Warnings: graphic violence, blood, gore, major character death, brief mention of potential suicidal thoughts

10 Oct - Update on Chap 9 to fix minor inconsistency

12 Oct - Update on Chap 11 to fix minor missed detail

17 Oct - Update on Chap 15 to add minor detail


April 1, 2019 – 20:53

Cha-Cha punches in the last of the numbers and holds the receiver up to her ear. A small squeak answers on the other end.

"The target is unconscious."

More squeaking responds.

"Will do."

Cha-Cha hangs up the payphone.

"She isn't so ordinary after all," Cha-Cha mused.

A whoosh sounds down to her right. Cha-Cha smiles as she opens the canister and pockets the object.

Turning away, she heads for the side stage door to the Icarus Theater and slips in. The room is aglow in an electric blue. Peering around the corner, the source of the light is a blue dome surrounding six figures. Cha-Cha starts running and makes a dive into the center, just as the dome zaps out of existence.

.·.0.·.

The group lands in a heap backstage, limps everywhere as everyone tries to move off of each other. For a moment, there are two of each Hargreeves, until the previous incarnations fade away, just before the destruction of the moon. A minute ticks by and the glass ceiling above remains intact. Collectively, all eligible siblings breathe a sigh of relief.

"Did w-we? Did we do it?"

"Looks like it."

Luther opens his mouth to contribute when a slight pop echoes and smoke starts to rapidly fill the room. Someone bellows out to run and they all start to scramble towards the nearest exit with Five blinking into the lead, Luther still carrying an unconscious Vanya, and Diego vaulting over a large chunk of foundation. Once outside, Five has already started up the first available van and the siblings dash into the back and slam the doors shut. Five hits the gas and the van takes off down the mostly empty street. After a minute of silence and heavy breathing, a voice pipes up:

"Where's Klaus?"