Klaus led the last group file into the showers and watched the rest of them shake their hair and a shade of relief washed over them. They were watching the large crowd travel their way back and forth, as loud chattering echoed through the arch. Klaus was sat on a small chair in front of the clothing room and waited for all of them. When he spotted the elderly man that had led the group, standing a few feet next to him, he started a conversation.
"How was the journey over here?" As soon as he said it, he wondered if this was the right question for a man who survived through an apocalypse, oppression, and injustice.
"We took a wrong turn but found the right way, eventually. With such a large group, it's easy to get lost. Thank you for stopping them. I had no idea they were hidden with us. I just heard an opportunity to escape and didn't think twice about everything else. I'm glad you and your friends were there." The old man's voice was half-gone like he had been shouting for half of his life.
"What's it like? Over there," Klaus asked, carefully and curiously. He didn't know how to approach the whole situation. He never had the opportunity to confront his comfortable life with needs that were easily fulfilled and wants that seemed easily affordable. Sure, he dealt with America's indignant racism in the 60's, but he was safely tucked away with hippies in a farm.
"I only know from what I've heard too. I heard in the Sun floors, there are wall to wall windows, an endless amount of food, and fresh water that can be used from the tap. Apparently, everybody has their own room." He whispered as if it was scandal, "There are live musicians once a week, and Bingo on another. We hear them dance and yell on our floors." For a second, Klaus could hear the lively music and the thump, thump against the wooden floor.
"I was the 'overnight janitor.' We all have various jobs, or… had, and we tried to share what we saw as much as possible. My job's only rule was, 'Clean as if you were never here.' On dancing nights, there was broken glass everywhere, chairs thrown against walls, and tables flipped. I finished the rest of a Champaign bottle to throw it away… I couldn't help it, it had been so long…" He looked away, and continued, "They caught me on camera. I was in solitary for, I am not sure…" He had a pained look and started to hold the wall to breathe easier. The sudden bright light, with hundreds of people, the loud market, it all overwhelmed him.
"You were in there for a week, Pops." A young teenage girl with a thick braid, weighed by the wetness, put her hand on his shoulder. "I am glad our plan worked," as she tried to reassure him.
"It felt like a month." He muttered to himself, but Klaus and the girl still caught it. "When they found me, they had this whole thing set up. All our friends and family were able to come out of there alive."
Klaus saw the weight upon him and was afraid to push it further. He offered to get food as the rest of the group filed out of the showers. They easily pushed through the market and came back to the mess hall. They all lined up as Klaus grabbed a tray and offered it down the line. He saw the rest of his family join next to him and notified where Five, Lila, and Luther were and grabbed a tray beside Klaus. It suddenly hit him when he received the food on his tray, 'What am I going to eat tonight?'
Klaus led the group to an empty table and other took the seats beside him. Next to him sat the young girl and a younger boy, and in front sat the old man. He watched Diego and Viktor sat next to a group of children, and Allison was sat in front of them. Allison smoothed over a little boy's hair and grabbed a spoonful of food to feed him.
Conversation erupted between them. Viktor, Diego, and Allison started talking to the adult nearby, and listened quietly as they heard stories of their bunker, food rations, and awful living conditions. They heard how hundreds of workers were stacked on top of each other to sleep, the small and failed revolutions, and the lives lost due to their revolt. A woman explained that her husband 'disappeared' after he tried to work injured.
Klaus learned the girl next to him was named Arla, the boy, Jay, and their Pop, Andrew. They continued the story in between big bites, and he smiled at the boy shoveling food, getting it all over his face.
"I wish we knew about this sooner. We could have gotten out before Pop got…" She trailed off, "Everything was a lie. The peace, the medicine, the 'free accommodation.' All bullshit. Jesus, how do you do that in an apocalypse." Klaus watched her hatred towards humanity seep out of her eyes. The more she spoke the more Klaus became determined. He hated that he didn't participate at the checkpoint. He hated humanity and their extreme range. Humans managed to capitalize on a dead world using basic needs, but also create this haven, trying to find justice in an unjust world. Something clicked inside him and knew with his powers; he couldn't afford saying no for the sake of a peace of mind.
When Five's stomach grumbled, he looked up surprised at the noise. The whole room heard it, and it reminded them how long it had been. The small clock on the computer displayed 12:23PM and Doc's stomach seemed to grumble back at Five. The analysis screen was only 14% completed and he sighed.
