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HIGHWAY TO HELL: EXTRA-ORDINARY ⋆｡° ✮

NOTES: AU, UMBRELLA ACADEMY CHARACTER INSERT, FIVE LOWKEY KIDNAPS RUTH, FOLLOWS RUTH PIRECE’S PERSPECTIVE, A LITTLE FLIRTING, BANTER, FIVE HARGREEVES IS AN ASSHOLE, FAMILY BICKERING, CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, FIVE BRINGS DELORES AND RUTH ISNT THRILLED, SHE BREIFLY MEETS LUTHER, MENTIONS TOWARDS TRAUMA, THE ‘GLIDED ACADEMY’ HAS POWERS, FIVE DOESNT KNOW SHE HAS POWERS, A LITTLE SNEAK PEAK INTO RUTH’S POWER DYNAMIC AND PHYSICS, HE EXPLAINS BREIFLY ABOUT THE APOCOLYPSE, RUTH AND HIM LOOK LIKE TEENAGERS, HE IS A LIITTLE SUSPICOUS OF HER.

Ruth sighed as she took a sip of the coffee in her hand. She had a violin case in her one hand as she walked along the sidewalk. She was aware of a few people looking at her.

She was walking to violin practice. But then a figure mummbling ‘shit’ over and over again made her pause. She watched as Vanya Hargreeves walked quickly to where she was, approaching the theater.

“Vanya..?” She mummbled, furrowing her eyebrows.

It was no secret Ruth was great at the violin. That was the only reason that she got a spot in the theater. It was surprising to all the others that she had joined, looking like she was sixteen.

But she had never noticed Vanya before..had she joined before her? She would’ve thought the tired looking woman would’ve reconqized her..or maybe not? She shook her head and quickly caught up to her.

“Hey!” She manged to walk to Vanya’s pace, throwing her coffee cup in some trash can behind her.

The long haired woman flinched before turning to her. She blinked before furrowing her eyebrows.

“Oh..hey, your that girl from yesterday..right? Do you need something, I’m kind of in a hurry-!” She finally reconqized her but for something different.

“In a hurry for violin practice and choir? Me too.” She cut off the woman’s hurried statement with a knowing tone.

“You play in the chior?” She looked seriously surprised.

“Yes. I’m surprised you didn’t reconqize me.” The teenage looking girl bluntly said, tilting her head slightly.

The other woman only made a upset look. She looked almost like she wanted to apologize. The other only shook her head before walking.

“You don’t want to be later then you are, do you?” She rytheorically asked.

The long haired woman was just standing there. But she snapped out of it when the other asked her. She quickly caught up with her and they both entered the theater.

Both of them cringed when the other musicans were already playing. They both quickly walked onto stage, trying to be quiet. But eventually when Vanya took a seat behind Ruth, the music stopped.

Both of them clicked their violin cases open, an akward and uncomfortable silence formed.

Helen, what Ruth believed to be a koeran or japense woman sat in first chair. She was almost certain there was something going on inbetween Helen and the director.

She only picked up her violin and looked at the director. She narrowed her eyes as she readied herself.

“Uhm..I’m so sorry I’m late..I hadn’t noticed..” She heard Vanya nervously apologize.

She seemed to ponder over this. It seemed almost as if the woman was in her head most of the time. Like she was living disconceted from life.

“From the top.” The male only cleared his throat and flashed a strained smile.

And the music started from the beginging again.

After violin practice, Vanya had dissapeared. The girl looked around for the woman. She decided to go to the bathroom, but saw Helen and her akwardly conversing.

She decided to enter the bathroom and merly go to the mirror. She saw Helen look over at her, along with a surprised Vanya.

“Like I was saying, at a certain point, it’s not about practice.” She looked at Vanya in a almost..condescending manner.

The pink haired girl watched the two. She noticed how the shorter woman seemed to be uncomfortable.

“It’s about weither or not you’ve got something speical..and maybe you just..don’t.” Helen contuined, sharply saying that last part.

“You can put in your 10,000 hours..or you can go find something your actually passoinate about, and stop slogging away at Stravinsky like a scared thirteen year old.” Ruth felt her eye watch at the mocking words.

“Think it over-!” She was cut off by the sixteen year old girl stepping infront of Vanya and glaring at her.

