The Umbrella Academy

Chapter 5: Gimbel Brothers

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Five and (Y/n) walked through a parking lot later in the night in the rain and approached a store called 'Gimbel Brothers'. Although the store was closed, Five and (Y/n) teleported themselves inside with ease.

(Y/n) pulled out a flashlight and turned it on as they walked through the dark store. They went down an aisle and stopped in their tracks. At the end of the aisle were three mannequins that looked like women, wearing wigs and nice clothes.

Five stared at the middle one and smiled. "Delores."

(Y/n) took a step back and let Five talk to her. When she first appeared in the apocalypse with Five, admittedly she was a little weirded out when the introduced himself and Delores, who at the time was just a torso and a head with one arm. But over time, she grew to understand that talking to this mannequin was what kept him sane in the five years he was alone before she arrived, so she went along with it for his sake.

"It's good to see you." Five continued. "I've missed you, obviously. (Y/n) is here too." He gestured behind him and (Y/n) waved at her. "Well, I...it's been a rough couple of days."

Suddenly, two figures appeared behind them, one wearing a mask that looked like a cartoon dog, and the other wearing a mask that looked like a cartoon bear. They pulled out a large gun and raised it up at them.

Five's eyes widened. "No!"

They both started shooting and Five and (Y/n) ducked out of the way. Their shots hit Delores and the top part of her broke off.

"Shit, it's them!" Five exclaimed.

(Y/n) stared at him. "Wow, really? What gave it away, the masks or the guns?"

Five gave her a look, and she sighed. She made a portal appear under Delores' torso and another one above Five. Delores fell through it and landed in his arms. She had lost her lower body, her wig and one of her arms, but other than that she was fine.

Five cradled her head and stared into her eyes. "I'll be back for you. (Y/n), come on."

The girl nodded and they both ran through the rows of clothing racks, keeping their heads down as they were shot at.

Five blinked away, and (Y/n) created a portal and jumped in.

"You see that?" Cha-Cha asked.

"They said they were special." Hazel replied. "Now what?"

"You start over there, I'll go to the other end. Meet in the middle. Shoot anything that moves." Cha-Cha instructed.

Hazel glanced at one of the shelves and picked up an item. "Elastic wrist splint, yes!" He groaned happily.

Suddenly, (Y/n) appeared behind him and kicked his knee, making him stumble to the ground. Five appeared behind Cha-Cha and sliced her arm with a small gardening shovel.

Hazel recovered faster and went to shoot at both of them, but they both disappeared again.
They reappeared between the long racks of clothes and ran down the path as Hazel and Cha-Cha shot at them. Five quickly grabbed large black bag and stuffed Delores inside it.