A Complicated Love Story
Chapter Thirty-six:
Waking Up
The blurred truth
That has been left unspoken by the mouth
Memories that have gone south
Are all coming back, true to it's oath
This is what I loathe.
The thorny vines that have entangled me
Are growing back to imprison me, to bring me back to this crime
My life's now in it's prime
And I now have to back down with great shame
Would this bring me fame?
My lungs are being filled with air for the first time again
It is more than what I had given in the bargain
In the white, peaceful surface, is a red, distressed stain
That shows my sorrows and pain
This is not something that I can restrain
The sky is vivid blue, the land is green
The room is warm from the warmth escaping our skin
The smiles we exchange, we can feign
Problems cannot be drowned with gin
Life is surrounded by sin
So keep yourself close to your kin
Do you know who the humans are,
in this world where we say 'rawr'?
Look at your deepest scar
'Let it disappear', you tell the star
Don't. It lets me know how well you've done so far
Open your eyes
And the fantasy dies
You'll release a lot of sighs
Under the ever changing skies
When the illusion dies
Rose blushed as she dreamt of their wedding night, she tossed and turned in the king-sized bed, her blanket was on the floor now, two of the pillows were on the floor too, it was almost midnight, the clock ticked slowly, and time was slow.
Where was her husband now?
ROSE: Genesis and I are both blushing, tiny little sweat drops were slowly sliding from his face and hair, oh my goddess, could he possibly get hotter than this? "I love you," he muttered as he kissed my forehead, gosh, even his lips were hot. I closed my eyes and nodded, I wrapped my arms around his neck and said, "I love you too," I pulled him close to me; I could hear his muffled laugh.
Suddenly, the tone of his laugh changed, it was not tired and content, it was suddenly dark and deep. The warm lights swirled and dimmed. The light beige walls turned into black and green, my eyes were irritated, I closed them, I was all wet, I was floating in some… tank.
My lungs were out of air, but I could still breathe. What, where was I?
I half-opened my eyes again to see that I am surrounded with a green substance, the darkness from outside the tank allowed me to see my own reflection. I am naked. I cross my legs and arms, where am I? Wasn't I with Genesis earlier?
"My, my look who's awake," a voice said, I looked around. Nobody is here but me, I'm pretty sure of it because I cannot see anybody. Just my reflection…
My reflection…
Is talking to me…?
How can this be? I may have amnesia but I am not insane! This reflection could not possibly talk!
But it is.
I stared at my own reflection and she laughed while my face harbored an expression of shock and horror. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
"Hey, don't give me that look," my reflection said, "Alexia or should I say Rose?"
"Alexia? I am Rose."
My reflection looked at me with amusement in her face, "Oh don't play dumb with me, I am you and you are me, I know every fiber of your being is currently trembling from shock. And I also know that you are doubting your sanity right now. Don't worry, you are sane. Your sister is not."
"I-I have a sister?"
"Yes, Margaret, remember? Oh come on, you've been dreaming of yourself for almost a year now and you still don't recognize yourself?" my reflection looked at me cynically, "she goes by the name of Vanessa right now and she wants to kill you."
"My sister-what? Vanesssa—wants to kill me?" I asked her, "how do you know all of this? How come you're here anyway?"
"Duh, Vanessa aka Margaret slipped in some Mako in your tea today while you were at their house for little Ced's play date with Henry that's why you're starting to remember all this."
"Why does she want to kill me? Who am I anyway? Why didn't I remember this at once?"
"I don't know how to answer those questions, but I can tell you who you are. Just get out of that tank, it's weird."
"Weird? How do I get out?"
My reflection rolled her eyes, "Don't you remember how you got out before?"
"No."
"Okay, stay back a little." Smash! "Now get out now."
I stepped out of the tank, my feet were pricked by the glass shards on the floor… "Ow!" "Whoops. Sorry about that. Well, anyway, you are Alexiane Ford, the younger twin sister of Margaret Ford, your parents were the second richest family next to the Shinra clan, that's why there was rivalry then," my reflection was currently in the green puddle that came from the tank, "and then the Shinra family killed your parents and abducted you two and made you their experiment mice."
"Experiment mice?"
She made a nodding gesture and I walked to get the lab coat hanging in the corner, she was on the surface of a test tube now, "Yeah, you two have been in those tanks for almost all your lives, until you both finally woke up and broke free… and now, you're where you are."
"What did they do with us..?"
My reflection was quiet.
"Talk to me!"
She didn't speak, "Well, they mutated both your genes… see, you had hazel colored hair, now you're honey blonde, that's an example of the effects of their experiments with you. You two changed. But Margaret was regarded as a failure since nothing in her physical attributes changed unlike you so, I guess that's the reason why she wants to kill you… she wants to be the only one who has the power."
I did a double take and said, "Are you serious? She wants to kill me?"
