piece of chicken like you. Oh, my god, you're gonna get passed around like a..." he moved his hips in circles trying to find the right word.

"Little Bitch?" Thea helped. Klaus nodded and pointed at her.

"Yeah, yeah. You're just- you're gonna do great. That's all I'm saying."

The doctor looked at Klaus in disbelief. "Jesus, you are a real sick bastard."

"Thank you," Klaus said seriously. Thea struggled to keep her laughter in at his dramatics.

The three of them followed the doctor as he looked through his files. He frowned, "Huh, that's strange."

"What?" Five asked impatiently.

"Well, the eye. It's just, it hasn't been purchased by a client yet." He frowned at the file in his hands, "This can't be right, it says that it hasn't even been manufactured yet." He looked up at them suspiciously, "Where did you get that eye?"

Thea realised it was time to go and so took hold of Five's shoulders and led him out the room. "C'mon Klaus, time to go." She took one last look at the doctor, "Don't move until we leave this building. Don't tell anyone what happened." With that, she walked out the door.

"Well, this is not good." Five muttered.

"I was pretty good though, right?" Klaus asked, "Yeah, 'What about my consent, bitch?'" he laughed at his own joke. Five wasn't amused.

"Klaus it doesn't matter."

Thea look at Five, he looked stressed and she was worried about him. She put a hand on his shoulder, "What's important about this eye? You never said."

"There's someone out there who's going to lose an eye in the next seven days. They're gonna bring about the end of life on this earth as we know it." Five said seriously. Thea was shocked. She knew Five wasn't one for messing around, so she immediately believed what he was saying. What the hell did he see whilst he was gone?

Thea opened her mouth to ask more but Klaus beat her to it. "Yeah, can I get that 20 bucks, like, now, or what?"

Thea and Five both whipped around to stare at him incredulously. "Klaus, he literally just told us the world is going to end!" she exclaimed. Five gave her a shocked glance. He was surprised she'd believed him so quickly.

Five glared at Klaus, "The apocalypse is coming and all you can think about is getting high?"

Klaus gave a dismissive shrug, "Well, I'm also quite hungry. Tummy's a-rumblin'." He jokingly imitated his stomach rumbling. Thea rolled her eyes. She loved Klaus, she really did, but if there was any time to be serious, it was now.

"You're useless," Five muttered. "You're all useless." He walked to sit on the steps and Thea followed him. She sat beside him.

"Is that the thanks I get for helping you out - no questions asked, by the way - and taking you seriously, being called useless?" she asked. Five gave her a sideways glance. "I didn't mean you." He sighed, "I'm just sick of nobody else taking this seriously."

She put her hand on his knee, "I'm am. If you believe it to be serious, then I do too."

Five gave her a grateful look. Klaus interrupted the moment. "I've just now realised why you're so uptight." He walked over to them both, "You must be horny as hell."

Thea scrunched her nose in disgust. "Klaus, what the hell. I don't want to think of that."

Klaus ignored her, "All those years by yourself. It's gotta screw with your head, being alone."

Thea felt awful for her brother, being alone for such a long time. He must have been so scared. Oh, Five. Thea began to tear up just thinking about it.

"Well, I wasn't alone." Five said quietly.

Thea was shocked at this, but then she remembered him mentioning someone when he'd first come back. "Delores?" she asked.

Five was surprised she'd remembered. Thea gave him a fond smile, "I'd just gotten my brother back after almost 17 years. Do you really think I'd of missed a single word of what you had to say, hm?"

Five felt bad for thinking Thea would've been just as dismissive as the rest of his siblings. He'd already tried speaking to Vanya about the apocalypse, but that'd been because he felt she could give neutral advice - being ordinary.

However the more he thought about it, Thea had been the one to always listen to anyone's problems, no matter how silly they were. 'If it's a problem to you, then it can't ever be considered silly. Not to me,' she always used to say when they were kids. God, he'd missed her. Five hadn't felt comfortable with including Thea in his plans, mostly because of how he'd left things with her when he'd disappeared. He'd been foolish and reckless just like she'd warned him.

But he hadn't listened. And he'd hurt her in the process. Five could still remember Thea's heartbroken expression as he'd broken out of her control.

Five sighed. "We were together for over 30 years."

Klaus let out a chuckle, "30 years? Oh wow!" he sighed, "God, the longest I've been with someone was...I don't know, three weeks. And that's only because I was so tired of looking for a place to sleep-"

Thea ignored Klaus and looked at Five. She could tell he was annoyed at Klaus' rambling and she could bet he would spatial jump away any minute.

She tapped him on the shoulder and leant down to his ear. "Before you jump away and leave me here with this idiot, can we talk later?" Five gave her a questioning look. Thea sighed, "If the world really is ending, I don't want us to have not sorted things out." She gave him a loving smile, "I know you're an old man now, but I really love you, y'know? I missed you so much. Just save some time for me later, please?"

Five felt choked up at Thea's declaration. He blinked a few times before squeezing her hand, "Sure. We can talk later on, in my room." He paused before glancing at Thea, "and I love you too, Z." Five then spatial jumped away.

Thea smiled brightly at Five's words. She turned to see Klaus still rambling on about someone making great osso buco. Thea laughed in amusement, "Klaus, he's gone."

Klaus turned around to see Thea sat there alone. A taxi drove past with Five in the back. He gave Klaus a mock salute as it drove away. Klaus jumped to his feet. "Hey, hey, hey. What about my money?" he shouted.

Thea laughed harder and jumped up to her feet, stretching out all the kinks in her back from sitting on the cold stone steps. "Forget it, Klaus. You should have known he wouldn't have given you any anyway." Klaus pouted. Thea linked her arm in his and began walking him down the street. "C'mon. there's a nice café not too far off that does lovely waffles and ice-cream. How's that sound?"