“How about you think about your ragging ego complex. Get out of here, Helen. Your disgusting for thinking your better then her. Just because you sleep with the director doesn’t make you speical.” The pink haired girl hissed, insulting the woman.

Vanya’s jaw hit the ground behind her. The koeran or japense woman infront of the duo gapped. She looked around and stummbled for a response.

“You look stupid. Get out of here.” The teenager her to go away, preferably for good.

She only scoffed before fixing her hair and grabbing her violin case. She left in a rush shortly after. The tall, tired woman behind Ruth moved infront of her and furrowed her eyebrows.

“Why did you do that?” She asked, confused.

Why did she stand up for her? She didn’t understand it. She hadn’t even had a real conversation with the girl before..

“Because I can’t stand people like that.” She blinked before looking at her with a bored expression.

The thin haired woman only looked at her with an expression of disblief. But before she could say anything, Ruth simply nodded. She bended down before grabbing her violin case and walking out of the bathroom.

She started walking on the pathway back to her current academy house. But she passed the umbrella academies resting place aswell. She walked into an alleyway before slowing down her pace.

Something or someone was digging through an dumpster.

“What the fuck..?” She slowly said, blinking and furrowing her eyebrows.

“Damnit, where’s dad’s stuff?!” Klaus mummbled angirly, ciggarette hanging from his mouth as he searched around.

She paused, walking infront of the trash can. She seemed to hear the male talking to someone.

“Shut up! I’m trying to find whatever priceless crap was in that priceless box so that Pogo will get off my ass!” He whipped to a spefic corner and edge of the dumpster as he grumbled.

He didn’t seem to notice the red uniformed girl yet.

But her head snapped up to one of the windows she saw open. Her entire body tensed when she saw a familar face and hands.

The sounds of rustling and steps came out the small escape hatch. Ruth really considered running, but it seemed to be too late.

“Oh, Ruth!” And of course, Klaus was the first to spot her.

She noticed that Five was ludging something on his back. It looked rather bulky, there were probably other things in it.

“I’d ask what your up to Klaus, espically since she’s here, but then it occured to me, I don’t care.” Five looked down mainly at his brother but his eyes flicked over to the girl for a second.

The older looking male in the trash only looked up at his brother as he climbed down the escape hatch. He landed on the ground and took Ruth’s right.

“Hey, you know there were easier ways out of the house, buddy?” Klaus laughed slightly as he leaned aganist the edge of the dumpster.

“This one involvded the least amount of talking. Or so I thought.” The male in the umbrella academy uniform only replied, flashing a sarcastic smile.

“Assshole.” The pink haired female mummbled under her breath.

She went to shuffle past him, but he quickly perked up. He snatched her sleeve and dragged her back towards him. She glared at him, pissed but not saying anything.

“Hey, hey, hey..so uh..you need anymore compamy today? I know they say two’s a party and three’s a, but-!” The drug addict paused Five as he breathily asked to join the duo.

“-I could uh..clear my sheducle..?” He pondered before asking.

The brown haired male only deadpanned at his brother. His hand was still tightly clutched onto the teenage looking girl’s red buttoned up blazer.

“Looks like you’ve got your hands full.” He nodded towards the dumpster his brother was currently in.

”Oh, this? No, no, I can do this whenever!” The ladder only shook his hand before making a dissmissive sound and gesture.

“I just..misplaced something! That’s all!” Klaus turned around and searched through the trash.

Ruth cringed as the scent of trash and smoke hit her nose. He would atleast need a couple showers or baths to get that scent off of him. Both Ruth and Five blinked when he held up a disgusting powdered donut and turned towards them.

“Oh! Found it! Thank god!” He cheered before shoving the disgusting donut in his mouth.

“Thank god I don’t do drugs.” The red uniformed girl sarcastically added on, offically disgusted.

Honestly, that was disgusting. She hadn’t eaten breakfest, but her stomach still churned.

“Delicious..” He said, obviously lying.

The brown haired male only scoffed and made a face.

“I’m done funding your drug habit.” He simply said, before turning around with one hand on the strap of his large back and one on the wrist of the girl.

He started walking to what looked like a plumbing van, tugging her behind him.

“Oh come on!” She heard Klaus complain, his mouth still full with the rotten donut.

“You don’t..maybe I just want to hang out with my brother!” He yelled.

