A/N: Okay people, the very few who actually read this fic. Here's the
final chapter. This is it. In the wise words of Porky Pig: "Abdee, abdee,
abdee, That's all, folks!"
Please Review.
Nightmare Assignment
Chapter 3:
When Weiß finally made it to a hospital, the doctors had many questions for them that they really didn't want to answer. The major questions that they would not stop asking were, 'How did they get like this?' and 'Where did you find them?'
Yohji came up with some insane piece of fiction that they others thought no one would believe, but the doctors seemed to. Ken didn't think that anyone could be that stupid, but was thankful the doctors were because it got them off Weiß's backs.
After what had felt like weeks, but was actually about an hour or two, of waiting, a doctor had at last came out to tell them about Aurora and Loretta's condition. Aurora had been bleeding internally but the doctors had been able to stop it. Loretta had lost a massive amount of blood, but would recover. The drugs that had been injected into them had only been strong sedatives and would only leave them with headaches and queasy stomachs when they woke.
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Two weeks.two long, horrible weeks. Ken couldn't get his mind off of what happened. He felt he should have jumped in sooner. Two weeks, and they were still in the hospital. They were supposed to be able to leave today. He hadn't been allowed to see her the entire time. He felt like he was dying inside. He was why she was suffering.he should have done something earlier.
What a nightmare. Both of their assignments had ended in tragedy. Ken didn't know what to tell Aurora. Should he tell her that the only reason he was there was to kill her? Not only that, but he had wanted so desperately to do it, too? He still loved her; more then anything. But could he go through with it? Could he ask her now?
"I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you," Aurora told Ken, "I had desperately wanted to. This entire thing did start out as a vacation, like we told you.and it was extended. Our boss called and said, 'Stay in Japan as long as you like.' We didn't think anything of it. By that time we had met you and Aya, and were delighted to be able to stay longer. But, like with everything there is a catch. We found out a week later that our new assignment was to infiltrate Schwarz and find out as much as we could about Reiji Takatori. You know, find out what makes them tick." She looked into Ken's eyes; he knew that she could see the anxiety in them. "Every time he touched me or kissed me I felt sick." She turned her face away from him, "And every time I was forced to lie to you, I felt even worse."
Ken nodded and put his hand on her cheek, gently turning her face but to his. "I had never wanted to lie to you. I just didn't know how you would react when I told you that your florist boyfriend was, in fact, an assassin."
Aurora laughed half-heartily, "I know the feeling. I thought you would be afraid of me of something stupid like that if you found out. I mean, I had done my best to seem innocent and unthreatening.I guess I did a good job. I really didn't want to lie to you. But how could I have told you that my job said I had to 'date' Bradley Crawford?" She shuddered at his name.
Ken touched her cheek lovingly. "When Persia first said that you were a target, I didn't believe him. But the video clips and the pictures." He trailed off, by the way Aurora was trembling, it looked like Crawford had hurt her in many ways.
"He was," she paused, searching for the right words, she placed her had on her neck; Ken noticed that it was the same place where Crawford had kissed her in the video. "It was torture," she finally whispered. "He just kept pushing so hard to get what he wanted, I couldn't stand it. But I have to make him believe that I loved him." She cringed at the thought.
"I know you didn't." Ken wrapped his arms around her for comfort, but it didn't stop her from crying. "Please don't cry. It's just a job; if anyone can understand that it's me! You'll never have to do that-"
"Again?" She finished, "That's the problem! I will! I always will! It's my job that's what I have to do! I make the highest ranking officials in a gang fall in love with me, find out as many secrets as I can without arising any suspicion and then leave without a trace! I've gone by so many names that I it's sometimes hard to remember my real name."
"Your name isn't Aurora Thyme?'
"Yes, it's my real name, but sometimes when I'm on a mission I forget it. For Crawford it was Allison Cauldron, before that it was Elise Brookland, before that it was Ashley Cudra, before that it was Dianna Triton, the list goes on and on!" She buried her face in his chest, "You are the first and only person who has ever used my real name when you said, 'I love you'."
"I do love you," Ken said gently, "We don't have to kill anymore. We can run away.and be together."
"What?"
He let her go and bent down on one knee and pulled the ring out of his pocket, "Aurora .will you marry me?'
She covered her face with her hands and started crying even harder then she had been.