Klaus grinned at her childishly. "I knew there was a reason I loved you."

Thea gave him a mock incredulous look, "Oh, and it's not the fact that I'm literally your twin, your other half?" Klaus playfully pushed her, and Thea pushed him back. They both walked down the street laughing, arm in arm.

Thea was sat on Five's bed, reading one of his many collections of books when said boy came tumbling into the room. She jumped off the bed at his arrival and gasped when she saw the state he was in. His uniform was ripped in places and he had blood on his arm. He clutched a black duffle bag tightly.

"Five! What happened?" she ran her hands over his shoulders and cupped his face. He had tears in his eyes and Thea instantly softened. She stroked his cheek and wiped away the tears that ran down. "Hey, Five, please look at me." Her voice was soft. "Let me help you, please."

Five looked up at Thea and gave a small nod. She immediately ran to the bathroom to grab the emergency medical kit. As she began wiping his wound clean, she saw him looking forlornly at the duffle bag. Thea finished cleaning his wound and walked over to the bag. She could see a mannequin stuffed inside and frowned in confusion. Five saw her look and spoke quietly, "That's Delores."

Thea's chest felt tight. Oh, Five. She looked down at the mannequin, her mind spinning with this new information. Of course, Delores wasn't a real human. He did say he was the last one on earth, after all. Thea took a deep breath before unzipping the bag and picking the mannequin up carefully. Five watched on from where he sat.

Thea sat Delores onto Five's bed and then began delicately wiping the mannequin down with an antibacterial wipe, cleaning off all the soot and dirt. Once her throat felt less clogged with emotion, Thea spoke up, "She's very pretty, Five. I can see why you like her."

Five smiled at his sister's comment. He knew deep down exactly what Delores was - or wasn't - but it didn't change the fact that she'd been his only companion for 30 years. He wasn't sure what the others would think if they saw Delores, though he could guess they'd probably believe he'd gone insane. But not Thea. 'If it's a problem to you, then it can't ever be considered silly. Not to me.' He repeated his sister's words in his head and smiled. Thea definitely lived up to her words. Five could tell she was initially shocked at what Delores was, but he was grateful she'd taken him seriously and been so loving towards them both.

Thea finished wiping the mannequin down and smiled. Even if she's not real, I'm still thankful she was there. "Well, Delores. It's nice to finally meet you. I'm surprised anybody can put up with our little Five over there for such a long time." She winked at the boy. "But I'm very thankful that he had you to take care of him, even when we couldn't."

Five walked over and sat next to Thea on the bed. "Thank you. For taking this seriously, all of it. The eye and the apocalypse stuff," he looked next to him, "and Delores."

Thea gave him a loving smile, "Of course I do. You're my brother. Your problems are my problems."

Five laughed at that, "You haven't changed much, Z." Thea grinned at him, "So, tell me about this apocalypse that's coming. What can we do to stop it?"

Five shook his head, "That's the thing. You already tried. All of you did." At Thea's curious look he explained further. "When I was walking around trying to find out what happened, I came across a hand holding an eye. I didn't recognise who it was at first, but it was Luther."

Thea pulled a thoughtful face, "So that's why you wanted to know what the deal with the eye was?"

Five nodded. "I figured he had it for a reason, and so I wanted to figure out who it belonged to. They must be responsible if Luther had it clutched so tightly before he died," He explained.

Thea hummed in agreement, "and so what about the rest of us? Were we there too? You said we all died, right?"

Five nodded again, "Yeah. I saw you all, underneath the rubble..."

Five plucked the eyeball out of what he could only assume was an older version of Luther's hands. It was covered in blood and dirt. He looked around and saw the familiar curly hair of Allison. Diego lay flat beside her, both were covered in bricks and rubble. Five began to panic. If three of his siblings were dead, then that meant...

Five ran around the corner of a pile of rubble, his eyes frantically searching for others. The first thing he saw was a lanky man, his face squished against a pile of bricks and his arm stretched out. Five could see the infamous Umbrella Academy tattoo on his forearm. His eyes began tearing up at the confirmation that these were all his siblings, now grown up. With his heart in his stomach, Five moved closer to Klaus, afraid at what he'd find. Laying there, almost underneath Klaus was a small woman. Five would recognise that pale blonde hair anywhere and he couldn't stop the sob that left his lips. She lay almost protectively under her twin - as though in the final moments he'd tried shielding her from the danger.

Five kneeled beside the now older Thea and let his tears fall. He'd been feeling guilty since he got to this world for how he'd left things between them, and now seeing her - lifeless and so cold - he couldn't handle it. Five grabbed a hold of her hand and brought it up to his cheek. Thea used to do this all the time to him and the others. She'd cradle their faces and ask what was wrong - knowing they couldn't lie when looking at her eyes filled with concern. Five looked at Thea now, and her usual loving gaze was flat and dull. Her eyes were glazed over and distant in death, and he let out another sob.

Five looked around him and could only think that he'd never felt so scared.

End of flashback

Thea sat stunned. She'd listened to Five's tale of finding them dead and she felt so much sadness and pity for the poor boy. Five was shaken from his heavy thoughts when Thea gave him a crushing hug. Her hand went to his head and she began to run her fingers through his hair in a calming motion. Five still felt uncomfortable with human contact after having not had any for so long, but he knew Thea needed this. He needed this.

"God, Five. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. And alone...my god I can't even imagine-" she let out a sob. Five rubbed her back, "It's alright, I'm here now and I plan on stopping it ever happening."

Thea rubbed her tear-filled eyes and gave him a determined look, "I'll help you. Anything you need, you can count on me. You don't have to do this alone anymore. I'm here for you, whether that be till we fix this," Thea lovingly kissed his forehead, "or till the very end."