The pink haired girl noticed that Five started walking faster to the car. Maybe he was embrassed, or maybe he was annoyed.

“Not you..Mi hermano!” He adressed someone else before contuining to call out to his brother.

“Get in the van.” He said to the teenage looking girl.

She furrowed her eyebrows and looked at him. She opened her mouth to object but he only squeezed her wrist tighter. She scowled and snatched her arm away from him before going around to the passengers aide of the shotty van.

“I love you! Even if you can’t love yourself!” The man in the dumpster finally said, as Five got into the van and slammed the door.

When the female looked out the rearview mirror, she saw the older looking male spit out the donut. The male in the passengers seat started the van without another word. Basically kidnapping the girl and driving.

The short haired girl only deadpanned. They were parked in the van near Meritech. She looked out the window. The large bag was in the middle of the conscle.

The brown haired male only played with the glass eye in his hand. He watched as people went about they’re day. He hadn’t spotted the person he was looking for yet.

The girl finally snapped out of her disorenation when the male jolted when he relized something.

“Oh shit.” He mummbled under his breath, pocketing the eyeball.

He turned to the bag and unzipped it. The sounds on clinking made her look into the bag, and she deadpanned and raised an eyebrow when she saw a bunch of empty alchol bottles.

She gawked, although when her amber eyes landed on a fucking manequin. She blinked rapidly as she looked at the plastic figure. It was wearing a poka-dot blouse and had a roughly painted face.

“Hey. Sorry you were in there for so long, Delores.” She was even more horrifed when he started fucking talking to the manequin.

“Why the hell are you holding the manequin and looking at it like that?” She couldn’t help but make a judging face at him.

What the actual hell was wrong with this family. His brother had eaten a rotten donut, and now this guy was talking to intiamiate objects.

His green eyes glanced over for a second as he sat the manequin up on the thing inbetween them.

“This is Delores.” He simply said, like she gave a shit.

He looked back at Delores. The girl noticed that he looked at ‘Delores’ with a softer look.

“No, I’m not drunk.” He scoffed and pulled the glass out again and fiddled with it , looking back out the window.

Ruth only stuck her tongue in her cheek, eyes still looking at the manequin. God. Why was he acting like this was his girlfriend or something?

He could’ve just asked her to talk or something. Not talk to a manequin.

“I’m working.” He added on quickly afterwards.

A pause of silence greeted them and Five huffed.

“Yes..it’s about the ‘eye thing’. This is the place it was made. Or will be made.” I blinked as he answered no one.

What did he mean by it will be made? Well, the other day when she was dragged here, the doctor guy did say that it wasn’t made yet. But then how was it possible that he had it when it wasn’t even ‘made’ yet?

“We just have to wait..” He mummbled.

“Hey, can I ask you something?” The girl in the red uniform finally decided to speak up.

He turned his face to her and looked at her. His hand was still messing with the glass eyeball.

“Depends.” He simply answered.

Was that a go ahead to ask the question? Or a ‘you better watch it’?

“What did you mean the end of the world is coming in a week?” She raised her eyebrows and bluntly asked.

“It means just that.” He blurted out, not seeming fazed by how brash his response was.

She only scoffed and looked away for a second.

“Well, excuse me for being a bit of a skeptic. I’ve never bought into the raving ‘the worlds going to end’ or ‘god is coming back to earth’ bullshit.” She only sighed before sarcastically replying.

Five only raised his eyebrows as he studied her with an amused expression. Almost like he was amused that she wasn’t letting him fuck with her.

“Aren’t you going to ask me why I look like a teenager? While all the rest of my siblings are growen adults?” He raised a point towards her.

“I’ll ask you that when the rest of your siblings stop acting emotionally stunned teenaagers.” She immeditally snapped, a little annoyed.

The green eyed male only scoffed before biting his lip. He seemed to be debating on telling her.

“Just tell me. Otherwise, I’m going to call you a crazy lunatic and get out of the godamn van.” Ruth was fed up with all of this.

She had been forced to ‘help’ him. But he wasn’t telling her anything!!

“Enough with the mind games and avoiding my questions..” She said, more quietly.

He still focused down at his hands and out the window on his side. Should he tell her? She was a very strange girl, that was for certain.

