CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: GATHERING THE OTHERS

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When you and Five return back to Dallas in 1963, drenched in someone else's blood, still drying on your skins, you decided to stay in the alleyway to wait on the Handler. 

Five was picking at the blood of his nails, he was holding the plastic bag with AJ in his right hand that was crossed over his stomach. His left hand that he was picking at the blood was propped up on his other arm while you were standing next to him also picking at the blood of your nails.

"Guess I need to change my clothes after this, since I have blood all over me" you said "I think you look gorgeous" Five said and kissed your head "You are such a flirt" you said "Only for you Darling" he said and you smiled.

But that smile faded "What is wrong?" he asked and you let out a small sob.

"Hey" Five put the plastic bag down before walking over to you.

"What is wrong?" he asked "I don't like what we did" you said "I know but it was the---" "The only choice, I know" you said as a single tear fell from your eyes "Maybe you shouldn't have being a part of this. Maybe it was best that you waited back at the apartment or waited for me outside" he said "Yeah, maybe that would have being a better idea" you said before you let out a sigh "When we broke our contract, I thought I would never kill again, but here I am, back to be an assassin" you said as you looked up at the sky before you looked back down "I'm just so tired" you said.

Five then wrapped his right arm around your shoulders before he pulled you closer to him "I know. I'm tired too. But you always have to remember why we have done all of this" he said as he looked at you "We did this for our siblings, to save the world and we did it so you and I can live a normal peaceful life with each other" he said "I know" you nodded.

"I just have a feeling that The Commission would come after us for this" you said "If they do, I will protect you, I promise" he then wrapped his arms around you before pulling you closer and you could feel his calming heartbeat in your ear as it was pressing against his chest, making you feel a little better by just hearing it.

He lifted his hands, placing them behind your head as he press your face more against his chest.

He knew that you hate killing and you always sob yourself to sleep sometimes cause of all the people you have killed.

He knew that you always felt more guilt than him and he knew that this was more guilt that have weight on your shoulders.

Five think it was time for you and him to stop killing.

"I'm done with all of this killing" you said "Me too" he said and you both let out a sigh stood there.

You knew that you and Five have never enjoy killing and for every life you took is another weight on your shoulders and you could feel that it was getting too heavy to carry.

Then there was a the sound of a zap behind you before you could hear footsteps approaching "You two are so cute together" a very familiar voice said and Five let out a softly scoffs as The Handler came walking from behind you.

"Did I interrupted a moment" she smiled as you and Five pulled away before looking at her.

"Well?" she asked and you picked up the bag before you hold it towards The Handler.

The Handler let out a gasp "AJ" she said and she put the briefcase down on the ground before she grabbed the bag from Five and she let out a cackling noise as she brought the bag up to her eye level so she could look at AJ. 

You and Five turned around and Five put his hands in his pockets as The Handler eyed him up and down.

"You know you're really starting to fill out those tight little shorts of yours" The Handler said and looked back at AJ before she giggled while Five looked at the wall to his left before you and him looked at each other.

You could both see in each other's eyes that this was the line, you were done with killing.

"Why so quiet?" she asked as she looked at you and Five "Thought you would be buzzing after this morning's slaughter" she said.

"All this killing..." you and Five said as you paused for a moment before looking back at The Handler, ready to finally say what you had wanted for a long time "We're done with it" they both said "What?" The Handler asked as she pulled out a rag before licking a part of it.

"Am I supposed to take that seriously?" she asked as she stepped closer to Five before she wipe lightly his face, trying to get the blood off which cause the anger in you to boil. 

"What we did today, we did for our family" Five said "We did it to save the world" you said as The Handler moved her hand away from Five "Please" she said before she moved the rag around his face again "Spare me your little assassin with the heart of gold routine, will you?" she said as she continued moving the rag around his face "And keep up with this act" you said "We're not your puppet" Five said "No, I don't think so. You're much more than that you two. You know that" she said as she wipe the blood off his face but he push her hand away.

