Chapter 40
Avatar's last victim lay dead with a ruptured lung as Sifan tiptoed past the corpse. After moving cautiously, gunblade still in hand, Sifan arrived at the corner where the light was on. A small bulb hung from the top over a scientist who was scribbling something on a notepad while throwing a glance at his computer from time to time.
Sifan felt someone move behind him. He spun around quickly and looked in to the dry eyes of Avatar Fenis.
Avatar walked up to him. He didn't say anything and he just watched the scientist work quietly. Sifan didn't want to say anything to Avatar either. Avatar had made it clear and simple. He had told him that if he didn't want to see Avatar kill, he could go back. But Sifan had returned...and he knew it was pointless to question Avatar.
Avatar casually walked up to the scientist and seized him form behind and pulled him out of his chair. Avatar swiped out his bloody katana placed it on the scientist's neck, "Good evening..."
Sifan heaved and walked up to Avatar who was waiting for the scientist to respond.
"I don't have all day...so...lets cut the crap..." Avatar whispered into the scientist's ears, "Where's the memory un-suppressing device?"
The scientist looked around nervously for a trace of his soldiers when Avatar put more pressure on his neck, "Don't bother...your soldiers are all in hell..."
The scientist spoke in a quivering, soft voice, "Y-You w-want to steal...t-the device?"
"No..." Avatar replied, "Just use it...and you're going to help us..."
He released the scientist from his grip and prodded him forward past Sifan, "Don't try anything stupid...I don't want to turn the white coat you're wearing to red..."
Sifan quietly followed his friend who was walking behind the scientist. After a few turns, they arrived at the heart of the Shin-Ra laboratory. It was a small opening surrounded on four sides by file cabinets.
In the middle was the large, black, steel sphere Sifan had seen in the newspaper Avatar had shown him. Sifan noticed that the sphere's surface was covered by small, curved, sliding plates. The sphere was surrounded on three sides by computers.
The scientist nervously started up one of the computers near the sphere, now and then throwing a nervous glare at Avatar.
With a strange whirr, the sphere began to spin till it stopped after a few seconds. With a click, one of the plates on the sphere slid open and a thick, platinum-coated tray ejected from the sphere towards Sifan. It was large enough to accommodate a man and the whole thing reminded Sifan of the large CAT scanners he had seen in Esthar hospitals.
"It works using...e-electro magnetism..." the scientist stuttered and turned to Avatar, "Take anything metallic from your body and lie down on the tray..."
Avatar let his sword holder clatter to the ground. Strangely, even the sight of the katana made Sifan uneasy. After throwing down his belt, Avatar turned to Sifan, "make sure he doesn't try anything stupid..."
Sifan nodded as Avatar lied down on the tray. The scientist pushed a few more buttons and the tray slid back into the sphere with Avatar in it. Sifan bit his lip as the metal plate closed shut.
"Don't worry...It has oxygen supply inside..." the scientist said as the sphere began to turn slowly, with Avatar inside.
Sifan walked over to the computer and glared at the screen.
Analyzing subject's memory pattern...
Suppressed division of memory located...Analyzing percentage of suppressed memory...
Done. 40 % of subject's memory is under repression...
Begin Un-suppression?
The scientist turned back and looked at Sifan, "Do you want a complete un-suppression?"
Sifan shrugged, "I guess so..."
The scientist shook his head, "What I mean is...if I completely uncompress his memory...he'll even remember how it felt to break his first tooth. Do you want that...? He'll have a sharper memory than a normal person...its not recommended..."
Sifan thought for a while. If Sifan allowed partial suppression of Avatar's memory, Avatar would only end up blaming Sifan for anything he can't remember. Besides Sifan knew Avatar would be happy only if he could remember everything about his past.
Sifan sighed, "Are there gonna be any side effects?"
"No... Just a crystal clear memory..." the scientist replied, "You see...he'll remember EVERYTHING in a matter of few minutes...its gonna be hard on him ..."
"Don't worry...Avatar can take it..." Sifan replied calmly.
"Ok..." The scientist nodded and swiveled around to the computer and typed in a few things on his keyboard.