He knew teenagers, cursed alot. But still, her vocabulary and bitterness seemed uncalled for in a girl that looked no older then sixteen.

It was odd, to say the very least.

“The apocolypse..I don’t know how it’s caused..but I know it’s coming. I assume you reconqize me? Or at the very least, Klaus?” He slowly started off.

“Five Hargreeves.” I basically said, deadpanning.

He only smiled sarcastically before winking. Ruth felt a little nervous at the motion, but why? It was just a wink from your ‘childhood crush.’ Get over it.

“In the flesh. I have the ability to time travel-well-not well anyway. And teleport. Around sixteen years ago, i used my ability..I went too far with it.” He simply said before looking away and biting his lip.

The tan skinned female furrowed her eyebrows and flicked her eyes across his face. Why did he seem so uncomfortable?

His green eyes flicked back and forth, like he was debating telling her more. He eventually clicked his tongue before turning away and relaxing a little bit.

“Get some rest. Your stuck with me now.” He simply demanded, before looking away.

The girl looked at him in disblief. Was he serious?! He was just going to adimit knowing there was an ‘apocolypse’ coming, and then stop?!

Ruth only sighed to scowl and stare at him for a while longer, before turning away and scoffing.

The pink haired girl had been awake for awhile now. The teenage looking male however, had drifted off to sleep.

“Kick it over here!” She looked out the plumming van’s window and saw two kids playing with each other.

She assumed it was the next day, but she hadn’t checked the time or anything.

“Woah!” The kids passed by the van.

She was startled by the male in the drivers passengers seat squirming uncomfortably. Was he having a nightmare or something? Should she..wake him up?

“No..” He mummbled in sleep but it sounded a little panicked.

“No!” He yelled, making the teenage looking girl recoil.

But then she reached over and hesitated before touching his shoulder. He flinched violently and she recoiled again.

“Hey..you were having a nightmare..are you oka-!” She slowly said, maybe even looking a tiny bit concerned before being cut off before she could ask him.

“Five! Hey, Five!” A deeper male voice and a knock on her side of the window made her whip her head towards it.

Five still looked a little disorenated. He was staring at the amber eyed girl before he looked at the window. He furrowed his eyebrows but unlocked the door unthless.

“What are you..” He breathed, still kind of out of it as his brother opened the van’s door.

Ruth tensed as the large man with the overcoat opened the door. He looked at her in confusion, probably wondering who the hell she was. She was about to open her mouth but Five only grunted and nudged her shoulder.

“Move to the back.” He jutted his thumb in the direction of the back.

She looked at him like he was crazy, but he only fixed her with a look. She scowled and mummbled a harsh phrase under her breath before unbuckling and moving to the back of the van, not noticing a familar figure.

She crouched and sat down in the middle of the conscle. She hung on for dear life, though, when the van started shaking when the large man tried to enter.

“Oh my god..” He mummbled under his breath, trying to wedge himself in the passengers front seat.

She noticed the brown haired male turn his head away. She could’ve sworen she saw him snickering but trying to hold it back.

“You okay? You shouldn’t be..” The adult man finally squeezed himself in the seat before closing the door.

The amber eyed girl paused for a second. Wait..is this..number one of the umbrella academy? It would make sense, he looked like a fucking steriod wrestler. And growing up, she had heard he had the power of super strength. How fitting.

“How did you find me?” Five asked in confusion, furrowing his eyebrows and looking at his ‘older brother.’

The large man only jutted her thumbs towards the girl with pink hair. She furrowed her eyebrows before looking behind her. And there was Klaus, holding the damn manequin as he swayed with it slightly and a ciggarette in his mouth.

She felt her mouth drop open slightly. Just how long had he been back her for?!

“Hey baby..Hey! A little privacy here guys! We’re really hitting it off back here!” The male kept his eyes on the dumb manequin before relizing all three people were looking at him as he complained, manequin still in hand.

Five seemed to get irraitiated at this as he grabbed something and threw it as his brother, making the older flinch and cover himself. This dropped the girl manequin in the process.

“Get out! You can’t be here! I’m in the middle of something!” He snapped, scowling at Klaus.

Klaus only nudged next to Ruth at the middle conscle. The tan girl internally cringed as he huddled next to her, their shoulders touching.

