Vaswani Medical Center - Satya Vaswani's Office, Around 9:30AM
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH JONAATHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!" Screamed Hana from inside the Doctors office. Was this Talon up to their trick again, one last attempt to steal Hana away from me and keep her from happiness? Vaswani had connections to Moira after all…
"Hana!" I shout, bursting the door to the office open. Before my eyes, was a distraught and broken Hana Song. One which had tears, swollen eyes, and a look of absolute disbelief.
"She's...we need to talk, Mr. Cujoh. We really need to talk about her" says Vaswani, looking at me with intense seriousness. Brigitte looks over at Vaswani, who nods at her. Instantl, she lifts the distraught Hana up, carrying her gently out of the room. This is something which she seems used to doing.
"Don't worry Jonathan, she'll be okay once she calms down a bit" says Brigitte with a sincere smile, closing the door behind her, leaving me alone with the Indian Doctor.
"What was that all about?" I ask, puzzled at the sudden outburst of emotions.
"Well...how do I put this...I don't know how much you know about Ms. Song's past but after taking an in-depth dive into her mind and her explaining bits of pieces, I've managed to form and establish her entire life's story, and it's not very pretty."
"Oh my, but up until the initial Talon attacks in Busan, Hana was doing fine!"
"She lied to protect herself, and you from the truth."
"The truth?"
"Why Hana has three personalities beyond the one implanted in her by Moira" she says, picking up some papers and scribbling on them.
"I'll explain everything, from the beginning."
Busan, South Korea - 200X
It began in the year 200X, when Hana began her formal education. Hana Song was, for all intents and purposes, a social outcast and pretty bad at almost everything she did. She was terrible at Physical Education - despite being healthy and fit for her age - and her grades were merely average. She went through her entirety of Primary Education without making a single real friend. Sure, she'd be part of various groups and cliques and whatnot, but she would fleet and flutter between them all. At home, things weren't great. She was living in the shadow of her older sister, Jiyeon, who was the prettiest and most popular girl in her school by far. Where ever she went, Jiyeon Song was the Queen of the world.
It wasn't helped that Jiyeon or Hana's parents weren't very attentive, even on the days that Hana came back home bruised from a days worth of bullying and abuse at school.
"Mama...I got hurt at school today" the young Song would say, pleading for her mother to notice her, showing her battered and bruised arms to her parent.
"Aw, poor you" her Mother would reply, sometimes with a half-hearted kiss to the top of her head. Hana was too weak to even pursue the issue further, so nothing ever came of it. She never bothered telling her teachers, as she was afraid that all adults would react the way that her mother did. It kept going on and on, every day for months on end until her Primary Education would finally come to an end, ending her early torment.
But the worst was yet to come.
Mid 200X's - Middle School
Once her Primary Education ended, she began her interim education at a Public School in Busan. She was one of the only people from her class to attend the school, as the rest of her class went to far more prestigious and well known establishments. She still remained rather friendless. She was somewhat friendly with a young Brazilian boy by the name of Lúcio, but he moved away soon after meeting Hana. Every day, Hana grew more and more timid and socially anxious, beginning to think 'will I ever find a friend? WIll I ever find someone who can notice and love me?'. That is where the personality you've mostly been exposed to emerged from, this self-fear of not being able to have any kind of friends. She noticed that a few girls in her class had started growing breasts and getting into relationships with boys. She was only 12 at the time, so puberty was running rampant. She wanted something like that, she thought that she needed something like that, but no matter how hard she tried to change her image or make herself look sexy for the boys, it wouldn't happen. Nobody would give Hana the time of day because of her reputation as the Gloomy Girl.
By this time, Jiyeon had become a famous Korean Idol, releasing a debut single which had topped the pop charts in Korea, beating out famous groups and single artists alike. Hana, despite wanting to feel happy for her sisters success, was only brought down more by it. She would forever now be compared to her darling idol sister, who was undoubtedly the favourite in the household. Hana's parents expected Hana to do the same, but they noticed her attitude and lack of popularity. They felt like she didn't belong in the same family as the star Jiyeon, but even still, Hana had an admiration for her parents, particularly her father, who was an excellent StarCraft player. This is when Hana's love for video games blossomed as an avenue for her to escape her cold reality from, the world where she was never number one, only second best. She dreamed of becoming a pro gamer like the ones she'd see on Korean television, becoming the world's first StarCraft Female World Champion. She set out to do just that, buying the game for herself and managing to pick it up and play at a competitive level almost instantly. This is where the seeds of her competitive ehm, was it, personality began to arise. Her desire to be the best, to prove herself and not lose no matter the cost, pride be damned. Hana Song was a different kind of person when she was at her computer. She was slowly becoming the Queen of the Korean video game scene.
