Soralina stares at herself in her mirror as she ties the scarf around her neck, hiding the red marks that Gustav's fingers had left behind.It's been a week since Agatha went missing, and yet no one has found a single thing about her whereabouts, courtesy to someone Soralina now hates dearly.You seem to be doing a pretty good job at protecting your enemies daughter, don't you think Louise?If I didn't know better, I would say you have had your eyes on her from the start.As the thought crosses her kind, Soralina stops whatever she's doing, her eyebrows knitting together.Or...is it really true? Did you...actually have your eyes on her from the start? Did you play with me this whole time?A snarl twists its way into her face, her eyes burning with anger as she releases a shrill scream before throwing all the contents of her table on the floor, most of the things that are made of glass shattering to pieces.How could you? How could you!? How dare you use me to get to her!? Who do you t
“And then, he suddenly barges into the driveway and I’m like, ‘Louise what the fuck? What are you doing here?’ Then he pulls out you tattered bloody body from the back seat and I almost get a heart attack.” Mario narrates the story, which only makes Agatha chuckle as she chews on her pan cake, sitting on a stool on the island.Louise walks in on them, having finished showering after coming from his short run before he sits down beside Agatha. To her shock, he leans forward and kisses the top of her hairs, startling her at the contact. When she looks at him, he pretends like nothing is amiss and instead joins in on Mario’s conversation.“Stop exaggerating Mario. You didn’t look that surprised. You have seen your fair share of blood.” Agatha doesn’t even want to know what he means by that.Mario frowns, dropping the spatula down on the island. “You did not have to say that in front of her, I was trying to keep a good image.”“And it worked, really.” Agatha replies with a smile, which ma
Tapping her foot on the floor, Agatha waits impatiently for the man to come back in the room, her hands in her hips one second and then crosses over her chest the other.She had ridden herself of Mario's and Louise's clothes and had dressed back on the clothes she had come here with. The blood stains are gone, but a few places remain torn from the number of hits they took.Where is he?As if on cue, the door to the room slowly creeks open and Louise head pops in, checking her. At the mere sight of him, Agatha’s heart starts thundering inside, the sound of her blood rushing to her ears getting deafening.He is starting to become a nightmare."Hey." He says with a smile before entering the room completely and shutting the door behind him. Agatha smiles back, spying the two wine glasses in his hand along with a bottle of wine. "H-hey. What's with the wine? Are we celebrating?"With a grin on his face, Louise walks towards her, lifting the bottle and the glasses up for her to see. "We hav
The explosion goes off inside the warehouse, making debris fly around and causing smoke to spread everywhere. But despite the smoke, the men in black still make their way inside, guns at the ready, prepared to pull the trigger if they see Agatha Russo.They scurry around in quick footsteps, checking the whole abandoned warehouse for any signs of the girl. Searching for corner to corner, one of the man stops in front of a long cloth, like a curtain, shrouding whatever is behind. As more men try moving forward, the first man raises his hand as if to tell he might have fund something.“Get her.” He whispers. One of the man runs back from where he came, signalling someone else to follow him.From the smoke and debris, a figure walks out to the open, gun hanging limply by her side while she stares directly at the mean. Without uttering a word, the man walks away, letting her follow him to where the rest have gathered. Once she reaches him, she watches as the first man tip toes towards the
"Agatha? You there?""Yeah?" She replies, from her position in the bed with a book in her hands. Louise looks at her from the door way before entering inside and sitting beside her. "What are you doing?""I'm reading a book."No I'm not. I don't really like books.Louise smiles, not pushing in the matter forward. "I'm going in to town today again. I will see how things are now and I will come tell you. Until then, you be a good girl okay?"The way he says it makes it look like he is talking to his pet dog. Agatha gives a thin lipped smile, making Louise stand up and press a kiss on top of her head, much to the girl’s disgust."Good, I will be back soon."Please don't be. I hope you get caught and get killed.No. Don't get killed. Just get caught and tortured. Killing you is my job."Okay." Is all Agatha says meekly before Louise walks to the door and shuts it behind him, leaving her alone.Just as the door closes, Agatha's smile fades, replaced by a barf as she presses her hand over h
USA, 2022,The sound of the helicopter blades coming to a stop is what has Soralina’s eyes slowly fluttering open, making her try to sit up in her position. But as she tries, the feeling of being shackled around the wrists has Soralina jerking her head down towards her lap where her hands rest, her eyes widening.What is this? Why am I being cuffed? What is going on?With her breathing turning into a panic mess, she whips her head in all the directions, trying to understand where she is. But all she finds is herself in a helicopter with three armed men along with her. Slowly the jump down the helicopter as it comes to a stop, making her realize just what is going on around her?Oh right. Louise’s men caught me. The hooded figure almost came to save me, but things went downhill when Louise’s men had back up. And now one of the Hooded figure may be injured, and I’m captured. All my plans down the drain. Now I’m stuck here all by myself.Wait…by myself? I was never by myself…A sudden pa
Italy, 2018,One Year Later:The Russo's manor has turned upside down ever since the disappearance of Agatha Russo. While they all thought Louise had been responsible for, the man had done a pretty good job at hiding his crime and claiming Agatha ran away after he was done treating her wounds.This only made Gustav Russo go into Gorilla mode, knowing now that the only lead they had at finding Agatha's whereabouts is now gone, making then face the reality that they have no clue that would lead the to the lost Russo.A whole year has passed now since Agatha disappeared, and it's needless to say, the Russo's are stuck in their turmoil.Gustav is almost always angry, never taking calmly not holding a decent conversation where he doesn't have to draw his gun. This made the people around him wary and scared of him, fearing to say the wrong thing and get killed. Many had already met that fate actually.Meanwhile Soralina is stuck inside her own head, ridden with differentiators of emotions.