“Any lucky finding your one-eyed man?” He quietly asked his brown-nette brother but it seemed useless as the large and tough looking blonde man shot him and Five a look.

“No.” Both Ruth and the said male whispered back, making the green eyed male look at her for a second before shaking his head.

“What’s he talkin’ about?” The large man, that the female just decided to adress as ‘number one from the umbrella academy’ for now, asked his teenage looking brother.

“Does it matter? It’s Klaus.” He scoffed before replying sarcastically.

“What do you want, Luther?” Ah, so that was the big man’s name, now she could drop the ‘number one’ thing.

“Uh..so Grace may have something to do with dad’s death..so I need you to come back to the academy, all right? It’s important.” He said, starting off slowly before demanding his brother come back to the academy.

Grace? The pink-nette had never heard that name before. Was that a maid or something?

“‘It’s important.’” Five mocked before scoffing and turning his head towards his older looking brother.

“You have no concept of what’s important.” He sneered, eyes narrowing at his brother before flicking to the girl for a second before back to him.

But she caught that. And for some strange reason, her breath seemed to shorten. But she only pressed her lips into a firm line and looked away.

“Hey-!” Klaus suddenly butted in again, pushing aganist the red themed girl next to him.

“Did I ever tell you about the time I waxed my ass with choclate pudding? It was so painful!” He asked through breathy laughter.

Ruth felt her jaw drop slightly, but then she made a throughly disgusted face at the male’s uneeded comment.

“Gross.” She finally said, judging him heavily.

“What are you still doing here?” Luther sighed out and looked at his brother, looking a little distrubed.

The only girl in van looked at the teenage looking boy. He had a slight smile on his face but shook his head.

“Ay, ay, ay..” He said, trying to hold back a laugh.

“What? I need a excuse to hang out with my family?” Klaus asked, furrowing his eyebrows as he looked a litttle offended at the blonde’s question.

“We’re trying to have a serious conversation.” He said in a exasperated tone, making the drug addict gasp.

This was a little akward for the girl. Because, no one was really paying attention to her. Between being stuck in this damn van with her first ‘celebirty crush’, to having Klaus talk about trying to wax his ass with choclate pudding.

“What? And I’m incapable of being serious? Is that what your saying?” The blonde bitterly asked, scooting a little further away from the middle area.

“Luther’s got a point. You should get out.” The green eyed male finally spoke up and turned his head to look at his brother.

Ruth felt a little, tiny bit bad for Klaus. But she would never say that.

“And take the girl with you.” Luther piped up and nodded towards her.

The short haired youth held back a cheer. The blonde only mummbled angirly and opened up the van’s backdoors. The girl moved to shuffle over towards the door but was stopped by a firm hold on her red blazer.

“She stays.” Five said, narrowing his eyes at her before back to Luther.

“Do I really have t-!” She started whining, throughly annoyed.

The drug addict sibling had already left the van. The doors slammed behind him and he went out of sight.

“Yes.” He cut her off before roughly letting go of her blazer, making her scowl and adjust it.

“What the hell are you up to, Five?” The man in the front passenger seat asked his brother, pressing for answers.

The more youthful looking boy only scoffed before shaking his head.

“You wouldn’t understand.” He simply said, not wanting his brother to press any further, it was annoying.

The tan girl only observed this. She knew that Five was a huge asshole. He seemed to push his family away, and use people to help him. She was a little worried with what his reaction would be if he ever found out her portal ability.

“Try me. Last I checked, I’m still the leader of this family.” ‘Number one’ boosted his ego with that comment.

“Well, last I checked, I’m twenty eight years older then you.” The ladder retorted, smiling sarcastically at his brother.

The man in the overcoat only scoffed and looked at him. He looked almost annoyed and irratied with how his brother was avoiding him. Plus, his ego probably got shot down by that blow.

“You know what your problem is?” He ryhtorically asked Five.

“Really hoping you’ll tell me.” The other replied, sarcasm dripping heavily off of his words.

The pink haired girl, who was still in the back area of the van squirmed uncomfortablly. She didn’t do well with family arguements, espically when they were happening right infront of her.

“You think your better then us. You always have. Even when we were kids.” Luther scoffed before pointing out the obvious.

Her amber eyes flicked to the boy’s figure. And he did not look pleased by his brother’s words, for lack of a better word. He looked annoyed and slightly angry.