"Let's go back to our compound for food." Doc stretched up and laid his hands flat on the ceiling. Five finally noticed the three hooped earrings dangling on one side of his face. He stood up but leaned against the table when he realized his leg had fallen asleep. Lila stood up off the couch and skipped towards him, light on her steps. "Are you all done now, love?" Lila said as she poked at his dead leg. He scrunched his nose up in dulling pain and said, "Yeah, we just need to look over it again with fresh eyes." He glanced at Doc to say, "took a little more than an hour, try like four now?" It was tired and sarcastic, jabbing at his ego.
He glared back at him as he took his arms down. Sloane and Luther stood up and Five saw her guard go right back up as she stood rigid and vigilant. Five really did not want to walk the way back up the stairs through a mile of potential bombs, and down a dark tunnel system. He offered to blip them there, but Sloane said, "Nope."
"Oh, come on," Doc dragged out the o's, "I know those stitches are bothering you. Actually," He turned and reached for a drawer and pulled out a small vial, unmarked and homemade, "I managed to make some antibiotics last night." He pulled a syringe and pulled to plunger to the right dose. Sloane slowly shook out an arm from the jacket and Luther grabbed the end of the sleeve to help it off. She barely glanced at him, but her heart did a double skip at the close contact. She cleared her throat and said casually, "Do you ever sleep? You're going to keel over one day."
He smiled at her, over his glasses, and rubbed a little alcohol with a gauze and stabbed her arm with the syringe. He looked at her eyes and he pushed it in and said, "Nope." Doc pulled it out and pressed on the site for a bit and threw everything away. He grabbed his leather jacket and put it on, dramatically swinging it around his shoulder.
"Let's do this thing!" Doc said excitedly and he pumped his arms up.
Five was the first to grab Lila's hands and she reached for Sloane's. Luther grabbed hers before anyone else could and remembered what her hands felt like in his massive ones. Doc grabbed Luther's and swung it like a kid. Five reached for Doc's and it felt weird holding his own hand. Five and Lila both focused on their powers, but Five let Lila take what she needed from him, as he felt the energy pull towards her hand and let her blip them away.
Lila imagined the mess hall, the smell, the spot where she wanted them to land, the bustling sound of the people eating. She let her powers do the rest and knew she succeeded when she heard her family's voice ringing around her. She opened her eyes to see Sloane slowly peeking her eyes and whipping it around, confused. People gathered at the entrance jumped back in surprise of their sudden appearance. Five smiled at her softly, proud of her. She kissed his cheeks as she felt the hot stare of the people around them. They greeted the group and their family.
Soon, they stood in line and received food. It was dehydrated pasta that had barely soaked in the lukewarm water. They sat amongst the new group of people and Lila and Five had nowhere to sit but next to Diego. They awkwardly shuffled in silence and watched Diego wear a sour look. They tried to eat without choking on the thick tension.
Diego abruptly broke it when he said, "I get it now." And Lila was the first to look at him.
"I mean, I don't. Because, again, it's my wife. But… I get it." Diego looked at his half-finished food. He pushed it towards the kids to share amongst them. "Worrying about me in a world like this… wasn't a priority. I… get it." He met Five's eyes and gave him an understanding look. Lila's heart ached and wanted to hug Diego, even if he wouldn't appreciate it.
"I would kill to hug Grace right now." She softened her eyes at Diego.
"Yeah… me too." Diego smiled at her.
The tension loosened but not enough for Diego to stick around. They started to look at each other with loving eyes and still felt like tackling Five to the ground and giving him a matching bruise on the other side. He grabbed his tray and put it away just to have an excuse to leave and, on the way back, he saw Grace sitting with the rest of the leaders. She softly smiled at him and invited him to sit. The rest of the group fell back to their conversation, and he finally got to get a good look at her. She was eager of the new people and their safety, and rounded her eyes at Diego.
Grace always knew she'd be a good mom and to raise children with such magnificent abilities grew her heart fonder. She saw the tension between Diego and Five and wondered if Diego was the source of the healing jaw on Five.
"I don't even know what to call you." Diego said, quietly and tried not to scare Grace.
"Grace. Mom. Both sounds nice." She shrugged and tucked a piece of gray strand out of her face. "What kind of Mom was I?"