What is this? What is going on?Soralina trembles violently, her hands shaking as she grips the steering wheel while her eyes get blurry from tears, making her blink rapidly to keep an eye on the road.Gustav killed mom? Why? He said he...he loved her. That she died of Pneumonia so what the fuck is this?Whimpering to herself, a few tears escape her eyes as she notices numerous cars in the side view mirror, making her release a sob.But these tears are not only because of what she heard, or why the cars are following her. She knows Gustav wants her dead now that she knows. But what has her crying is something else entirely.You knew, didn't you?You knew about this, and it made you so angry. The Scorpions told you about this, didn't they? Because they knew it would make you avenge your mother and kill Gustav, which will make things easier for them to eradicate the Cross Sword.But your anger clouded your movements so much that you decided to face him without preparations, having no b
Agatha stares at the sleeping figure of Theo on the bed, no real emotions crossing her face. Unlike the hospital room that she received when she came in the Scorpio Venom Society, all plain white, Theo’s is different. There’s a whole forest painted in the walls with baby elephant’s and giraffes and monkeys and every other forest animal, smiling and playing within themselves. Her bed is just the same, and so is her nightgown. And as Agatha sits there staring at her daughter, she feels like she is staring at a younger version of herself. You look so much like me, and yet, when you open your eyes, you look like that damned man. Like your father. Thinking to herself, she doesn’t even realize when her hand moves to her neck as she grabs the anklet, playing with it in between her fingers. And just as she does that, she remembers a certain someone, feeling like it was only yesterday that she met him and kissed him in his soft lips as he held her in his arms and comforted her. Pulling the a
Silence prevailed all over the room as Agatha finished her story, stalking around the room and looking at all of Louise’s belongings with a blank face. but just because she is blank does not mean the others are, especially not Soralina.“After that, Lucian and I stayed in the America, watching your every moves, making sure you were always protected and out of trouble. Lucian made sure to check on you while I…I looked after my daughter.” Agatha concludes, stopping right in front of Louise’s desk as she notices something she hasn’t seen for six years, something that was stolen from her by Louise.Soralina stares down at her legs while Theo makes her way to her, clutching Soralina’s hand. “So…Xavier is…alive?”Agatha turns to look at her sister, slowly nodding her head as she takes the anklet in her hands, the one Louise stole from her when he drugged her. “He is very much alive. In fact, he is even listening to us right now.”Louise head whips towards Agatha, making her point her ears.
