The NINE Umbrials
October 1st 1989: Russia
It was a normal day, about as normal as it could be, really. Nothing about the day before would make it seem as if anything abnormal could or would happen. At least not in Russia. Other parts of the world had seen spikes in demonic and occult activity for the past 3 years. Not that any of the occult experts in Russia knew why. But what happened on this specific date was something else entirely.
In a pool and gym, a young woman jumped into the water, whether to show off or because of something else it still isn't know. Once she hit the water, her's broke. This in its self isn't too strange. However, this was the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989, and she was only one of 43 women around the world who gave birth, this was unusual only in the fact that none of these women had been pregnant when the day first began. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an eccentric billionaire and adventurer had resolved to locate and adopt as many as the children as possible. He only got nine of them.
Present: January 2014, Sugardale City, New York( Note that the name in both the series and Comics is just the City, thus I create one)
Kena glared at the rehab centre doors as her twin walked out," That didn't last long."
"Kena... I should've guessed. What's the deal this time?" Klaus asked her. She frowned," Father's dead, Klaus."
"Well, dame. Do the others know?"
"We're always the last to show up... Vanya and Vlad are in the city still, so who knows," She replied as the two twins hopped on the subway to head to the place they grew up in.
Vlad appeared next to his twin sister with a sad smile," Vanya... it's Dad."
"What?" Vanya asked by now use to his disappearing and reappearing act as they walked. He sighed," He's dead. Was all over the news. Mom wants us to come home..."
She nodded and they hailed a taxi. Vlad hummed and said," They might be a bit grumpy."
Vanya laughed softly," What could beat the Nothing..."
"Indeed."
When they arrived the next day Vlad called out," Mom? Pogo? Luther? Colin?"
"Vlad? Vanya? you too are actually here?" Allison called out. Vlad smiled," Alli... How's Claire?"
"Haven't seen her in a while..."
She was cut off by Diego," What is she doing here?"
He turned to Vanya then hissed," You don't belong here. Not after what you did."
"No more than you do Diego..." A voice echoed from a young man who had dark brown frizzy hair gently hangs over a furrowed, wild face and gentle blue eyes that seemed to sparkle with intelligent. The four Hargreeves turned to him as he smiled sadly. Vlad hummed thoughtfully as Vanya smiled softly at him," Colin... how are you?"
"Fine... for the circumstances anyway," He turned to Diego," And are you seriously gonna do this today? I may not have seen Sir Hargreeves the same way you all did, but I do respect Vanya for what she did."
Colin turned on his heel and walked off as Deigo walked up the main staircase. Allison huffed," Way to dress for the occasion, by the way."
He mumbled after her," At least I am wearing black."
"Scew off, Deigo," Vlad hissed at him. Allison smiled at the twins and said," I am glad you two are here. Luther is upstairs."
Vlad sighed then dragged Vanya into the parlour where the meet Pogo.
"Welcome home Mr Vlad and Miss Vanya," He replied.
Vlad smiled at the old butler chimp and said," Pogo... how are you?"
Vanya looked toward the photo of Five and sighed," How long has it been since Five disappeared?"
"It's been 11 years, four months and 14 days. Your father always believed that Number Five was still out there somewhere. He never lost hope," Pogo replied. Vlad huffed," And look where that got him. I am sure he is though."
They heard yelling coming from the study and Vlad disappeared as Vanya followed the sounds up to the study.
The found Klaus and Kena leaving the study as Luther came into the room. Klaus looked at Vlad then Vanya and smiled," hey."
"Hey, Klaus. Kena..." Vlad nodded to the other set of twins before the four of them headed back down to the parlour. They were meet with Pogo, Grace, Colin, and two others. Both were dressed in suits, but one had deep blue eyes and was scanning Colin down. The other wore a large cowboy hat looked like he didn't want to be here. Colin looked at his pseudo siblings as they all entered the room hummed as Luther asked," who are you?"
"Cory Roadsmen, This Colt Jones," The blued eyed man said, his voice accented towards someone from England. Luther nodded as he said," Right, umm... I guess we should get this started. So, I figured we could have a sort of memorial service."
Kena scuffed as her brother continued," At sundown, say a few words, just at Dad's favourite spot."
"Sir Hargreeves didn't have a favourite spot, Luther," Colin reminded him as Kena chuckled," Any refreshments? Tea, Scones?"
"Cucumber sandwiches are always a winner," Klaus finished off.
Luther glared as Colin chuckled a little before pulling a cig from his pocket at snaping his fingers at it. The cig's end light on fire and he took a drag. Luther stared at him and stated," Put that out. Dad didn't allow smoking in here."
Colin rolled his eyes before blowing a puff of smoke at the taller. He glared as he waved it from his face and said," Listen up. Still, some important things that we need to discuss, all right?"
"It was suicide," Kenna stated. Vlad and Vanya frowned as the latter spoke," I don't understand. I thought they said it was a heart attack."
"It was, but he put it on himself. Not to mention..." Kenna paused, looked towards the fireplace and sighed," Yes, I know that, Ben."
