Finale, Or Brothers And Sisters, I Am An Atomic Bomb

Welcome to the jaw-dropping, action-packed, dramatic conclusion to The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite. As the world lingers on the brink of complete annihilation, this dysfunctional fighting team must put their issues aside as they attempt to save planet Earth.

Following the death of Pogo, the Umbrella Academy sets out to foil The White Violin’s plans to end the world. Seance is sent to an unknown location via the Televator, while the team rushes to the Icarus Theatre. Kraken attempts to kill Vanya, but his feelings for her get the better of him and Vanya knocks him through the wall, just as the team arrives. They confront Vanya together, and as Rumor attempts to utilize her powers on her, Vanya slashes her throat. Spaceboy abandons his brothers – Number Five and The Kraken – to battle Vanya’s horde of minions, while he rushes Allison to a hospital.

The orchestra continues playing, and Vanya claims that there’s no use fighting, since the world’s going to end anyway. Just then, the Seance arrives, along with Igor Stravinsky, the Manchester Children’s Orchestra, and a few members of the Ube tribe. Seance seems to be channeling The Monocle’s spirit, and tells Vanya that he plans to counter her apocalyptic song with Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring,’ and berates Vanya, calling her ‘childish’, and a disappointment and embarrassment as both a child and an adult, and calls her ‘apocalypse’ a ‘tantrum.’ The Kraken, though wounded, then interrupts, trying to get her to return to her senses by admitting his feelings for her. Before Vanya can reply, Number Five shoots her in the head, and it’s revealed that Seance wasn’t really channeling Hargreeves, just playacting. However, Vanya tells them that it’s too late, and that the Apocalypse has already been set in motion. A giant asteroid then collides with the theatre, but Seance manages to stop it from hitting the ground utilizing his telekinesis.

In the epilogue, Number Five recounts the events following the night before. Vanya’s ‘Apocalypse Suite’ apparently shook loose a large portion of the moon and caused it to hurtle towards Earth, stopped just in time by Seance. The Rumor is saved, as is Vanya at the last minute, as the bullet narrowly missed vital portions of her brain; however, both suffer from their injuries – Allison would never be able to speak again, and Vanya would not be able to play the violin. The group returns to the Umbrella Academy, only to find it completely destroyed by the Eiffel Tower, which crash-landed on top of the building, something found ironic by Number Five. The story then ends with Spaceboy and Kraken reconciling, and after resolving to rebuild, Spaceboy decides to make a sandwich.

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