Looking for family [Kyla]

[Kara Monroe]

Kara tracked her sister to this planet, she didn't understand why she would have come here. Perhaps it was the flowers, or the historic sight. She always thought she was the one that enjoyed history. Kara took a moment to just enjoy the sight, the flowers, the graves, each one tended to and taken care of. 'As it should be' she thought as she watched several people place fresh flowers. 'Something I should do for my parents.'

After their death, Kara never visited their grave, she always felt out of place, and knowing their death was at her hands, she only felt hate when she thought about traveling there.

To calm herself she looked at her hand, the flowers she had gotten to remind her of what she had done. Glancing up was when Kara first saw her, blonde hair, bright eyes. Yes, it was like looking into a mirror, it was her sister. Walking quickly Kara approached Kyla, she reached out and grabbed her arm spinning Kyla around to face her, when she turned, Kara removed her glasses and looked into her eyes. In that moment, it was the first time in 9 years the twins came face to face.

[Kyla Monroe]

[January 15, 2523]

It had been a fairly rough few months for Kyla, she had left the Nicodemus back on Persephone. A bit of bad luck as far as ships went, first the Silvana then the Nico. The young medic was at a loss with things as they were, so she decided to just travel for awhile; be a tourist. She bid a farewell to Martine, her captain and left the world behind.

In reality things had been fine, she'd visited many planets, met lots of folks. The ships she traveled on for passage loved her cooking, and they all had such wonderful stories.

Before Hera Kyla had been on Boros - things had gone not so well for her there. It was a bit hard to explain, but she ran into a bad group of folks. Men who were not very nice to the young woman, wanted to cause her harm. They had taken a few hits on her when she tried to fight back and get away, then the world around her had gone black. When Kyla 'woke up' she was leaning against the wall of the alley, her hands covered in crimson. The men who had hurt her were all on the ground, un-moving, not breathing. Being a medic she went to them immediately, but it was too late; they were all cold.

She had no idea what had happened, only knew the implications were that she had done this. But how? Kyla was no fighter, had no training - and yet the evidence was against her. It was maddening. She had left as quickly as she could. Unable to bring herself to leave her room at the inn for a few days, afraid of what might happen. What if the black-out thing happened again, but innocent people died that time? It was a dark time for her.

It took nearly a month for Kyla to even attempt to go on with things, leaving Boros behind as fast as possible. The ship she chartered was heading for Hera. Anywhere was better than Boros, it only reminded her of blood and death. She had been haunted by nightmares during that month, memories that didn't seem to be hers, but yet were so real. Ky had forgotten the first seventeen years of her life, was she remembering..or seeing hints of her past?

Kyla knew the history of Hera, it had it's own memories of blood and death. Sad times for many people. During her time on Hera she was visiting one of the memorials, there were so many of them. Despite the sadness in the history and her own past, the last few days had been starting to look up for Ky.

Suddenly someone grabbed her arm, making her jump. When she turned around it was nearly as though Kyla was looking into a mirror..the woman's hair was dark and the small star tattoos that lined her temples were not present. Other than that it was like she was an exact double of Kyla. The confusion and surprise was clear in the blonde's face as she stared. "You..you look like...me...how.." Her voice trailed off into silence, the shock taking over.

[Kara Monroe]

"Of course I do Kyla..." Kara smiled then hugged her close her eyes closing and a tear running down her cheek. "I'm your sister." She pulled away slowly and looked into her sister's eyes. She saw the shock, which was understandable, but she also saw something else. Was it possible her sister didn't remember her? Kara still held onto her sister's arms lightly.

"Come on Ky," She let go of Kyla's arms and lightly punched her on the shoulder, nothing changed in her sister's eyes, and the smile faded. "Xun dos naut ajak uns'aa?" She asked in their twin language, her heart falling in her chest.

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Xun dos naut ajak uns'aa? = Do you not remember me?

[Kyla Monroe]

The woman knew her name..and then pulled her into a hug. Despite the confusion and shock she hugged her back, feeling the falling tear against her cheek. Her sister..? She had a sister, a twin sister at that it seemed..Her mouth moved but no words came out, nothing formed in her mind to channel into speech. "You..know my name..My..sister?"