"What?" Klaus looked at his sister then frowned as Ben Hargreeves stared at him. Klaus jumped and made for his pockets only for Kenna to pull at his hands and hiss before turning to Luther," He was a paranoid, bitter old man. If he had known something was going to happen, I doubt he would have told anyone."
Luther ignored her and turned to her twin," Klaus, I know you don't like to do it. But I need you to talk to dad."
Klaus turned to his sister who shook her head and replied," Can't... I can only speak to people who want to be spoken to. Aroa says nope."
Vlad scuffed as Cory sighed," You must think that one of your siblings killed this man. As your sister said, It was suicide."
"It wasn't."
"Was."
"Wasn't."
All the lights went out as Vlad yelled," Enough!"
The two strangers hands reached into their suit jackets as the lights slowly came back on.
Twelve years ago: Surgerdale City, Capital West Bank
A young masked girl skipped up to a robber on his phone and said," I heard a rumour."
Confused, as one would be, the robber asked," What did you say?"
"I heard a rumour that you shot your friend in the foot," she echoed out.
With a click of a gun, the robber did so. Soon another was thrown out of the bank. A second one seemed to collapse onto himself like a closing wormhole. The lead robber soon found himself surrounded by powerfull children. (He didn't expect the whole hero thing to show quite yet at least not in this city) while another had been killed with a knife. He shouted," Get back, you freaks."
"Really? Playground taunts?" One voiced out as he threw a fireball at his feet. Diego jeered," Hey, be careful up there, buddy."
"Get back now."
"Or what?" Five asked before he disappeared along with the gun. A stapler appeared in the robber's hand and as the Robber went to shot Vlad chuckled," Ooh! That's one badass stapler."
Kena knocked out the other robber with a click. As the others helped Ben he popped back to his sister who asked," Why can't I go play with the others?"
"It's okay sis... we'll play at home..." Vlad told her before glaring at their father. He remembered the truth of Vanya's powers. The Black cello and White Violin were one of a kind, they completed each other. The Yen and Yang of the Umbrieal Acadamy. He would get her memory's back.
Two years from the present: 2012, LA.
Vlad Hargreeves tucked his scarf around his neck and rubbed his partial gloved hands together as he stared at the club entrance. He had gotten the address from Colin. Where he had gotten it Vlad learned not to ask, though he thought it was from looking for his birth mother( Colin had, along with pyromania, Eidetic and photographic memory. He also had been integrated to the family two years after he was born) But however he inquired the information wasn't important. What was, however, was that this address held the closest thing to a god Vlad believed in. He glanced again at the setting sun then walked up to the club's unlocked doors and the boncer( at least he assumed the brunet was a boncer, no one else would be here this early) and said," Is the door's open yet?"
"Not for the public... I've got the feeling you're not here for the club itself though, My fiance father run's the place. I'll lead you up," the brunet told him. Vlad notice that the man had a deep British accent with a slight American note to it. Vlad looked at him and asked," How did you know?"
"The same way I know you're no mundane, coming?" Warlock asked the man. He couldn't place where he'd seen the man's face before but Adam would probably know, or Crowley.
He led the other up to the Club as he texted Adam and his soon to be father-in-law( many other's would have collapsed at the notion that their father-in-law was the actual Devil, but considering he was raised by a demon and an angel, had somewhat adopted a cambion, fought against the end of the world twice and won, and was a wizard, he was so far from mundane). After he finished his text with Adam he texted his brother( at least he saw Harry like a brother and in the ways that matter they were) about that dinner invitation.
Once up in Lux, Warlock and Vlad were meet with Lucifer, Tenebris, and Adam. The later who jumped at seeing Vlad and gasped," You're number eight."
"Just Vlad, please. I prefer to leave that part of my life as far behind me as posable," Vlad replied. Tenebris looked at him then asked," What can we help with?"
"It's my twin sister... when we were young she had a hard time controlling her powers without me there. Our father, Sir Reginald Hargreeves, had our sister Allison use her powers on Vanya into forgetting she had powers. He created a pill that disabled them and turned her a pushover. Only I've replaced them with surger pills, however, she still doesn't remember who she is. Our brother Colin," at the name Tenebris stiffened but allowed him to continue," he gave me this address when I asked if he knew anyone who could unlock memories or help her learn to control her powers."
Tenebris glanced at her brother before asking," How many brothers do you have, and can any of them teleport?"
"Five, and yes. My brother Five. Mother never came up with a better name for him," He replied. The archangel nodded and said," He vanished in '03 correct?"
"Yes... how did you know?"
"In two years time... come back to us with your Twin. In the meantime, carefully reteach her. Do not let your siblings know," Tenebris replied before whispering something in a language that Vlad had never heard before but understood perfectly," The Nine Umbriels will be complete within two years. The Boy and the Horror will come back to them, Alive and Well. The White Violin and the Rumour will switch for 24 hours but the Arora and the Black Cello will stabilize Space Boy and the Kraken."