The sphere began to hum loudly as the computer began the count down...
Percentage count of SUPRESSED MEMORY...40%...39%...38%...
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"Marlene?" Phillona said watching the moon trying to shed its light through the dark clouds, "How's mike...?"
Marlene didn't reply. She just stared at the moon along with Phillona. The two girls were seated on the roof of their cottage in Lichita hills. Despite Trex's drunken protests, the girls had locked him up inside his room and had taken to the roof for some quiet time.
"Mike...and I aren't seeing each other...." Marlene replied, "I told him I felt he's cheating on me...he said he was insulted and pushed me away..."
Phillona sighed, "Love hurts, huh?"
Marlene nodded, "Well...its ok for me...but...the Gerard thing..."
Phillona giggled, "It's ok...I am over it..."
"What?" Marlene said, turning to her friend with a surprised look, "I don't get it...you WERE SO in love with Gerard...for 2 years...and you got over him in 2 days...?"
Phillona snickered, "Yeah...funny, huh?"
"You know..." Marlene said, "Gerard oughta be smashed with Sifan's gunblade or something for what he did...."
Phillona eyed her friend with surprise, "You KNOW?"
"Know what..?" Marlene asked Phillona.
"You know, about Seef and Gerar-" Phillona stopped when she realized Marlene was just using Sifan's gunblade as a mere reference.
"Sifan and Gerard?" Marlene caught on immediately.
"Er...Nothing..." Phillona said quickly.
"Too late!" Marlene quipped, "What happened? Tell me now or I WILL never SPEAK to you again!"
Phillona sighed. She knew that if Marlene latched on to anything, she would never let go until she was satisfied. Throwing her hair behind her back, Phillona told Marlene about the incident that led to Sifan's fight with Gerard. Eventually, Phillona went on to explain almost all the moments she had spent with Sifan.
She was about to tell Marlene about how Sifan had eaten his burger, "...and Seef, he-"
Phillona stopped. Marlene was looking at her with an amused look on her face.
"Wow..." Marlene said, with a low whistle.
"What?"
Marlene giggled, "...Seef this and Seef that.... You look so happy talking about him..."
Phillona sighed, "Don't get any ideas..."
(Oh my god...did I just use his line...?)
Marlene thought for a while and giggled again, "Now I know...."
"You know what?" Phillona said, growing restless.
"Hee hee..." She snickered and suddenly bolted across the roof to the window leading back into the cottage.
Phillona chased her with clenched teeth as Marlene ran into Trex's room, "Hey Trex!!!! Phillona's in love with Sifan!!!!"
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3%... 2%... 1%... un-suppression completed...
Finalizing memory pattern...Starting Diagnosis...
Diagnosis complete...status: Normal...
Ejecting subject in 10 seconds... 9... 8...
Sifan waited with him arms folded, eyes glued on the rotating black sphere that was coming to a halt slowly. Soon, the tray slid open with Avatar Fenis lying on it, unconscious.
"He'll come around in a few seconds..." The scientist said, getting up from his chair.
Sifan walked over to his friend's body. He waited anxiously, and slowly Avatar started to show signs of consciousness. His face was sweaty and he started to breath heavily as if he had been traumatized.
"NO!" Avatar suddenly shot up, "NO...!"
"Avatar...?" Sifan said placing a hand on Avatar's shoulder.
Avatar sat panting wildly, looking at the floor. His eyes were pools of shock and his face looked like he had seen a ghost. As Avatar sat wheezing and sweating, Sifan turned around to the scientist but noticed that he had disappeared while Sifan was attending to his friend.
"Avatar?" Sifan repeated, "You ok...?"
Avatar nodded slowly and jumped to the ground. He started to breathe normally as he put on his belt and fastened his sword holder to his side.
Sifan wanted to ask Avatar immediately about what he had remembered but he decided against it. He wanted to give Avatar time to relax.
[Whatever he remembered...I don't think he liked it...]
Sifan sealed away his curiosity and decided he would ask Avatar about his past once they got back to their inn. Avatar and Sifan walked away silently to the exit of the lab. The scientist was nowhere to be seen. Sifan assumed that he was hiding somewhere, most probably, under a desk that seemed to move as Sifan and Avatar crossed it.
