𝟎𝟎𝟕
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴏꜰ ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ
'ꜰɪʀꜱᴛʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅʟʏ'
"If you wanted to be invisible, a schoolboy drinking champagne isn't exactly the way to go around it" Inanna leaned closer to Five, her arm hooked around his as they followed Diego and Lila through the gala.
"Firstly, I'm not a schoolboy" Five said. "Secondly, if I wanted to be invisible, I'd go back in time and give myself invisibility powers instead of space and time manipulation" Five knew that wasn't possible but Inanna wasn't 100% sure it was impossible.
"Well, firstly, you look like a schoolboy, even if your soul is way past retirement. Secondly, that isn't possible, right? The going-".
"Not possible" Five interrupted Inanna quickly, a small smirk forming on his lips as he turned his head towards her.
"Don't" Inanna sighed.
"It's cute" Five said making Inanna roll her eyes.
They stopped in the middle of the room, Lila grabbing her own glass of champagne from a tray as a waiter passed them.
"What's cute?" Diego asked.
"Mine and Inanna's matching dresses, obviously" Lila tilted her head as she smiled at Inanna. Inanna gave her a tight lipped smile in return "We look very cute together, don't you think? Five?".
"Sure" Five muttered, turning his head as he drank his champagne.
Their dresses weren't identical, but they were similar shades of green and similar styles, Lila's had three-quarter length sleeves and Inanna's sleeves cut off along her shoulders. Elliott had realised his mistake before he left Doris's dress store but his excuse was that Doris thought both dresses were for Inanna.
"I don't see Dad anywhere" Diego said.
"Just keep an eye out for the Majestic Twelve. We've got the upstairs" Five slipped his arm from Inanna's, taking her hand instead as he looked to Diego "Diego, try not to do anything too stupid".
Lila chuckled quietly as Five nodded his head towards the stairs. "I'm leading" Inanna stepped ahead of Five "Last time you did that, your monkey friend tried to tear your voice box out".
Five sighed as he followed Inanna, sticking close to her as she led him through the gala to the stairs.
"Care to tell me what you were doing while my monkey friend, who is actually a chimpanzee, tried to tear out my voice box?" Five asked Inanna as they walked up the large stairs.
"I was busy thinking 'what kind of idiot goes towards a slightly frightening noise in a dark seemingly abandoned building at night?'. Only my husband of course" Inanna glanced over the stairs as the song changed, noticing how a few men and women took each others hands to dance to the new song that played through out the gala.
"Your husband was the one holding your hand while we looked for Di-".
"Incorrect" Inanna turned to Five as they stopped at the top of the stairs "I held your hand-".
"That's what I just-".
"No" Inanna shook her head "I held your hand because you were scared. Was I scared too? Obviously, it was dark" Inanna muttered "But you grabbed my hand because you were scared, so-".
"Pogo tried to kill me" Five inched closer to Inanna, leaning his head towards hers as his voice dropped in volume.
"Shall I go find him so he can finish the job?" Inanna asked, never breaking the eye contact Five was holding with her. "Give me some peace and quiet?"
"By the looks of things, if I die, the whole world dies, then you die and guess who will be waiting in hell for you, ready to ruin your new found peace and quiet" Five jabbed his thumbs into his chest. "Unless you divorce me, you're stuck with me".
Inanna hid the smile that curled at the corners of her mouth by turning away from Five to continue their search for Five's father. "I best get signing those papers then" Inanna muttered.
Inanna and Five went from room to room, searching for anyone they recognised from the Majestic Twelve photo that Elliott had shown them. That was when they spotted five men all wearing black suits and ties, with a few wearing black sunglasses and black hats as well, heading down an opposite corridor to a room at the end.
Five blinked him and Inanna into the closet in the room, his arm catching Inanna around her waist to stop her from falling into the wall and alerting the Majestic Twelve of their presence. Inanna would never get used to Five's blinking, but it was the fastest and safest way — unless they ended back up in an apocalypse — of travelling.
"The president is continuing to make inquiries into Roswell and the other crash sites, gentlemen".
Peering through the vent in the door, Inanna and Five could see all of the Majestic Twelve gathered in a dark room that was dimly lit by a fire and a few lamps that were placed around them.
"And, as you know, we cannot allow him to get his nose into our business" A man stood at the end of the room spoke to the rest of the men "I've confirmed the motorcade will indeed be turning left on Elm Street. We'll have our people in place".
