Chapter 13- Sins of the Father

"Let me go you bastards!" Sarian shrieked as the helicopter landed in the field next to Delta Compound.

"Now, now X213S, calm down. You're home again," Ladae said leisurely as he jumped out into the grass. He took Sarian from her captures, and began to escort her up to the main building of the Compound.

"Let go! Let me go!" Heero was struggling against the three guards who were having a tough time restraining him.

"Shut up Helios," Ladae called back to the boy. "Your father will be very angry with me if he knows I have 'spoiled' you,"

"TO HELL WITH MY FATHER!" Heero yelled just before he was hit soundly on the back of the head by one of the guards.

"Good job X145R!" Ladae said as he and Sarian walked through the front doors of Delta Compound.

"So, what does my father want me for?" Sarian had decided struggling was foolish at this point.

"He just wants some father-daughter time," Ladae led her up a flight of stairs.

"He wants to kill me doesn't he?"

Ladae gave Sarian a funny look, "Now why would he want to kill his favorite twin? Oh, and you should know, what's up these stairs on the next floor isn't pretty,"

"What happened?" Sarian asked as they reached the top of the stairs. Her eyes filled with horror as she took in the sight. "OH MY GOD!"

* * *

Heero awoke tied to a cold metal chair. He was in a sparse room with white walls, and a white tile floor. In a metal chair across from him sat an older replica of himself: Helix McCarthy.

"So, Helios, you've grown up from the dissident seven year old you were when you escaped. You've grown into a respectable pilot of a Gundam, and a very good fighter. I'm very impressed by what you have become outside the Compound. I'm proud to say you are my son," Helix smiled.

"Kiss my ass," Heero snapped.

"You have your mother's fiery spirit. Her eyes aren't the only thing you've inherited," Helix stood up, and went to the small window.

"What do you want? Why have you kidnapped me and my sister?" Heero's eyes narrowed.

"I have plan for you two and Ladae, the last survivors of X2," Helix looked at him.

"What do you mean, the last survivors?"

* * *

The bodies of the X2 generation lay in neat rows, and from their heads down they were covered in white sheets. Expressions of pain and horror would be fixed upon their faces forever.

"What happened? Who did this to them?" Sarian's face was streaked with tears as she rounded on Ladae. "WHO TERMINATED THEM?"

"Your father. He had their poison capsules explode, and they died." Ladae smiled. "It was quite entertaining to hear their final screams."

Sarian cried without restraint. She could barely speak, "These were my friends, my brothers and sisters, and he killed them all. My father killed them," Sarian would have fallen to the floor, but Ladae held her up.

* * *

"So, you killed all of us. You are a murderer," Heero said.

"So are you. If the government's files are correct, you've had your fair share of battle as well," Helix sat back down in his chair. "You're exactly like I was when I was seventeen,"

"What? In love with a prostitute?" Heero watched for his father's reaction.

Helix's eyes hardened. "Theresa and I were never in love," He looked at the floor. "I knew you were too much like her. I should have killed you then,"

Heero's eyes widened. What was his father talking about?

"You were so small when you were born, so helpless. They wanted to kill the weaker twin, you, but I said no. Now, I regret it." Helix stood up, the overhead light shadowing his face. "To wrap my fingers around your little neck and crush your windpipe would have been so easy. But no, I followed Theresa's wishes. I can't even terminate you now because you found your capsule and removed it. So, I guess I'll just have to kill you the old fashioned way. But not yet. I have to have a word with your twin first,"

"Keep away from Sarian!" Heero yelled.

"Relax, Helios. You never were very good at meditation," Helix said as he left the room.

* * *

"Why? Why did he have to kill them?" Sarian sobbed in her old barracks.

"Don't be upset, they were only dead weight," Ladae laughed at his joke.

"That's not funny! They were your brothers and sisters too! Don't you have any sympathy?" Sarian looked at Ladae's stony face.

