(y/n) - your name

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"Your parents were hog-tied and Five shot them in the head." I breathe out, still holding the bat up in warning that I wasn't afraid to use it.

"The flower merchants." I glance back to see Five finally realise who Lila and I were talking about.

"The Handler found you in a small cupboard, she took you and raised you to be her personal killer. Your training schedule included her shooting at you as you went across obstacles, her teaching you Mandarin and your first kill being your prom date." I list off, continuing to try and convince her.

Lila gapes at me, slowly believing me. "How..."

"Like I said, I'm from an alternate universe." I hiss out in pain when the patches on my body suddenly glow a bit brighter and my arms falter, feeling Five hold my elbows gently with a worried look on his face.

"They didn't deserve to die. They never did anything to anyone." Lila whispers, tearing up.

"You're right. I killed them." Five says, slowly standing next to me with caution as he held me. "But I killed a lot of people over the years."

"The Handler did this to you. Blame her for lying to you your whole life. For making you think that she actually loved you and cared about you like a mother when you were just a tool for her!" I growl out as Lila pulls out a knife, advancing on us. "The Handler was the one that faked the kill order. She faked that report!"

"Lila, listen to what we're telling you, all right? The Handler gave me the kill order. She came on the job, which she'd never done before." Five tugs me back as Lila continues to walk towards us. "You're Commission. You know execs never go on jobs but that day in London, she was there!"

"Stop trying to muddy the waters!" Lila growls and I push her away with the end of my bat against her chest to stop her in her tracks.

"Lila, she never cared about your parents. She was looking for you cause she knew about your powers. What else would she be there for then!?" I hiss out.

"The Handler stole you, Lila." I let out a breath of relief when Diego walks in, catching Lila's attention. "Just like our asshole father took all of us."

"No. It's not the same thing." she steps back as the rest of the Hargreeve siblings filter into the barn.

"You're right. Because he didn't have our parents murdered."

"You were born on October 1, 1989, right?" Lila turns back to me with wide eyes. "So is the rest of them. They all were born on the same day, at the same hour. That's why you all have powers." Five pulls me back in his arms, stepping away from Lila.

"Lila-"

"-I trusted you! I got you a job, I even introduced you to my mother, and then you took off on me!"

"Because I needed to save the world!" Diego and Lila start fighting like a lovers quarrel and I push Five behind me.

Where is she?

Where is the Handler?

"Luther's right, we need to kill her-"

"-no! Stay back!" I push Five away from Lila and he narrows his eyes at me in confusion that I didn't want her dead like he did.

"(y/n)..." Lila mumbles with a confused frown.

"Don't kill her." I whisper and Lila looks at me in shock, giving me a sad smile. "You don't need to kill her."

"Lila. She's dangerous, The Handler. And you're scared of what she'll do with all that new power." Diego says as he holds Lila, his hands on her shoulders. "That's why you dragged me to the Commission. Because I know what it's like to love dangerous people. Difference is..." he looks at all of us, a large smile on his face. "they love me back."

"(y/n), what are you doing?" Five whispers to me, trying to stand next to me but I hold his arm tightly and kept him behind me. He tries to get out of my grip but I stay standing in front of him, blocking his body with mine to protect him.

"The only thing she loves is power. Now, the minute she can't use you, she will turn on you, and deep down, I know you know that."

"You don't know me, Diego." Lila cries softly, holding her knife up at Diego's chest but he steps close to her.

"Don't I?"

"We can be your family Lila. They happily accepted me and I know they will be more than willing to accept you." Lila turns back to me, tears streaming down her cheeks with a smile. I look over at the barn doorway and my heart plummets into my stomach. "NO!" I scream and turn around to block Five's body when The Handler stumbles in, ringing deafening in my ears as the world turned red and dark, crying out in from the rippling pain.

"(Y/N)! NO!" I hear Five scream out, quickly catching me as I fall into his arms, him ignoring the blood staining his clothes as it poured from my mouth and from the bullet holes. "No! You can't leave me! You can't leave me like this! You promised me! DON'T LEAVE ME!" Five wails out, setting me down carefully on the floor as he cradled me in his arms. I tear up seeing him cry as he held my cheek, trying to stop the blood and I cried seeing him look so helpless and distraught. Like a child who had lost the one thing he dearly loved in this world. Like the lost boy he was trapped in the apocalypse all over again. I couldn't do anything, couldn't even comfort him. He was begging me, desperately trying to keep me alive but I was in too much pain, my vision quickly going fuzzy.

I suddenly hear my gunshots and I look over to see Lila's body fall back. "Lila..." I cough out as her dead body falls to the floor next to me.

"You really just don't die, do you. I commend you on that." The Handler walks up to Five who held me tightly against his chest, not caring that he was showing weakness in front of her. He was done, he was tired and he just sobbed seeing his family lay dead around him.

"YOU STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Five screams, shuffling back with me and the Handler just tsks and aims her gun at my head.

"Lucky you. You get to see me kill someone you love in front of your very eyes before I snuff you out like a candle." Before The Handler could shoot me dead, she gasps out in pain as bullets fly through her stomach. I look over at the last swede standing by the barn doorway, shooting The Handler dead as she falls to the floor. 

