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To Live is to Die; DarkAngel013 & Mercinus3
Topic Started: Jun 23 2009, 03:37 AM (5,829 Views)
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Harlan felt Ai rest her head against his bare chest. He brought his other arm around her, ready to comfort her from what had happened. To be honest, he wanted comfort as well. The flashback that he had was frightening to him, seeing someone that he might have known in his past being killed in his eyes. He thought about it for a while, coming to a horrible conclusion. I guess that they were after… me… He felt her leave him, though the horrors of his conclusion left him numb However, when she came back to him, she spoke to him, snapping him out of his frozen state. ”Harlan, I think it’s time you know my real name and about me in general…”

He looked towards her, noticing that she was glancing at his expression. A few seconds later, what she had said was understood. “Time to know your real name?”
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“Time to know your real name?”

She nodded in the dark before realizing that he might not be able to see it so she decided to speak. "Yes, my real name," she murmured.

Then a short pause before she decided to speak up.

"My real name is Aria Ingrid Selene Liáng," she said softly. "My first names are both meant to be said together, which would make it Aria Ingrid; however, I had just shortened it to 'Ai'. My father had been the one to give me the English name. My mother gave me my Chinese name." Ai... no, I mean, Aria laughed lightly before continuing. "However, seeing as Aria Ingrid would be a mouthful and my mother was the only one who spoke my Chinese name, my father told me that he'd call me 'Ai' for short... when I was the one who kept insisting that I was the one who came up with that." Another pause as something flickered across her eyes. It was something close to that of sadness.

"My mother was targeted by the Gore Angels and my father had been working for them, but had quit awhile back. She was his last assignment but before he realized what was happening, he had fallen in love with my mother and my mother the same. Then, they eloped and had me... by accident. But they loved me all the same. My father by then, had been working for the Organization for awhile and had gained quite a bit of fame and became known as the infamous XIII, the black cat.

"My parents died when I was in my sophomore year of high school... well, I had just graduated junior year and was going onto senior year. By then, I had met a guy..." Her voice trailed off as she hugged her knees close. "He was the first one I actually had killed, but it had been all in self-defense... but it had been so close to my parents death that I had shoved away most of my emotions from that time... which is why I broke down that time I was in my apartment."

She stopped for a breathe and noted how tired she was beginning to feel. "But yes..." She looked over at Harlan. "Now that you know my real name, are you going to start calling me by it...?" For some reason, she had a rather sly grin on her face.
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As Ai mentioned that she was going to reveal her real name, Harlan remained silent. For all this time, she had another name that was hidden from everyone in GA? he thought, still wondering if Harlan was actually his real name. At least she has a full name. The only thing that I know was my first name, or the name that was given to me in that infernal hospital. He looked towards her as she began to speak to him.

"My real name is Aria Ingrid Selene Liáng. My first names are both meant to be said together, which would make it Aria Ingrid; however, I had just shortened it to 'Ai'. My father had been the one to give me the English name. My mother gave me my Chinese name." Ai... no, I mean, Aria laughed lightly before continuing. "However, seeing as Aria Ingrid would be a mouthful and my mother was the only one who spoke my Chinese name, my father told me that he'd call me 'Ai' for short... when I was the one who kept insisting that I was the one who came up with that." Harlan noticed that there was sadness in her eyes. Thinking of putting his arm around her shoulders, letting her know that he was there for her, he decided against it. She still had a lot of things to say before he could do something like that. Finally, after a few minutes of silence, Aria had carried on.

"My mother was targeted by the Gore Angels and my father had been working for them, but had quit awhile back. She was his last assignment but before he realized what was happening, he had fallen in love with my mother and my mother the same. Then, they eloped and had me... by accident. But they loved me all the same. My father by then, had been working for the Organization for awhile and had gained quite a bit of fame and became known as the infamous XIII, the black cat.

"My parents died when I was in my sophomore year of high school... well, I had just graduated junior year and was going onto senior year. By then, I had met a guy... He was the first one I actually had killed, but it had been all in self-defense... but it had been so close to my parents’ death that I had shoved away most of my emotions from that time... which is why I broke down that time I was in my apartment."