Soon, after long minutes of silence between the two friends, Sifan and Avatar arrived outside the cave. The wind seemed to have stopped its howling and the moon was still covered by the clouds.
"You ok?" Sifan asked, looking at his friend swallow hard. Sifan was worried. Very worried.
[This is not good...]
He was interrupted by the sound of an engine. Sifan and Avatar looked up at the same time. A large, steel snow truck churned the snow and headed in their direction. It stopped in front of them and from it alighted General Keiara with a couple of Shin-Ra soldiers.
"What do you want...?" Sifan asked calmly as General Keiara looked at him and Avatar.
General Keiara smiled, "You think you can get away after breaking into Shin-Ra property...?"
[Damn...]
"Our night vision cameras caught the entire thing on tape, sweetheart..." Keiara said, the blue cloak she wore fluttering, "You and your cruel Ninja friend looked extremely good..."
One of the soldiers moved in with a pair of handcuffs towards Avatar only to be cracked across the jaw by a kick from Avatar. The soldier fell down on the ground as Avatar took a few steps towards the fallen soldier. Out came the sword and down it went into the soldier's heart. Sifan felt sick as he watched the snow under the soldier turn red.
[This has gone far enough...]
"Avatar!" Sifan snapped, walking up to his friend, "There was no need to kill him, dammit!"
Avatar didn't reply. His eyes were glued to Keiara's.
Avatar heaved heavily and slowly turned around to Sifan.
"Run..." he said slowly.
"What?" Sifan asked, puzzled.
"I said...run...away..." Avatar's icy cold voice repeated.
Sifan glared at this friend's eyes for a few seconds. They showed no signs of any emotions. They stared at each other silently.
Sifan interrupted, "Look...Avatar, I know-"
Avatar's fist shot out and pinned Sifan's neck against the door of the Snow truck. Sifan choked as Avatar tightened his iron grip around Sifan's neck. His eyes widened with shock as Avatar raised his sword and held it in a stabbing position over Sifan's chest.
"I told you...to run... away..."
Sifan's neck was clenched too hard for him to talk. He just held Avatar's hands, his eyes still not believing what was happening. Avatar's lips trembled as he stood staring at Sifan with hatred. The katana drew closer to his chest.
Keiara grew impatient, "Isn't this what you wanted...? What are you waiting for?"
Avatar shuddered, "NO! I can't..."
He buried a knee with force into Sifan's stomach and Sifan fell to the ground, groping his stomach.
"For God's sake AVATAR!" Keiara screamed, "Squall Leonhart killed our mother! You remember don't you? Her blood covered body? She was begging us to leave through those portals...?"
Avatar stood wheezing over Sifan's sprawled form.
"I came here.... to THIS WORLD..." Keiara continued, "While you WENT TO Squall's world..."
Avatar still stood trembling over Sifan.
[How...does she...k-know about Avatar's life...in balamb?]
There was only one logical explanation to his question.
[Avatar must've have told her everything when I was in Aquadia...]
"Squall brainwashed you Avatar..." Keiara said, "He suppressed your memory...the coward was afraid you might attack him if you discovered HE KILLED YOUR MOTHER!"
Avatar nodded, "I remember... after I had my memory suppressed...I broke out of Dr. Odine's lab...I ran...along the bridge outside Esthar...all the way to Fisherman's Horizon..."
Sifan tried to get up but the soldier brought down his gun on Sifan's neck, making him go down on his knees again.
"And then...a gang of thieves found me lying on the bridge connecting FH and Esthar..." Avatar continued, "I made a living by working for them after that...till one day, Squall found me again in FH..."
"And then began your life as HIS adopted son..." Keiara said, anger in her voice, "The coward SENT you to GARDEN with Sifan...so you would NEVER KNOW that HE was the one who ORPHANED YOU!"
"Damn you, Keiara w-what d-do you know...?" Sifan stuttered and turned to Avatar, "Avatar...Dad c-cared f-for y-you..."