Ken didn't understand, people weren't supposed to cry when you asked them that! Weren't you supposed to be happy?! "Wh-what's wrong?"
"Ken." She turned her face away. "I.I can't.I.I.can't."
"Yes you can! I love you, and you say you love me; I want to spend the rest of my life with you, you say you feel the same.let's make it official! Don't you want to?"
Aurora fell to her knees, "Of course I want to.I love you, Ken.but I can't."
"Yes you can! We'll move to America! I'll play soccer again! We will be safe."
"They'll kill me. They don't allow anyone to quit. My boss owns me! I'm stuck in this job until I am either killed or I become too old to be useful."
"We won't let them find us!"
"They can find out anything. They won't stop sending assassins until we're both dead!"
"Who better to stop an assassin then an assassin?! Let Weiß protect you! I won't let anyone hurt you ever again."
"Ken, I can't risk it. They wouldn't only come after me!" She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest, "The people I work for are merciless and cruel.they would make me watch you die. I can't let them hurt you. No matter what my heart says, I can't stay. I would be murdering you."
"No! Nothing would happen! We-"
Loretta ran down the hall crying, Aya ran after but finally gave up and walked away.
"NO!" Aurora stood, "I couldn't do that. And Weiß needs you. Who else will 'Deny the dark beasts their tomorrows'?"
Ken stood also, "Aurora, please."
"I can't." She turned away and started to walk out of the building. "I'm sorry, Ken. Good-bye, but remember.I love you."
Ken ran up to her and pulled her into one last kiss. He took her right hand and slid the ring on her finger. "Just in case y-you change your mind." He stepped back and did the hardest thing he would ever do: he let her walk away.
He didn't care about anyone who was watching at that moment, the entire world could have been watching him; but that didn't stop him from crying. He didn't care who saw. He had just lost everything that could ever mean anything to him. The only thought in his brain was that he would never see his love again.
(The End)
A/N: Why do I even bother? You know why? Cause my best friend said that she wouldn't read anymore of my other fics until I finished this one. Well, here it is Val, just for you. And if anyone else likes it, I have a prequel and a sequel, but no one read this one, why would they read those? ::Sigh:: If anyone reviews and asks for either, I might put it up. If not, oh well. Please review.
Please Review.
Nightmare Assignment
Chapter 3:
When Weiß finally made it to a hospital, the doctors had many questions for them that they really didn't want to answer. The major questions that they would not stop asking were, 'How did they get like this?' and 'Where did you find them?'
Yohji came up with some insane piece of fiction that they others thought no one would believe, but the doctors seemed to. Ken didn't think that anyone could be that stupid, but was thankful the doctors were because it got them off Weiß's backs.
After what had felt like weeks, but was actually about an hour or two, of waiting, a doctor had at last came out to tell them about Aurora and Loretta's condition. Aurora had been bleeding internally but the doctors had been able to stop it. Loretta had lost a massive amount of blood, but would recover. The drugs that had been injected into them had only been strong sedatives and would only leave them with headaches and queasy stomachs when they woke.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Two weeks.two long, horrible weeks. Ken couldn't get his mind off of what happened. He felt he should have jumped in sooner. Two weeks, and they were still in the hospital. They were supposed to be able to leave today. He hadn't been allowed to see her the entire time. He felt like he was dying inside. He was why she was suffering.he should have done something earlier.
What a nightmare. Both of their assignments had ended in tragedy. Ken didn't know what to tell Aurora. Should he tell her that the only reason he was there was to kill her? Not only that, but he had wanted so desperately to do it, too? He still loved her; more then anything. But could he go through with it? Could he ask her now?
"I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you," Aurora told Ken, "I had desperately wanted to. This entire thing did start out as a vacation, like we told you.and it was extended. Our boss called and said, 'Stay in Japan as long as you like.' We didn't think anything of it. By that time we had met you and Aya, and were delighted to be able to stay longer. But, like with everything there is a catch. We found out a week later that our new assignment was to infiltrate Schwarz and find out as much as we could about Reiji Takatori. You know, find out what makes them tick." She looked into Ken's eyes; he knew that she could see the anxiety in them. "Every time he touched me or kissed me I felt sick." She turned her face away from him, "And every time I was forced to lie to you, I felt even worse."