"Don't touch me. Y/n and I made so many deals with you, just for you to rip it from us. For whatever reason, we're hoping this time you'll hold up your side of the deal" he said.

"So ungrateful" she tilted her head "The Commission and I have done so much for you two. This was only fair" she smiled.

"I saved you two. We made you the strong people that you are. Maybe not in this body, but nevertheless, you are still the person we made inside. A killer" she said as she continued moving the rag around his face but then you pushed her hand away "That is enough" you said as you grits your teeth.

"Don't drag Y/n into this next time. I don't want my wife to loose her innocent for the second time" he said "That is not how it work, Five" she said before she picked up the briefcase "Here" she said as she handed it to you "Per our agreement, this will get you two and your siblings back to 2019" she said and you grabbed the briefcase from her while yo were still looking down at the ground.

"You have 90 minutes" she said causing Five and you to snapped your heads towards her as she turned around "What?" you asked "You said nothing about a time limit" Five said as you both took a few steps forward and she stopped causing you and Five to do the same.

"Actually, you have 89 minutes and 30 seconds" The Handler said as she was looking at the watch before she looked back at Five "Better hurry" she said before turning around again.

"This is impossible, okay?" Five said as you both stared at her while you both pointed to the end of the alleyway "Our siblings are scattered across the city" you said as you walked closer to her.

She stopped before she turned to you and Five "Nothing's impossible. You two proved that this morning when you killed the board" she said and tapped his nose "Well, it was not impossible for us since we are both highly trained assassins, the best assassins The Commission have ever had" you said.

"We need more time" he said "Any more time, and people will start asking questions. The sooner you get home and out of this time period, the better off we'll both be, so, ticktock, ticktock" The Handler said "You" you and Five muttered angry.

Five grabbed your hand before he blinked away.

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Diego pulled out the knife from Elliott's chest before Luther covered a blanket over his body.

"I can't believe Elliott's dead" Luther said "He was a good guy" Diego said as Luther let out a sigh "Deserved better than this" Diego said "Yeah" Luther said.

"Elliott must've been getting too close to the truth. It smells like the feds" Diego said as he looked down "What? Are you out of your mind?" Luther asked as Diego walked over to the railing to look down at the words that was written in blood on the floor.

"Diego, if this was the federal government, they would take him somewhere and question. They wouldn't...do this. No, this is a work of a psychopath" Luther said.

"'Oga Foroga'. That a name?" Diego asked and Luther walked over to look down at the words witting in blood.

"'Oga Foroga'" Luther said and Diego looked at him "I'll lock her up" Luther said before he grabbed a phone book from the top of the fridge "Okay..." he said as he opened the book to look for the name Oga Foroga, but instead he found Olga Foroga.

"Holy shit, I found her" Luther said and Diego walked over to him to see the name "'Olga Foroga'" Luther read before he let out a scoff "That must be her" he said, looking at Diego "Call the bitch" Diego said "On it" Luther said before he immediately grabbed the phone and called the woman.

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You and Five appeared next to the middle display in Morty's "I really hate that woman" you said "So do I" he said.

But then you both spotted the words writing in blood on the floor.

"'Öga För Öga'" you read "It's Swedish" you said "And it means---" "'An eye for an eye'" you both said at the same time before you shared a look "Can this get any worse?" you asked before you both walked up the stairs.

You were scared now. Scared that someone was hurt.

"Okay...It's ringing" you and Five heard Luther say from the kitchen as you walked up the last step before you stopped next to a dentist chair that was covered with a sheet.

You glanced to the side to see the trail of blood before seeing a pool of it on the floor.

You put down the briefcase on the floor and grabbed the sides of the sheet before slowly pulling it back.

Your eyes widened and your whole body froze when you saw Elliott's dead body.

"No, no, no. Not him" you whispered as tears was in your eyes and you felt dizzy.

He was laying back in the chair with his mouth open. Dried blood was all around the mouth. Blood was splattered across his face from the cuts and some of his teeth was missing.