As she finished what she had said and hugged her knees, Harlan placed his arm on her shoulders and kissed her on her cheek. She looked at him and gave him a sly smile. ”Now that you know my real name, are you going to start calling me by it…?”

Harlan simply smiled at her back. “Of course I will use your name, Ai…” Wrong name, numbskull! “… I mean… Aria…" He kissed her on the lips again, liking the new name that she had. He hoped that he had a much better name than ‘Harlan’.
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“Of course I will use your name, Ai…” “… I mean… Aria…"

Aria smiled back as she giggled at the strange feeling that had gathered in the pit of her stomach. Finally, she was being called by her real name, especially by the one person she loves the most. She greeted his kiss before she pulled back.

"Harlan, shall we try getting in the GA database, of Damien's personal folders?" Aria asked, smiling mischievously. It was clear that after this mission, Aria wasn't going to go back to GA, she was probably going to end up staying with the Organization if this mission failed. But that would mean she would have to go back to New York City and take down Damien if she had to. But for now, she was going to check out the database for Harlan.

She got up and retrieved her laptop and laptop cooler and the plug as she connected it into the wall. The laptop started as did her cooler and as she curled back into bed, she clicked rapidly across the computer as soon as it finished starting up. Then, she had found access to the GA's website.

"Didn't know we had one?" she said before moving on. Then the screen became a bunch of code and letters that seemed all jumbled up. Then, a bunch of folders appeared on screen.

"Now, which folder shall we check first?" she muttered, mainly to herself as she scrolled through the list.
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Harlan saw Ai smile and giggle. Then, he felt something deep down inside of him. Something tells him that he was feeling the same thing that she was feeling. As he greeted his kiss, he slightly moaned as she pulled away. However, what she had said next caught his interest. ”Harlan, shall we try getting in the GA database, of Damien’s personal folders?” Realizing that this could help him figure out what his past life was, he simply nodded, his hand shaking with excitement. Finally, I am going to know who I am! he thought. When she got her laptop, she went onto the GA website, much to both of their surprises. When a few minutes passed, several folders had ”Now, which folder shall we check first?”

Without further question, Harlan replied. “The first thing that we should do is to have a look at Damien’s personal file and emails, just to check to see if he has truly betrayed us to Dr Harkess,” he started, raising his hand to his chin. “However, I want to get my amnesia problem sorted out.” He placed his finger on the laptop and hovered over his file. As soon as he clicked on it, so it could open, the error message saying that the file was corrupted and needed the leader to solve it.
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Aria only smiled at his moan before she went to retrieve her laptop. Indeed, making love in her home here sounds tempting but now was not the time, especially since she wanted to help Harlan find out his past. Mainly, Aria was secretly wondering about the woman in the car that Harlan had talked about. She bite back the words she was going to say when Harlan had spoken of it back in her New York City home, deciding that the right time will come when he will tell her. She hoped dearly that when he remembers, he wouldn't forget her and go back to the woman in his memories.

“The first thing that we should do is to have a look at Damien’s personal file and emails, just to check to see if he has truly betrayed us to Dr Harkess,” he started, raising his hand to his chin. “However, I want to get my amnesia problem sorted out.” He placed his finger on the laptop and hovered over his file. As soon as he clicked on it, so it could open, the error message saying that the file was corrupted and needed the leader to solve it.

"Sure," she muttered as she moved the mouse to open the folder in a new window, deciding she'll have to check it out later when Harlan had seemed thoughtful about his past. When he clicked on his folder, an error appeared. She only shrugged it off as she said softly, "Damien forgot that I'm his leader in hacking... although, he doesn't know it of course."

Aria clicked again but opened it differently. Soon, a jumble of codes and words lingered over the screen for another few seconds before the error was removed and was replaced with something that looked like a file. "Seems like the file wasn't corrupted after all," she whispered, looking up at Harlan to see his reaction to the papers and documents in the folder that concerned him. She mildly wondered what he was thinking or what could be running through his mind...
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As soon as Aria noticed about the file being corrupted, Harlan watched as she took the laptop from him. Damien forgot that I’m his leader in hacking… although, he doesn’t know it of course.” He watched his lover starting to try and open the file in a different way. He had to admit it, she was certainly much better at hacking than he was. He was someone who can do diddly squat with hacking. His area of expertise was explosives and surveillance. It was something that he hoped that no one could touch, not even Aria. Eventually, the error message disappeared and a file appeared. ”Seems like the file wasn’t corrupted after all.”

