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THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
fragments || five hargreeves x reader

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: SHUT UP OR I'M THE ONE SHOOTING YOU BOTH!

Written By: peachyhxlland

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Old Five started preparing and assembling his sniper gun as the radio just beside him was playing. Old Five finally finished and stood up. "This is my favorite part. The calm before the storm."

You looked over to Five to see him breathing heavily while Luther was playing with his own fingers as they both watched Old Five getting ready. Five's eyes focused on the briefcase just beside Old Five. "Look. The briefcase." He whispered.

"No, don't," Luther warned. "You won't be able to get there in time."

You raised your hand up. "I could grab it."

"No, I can get there in time. Of course, I will." Five insisted. "This is our only chance."

You raised your hands up in defeat. "All right, if you want the hard way then go for it."

"Hey, uh, just remind me... what was the final stage of paradox psychosis again?"

"Homicidal rage." You answered for Five.

Luther smiled. "Right." But his smile suddenly disappeared after realizing what's happening. "That's great." He turned to Five. "Five, listen to me. I..."

Five didn't listen and quietly went after the briefcase before Luther could even say his next sentence. "No. No!" Luther exclaimed quietly.

You just watched and didn't bother to stop Five. Luther faced you. "Aren't you going to do something?"

"I just want to see what happens if Five does get caught and realize he should've listened to us."

The older Five saw Five slowly approaching for the briefcase and him from the lens so he immediately spatial jumped before Five could even reach him.

"Oh, shit." Your eyes widened for a bit.

The older Five immediately pointed his gun right at Five. "Bad idea, shit-heel."

Luther huffed and grabbed the gun out of Old Five's grasp. "Stop it! All right? The both of you. Pull it together. Now, Kennedy is gonna be coming around that corner any minute. Okay? So, everyone, let's just take a deep breath..." Both Fives took a deep breath with Luther. "Now, we're all family here, okay? So can we all just try to get along for a few more minutes?"

Five blinked at Luther before turning to Old-Five. "You want it?"

"Go ahead."

You raised an eyebrow while Luther turned to Five. "What's that?"

Suddenly, Five swung his leg up, hitting Luther's groin. Luther groaned in pain and almost collapsed on the ground. You approached Luther as you fought back your laughter again. "You alright?" You asked worriedly.

Five fixed his blazer with a proud smirk for what he has done. Old Five turned back to his younger self. "Now..."

"Where were we?"

The two fought as if the time was frozen and kept on spatial jumping between fights. You suddenly jumped when you saw two Fives reappeared in Luther and your side. You quickly stepped away as Luther spoke. "Would you please—" Five and Old Five didn't wait for Luther to finish and they both kicked Luther again in unison before spatial jumping again.