A clamp hung was clutched out of his mouth and some other type of tool had been lodged down almost halfway down his throat and a stake knife was stabbed to his heart.

You could see on his body that he have being tortured.

"Damn" Five whispered with a sigh as he was looking at the body "I never got to say goodbye to him" you said, your voice was breaking as you could feel your whole body shaking.

Elliott was a sweet and a helpful guy and you cared about him. He gave you a roof over your head and he took care of you. He was like a father to you.

You stumbled back as your eyes were still widened and Five threw the cover back on Elliott's face.

"It's my fault" you said and Five turned to you "If I was here...I could have protected him. I could have---" your voice breaking as your body kept shaking.

Five got between you and the body, so your eyes was on him instead of the body, but the sight of Elliott's tortured body was already burned in your memories.

"Love" Five said but you shook your head as tears was falling down from your eyes "It's my fault" you said "No, it's not your fault" he said as he took a step towards his wife "It is. If I was here I could have protected him" you said, your voice breaking "If you were here, you might have being dead too" he said.

Five was actually glad that you were not there, 'cause there would have being a big chance that you would have being killed too and he couldn't have handle that.

If he had found you like this, he would have broken down, completely, and he don't think he would ever have getting up again. 

"I don't care, I could at least have protected him, but instead he died alone" you said and you felt like you were having a panic attack.

"You need to calm down" he said "I can't" you said.

"Listen to me Love" he said as he grabbed your face in his hands, your whole body was shaking and he knew that you were on your way to have a panic attack.

"Breathe, Love" he said and while sobbing, you felled down on your knees and with his hands still on your cheeks and without his eyes leaving you, he also sat down on his knees in front of you.

"Fi---Five" you said, as you were breathing heavily while panting "It's okay, it's okay. I'm here, it's okay. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. Take some deep breath. This is not good for you" he said and you started calming down a bit.

He wrapped his arms around you while pulling you closer to him so you face was buried into his chest as you kept crying "It's not your fault. It's not your fault"  he repeated as he was comforted his wife. 

"Maybe we shouldn't have left him. Maybe we shouldn't even have being here in the first place" you said "Hey" he said as he pulled away to look at you "It's not your fault, Love. There was nothing we could have done" he said "He is dead. He didn't deserved to die like that" you cried "I know. Elliott was your friend and he cared for you. And I know that he would have wanted you to move on and live your life the best you can. And I know that he would have wanted you to take the last bit of chance in getting out of this timeline. So you have to take it" he said as he stroke his thumb down your cheeks while he kept looking at you.

"This is our only chance, Love. Our only chance to get back home. Our only chance to save the world. Our chance in living a peaceful happy life together. Our only chance to live that life we talk about. So we have to take it. Okay" he said "Okay" you said with a nod.

"You and me, us against time" he said "You and me, us against time" you repeated and he smiled before he leaned his forehead against yours as he wipe away your tears that got mixed up with the blood on your face.

Then you heard Luther's and Diego's voice in the kitchen.

"Uh, hello, Olga?" Luther asked as he listen to who it was in the phone before he looked at Diego "It's her. She sounds old. What should I say?" Luther whispered "Just..." Diego said as he signaled Luther to hurry up and talk to the old woman and Luther cleared his throat.

You and Five got up and you picked up the briefcase before Five took your hand in his as you both walked towards the kitchen.

"Excuse me, ma' am. Um, I was just wondering--What? My name? Is, uh, Luther Hargreeves, and..." Luther said but then Diego took the phone out of Luther's hand before he put the phone to his ear as you and Five walked towards the kitchen you were in while you looked around, trying to find a place to hid the briefcase.

"Over there" Five said as he pointed between two boxes and a table and you hid the briefcase there.

"You killed one of ours, Olga, now we're coming after you. You will be dead by nightfall" Diego said angry into the phone, his teeth gritting.