The soldier hammered another hard shot on Sifan's neck, making him fall to the ground on his chest.
"Cared...?" Avatar said, turning Sifan on his back with his foot, "He just wanted to make sure I never found the truth about my past..."
"Don't be s-stupid..." Sifan muttered but Avatar slammed his foot on Sifan's chest, anger burning in his eyes.
"I remember everything Sifan...." Avatar cried, a tear running down his cheek "All those cut marks on my mother's face...her body was RAVAGED by Squall's LIONHEART!!"
Avatar had seen Squall performing the lionheart one too many times. The fact that Squall had used the same move to kill his mother pushed Avatar beyond his emotional limit.
He raised his katana over Sifan, a tear running down his face, "You were a friend, Sifan...BUT only in the life Squall MADE ME TO live as a LIE!"
Without second thoughts, he brought the katana down and it sank into Sifan's right shoulder. He let out a painful cry as Avatar pulled the sword out of Sifan's flesh swiftly. Blood dripped down Sifan's SeeD coat and formed red droplets on the snow beside him.
With trembling jaws, Sifan looked up at Avatar. Tears were streaming down Avatar's face as he turned away from Sifan and boarded the snow truck. The pain in his arm shot to agonizing heights as Sifan grit his teeth.
Keiara followed her brother into the snow truck. After covering the other dead soldier's body with snow, the soldier hurried away to the driver's seat. The truck roared into life and proceeded downhill and disappeared out of sight.
Sifan Leonhart lay on the ground, his torso covered with blood as a mist slowly started to settle down on the snowy hills of Lichita.
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From the author:
Well, don't forget to post your reviews...that's the only things that will make me add twists like this one...he he...
Oh by the way, thanks to Duncan hay for the 'Phillona on drugs' line.
And well, that's abt it...
And Avatar fans...there you HAVE IT! His past!!! More of it to come in the next few chapters...
Wow...man...I feel like the master of the twists...hee hee...(I am not boasting, so Bejita...don't jump on me...and thanks for the constructive criticism...I ll try to improve...)
Till next time, cheers!
Avatar's last victim lay dead with a ruptured lung as Sifan tiptoed past the corpse. After moving cautiously, gunblade still in hand, Sifan arrived at the corner where the light was on. A small bulb hung from the top over a scientist who was scribbling something on a notepad while throwing a glance at his computer from time to time.
Sifan felt someone move behind him. He spun around quickly and looked in to the dry eyes of Avatar Fenis.
Avatar walked up to him. He didn't say anything and he just watched the scientist work quietly. Sifan didn't want to say anything to Avatar either. Avatar had made it clear and simple. He had told him that if he didn't want to see Avatar kill, he could go back. But Sifan had returned...and he knew it was pointless to question Avatar.
Avatar casually walked up to the scientist and seized him form behind and pulled him out of his chair. Avatar swiped out his bloody katana placed it on the scientist's neck, "Good evening..."
Sifan heaved and walked up to Avatar who was waiting for the scientist to respond.
"I don't have all day...so...lets cut the crap..." Avatar whispered into the scientist's ears, "Where's the memory un-suppressing device?"
The scientist looked around nervously for a trace of his soldiers when Avatar put more pressure on his neck, "Don't bother...your soldiers are all in hell..."
The scientist spoke in a quivering, soft voice, "Y-You w-want to steal...t-the device?"
"No..." Avatar replied, "Just use it...and you're going to help us..."
He released the scientist from his grip and prodded him forward past Sifan, "Don't try anything stupid...I don't want to turn the white coat you're wearing to red..."
Sifan quietly followed his friend who was walking behind the scientist. After a few turns, they arrived at the heart of the Shin-Ra laboratory. It was a small opening surrounded on four sides by file cabinets.
In the middle was the large, black, steel sphere Sifan had seen in the newspaper Avatar had shown him. Sifan noticed that the sphere's surface was covered by small, curved, sliding plates. The sphere was surrounded on three sides by computers.
The scientist nervously started up one of the computers near the sphere, now and then throwing a nervous glare at Avatar.