"Gentlemen, this plan of yours seems ill-timed" Five recognised his fathers voice.
"It's going to be a turkey shoot" Another man said, nodding his head as a puff of smoke left his mouth.
In the middle of the room, Reginald Hargreeves turned towards the closet — there was no mistaking now that he was part of the Majestic Twelve — the quiet clattering of a coat hanger behind Five and Inanna, catching his attention.
Quietly, Reginald picked up a fire poker from in front of the fire place and made his way towards the closet while the other members watched on with curious and confused eyes.
Five and Inanna inched backwards, startling when Reginald started jabbing the fire poker through the vent in the door, aiming to injure whoever he believed to be inside the closet as he began breaking the wooden vent into pieces.
Five blinked them out of the closet quickly, turning to Inanna as she winced in pain. Her hand clutching the top of her arm which had been sliced by the fire poker as Five blinked them out of the closet.
Five's eyes focused on the blood that ran through Inanna fingers like water from a tape. "Fucking-" Inanna glanced up from the cut, her eyes widening as she let go of her arm to grab Five by his sweater.
Five stumbled into Inanna and as he turned his head to see what had frightened her, his eyes caught sight of one of the Swedes, wearing the same outfit as a waiter as to not be noticed by the other guests.
"Shit" Five muttered.
Five pushed Inanna behind him, keeping his hand on her waist, just incase she got an idea to attack the Swede first. Inanna had no plans in attacking the swede, if anything she was waiting for Five to blink them out of there.
Inanna and Five took a few steps back from the Swede. His eyes darting from Five's to Inanna's. He was after Five, but Inanna was also on the Swedes kill list, she wasn't to begin with, but the Commission knew that she was alive now and she had become a target. "Find Diego" Five said.
He didn't give Inanna time to argue as he blinked onto the Swedes back, wrapping his arms around his head.
Inanna's eyes widened as she turned on her heel, leaving a bloodied handprint on the wall as she ran towards the stairs.
A pair of arms grabbed Inanna, lifting her feet up off of the ground as she went to run down the stairs in search of Diego. Inanna slammed her elbow into her captures side, not giving it a second thought, and the man — who she assumed was one of the other two Swedes — fell backwards into the wall behind them, his back hitting against the hard surface as Inanna hit him again, his arms still tight around her.
The Swede let go of Inanna only for a brief second, allowing her to turn around and put some distance between herself and the shortest of the three Swedes, Oscar.
Oscar grabbed Inanna by the tops of her arms, harshly pressing his fingers against the fresh wound. Inanna lifted her knee, hitting Oscar in his groin as Diego came up the stairs, the thudding of Five's body as he was slammed from one wall to the other by Otto, alerting Diego downstairs.
"Red" Diego muttered.
The third triplet, Axel, appeared out of a room just then, stopping Diego before he could step in between Inanna and Oscar, pulling Diego down the hallway by a wire that he wrapped around his neck, constricting his breathing as Diego pulled at the wire, desperately trying to pull it away.
Oscar took his chance while Inanna was distracted momentarily by Diego and slammed her body into the wall next to them.
Inanna groaned as he let go of her arms and her body phased rapidly adding to the shooting pains that already ran across every nerve.
Oscar took a hesitant step back, stunned by Inanna's phasing. The Swedes knew all about Inanna, but this was something unfamiliar to him and the other Swedes.
Inanna's took Oscar's wariness and used it to her advantage, kicking her foot against his chest. Oscar stumbled, catching himself on a set of drawers, his hand clattering against an ornament that potentially cost more than the car that Reginald Hargreeves had drove to the gala in.
Inanna landed a punch to his jaw, knocking his head to the side as he picked up the ornament. Oscar swung his arm, smashing the pot ornament against Inanna's head as Lila ran up the stairs, her eyes darting between the three.
Inanna staggered backwards, her heels crushing the pot that had shattered into pieces on the floor and in her red hair. Inanna's vision blurred slightly as she tried to stabilise herself, but as Oscar punched her in the face, her vision only worsened when her eyes watered.
Oscar kicked Inanna in her knees, causing them to buckle. Inanna fell to her knees, her hand hitting a large shard of the broken ornament as Oscar grabbed a handful of her hair, pulling her head back as he landed another punch to her face. Inanna's eye lids fluttered heavily and a trickle of blood ran down onto her lips from her nose.