Xavier...is alive?How...How is this possible?Xavier was dead. He died as a baby. He..."No." Agatha breathed out, shaking her head continuously. "You are not Xavier. Xavier is dead. He died at infancy even before I was born. Don’t you fucking lie to me!"The anger and hatred in Agatha's voice had Xavier tilting his head sideways in amusement. "And who told you that little sister?"Silence."Gustav?"Yeah. But I won't tell you that.Xavier chuckled to himself, shaking his head. "Since when did you believe anything Gustav ever said? So far, everything he told you turned out to be a lie. What made you still believe in it?""I...I..." Agatha stammered, wanting to doubt Xavier’s words and tell him he was trying to manipulate her but she didn’t. Because deep down she knew he was right. Gustav lied about everything; he could have lied about this too."No he didn't. This was the only time he was actually honest with you."What?Agatha's head whipped to the man with a glare set in her face,
Flashback:Agatha lied there with her back pressed to the rock hard earth, her heart beat slowly disappearing but her pulse remained. She drifted from in and out of consciousness, not knowing how long she was there and when death would come to her and take her away already.She knew Soralina had been there and was already gone, hopefully to take care of Theo. But what she didn’t understand was, why she was still alive.Just as she believed she was taking her final breath with her beating finally ceasing, she heard the muffled voices of men from a distance, or more like they were bear her, she just couldn't sense dye to her body shutting down."She's here. Boss! We found her! She's here. You don't have to come up." Someone was whisper yelling like as if scared to be heard.Agatha's head moved to the side, wanting to know what was going on around her until the face of a man zoomed in on her, eye brows knitted together in worry."Is she even alive?" Another said, joining his companion. T
Soralina stares at her sister, her eyes turning wide with shock and horror at the sight of the girl she thought was dead for the last five years. Her lips remain parted in surprise, voice giving up on her while Agatha finally turns her attention away from Louise, before they feel on Soralina. Green eyes colliding with blue.So…you are the greed eyed hooded figure? The two of you?You were the ones saving me this whole time? Watching over me?Slowly but surely, Agatha’s lips morph into a smile as she walks towards the girl, looking down at her. “Hello sister.”“A-A-Agatha?” Soralina whispers, her hands rising up as she gently touches her sister’s cheeks as if checking to see whether she is real or not. Agatha smiles sincerely, her own eyes getting glassy as she holds onto Soralina’s hands letting it reach her cheeks. “Yes, me.”Soralina huffs, disbelief never leaving her as the first of her tears start to drop, making Agatha tear up as well. “It’s…you?”“No one else but your twin, Lina
USA, 2022,Shock and horror registers in Louise's face as his jaw drops down, his eyes staring at anything but Soralina and the little girl beside him.He staggers backwards, his breathing getting laboured as he takes in Soralina's story. "No. No you are lying. This is not possible. Agatha and I never...We never...""Never what Louise?" Soralina asks in a deadbeat voice, already done wiping her tears after remincing her past life. "Never made love to Agatha?""I...""Of course you didn't. You don't do things nicely." Soralina replies with bitterness in her voice as her eyes get darker. "What you did, was rape her."Louise's head shoots up in light speed, finally understanding what Soralina means. He remembers that time, the time he drugged Agatha and made love to her. He remembers it because that was the only time he ever got to do it, and it remained memorable.But what he didn't know, is that she was pregnant after that."Of course you didn't know it. Because Agatha isn't crazy to t
Present day:Words failed Soralina as she sat there with Agatha's limp body in her arms, feeling numb all over. It has been only thirty seconds since Agatha passed away, but to Soralina it feels like decades, centuries, as she feels the bond between then being severed, detached, removed.Above her she can hear the echoes of the battle which is soon coming to an end, with one side only alive now to be the victor. And a part of her already knows who it is.Slowly but surely, Soralina gently places Agatha's head down in the hard rock floor, brushing her stray hairs from her face as she sucks in a deep breath, willing herself to move and not start crying again."Goodbye, my other half." Soralina said, feeling her usual excited heart beating now being just a mere thudding in the chest, just like every normal human being. Because the one that held that excitement in her heart, is now gone.Not wasting another second, Soralina tears her eyes from her sister and stands up, knowing another sec
“Here, drink this.” Sister Aria said as she offered Agatha a bottled mango juice, making the girl smile at her. “Thank you. Where is Sister Nina?”“She is getting your reports checked.” Sister Aria replied, taking a seat beside the girl in the waiting room while Agatha nodded. This made Sister Aria turn towards her, tilting her head to get a better look. “You did a great job Agatha. I’m so proud of you.”A tight lipped smile appears in Agatha’s lips as she touches her belly, listening to the soft heartbeat of her daughter. Sucking in a deep breath, she said. “Do you think I can do it? be a mother?”Sister Aria smiled at her sincerely, rubbing the girls back. “Aww my dear, of course you can. What makes you doubt so?”“I have never even spared a glance towards a baby, let alone take care of one.” Agatha replied earnestly before turning to stare at her palms as she said softly. “I kill people Sister Aria. I don’t protect.”The young girls words broke the lady’s heart, wishing to somehow
Three Months Later:With angry steps, Agatha stormed inside Sister Aria’s room, finding the lady with a bunch of more nuns including Sister Nina. One look at her glaring face and the nuns stood up once by one, getting out of the room safe for Sister Nina and Aria.Agatha stormed forward and without waiting to beat around the bush, she got to the point. “When are we going?”“Going where Alexandra darling?” Sister Aria asked, although she had a clear idea of what Agatha was talking about. And judging by the fuming glare in her eyes, she knew Sister Aria knew too. “Don’t play dumb. You know what.”“I’m afraid I don’t.” Sister Aria finally looked up at Agatha with a smile plastered on her face and this only made the young girl even more angry. “Fine! When are we going to the hospital to abort this thing!?”The smile left Sister Aria’s face but Agatha didn’t care the least. “That, is not a thing. It is your child, and you are its mother. Just because we call it an ‘it’, doesn’t make it a t