Title: Spring Day
Author: Sherry Chen
E-mail: junruichen@aol.com
Rating: G
Summary: Liam in the park thinking about his father
It was a beautiful spring day. The birds were chirping and
flying happily around the
treetops. The flowers were blooming and the sun was shining.
Days like this are hard to come by, especially in Washington D.C
so Liam could help
feeling great in this picture perfect spring afternoon.
The sun was high and the air had a nice crisp feeling to it.
Not too cold, warm but with a
touch of a breeze. All around him smelled of newly cut grass.
Liam should have been enjoying this little piece of perfection
in the park, in a secluded
spot with no one around, lying on his back staring at white
clouds silently floating by.
It had been a fairly good couple of days, which was a rarity
in his life. he had organized a
successful attack on a Taelon institution with minimal casualties.
The attack had lead to
some pretty useful information that would be of some use later on.
He and Da'an had
shared a moment together but it was just a brief abutment, but it
suggest that perhaps their
friendship was not all lost.
Liam stared upward at a pair of robins flaying gracefully,
playing with each other
joyfully, dodging up and down, in spirals and in circles. He
followed their flight intently
as they went up, down, left and right.
As much as Liam tried to enjoy doing nothing at all, caring
about nothing at all his
thoughts fluttered to Sandoval.
Hi father.
Was he just a surrogate as Renee said?
*No!* Liam could allow himself to think like that. *He
is my father, as much
as Ha'gel was, perhaps more.*
Sandoval knows he has a son somewhere, but Liam couldn't
figure out it he wants a son,
much less a son who was grown up.
*I know he doesn't have a MI anymore, at least I'm pretty
sure he doesn't.* This
revelation just puts more complications in his life. Without a MI,
Sandoval is much less
predictable. *Without the MI he could find me.*
Although Liam wasn't sure if Sandoval ever wanted children, he
was sure that Sandoval
wasn't the type to run away from a son, especially now the he
didn't have the MI to keep
him from finding his son.
Liam sighed deeply, the light dimmed as a sun floated in front
of the sun. He wondered
about what would happen if Sandoval does find out the truth.
*Would he accept me? Will he reject me? Will he be
disgusted by me? Will he love
me?* Liam's head ran though all the possible scenarios that
could happen if and when
Sandoval learns the truth.
As a Resistance Member and as the son of Sandoval his mind
immediately went to what
would happen if Sandoval was still under the influence of the MI,
although it was highly
unlikely.
*First he'll turn me over to Zo'or and then....* Liam
shuddered at the thought of
what might they do to him if that were to happen. Liam closed his
eyes, almost praying
for that not to happen.
That's the only possible outcome if he was under the MI, Liam decided.
Liam didn't want to broach the subject of Sandoval not
under the MI. It would
have meant that his father had tried to kill him, willingly and
Liam didn't want to think
about that. He knew someday soon he will have to face that fact.
Liam knew the most likely thing to happen is that Sandoval
would reject him. Everything
points to that one thing. His hate for the Taelons (assuming he's
not under the influence of
the MI) would make him hate his hybrid son. The Taelons were not
very close to the
Kimera, but they were close enough, enough for Sandoval to
despise him. He being a
grown up man just adds onto the list. *Who would want a fully
grown son?*
Liam was not fully human, another x on him. He's an unpure alien.
Liam open his eyes, the sun blinding him momentarily, cause
him to forget his thoughts
at least for a time.
Liam wondered what would to happen if Sandoval didn't
reject him. *Would
he fully accept him for who he was? Would he love him? Would he
be happy to finally
know who his son is?* Liam hoped that would someday happen,
but he knew not to
get his hopes up. Hopes are too easily crushed and destroyed.
"Would he love me who just so happens to be his son or
will he love his son who just so
happens to be me?" he wondered out loud. Liam listened as a
bird off into the distance
chirped twice in response.
The sun was finally setting and Liam realized he had spent the
entire day in this little
spot, off to the side of the small park in the middle of
Washington D.C. He got up just as
the stars were appearing. The North Star in all it's brilliance,
Orion standing gracefully,
Cassiopeia shining brightly. He dusted himself off and started to
exit the park, another
day spent alone with his thoughts.