A/N: Thank you to Emoen (Yes, I find the extra bonuses fun to write, though it may take a bit longer than expected. I very much appreciate your words of encouragement. And as promised, I made an extra bonus in this chapter) and stiffkittens101 (Lol, yeah, being busy does that to you. I missed a couple of chapters from other stories I've read. Reality does that to you. I also would like to thank you for your kind words) for the reviews. Wow, I'm surprised I have two reviews; I was sure nobody would review last chapter because of my A/N. Disclaimer: I do not own anything except my characters and my plots. The theme music listed in the Extra Bonus does not belong to me either. They all belong to their respected owner/owners. In this chapter, a short bit of Lina and Nate moment and a bit of Mia's past is revealed. Finally, I had the chance to write her past. At the end, there will be another Bonus Extra. Hope everyone reads have a good laugh with it. The credit should go to Emoen for having such imaginative dreams and helped me to create a humorous bonus. I've got to say Emoen I really couldn't see Pavi making any sort of theme music, but I feel that Luigi would.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Nate held her. In fact, there was a chance he wasn't going to let go any time soon with how much he was clinging onto her. Lina was rather surprised at the sudden action and wondered why he held her in an embrace.
When everyone had just gotten back to the house and everyone except Lina and Nate were inside, Lina was suddenly hugged by the boy. Lina didn't hug him back though. As much as she wanted to for his fondness, there was a limit on her affection.
With the way she lives her life, Lina did not want anybody to go through the same pain as her when she lost her brother to death. If anything, she wished to live a normal life. But of course, some wishes could never come true. She was once a murderer, and she will always be one. That is the way of reality. And even as she finds normalcy in her life, there would always be someone or something to pull her down to the unforgiving road where her life could always be taken at any moment.
"What's up with the sudden hug?" Lina asked Nate. She could hear him sniffling and felt a little surprised at that as well.
"I-I apologize, Lina. I just thought you needed one," Nate quietly explained through sniffles. Lina was once again a little surprised, yet she couldn't help but smile afterwards. She could feel tears were about to form in her eyes, but she wouldn't let it be known. She had to fight back her emotions.
"Boys don't cry, Nate. There are times it is okay for a male to cry, but this is not one of those times," Lina told him. Nate sniffled once more, wiped his tears, and nodded. Lina patted him on his head. "Now, let's go inside."
Right after Mia went inside the house, she went inside her room, locked it, and slid down against the door. Her hands clutched her shirt on her chest. She was emotionally drained, not only did she slightly showed her emotions at the movies, but Emma had made statements that had alerted the elder Largo of her feelings. She sighed, not knowing what may happen in the future. She never predicted that Emma could have such an insight in one's feelings. She knew Emma was special but not to this extent. Slowly, her memories revealed of her past. One of them was her surgery to become a perfect doll.
Mia was only a child of twelve then when her mother and father had told her to do surgery on her face. She was a beautiful child as she is. She was rather thin but in a healthy sort of way. She had such glowing healthy looking skin, and her eyes were like chocolate. One of her eyes was slightly slanted, but it was barely recognizable unless someone was only mere inches from her face. Though she looked mature for a child, there was a hint of needing her parents' affection and meeting their expectations. Overall, even when she looked naturally beautiful, her parents could only see the flaws on her imperfect beauty just like the rest of the citizens of Sanitarium Island look upon each other.
"Your nose needs to be thinner. Your eyes are slanted, so it needs to be fixed as well. Your face is chubby, so we also decided to make it skinnier. We decided to make your eyes a permanent lighter brown almond color since it wouldn't be much of a hassle to make it an icy blue color. The SurGEN will also take away those horrendous dimples of yours whenever you smile," her mother told her.
Mia frowned as she would have her first surgery in three days. Her parents had made an appointment without her consent. But even if they asked her, she would do anything to please her parents. She was just a child after all. When her first surgery was done, her parents complimented her beauty. She was happy for a moment until she looked in the mirror. She could no longer see herself. When she stared at the mirror, all she could see is a mere stranger with such empty, cold eyes.
Though her parents had complimented for looking like a perfect doll, she felt like a doll. She felt empty under the happiness of her parents. She did not understand the logic under this. She should be happy to please her parents, but why did it make her so unhappy? The feeling of being displayed in such a way made Mia understand that society could never accept her as she is. Perfection was not what Mia wanted. She wanted to feel natural. She wanted to feel imperfect. She just wanted herself to be her.
