How You Remind Me
Song by Nickelback Lyrics are in italics
~~'Another one. Damn him!' Flopping onto the couch in the living room, Fallyn sighed in final resignation. She knew what she had to do in order to keep her loves and her family alive. She had to do as he wanted.~~
Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as
A poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without
A sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me
Duo screamed when he found the note. Heero burst from the kitchen to find the braided one folded up on the floor, crying and clutching the most recent of the notes. Heero carefully extracted the note and read it.
Angel,
Should you wish to continue keeping your
lovlies alive, I would suggest you take
up my offer. I promise, no harm will
befall them, so long as you stay by my
side.
Always,
TK
Heero cursed and looked down at Duo sympathetically. He knew that Duo was going to shatter if Fallyn didn't come back to them, and soon.
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
~~Fallyn arrived at the designated place and entered the practically crowded restaurant. She looked around and saw a man beckoning to her, though it was unnoticable by anyone else. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, drawing strength to her as she mumbled 'For Duo and Heero. I love you both.' She opened her eyes and walked to the table, looking down upon the man before her.
'TK.' He looked up at her with sky-blue eyes, his wheat-colored hair falling slightly into his eyes. 'I am. Sit, Angel, sit. Let us discuss why I have called to you.' Fallyn shuddered slightly, and unnoticably, and did as she was bidden.
'If you want no harm to come to anyone you love, you will call me 'Master' and you, my dear, will be my slave. Otherwise, none will survive what I have in store for them.' Fallyn's head lowered as she closed her eyes in defeat. 'As you say, Master.' she whispered. He took her hand and lead her out of the restaurant.~~
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?
Heero walked in and immediatly kicked a bottle across the room by accident. He frowned and looked around. Every available flat space was littered with every kind of alcoholic beverage bottle, all of them empty. He spied Duo on the couch, laying and crying, a bottle of Shmirnoff Vodka in his hand, the bottle nearly empty.
Heero bolted over to the couch and snatched the bottle from a limp grip. He pulled Duo from the couch and held him as tears ran unchecked from his eyes. He didn't realize how badly the loss of Fallyn had affected Duo till this moment. He had been busying himself trying to figure out who would want to hurt them enough to take Fallyn away. He resolved, as he rocked a very drunk and depressed Duo, to redouble his efforts to find her.
Yet, yet, yet, no no
Yet, yet, yet, no no
~~Fallyn moved with the hit and curled up on the floor, waiting for the final kick that would indicate this session of beatings over. Trieze walked over and took hold of her long braid, hauling her head back and baring her slender throat to him. He pulled her up, evil malice in his eyes as he drug her over to the desk where his bottle of alcohol sat. He pushed her onto his desk, ripping her clothing from her body, and Fallyn knew then what he was planning to do to her.
Fighting with all her might, she managed to push the drunken Ex-OZ General off her and make it half way to the door. But before she could reach it, a sharp pull on her braid sent her to the floor. Tears falling unhindered from her eyes, Fallyn watched in horror as her 'Master' tied her hair to a leg of his desk and walked over to her nude, prone form.
Grinning down at her, he said, 'What a wildcat you are, Angel! I know just the thing to break your spirit, darling, and I just know you'll enjoy it, too!' He reached down and cuffed her wrists together, tying a string from the cuffs to the desk leg where her hair was tied. When that was done, he took a long drink from the bottle. When he was done, he contemplated the bottle for a moment, then slinked over to the squirming girl on the floor.
'Now, now, Angel. I promise you'll enjoy this!' Kneeling between scarred and bleeding long pale legs, Trieze thrust the bottle into the girl.
Fallyn screamed as her body experienced the worst pain anyone could wreak on her as she was violated, not only with the glass of the bottle, but with the body of the man who threatened the lives of those she loved. Tears flowed freely from her eyes as she reached deep inside herself for the strength to survive this, if for no other reason than to kill the Ex-General.
As Trieze lay beside the paler-than-normal form, satiated and drunk, Fallyn fidgeted with the cuffs around her wrists till she could get her hands free. When she was certain the man was asleep, she moved to the leg of the table and untied her hair from it. But when she looked to where Trieze had been, he wasn't there.
'Where do you think you are going, Angel?' He moved towards her, menacingly. Fallyn rolled to the bottle, grabbed the fouled item, and smashed it just right against the desk. Trieze chuckled and drew his sword, which was hanging nearby. But before he could defend himself, Fallyn had come into him, wrenched the sword free of his grasp, and run him through.
She was out the door of his office before he hit the ground, dead.~~
It's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and
I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
'Cos living with him must have
Damn near killed you
Duo opened the door, after hearing a rather loud "THUMP" outside, and found Fallyn, clad in an ill-fitting, moth-eaten OZ uniform and balled up on the deck of their house.