Inanna picked up the shard that laid underneath her hand, barely moving as she stabbed it into Oscar's thigh. Inanna tore the shard out of his leg just as quickly as she stabbed it into his flesh and Oscar let go of her hair as he gasped in pain, falling backwards into the set of drawers again as his hand pressed into his bleeding wound.
Five blinked over to Inanna after Lila helped him throw Otto out of the window. Five sat his hand on Inanna's shoulder and blinked them both out of the building, his arms catching her as she sunk into the grass. It had been years since Inanna had actually fought anyone hand to hand, and with her condition, it wasn't ideal. She was exhausted.
"I've got you" Five whispered, his eyes searching for Reginald Hargreeves who had dispersed from the meeting when the fight started.
Inanna leaned her head against his chest. Five's heart was racing — Inanna could hear it thumping loudly in her ear.
Five pulled away from Inanna, wiping the blood off her face with his hand. "I need to do something" Five mumbled "I'll be right back".
Inanna didn't say anything as Five left her, tired and in pain, her insides felt like they were having their own battle and her phasing was yet to stop. Inanna wrapped her arms around herself, pressing her hand against the cut on her arm that had bled onto her dress, ruining for any occasion in the future.
Inanna hunched over, repeatedly whispering 'please stop', as she dug her fingers into her uncut arm, leaving crescent moon marks in her skin as tears trickled down her cheeks, mixing with the blood that Five had smeared across her skin.
"Red? You still alive?" Diego put his hand on Inanna's shoulder as he crouched down next to her.
Inanna lifted her head and Diego tilted his, brushing her hair out of her face. His brows furrowed with concern. "I've got you".
Diego pulled Inanna up to her feet, catching her behind her knees and her back, picking her up before she fell again. Diego glanced to Lila as she ran passed him to find Five. He wondered why Lila had helped Five instead of himself or Inanna.
"You got some good hits back there" Diego muttered to Inanna "If the guy doesn't bleed to death, he'll definitely have a nasty scar to remember you by".
"Good" Inanna mumbled.
Diego followed after Lila, catching up to her and Five as Reginald's black car drove off. "Was that him?" Diego asked.
Five nodded. "You know, I'm starting to get the feeling Dad's avoiding us" Five said.
"Hate to be the boring one, guys, but, uh, it's time we get the hell out of here" Lila said rubbing the back of her neck.
"When you say 'we' who exactly are you referring to?" Five asked following Lila as she stepped away from them.
"Not a lot of ambiguity in that sentence" Lila retorted.
"Listen, I don't know who you are or where you came from, but whatever it is, i'd advise you return posthaste" Five said harshly.
"She's right, Five. We gotta get outta here" Diego interrupted.
"I just saved your life, you kinder-shit" Lila spat. "If I hadn't stepped in, all that would be left of you is a blazer and some bloody socks".
"And that's the problem. You're too good. You ask too many questions. You know too much. And you fight like you know what you're doing".
"He's got a point" Diego said, shifting his arm as Inanna leaned her head against his shoulder, her eyes closing as her phasing slowed.
"So I know how to handle myself, and that makes me the bad guy?" Lila asked with a shake of her head.
"Whoever you are, you're in my way. If I see you again, I will kill you" Five stated, his words a promise. Five glanced to Inanna was he walked passed Lila, not wanting to spend another moment in her presence when he only wanted to get Inanna back home so she could rest.
"I was getting my ass handed to me back there, and Inanna, she's come out worse than any of us. You helped Five. Why?" Diego asked.
"Because he's a kid and you're a man... and Inanna-" Lila gestured to Inanna in Diego's arms "Five was able to help her after I helped him-".
"That's just it" Diego muttered "Five would have wanted you to save Inanna over him" Diego glanced from Lila to Inanna and back to Lila as he stepped around her.
"Diego, I-" Lila was struggling to find the words. "We shouldn't-".
Diego turned back towards Lila "You know what? I'm used to dealing with liars, Lila, but I like it better when I know what they're lying about".
Diego began following Five again, ignoring Lila as she called out to him. "Really? You're just gonna walk away?" Lila asked, extending her arms as she glanced around the car park. "Diego!".
a tua fic where the main oc is
a hargreeves and her love interest
is another oc (not hargreeves)
or a tua fic where the two oc's are like
hazel and cha cha and are sent by
the commission along with
hazel and cha cha to kill five ??
i already have face claims and
names picked out, i'm just unsure
of which to go with.
also it's almost 1 am so i apologise
for any mistakes that i didn't spot
while editing this chapter!
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