Ken nodded and put his hand on her cheek, gently turning her face but to his. "I had never wanted to lie to you. I just didn't know how you would react when I told you that your florist boyfriend was, in fact, an assassin."
Aurora laughed half-heartily, "I know the feeling. I thought you would be afraid of me of something stupid like that if you found out. I mean, I had done my best to seem innocent and unthreatening.I guess I did a good job. I really didn't want to lie to you. But how could I have told you that my job said I had to 'date' Bradley Crawford?" She shuddered at his name.
Ken touched her cheek lovingly. "When Persia first said that you were a target, I didn't believe him. But the video clips and the pictures." He trailed off, by the way Aurora was trembling, it looked like Crawford had hurt her in many ways.
"He was," she paused, searching for the right words, she placed her had on her neck; Ken noticed that it was the same place where Crawford had kissed her in the video. "It was torture," she finally whispered. "He just kept pushing so hard to get what he wanted, I couldn't stand it. But I have to make him believe that I loved him." She cringed at the thought.
"I know you didn't." Ken wrapped his arms around her for comfort, but it didn't stop her from crying. "Please don't cry. It's just a job; if anyone can understand that it's me! You'll never have to do that-"
"Again?" She finished, "That's the problem! I will! I always will! It's my job that's what I have to do! I make the highest ranking officials in a gang fall in love with me, find out as many secrets as I can without arising any suspicion and then leave without a trace! I've gone by so many names that I it's sometimes hard to remember my real name."
"Your name isn't Aurora Thyme?'
"Yes, it's my real name, but sometimes when I'm on a mission I forget it. For Crawford it was Allison Cauldron, before that it was Elise Brookland, before that it was Ashley Cudra, before that it was Dianna Triton, the list goes on and on!" She buried her face in his chest, "You are the first and only person who has ever used my real name when you said, 'I love you'."
"I do love you," Ken said gently, "We don't have to kill anymore. We can run away.and be together."
"What?"
He let her go and bent down on one knee and pulled the ring out of his pocket, "Aurora .will you marry me?'
She covered her face with her hands and started crying even harder then she had been.
Ken didn't understand, people weren't supposed to cry when you asked them that! Weren't you supposed to be happy?! "Wh-what's wrong?"
"Ken." She turned her face away. "I.I can't.I.I.can't."
"Yes you can! I love you, and you say you love me; I want to spend the rest of my life with you, you say you feel the same.let's make it official! Don't you want to?"
Aurora fell to her knees, "Of course I want to.I love you, Ken.but I can't."
"Yes you can! We'll move to America! I'll play soccer again! We will be safe."
"They'll kill me. They don't allow anyone to quit. My boss owns me! I'm stuck in this job until I am either killed or I become too old to be useful."
"We won't let them find us!"
"They can find out anything. They won't stop sending assassins until we're both dead!"
"Who better to stop an assassin then an assassin?! Let Weiß protect you! I won't let anyone hurt you ever again."
"Ken, I can't risk it. They wouldn't only come after me!" She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face in his chest, "The people I work for are merciless and cruel.they would make me watch you die. I can't let them hurt you. No matter what my heart says, I can't stay. I would be murdering you."
"No! Nothing would happen! We-"
Loretta ran down the hall crying, Aya ran after but finally gave up and walked away.
"NO!" Aurora stood, "I couldn't do that. And Weiß needs you. Who else will 'Deny the dark beasts their tomorrows'?"
Ken stood also, "Aurora, please."
"I can't." She turned away and started to walk out of the building. "I'm sorry, Ken. Good-bye, but remember.I love you."
Ken ran up to her and pulled her into one last kiss. He took her right hand and slid the ring on her finger. "Just in case y-you change your mind." He stepped back and did the hardest thing he would ever do: he let her walk away.
He didn't care about anyone who was watching at that moment, the entire world could have been watching him; but that didn't stop him from crying. He didn't care who saw. He had just lost everything that could ever mean anything to him. The only thought in his brain was that he would never see his love again.
(The End)
A/N: Why do I even bother? You know why? Cause my best friend said that she wouldn't read anymore of my other fics until I finished this one. Well, here it is Val, just for you. And if anyone else likes it, I have a prequel and a sequel, but no one read this one, why would they read those? ::Sigh:: If anyone reviews and asks for either, I might put it up. If not, oh well. Please review.