With a strange whirr, the sphere began to spin till it stopped after a few seconds. With a click, one of the plates on the sphere slid open and a thick, platinum-coated tray ejected from the sphere towards Sifan. It was large enough to accommodate a man and the whole thing reminded Sifan of the large CAT scanners he had seen in Esthar hospitals.
"It works using...e-electro magnetism..." the scientist stuttered and turned to Avatar, "Take anything metallic from your body and lie down on the tray..."
Avatar let his sword holder clatter to the ground. Strangely, even the sight of the katana made Sifan uneasy. After throwing down his belt, Avatar turned to Sifan, "make sure he doesn't try anything stupid..."
Sifan nodded as Avatar lied down on the tray. The scientist pushed a few more buttons and the tray slid back into the sphere with Avatar in it. Sifan bit his lip as the metal plate closed shut.
"Don't worry...It has oxygen supply inside..." the scientist said as the sphere began to turn slowly, with Avatar inside.
Sifan walked over to the computer and glared at the screen.
Analyzing subject's memory pattern...
Suppressed division of memory located...Analyzing percentage of suppressed memory...
Done. 40 % of subject's memory is under repression...
Begin Un-suppression?
The scientist turned back and looked at Sifan, "Do you want a complete un-suppression?"
Sifan shrugged, "I guess so..."
The scientist shook his head, "What I mean is...if I completely uncompress his memory...he'll even remember how it felt to break his first tooth. Do you want that...? He'll have a sharper memory than a normal person...its not recommended..."
Sifan thought for a while. If Sifan allowed partial suppression of Avatar's memory, Avatar would only end up blaming Sifan for anything he can't remember. Besides Sifan knew Avatar would be happy only if he could remember everything about his past.
Sifan sighed, "Are there gonna be any side effects?"
"No... Just a crystal clear memory..." the scientist replied, "You see...he'll remember EVERYTHING in a matter of few minutes...its gonna be hard on him ..."
"Don't worry...Avatar can take it..." Sifan replied calmly.
"Ok..." The scientist nodded and swiveled around to the computer and typed in a few things on his keyboard.
The sphere began to hum loudly as the computer began the count down...
Percentage count of SUPRESSED MEMORY...40%...39%...38%...
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"Marlene?" Phillona said watching the moon trying to shed its light through the dark clouds, "How's mike...?"
Marlene didn't reply. She just stared at the moon along with Phillona. The two girls were seated on the roof of their cottage in Lichita hills. Despite Trex's drunken protests, the girls had locked him up inside his room and had taken to the roof for some quiet time.
"Mike...and I aren't seeing each other...." Marlene replied, "I told him I felt he's cheating on me...he said he was insulted and pushed me away..."
Phillona sighed, "Love hurts, huh?"
Marlene nodded, "Well...its ok for me...but...the Gerard thing..."
Phillona giggled, "It's ok...I am over it..."
"What?" Marlene said, turning to her friend with a surprised look, "I don't get it...you WERE SO in love with Gerard...for 2 years...and you got over him in 2 days...?"
Phillona snickered, "Yeah...funny, huh?"
"You know..." Marlene said, "Gerard oughta be smashed with Sifan's gunblade or something for what he did...."
Phillona eyed her friend with surprise, "You KNOW?"
"Know what..?" Marlene asked Phillona.
"You know, about Seef and Gerar-" Phillona stopped when she realized Marlene was just using Sifan's gunblade as a mere reference.
"Sifan and Gerard?" Marlene caught on immediately.
"Er...Nothing..." Phillona said quickly.
"Too late!" Marlene quipped, "What happened? Tell me now or I WILL never SPEAK to you again!"
Phillona sighed. She knew that if Marlene latched on to anything, she would never let go until she was satisfied. Throwing her hair behind her back, Phillona told Marlene about the incident that led to Sifan's fight with Gerard. Eventually, Phillona went on to explain almost all the moments she had spent with Sifan.
She was about to tell Marlene about how Sifan had eaten his burger, "...and Seef, he-"
Phillona stopped. Marlene was looking at her with an amused look on her face.
"Wow..." Marlene said, with a low whistle.
"What?"
