Hearts Disguised

Chapter 27

The Pain in Truth

"You're sister Ruby, she's…" Blake took a deep breath. There was no way she could sugarcoat it or beat around the bush. The whole truth had to come out as straight as could be. "You're sister's dead. I'm so sorry, Yang." Blake lowered her head as the room went silent. Nothing could break the silence. She wanted to ease Yang back to her normal self, but she knew that Yang couldn't return to normal after hearing news like that."

"No, that's not possible. She's with my uncle. He would protect her." Her voice started to tremble. "How could she die?"

"That's why I was there that day. I heard plans to kill your sister and I tried to prevent that from happening. Unfortunately, I didn't get there in time. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry." Out of nowhere, Yang jumped out of the chair and grabbed Blake by the collar of her shirt.

"How could you let this happen?! If you knew, you should have been able to stop it!" Blake was struggling to find the words as Yang's emotion was pouring onto her and there was nowhere to step in without seeming intrusive.

"Yang, I didn't…" At that moment, Yang let go of her shirt and gently pressed her head against Blake's chest.

"I'm sorry. This isn't your fault. I'm blaming you for something that you had no control of. If anything, this is my fault. I wasn't strong enough to protect. I couldn't even be with her in her final moments. That's my sin. I couldn't reunite with my sister one last time."

The whole situation was taxing on Blake. Yang was all over the place with no signs of telling her where she would go next. One moment, she was angry and the next, she was sad. All Blake could do was remain silent and listen to her every word. However, there was something that she needed to tell Yang. It was the one thing that couldn't kept secret anymore. The only thing is that it would hurt Yang even more, but Blake had no intention of hiding anything from her. As Yang continued to cry on her chest, Blake grabbed her by the shoulders and placed her back on the chair.

"Yang, I think there's something I need to show you." Blake stood up and went into one of the rooms where she wheeled out a TV. "It's about what you've been doing all of this time. Cinder told you that you were a "world saver," but I have to tell you that she was lying to you." Yang's eyes suddenly shot wide open.

"What are you talking about?" Blake didn't respond. She just turned around and turned on the TV.

Right as she turned it on, there was a broadcast of the recent murders in the city. Yang recognized all of them as they were the people Cinder told her to eliminate. However, their descriptions didn't match Yang had in the files she was given. The mayor, judge, and chief marshal were all mentioned. That's when Yang connected the dots. The information she was given was fake. The people on the broadcast were all official news people so there was no way Blake could lie about something like this.

"Do you understand what you've done?" Yang suddenly looked down at her hands and started to panic.

"I'm… I'm a murderer. Nnoooo!" She slammed her hands against her head and started to squirm around uncontrollably. Blake quickly went to her side and tried to calm her down.

"No, you're not a murderer. You didn't know. You can't be blamed for what that woman did to you. It's simple. She brainwashed you and you had no control of what you were doing." Yang was slow at responding to her.

"Still. I'm the one who killed those people." As much as Blake wanted to ease the pain, there was no denying that fact. Yang was skilled enough to not leave any evidence of her being the one who killed them, but she was the one who did it in the end.

"Yang, please don't…" She suddenly stood up.

"I need some time alone." She walked towards Blake's bedroom and laid on the bed. As Blake watched, she felt as if her heart was being ripped in half. This girl was going through so much and there was nothing she could to help her. Everything that could cheer her up was in the past and completely insignificant. The more she thought about it, the more she started to think if there was anything she could do to help this poor girl.

After a while, Blake went to another one of her rooms where all of her research stuff was. On one side of the room, there was a pin-up board with all sorts of things. On the other side of the room was a desk with a computer. Blake walked over to that side of the room and took a seat, simply to slam her head on the desk. She was pissed that all of these things had to have happened, and that they had to happen to Yang. This girl didn't do anything wrong and yet, she's the one paying the price for it. If anything, Blake wanted to be the one who should be punished. Looking back to when she was with Cinder, she did many things that were wrong, but she didn't know it. That was the same thing that Yang did. Knowledge is power and Cinder's been using her special strategy all of this time… And it was working.

Once she was over her self-loathing, she got back on her feet and walked over to the board with all of her information. The biggest things there was Cinder's office and some of her main associates. Blake had a picture of Cinder and Roman. Those were the only two she had concrete images of. There were other members, but she only had the names. Neo was one of them. On the outsides of the board were pictures of past events that Blake was certain that Cinder had taken part in. The most recent one was Ruby's death. There was a blurred out picture of someone suspected to have left the scene right after Ruby was killed. The person was small and appeared to be a girl. However, that was all she could pull. Blake took the picture in a fraction of a second so there wasn't any time to focus it. That was her only lead at figuring out who did this to Yang. She was now determined to find the killer and kill them, for Yang's sake.

Yang was in a vulnerable state right now and Blake didn't want her to strain herself over anything. If there was something she could do to help, she would do it in a heartbeat. At that moment, she realized that Yang was all by herself. She suddenly left the room and ran to her bed where Yang still was. Her body was shaking as she faced the wall, blocking out any outside distractions. Again, this sight broke Blake's heart. This poor girl has absolutely nothing now. All she has are memories. She gently sat down on the edge of her bed and looked down at Yang.

"Yang, are you okay?" She didn't respond, but Blake wasn't really expecting one from her. "I know a lot of things have happened, but I really need you to forget about them. Forget about Cinder, forget about everything you've done for her; she means absolutely nothing. I don't know if this will help, but I'm actually her daughter." At that moment, Yang slowly turned over in shock.

"Really?"

"Unfortunately, that was the one thing I wanted to hide from you, but I don't see any purpose in doing so anymore. Like you, I worked for her, but realized that she was doing things for the wrong reasons. That's why I'm the rogue agent." Yang widened her eyes.

"But, if you're the rogue agent, then that means…"

"Cinder executed an order to bring her own daughter in under any circumstances."

"Why would she do something like that?"

"Her work has secrets she would like to remain as secrets and I'm one of the few who know about them. When I left, she did everything she could to get me back, but all of her attempts have failed."

"So you're on the run?"

"Not anymore. After figuring out that she took you in as her own, I couldn't let that happen. All of this time, I tried tracking you down. Now, you're with me so the next part of my plan can finally happen."

"Plan? What are you talking about?"

"I want to bring down Cinder's business once and for all so that she'll never hurt anyone ever again, especially the one person I love." Yang finally raised her eyes to meet Blake's.

"Love?" Blake sighed and grabbed Yang's hand.

"I love you."

End of Chapter 27