On a flat rectangular roof wet by heavy rain accompanied by loud thunder, AA-12 and OTs-14 were face to face, both unarmed but ready to fight against each other.
OTs-14 approached AA-12 walking and clenching her fists, AA-12 got ready to parry any blow that would come to her. OTs-14 kicked AA-12's right hip, the girl stopped the blow and grabbed the opponent's leg but OTs-14 jumped and hit AA-12's face with the other foot, the girl fell to the ground but got up immediately; OTs-14 approached and began to attack starting with a knee directly to the enemy's chin, punched her in the face, kicked her belly, dodged two punches and counterattacked with an uppercut but didn't let AA-12 fall, in fact, she grabbed her wrist, brought her close to attack her with an elbow to the head and then a kick on the shin, AA-12 bent and OTs-14 took the opportunity to give her another kick, this time on the face.
The speed of OTs-14 was impressive, it wasn't like the last time the two had fought, this time she was getting serious.
AA-12 tried to get up and OTs-14 wanted to hit her with yet another kick but that decision was fatal because AA-12 grabbed her leg and dragged her on the ground, jumped on her and started punching her in the face. OTs-14 parried only the first two punches but was unable to do the same with the next four, however she was able to free herself from AA-12 but the latter hadn't finished attacking, in fact she took OTs-14 by the hair, she pulled Groza towards her and kicked her back then turned and punched her two more times in the face, OTs-14 tried to counterattack with a kick but AA-12 stopped her with another kick and moved away from the opponent.
" You finally decided to get serious, bitch ... " OTs-14 said spitting blood on the ground.
" You won't leave. I'll force you to stay, even if I've to split every single part of your fucking body. You'll stay here, Groza. " AA-12 said, taking the blood off her face.
" I can't do anything here. Nobody wants to tell me the truth and therefore I'll have to look for it alone. I'll find out what happened to Lucy without the help of Griffin & Kryuger and without the help of Sangvis Ferri ... it will be just me. "
" You would do this for her? Just for her?! Why? "
" Because I loved her and she was taken away from me ... and I want to know why. "
" But she's dead, Groza! She's dead! " Exclaimed AA-12. " Leave the dead to death! There's nothing you can do for her! It's too late now! Going forward on this road you will end up destroying yourself! "
" So what? This is Love! "
" Love? " AA-12 was shocked. " What?! How can love be self-destruction? "
" What do you think it is? Empty romance? A few love poems here and there and a gift to fill the day? Maybe the family? A kiss, perhaps? Or sex? No. None of this is love. Loving someone means destroying yourself for the person you love. It means giving up your individuality to be connected with the person you love. To love means to die for the one you love, to love means to suffer for the one you love. It's pure passion that creates on what it destroys. This means to love. "
" No ... it's crazy. You're insane. Love is ... "
" Any rationalized definition is an illusion. Love is an out of control force. That's why I'm going on. Because of love. Because I loved. "
" But the person you love ... is gone! She's dead! Groza, understand it, damn it! "
" You have no right to call me that way. "
AA-12 tried to hit OTs-14 but the latter dodged the punch and counterattacked with such speed that it couldn't be avoided in any way. AA-12 fell to the ground again.
" You fight only because you're jealous. You would like to be loved by me the same way Lucy was ... but that kiss meant nothing to me. "
" Shut up! "
AA-12 got up but was hit in the stomach and then in the face and then, again, on the head. The girl fell to the ground again. She tried to get up but OTs-14 kicked her on the back, AA-12 slammed her face against the concrete.
" You're pathetic. "
AA-12 clung to OTs-14's leg and tried to get up again, but OTs-14 hit her in the face with another punch.