"You were… always kind and too soft hearted for our Dad." Diego started to choke up, "You fed us really well, like too much—and gave us names, clothes, and made us to who we are now." He cleared his throat, "I hope we made you proud… Mom."
They met eyes and Grace teared as well. It hit Diego he'd never seen his mother cry before.
"You weren't quite human though. It's a really long story, but you didn't age. Or cry. Or laugh, really." It really hit him how he'd never seen his mother show any emotions other than her defaulted care. "She was very… mechanical."
"I see." Grace started to get a grasp, "I'm sorry. You kids deserved better than that." Diego knew it wasn't exactly for her to apologize and if he could, he would ask Klaus to bring his dead Dad back so he could repeat it. It still felt nice to hear it, especially from Grace.
Grace eased at his face as it found the peace it seemed to be looking for. She bombarded him with question about their home, his favorite food, powers, and 'what exactly is the Umbrella Academy?'. He laughed and took his time to answer all of them.
Doc took majority of the refugees back to the small headquarters. All the leaders immediately gathered on the table rapidly discussing the next course of action. Grace went around to gather intel as she asked, "Who was leading the event?" to "Where did you go for your job site?" as she pushed a hand drawn map. Doc started to gather names and demographics to add to his spreadsheet. The older leader assigned housing and various opportunities to the work around the marketplace. The British man tried to talk to the old man about his time in the Isolation Room, but the young girl, Arla, was trying to convince him to let her join their troops.
As the rest of the family helped with the two-dozen people get initiated, Five and Lila quietly slipped away at the opportunity to be alone together. They walked back to the Weapons Wing that was tucked away and far removed from the various voices. They heard, "But please, mister. You have to let me join. I can fight…" as they closed the door behind them. As soon as the door clicked, Five pulled her hand to turn her rapidly towards his chest. He slid her hands low on her back and slowly dropped his head on her shoulder. He breathed in her neck and hair as he swayed them back and forth. She reached up to his biceps up his neck. One hand rested on the back of his neck and one up his hair. She smoothed it over just to run her fingers through them again.
"I need to cut your hair again. And shave your beard." She whispered into his ear.
"I need you on a bed. Alone." Five whispered back. She smirked and breathed out a giggle.
"We'll get there soon." She hugged him tighter and pulled the back of his hair. She kissed the soft part of his neck, another under his ear, and kept kissing his way up to his eyes. He lifted his head and struggled to open his eyes in the pure bliss of holding her. She shined brighter than anything in this room full of reflective surfaces. She held his face as he blinked his eyes slowly, out of sync, and felt the worry fall out his shoulders. She kissed his nose, both his cheeks, his brows, and eyes. She got more and more aggressive as she kissed all over his face, leaving his face scrunched and giggled as it tickled him. She made loud smooching noises as she finished with his lips.
Five was loved. He felt so loved with each one of her kisses, he could die right now with no regrets. When he let her finish, he kissed her back. He pushed against her with his arms still wrapped around her waist. He heard her nose exhale and felt it as it hit his skin. He felt the soft cardigan and the way her soft lips pushed against his. He felt his tongue meet hers as they moved their heads in sync.
Lila focused only on him. Throughout their whole journey here, they haven't had more than five minutes to themselves, awake and alert enough to be with each other. Lila just wanted to exist next to Five, but it seemed like destiny had other plans. She used the little time they earned to kiss him and love him. She poured everything she had been holding back for right now. She tugged at his hair and slid her arm under his shirt to feel his exposed ribs. She felt him push his body closer to her and heard a low rumble when her hand touched his skin. He pushed her towards the door, the only free flat surface, not displaying dangerous weapons. He kept pushing on her even after they both hit the door. He held her head so it wouldn't bang against it and his other arm was wedged behind her back and the door. She took the opportunity to jump and felt him catch her and let the door carry most of her weight. She looked down at the soft eyes and hair that fell away from his face. He looked up at her and pulled her closer to continue kissing her.
He couldn't get enough of her. More he consumed, more he wanted. He remembered the Durango trying to find the Marigold and couldn't help drawing the comparison. He wanted them to be one.
They stopped when they heard a soft tap on the door. He dropped Lila as he sighed and opened it enough just for his head to poke through. Sloane had knocked and looked confused when she saw Five.