For a moment, Harlan remained silent. Finally, he thought, looking at the folder that was in front of him. I can finally get to know who I Am. Slowly, he brought his hand to the touch screen of the laptop and motioned the pointer to the folder, clicking on a document. As he looked through the file, he was disappointed. “It’s just information about me during the five years.” Just as he was about to give up, his hand accidentally clicked on an Adobe file. He looked at the opened file, seeing the same face of the woman that he was having flashbacks of. “No… It’s… it’s…” The last word that he wanted to say was stuck in his throat. It was as if it was choking him.
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“It’s just information about me during the five years.”

Aria couldn't say anything to that as she watched his hopes fall. What could she do? He was looking forward to seeing his past and find out who he is. After all, he doesn't even know his own real name, and yet the one that the doctors had given him was "Harlan". she's heard that he was named after a doctor that was working with him at the time.

Before she had decided that she was going to speak up, he accidentally clicked open an Adobe file.

“No… It’s… it’s…”

The image that had appeared was of a woman that Aria did not recognize. Feeling jealous that he knew prettier women than herself, she felt the sudden sense of loss. If he had been in love with her, then he would go back to her as soon as he regained his memories and she would become only part of his "new" past. However, she shoved those feelings aside to look at what Harlan was feeling. The feeling looked as if he was scared and worried at the same time, mixed in with several other emotions she wasn't sure of or didn't want to think about.

"H-Harlan?" she managed to ask, going to close to him, holding his shoulders so that he would look at her. "Are you all right...?" Worry touched upon her face as she looked scared that something might have been bad to have sparked an image that Harlan might have not liked.
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Harlan had thought that when he noticed that the files were made about him 5 years ago, his chances of finding out whom he was, the person that he can’t remember, a demon of his past, was long gone. When he saw the picture of the woman, he knew that Damien was instantly hiding something from him. Something that he didn’t want to store on a file in the GA database. The look that was on Aria’s face was something that he didn’t look at, for the first time since they’ve confessed. The only thing that he was looking at was the picture of the woman. Then, the name rang out to him in his mind, his demon calling out to him. Monica… “H-Harlan?” He felt hands on his shoulders, making him turn his head towards her. He saw the worry that was on her face, causing him distress and grief. He was seeing someone that he knew in his past and he was looking at the emotions from his lover. ”Are you alright…?”

Slowly, he shook his head. “Aria… I think something bad happened in my past. I had another flashback during my sleep where… where… where Monica was shot down by hitmen…” The realization of how he had obtained his amnesia was too much for him to bear. He brought his hands up to the sides of his face, lowered his head onto his lap and started to cry. “Why can’t I have my fucking memories back?” When he realized that the things that he had been seeing were real flashbacks of his past, his sanity was quickly going, making him enter shock.
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“Aria… I think something bad happened in my past. I had another flashback during my sleep where… where… where Monica was shot down by hitmen…”

She could only watch as the strong man she had come to fall in love with broke apart at the feeling of loss of identity and the feeling of knowing how he had caused his amnesia to happen. She pushed aside the laptop and closed it, leaving it on as Harlan brought his hands to his face as he spoke again.

“Why can’t I have my fucking memories back?”

"Harlan!" she exclaimed, pulling his arms apart to embrace him. She squeezed her embrace on him tightly, so that he would not lose himself in the swirl of emotions that was enveloping him. "Don't lose yourself...!" She didn't want him to lose himself over his emotions because otherwise, he'd become something different and she didn't want that, not at all. She wanted him for him, but she didn't want him to end up becoming like a shell... not when they were so close to their mission, especially because it was so close to their mission.

But also, she didn't want to lose the most important thing to her since her high school years.
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