“But the truth is that your just as messed up as the rest of us. We’re all you have. And you know it.” He finished, before looking rather proud with his words.

The girl looked a little annoyed at his words aswell. This guy was seriously annoying. Couldn’t he just get over his daddy issues and move on? If anything, he also acted like he was better because he had the ‘Number one’ title.

“I don’t think I’m better then you, Number one.” Five snapped, practically hissing out veomn of his words.

“I know I am.” He said.

The girl had to hold back a scoff. Was everyone in the infamous hargreeves family always so self-centered? They all seemed to have ego’s. Well, apart from Vanya, and she was sweet.

“I’ve done unimageimable things. Things you couldn’t even comperhend.” He looked out his side of the vans window again as he sighed.

“Right.” The older looking man in the passengers seat said skeptically.

“Just to get back here and save you all.” He breathed out.

But before either of the two could say anything, the sound of a stoors front door being pushed open violently made Ruth squint her eyes.

There, infront of her, and looking out the main window was a small store. Klaus Hargreeves came bulsting out of it, a good amount of products in his hands.

“What the fuck..” She breathed out quietly.

“Whoo!” He cheered before looking for a direction to run.

She was slightly horrifed when he started running into oncoming traffic.

“Stop! Hey, stop right now!” A police officer was chasing after him, blowing his whistle.

“Hey bitches!” The physcotic male yelled as he passed by the stolen van the teenage looking boy had probably stolen.

A look of mild amusement and exasperation was on the green eyed males face. While Luther looked totally done and unsurprised.

“You, get back here!” The police officer was still chasing after him.

Products and food were falling from Klaus’s hands as he contuined running away. He stummbled while he looked behind him, practically getting hit by a car before quickly scrammbling out of the way.

“Out of the way, asshole!” He shouted at the car before dissapering out of sight.

Luckily, since the two males in the van with Ruth were distracted, she extremely carefully unlocked the backdoor to the van. She slid it open fastly before slamming it behind her. She stummbled back slightly, feeling a sense of freedom and dizziness course through her, she hadn’t been on her actual feet for awhile after all.

“Now I’m starting to wonder if that was the smartest decision.” The boy in the school looking uniform wonderd.

Before he decided to turn his head to the back of the van. He felt his jaw drop slightly when he saw no sign of the girl he had practically kidnapped. He caught her sprinting away from the van, pretty fast, he noticed. Her red blazer flew behind her as she ran away.

“Son of a bitch..” He breathed out.

Ruth stummbled breathlessy into the previous house of the unknowen ‘Glided academy.’ She had used her portal ability when she knew she was safe and no bystanders were near her.

“Ruth! Oh my gosh!” Violet was standing in the living room, where her ‘sister’ had appeared.

A glow portal, turning and orange and amber sparks coming out of it was in the floor. It practically spat her out and she scowled before flipping it off.

“Jesus christ..” She said, before making a smooth closed fist motion with her right hand, like she was snatching something out of the air.

The portal slowly dissapered and closed, the slight sniges in the floor the only evidence of it’s existence.

“I haven’t seen your ability in use forever..” The blonde girl breathed out, eyes trained on the floor.

“And thank god for that..” She breathed before brushing past the blonde, usually invisble girl.

As she started heading towards the stairs, Violet quickly rushed after her. She tugged on her arm and blazer slightly before sighing.

“Look..I..uhm..I just wanna’ say I’m sorry..for everything and what I said yesterday.. about Celes-!” She started in a soft and uncomfortable tone.

The tan skinned girl felt her body tense up. Her hands also slightly clentched into fists.

“Don’t worry about it.” She said, through gritted teeth, forcing herself not to be rude or sarcastic.

But Violet only shook her head and contuined.

“No, seriously. I shouldn’t have broughten her up. You two were so close growing up-!”

“Leave her alone, V.” Hiraeith came from the kitchen, holding a cup of coffee and simply watching the girl with her narrowed purplish eyes.

She seemed to notice how the older looking girl, trapped in her teenage body looked uncomfortable.

“I-!” The blue eyed girl looked shocked but couldn’t say anything.

The two only wordlessy watched as Ruth brushed past them and headed upstairs, towards her room. Although, a lump formed in her throat. She only scowled and tightened her hands into her fists.

She missed her.