Chapter One:

They had done it.

The apocalypse had been adverted.

Five was able to jump them all back seconds before they were engulfed in flames. His strength to carry not only himself, but all of his siblings with him didn't allow him much wiggle room as far as distance.

He was only able to jump them back to just 5 minutes before the end of everything.

Vanya held her brothers up in her glowing blue tendrils, literally sucking their life force from them.

It was all on Allison now.

She remembered from just moments ago that the bullet did indeed stop Vanya from killing their siblings, but it was ineffective at stopping the apocalypse.

But she had an idea.

She didn't have much time to act. Instead of shooting the bullet past her ear Allison dropped the gun, the sound momentarily distracting Vanya just enough to drop their brothers from Vanya's powerful grasp.

Allison launched herself forward and did what she should have done long ago: she enveloped her sister in a long overdue hug.

The embrace completely caught Vanya by surprise. Her blue eyes widened as she tensed against her sisters embrace but eventually softened, returning the gesture. She closed her eyes tight allowing a tear to roll down her pale cheeks. She blinked the tears away displaying eyes that were no longer blue, but had returned to their original brown color.

"I'm so sorry.." Vanya whispered into Allison's ear.

Allison just pulled her sister away momentarily to look into her eyes with her own tear filled ones. She flashed her a smile and nodded with understanding before pulling her back into a warm hug.

Both sisters cried.

They had done it. It was over!

Luther was the first of the boys to stand and make his way tentatively towards his sisters. He shot Vanya an apologetic glance to which she nodded and extended her arm for him to join the embrace.

Diego and Klaus helped their exhausted brother Five to his feet and led him to where their siblings were huddled together and joined in the hug.

It was over.

They could go home.

Unfortunately, while they did save the world it became painfully obvious to Klaus that not much had changed.

Sure, he summoned Ben and helped save his siblings from the masked shooters from the commission. He thought that maybe, just maybe that would cause them to have a little more respect for him and treat him like part of the family, finally. But he was wrong.

Moments after returning to the academy, Klaus exclaimed how proud he was of everyone. Allison especially!

Luther shot him a death glare to which Klaus questioned him.

"What?" He asked face contorted in confusion.

"What the hell happened back there, lookout?"Luther prodded angrily, jabbing an accusatory finger into Klaus's chest, knocking the boy back a step.

"Excuse me?" Klaus looked at Luther, mouth agape and wide eyed.

"I think you mean 'Good job Klaus, conjuring Ben really helped us out Klaus, good job really honing in on your powers Klaus!'" He threw his hands in the air, turning towards his other siblings.

"Is he serious right now?"

Klaus's expression just darkened more at the look on all of his siblings faces.

"Well..he has a point." Started Diego.

"You should have paid attention. Had you done your job in the first place keeping watch the shootout could have been avoided all together." Five finished.

"You're joking, right? Please tell me you're joking!" Klaus let out an exasperated laugh.

"Sure I didn't do a great job as "the lookout" but I more than made up for it in conjuring Ben! He saved all of your asses!"

His siblings just stared at him. Allison shot him an apologetic glance but averted her gaze.

He couldn't believe it.

He finally thought that he did something special, something fucking right, he was proud as hell of himself.

It wasn't easy, either.

He was physically exhausted after, but he kept trying to help in whatever ways possible.

He didn't ask to be the lookout. He didn't ask to be in this family either!

Klaus just laughed and shook his head, eyes focused to the ground.

"Fine, you're right. You're all always right. I'm so selfish. Yup, that's me! Selfish, stupid self-absorbed Klaus! Once a screw up, always a screw up." He shook his head again in disappointment then tilted his head upward, towards the space where the chandelier once hung on the academy ceiling. He smiled a sad crooked smile then rolled his eyes, rolling his head back to a forward position.

He opened his mouth to speak but closed it immediately, pursing his lips into a tight sad smile. He blinked his eyes rapidly a few times to ensure no tears would shed in front of his siblings.

He was exhausted and just over everything right now.

Over the apocalypse, over them.

He needed some fresh air. He turned and walked out of the academy's front doors without another word.

"Klaus, wait!" Vanya called and started to follow him but Luther cast his arm in front of her chest to stop her.

"Let him go. He'll be back."

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Authors note: Hey guys! Thank you for taking the time to read! I would appreciate any and all feed back or reviews! I know it starts off pretty slow.. but, trust me, this story is packed full of angst and emotions! So I hope you're prepared for the ride! Thank you again! :)