He comes up to us, aiming his gun at Five. "Five..." I whisper, urging him to use his powers before the swede shoots him as I held his hands.

"Don't speak, save your energy! We can get you out of here!" he begs, holding me close as he just cried. "Please..." the swede looked distraught and lowered his gun before walking away.

"This isn't... the end... Remember what... your dad said..." I gasp out, trying to get air in my lungs, weakly pushing him away to get him to go back in time but I was getting way too tired.

"(y/n), stop please." Five cries as he held my face and brushed my hair back. "Please don't do this to me." He rocks me in his arms, hugging me tightly as he leaned his forehead on mine. I shakily reach up to hold his cheeks and his body sinks like all the weight of this world was crushing him. I looked at him as I stroked his cheeks, pulling him back up to etch his face into my memory as if it would be my last.

"Time travel Five... seconds... not decades..." I close my eyes, fearing the darkness that slowly took over as blood clogged my lungs and I struggled to breathe. 

I never wanted to die...

I don't want to die...

I don't want to...

"I know you... can do it... Five..." I mumble, hearing Five screams when I take my last breath.

"We can be your family Lila. They happily accepted me and I know they will be more than willing to accept you." Lila turns back to me, tears streaming down her cheeks with a smile. I look up past her in confusion to suddenly see Five standing by the barn doorway when he was supposed to be behind me. My heart plummets into my stomach as the Handler walks in with a gun but he quickly incapacitates her and steals her gun, aiming it at her.

"It's true, isn't it? What Five and (y/n) said." The Handler stays quiet with her arms up, infuriating Lila even more. "Answer me! Is it true!?" I silently walk towards Five, my bat in my hand ready to swing and bonk someone on the head.

"Well-" I gasp in fright when the last swede suddenly rocks up at the front doorway of the barn with a gun and shoots the Handler dead, jumping from the gunshots before she drops dead to the floor. Lila looks around in fear and suddenly runs for the briefcase.

"The case!" Luther exclaims as he lurches forward but Diego stops him, letting Lila teleport away. 

Five quickly stands in front of me to hide me behind him, aiming his gun at the Swede and they both are now at a standoff. "Five, he won't shoot us." I whisper to him, carefully placing a hand on his arm when I noticed him trembling as he gripped the gun tightly. He was sweating, his eyes red and I frown at how distraught he looked. He doesn't say anything but lowers his gun anyway, dropping it on the floor and the swede does the same before he walks away. Everyone else lets out a collective sigh in relief, even me but Five was still tense. His hands were fisted and he bows his head before he briskly walked away out of the barn and I follow him. "Five-" I freeze when I turn the corner to see him lean against the wall, dropping down to the floor as he trembled and I realise why.

He went back in time...

I walk up to him and fall to my knees in front of him, him looking up at me with unshed tears. He looked at me so sadly, with so much pain and hurt in his eyes and he immediately leans into my palms when I hold his cheeks. He closes his eyes and lets out a breath of relief, holding my hands tightly and I tear up at how much pain he was in.

"You time travelled didn't you?" I whisper and he opens his eyes to look at me in shock.

"How did you know...?"

"You were supposed to and you did. And if I know myself, I took the bullets for you, didn't I?" Five clenches his jaw, leaning his head back against the barn to keep himself from crying as he ran his hands down his face.

"I saw you die (y/n)... You died in my arms. They all died again... You-" his voice cracks, his hands trembling like he was still there. He cries softly and I lean over to hug him as he held me tightly like I would disappear from him again. 

He leans his head on my chest to hear my heartbeat as he held me desperately and I comb my fingers through his hair to soothe him. "I'm here. I'm sorry... I'll admit, that was an asshole move of me but I'm here." I hear him chuckle softly, sniffling as his crying calms down.

"Please don't do that again. Please. I can't take it anymore..." Five whispers before he leans back and holds my face in his hands, leaning his forehead on mine and I hold his hands.

"I'm sorry Five."

"Promise me." he leans back, brushing my hair away as he looks at me desperately. "Please..."

"I promise I won't." I nod, slowly standing up while holding his hands as his gaze followed me, pulling him up on his feet too but I get hit with a sudden vertigo.

"(y/n)!" the world blurs and I don't register falling when Five catches me, holding his shoulders as the world spun. "What's happening!?" he exclaims, terrified all over again I didn't know what he was talking about until my vision blurs and I see my patches glowing again. He quickly picks me up and runs to the house when he sees his family head that way, running in to see them circle around Harlan in another forcefield.

"Five..." I hiss in pain when the patches start to burn, glowing brighter and brighter as Vanya tried to help Harlan.

"Vanya, do something!" Five sneers out as I cling to him in agony.

"Harlan! Whatever it is I gave you, I can take it back, ok? We just, we need to stop this." the boy nods, whimpering softly and Vanya concentrates on taking her powers from him.

I lay my head on Five's shoulder and he holds me tightly. "No, no... not again, please not again..." he begs me as my vision blurs again, little balls of light flowing down from my body and out to travel back to Vanya.

"I'm so tired..." Exhaustion hits me like a truck as The Boy tries to keep me awake but I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Everyone covers their eyes when light bursts out from Vanya, Harlan and me and I pass out.

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