A week later, her parents found more flaws on her and wanted to change this and that. It discouraged Mia that she would never meet the expectation of her parents. Her second surgery had been a failure. There was a large scar on her chest, which would never fade away even with all the money. Her parents wanted her to have breast implants, but the SurGEN responsible was not as experienced as the first SurGEN. Truthfully speaking, he was well-learned, but he was terrible with the physical aspect in his job. And in the end, her parents discarded her and made her live with her aunt. There, she experienced her worst nightmares. Her aunt was abusive, beating Mia pretty badly because of her looks. Shockingly, Mia's aunt was also a SurGEN. After every beating, her aunt would tend to her wounds.
Ever since Mia lived with her, her aunt would take Mia with her to work. Her aunt was a little paranoid, afraid Mia would steal her things and run away if she left her alone in her house. As her aunt was about to go to work, she warned Mia to stay in the lobby until she finished or else she would have a more severe punishment. Mia could only nod. She looked expressionless. Her childlike features are nowhere to be seen. When her aunt left, she was left alone to sit on a chair. She looked rather stiff, very much like a doll. She looked delicate as well. It was as if one touch could make her crumble. And of course, she stood out than anyone else there even than the Genterns. There were stares made her way, but Mia pretended not to notice.
She made no move when she sat there for three hours; she was as still as a wall, thanks to her aunt no less. She made Mia stand in front of the wall with her face facing the white wall for six hours whenever her aunt had a day off from her work just because she didn't like to see her. If she made one move, even the slightest, she would punish her heavily with a belt. Even when Mia wanted to go to the bathroom, she would hold it in the best she could even when her sides started to hurt for holding it in for too long. She had peed in her pants once and then gotten beaten afterwards, but it wasn't as bad when she moved from the wall to go to the bathroom.
Suddenly, a man around in his mid-thirties came up to her. Mia continued to sit still, not looking up at the man or even accepting his presence. After all, he was nothing to her. Why would Mia give a care about the man before her?
"Hey miss, are you alone? Where is your mother or father?" The middle-aged man asked. Mia stayed quiet and continued to stare in front of her, which sadly was the man himself. "Are you mute? Blind? Hello?"
He waved his hand in front of her, but she continued to pretend he was not there. The man started to get impatient by the lack of her response. He started to take her by the arm, but Mia would not allow him to pull her away from the chair. Her hand clenched onto the chair, not allowing anyone to take her from the spot on the chair.
Irritated even further, he let her go and then grabbed her waist with both hands. Mia was startled by such violation that she kicked him on his groin. And of course, the man let her go and covered his area and leaned forward while groaning in pain as he did so. He spouted curses and slapped Mia on the cheek. A small red mark slowly made its way on Mia's cheek, but Mia would not let the tears fall from her eyes. She learned to control her emotions very well.
By that time, a young man just entered into the lobby. He looked like one of high class with his head held high, showing his superiority. He stopped his tracks and noticed the middle-age man spout curses at little Mia before slapping her. Mia did not squirm, not even the slightest when the middle-age continued to pull at her. Intrigued, the young man made his way to the middle-aged man. Neither the middle-aged man nor Mia noticed his presence until he spoke.
"You are fucking irritating me, do you know that?" The young male yelled. The middle-aged man froze before slightly turning his head to meet the annoyed-looking young man. The middle-aged man quickly faced him before frantically apologizing to him.
"I-I'm s-sorry, M-Mr. Largo. D-didn't mean to a-annoy you," the middle-aged man apologized quickly. Fear was evident in his eyes, but the Largo was not satisfied. The Largo turned his head to get a good look at Mia, who continued to sit there unperturbed.
The Largo smirked before pulling out his knife and pulled the man by his shirt towards him.
"Your voice is even more irritating," he scowled before stabbing the man on his chest and letting go of his shirt. The man yelled in pain while everyone at the lobby pretended not to notice what had happened, but it was noticeable how tense everyone looked except for Mia and the Largo. The man's eyes widened before falling over on the ground. The Largo cleaned his knife on the back of the man's shirt and then stomped on the man's back, which made the man grunt in pain. The man started whispering for help, but nobody was willing to help him. Who would put their life in the line for some stranger? The answer is no one.
It was then the man turned to the young girl and started to grab on her leg with his bloody hand, whispering her for help. Mia did not squirm one bit. And after a few seconds of begging, he died soon after. The Largo rolled his eyes before looking over at Mia. It was by that time Mia looked over at him with her expressionless eyes.
