Hearts Disguised

Chapter 29

Behind the Scenes

Yang completely breaking down and Blake's promise to Yang were unexpected on both sides, but the two of them were able to get through it. Unfortunately, Yang wasn't recovering much even with Blake by her side almost every minute of every day. She was starting to run out of ideas. She's said everything she's needed to say and yet, she feels that Yang needs more than that. That was the only problem though. What more needed to be said before this girl started to recover? What else did Blake have to offer in order for this girl to feel like this is home? Blake thought long and hard about those two things as she remained by Yang's side.

Back at Cinder's office, she's been busy with many things. Her workplace has been hard at work doing so many things that they couldn't name them all if they were asked. However, Cinder had a system. She assigned one small thing to a certain amount of people and then gave another set of people a different task that somehow corresponded to the other one. It was a complicated process, but things were getting done. Cinder, herself, was even hard at work. She oversaw everything going on just to make sure that there weren't any mistakes going on.

The only department that had an "easy" job was her research department. They were scrambling to find any information they could on the rogue agent. Since there was no reason to hide it now, Cinder gave them Blake's name, but it didn't prove to be much help. Cinder was stumped on this since Blake was smart enough not to leave too many things behind when she escaped from Cinder's clutches. This angered Cinder of attacking her own researchers out of pure annoyance. This was the first time her workers ever saw this side of her and they frightened by it. This only made them work even harder without a single question.

Her agent department probably had one of the tougher jobs. Their training had intensified due to the fact that Blake was making moves and stealing precious agents. Cinder didn't want this to go on and that's why they were being pushed to the limit. None of her normal agents were at the skill level of Blake so they had to train harder than they've ever trained. Neo was in charge of most of their training, but while she was doing that, Cinder had a special request for her on the side that no one was aware. She pulled her up her office and spoke about it in more detail since Neo was kind of confused about it.

"So what's this about a special request?" Cinder walked over to her desk and sat down, staring out of the window.

"Yes. You're aware of what Yang went through while she was here, right?"

"I believe so. You had so kind of drug tested on her?"

"Very good. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite perfect yet and that's why this workplace is doing what it is doing. Since you're the best agent I have in hand right now, I wanted to ask you… No, I need you to do this for me." She spun her chair around and put a small box on the table.

"What is that?" Cinder opened up the box and inside was a small vile like the one that Yang used during her fight with Neo.

"This is what I've been working on. This is the perfect formula." Neo started to walk towards it, but Cinder immediately shut it before she could get a good enough look at it. She then spun her chair back around to face the window. "I'll be honest here. Blake was something special. She trained like no one else and go the results that no one could ever recreate. In your case, you just don't match up against her. If you were to encounter her and fight, you would lose. However… With the help of the perfect formula, you will be the ideal human being. Nothing will ever be able to take you down." Cinder spun around once more and looked Neo right in the eye. "Are you prepared to cross over into another dimension?"

"Of course." There was no hesitation in her voice whatsoever. She stood up straight and eyed Cinder right back with the same amount of intensity.

"Hm, I like it. It is destiny that you are amongst my rankings." She stood up and walked around her desk. She wrapped her arm around Neo and walked her out the room with the intention of heading to her scientific department.

Blake finished up making some food for Yang as she put it on a tray and walked it back to her room. When she arrived, she saw Yang sitting upright on the edge of the bed. Her head was down, but her body looked as calm as ever. There was no shaking or anything. Blake couldn't help but wonder if she had finally recovered. She set the food down on the table next to her bed and knelt down in front of Yang.

"Yang, are you okay?" Blake was about to brush her hair out of the way, but immediately halted that gesture. She still believed that it was too early for physical contact. She retracted her hand, but when she did, Yang grabbed it out of the air and slowly raised her head. "Yang?" Their eyes met for a brief moment when Yang turned her head to look at their hands. Yang's grip loosened as she intertwined her fingers with Blake's.

"You're so warm." Blake was lost, but made sure that Yang didn't know that. "Is this what home feels like?" She pulled their hands to her face and gently pressed her cheek against them. "I just don't get it." This was her chance to step in and let Yang know that she can hear her.

"You're right. This is home. When you're with me, you can feel safe. You can let it all out to me. No matter what you need to say, I'll listen to it. I'll be your shoulder to cry on. You don't have to be afraid anymore. I'm here for you Yang, and I'll never leave you no matter what. I promise. You can trust me." Yang's head dropped once again, but she was still in the conversation.

"Can I ask you something selfish?"

"Of course you can."

"Could you give me a hug?" Blake was caught off guard by this request. It almost seemed out of character for Yang, but there was no way she was going to say no. This girl still needed comfort and she was prepared to give that to her. She got closer to Yang and wrapped her arms around her body. Yang immediately wrapped hers around Blake and squeezed her tightly.

"How are you feeling?" There was no response. She knew that it was too early to ask. That was going to be her one and only mistake she would make.

"I want to find Cinder." Blake's eyes widened at the sound of her voice.

"You want to what?"

"I want to find Cinder, and I'm going to kill her." Blake had to intervene. She managed to break free of Yang's hug, but she still kept her at arm's length. She gently put her hands on her shoulder and looked her in the eye.

"You do know what you're saying, right?" Yang nodded her head. "So you do feel better then?" She nodded her head again. She couldn't believe. The first actual things that came out of her mouth were those words. However, her reaction was completely justifiable. It was just that it seemed as if she was still hurting from all of this.

"However…" Blake's eyes widened even more. "I can't do it on my own. I know that and I was wondering… Will you help me?" Out of nowhere, Blake threw her arms around Yang's neck and squeezed her tight as she could.

"Yes. Of course I'll help. I made a promise to you, didn't I? I won't let anyone hurt you again. From now on, we're doing this thing together." Yang was caught off guard this time, but didn't let it affect her. She just smiled and wrapped her arms around Blake's body.

"Thank you so much Blake."

"You're welcome. However, we can't go out there just yet. We're going to have to train."

"I know."

"Okay." Blake sighed. It wasn't for the fact that Yang was finally feeling better. It was the fact that she was going to face her mother once again. Only this time, she had the intent of killing her. Cinder wasn't going to play nice so Blake had to fortify her heart for everything that was to come. The good thing, though, was that Yang was by her side. Being with her now made her feel invincible. If Yang wanted to set things right with that woman, she knew that the two of them would be able to stand a chance.

End of Chapter 29

Ending Note: Thank you so much for reading. I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. Take this how you will, but it was not intended to act like a spoiler or anything of that nature. This story is "dark," but this next chapter will be very different. I won't say anymore. Take that in whatever way you want. I just hope you enjoyed the chapter and that you come back for more.