"What?" Five asked, like he had better things to do.
"What are you doing?" Sloane asked and she reached to push through the door but she felt Five fight to push against it so it wouldn't move.
Five felt Lila silently kiss his chest and leave a trail up to his neck. Five struggled to say, "Can I have like, five minutes? Please? I just need a break… from all of that."
"I guess. We're going to show them around. Your family is coming with. Just wanted to know about you, jeez." Sloane backed up at his sharp tone.
"You guys go. I just need a few minutes. We'll be here." He felt both her hands under his shirt now.
"Oh. OH. Lila is in there, isn't she." She caught the 'we' before he noticed it slipping out of his mouth. She curtly turned and left down the hall and charged out the door with a small group following them. He heard the leaders talk again as he closed the door.
"So handsy. So unhelpful." He pushed her back against the door. He felt his shirt ride up his torso as he kissed her. He kissed her hard and fast as their breath quickened. He might as well be shirtless now as she let her hands feel every part of him. He grabbed her leg up and against his side as he pushed closer to her. He softly pulled at the base of her hair to tilt her head up at him. Lila grunted and moaned under him, and she secretly wished to go back to their greenhouse just to be alone with him.
He kissed down her jaw, down her neck, and kissed her collarbone. She sighed and rested her head against the door for full access. He went to the other collar bone and traveled back up to kiss her chin and mouth.
"I can't wait for all this shit to end." Five finally in between heavy breathing, breaking apart from her to take a good look at her. Her hair was messy and shoveled and he reached to brush it out. After a brief silence, they busted out in laughter, throwing their heads back unable to contain it and it felt contagious. They weren't even sure at what they were laughing at but was glad they finally did. They felt the past 24 hours float away with their laugh.
When it was starting to die down, they sighed as they fell into an embrace. They continued giggling as they softly swayed with arms tight around each other. Five pulled a little to look at her face again and he placed his lips back on hers. He shortly kissed her three times, and he let her return all three back to him.
When they stepped out of the Wing, they were still holding hands but Five clearly looked blissed out. He had the soft rounded face he always wore in the greenhouse, and he couldn't stop glancing at Lila. He swung their hands and smoothed over her hair again. They entered back into the room where the leaders still argued, but they heard Klaus interject with, "I don't know. They seem to be barely holding on, too."
Out of all the people, they didn't expect Klaus to be the type to join a revolution. They joined the table as they continued talking, barely acknowledging their presence.
"That may be so, but they have the things we need. We're running out of room and energy. There won't be much left." Grace said back. Doc was silently watching them ping pong back and forth.
"Aren't you uncharacteristically quiet today, Doc." The British man said.
"I simply have run out of things to contribute." He kicked back his chair and stood up to leave. They heard the jacket's metal clanging against each other as he slammed open the door and stepped out. Five sighed and followed him out. He struggled to catch up with Doc as he hurriedly walked through the narrow alley ways to the back of a building. It was a dead end, and small windows lined the side.
Doc was annoyingly at least an inch taller than Five. He wore platformed, steel-toed boots that matched the metals on the jacket. His eyebags drooped lower than before, and his hair seemed to match his busy mind.
"You need to take it down a notch, man." Five said, trying to calm him down.
"You only say that, because you don't live here." Doc kept shaking his hands trying to get rid of the anger rising in him. He muttered under his breath, but said it loud enough for Five to hear, "Fucking tourist."
"I may be so. But I'm going back to my own fucking apocalypse, here. And your world isn't really the place for a destination wedding." Five spat back, "We're trying to help you."
"Hey, let's get this right, I'm helping you here. You wanna try running a small city in a desiccated world with the rich pigs trying to kill them all the FUCKING TIME? Please go ahead. You try." Doc exploded and waved his arms around. "If you haven't noticed, you are leaving soon. That shit in the tunnel can't happen again. As in, we showed them our strongest weapons and they will continue to develop their weapons to match you. Which we won't fucking have by the time they come to break down that GODFORSAKEN BARRICADE."
"Then we find another way. A different way! Why are you giving up after years of surviving, after years of building this place?" Five shouted back.
"No, no. There is no we, here." He madly ticked his finger between them, "You are going to leave with your little time machine to fix your fucked up timeline and we'll be one of the half million worlds that die."