As Kara's smile faded Kyla took a few steps back, shaking her head lightly. "I..I don't know what you just said.." Pain began to slowly spread into Kyla's head, causing her to rub her temples a few times before looking back into the woman's eyes. "You're..my sister? I have a sister..."

It wasn't so much that she didn't believe her, the proof was in the woman's face which matched her own. It was just alot to take in, alot to process and Kyla was having a rough time with it. After all this time, she thought she was alone - but she wasn't.

[Kara Monroe]

"I.... I guess I have a good deal to explain to you...." Kara looked away from her sister and looked around the area, she had a team with her, they were all looking for Kyla.

"I am 15 minuets older then you Kyla. You left the Academy almost 9 years ago.. Is there someplace we can... Some place safer?" She asked her eyes still scanning around, she didn't want to kill those men in front of these people, they were here to morn.

[Kyla Monroe]

Kyla's eyes followed Kara as she looked around, but she didn't see anything. Nothing except other visitors to the memorial. Was she looking for someone? Her eyes widened as she revealed what might be part of Ky's past. Someplace safe..? They weren't safe here? She was incredibly confused, but also very interested. Her intuition said she could trust this woman, her sister..

"Uhm..well there's an ol' building over tha'away.." She said pointing to the old church which had been falling apart for years, possibly had been standing during the war. Long been unused however and not taken care of. "Afraid the place I'm stayin' is pretty far away from 'ere."

So they began moving towards the building, Kyla couldn't keep her eyes off of Kara. It was amazing, frightening - all at once. She missed a step, nearly falling. Luckily Kara had helped her regain her balance, Kyla smiled at her warmly. "Thank you.."

[Kara Monroe]

"Your feet were always a size to big." Kara smiled warmly in return and moved them along quickly to the church. Once inside she looked around the area, checking for access points.

"Kyla, what's the last thing you remember? Do you remember the escape? The Academy? Our parents?" She looked back at her sister and used her hands to check her guns, touching each one gently she relaxed and seemed to be at ease. She still carried a small .22 in the small of her back, the gun that killed her parents.

[Kyla Monroe]

Kyla laughed softly at Kara's comment while they continued on toward the church. Once inside she watched as her dark haired self walked around, checking out the area.

Then came the question, her headache got a little worse as she thought about it. Escape..Academy..Parents? No none of that, it's all been lost! It was all so frustrating now that she had someone standing in front of her that she should know.

Sighing Kyla finally answered the question after a moment, her face showed the pain her head was feeling. "Everythin' is gone from before I was seventeen. I woke up from a coma aft'r a year in a hosptal..."

She stared at the woman who was her sister, there was no arguments in Kyla's mind about that. It was curious, "What's..your name?"

[Kara Monroe]

"What?" Kara looked at her as though she had grown two heads, then almost like a switch she stood up straighter. "Kara Storme Monroe."

Convinced they were safe, for another moment or two she walked over to Ky and leaned against a support beam. "A man entered our shared room, and he gathered both of us up. The alarms sounded within the Academy, my leg had been broken from training, and I chose to stay so you could have a shot at a normal life.. The Academy killed our parents for helping with your escape."

Seeing the pain in her sister's face, her strong features softened, she pulled out a small packet, some pain pills, and a tiny bottle of water to wash them down. "Here Kyla, take these.."

[Kyla Monroe]

Kara, Kara Storme Monroe - it matched hers in a way, Kyla Rayne Monroe. Sort of poetic even. A smile crossed her lips as Kara walked over to her.

The smile faded however when she began to speak, talking about things that sounded strange and foreign to Kyla - yet oddly familiar in the back of her mind. It was very slight but it was there.

She smiled and took the packet and bottle from Kara, "Thank you.." Slowly tearing the pack open to reveal two pain killers, exactly what she needed. Her headache was getting worse for some reason instead of better. Quickly she took the pills, drinking some of the water.

Her focus went back to Kara, what she had said, it was alot to take in. The only reason she was believing it all was because it was mostly obvious that they were sisters, or this was a very strange coincidence. "Wha is the academy..an' why would we have needed to be escapin'?" Kyla shook her head a little, "Ya know how bizarre this all sounds righ?"

