Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Illusions of Pain ❯ Actions and Reactions ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6

Death's Angel and SlvrTrinity come out looking solomn; all the boys of Weiss are standing behind them in their assassin gear looking very stern at the two of them. SlvrTrinity lifts up a small little card.

ST: (reading) We have been informed by….sources…

(Yoji coughs a bit)

ST: (Throwing him a glare) …by some of our readers….that we have yet to apologize to you all for the long period in which Death's Angel and myself had posted a chapter.

(Hands card to DA)

DA: (reads card) We are very….sorry about our long absence and hu….hu…..(ST whacks her on the back) HUMBELY…..ask forgiveness. (Scowls and says under her breath) Why do we have to do this again?

ST: (Mumbles back) Because the boys said we forgot last time and if we didn't it'd be rude. (Scowls a bit) Unfortunately the conscious I have agrees with them!

DA: (Grins evilly) Ha! You're not as evil as you like to think you are!

ST: (Scowls) Shaud up!

(All the boys cough at the same time, and glare)

ST: Alright, alright! Yesh! (Takes card back from DA) We hu….hum…. (DA whacks ST on the back)

ST: Thanks

DA: Don't mention it

ST: We humbly ask for your forgiveness in this oversight and hope you enjoy the next chapters of our story. Thank you.

(A few moments of silence)

DA: (Whispering) That all? We done?

ST: (Whispering) I think so.

(DA and ST both sigh out)

DA: AYA!!! (Rounding on him)

Aya: O_O Meep! (Starts running away)

DA: Get back here!!! (Starts to chase)

Aya: Let Me Go!

DA: No Way, You are all MINE!!!(Door Slams)

Aya: (From behind door) Help me!

ST: (Sighs) Looks like things are back to normal….. (she smiles then looks to the rest) MINE!!

Yoji: Alright!

Ken & Omi: Oh GOD!!!

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Please review and tell us how we're doing, and all flames will be laughed at and trashed for their general stupidity. Shank ya….

It was the light from under the door that first got Omi's attention; slowly he made his way down into the Mission Room. That's when he saw Kathryn sitting in front of a flickering computer screen. She was looking down at an open, silver locket she had around her neck.

"I screwed up, Alex." She said softly, her voice thick with sorrow, as she fingered the locket gently. "You always said that I was too out going, too demanding….I guess you were right." She shook her head, "I really screwed up this time….and I…." She laughed a little sadly, "I don't know how to make it right, anymore." She bowed her head, "God what have I done?"

Omi's eyes widened, he never had seen her like this before! It was a bit…..unnerving. Completely different from the self assured woman who stood up to Aya of all people! He moved softly intending on leaving…but she heard him.

Instantly she shot out of the chair, "Who's there?!" She demanded angrily eyes hardened….she blinked a bit when she saw him. "Omi?!" She said as she quickly turned a bit and whipped her eyes "I'm sorry...." She said, "I was just……"

"I….I didn't mean to intrude." He said softly as he looked at her. She smirked a bit at him.

"Yeah, even I can't help but cry sometimes." She said as she chuckled and walked over to him, "But let's just keep this between us, okay?" She asked, "I DO have a reputation to maintain!" She winked at him as he smiled a bit, as the flash caught his eyes he looked down and saw the locket….his face paled a bit.

"That's…." He whispered as she looked down her eyes clouded a bit as she gently picked up the locket.

"That's Alexander." She said softly with a small smile, "My little brother."

"Y….Your brother?!" Omi asked astonished as he looked to her wide eyed. "I didn't know you had a….family." None of the other members had a family per say, except Aya. His little sister was now safely attending college classes far away from those who'd see her harm. Thanks to Kritiker.

"Yeah." She smiled wanly as she looked at him and chuckled "I know he looks a little like you, and you act a lot like him." She shrugged, "I'm sorry, when I saw you I just started treating you like I did him. It was a bit of a shock to me…." She looked down sadly at the picture, "It was nice….just to see his face again, even if it wasn't him."

Omi's eyes clouded. "Wh…where is he now?"

Her eyes clouded as a great look of sadness crept over her features. "He's dead." She said as she snapped the locket shut and leaned back onto the computer desk.

"Dead?" Omi whispered, suddenly feeling horrible that he brought up such painful memories for her. "I….I'm sorry."

"No, it's okay." She smiled a little as she sighed out, "I just….." She looked up at him her eyes forlorn. "Omi…..I don't want to lie to you." She sighed out as she leaned back looking up at the ceiling. "I'm sick of lying, I'm sick of always having to watch my back…." She shook her head, "Ran knows, and maybe you guys should too."

"Ran? You mean Aya?" He asked as she nodded.

"Ran probably found out from Manx and Kritiker." She smirked a bit. "They probably had me checked out the moment I walked through the door."

Omi nodded and looked at her, "Kathryn…" He said as he took a hesitant step forward to her. "You know….if you want to talk, I'll listen."

She looked up and smiled at him, "You're just like him, Omi." She said as she reached out and grasped his hand. "It's almost like I have a little brother again." She squeezed it gently, "I forgot how….nice it was."

