Chapter 7
I
woke up to find myself in some small room. I was seated in a chair and my hands
were tied behind me to the chair's back and my ankles were tied together. Next
to me, Rinoah was slowly waking up.
"Lana?"
she asked warily.
"Ya
Rinoah?" I replied.
"Have
we been kidnapped from mommy and daddy?" I simply nodded and she started to
cry.
"It's
okay Rinoah, dad will save us!" I said not really sure if I was right, but she
still continued to cry. Then all of a sudden a man in a uniform walked in.
"Stop
crying!" he literally shouted and then slapped Rinoah across the face. 'God I
hate guard duty!" she muttered to himself as he left the room. Tears began
their journey down Rinoah's face again. We talked a little more and then all of
a sudden some lady in a uniform walks in.
"Well,
well, well the children of the Perfect Solider. You would think he would keep
better watch over them. Oh, well it serves are purposes just fine," she
announced.
"What
are you going to do to us?" I yelled. She turned to me and sent me a small
glare and I glared back. Then she turned to Rinoah and faked a kind smile, I
rolled my eyes.
"Lana
she looks nice maybe she can help us." Rinoah said softly. Apparently the lady
had heard what she said and replied, "Oh, I am a nice lady! You look hungry
would you like to come with me to get something to eat?" Rinoah eagerly nodded
and the lady began untying her.
"Rinoah
don't listen to her she's a bad lady she took us away from mom and dad!" I
yelled but she seemed to ignore me. She was already enveloped in her own
thoughts about how nice that lady could be.
"Come
now child your sister is still upset, lets go get you something to eat and some
new clothes." The lady said to Rinoah as they started to walk out of the room.
"Rinoah
don't listen to her she's only trying to trick you. She's not gonna help us get
back to mom and dad, it's all a lie can't you see that? Rinoah listen to me,
don't follow her!" I screamed and yelled but she just simply took the lady's
hand and they walked off down the hall. One of the guards closed the door and I
slumped in my chair. Rinoah had no idea what she was getting herself into. I
began struggling against my bonds but they cut me no slack. Then the door
opened and in walked one of the guards. I glared at him as he took a seat in
the far corner.
"There's
no point in struggling, you'll never get out of this place." He said to me
rather joyously.
"So?
When my dad gets here he's gonna kick your butt!" I retorted.
"Quit
dreamin' little girl, your mom and dad are never gonna find you. They've
probably already given up searchin for the two of you." The guard smiled.
"You'll
see, they're gonna find us! And when
they do all of you are goin' down!" I exclaimed and the guard literally laughed
his head off. "Go ahead and keep on laughin, but I'm warning you!" I said to
him. Suddenly the door to the room opened. The guard quickly stopped laughing
and stood up to salute. It was the lady again, but this time my sister wasn't
standing beside her.
"My
my, such big threats for a little and helpless girl!" The lady snickered.
"What
have you done to my sister? Where is she?" I asked but she ignored me. She
called in another guard and whispered something to the two of them. The lady
walked up in front me and stared me in the eye, as if looking into my soul.
"Looks
like you're going to be more trouble than your sister." She smiled evilly. I
simply spat in her face and she slapped me in return. "A lot more trouble!" she
added and walked out. The two remaining guards walked over to me, one telling
me if I tried anything he'd have to hurt me and the other began untying my
wrists. I did as I was told and as soon as I stood up each guard grabbed one of
my arms and began dragging me out of the room. After walking through a couple
of corridors we came to a set of double doors. One of the guards opened it and
pushed me inside, once there they closed and locked the door behind me. I was
now alone in someone's room, probably the lady's. I looked around and spotted
Rinoah, who was wearing some type of uniform and was on the bed unconscious. I
ran over to her and was about to wake her up when a voice told me not to. I
quickly stood up and came face to face with the lady. I was about to punch her
when she caught my wrist.
"Hmm…what
a clever girl!" she smiled and let go of my wrist. "Don't wake her, she's
having a nice dream." The lady said to me, walking over to Rinoah, and began
stroking her hair.
"What
do you want with us? What have you done to Rinoah?" I asked her standing my
ground.
"Haven't
you noticed it's always your sister getting all the attention?" she said to me
standing up.
"What?"
I asked her in confusion.
