Is this real? (Five Hargreeves)

Chapter 7 'She's good.'

Five stands alone in the alleyway outside Elliot's place. Stellar had departed the building soon after Five had put AJ in a bag.

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"Ok, well, good luck." She said.

"Thanks." Five said flatly. "For what?"

"For my mother." Stellar replied dryly.

"Sure." Five responded. "Why?"

"You'll probably see." Stellar said, walking past him and removing the axe from the wall with a sharp pull. She begins to walk out of the room but spares him one more glance.

"By the way, you might wanna...clean up a little." She says lightly before walking away, bloodied axe in hand.

Five scoffs before holding up the bag with the goldfish in it, whose screaming is muffled by the water and bag around him.

"Ok, let's get you to the Handler." 

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Five holds out the bag to The Handler, a slightly annoyed look on his face. The Handler gasps in exaggerated excitement.

"AJ!" She exclaims, taking the bag from Five and holding it up to her, laughing and cooing at the panicked fish inside. Five watches her silently.

She stops for a second to look Five up and down.

"You know, you're really starting to fill out those tight little shorts of yours."

Unbeknownst to Five and the Handler, Stellar and Lila are both sitting on the roof of the house to the left of Elliot's, watching the scene unfold. 

Stellar is lying on her stomach, her legs bent and kicking gently behind her with her hands cradling her chin (yk what i mean right?). Lila is sitting next to her with her legs straight out in front of her.

"Ew, what the fuck?" Stellar says, disgusted. Lila shakes her head in silent agreement with Stellar, eyebrows furrowing as she sighs.

"Why so quiet?" The Handler inquires, "I'd thought you'd be buzzing after this morning's slaughter."

Stellar scoffs and Lila snorts. 

"All this killing? I'm done with it." Five states. 

Stellar tilts her head.

"What? Am I supposed to take that seriously?" Their mother asks, taking out a handkerchief, licking it and proceeding to use it to wipe off Five's face.

Stellar pulls a face while Lila furrows her eyebrows in disgust.

"Ew." They both say in unison.

"What I did today, I did for my family." Five continues. "I did it so save the world."

Lila snorts again. Stellar looks at Five with newfound interest.

"Please." The Handler says, finishing up with her handkerchief. "Spare me your little 'assassin with a heart of gold' routine, will you?"

"Can we just get this over with?" Five snarks.

"Fine." The Handler agrees. She reaches down and picks up a briefcase. 

"Here. This will get you and your siblings back to 2019." She explains.

Suddenly, several thousand and counting futures drop away before Stellar's eyes.

She knew it before the Handler even opened her mouth.

"You have 90 minutes." Their mother finishes as she hands Five the briefcase.