AN: I realize how bloody this is going to turn out. By the way, you'll find
out why Bejinder really cut herself, cause it isn't a reason someone would
normally use for that sort of thing. If you're not into the whole gory
horror trauma crap, then you can skip over it, or not read it at all. I do
plan to summarize some of it because Reiko has to know what her sister did
to herself. Oh, and in this fic, Reiko never learned that she wasn't human.
Enjoy! ^n.n^
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Bejinder: We love the same man. Come to be with him at one point. Yet I'm the one with his child. This rough android carries a soft half human. How could this happen?
Reiko: You spilled lies to his heart. I truly cared for him. You, my betraying sister, killed his family. I cared, loved, did everything for him! How is my deed repaid? Lust, blood, the silver moon.. My cries were drowned by your moans! How did this happen?
Bejinder: You were soft, I was rough. This child. I fight to feel alive, but I can't! I can't feel anything but the hurt you inflict and the chasm of love I have. It's your fault that I'm this way!
Reiko: My. fault? You're my sister. How is it my fault? You're a machine! You're nothing but a mad machine!
Bejinder: I laugh. I laugh at you, pathetic sister! His first love said that very same thing! Hurt him so deep hi barely cared. But I'm different. I don't care!
Reiko: You're sick. Twisted. Deceitful, sick machine!
"Is she going to be alright?"
"We're not sure yet. These cuts vary significantly all over her. Did she take any sort of sedative? Sleeping medication, drugs, even over the counter stuff?"
"No. She-didn't need them."
"If you'll just sit right there, Mr.--?"
"Komyoji."
"Right. I'll be with you in one minute to tell about her condition. If there's anyone you need to call, you can use the phone at the desk."
Jiro nodded, but only just. Taking a tentative glance at the waiting area, where a few men were sitting and a mother and child, he went to the desk. It was, after all, Reiko's sister, even if she didn't know the truth. Dialing his phone number for home, he took a deep breath.
"Hello?"
"Reiko, it's me." Jiro said.
He heard her sigh audibly in relief. "Where are you?"
"I'm at the hospital," Jiro said, and hearing her already freeze, he continued. "It's Bejinder. She's been in an accident. You should come down here, she might need you."
On the other end, Reiko closed her eyes in partial relief and partial horror. She was happy that her husband was all right, but petrified that her sister had been hurt in some way. "I'll be down there in a few minutes."
"Bye." Jiro said, and without an 'I love you,' he hung up the phone.
Sitting down, and looking for the entire world like he too was expecting a wife to come from the maternity ward, he waited for the nurse or doctor.
Reiko hurried up the stone steps of the local hospital. It had taken her not long to drive to the looming building. She was stunned by Jiro's words. 'You should come down here, she might need you.' Bejinder had not once needed her since they met. Neither had really acknowledged their past, or even how they were sisters, but Reiko was happy to find out that Bejinder might for once need her younger sister.
She found her husband staring into space in the waiting area, alongside the other men waiting for wives in the maternity ward, but otherwise empty. Jiro jumped when she shook him to make him take notice.
"Hey, you." Reiko said gently. "What happened?"
Jiro thought she'd ask the obvious. "I. I don't know."
She frowned. Hadn't he said she was in an accident? "What? You told me she was in an accident."
He nodded. "I did, but it wasn't that kind of accident. I found her at home. She-Reiko, she cut herself."
Slowly, realization hit his wife's face. "Bejinder-what? Why. how? She's a machine!"
Jiro put a hand over her mouth. "Shh! I know that." Taking the hand away he continued. "Apparently, the more emotions she experiences, the more human she becomes. She discovered what it felt like to taste her own blood, and I guess she liked it."
Reiko sank into the chair next to him, eyes wide in fright. How could her sister like the taste of blood? Like. a vampire. But that's damn near what Gill had been. Nothing but a soulless evil that loved dabbling in human disaster. But Bejinder had a whole different viewpoint. Her body had almost no limits; her mind could never be controlled. At least not without Gill. To believe that her sister, her very own sister, would be such a sadist.
"How bad?"
Jiro looked at her, as if he didn't hear her. "What?"
"How badly done were those cuts?" Reiko restated.
Jiro shook his head, hand gestures losing themselves. "She. there wasn't anyone there to stop her. She went wild. Deep cuts, shallow cuts-to her, it just mattered that blood showed."
Reiko put her face in her hands. She barely got her sister before something like this-something like Gill struck again! Tears stained her imperfect hands.
The day continued, completely undisturbed and uncaring to the family that lay shattered in the hospital. Jiro was once again at the phones, but for a different reason. Two of them were missing. His brothers.
"Hey, can I talk to Ichiro Komyoji, please?"
"Just a minute, sir." The calm voice said.
There was a beep, and then his brother came on. "Yo, it's Ichiro."
"Hi, brother, it's Jiro."
Something on the other end dropped. "Jiro? Where have you been?"
"Haven't gone anywhere. Listen, though. Bejinder's been in an accident. I need you to come down here as soon as you can." Jiro explained.
A pause. "Why?"
Jiro couldn't believe it. "I just told you! Bejinder's family, too, you know."
"Have you told Rei?"
"Not yet, he wasn't at home or work." Jiro admitted.
"If he's going, I'm going. But I won't go if I'm going alone." Ichiro muttered.
Jiro sighed; he had known that Ichiro would be defiant. He hadn't liked Bejinder when they'd first met, and he still didn't like her. but his brother just didn't understand! If anyone needed him here, it was Jiro. Jiro always needed his brothers in emotional times. Just because Gill was gone was no reason to change it now.
Knowing he couldn't do anything but persuade Rei to persuade Ichiro, he said his goodbyes and hung up.