"You
heard me, its always Rinoah then Lana isn't it?" she added.
"Well
yeah, but that doesn't have anything to do with this!" I replied.
"What
about that one birthday party you had a couple of years ago, who got more
presents?" she asked.
"Rinoah
did, but that's alright I didn't mind." I answered.
"Don't
lie Lana, you know you were jealous!" the lady smiled.
"I…was…no…well…I….
I'm not lying!" I replied, raising my voice. She was messing with my mind.
"Or
how about that one time you two were playing and you broke something that
belonged to your mother? She was furious wasn't she?" asked the lady.
"It
was only an accident!" I cried, tears welling in my eyes.
"If
it was only an accident, then why did you father send you to your room?" she
added.
"Because…because…"
I didn't know what to say! The lady was right.
"And
when your dad missed your kung-fu competition?" the lady added.
"He
was busy and had a lot of work, he told me later when I got home. He was
sorry…!" I shouted.
"Maybe,
or was he just too tired of seeing you lose?" Those words pierced me like a
thousand knives, and tears began streaming down my face.
"And
Rinoah, taking your things without asking you? Your mother always pushing you
to do activities you don't like! What kind of family is this?" the lady
exclaimed.
'She
was wrong, everything she was saying was wrong. But then again some of it was
true! Ahhh…I don't know what to believe!' I said inside, falling to the floor
while crying. The lady walked over to me.
"You
see, everyone in this world wants to make your life miserable. But I can help
you get back at all of them for all the misery they've caused you. All you have
to do is trust me!" I looked up at the lady and thought about what she had
said. Inside my head voices were telling me to listen to her and not to. Voices
of mom, dad, and Rinoah.
"Its
all your fault!" I heard mom shout.
"Why
couldn't we just have one girl? Instead we're stuck with twins!" Dad sighed.
"You're
the worst sister in the whole world, I hate you!" Rinoah yelled. Hearing that
made me cry even more, everything was beginning to get blurry and swirled
around me. Then mom, dad, and Rinoah appeared and pointed their fingers at me.
"Its
all your fault! You're the one to blame!" they shouted, every word echoing
eerily in my mind. I couldn't take it anymore and I screamed. I felt something
being placed on my forehead and behind my ears, some sort of tiara. I opened my
eyes to see the lady.
"With
my help, you will be able to rule the world and punish all those who caused you
pain and misery!" she smiled and that was the last thing I saw before falling
into darkness.
*Heero's POV*
I sat there, typing on my laptop. All the others had gone
home for the night and said they'd be back tomorrow morning. Relena was reading
a book. I've practically searched through everything and still I haven't been
able to find my daughters. If only I had been more careful they wouldn't be gone.
There's no one else to blame. The sound of a closing book snapped me from my
thoughts. Relena placed her book back on the shelf and walked over to me, it
was almost midnight.
"You should go get some sleep, I'll keep looking." I said
to her and she nodded. I decided to walk her upstairs. Passing by Rinoah's room
she stopped and walked in. She picked up the teddy bear I had given to her,
which she passed on to Rinoah. Holding the bear tightly in her arms, she gave
it a big hug and set it down on Rinoah's bed. She walked back over to me.
"Its all your fault!" she said to me and I looked back at
her astonished.
"What?"
I asked her.
"Its
all your fault, if you had listened to me when I felt something was wrong, then
they'd still be here right now!" Relena screamed and began slapping me across
the face.
"YOU….you…"
she looked at me, tears running down her face.
"Heero,
I'm…I'm so sorry, its just this kidnapping thing is too much. I can't believe
they've taken our children!" she cried hysterically. I knew she didn't mean to
hit me, but all this was getting to her now. I walked her to our room at the end of the hall. There inside she
changed and brushed her teeth and climbed into bed. I just stood on the balcony
and looked up at the sky seeking out the constellations. After five minutes I
turned around to see Relena already asleep. I walked over to her and brushed
away a strand of hair in her face and turned off the light.
Walking back down the hall, this time I stopped by Lana's
room. Walking inside I looked around at her things. Then I came across
something that hurt me deeply, the sight of the medal she had won at her first
kung-fu competition. Afraid my emotions would take over my concentration to
work I quickly left her room. Walking back downstairs, to my laptop, to
continue the search.