"Fallyn!!" he screamed, causing Heero to bolt from the back of the house. He cradled his broken love in his arms as she cried and clung to him with all her being. Heero finally arrived at the door to find them like that. He gasped at how pale and beaten Fallyn looked causing Duo to look up at him, tears making glass of the amethyst eyes.
"Quickly, Duo, let's get her into the house. Put her on the bed and I'll go call Sally!" Duo nodded and pulled his beautiful love into his arms and carried her into the house.
And this is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
Sally came out of the bedroom, her face disbelieving and sorrowful. Duo and Heero noticed she carried the uniform they had found Fallyn in. She sat in a chair across from the couch,where they sat.
"I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news I'll give you first, but you must prepare yourselves and make me a promise, you'll wait to hear the good news before you make any rash decisions." Her last comment was directed at Heero, who nodded. She looked at Duo and he, too, nodded. She took a deep breath and began. "It appears Fallyn was beaten severly, not once, but many times." She paused as Duo gasped and grabbed onto Heero's arm before continuing, "She has also been raped horribly."
Heero interrupted her, "By who, Sally? Who would be so horrible as to do all that to Fallyn?" his voice full of dispair. She looked at him sadly. "Trieze Kushrenada would." Heero nearly bolted off the couch, but for Duo clinging onto his arm for dear life, shaking his head in disbelief. Sally continued, "This uniform was Trieze's. He kept it after all these years, and I think it was eating away at him that another war was coming after all that he tried to accomplish. But," she paused as Heero opened his mouth.
"I'll kill him."
"I think Fallyn beat you to that. From the broken speech she gave me, I managed to gather that he raped her while he was drunk, then drew his sword against her which she used against him. If you go search for him, you'll find him run through on his own sword." Duo's sorrowful eyes shifted and Heero's attention turned. Sally turned around to see Fallyn leaning against the wall off the hallway leading into the living room, one of Duo's old priest shirts gracing her all-too-pale form and hanging to her mid-thigh.
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?
Duo bolted off the couch and was immediatly beside Fallyn, ready to offer support, and looking hurt when she cringed away from his touch.
"Fally? It's me, Duo. Babe, can you hear me? I promise I won't hurt you. You have my word." Her eyes turned and looked into his. She turned her back to the wall and reached out to touch Duo's cheek gently. His tears fell, unheeded, when her fingers met his cheek, and he turned into her hand and laid a gentle kiss to her palm.
"Duo?" she asked in a raspy-whisper. He nodded and smiled with all the love he carried for her shining through. She smiled back and started to slide down the wall. Duo caught her and pulled her to him in a strong, yet gentle, embrace, holding her as she cried all her pain out.
Heero turned to Sally. "Thank you, Sally. You have worked miracles." Sally merely smiled and turned back to the scene in the hallway.
Yet, yet, yet, no no
Yet, yet, yet, no no
Yet, yet, yet, no no
Yet, yet, yet, no no
Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as
A poor man stealing
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Fallyn was making a lovely recovery. Her lapses into the broken girl she had been when Duo found her on their doorstep were becoming fewer and farther between. Both Heero and Duo doted on her, much to her annoyance.
"S'arręter! Je suis ne pas un impuissant!" Fallyn would say to them, neither of them fully understanding her. She would merely giggle at their confused looks and continue what she was doing.
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
For handing you
A heart worth breaking
And I've been wrong
I've been down
Into the bottom of every bottle
These five words in my head
Scream
Are we having fun yet?
Duo watched the sun set, admiring the way the clouds painted the sky. Pale, slender arms encircled his waist and a smaller form pressed against his back. He smiled after his surprise and reached around to pull Fallyn into his arms. Heero stepped beside him, on the other side of Fallyn, and looked at Duo with a smile.
Fallyn giggled a mischievious giggle and the two of them looked down to notice thier shirts unbuttoned and being removed from their bodies. Before they could react, Fallyn was racing back to the house, a shirt in either fist. Duo grinned at Heero, who grinned back, they knew where this game would lead and it was comforting to know they could finally move on with life.
The two young men bolted after their thief, each anticipating the night that was to come.
Yet, yet
Are we having fun yet?
Yet, yet
Are we having fun yet?
Yet, yet
Are we having fun yet?
Yet, yet
No, no, no
~~ Ohayo! Fallyn's french background really shows through some, doesn't it? ;;grins;; What she's saying to them is "Stop it! I am not helpless!", for those of us who can't speak french ;;smile;;. Let me know what you think, please? Merci! 0^_~0 ~~