Late 200X's - Early 201X's
Hana began High School still without friends but, her popularity within the StarCraft and Korean Gaming scene was immense, although nobody knew who she was. D. Va was just a front, and she'd never reveal her face at tournaments or anything, wearing a balaclava to hide her face and taping down her breasts to not show that she was a woman. She'd entered High School as the World Video Game Champion, having won a three round Ironman gaming challenge of StarCraft II, League of Legends and Counter-Strike. She was on top of the gaming world, but in the real world, not too good. Jiyeon had moved to Seoul, and her father was now a high ranking local government official in Busan. Despite being friendless, she was getting a few looks from the boys at her High School, due to her now ample figure. She thought she was relatively pretty, all things considered. Her breasts weren't too great but she thought she had a nice ass, so she started to be a little bit more provocative and wear a much shorter skirt.
A couple of years went by, Hana now a three time WVG Champion, was entering her second-to-last year of high school which she felt was going fine. She'd no interest in any of the boys who were in her year or class, so being one of the only girls in school without a boyfriend put her real down in the dumps. COmpared to everyone else, Hana Song was a loser on the outside, with no real future. She was monetarily scant due to deciding to move out of her parents house, and with the video games only covering so much, Hana had to do some unpleasant things which she told you about I believe. She barely managed to keep her vaginal virginity but everything else was practically stolen from her.
Including her parents, by Amélie Lacroix.
On October the 27th of last year, her birthday, her parents were at a political rally in Busan, when Talon attacked the city. The Korean Army and United Nations managed to fight them off but, not without severe damage to the political structure, caused by the assassination of Hana's father, her mother killed at almost the same time by Talon's sharpest sniper, Widowmaker, aka Amélie Lacroix. Despite not being too close anymore, Hana was devastated to hear the news, and was incredibly depressed, lacking any sort of a will to live. Her ability at Video Games diminished noticeable, and people began questioning D. Va's skill, which fans of her call her Dark Age, correct me if I am wrong? Jiyeon blamed Hana for their deaths, saying that Hana should've been there for protection or something like that. This is where things become a bit more recent and we don't have to fill much in. Hana was now sick of Korea. The country her father tried his best to protect was just too much for her, which is when she decided to move somewhere inconspicuous overseas. This town.
Finally, her third personality, the one which you described to Angela Ziegler is one which was only brought about a bit before her kidnapping. If my evidence and research are to be believed, I think that you, Jonathan Cujoh, are the first real thing she's had to live for. You're something that she wants to protect, want to adore, wants to see nobody else really have. That's the root of the obsession. You're the obsession. You're the one who unwillingly caused this by accepting her invitation back to her home that day, letting her kiss you, letting her truly fall in love with you.
You're the first person she has ever loved Jonathan Cujoh, and that's why she obsesses.
Vaswani Medical Centre, Present Day
I look at the ceiling in astonishment. I didn't believe half of it but, it surely checks out. Hana Song is a loner, even moreso than we initially thought. She isolated herself because of a lack of love from her parents, an unwillingness to open up because of the fear of betrayal. But this only fed her loneliness and inherent depression even more.
"I should've known…" I say to myself audibly. Dr. Vaswani walks over and puts a hand on my shoulder.
"It's okay Jonathan, you couldn't have known this."
"So we just have to make do with the Hana we have?" I say, looking back down from the ceiling. Vaswani shuffles some papers and readjusts a monitor on her desk.
"Yes, for the foreseeable future. She's not irreparable but, I think a lot of damage has been done. The least I can do is fully erase that personality Talon implanted in her since it is so new to her. It will be a swift and painless process, very quick actually. Once Brigitte has calmed her down, she'll be ready, with her consent of course" says Vaswani proudly. I nod in reply.
"Would you mind go getting them actually, I would like to see how they're doing" asks the doctor, looking away toward her monitor.
"Um, sure" I say, my mind still trying to process the incredible amount of information passing through it. I walk down toward the canteen, where I hear a familiar voice acting in a soothing tone.
Brigitte was stroking her hand through Hana's hair, holding her in an embrace, trying her best to calm her down. The (apparently) Swedish woman was holding Hana with such care, such finesse and kindness that, in a way, I envied her. I wish I could be there, like that for Hana, be there when she really and truly needs me.
"Oh, look Hana, it's Jonathan!" says Brigitte in a chirpy, upbeat tone. Hana shoots her head upwards and pushes herself out of the Swede's rather rather hands, with slight aggression (although probably not maliciously). She runs,her arms open right into me, clamouring for m and holding onto me tightly.
"J-J-J-J-Jonathan, I'm so sorry for making you go through that hell...I'm so sorry for letting Lena die, being the reason she effectively died...I'm so sorry for being a burden...don't hate me, please don't hate me!" she cries out, tears bursting from her eyes.
I smiled, and held her in an embrace, closing my eyes and speaking into her ear
"Silly Hana, I still love you all the same"
I guess I was trapped in the heart of a gamer all this time. Funny how life works that way.
(A/N: That's a wrap for this chapter! I think it was a good mix of tragic and uplifting, Jonathan finally seeming to get over his paranoia about the torturous Hana coming back. I thought this was a good one. Lemme know what you thought of it in a review! They all hep me so much! See you next time, when well, we begin the final arc: Graduation. See you then)