The Umbrella Academy Imagines & Scenarios

The Past and Pending (Ben Hargreeves x Reader): Part 2

Warnings: Death and blood mention

Notes: Honestly, I've never done an imagine series, only one shots and drabbles, so I was kinda nervous to do this. The kids are 12 here btw. This one is also kinda long.

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February 2002

It was the first official mission of the Umbrella Academy and you were nervous, to say the least. You had been training for nearly a year, not your whole life like the others, so you felt you were at a bit of a disadvantage. Ben and Klaus stood with you near the entrance, out of sight of the robbers. Klaus patted you on the back, knowing how uneasy you were.

Allison and Luther were already in the main lobby of the bank. Next to enter was Diego, who you heard say "Guns are for sissies, real men throw knives!"

"That's your cue, Sparky." Klaus teased as he nudged you in the right direction.

You huffed out a laugh and ran into the fray. One of the robbers appeared and raised his gun up towards Diego, the others too focused on their own opponents to see him.

Throwing your hands out towards the robber, you focused your energy into them. The room flashed blue-white as the lightning traveled from your hands and to the man, slamming him into the wall behind him. His hair stood up on end and his clothes were all singed. The damage you did to him made you feel a little guilty, but you weren't going to let him shoot your friends either.

The four of you swiftly took down the rest that were in the lobby, save for the leader, who had gotten up on the counter. "Get back, you freaks."

"Hey, be careful up there, buddy," Diego taunted. "Yeah, wouldn't want you to get hurt," added Allison.

"Get back!" The man demanded.

"Or what?" Five appeared on the counter behind the robber, sitting cross-legged. The man turned around and shot at Five, but he had already teleported behind him. The man turned around and tried to shoot again, but found that his gun had become a stapler. "That's one badass stapler!" Five mocked before slamming the stapler back into the guys head and watching him fall behind the counter.

"We have some in the vault," Luther informed the rest of you and sent Allison to grab Ben and Klaus.

Once they got there, Luther nodded Ben towards the door. "Do we really have to do this?" The latter asked uncertainly.

"Come on, Ben. There are more guys in the vault," Luther urged him.

"We can take care of them ourselves, Luther. We don't have to send Ben in there." You said, venom seeping into your voice. You knew Ben hated his powers and how terrified he was of hurting people, and so did Luther.

Luther turned to you with a glare "I give the orders here, (Y/N)."

You looked over to Ben sadly. "I didn't sign up for this," he mumbled as he opened up the door and walked inside, the door swinging shut behind him.

The silhouettes of Ben's tentacles moved wildly about the room, ripping the robbers to pieces and splattering blood against the frosted windows. The hostages all ran screaming from the bank, terrified of what they were seeing. Once the commotion inside stopped, Ben stepped out and he was almost completely covered in blood.

"Can we go home now?"

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The public debut of the Umbrella Academy went off without a hitch. The rest of the team celebrated once everyone got home. They sat in the living room chattering excitedly about the mission and how great each of them did. They didn't even see Ben leave the room and head upstairs, but you did.

You followed and stopped in the doorway to his room. He was standing in front of the mirror, staring at the blood that covered his clothes and skin. He didn't even seem to notice when you entered the room and stood beside him.

"Ben, I'm...I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault." He sighed.

"He shouldn't have made you do that. It's just not fair." Anger began to blossom in your chest again, but a small sob from Ben distracted you.

Without a second thought, you pulled him into a tight hug. Ben was shaking as he hugged you back and sobbed into your shoulder. You didn't care that your uniform was now stained with blood and tears. You just rubbed his back soothingly as he calmed himself.

After a minute, Ben pulled back and saw the mess he had caused on your clothes. "I'm sorry," he croaked.

"Don't worry about it." You reached over and carefully removed his bloody domino mask, revealing his red and teary eyes. "I'll take this down to Grace and she'll have it looking as good as new." Ben nodded.

You reached out and squeezed his hand reassuringly. "It's nearly dinner time. You should get cleaned up."

"Thank you." It was barely audible, but you managed to catch it as you walked through the door.

You gave him a gentle smile, one that he didn't realize was reserved just for him. "Anything for you, Ben."

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