"Then, you go back in time with us. You navigate through the entirety of today, knowing more than you did this morning. You learn everything you can from that body in your lab, and you fix it the right way. Your way, I don't give a shit!" Five was just spitting out random ideas just so he could have something to shout. But he saw Doc's eyes suddenly drop his anger and think rapidly. He saw the number running through his head like a glissando on a piano. Doc suddenly clutched both his shoulders and shook him.
"Five. You little genius! I'm a genius!" Doc gave Five a bone crushing hug and ran back out the alleyway. He wondered if that warranted Doc calling himself a genius but didn't fight it. He followed Doc back to the room as he sighed. He thought, 'Is this what babysitting is like?'
Doc explained the new plan to the group. They won't know this plan as their past selves but were excitedly engaged about a new way out. Doc spoke too fast and mumbled past holes he hadn't fully figured out yet. When he was done, the rest of the family entered, without the group of refugees.
"They're all settled now!" Luther said to the table. He saw Doc's manic rambling and new something was brewing.
"Okay no time, let's go back to my lab." He grabbed Five's hands and signaled everyone to hurry up. This time Lila let Five take as much as he needed to blip them safely back into the room. Sloane stayed behind and gave Luther a look as they blipped away.
When they landed, Doc was manically tapping on the space bar and yelled at his computer, "Hurry up!" The loading screen read 55% completed and he didn't care. He snapped open the program and looked through them again. He quickly fixed minor bugs and asked Five to look as well. He added a line that would navigate the train to different timelines once they landed in their new past. He kept going back and forth as the new solution unraveled in his brain.
"You think 24 hours is enough?" Five said to Doc.
"You're right. Let's do 72." Doc muttered and changed it easily. They both rapidly ran it to see that it created no errors, and Doc quickly downloaded it on a SD drive. Its holder was shaped like a carrot once he snapped it shut. He smiled at Five's eyeroll and placed it next to the vaccine. "Part 2 done. Now for the information." He clicked open the analysis to see had remained at 55%.
"I could lend some of my energy, if you'd like." Viktor said, in hopes to ease the tension. He said it as a joke but Doc perked up at the suggestion.
"I mean, the energy that makes up our world is the same as the ones in you. You could try the router. Try touching it and pouring just a little." Doc said and secretly hoped it wouldn't fry his modem. But he didn't care, at best he'd just go back in time to his old one.
Viktor touched the small white box on the desk with his index finger. He let the flood gates open and poured out just an ounce.
"Oh! It just jumped a percent." Doc shouted. "Put your hand on it." Viktor cautiously complied and pushed more. He stared at the screen as it shot up, percentage at a time. It briefly stopped at 73% so Viktor poured a little more into his palm. It continued up to 100% completed and waited until a new screen popped up. Doc and Five looked at every element, ppm readings, until they were satisfied. Doc printed it out using 10 pages on each side. He grabbed it all and separated his findings with Fives.
"Can I have the rest of the vaccine sample. For this idiot?" Doc asked as he raised the little vaccine.
"Sure. You plan on capturing him again?" Five replied.
"Yeah. I'm no where near being done with him." Doc muttered, bitterly.
Five grabbed the syringe and journal to put it in his bag. Before he could, Doc took the journal and copied the equation on his notebook and handed it back to him. "I may need it," and shrugged. Five placed a compass from the shelf and put it in his pocket and a smoke bomb from a box in his jacket. "I'm taking somethings." Five vaguely shouted to Doc. Everything was finally falling into place. Their planning and experimenting lead to this decisive moment, but Five still felt the anxiety rise back up to his chest. He glanced at Lila to breathe easier.
"Okay, I think we should head back to the Diner. After I do some adjustments to the train itself, we should be back to our own worlds in no time." Doc said eagerly.
"Wait, we're leaving? Now?" Diego said.
"Yeah. Wasn't that the whole point of all of this?" Doc said back, running back and forth, stuffing a satchel full of things, he may need.
"We didn't say goodbye to anyone. I didn't get to say goodbye to Grace." Diego growled now, frustrated of Doc's selfishness.
"When we go back in time, they won't remember you! It would have been like nothing happened." Doc laughed back.
"Yeah, dipshit, so I would have liked to say goodbye." Diego gritted his teeth. Doc stopped to try to understand. He never really had people he had to stop and remember to say goodbye. It was his signature mark, to do what he does best, disappear.