"Kathryn." His eyes clouded as he saw a tear trickle down her face, his brow creased in concern. "I…I didn't mean to make you cry!" He said alarmed.

"No…it's not you!" She assured him trying to wipe away the tears, "No, it's not…..aw shit!" She said as she desperately tied to stop crying, but more and more tears started to flow.

Not sure what to do, Omi did the only thing he could. He pulled her to him and hugged her fiercely as she buried her face into his shoulder. "I…I'm sorry, Omi." She sobbed, "I just …I just miss him so much!"

"It's alright." He whispered as he tried to sooth her. "its okay, go ahead and cry. I won't tell anyone, I promise." Slowly she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and cried. She cried out all her frustrations, all her fears….she cried until she couldn't cry anymore. When she had reached her limit Omi handed her a tissue and seated her down in front of the computer as she dabbed her eyes and blew her nose.

"Now…." He said as he pulled a chair over, "Why don't you start at the beginning and tell me everything."

She looked up at him, and in his face she could swear she saw Alexander looking out from him. Alexander being the one thing that she had worked so hard in her life to protect.

She took in a trembling breath, and nodded as she began to unravel her whole mystery to him.

"… So, that's it." She finished as she rubbed her head, Ken and Yoji just stared at her in dumfounded shock, and Omi sat beside her on the sofa of the control room and rubbed her arm.

"So let me see if I got this straight." Yoji said looked a bit confused, "You're the daughter of President Christopher Byrnes….the man Kritiker had sent us to kill?"

She nodded.

"The same Kathryn Byrnes who was reported to have died in a fatal car accident three years ago?" He asked.

Kathryn smirked a bit, "To paraphrase what a great man once said, `The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated'." She sighed out, "My beloved father had sent assassins after me, and they were the ones who chased me off that cliff. They came down to make sure the job was done, and that was their mistake. The bodies in the car were burned so badly that the police couldn't even tell if there was one or two people, and no DNA was left to test. The only thing that was there was my wallet beside the car that had my license….everyone just assumed and I let them." She sighed out, "It was safer for me that way."

Omi's eyes clouded in sympathy, he knew exactly where she was coming from. The betrayal of a parent….left a scar that would never heal, and would always color everything you do.

"Wait, hold on just one sec." Ken said as he looked at her suspiciously "Granted that your Dad's an ass for doing this….why would he want to in the first place."

"Ah…" She smiled, "More little dirty family secrets." She said as she looked over, "Look at Omi." She said as Ken and Yoji did, as she pulled out her locket and handed it to Ken. "Now look at the picture in there." She nodded.

Confused Ken opened the locket as his eyes widened. "God!" He gasped as he looked at Omi then to the locket and then back. Confused Yoji took the locket and did the exact same thing.

Kathryn smiled as she took the locket back. "That's my little brother, Alexander Byrnes." She said as she looked fondly down at the picture, then suddenly snapped it shut and balled her fist around it. "My father killed him." Yoji hissed softly as Ken snarled a bit, "Perfection is the only thing that was allowed in my family." She said and looked up, "My brother had the bad taste it be born with MS, a very debilitating disease." Her eyes hardened, "My father absolutely hated him for that, more so than he hated me….his first child having the bad taste to be born a girl instead of the boy he so desperately wanted."

"Is that why you became a virologist?" Omi asked as she nodded, and smiled as she looked up to him.

"I loved my little brother. We were all each other had, and our father hated both of us…and that brought us closer together." She sighed, "My mother died not long after he was born, of a heart disease and father was angry. He blamed her for Alex's condition…." She looked down a bit, "Alex adored father….no matter how much he despised Alex. He wanted to be like him….and I wanted Alex to be happy. I thought….if just one of us could have father's approval, then maybe….maybe we might be a family. I was never going to, so it would have to be Alex." She pulled up her legs to her chin as she sat on the chair looking out, "I tried….I researched, I tested……I failed, and I tried again. My desire….was to find a cure for Alex. I wanted him to be healthy, and happy. I wanted him to be like other kids his age and not confined to a room and bed!" Her eyes grew lost, "I had developed a serum, MX-3131. It had promising results in the lab studies and even better results when moved to primates." Her eyes hardened, "My father found out about my research….."

Ken paled, "No….he didn't!"

She nodded, "He did. Not even waiting for human testing, or a health approval he injected Alex with it." Her eyes teared, "Alex…..his body….rejected the serum. He was thrown into cardiac arrest. We tried everything to bring him back….but the serum worked on him too fast…..he died 5 minutes after receiving the injection and the coroner said that all his organs looked as if they had belong to an eighty ear old man!"

"So why wasn't he brought up on charges?" Yoji asked

"He was…." She said her features hardening. "That bastard lawyer got him off of the murder charges because of a technicality! A fucking technicality!" She flared. Suddenly she leapt up, "That bastard killed my baby brother and he got away with it scott free! I was angry, beyond words! I wanted justice! I told him I was going to go public with what he did, I had proof and the administration record with his signature on it!" She bit back a bit and forced herself to cool down and smirked, "That's when he had those two lovely gentlemen try to end my life."

