#the-commisions-deadliest the handler

[thechaosjunkie]

so that's what you've been hiding. (From The Handler!)

@the-commissions-deadliest (The Handler) // Am I interrupting something? Starters: Accepting

Hearing a familiar voice he really should NOT be hearing ever again, Five quickly shoved the commandeered missing journal into his back pocket and tightened his fingers around the handle of the fire axe he'd 'borrowed' from the third floor. "I fucking swear your genes were spliced with a goddamned cockroach. How the HELL did you find me?"

[cardsknight]

When she commented on his voice, that just made him feel all the more shy and awkward. "... thanks ..." he muttered; his ears may have been hidden by his mop of hair, but he could feel them getting red hot from embarrassment. He cleared his throat, setting the instrument aside and focusing his attention on her as he removed his goggles and gloves.

Now that he had a good look at her, with that lace no longer partially-obscuring her face, Cards was certain he had seen her before -- many times ... always in his dreams but NOT always in good light.

Shit, he thought.

Somehow, he managed a polite (but small) smile, feeling quickening palpitations in his chest as she not only spoke his name and maintained eye contact, but also mentioned he was special -- specifically calling out how his dreams were special.

"Okay ... mystery lady ..." he started, putting his hands up -- whether in defense or surrender was left up to interpretation. "You seem to know more about me than I know about you." Not entirely true; because he did know some things about her that she did not know yet ... if dreams were any indication of that, confirmed by the fact that she was living, breathing, standing there instead of dead in a pool of her own blood in some barn in Texas. "... so ... why are you here?"

“The loveliest lies of all.”

Standing in the doorway to the lab The Handler finishes off the line, her voice light, confident. Gentle even. The sound of her heels hitting the tiled floor echoes through the otherwise quite room as she enters, a leather briefcase in one hand.

“Lovely voice,” coming to a stop at the front of the room, she draws attention to his singing though it’s clear he’s intentionally avoiding it. Leaning up against a bench, she places the briefcase at her feet. In a way it was almost amusing; to see his face on someone seemingly so awkward.

“Hello Cardinal,” she speaks with a display of familiarity that would be unsettling to some. Flipping the lace on her fascinator up she holds eye contact with him, her lips curved upwards in a smile. Though she smiles, it’s difficult to tell exactly what her intentions are here.

“I’ve had my eye on you for quite some time now and thought it was about time I come speak to you in person. After all you’re special; your dreams are special.”

[7-seasof-fandom]

I’d love to hear it!

Tw: mention of self harm

(Takes place just sorta out of the plot? Not really a specific time or event)

Alright, okay- so basically The Handler manages to kidnap Five and gets the commision to do the DNA split without him knowing, then just yeets him back when they took him and it's like he never left and he has no idea, but he starts constantly having the impulse to kill, like no matter who. Even his siblings, and of course that starts to really get to him, especially as the urge gets quite strong at times and it really concerns him.

It gets to a point where he has to get out all the energy and aggression which is building up somehow, and he turns to scratching at his own skin quite violently in order to get the thoughts to go away. He just does it places on his body where his sibs won't see, since he doesn't want them finding out and also tries to isolate himself more. Then one day while he's with them the thoughts get really really bad and without realizing they're around to see he goes to scratch at his wrist, which Klaus notices and grabs his hand to stop him. Five lashes out quite badly and attacks because stress and murderous impulses is a bad combination. When he comes to his senses and realize what he did, he immediately jumps away to some place where he hides, going into a breakdown, unable to move or really do anything and all he's doing is just hyperventilating, scratching at his face in panic and pulling at his hair.

The Handler first makes a visit to his siblings, gloating about how apparently Five really just couldn't stay away from the killing and how he would just always be a killer since "he tried to kill you." They don't really believe her, but it's enough to make them wary of following him without a more fledged out plan.

Then she goes to him and basically has some agents come and take him. When back at The Comission she has a lot of fun playing with his mind, messing it up with torture and mind games to the point of him losing his memory of everything including his family. His anxiety habit of scratching at his own face and pulling at his hair stays, which is why he has the scars and they cut his hair short to avoid him having much to pull at.

At some point The Handler decides to have some fun and once and for all get his sibs out of the pic and she sends Five after them. He doesn't recognize them, and they don't recognize him at first either until they see his tattoo. Klaus, desperate to snap him out of it, shows him his own tattoo and Five is about to kill him when he then snaps out of it and recognize him. He's super exhausted and almost passes out in Klaus' arms, unable to really do much else than just stay there as he cries hysterically until he passes out because man his head is a mess at that point.

Once again, @deadliest-little-thing helped me with this so their au too lmao