"Soldiers don't have sympathy, mercy, or any emotions of any kind," Ladae replied. Then, his face changed. "Only, they seem to have failed on me," He leaned in, but Sarian moved her head to that he got only neck. "Whatever, I like there too," He leaned in for another.

"No, I said I don't love you anymore," Sarian glared at him.

"Why the hell not?" Ladae was pissed.

"Ladae, we all thought you were dead. They took you away, and we never saw you again. True, at the time I was heartbroken, and I would have done anything to make sure you were safe, but those feelings are gone now. I love Trowa now, that's how things are."

"All these years, you were the only thing I've thought about. I sweated for you, felt pain for you, and I literally lived for you! And now I find out you don't love me? Well, Trowa's dead now, that shot would have killed him. Can't you just forget him?" Ladae moved closer. "Can't you just love me? During my years studying under your father, the old Ladae, the stupid, unsubtle boy I was is gone. Now, I've been reincarnated into this," Ladae gestured to himself. "A man any X2 girl would love! I'm strong, fast, powerful, what more could be better? What more do you want? Do you want this?" Ladae suddenly pushed her down onto the bed, his hands holding her down. His face was mere centimeters from hers. "Do you want me?"

"Get the hell off of me!" Sarian snapped. "I said get off!"

"No, I won't. Sar, I love you," Ladae kissed her neck again.

"Well, I don't love you," Sarian said.

Ladae stared at her, and then raised himself up just as the door opened.

"Hello, daughter," Helix said as he entered the room. Sarian sat on her bed in her barracks, sullen and sad. Ladae got up and stood by the door. "Welcome home. I see you and Ladae wasted no time."

"He was getting a little to fresh for my taste," Sarian gritted her teeth.

"I wonder why you haven't mentioned your brothers or sisters yet," Helix mused.

"Why did you kill them? Why?" Sarian looked at the floor.

"Because they were rebellious. I told them about my plan two days after you left. They didn't like it, and they wanted to stop me. So, I killed them. I killed Day too. He wouldn't follow orders, so he had to go," Helix smiled at his daughter. "It's what we are programmed to do, what we were born for. We're killing machines, Sarian. Haven't you realized that?"

"I've realized I don't like being that way," Sarian didn't look at her father. "I don't want this life!"

"But you want one with that Trowa Barton? How long do you think that will last? His kind are so fickle. They love you, and then they lose you as soon as they have what they want." Helix turned Sarian's face towards his. "That's what will happen, Sarian. He doesn't really love you; he just wants you alone in his bed. After that, he'll dump you for the next young girl who comes along. And then what will you do?"

"Trowa's not like that. He's not like anyone I've ever met," Sarian cried.

"Stop doing that! It's pathetic, the way you carry on!" Ladae snapped at her.

"Silence X221L! Don't forget she's still your superior!" Helix turned back to Sarian. "You really think so? You think he'll be with you forever? These types of humans will never be able to fully understand you and what you can do. Your own twin brother, even though he is one of us, will never be able to be what he could have become. You need your own kind. *Whisper* He'll never understand you, and if he can't understand you, how will he love you? It's better just to let him go. Ladae is your kind, and a very capable man. Trowa is human, and almost a stranger to what you can really become, what with your enhanced hearing, sight, smell, physical abilities, not to mention your hereditary berserker blood, he'll never be able to get close to you. It's best to just let him go," Helix smiled, as Sarian's eyes seemed to change from sad to stony.

"I know what I must do," Sarian's voice was flat again, and her body rigid, even in her ball gown. She reached for her handbag, and pulled out the handgun she had put in, just in case she might need it.

Helix exchanged looks with Ladae, "Good,"

* * *

"He's certainly taking his time getting back," Heero said out loud. He was almost able to get his hands out of the ropes, just a few more minutes, and he'd be able to be free.

The door opened again slowly, and Sarian emerged from the dark hallway. Heero noticed the gun in her hand, and the blank expression on her face. Heero didn't know if this was a good, or a bad thing.

