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So first there are some things to explain for this idea. To make things easier to understand and give a bit of history.
-The doppelgangers were never given names. They all go by their numbers.Grace was never more than a caregiver. Their personalities are similar to the originals except they are more ruthless. They were not cared for growing up. Power was prized over emotion.
-Four was a more restrained version of Klaus. Perhaps he was what Klaus would have been if he hadn’t done drugs. Four could be a little sassy but he was quick to back down. Meanwhile Klaus charges forward.
-Four died on a mission when he was a teenager. He actually saved Five. Who up until that point saw Four as the runt of the litter.
Reginald was killed shortly after. His callous attitude towards the loss of Four changed things for the other. They saw that none of them mattered if they weren’t seen as useful. So they decided Sir Reginald was no longer useful. Because they didn’t want a chance that he would be saved Pogo was killed as well. Caregiver(Alternate Grace) was deactivated and later reprogrammed.
-Klaus is like Four and so different. It makes him both fascinating and frustrating to the Five,Two and Six..
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Traveling through space and time was already a difficult task. Even though Five made it look easy. However doing a jump with six extra people certainly complicated things. No one knew what Five experienced when he blinked in and out of existence. Five had never explained the process. Vanya had once asked when they were younger but the explanation had been both condescending and confusion. So very Five. There were many reasons why Klaus didn’t ask Five questions.
Klaus screamed as pain ripped through him. One moment he was holding onto Diego’s hand as they were attempting to escape the end of the world. Five said he could jump them forward into time. Or at least he thought that had been the plan. He did remember for a few moments he had been in his younger body. He remembered Five pointing out he was a fifty eight year old man in a kid’s body when asked what could go wrong. Christ on a cracker he thought he had been kidding!
He felt himself spinning out of control. But he didn’t dare open his eyes to see what was going on. He clawed the air helplessly in the small desperate hope he would be able to find Diego’s hand again. And then without warning everything stopped. Klaus found himself flat on his back staring up at the ceiling. Huh...that was different. Last time he had looked up at the sky, the moon was falling down to earth. And he was able to see that because of the giant ass hole in the ceiling. Slowly he sat up with a groan and looked around. He didn’t know where he was. Or when. Klaus looked down at himself and was relieved to see that he was still in his adult body. “Well thank god for little green apples.” he muttered as he climbed to his feet.
He was still on the stage but the theater was empty. Which was good because Klaus wasn’t sure how to explain things to the random person who found him. Outside the world was intact. That was good. But things seemed a little too quiet. That was weird. It was like the beginning of a horror movie where the main character knew something was wrong but not what was wrong. He noticed a nearby newspaper dispenser. He didn’t have any money on him but that was okay. He just wanted to check out the date.Which was the same date of the concert. Though he got so much more than he bargained for. On the front page was slightly blurry picture of Diego and Luther running out of a bank. The headline read ‘Umbrella Academy Robs Bank.’ “What the shit?!”
A part of him was really tempted to just break the glass so he could get the whole story, literally. But Klaus also didn’t want to draw attention to himself. He very faintly remembered Pogo giving them a lesson about the possibility of there being other universes out there. Of course once Sir Reginald found out about such a “fanciful” lesson subject he put a stop to it. But he did remember some things. Funny how much was coming back to him when he remembered how often he day dreamed during morning lessons. He supposed in this...place he was in the Umbrella Academy were not there to save the day.