365 Days of Drabbles: Day Fifty-Five
For shadur: "One of your characters, victorious, and wishing they weren't."
"Please, I don't even know who that person is!"
"She's you. Faces can change, but gene scans never lie," Tez said, holding up the amulet, blinking green as it tasted a drop of each of their blood. "You changed your face, even erased your memory, but you can't escape your fate. Not after what you did to your mother."
"Please, I've got..." She let a screech as the injector entered her vein. "I've got... I've... Oh gods..." Then, abruptly, she began sobbing.
"You remember now."
"I was Swan. I hurt Mother... I'm... Sorry."
"I know," he sighed, drawing his knife.
"Please, I don't even know who that person is!"
"She's you. Faces can change, but gene scans never lie," Tez said, holding up the amulet, blinking green as it tasted a drop of each of their blood. "You changed your face, even erased your memory, but you can't escape your fate. Not after what you did to your mother."
"Please, I've got..." She let a screech as the injector entered her vein. "I've got... I've... Oh gods..." Then, abruptly, she began sobbing.
"You remember now."
"I was Swan. I hurt Mother... I'm... Sorry."
"I know," he sighed, drawing his knife.