An AU community based on The Umbrella Academy

I. Reginald Hargreeves, Eccentric Billionaire

News of his death travels quickly. Within the hour it's being reported on television, radio and spreading like wildfire across the internet. By the next morning it will be plastered on the front of every newspaper and tabloid in America. Hargreeves is best remembered by the public as the man who adopted thirteen of the miracle children of 1989 in the hopes of training a team of superheroes. The Umbrella Academy and it's star members became a household name. Some have stayed in the spotlight. Some have fled. Some disappeared or died. Regardless, they're all coming home now.

The estate, which spans two city blocks, has 42 bedrooms, 19 bathrooms and a host of other amenities, such as extensive training rooms, a library, an attic, a laboratory, an infirmary and more, stands quiet. The mansion is spotless, cleaned to sparkling perfection by Grace's tireless hands. Even the ticking of a clock can't be heard inside, as Pogo has stopped them all in honor of his master. For the thirteen returning to the Academy the only sound they will be greeted by is the sound of a crackling fire in the parlor and the cold marble of Hargreeve's urn on the bar.

II. It's the end of the world as we know it.

The billionaire's death isn't the only odd thing happening this week. All around the world, odd things are happening that have puzzled scholars and alarmed occultists. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Tennessee, causing the death of hundreds. A plague of rats hits Tokyo, causing people to fear the spread of disease and sickness. A cult in Mexico commits a mass suicide, killing hundreds because they believe the end of the world is approaching.

Coincidence? Or warning signs?