"Hey" you and Five called out to Luther and Diego causing them to turn around to look at him "It's Öga För Öga, idiots" you said "Swedish for 'An eye for an eye'" Five said as he took off his blazer while Diego and Luther furrowed their brows "It means the Swedes killed Elliott" he said.

Diego turned back to the phone as his face changed "Wrong number. Have a lovely day" he said in the sweetest way he could, before he put the phone back on the receiver.

"That poor old lady, she will have trauma for life" you said.

Five sputtered as he took off his vest "We would've gotten there" Luther said "Eventually" Diego said "Yeah" Luther said "No, you guys wouldn't" you said.

You and Five let out a sigh as Luther put the phone book back on the top of the fridge before him and Diego turned to you and Five

"Uh, you two have blood on you" Diego said as you walked past them, going into the bathroom before you flipped on the light and walked over to the sink, turning on the water.

"A lot of blood, actually" Luther said as Five walked past his brother before also entering the bathroom.

You splashed the water onto your face and started scrubbing your skin with your hands, leaving dirty drop of water in the sink bowl and on the floor by your feet.

"Why do you two have blood on you?" Luther asked but the couple didn't answer as Five cupped his hands under the water, before he lifted his hands up to wash his face.

"Five...Y/n/n...Five. What did you two do?" Luther asked as Five bent down to grab out a rag from under the sink.

You grabbed another rag before putting it under the water, you squeezed the water out before putting it closer to your face but then someone grabbed your wrist "Here, let me" Five said as he wash the rest of the blood off your face.

"You okay?" he asked, even so he knew that it was a stupid question.

"I'm fine" you said, even so you both knew that it was a lie, you weren't fine.

"Love" he said as his green eyes stared into your Y/e/c eyes.

But then you grabbed the hand where he was holding the rag "I got it honey, focus on getting the blood off yourself. I can do this. Focus on yourself" you said and he nodded before grabbed another rag, put it under the water before he squeezed the water out of it and he wash the blood off his face before he put the rag on the side of the sink.

Turning around and walking towards the bathtub, he started changing his shirt with his back facing the two.

"Did you two killed anybody?" Luther asked as Five walked past him, grabbing his blazer and a clean shirt for you before walking back into the bathroom.

"Here Love. A clean shirt" he said as he handed you the shirt "Thanks" you said and he smiled before kissing your cheek.

While you wash the last blood off you, Five flipped the collar of his shirt up and leaned over, grabbing his tie from a drying rack "So Y/n and I found a way home" he said as he put the tie back on.

"What? How?" Luther asked "All the details are irrelevant, but...we made a deal to get back to our timeline" Five said as he was tucking his tie into his vest while you changed your shirt. 

You then saw that Five struggle with his tie, so you grabbed it "Here let me" you said and he turned so he was facing you.

You adjusted the tie better and tighten it. You then folded the collar of his shirt back down and patted his shoulder which cause him to smile.

"What about doomsday?" Diego asked "Won't happen" you said "And the 2019 apocalypse?" Diego asked again "Everything will be back to normal" Five said as you and him turned before walking out of the bathroom and in between the two in the doorway. "All right? Now, no more questions" you said "We gotta go" Five said, flipping his collar over his tie.

"We have to find the others, right?" Five said "Yeah" Luther said "Luther, you get Allison" you said "Okay" Luther said "Diego Klaus. Y/n/n and I will get Vanya" Five said as he took his blazer back on before he walked into the living room.

 "No, I will stay here and bury Elliott" you said "I think it's best if you come with me to get Vanya" he said "I'm fine, Honey. Well, not exactly fine. But we don't have time for this" you said "No, I want you to come with me. With those Swedes out there. I don't feel safe leaving you out of my sight" he said "But--" "No but, this time I'm putting my foot done, I can't focus when you are not near me. I'm worried all the time that something will happen to you, therefore can you please just do as I say and come with me?" he asked and you let out a sigh.

"Okay" you said "Thanks" Five said as he took his blazer back on before he walked into the living room.

