Taryn was crying. She felt like she had been crying for days. She couldn't
move, she couldn't even open her eyes but she knew she was alone. And no
one would find her. Tears stung her eyes but she could not raise her arm to
wipe them away but someone else could.
A hand gently cleared her eyes of tears and removed the tube from her throat and the drip from her arm. She couldn't hear a thing, it was an unnatural silence probably drug induced.
Her limbs were heavy but she could lift her eyelids. They felt heavy and it took a few attempts to open them far enough to see out of. What she saw was a blur ... a blurry shape leaning over her but she didn't need to see him to know who he was. She remembered that scent from sleeping in his bed and being comforted by him.
It was Duo ... she was not alone.
There she was. Duo ran to her bed and gazed down at her. Tears started falling freely from Duos eyes as he stood there.
Heero came and placed a hand on his shoulder and Zach just stared in horror.
A girl about his age lay on a bed. Her hair was black against her pillow and her face was covered in bruises. She wore a metal skullcap from which blood was leaking. She was dressed in a white vest top that was discoloured with blood and showed a lot more bruises around the neck and arms.
Her breathing was shallow and tears glistened on her cheeks. No one should be made to feel such pain. Duo had removed the tube and drip and was now standing by her bedside.
Zach didn't know what to do. He didn't know her and he didn't know Duo or Heero and felt kind of out of place.
The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Duo, he choked back a sob and slowly lifted her from the bed into his arms before turning and making his way slowly out of the room. Heero followed him and Zach watched as they made there way out of the room.
He was about to leave when he noticed the computer was on in the corner of the room. He made his way over to it and nudged the mouse. The screen burst into life the show three pictures and their relevant statistics underneath. The first was Heero, the second Taryn and the third was him. He ran his eyes over the information and almost passed out from shock.
Heero and Taryn were his brother and sister. Well they were all made from the same samples on DNA but Zach hadn't been trainable. His learning capacity was not as high as the other two and he had been the first to be cast aside. He was just a mistake. He had been the runt of the litter and so was not good enough.
He had just been told his dad was a very busy man and been sent off to boarding school. And now his father wasn't really his father and he had a brother and sister both of whom had been treated horribly by his so called father.
Zach's brain was a swirling writhing mess, he had no idea what to do or what he should be doing ... all he knew was "daddy" was going to pay. He printed the page off and caught up with the silent pilots.
Taryn felt herself being lifted off the bed. Duo removed the helmet and laid her head against his chest before lifting her into his arms and leaving the room.
All she wanted to do was to hold on to him and never let go, to hold on and know she would never be alone.
Her battle against the pain and sedatives was waning and she fell into a deep sleep, her fingers closing around the cross around Duos neck.
Heero watched as Duo lifted Taryn from the bed. He placed his hand on Duos shoulder and stood aside to let him past. Zach appeared in the corner of his vision mouth agape a look of horror spread across his face.
Heero for once didn't care to kill. Usually anyone who had gotten this close and knew this much would be dead by now but the boy had unearthed strange memories and his identical eyes spoke volumes. Heero didn't know how or why but someone he knew this boy and he knew he wouldn't turn on him. So instead or burying a bullet in his brain Heero allowed the boy to gather himself and follow when he was ready. Or not as the case may be.
Heero turned and glanced once over his shoulder to see Zach standing in front of a computer. Maybe he should have killed him but the look on Zach's face was one of pure horror. A silent solitary tear ran down the boys face before he hurriedly pushed a button and turned his face away.
Heero turned and continued to follow Duos retreating form.
A hand gently cleared her eyes of tears and removed the tube from her throat and the drip from her arm. She couldn't hear a thing, it was an unnatural silence probably drug induced.
Her limbs were heavy but she could lift her eyelids. They felt heavy and it took a few attempts to open them far enough to see out of. What she saw was a blur ... a blurry shape leaning over her but she didn't need to see him to know who he was. She remembered that scent from sleeping in his bed and being comforted by him.
It was Duo ... she was not alone.
There she was. Duo ran to her bed and gazed down at her. Tears started falling freely from Duos eyes as he stood there.
Heero came and placed a hand on his shoulder and Zach just stared in horror.
A girl about his age lay on a bed. Her hair was black against her pillow and her face was covered in bruises. She wore a metal skullcap from which blood was leaking. She was dressed in a white vest top that was discoloured with blood and showed a lot more bruises around the neck and arms.
Her breathing was shallow and tears glistened on her cheeks. No one should be made to feel such pain. Duo had removed the tube and drip and was now standing by her bedside.
Zach didn't know what to do. He didn't know her and he didn't know Duo or Heero and felt kind of out of place.
The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Duo, he choked back a sob and slowly lifted her from the bed into his arms before turning and making his way slowly out of the room. Heero followed him and Zach watched as they made there way out of the room.
He was about to leave when he noticed the computer was on in the corner of the room. He made his way over to it and nudged the mouse. The screen burst into life the show three pictures and their relevant statistics underneath. The first was Heero, the second Taryn and the third was him. He ran his eyes over the information and almost passed out from shock.
Heero and Taryn were his brother and sister. Well they were all made from the same samples on DNA but Zach hadn't been trainable. His learning capacity was not as high as the other two and he had been the first to be cast aside. He was just a mistake. He had been the runt of the litter and so was not good enough.
He had just been told his dad was a very busy man and been sent off to boarding school. And now his father wasn't really his father and he had a brother and sister both of whom had been treated horribly by his so called father.
Zach's brain was a swirling writhing mess, he had no idea what to do or what he should be doing ... all he knew was "daddy" was going to pay. He printed the page off and caught up with the silent pilots.
Taryn felt herself being lifted off the bed. Duo removed the helmet and laid her head against his chest before lifting her into his arms and leaving the room.
All she wanted to do was to hold on to him and never let go, to hold on and know she would never be alone.
Her battle against the pain and sedatives was waning and she fell into a deep sleep, her fingers closing around the cross around Duos neck.
Heero watched as Duo lifted Taryn from the bed. He placed his hand on Duos shoulder and stood aside to let him past. Zach appeared in the corner of his vision mouth agape a look of horror spread across his face.
Heero for once didn't care to kill. Usually anyone who had gotten this close and knew this much would be dead by now but the boy had unearthed strange memories and his identical eyes spoke volumes. Heero didn't know how or why but someone he knew this boy and he knew he wouldn't turn on him. So instead or burying a bullet in his brain Heero allowed the boy to gather himself and follow when he was ready. Or not as the case may be.
Heero turned and glanced once over his shoulder to see Zach standing in front of a computer. Maybe he should have killed him but the look on Zach's face was one of pure horror. A silent solitary tear ran down the boys face before he hurriedly pushed a button and turned his face away.
Heero turned and continued to follow Duos retreating form.