Reiko put her head on his shoulder. "Any response?"
"Hardly. Ichiro won't come if Rei doesn't."
"Give him time. He'll come around, even if it's not for Bejinder." Reiko reassured him.
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Bejinder: We love the same man. Come to be with him at one point. Yet I'm the one with his child. This rough android carries a soft half human. How could this happen?
Reiko: You spilled lies to his heart. I truly cared for him. You, my betraying sister, killed his family. I cared, loved, did everything for him! How is my deed repaid? Lust, blood, the silver moon.. My cries were drowned by your moans! How did this happen?
Bejinder: You were soft, I was rough. This child. I fight to feel alive, but I can't! I can't feel anything but the hurt you inflict and the chasm of love I have. It's your fault that I'm this way!
Reiko: My. fault? You're my sister. How is it my fault? You're a machine! You're nothing but a mad machine!
Bejinder: I laugh. I laugh at you, pathetic sister! His first love said that very same thing! Hurt him so deep hi barely cared. But I'm different. I don't care!
Reiko: You're sick. Twisted. Deceitful, sick machine!
"Is she going to be alright?"
"We're not sure yet. These cuts vary significantly all over her. Did she take any sort of sedative? Sleeping medication, drugs, even over the counter stuff?"
"No. She-didn't need them."
"If you'll just sit right there, Mr.--?"
"Komyoji."
"Right. I'll be with you in one minute to tell about her condition. If there's anyone you need to call, you can use the phone at the desk."
Jiro nodded, but only just. Taking a tentative glance at the waiting area, where a few men were sitting and a mother and child, he went to the desk. It was, after all, Reiko's sister, even if she didn't know the truth. Dialing his phone number for home, he took a deep breath.
"Hello?"
"Reiko, it's me." Jiro said.
He heard her sigh audibly in relief. "Where are you?"
"I'm at the hospital," Jiro said, and hearing her already freeze, he continued. "It's Bejinder. She's been in an accident. You should come down here, she might need you."
On the other end, Reiko closed her eyes in partial relief and partial horror. She was happy that her husband was all right, but petrified that her sister had been hurt in some way. "I'll be down there in a few minutes."
"Bye." Jiro said, and without an 'I love you,' he hung up the phone.
Sitting down, and looking for the entire world like he too was expecting a wife to come from the maternity ward, he waited for the nurse or doctor.
Reiko hurried up the stone steps of the local hospital. It had taken her not long to drive to the looming building. She was stunned by Jiro's words. 'You should come down here, she might need you.' Bejinder had not once needed her since they met. Neither had really acknowledged their past, or even how they were sisters, but Reiko was happy to find out that Bejinder might for once need her younger sister.
She found her husband staring into space in the waiting area, alongside the other men waiting for wives in the maternity ward, but otherwise empty. Jiro jumped when she shook him to make him take notice.
"Hey, you." Reiko said gently. "What happened?"
Jiro thought she'd ask the obvious. "I. I don't know."
She frowned. Hadn't he said she was in an accident? "What? You told me she was in an accident."
He nodded. "I did, but it wasn't that kind of accident. I found her at home. She-Reiko, she cut herself."
Slowly, realization hit his wife's face. "Bejinder-what? Why. how? She's a machine!"
Jiro put a hand over her mouth. "Shh! I know that." Taking the hand away he continued. "Apparently, the more emotions she experiences, the more human she becomes. She discovered what it felt like to taste her own blood, and I guess she liked it."
Reiko sank into the chair next to him, eyes wide in fright. How could her sister like the taste of blood? Like. a vampire. But that's damn near what Gill had been. Nothing but a soulless evil that loved dabbling in human disaster. But Bejinder had a whole different viewpoint. Her body had almost no limits; her mind could never be controlled. At least not without Gill. To believe that her sister, her very own sister, would be such a sadist.
"How bad?"
Jiro looked at her, as if he didn't hear her. "What?"
"How badly done were those cuts?" Reiko restated.
Jiro shook his head, hand gestures losing themselves. "She. there wasn't anyone there to stop her. She went wild. Deep cuts, shallow cuts-to her, it just mattered that blood showed."
Reiko put her face in her hands. She barely got her sister before something like this-something like Gill struck again! Tears stained her imperfect hands.
The day continued, completely undisturbed and uncaring to the family that lay shattered in the hospital. Jiro was once again at the phones, but for a different reason. Two of them were missing. His brothers.
"Hey, can I talk to Ichiro Komyoji, please?"
"Just a minute, sir." The calm voice said.
There was a beep, and then his brother came on. "Yo, it's Ichiro."
"Hi, brother, it's Jiro."
Something on the other end dropped. "Jiro? Where have you been?"
"Haven't gone anywhere. Listen, though. Bejinder's been in an accident. I need you to come down here as soon as you can." Jiro explained.
A pause. "Why?"
Jiro couldn't believe it. "I just told you! Bejinder's family, too, you know."
"Have you told Rei?"
"Not yet, he wasn't at home or work." Jiro admitted.
"If he's going, I'm going. But I won't go if I'm going alone." Ichiro muttered.
Jiro sighed; he had known that Ichiro would be defiant. He hadn't liked Bejinder when they'd first met, and he still didn't like her. but his brother just didn't understand! If anyone needed him here, it was Jiro. Jiro always needed his brothers in emotional times. Just because Gill was gone was no reason to change it now.
Knowing he couldn't do anything but persuade Rei to persuade Ichiro, he said his goodbyes and hung up.
Reiko put her head on his shoulder. "Any response?"
"Hardly. Ichiro won't come if Rei doesn't."
"Give him time. He'll come around, even if it's not for Bejinder." Reiko reassured him.