"Now, we meet back in the arrival alley in 77 minutes" Five said before walking over to a table, grabbing two watches as Luther and Diego walked into the living room.

"Here. I've synchronized these watches" he said as he gave Diego and Luther a watch each "Okay, let's do this" Luther said, putting the watch around his wrist while you and Five turned around "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on" Diego said causing Five to stop before he turned around.

"You two show up drenched in blood and expect us to believe everything's gonna go back to normal if we go home now?" Diego asked and Five gestured back at the chair with Elliott in it "Elliott just got killed because of us" he said.

"What about Dad? What about JFK?" Diego asked as he took some step towards Five.

"Diego, we have a chance to go home and make things right. We are taking it" you said and Diego looked down on the floor "I have to say goodbye to Lila" he said before looking up while taking a step back as Five put his arms out while shaking his head "Lila doesn't give a shit about you, Diego!" Five shouted causing Diego to stop and turn to him "She never did" you said as Five dropped his arms to his side before putting them up again "She's one of them. She's a member of The Commission" Five said.

"No way. Not possible" Diego said as he shook his head "She was just using you to get to me and Y/n" Five said "He's right, she used you" you said "You're the Oswald of this story, my friend. The goddamned patsy" Five said.

Diego snapped his head up and pointed his finger while taking a few steps forward "You don't know what you're talk--" but Diego got cut off when Five blinked right in front of him with his fingers pointing at him which cause him to stop talking.

"If you don't do this, I'll kill you myself. Got it?" Five threatened before he grabbed your hand and blink away.

Luther let out a heavily sigh as he walked up to Diego before he patted him on the shoulder "Women" he said and Diego looked at him "Am I right?" Luther asked.

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The Handler was in her main office again. She was now the boss of The Commission.

She let out a chuckled as she put AJ down in a fishbowl filled with water where some blue and yellow stones was laying on the bottom of the fishbowl.

"Hmm" she said as she crouched down to look at the fishbowl that was standing by her desk.

"How dare you!" AJ muted "Look at you" The Handler said with a smile "I'll get you for this" AJ said and The Handler tap her finger on the glass as AJ started shouting indistinctly.

"Back to work. And don't worry about that parking spot. It won't go to waste" The Handler said before she started cackling as she tap her finger at the glass "No!" AJ shouted "Do I really have to be here?" Lila asked as she was standing, leaning against the wall by the window.

"Oh, Lila, darling, no, I need your opinion" The Handler said as she got up "These are all so good, I can't decide" she said as she pick up two posters with two different security uniforms on "What do you think of these new security uniforms?" she asked as she showed them to Lila "Too pansy-ass?" The Handler asked as she looked at one of the posters before looking at the other "Hmm...I am a sucker for a beret, though" she said before she showed the two to Lila who just rolled her eyes.

"Oh, come on, this is my big day. Don't yuck my yum with your bad mood" The Handler said and Lila looked down at that bracelet she and Diego made in the asylums together.

"And stop twisting that tacky little bracelet like a sulky schoolgirl" The Handler said as she put down the posters on the desk "We have achieved our dream" she said with her arms out to the side "Your dream" Lila said, looking at her "Hey" The Handler said before she opened a draw by the desk, taking something out.

"Here" she said as she stretched a small box towards Lila and Lila walked towards her "What is it?" she asked as she took the box from her "Well, it was meant to be a surprise, but your terrible attitude's ruined that" The Handler said as she sat down on her chair.

Lila opened the box to see a golden badge with the words 'HEAD OF SECURITY' on it.

"Head of security?" Lila asked as she looked at The Handler "You're always asking about more trust, responsibility. Well, there it is" The Handler said "Really?" Lila asked "Really. If you want it" The Handler said as she put a cigarette in her mouth while Lila let out a softly scoffs.

"Yeah, I want it, but, um...I wanna do it my own way. Yeah, I wanna make my own decisions, you know, pick my own team" Lila said "Why not? You've earned it" The Handler said and Lila smiled before she looked back at the badge.

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