Marlene giggled, "...Seef this and Seef that.... You look so happy talking about him..."
Phillona sighed, "Don't get any ideas..."
(Oh my god...did I just use his line...?)
Marlene thought for a while and giggled again, "Now I know...."
"You know what?" Phillona said, growing restless.
"Hee hee..." She snickered and suddenly bolted across the roof to the window leading back into the cottage.
Phillona chased her with clenched teeth as Marlene ran into Trex's room, "Hey Trex!!!! Phillona's in love with Sifan!!!!"
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3%... 2%... 1%... un-suppression completed...
Finalizing memory pattern...Starting Diagnosis...
Diagnosis complete...status: Normal...
Ejecting subject in 10 seconds... 9... 8...
Sifan waited with him arms folded, eyes glued on the rotating black sphere that was coming to a halt slowly. Soon, the tray slid open with Avatar Fenis lying on it, unconscious.
"He'll come around in a few seconds..." The scientist said, getting up from his chair.
Sifan walked over to his friend's body. He waited anxiously, and slowly Avatar started to show signs of consciousness. His face was sweaty and he started to breath heavily as if he had been traumatized.
"NO!" Avatar suddenly shot up, "NO...!"
"Avatar...?" Sifan said placing a hand on Avatar's shoulder.
Avatar sat panting wildly, looking at the floor. His eyes were pools of shock and his face looked like he had seen a ghost. As Avatar sat wheezing and sweating, Sifan turned around to the scientist but noticed that he had disappeared while Sifan was attending to his friend.
"Avatar?" Sifan repeated, "You ok...?"
Avatar nodded slowly and jumped to the ground. He started to breathe normally as he put on his belt and fastened his sword holder to his side.
Sifan wanted to ask Avatar immediately about what he had remembered but he decided against it. He wanted to give Avatar time to relax.
[Whatever he remembered...I don't think he liked it...]
Sifan sealed away his curiosity and decided he would ask Avatar about his past once they got back to their inn. Avatar and Sifan walked away silently to the exit of the lab. The scientist was nowhere to be seen. Sifan assumed that he was hiding somewhere, most probably, under a desk that seemed to move as Sifan and Avatar crossed it.
Soon, after long minutes of silence between the two friends, Sifan and Avatar arrived outside the cave. The wind seemed to have stopped its howling and the moon was still covered by the clouds.
"You ok?" Sifan asked, looking at his friend swallow hard. Sifan was worried. Very worried.
[This is not good...]
He was interrupted by the sound of an engine. Sifan and Avatar looked up at the same time. A large, steel snow truck churned the snow and headed in their direction. It stopped in front of them and from it alighted General Keiara with a couple of Shin-Ra soldiers.
"What do you want...?" Sifan asked calmly as General Keiara looked at him and Avatar.
General Keiara smiled, "You think you can get away after breaking into Shin-Ra property...?"
[Damn...]
"Our night vision cameras caught the entire thing on tape, sweetheart..." Keiara said, the blue cloak she wore fluttering, "You and your cruel Ninja friend looked extremely good..."
One of the soldiers moved in with a pair of handcuffs towards Avatar only to be cracked across the jaw by a kick from Avatar. The soldier fell down on the ground as Avatar took a few steps towards the fallen soldier. Out came the sword and down it went into the soldier's heart. Sifan felt sick as he watched the snow under the soldier turn red.
[This has gone far enough...]
"Avatar!" Sifan snapped, walking up to his friend, "There was no need to kill him, dammit!"
Avatar didn't reply. His eyes were glued to Keiara's.
Avatar heaved heavily and slowly turned around to Sifan.
"Run..." he said slowly.
"What?" Sifan asked, puzzled.
"I said...run...away..." Avatar's icy cold voice repeated.
Sifan glared at this friend's eyes for a few seconds. They showed no signs of any emotions. They stared at each other silently.
Sifan interrupted, "Look...Avatar, I know-"
Avatar's fist shot out and pinned Sifan's neck against the door of the Snow truck. Sifan choked as Avatar tightened his iron grip around Sifan's neck. His eyes widened with shock as Avatar raised his sword and held it in a stabbing position over Sifan's chest.