"Not only you but I think she also wants to kill your son and Genesis."
"No!"
"If you don't want to believe me, you can use Genesis' laptop to look up your family. You have to move quickly because Margaret's starting to move. The mako poisoning is just a start. But now we know that mako is not harmful to you."
"Yeah, I guess so, since you said that I've been exposed to it for soo long."
My reflected was now on a computer monitor, "Correct. Don't do anything stupid like telling Genesis anything you know, play coy. Remember, move fast and protect Cedric and Genesis."
She vanished and the scenery changed again.
It's pitch dark. Cedric is wailing. I got up from the bed and rushed to his room. "Cedric, baby! What's wrong?" she checked his milk bottle, it was still full, she checked his temperature. "Oh my, baby! You have a fever! But how can this be?" she turned and yelled, "Amy!"
Amy was there within minutes, "What is it, Rose? It's two in the morning."
"He's got fever, I think."
"Oh my gosh," Amy placed her palm on Cedric's forehead and said, "he does have fever, I'll start the car…" and she was off. Rose looked at her child, a lone tear slid down on her cheek and said, "You'll be fine, Cedric, baby. Mommy's here."
But for how long would I be with my baby? Or Genesis?
"You will be with them for forever. You just need to deal with some business for a little while." A voice said again.
Rose looked at the photograph hanging on the wall sadly and picked up Cedric; "Honey, after you get better, things will be a little different for a while, okay?" she kissed his forehead and went to the car.
Cedric was sleeping quietly now in the back of the car as they made their way home, "Are you sure you don't want to call Genesis to tell him about this?" Amy asked her, "No, I'm sure Genesis has a lot to worry about now, I don't want to add up to his stress." Rose said.
"Okay."
Silence…
"Amy, can I trust you with something?" Rose suddenly said.
Amy looked at her and said, "What is it?"
"Will you promise me that you won't tell this Genesis?"
"I promise. What is it?"
"I remember my past now. But it's not a good past."
"Why?"
"Well, I am one of the experiments that Genesis is looking for right now." Rose said and she added, "I need to leave but I can't take my son with me."
Amy stopped driving and pulled over at the side of the road, "And?" she looked thoughtful, "Why do you need to leave?"
"Amy, my son and my husband's lives are in line if I don't go, am I right?"
"Well yes but come on, dear, there are no clues that can point you out as the experiment, it's almost been two years! Don't go."
"But Amy, my sister is after me."
"What? How do you know? Who is she?"
"Vanessa Shinra. Errr… Margaret Ford. I'm Alexia Ford," she grimaced and took in Amy's shocked expression, "and she wants to kill me. She slipped Mako in my tea while we were having tea in the kid's play date yesterday."
"Alexiane?" Amy suddenly cried. "Do you know what my full name is?"
"…No."
"I'm Amalia Ford."
"But! Haven't they killed you?"
"I survived, thank Gia, but they had already taken you two… when I woke up. My baby! I thought you were dead!"
They embraced.
"But… how? The articles in the Internet all say that you and father died on the spot!"
"Alexia, they never knew that because I when I woke up, the house was already burning and we were on the top floor. I even broke my leg jumping out your window to survive. And that's where the Rhapsodos family comes in."
Alexia/Rose looked at her long lost mother curiously.
"Well, Genesis's mother found me there, lying on the ground, half-dead half a mile away from the house and she took me home and took care of me and as thanks to them, I became their housekeeper."
"Oh mom."
They embraced tightly.
"So this is why… when I met you for the first time, I felt good around you," Amy said.
They started to cry. "I have to leave Mother. I need to protect my family."
"But you're going to kill your sister!"
Rose was torn.
It was her present family against her own relative.
She valued both dearly but she could only choose one to protect.
"Don't go, please, don't go." Amy chanted in Rose's ear, "darling please."
"Mother…"
This is too complicated.
Hey Ho Hi! How are you? Did you miss me? I'm so so sorry for not being update for what? 3 something weeks? . Curse school and everything that is associated with it. So, as a peace offering… I tried to make the chapter longer than usual. So how is it? Did I confuse you? D:
Hehehe. I'm too happy to care about the real world these days. ^^ So, yeah, the poem is also by me. Weird, isn't it? I know, I know, it sucks real bad. T_T
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Hurray for me since I'm actually getting my first Gackt CD soon. :D [hey, it's expensive in my country, it's like a thousand bucks here. . and I only discovered him last summer so please do not stone me for not getting one earlier. |.|]
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HURRAH FOR GACKITIS!
A chance of breath from a hole "Like a beautiful smile that doesn't disappear
Collecting scattered scream,
This sky is baking countlessly yet
I am filled with sorrow
On Your shoulder now,
Only a few tears fell
What innocent people
You only just want someone to remember ... "
-Kagero, GACKT
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