Chapter 12: Sins Of The Father
Two nurses and one doctor looked up in shock when the door of the intensive care unit suddenly flew open and a tall blonde woman stormed in, shouting: "Where is she? Is she okay?!" "Hey, calm down." One of the nurses spoke, hurrying over to the freaking-out blonde. "Whom are you looking for?" the elder woman gently asked, putting one hand on the tall blondes shoulder. "Michiru Kaioh." Haruka finally managed to say, her voice sounding awfully hoarse all of a sudden. "I was told that she is here…" The nurse nodded and pointed to one of the rooms. "In there. Who are you?" "Haruka Tenoh…her girlfriend." The blonde replied. For one second, the nurse looked a little shocked, then she smiled. "Okay. Follow me then." Haruka nodded and walked after the elder woman, who opened the door she had pointed at before and allowed the blonde to step in. While Haruka walked over to the bed Michiru laid in motionless, the nurse gently closed the door, leaving the two women alone. Slowly, Haruka walked over to the bed and sat down next to it, gently taking Michirus hand into her own. The aqua haired girl laid in the bed lifeless; a bandage was wrapped around her stomach, a second one covered her neck., both of them bloodstained at several spots. Haruka could feel how her eyes filled with tears, and she buried her face in the white blanket that covered Michirus body. "I'm sorry." The blonde whispered, her words followed by a sob. "I'm so sorry…" Finally, the tears started to run down her face, staining the white blanket. "Don't leave me." Haruka begged, raising her head again to look at the comatose girl. "Please…don't leave me. I love you…stay…you can't leave me. Not now. Not after what I did…" When there was no response, Haruka closed her eyes tightly, and another sob shook her body. "They don't know if she will live." A sad, female voice suddenly came from behind, causing Haruka to jump. Upon looking around, the blonde found herself face to face with Hitomi, Michirus mother. "I'm sorry." Haruka whispered, not daring to look the elder woman into the eyes. "This is all my fault…the one who attacked her is after me, and he nearly killed her to hurt me…" "Do you know who did it?" Hitomi asked, sitting down next to the blonde who shook her head. "No…" "Michiru told me before she fell unconscious." Hitomi softly spoke, not daring to look at Haruka. "Who?" the blonde asked, her voice suddenly full of fear. Fear of what the answer might be. Finally, Hitomi looked up again, into the blondes eyes. "Your father, Haruka."
"Haruka! Haruka, wait!" Hitomi called out, hurrying after the blonde, hoping that she would be able to catch her. Unfortunately, she had no chance; Haruka had always been a fast runner, but now with her cyborg parts, she was even faster than she had been before. Before Hitomi even had the slightest chance to catch up to the blonde, Haruka was already in her car and sped off.
Hiroshi was sitting in his office, cleaning the bloodied knife and whistling a happy tune when all of a sudden, the door burst open. While Hiroshi still turned around to look, Haruka had reached his chair with two fast steps and had grabbed his throat, lifting him up in the air, her biceps bulging out. "You bastard!" Haruka screamed at her father, fire in her eyes. "I swear, if she dies, I'll…" "You'll what?" Hiroshi asked, his voice sounding thin thanks to the fact that Haruka cut his flow of air off. "Kill me? You'll go to prison for that, you know." Letting out a scream filled with rage, Haruka threw her father away, causing him to hit the wall and break a shelf on his way down to the ground. Hiroshi groaned and sat up, rubbing his back, pulling some small black object out of his pocket in the process without Haruka noticing. The blonde now walked over to her father, staring down on him with hate in her eyes. "I just should rip your head off. You know I can do it." Haruka growled, her fists shaking with held-back fury. Hiroshi just shrugged. "Of course you could. But you won't." Slowly, Hiroshi came to his feet, hiding his right hand behind his back. "Oh, and why not?" Haruka replied, not trying to hide her anger anymore. "Tell me why I shouldn't kill you!" "Well…" Hiroshi replied, an odd smile suddenly on his face, "probably because…I will kill you first!" And with that, Hiroshi threw himself forward, crashing into his surprised daughter. Haruka felt how something hard was rammed into her stomach, then Hiroshi pushed the button of the electro shocker. A wave of electricity flowed through Harukas body, the metal parts inside her heating up from it. Haruka let out a gurgling sound, her eyes rolling back in her head before she slowly sank to the ground, her knees giving in underneath her. She fell to the ground, ending up on her back lying motionless, her eyes rolled back in her head so far that only white could be seen. Hiroshi pulled back the electro shocker and smiled at his fallen daughter before he threw the weapon away and left the room, not bothering to look back anymore.