Hearts Disguised

Chapter 33

Time of Solace

Note: Hey everyone, I hope you all had an awesome and safe holiday season. I'm just letting you know that this story is coming back to its original update schedule. Also, I doubt it'll be for a while, but the end is in sight so I'm hoping this story is worth the read. Thank you so much for reading and enjoy the update.

"Answer me, you fucking bitch!" Even though Yang raised her voice, Blake would not answer her. "I don't know how long you plan on keeping up this act, but you won't be able to do it for much longer." Yang stormed out of the room in frustration, but right as she walked out, a guard handed her the normal tray of food for their prisoner. Since Blake was now Yang's responsibility, she had to do this tedious job. She walked back into the room, threw the tray on the ground, and released the chains that held Blake's body upright. "Eat up." Right as Yang was about to walk out, she heard a soft voice.

"I can't."

"What did you say?"

"M-My arms are badly hurt. It's impossible for me to eat."

"So what are you trying to say?"

"I'm hungry, but I can't eat. C-Could you help me out?"

"Are you serious right now?"

"Please. If you do this, I promise to answer your questions."

Yang looked down at that pitiful girl and could see that she was honestly hurting. These past few days have been hard on her since both her and Cinder have been interrogating her and Cinder is definitely a lot tougher than Yang. She sighed and walked back into the room. She sat down next to Blake and started to feed her. Blake was slow at eating since everywhere was in pain. With every bite she chewed, tears rolled down her face. Yang did everything in her power to avoid that horrible sight. Unfortunately, she had to look at her sometimes since she was feeding her. However, she had to fight through this since Blake said she would answer her questions. After her meal was complete, Yang immediately got down to the questions.

"So Cinder said that you're the rogue agent. How much information did you take with you when you left and how much did you share with other people?"

"Nothing else that I haven't told Cinder. As for other people, I told no one else. I knew that it was best to stay invisible so I avoided contact with others."

"Interesting. What about my sister?"

That's when Blake's eyes shot open. She's been purposely trying to avoid this question, but now that she made that promise, there was no way to dodge it.

"W-What about her?"

"Why did you kill her? What kind of sick person would do such a thing?"

"I'm telling you, Yang. I didn't kill her."

"You said you would answer my questions. Stop trying to feed me these lies."

"I'm not lying. It's like I told you. I was trying to protect her because I received information that her life was in danger. When I figured out her location, it was already too late. I'm sorry Yang. I wanted to save her. I really did. It pains you just as much as me."

"Shut up!" Yang slapped her across the face and stood up immediately. "Don't give me that! You have no idea what I went through. She was my only family… And you took her from me." Finally, Yang let out a few tears of sadness. "Why would you do that?"

"I…"

Before she could answer her, Yang stopped her midsentence.

"I don't want to hear any more from you. You're liar. You do the things you do to bring this world to its knees. But I'm smart enough to know that I have to stop you." She turned around and walked out.

"Y-Yang… It's not like that at all."

Yang walked to the elevator and decided to return to her room for the day. Once she got into the elevator, a message appeared on the screen asking Yang to report to Cinder's office. She wasn't expecting this detour, but couldn't say no to it. When she arrived, Cinder's door was already open which allowed Yang quick access to her room.

"You wanted to see me?"

"Yes. I wanted to see how you were doing with your prisoner."

Yang bowed her head in shame.

"Not too good. I've been trying everything I can, but she just won't cooperate with me."

"It's completely understandable. She's an honorable person and won't speak out against her allies, assuming that she has any. I don't know why she would since she's outright scum now. Anyway, do you have any other plans aside from interrogating her?"

"No. She's my only priority right now. I hope you can understand my position."

"Of course I can. You've been put into a tough situation because of that girl so please… Take all of the time you need. I doubt you'll be able to find the killer since Blake couldn't even stop her, but whatever." A knock came from the door. "Sorry Yang, but I have another meeting right now. Let's continue this some other time."

"Of course." Yang bowed and headed to the exit. When she opened the door, Neo popped out from behind it and gave her another dirty look. Yang has been getting used to those lately. She was just confused as to why she was giving them to her.

After that meeting with Cinder, her day was done so she headed down to her room. When she got there, it seemed a little different. It just didn't feel the same even though no changes were done during her time away from the office. She just walked over to her bed and plopped onto her back. She threw her arm over her eyes and retreated to her thoughts. This time back at the office was hitting her hard. She had almost forgot about what went on at this office place. The people were so quiet and never wanted to talk. Cinder was always busy so being alone like this was how things used to be.

…

"Any news?"

"As of right now, no. But, I do need to tell you something very interesting." Cinder leaned forward in her chair and Neo took a step forward. "My plan worked."

"Which one? You have so many going on at once."

"This one has to do with the special request I asked of you."

Neo took a second to think about, but she still couldn't think of what Cinder was talking about.

"I sent you to kill Yang's little sister. When she went dark, she met up with Blake. I've managed to instill the idea that Blake was the one who killed her. Now, there's no way Blake will escape and there's no way Yang will defy me now. Everything is where it needs to be. All that's left is the final phase of the plan." She looked right at Neo.

"I'm guessing you're calling on me for this one."

"I am. I see two possible routes that we'll eventually take. One… You kill Yang and turn Blake into the ultimate weapon for this department. Two… You kill Blake and let Yang be torn apart."

"How does that work?"

"What do you mean?"

"How is Yang going to be torn apart?"

"Because she believes that Blake killed her sister. This is causing her to take responsibility for her. She also told me that if anyone was to kill her, it had to be her. If you take her out before Yang can, everything will be in place."

"But didn't you say that Yang had such potential?"

"That was just to make sure she was with us. It's obvious that she's a mistake. That's why these two routes will give us the results we need. All I need is for you to make a decision. So… What will it be?"

…

Yang grew tired of being in her room all by herself so she decided to get some more information out of Blake. She headed down to the basement where it was completely deserted. She peeked inside of the cell and saw Blake's body still hanging from the chains, completely motionless. She walked inside and could tell that her body was in horrible condition. Blood was stained all over her body. She had so many open wounds that were looking horrible. In this condition, she wouldn't last much longer. She suddenly turned around to grab some supplies. After a couple of minutes, she returned with a first aid kit and bathroom supplies.

"God, you're a mess." Yang grabbed the loofah and put some soap on it. She then scrubbed Blake's entire body until all of her blood stains were cleaned. Yang then grabbed the first aid kit and started to clean up her wounds. Thankfully, there wasn't anything too bad so she was able to do everything she needed. After that, she mopped up the floor and then gently lowered Blake's body onto the ground. "Feeling better?"

"Yang? Why are you here?"

"I couldn't let you die. There's still some things I need to hear from you. Are you willing to answer my questions?"

Blake was silent at first, but then she struggled to get on her knees. Once she was up, she looked at Yang with the most sincere eyes she's ever seen.

"I'll answer anything you ask me. But… Will you be able to listen to what I have to say?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I promise to tell you the truth about everything. However, the things you hear may not sit well with how your life is going right now. I need you to trust the words that come out of my mouth. I've never lied to you once. Why would I lie to you now when I nothing to gain from it?"

Yang crossed her arms and really thought about this. All of this time, she's asked such pointless questions without a second thought as to why Blake was answering her questions. This was the most Blake's ever talked ever since being held prisoners so this had to mean something. Yang sat down in front of her and looked her in the eye.

"If you uphold your part of the deal, I'll uphold my part."

End of Chapter 33