The Umbrella Academy Imagines

Number Five x Reader

Title: Reunited
Pairing: Number Five x Reader
Description: The reader has powers and works at the Commission. Five and the reader were partners and have a strong bond. The reader assisted Five in going rogue. The reader is in the place of Delores. They now meet again in unlikely circumstances. No pronouns used!!
Warnings: Blood, language.
Powers: Elongated lifespan, shapeshifting.

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Running. You were running like your life depended on it, and in all honesty, it felt like it did. You've known of the Commission for many years now, but you never predicted the day they would turn on you..

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Your mother was one of the lucky women who gave birth on that peculiar day. The day that forty-three children were born to women who had never shown any signs of pregnancy before the day had started. It was unfortunate that she died during the childbirth.

Although you never met her, you knew she was a brilliantly bright young woman. She could have done much better, but she was far too involved in all the wrong matters.

You see, coincidentally, your mother had also been working for the Commission. Being born to a woman with no living relatives had its downfalls, and considering she worked for the Commission, you were  immediately forced into that life as well.

Being born with superhuman powers was a huge help to the Commission, as now they would have access to abilities they didn't have before. You were a super assassin. Able to kill people without a trace by shifting into an animal of your choice to evacuate the crime scene.  Also, your lifespan was unique. You aged physically much slower than the rest of the world.

You were currently forty years in mind, fourteen in body.

Your mother and most of the Commission both truly believed that what they were doing was right, and for some time, you did too. Preserving the timeline couldn't be bad, could it?

You believed in what you were doing until you found out about the apocalypse and how bad it truly was. You found out that the Commission was doing everything in there power to cause the apocalypse, not prevent it. You were thinking about turning on the Commission, and they found out.

You were deemed a threat to the timeline.

So, in all regards of preserving your life, you decided to run. You acted fast and sent a letter via pneumatic tube to Five. Five had been your partner on a few missions before he went rogue. You knew each other for quite some time and grew a bond over the years that you've known each other. That is how you knew where to find him.

The message was to meet at the shopping mall in the night. You just hoped he would accept.

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You were running. They were already on your tail, and you had to get to Five fast. There was a lot of insightful information you needed to get to him about the apocalypse.

You bursted through the doors of the store, the interior was nearly pitch black. Then you hear him.

"So why on earth am I out here in the middle of the night? What could be so important?"

You turn to him with a look of relief. Your expression turns from relief to confusion in an instant. "Five? Is that.. you?"

He chuckles under his breath, "Who else would it be! Of course it's me."
He looks down at his hands. "It turns out you were right," he says with a glance and a smirk, "I did my math wrong and now I'm stuck in this body."

"You've definitely gotten shorter.. but it's a good look," you say. You've missed his attitude.

"Maybe its a blessing in disguise," he suggests, "At least we match now."

You hear a loud crash of glass shattering and bullets flying.

Five tackles you to the ground to take cover. "What in the hell was that!?"

You cover his mouth. "They're here, it's Commission. I found out about the apocalypse and how bad they want it to happen. I broke contract."

You hear the footsteps of Hazel and Cha-Cha coming in your direction.
Cha-Cha speaks out menacingly. "Oh (y/n)... I know you're in here.."

"We need that briefcase you stole from headquarters!" Hazel's voice booms out. "We're going to get it back from you one way or another."

One moment, Five is on top of you, the next, he's behind the goons. "Looking for me?"

Gunfire rings out, hitting several mannequins and shredding the clothes on the racks to pieces.

Cha-Cha turns to Hazel as Five disappears again. "Two birds with one stone! We've got this."

Hazel sighs and scans the room.. "I don't know, Cha-Cha," his voice lowers, "You sure about this? They both have weird fuckin' powers."

"We have no choice and you know it."

The two of them begin to approach your hiding spot, so you shift to a rat, scurrying away without a trace. Once you're in the clear, you shift back to human.

You see Five take out three other Commission guards. He is so good at this. All that's left is the big two.

Cha-Cha has her back towards you, and Hazel is on the other side of the store investigating the dead backup. You take this chance to pounce onto her back. You shift into a reticulated python, and begin constricting her arms and throat.

You were just seconds from killing her when you heard a gunshot, and felt a burning pain of the bottom of your body. Just then, a small hand grabs your tail without warning.

Suddenly you were outside the store with Five carrying you. You shift back to human. You shriek out, "I've been shot!"

"I can see that, genius." He's still carrying you in his arms. Your abdomen is gushing blood.

You look up at him, but his eyes are focused on the path ahead. He's almost running. "Why.. why would you teleport me? You could have died!"

He sighs and glances down at you, still running. "I would have let you kill Cha-Cha but I couldn't watch you get killed while doing it," he pauses, "I had to take the risk..
I care about you too much."

The light in your eyes begins to fade.
Your vision is leaving you and your hearing is distorted.

"(y/n)..!
stay awake..
don't close your eyes..
(y/n)!!"

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First cliffhanger! Hope you liked it. Part 2 is on the way.. 150 votes to post!