Ken nodded and Yoji sighed out "So you want revenge?"

"I want justice!" She said, "I want him to pay for what he did to Alex. I want him to suffer like Alex suffered! I want him to suffer like no one has EVER suffered before!"

"Kathryn…" Omi said worriedly, but she ignored him.

"I want him to know what it's like to feel your life spinning out of control, to feel your heart beating so fast you know it's going to explode and know that there's nothing you can do about it! I want him to feel fear the way Alex felt as he called out to him…..and our father simply turned his back!"

She looked up at them, her eyes as hard and cold as stone, "A monster that does that to his own son……doesn't deserve to live the life of luxury and power." Her eyes narrowed, "A monster like that….deserves to die!"

"Okay…okay….we get the message." Ken said a little nervously, she was almost lathering at the mouth!

"Kathryn, please calm down." Omi said as he gently touched her shoulder. She blinked a bit and came back to herself.

"I…I'm sorry." She sighed out, "It's just….."

Yoji chuckled a bit, "You don't have to explain, we understand."

"Better than you think." Ken added, "We've all been betrayed, and we all have our scars." Ken smiled a bit, "But in our own weird way…we've gotten justice for the ones we've lost."

Kathryn chuckled a bit, "Never thought I'd ever be having a conversation like this with you guys." She admit, "I thought you all though of me as well…..a nuance."

"Never." Yoji said as he stretched out on the sofa, "After all, it's not every day we get to see Aya brow beaten by a girl!" Yoji laughed, "Now THAT'S entertainment!"

"No kidding!" Ken laughed.

Kathryn smirked a bit, "Yeah."

"Alright guys, knock it off." Omi said as he looked at Kathryn concerned, she had told him about what had happened between her and Aya. She let it slip and he managed to get the rest out of her. "Kathryn…" He said as he turned to her, and smiled a little. "Thank you so much for helping us." He said as he grasped her hands. "We promise we'll help avenge Alex."

Kathryn smiled, "Thank you, Omi."

"Aw, isn't that cute! Omi's putting the moves on Kathryn!" Yoji teased, "Hey Omi, better be careful! I think Aya's got his eye on her!"

"What?!" Omi's face flared up red, "I…I wasn't…!"

"You may have to fight Aya for her, I saw him practicing the other day…." Yoji looked over his sun glasses with an evil gleam in his eyes. "I think he's gotten better."

"Meeep!" Omi peeped out as Ken laughed.

"Yoji, cut it out!" Kathryn said, "If his majesty wants a piece of Omi he'll have to get through me first!" Her eyes glittered a bit, "And I'm no slouch with a blade myself!"

Yoji looked at her a moment then smiled seductively, "You are so damn sexy when you're mad!"

"KUDO!" She snarled as Omi and Ken laughed.

None of them ever heard or saw the lone figure standing just beside the top of the stairs. Aya watched the four people below, his eyes always on her. He had been there for the whole thing. He saw the pain in her eyes, heard it in her voice. He saw the anger burn in her eyes…..God she was just like him! He turned a bit and pressed his back against the wall and looked to the ceiling. His lips still tingled from the kiss, slowly his fingers tract his bottom lip a bit….his eyes softened. Not exactly how he had imagined his first kiss would be….or turn out. Then again, he never thought he would be kissing anyone!

He turned a bit and walked down the hall into his room, he sighed out as the door clicked shut.

"I told you not to get involved with her."

Aya jumped and whirled around as Manx emerged from the shadows. He was so wrapped up in his own thoughts he never saw her there. She looked at him her arms folded across her chest.

"What the hell are you doing in here." He barked angrily his violet eyes narrowing dangerously.

"I was checking up to see if you've killed each other yet." She said "I heard her telling the story. I have to say, I'm surprised she did."

"Why?" He demanded, "You don't think she's legit?"

"Oh no, she's legit alright." Manx said as she walked over to the window, "I'm more concerned about you."

"Me?" He almost laughed, "What are you talking about."

Manx looked at him, "She's getting to you Abyssinian." Manx said evenly, "She's taking away from your concentration. You should have known I was in here before you opened the door, yet I was able to startle you." Her eyes narrowed, "If you keep this up, you're going to get yourself killed."

Aya sneered a bit, "I can take care of myself."

"Good." Manx said as she walked over to the door and opened it, "See that you do." With that she walked out and pulled the door closed behind her.

Aya was seething, she was right. Kathryn was affecting his concentration. He had to stop this and soon. His chest paged painfully…..as he balled his fist.

:But…I don't want to.: A little voice in his mind said…that little part of him that was Ran. That part of him that retained some humanity and hope in the world.

Defeated he flopped down onto the bed and bowed his head…his fingers burying themselves in those crimson locks.

"Kathryn….." He whispered softly as he closed his eyes, "What am I supposed to do with her?" He asked agonized.

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