"I told you...to run... away..."
Sifan's neck was clenched too hard for him to talk. He just held Avatar's hands, his eyes still not believing what was happening. Avatar's lips trembled as he stood staring at Sifan with hatred. The katana drew closer to his chest.
Keiara grew impatient, "Isn't this what you wanted...? What are you waiting for?"
Avatar shuddered, "NO! I can't..."
He buried a knee with force into Sifan's stomach and Sifan fell to the ground, groping his stomach.
"For God's sake AVATAR!" Keiara screamed, "Squall Leonhart killed our mother! You remember don't you? Her blood covered body? She was begging us to leave through those portals...?"
Avatar stood wheezing over Sifan's sprawled form.
"I came here.... to THIS WORLD..." Keiara continued, "While you WENT TO Squall's world..."
Avatar still stood trembling over Sifan.
[How...does she...k-know about Avatar's life...in balamb?]
There was only one logical explanation to his question.
[Avatar must've have told her everything when I was in Aquadia...]
"Squall brainwashed you Avatar..." Keiara said, "He suppressed your memory...the coward was afraid you might attack him if you discovered HE KILLED YOUR MOTHER!"
Avatar nodded, "I remember... after I had my memory suppressed...I broke out of Dr. Odine's lab...I ran...along the bridge outside Esthar...all the way to Fisherman's Horizon..."
Sifan tried to get up but the soldier brought down his gun on Sifan's neck, making him go down on his knees again.
"And then...a gang of thieves found me lying on the bridge connecting FH and Esthar..." Avatar continued, "I made a living by working for them after that...till one day, Squall found me again in FH..."
"And then began your life as HIS adopted son..." Keiara said, anger in her voice, "The coward SENT you to GARDEN with Sifan...so you would NEVER KNOW that HE was the one who ORPHANED YOU!"
"Damn you, Keiara w-what d-do you know...?" Sifan stuttered and turned to Avatar, "Avatar...Dad c-cared f-for y-you..."
The soldier hammered another hard shot on Sifan's neck, making him fall to the ground on his chest.
"Cared...?" Avatar said, turning Sifan on his back with his foot, "He just wanted to make sure I never found the truth about my past..."
"Don't be s-stupid..." Sifan muttered but Avatar slammed his foot on Sifan's chest, anger burning in his eyes.
"I remember everything Sifan...." Avatar cried, a tear running down his cheek "All those cut marks on my mother's face...her body was RAVAGED by Squall's LIONHEART!!"
Avatar had seen Squall performing the lionheart one too many times. The fact that Squall had used the same move to kill his mother pushed Avatar beyond his emotional limit.
He raised his katana over Sifan, a tear running down his face, "You were a friend, Sifan...BUT only in the life Squall MADE ME TO live as a LIE!"
Without second thoughts, he brought the katana down and it sank into Sifan's right shoulder. He let out a painful cry as Avatar pulled the sword out of Sifan's flesh swiftly. Blood dripped down Sifan's SeeD coat and formed red droplets on the snow beside him.
With trembling jaws, Sifan looked up at Avatar. Tears were streaming down Avatar's face as he turned away from Sifan and boarded the snow truck. The pain in his arm shot to agonizing heights as Sifan grit his teeth.
Keiara followed her brother into the snow truck. After covering the other dead soldier's body with snow, the soldier hurried away to the driver's seat. The truck roared into life and proceeded downhill and disappeared out of sight.
Sifan Leonhart lay on the ground, his torso covered with blood as a mist slowly started to settle down on the snowy hills of Lichita.
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From the author:
Well, don't forget to post your reviews...that's the only things that will make me add twists like this one...he he...
Oh by the way, thanks to Duncan hay for the 'Phillona on drugs' line.
And well, that's abt it...
And Avatar fans...there you HAVE IT! His past!!! More of it to come in the next few chapters...
Wow...man...I feel like the master of the twists...hee hee...(I am not boasting, so Bejita...don't jump on me...and thanks for the constructive criticism...I ll try to improve...)
Till next time, cheers!