[Kara Monroe]

"As Bazaar as my sister not remembering anything that happened I would think." Kara smiled a little then shook her head.

"The Academy is where we were trained Kyla. It'll come back." Kara reached out and touched her arm again. "I'm not lettin' anythin' happen to you." The sad truth was, Kara made Kyla her mission, find her, keep herself. That had been the purpose of her entire life. Train, become better and stronger then the others around her. She wasn't the best by any means, but she was among the top 20. However, now she was only starting her purpose, and she found it coming naturally to her, she had planned for almost everything, except this.

"They trained us to kill Kyla, you escaped before the finishin touches on our trainin as a team. Do you still remember how to fight? You were amazin if your feet didn't get in the way." Kara said poking fun at her sister a little, and she even smiled to show the joke, in fact she started to giggle. "Remember how H.D. use to threaten to cut off your feet." Her smiled faded quickly and she cleared her throat, no, she wouldn't remember. "They were trainin us to be killers and to infiltrate colonies, and kill those that would oppose what was in the best interest of the Alliance."

Kara stood up straighter and shifted her weight from foot to foot, she was uncomfortable. She found her sister and she was happy, however, she found her sister broken, in a way, and she didn't know how to fix her.

[Kyla Monroe]

Kyla felt bad after being reminded about her lost memories, wishing she could remember.

She had been trained, but trained for what? Smiling softly when Kara touched her arm, she believed her words. There was safety with Kara. The question buzzing in her mind about the training was answered next, to kill.

That brought back Ky's situation on Boros, her face went a bit pale and her breathing shorter. It was like a bad dream. Could she have really done that to those people? According to Kara she was certainly capable. How could she not remember doing it though.

She heard everything else Kara was saying, but didn't react, she was lost in her thoughts. The fear inside her that maybe she was some sort of monster who killed all those people on Boros.

Kyla's voice came out a whisper, "Why wouldn't I remember any of tha'...how can I jus forge' all of it.." Holding her hand against the temple of her face she slipped down, sitting herself on the floor. The look in her eyes showed the loss she was feeling.

[Kara Monroe]

Kara knelt down and pulled Kyla into her arms hugging her close. "I don't know baby sister, drugs, injury, there is a number of things." Slowly she let go and looked into her eyes again. "What aren't you tellin me?"

Kara could see the look in her eyes, it was the same look when they got caught stealing cookies, or after they beat up the Murdoc boys, that look of lost, disgusted look. Perhaps the memories were faded in part because Kyla hated that part of herself. Kara knew for sure she hated that side of herself. Perhaps that was it, or perhaps that man did something to her. What did he have? Pills, he wanted them to take pills when they were free of the Academy. There were several reasons, they would have to look into them when they had more time.

[Kyla Monroe]

[[Perhaps Kara saw some news headlines? ]]
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She let Kara hug her, clinging back into her even as a few tears fell from her eyes. Kyla had to try and explain that she might have killed six people, even though she had no memory of it. "A lil' ova a month ago I was on Boros...I ran inta some folks, some bad ones. I don remmber anythin' cep they were bad an' a couple hit me...Then it was like I woke up, an'..an' they was all dead." More tears came to her eyes as she explained, pausing to look down at her hands. Rubbing them together like they were still dirty.

"Ther was blood all ova my hands..me..but I dint remmber anythin' was all gone. I dint know...I did tha? With wha you said..I..I kill't those people.." Kyla began to shake a little, she was upset. Trying to take everything in all at one time, it wasn't working out well for the young blonde.

Kyla looked up at her sister as the tears ran down her cheeks, "'ow can I kill six people an' not remmber a thing..."

[Kara Monroe]

"Shhhhh" Kara smoothed her hair softly. "Nothin that happened was your fault Kyla, if you killed someone, then its cause they deserved killin'. In training, you never hurt anyone unless it was a last resort, i refuse to believe you would kill unless it was the last option."

Kara tilted Kyla's head up to look at her, she wiped the tears away. "We can talk more about the Academy, training, and everything else once you are feeling better." She smiled at her and thought 'I lost you once Kyla, never again.'