Best Sisters

'Best sisters, what an irony.'

   It was an irony, indeed, but a painful truth that she dared not accept, how could she accept that she once took Angel White as a sister and a soul mate. It reminded Auriane White that she once had a sister who deeply loved her. She gave her an unconditional love, but because of bad influence from her cousin who was in a team with Angel. Because of this team she lost her sister with her own hands thinking she was saving her.

"Don't insult that sacred tittle, you don't deserve to be called a sister."

   Auriane boldly said with a heavy heart, because though Angel White didn't deserve a sister title, what more of her, she didn't deserve it either.

"You're right, I might not deserve to be called your sister,afterall, we are not even sisters to begin with."

"I already have a sister and a brother, why would I lower myself to have a sister who abandoned her elder sister."

   Auriane knew that she couldn't deny that painful fact, she had indeed abandoned her elder sister who cared for her after her mother's death. Her sister cared for her like a mother, but she never saw it, just like she never saw Angel White's schemes.

If she had seen that Angel White was infact a devil who only used her to achieve her goal, she wouldn't have neglected the world to please her. She wouldn't have felt painful to see her tears when she rejected a single request of hers no matter how extreme it was. If only she had known who Angel White was, she wouldn't have trusted her with her laboratory research work.

But it was needless to regret at the moment when the truth had burnt her flesh and her guilts as well as her regrets were eating her flesh like termites.

"You should be happy,at least you spent some glorious moments of your life and helped me trace a path for my future."

Shameful

There was only one thing Auriane could say at that moment, but her throat was too dry to shout it out. Even if she did, it surely wouldn't change much. Her thirty years body was no longer in it's strongest youth. And there was no more to hope for again even if she was able to escape from Angel's grip. Where else would she go where she wasn't wanted and who else would remember her even if she died.

   She didn't wish for such an ending, but she was given no choice. At most, she had lost the freedom of choice long ago when she became a fugitive and Angel White's hunting prey.

"Considering that you've contributed to my success, I can let you walk out of here and never bother you."

Let her walk out in peace?

    It sounded like a promise, but from her years of experience and years of being Angel White's prey, Auriane White had learned that nothing good came from her. If she gave you a stick, then she would retrieve two legs from you. 

She was a devil, standing on her grounds and making the worst choice in her territory.She was smart, hence she was able to decide others fate, but she let her fate stand above others in an outstanding view.

"I don't believe that you're so kind, what do you want?"

Angel White curled her lips, drawing it to the right proportion to reveal an extremely angelic smile, but this angelic smile was what Auriane would consider today as.

'poissonous smile.'

"What a smart thought, you're right, every good deed needs a payment."

    As expected, Angel White had no intention of granting her freedom without any payment in advance. But there was just no guarantee that after payment she would let her leave. 

"I just need one thing from you, the research notes on the IV virus."

   Her research results?

   Auriane's eyes widened the moment she heard Angel mention her hard earned work, the only treasure she still owned. Although she hadn't been able to complete her research and gotten a complete antidote for the IV virus that menaced the world today, compared to others, she had done a lot of progress. Angel had taken everything from her, so how could she just give up her last treasure.

"You wish!"

   Angel frowned at Auriane's respond, but she immediately calmed down, as if she had been expected that answer.

"Such a stubborn fellow, anyway, I would have been bored if it was too easy."

''Bored?'

   Her sentence looked like a simple reply of one who hadn't been able to reach her expectations. But Auriane knew that Angel wasn't expecting anything, she would have been surprised if she hadn't already thought of her exact reply. She was calculative and time gave off the feeling that she knew everything, but she didn't. It was just years of training and she could learning of human psychology. In order to escape Angel for the past ten years, Auriane also learned a lot about human psychology. 

She could tell from Angel's words that she had the intention of torturing her for truth. But Auriane was sure of herself, there was no way she would comply.

"You can chose not to comply and I can chose to torture you, but no matter how good you are, you can't fight against the truth serum."

The truth serum!

    When did Angel come up with a truth serum, no one could tell, but Auriane knew where it came from and she could only lower her head in regret. A smile curled her pale lips, but there was no happiness in her smile.

"You already took so much from me, ain't you satisfied, why do you want to keep pushing me into the abyss."

"When? Till the moment I'm sure that you only have dead as an option."

Death as option was indeed one of the ideas that had crossed Auriane'sthoughts. But she had a stubborn habit of never giving up even when there was no way out.

She couldn't give up, but she definitely wasn't going to give Angel the pleasure to see her chose death as an option.

Auriane looked at Angel with a smile and for some reasons, Angel took a step back. The smile that Auriane gave off was cold, but it shot her like daggers, as if telling her that it was the end of her reign. Her face turned pale as she gazed at Auriane's beautiful pair of cold eyes that seemed to pierce her soul. But she still tried to keep a calm composure.

"What are you thinking about, are you still hoping for an escape?"

   Auriane didn't nod, nor did she deny, because she wasn't hoping for an escape. She just clearly reminded Angel that time had taught her how to predict. She knew from the start that Angel would come for her.

"You probably didn't see this coming?"

    With the last strength she had, Auriane kicked away the men holding her and pulled a container from her pocket. A smile of contempt filled the underground basement, but Angel froze with a widened eye when she saw what was coming.

"You dare and you won't survive either."

   Why wouldn't she dare at this last moment when she could finally appease her broken heart with a smile and embrace death wholeheartedly.

Boom

An explosion carried the whole building, killing every single life, but even at that last moment, Auriane regretted. The White still went Scott free, she couldn't accept it...

*~*........*~*

   Chirp chirp

   Auriane White was awakened by the soft melody of the birds. She felt the wind blowing her slowly as it went it's way and the smell of a green environment kissed her nose. 

"Was she in heaven?

   She had thought, but the bright light above her forced her eyes open, causing her to realize that she was lying on the grass. She woke up with an immense pain kicking her head, but compared to the other pains, this was nothing.

"Little girl, you're finally awake, you scared me?"

   An elderly voice woke Auriane from her stance. This elderly wasn't a stranger to her, but as she had known, this elderly person died fourteen years ago when she barely graduated from junior high school.

"What's wrong, do you feel pain anywhere?"

   The elderly asked and her slightly wrinkled brows furrowed. But she was angry, she revealed a sort of tenderness that an elderly would reveal to her grandchild.

'Why did this scene look so familiar?'

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