" Don't touch me. I'm not your property. You can try to fight but the result will always be the same. Now leave me alone, I have to go. "
OTs-14 turned and walked away from the girl but then heard AA-12's weak voice:
" W-Why ... "
" What now? Do you want more? "
" Why ... did ... you ... " AA-12 got to her feet with difficulty. " Why ... why ... why ... "
" Have you gone mad? "
AA-12 clenched her fists and exclaimed:
" Why did you agree to kiss me?! "
" Wha-? "
" If you were so disgusted with my jealousy, why didn't you stop me?! Why didn't you stop me that night?! "
" Compassion. "
" Do you really think so? Are you afraid of being a traitor? Are you afraid of having betrayed the feelings you had for Lucy? Maybe I'm not the one who's jealous ... you're the one who's afraid to admit that you like me. "
" If you like to believe it ... "
" Get that fucking smile off your fucking face, Groza! "
AA-12 hit OTs-14 in the face with a punch.
" Bitch ... "
OTs-14 hit AA-12 with another punch, AA-12 got angry and counterattacked with a punch in turn, the girls continued to exchange blows in that rain, without even taking a breath. The blasting of a thunderbolt that fell near the roof blinded AA-12 for a moment and OTs-14 took advantage of the opportunity to kick her chest so hard that she fell near the edge of the roof.
AA-12 noticed that she was about to fall, OTs-14 was approaching, and she pulled on her white jacket to cover her sight; OTs-14 was distracted by that move and in a short time was attacked by AA-12 who punched her in the nose and then another in the stomach but OTs-14, shrewdly, moved to the side, took off her jacket, and she used it to cover her opponent's face and then tightened the grip to choke her.
OTs-14 dragged AA-12 to the edge of the roof. AA-12 was trying to break free but it was useless, OTs-14 was stronger than she was.
" I guess this brings back good memories, right? " OTs-14 asked in a provocative tone.
AA-12 realized that OTs-14 had heard her story when she told it to her in prison. But those words still infuriated her.
" Don't you dare! "
She screamed scratching the face of OTs-14. AA-12 managed to free herself from the hold, threw the jacket off the roof and attacked her opponent while she was still distracted. She punched her in the face and knocked her to the ground.
" You don't know anything about me. " AA-12 said.
" I know enough to know that you're just looking for a substitute for your ex-commander. You're disappointing. You're the image of a desperate woman unable to move forward. "
" Like ... you, huh? "
" I'm different. I just want the truth ... I don't ask for more. "
" The truth? No. You want revenge. "
" And what do you want? Someone who fucks you? "
" At least I'm not a necrophiliac like you. "
Angry OTs-14 hit AA-12 several times with punches, elbows and kicks, the opponent found herself on the ledge of the roof again and OTs-14 pushed her. AA-12 fell. OTs-14 let out a sigh of relief but then she heard a metallic noise nearby. Shee approached the ledge, looked down and saw an iron stairwell attached to the wall. AA-12 had fallen there.
" You're a lucky bitch. "
" Zicke. "
AA-12 jumped on the iron bar and then with another leap reached the roof without problems.
" You had no problem killing me. I see ... you're really insane. "
" You're not dead, so ... "
" Fuck you. "
AA-12 attempted to hit OTs-14 but she dodged the punch and moved away.
" Did you want to drop me too? Impossible. You love me so much that you would never do such a thing, do you? So why don't you come over here and get pushed? "
" You're wrong ... I hate you! I hated you from the first day I met you ... and as far as I'm concerned you should die, executed. "
" Then why do you keep hindering me ?! If you hate me so much, leave me alone and go away! You almost look like a masochist! "
OTs-14 was right, why was AA-12 continuing to fight despite having insinuated to hate her? It was paradoxical, contradictory ... absurd from every point of view, yet AA-12 was there, still there on the roof, under the rain, fighting against OTs-14.
As the fight proceeded AA-12's mind traveled through a forest of doubts, she didn't understand what was pushing her to continue fighting against that girl she hated so much. She was really masochistic. It was self destructive.
AA-12 understood.