"Thank you," Mia told him, loud enough for him to hear. The Largo was a bit surprised before he growled.
"I didn't fucking do it for you, Kid," the Largo told her.
Mia stared at him for a few seconds before she said, "Even if you did not, you still saved me. And so, I thank you, Mr. Largo."
The Largo scowled before putting a hand behind his head. Mia noticed how uncomfortable he looked, and it made Mia almost smile. But of course, she wouldn't show it not when he held a knife.
He turned around and saw a Gentern. He yelled at her to clean the mess up and then left, leaving Mia to stare at his back. There was a faint smile on her lips before it immediately disappear. Mia looked over at her pants and sighed. She was surely going to have a beating for her blood-stained pants.
Mia was only thirteen then, and the Largo who saved her was Luigi Largo. He also just turned twenty years old at the time. She found out later from her aunt that it was Luigi's birthday on that fateful day, and he happened to leave GeneCo early to celebrate his birthday. Mia could never forget the memory, and it was the first time she felt like she was saved, even if it was by a notorious Largo. She sighed and looked up at the ceiling, wondering what her next carefully planned move will be since she was exposed by little Emma. Mia sighed once again and a faint blush ran across her cheeks. First love is always the hardest.
Extra Bonus: The Spies from GeneCo, Welcome the Largo Brothers!
"Brother! Brother!" Pavi yelled, running towards his older brother's room. Luigi scowled in anger when Pavi suddenly entered his room.
"What the fuck do you want, you fag!" Luigi yelled.
"I don't know what to wear. Which looks better?" Pavi asked, showing him a few of his clothes, almost all of them were black. There was a variety of different clothing. Some of them looked like costumes which looked quite like a ninja outfit. One of them looked like a scuba diving outfit and another seem to be tights. The most normal-looking would be a natural black suit.
"Why the fuck would I care what you wear?" Luigi scowled. Pavi's lower lip protruded to look like he was pouting.
"But we are spies. The Pavi must look the part," Pavi answered simply. Luigi rolled his eyes.
"We aren't in some play, you fucking idiot. Wearing the stupid stuff you have will fucking blow our cover," Luigi explained in his usual violent manner.
It was then a Gentern came knocking on Luigi's door while holding a few thin cases of disks inside.
"I've got the variety of theme music you wanted, Mr. Largo," the Gentern said. Pavi looked over at Luigi in surprise before he giggled. Luigi snarled though he looked quite embarrassed.
"Theme music, brother? And you are the one to talk the Pavi about blowing our covers?"
Luigi glared at him before he tried to get his disks, but Pavi managed to snatch it first. He looked through the disks and giggled.
"James Bond? Batman? The Terminator? Knight Rider? Magnum P.I.?" Pavi called out some of the themes while looking through the disks. Luigi growled before snatching all of them back.
"Why don't you just shut the fuck up, Pavi?" Luigi growled once again. "At least, I'm not fucking stupid enough to embarrass myself with those fucking clothes."
By that time, Amber Sweet entered Luigi's room in strides. She didn't care much about knocking and just went right inside. She noticed her brothers starting to fight again and rolled her eyes. She cleared her throat and looked at them boringly. They turned their heads and each brother held a different expression on their faces. Luigi was with a scowl while Pavi was with a smile.
"I heard about your shenanigans. Nobody is going to dress up, and nobody is going to use any theme music, got it?" Amber Sweet ordered with much authority.
Pavi groaned sadly. And of course, Luigi wasn't going to put up with it without a fight.
"Who made you fucking boss? Without us, you can't manage GeneCo alone," Luigi remarked. Amber Sweet shrugged before one of the lady bodyguards came in with her gun. Luigi scowled before he kept quiet. "Now that you agreed with me, let's set out." Amber Sweet turned away; a smirk played across her lips. She couldn't believe her brothers would think up stuff like that, but it was humorous to imagine how it may have played out.
In the end, nobody wore any spy clothes and nobody had their own theme music to play for their entrance. But of course, it wouldn't hurt to imagine how foolish they would look in doing so. Well, at least, they found a title for themselves. They finally managed to call themselves the "Super Secret, Super Awesome GeneCo Spies". Thankfully, their title was only a secret as it should be.
A/N: I do not own the label "Super Secret, Super Awesome GeneCo Spies". Emoen came up with it, and I found it really useable for this Bonus. Hope you don't mind Emoen. Hah, I didn't forget to credit you. Hope everyone had a good laugh from the bonus after the serious chapter.
