A/N: Ah, my friends, the end draws near. One more real chapter, an epilogue, and it will all be over. I hope you've enjoyed this ride as much as I have. And now, let's reveal the villian behind it all!
Chapter 18: Secrets Revealed
"What were you saying back in the hospital room about impossible?" Veronica whispered to Logan. They were tied up side by side in chairs. In all honesty, the situation was less scary than it should've been. Something about being trapped in Logan's family dining room really detracted from the intensity of the situation.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. So sue me." Logan replied, grimacing at her.
"Will you two shut up?" Aaron yelled from the other room. He was going through the tapes to see which ones revealed him and Lilly Kane, so that those that did could be destroyed.
"Sure Pops. How's it going in there, watching all your messed up sexual encounters?" Logan yelled back. They heard a chair screech across the tile floor, and Aaron stormed into the room, his face purple.
"Stop!" The real perpetrator had returned, and she clutched at Aaron's arm to keep him from attacking Logan.
"Why?" Aaron hissed back, looking down at the girl holding him back. She smiled at him.
"There'll be plenty of time for that after they complete their mission." Trina replied, and Veronica looked at her coldly.
"Why would we help you, Trina? We care about Lilly." Veronica informed her, right before Trina slapped her across the face. Logan cried out the second Trina's hand reached Veronica's face, and on Veronica's cheek, a red hand print rose, and Veronica held back tears at the sting.
"Because. I wasn't kidding when I said I'd kill Lilly Kane. If you help me, that won't be necessary." Trina explained, and Veronica shook her head fiercely.
"I won't kill Lilly's baby." Veronica insisted, although her resolve was fading. Trina seemed more than ready, and more than willing to kill to keep whatever it was she was trying to keep.
"That's probably true. And I won't kill my own brother as leverage…so really, Veronica, you're sort of off the hook." Trina replied, circling her chair. Veronica turned her head, and look at Trina in shock.
"Then let us go." Veronica managed to say, knowing it was too easy, that surely Trina had thought of this catch long before now.
"Oh, no. You see, you won't kill Lilly's baby, out of some misguided loyalty to the girl. But, Logan, well, I could tell from when I saw you in the hotel lobby, he'd do anything for you. He'd do anything, to keep you alive, Veronica. And I have a strong feeling that includes killing his ex-girlfriend's baby." Trina smiled at Logan, who began struggling against his confides as she looked from him to Veronica.
"Trina, don't you dare! Don't touch a hair on her head, or I swear to God…" Logan screamed, thrashing wildly. Aaron looked Trina, as though asking with his eyes if he should hit Logan now. Trina subtly shook her head.
"Well, I won't need to as long as you kill Lilly's baby." Trina reminded him, and Logan stopped thrashing to look at Trina in the eyes.
"Why do you even care, Trina? So what if Dad has a love child with a sixteen year old? It'll get you more press, not less." Logan pleaded with her, trying to make her see reason. But Trina was smarter than to fall for Logan's pleads.
"Oh, sure, it will. For a few months. Than Dad'll get locked up for statutory rape. A few more months of press. And then do you know who will be getting all the press? Lilly, and that damn baby. It'll never end for them, whereas you and I will fade into the shadows." Trina explained, and Veronica feared the iciness of her voice.
"You…and I would be fine. Dad's estate would go to us." Logan was fighting to come up with logical arguments against the crazy need for attention that was going in Trina's head.
"No. I'm adopted, Logan. It would go to you, and Lilly's baby. Aaron Echolls's biological children. I'd be an after thought, an oh yeah, he adopted that one kid." Trina's eyes were watering up, and Logan realized in her head, she was doing something justifiable.
"You don't even know that it's Aaron's baby." Veronica threw in, earning her a glare from Trina, and a hopeful glance from Aaron.
"That's not a risk I'm willing to take." Trina replied coldly, wiping the tears from her eyes. She looked at Logan and Veronica and shook her head, fighting to get back her cold demeanor from before.
"How did you even find out? Or get here so quickly?" Logan asked. It was the one part of the story he couldn't catch on to.
"Mom called. She heard Lilly and Aaron screaming at each other that night you all went over to the Kane's for dinner. Celeste and Jake tried to ignore it, but Mom listened to every word. She heard Lilly was pregnant, and that Lilly thought the baby might be Aaron's. She called from the house. I told her to run out, grab something from the drug store. It was a little secret a friend of mine had told me, after she'd gotten pregnant right before a role in one of the Harry Potter movies. I figured we could get rid of the baby, and things would be fine. I was already done in L.A., and I rushed back to help Mom. I snuck into Lilly's house, poured it into her special whatever drink and voila, problem solved. Until my friend told me I'd used too little. So Lilly and the baby would be fine." Trina finished, sounding angry. Logan shot Veronica a look, saying how crazy Trina was. Veronica nodded.
"I came back, and hoped to scare Lilly into an abortion. Dad went over to the hospital without consulting me, and came back spinning a story about it was possible that Weevil kid was the parent. Helpful, but not a guaranteed fix, until we could get a paternity test, which was way too risky. And now you two are here, and you can help me clean up Aaron's mess." Trina smiled, and Veronica started shaking her head. Trina slapped her again.
"I won't hurt Lilly, Trina." Logan stated, trying to sound confident. Trina shook her head gently, smiling sympathetically at him.
"You would to save Veronica, wouldn't you?" Trina asked sweetly, pulling on Veronica's hair so she was forced to look at Logan. Tears were in Veronica's eyes, and Logan felt his heart beat faster.
"Yes. Tell me what I have to do." Logan hung his head in shame, not wanting to look at Veronica. Trina dropped Veronica's head, and it snapped down.
"Just slip Lilly some of that magic medicine. She won't even have to know it was you." Trina handed him a vial of something powdery. Logan refused to look at it at all.
"Of course, I'll be watching closely to make sure you do as I say. And Veronica will be with me the whole time." Trina reminded him, not wanting him to forget why he was doing this.
Logan finally looked at Veronica, mouthing the words I'm sorry to her. She turned her head slightly, and he could tell she was thinking deeply. She turned back to look at him, and he was shocked when she mouthed back I love you. He stared at her intently, and realized she was being truthful. He mouthed back the same words, and all he could think of was how much he wished they'd said those words somewhere more magical and romantic.
Trina roughly untied and forced Veronica up, keeping a manicured claw on her arm at all times. Logan and Aaron followed closely behind, and Logan prayed continuously inside his head that someone would save him from what he was about to do.
A/N: Surprised? Or did you know all along? I love hearing your thoughts!