Sarian raised the gun, and leveled it with Heero's heart. She clicked the safety off, "Forgive me brother, for I have sinned,"

BANG

* * *

"Should be just over this field," Quatre said as he piloted the fighter jet.

"I can't believe he shot him!" Duo said.

"I can. Jack DeLaur was a figure of suspicion from the day he came to the Academy," Wufei said, checking the bullets of his handgun.

"Okay, everyone, do you remember the plan?" Quatre looked back at the other two for a second.

"What plan?" Duo asked.

"The one we came up with as we were changing into some real clothes," Wufei adjusted his top buttons on his jacket.

"But, there are so many holes in it. So many ways this could go completely wrong. For one thing, we don't even know how many guards there are, and we have no idea as to what the interior of the building is like," Duo complained.

"All we have to do is secure an escape route for Sarian and Heero," Quatre said.

"Sarian would most likely be taken to her old barracks. Trowa once said that she mentioned liking viewing the sunset from her barracks window. Her room has to face west. And, since the government cut their funding, they would try to conserve power, so they would only use lights that they needed to. Taking that all into consideration, we have to look for a room that is on the west side with its lights on."

"What if she's not there?" Duo asked Wufei. "What if she's in the same room with Heero?"

"Sarian said that his would have been to the east, on the other side of the building. And so we check both sides to se which barracks they are in," Wufei replied.

"Glad there's someone besides me to figure things out," Duo smiled.

"So am I," Wufei said as Quatre landed the jet.

* * *

BANG

Sarian had moved her aim from Heero's heart to the bonds that secured him to the chair at the last second. Heero immediately jumped up and Sarian tossed him her handgun. She reached under her dress, and pulled out another one. "Rule 45: Always carry a spare," Her voice was back to normal, and Sarian was smiling.

"Well done, but what do you plan to do now?" Helix looked at his daughter and son with amusement.

"We plan to escape. Thanks for renewing my memories," Heero said. "It was very helpful,"

"Shut up! You're not going anywhere! General Helix has big plans for the two of you," Ladae quipped from the door.

"General? So you're the one who's going to take down the government?" Sarian gritted her teeth.

"That's right, who else is competent enough for the job?" Helix answered.

"Your egotism is your weakness," Sarian said.

"Your futile love for a human is yours," Helix replied sharply. "That will be over soon, when you find out he's dead."

"Shut up!" Sarian shouted. "Trowa can't be dead!"

"Yeah, Trowa's stronger than his thin, sickly, bony body suggests!HeeH" shouted a voice from the now-open window.

"Duo!" Heero wheeled around and ran towards the window. He was halfway out when he was grabbed by Helix and thrown to the ground.

"No! I waited years for the chance to have you back, I will not allow you to escape!" Helix grabbed the gun from Heero's hand, and tossed it to Ladae, who was being choked by Sarian in a tight headlock. Ladae turned the gun around, and shot Sarian in the stomach.

"AAHH!" Sarian's scream turned into a kiai midway, and she grabbed the gun from Ladae and turned it on him. "How much can you love me if you're ready to kill me? Go to hell!" Sarian fired three shots before Wufei jumped through the window, and grabbed her around the middle, blood staining his white jacket.

"Let's go!" Wufei carried her to the window. Heero had punched out Helix, who was now spitting up blood on the floor. He had escaped through the window, and was running with Duo towards the waiting helicopter. Wufei jumped out the window, and held out his arms to help Sarian down the wood ladder that was leaning against the wall.

"SARIAN!" Helix had Heero's gun, and leveled it with Sarian's shoulder. "DIE!" He fired two rounds, his green eyes burning.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Sarian fell towards the ground.    

AUTHOR'S NOTE- Dum da dum dum DUM! Hee hee hee! Will Sarian survive her injuries and the two-story fall? Is Trowa dead or not? What questions will the guys have about Heero and Sarian's past? Find out in the next, and final, chapter of Reincarnation: Going to the Chapel.