"I'm sorry. I forgot about that." Doc muttered looking at Diego and saw the rest of the family equally feel uncomfortable at the predicament. "But we really don't have time for that."
"No. I'm sorry, but that's just not an acceptable answer." Lila finally said, "You guys do what you need to, I'll take them back to say goodbye and bring them right back." She didn't ask for permission and grabbed their hands and slipped away. Five and Doc stared at the vacant spot.
"Mom, we have to go now." Diego said as soon as he landed. He dropped Luther and Allison's hands and walked straight towards her. She stood up at the news and went to reach him. They hugged and Grace smoothed out his back. "You be safe. If you want to do something stupid, be smart about it." When she let go, Diego was a crying mess, and he wiped his hands roughly over his entire face.
She went to hug them down the line and gave them a small nod at a crying Viktor. He whispered in her ear, "Love you, Mom."
Klaus, after he hugged Grace tight, went to find Arla and her grandfather for farewells. When he hugged Arla, he said, "You listen to me. I know you want to fight. I know you want to win. But you need to live to do all of that. You don't and there won't be anyone to protect him or your brother. You live, you hear me?" He tried to stay strong, but his voice cracked at the thought of leaving her in a war. She kept reminding him of Claire, strong and willing, eager yet scared, diligent but impulsive. She hesitantly nodded at the loaded advice and watched him walk back to headquarters.
When Klaus walked back in, he saw Sloane in a willing hug with Luther. He sighed and said, "I know you are going to do whatever you need to do, but maybe don't push yourself too hard. You need taking care of, too." He smiled as he let go.
"I'll only do it, if you do too, big guy." She smirked back and hit his arm.
Lila gestured them and pointed at the clock. They held hands again and Luther kept his eye contact with Sloane as he felt the energy push him through a portal. Once they landed at the lab, Doc looked pissed and ready to go. Five was sitting on the couch, patiently waiting. He had a bag that hung on his shoulder and patted to say, "We've got everything. Let's go finish this thing."
They walked out of the building and out into the landscape. They were still weary of possible bombs, but none exploded as they found the entrance to the subway again. They rode the train back through a few stops to the familiar Diner entrance. Five held Lila's hand and walked through as Allison opened the door for them. Doc pushed past them, breaking their hand away and headed straight into the library. Five annoyed, still followed him through the diner into the room. Lila was still struggling with a room full of Five, searched for the familiarity of Max. Server Five noticed her and nodded as she approached the bar. "Where's Max?"
"He's down for a nap. He just went up, so we won't be seeing him for a while." He said back in a monotonous voice.
"We're trying to leave right now. I just wanted to say goodbye." She said sheepishly.
"Then you should go up. He should still be up." Server Five pointed at a steep staircase tucked away in a corner. She signaled her family that she'd be back and hopped the stairs two at a time. She carefully knocked at the only door and heard a confused, "Come in" to open the door. Five was hurriedly putting on a shirt, fresh out of the shower, with water still dripping down his clean shirt. The room was small, just enough to fit a bed and without a window, it felt extremely dark. There was small warm lamp on and it lit a series of books lined along the walls.
"Lila! What are you doing here?" Max said, excited.
"We're about to go home, actually." She scanned through the titles of books only to see fiction. "I just wanted to see you before."
"Good! Well, this is my room. It's small, but it does the job." He smoothed his hair away from his face.
"Who's this?" Lila pointed at a small, framed photo. It held a small girl, a toddler, with a large jumper that swallowed her whole. She was far away, and the face was barely visible.
"That's you, silly." He picked it up and showed her. "I found it when I visited your childhood home. It was after the apocalypse and there wasn't much left. I managed to scavenge this though. It's the only picture of you, I have." He smiled at the frame.
Lila hugged him. It wasn't the same with her Five. This was out of a different kind of love, endearment, grief, it didn't matter. She held him and he softened against her. They broke away and he smiled in pain.
"I really do need to go now. Thank you, Max. For your kindness. And love." Lila whispered as she headed to the door. "I really do promise you. She loved you." She shut the door behind her and had to stop halfway. She didn't see the Diner yet and was consumed in the dark hallway. She held the wall and dropped two tears and sniffled to wipe it away. She tucked her hair behind her ear and continued downstairs, past Server Five, and into the Library.