When she was introduced to the Team EXPIATIO, even before meeting Groza, she read, on the advice of Kryuger, the file of that rebel Doll, who didn't follow the rules but only her instinct, which was not commanded by anyone and whose spirit was completely free. AA-12 then had the feeling of having already worn that exact mask, not only the mask of suffering, but also that of rebellion, what she saw in OTs-14 was a stubborn, stubborn girl, unable to understand when it was the time to give up in and leave everything behind. What she saw was her own reflection. AA-12 saw herself in OTs-14. That's why she hated her, because she hated that part of her that had let herself be consumed by impulsiveness, by anger, that had let herself drown in a sea of feelings that if it hadn't been for Kryuger they would have killed her.
It was obvious. It was obvious from the beginning but AA-12 had ignored that truth. What she hated was what she was. What an irony. What a sweet but painful irony. It caresses you and stabs you in the meantime.
The time for lies was finally over. OTs-14 was ahead and would have easily won if AA-12 hadn't succumbed to a moment of anger. The emotion regained strength, a fire in the ice ignited and AA-12 screamed:
" I HATE YOU! "
AA-12 jumped on OTs-14, the latter fell to the ground and the first one came over her, began to punch her in the face. AA-12 was furious and it seemed that even the sky had become equally angry; under the storm, at every punch, at every blow, AA-12 screamed:
" I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! "
Punch after punch. Punch after punch. Blood spurted left and right and AA-12 kept on hitting. Hit after hit. Each hit required another. Anger had no end.
" I hate what you say! I hate what you do! I hate what you are! "
Punch after punch. More and more, with more and more strength and more and more anger. OTs-14 was at the mercy of that fury.
" I hate everything about you! You made me like this! It was you who corrupted me, made me defective! You abandoned me! You refused me! And know ... it's only because of you that I'm alone! I got carried away! I got carried away by you and you left me behind! I HATE YOU! "
One last punch. AA-12 stopped. OTs-14 prepared to fight back but saw that her enemy had eyes wet with tears, she didn't know what to say. She was shocked. AA-12 was still angry but was crying like a baby. In a low voice, closing her eyes, embarrassed by her weakness, she said:
" I ha-hate you ... I hate you so much ... I hate you ... but I love you. I don't know why ... it doesn't make sense ... and it hurts. This feeling is painful ... but it's so and I'm forced to accept it ... I'm forced to carry this weight on my shoulders ... alone ... Groza ... kill me, please. Put an end to this pain of mine. It's unbearable. "
Those beautiful, blue eyes, the same color as ice ... wept hot tears. OTs-14 could distinguish rain from tears. A girl so cold and yet so hot. Paradoxical as an ice sun.
" You'll have to endure ... " OTs-14 stroked AA-12's face and wiped her tears. " ... because otherwise it's not love. " OTs-14 took AA-12 by the hair and kissed her.
Silence fell. The storm subsided and the clouds were cut by the rays of the sun that illuminated two girls on that roof, who in that moment of fury, fear and hatred were expressing a single moment of pure and simple sincerity.
At the end of the fight, OTs-14 was sent back to prison without being punished or dismantled, Berezovich Kryuger had been persuaded, of course, by AA-12 and so OTs-14, despite her betrayal, only had to serve a prison sentence, however Kryuger forbade AA-12 from meeting OTs-14 and so the two girls sent gifts and even messages via PA-15 or 9A-91 to keep in touch. A love story had just begun between two T-Dolls. On the surface everything seemed to have returned to normal, but appearances are always deceiving.
" She's dangerous. " Helianthus said as Makarov closed her bedroom door. " OTs-14 is too dangerous, you have to agree, Makarov. "
" Why do you want to talk about it right now, were you in such a hurry to meet me that it's okay to discuss work in my bedroom? " Makarov asked sitting on the bed.
" Kryuger is too kind with OTs-14, he has forgiven her for everything, but what she has done to us is proof of her dangerousness. But I need your confirmation, Makarov. "
" Groza is dangerous. She's because despite her fascinating love affair with AA-12, she will never stop looking for answers. She has never loved double-players and she certainly won't start doing it now. Instead, it's likely that she will influence her new girlfriend by persuading her to act against the rules. "
" Then we have a problem. "