~Evermore~ (Twilight x Yor)

Chapter-13 ~ Confrontation Part-2

Another romantic night between the lovebirds, equally cherished by both. But it was enough relaxing time now. The fact that there existed a traitor in WISE was crumbling Twilight's inner peace, especially since that traitor wants him dead and almost succeeded. The threat has to be dealt with and swiftly.

It was about 11 AM. Anya was off to school, Yor was off to the city hall and Loid to the hospital. Twilight was sitting in his office, calculating precisely on the probabilities of who was most likely to be the mole. Nightfall, even though very anti-social couldn't be the traitor since she was an ox of an agent, extremely hardworking. Handler was devastated by the war so there was no chance in hell that she would betray the organisation working towards preventing another war. Frankly certainly wasn't a mole since he wasn't directly working for WISE. Dawn, Dusk and Midnight even though rarely seen at the hideout had been working for WISE since a long time, even before Operation-Strix was set up, so the chance of them being moles couldn't make sense.

Nothing was adding up in his mind, he wasn't able to reach any significant results. However, he can't just do nothing. He had to give a report to WISE about the recent mishaps, and he still hadn't done that by then. If he would wait more, he'd certainly hear a lot from Handler. Choosing not to cause another conundrum, Twilight headed to the WISE base.

Firstly, he described the whole incident with the Desmonds and the SSS in detail to the Handler after convincing her to have a conversation with him alone. "Sylvia.. I'm telling you, there is a mole in WISE. This shit isn't adding up at all. Moreover, whoever this mole is, knows too much about Operation-Strix and wants me dead."

She glared at Twilight and smirked, "This simply isn't possible. Yes, there are many in WISE aware of Operation-Strix's existence and main motive. But the only personnel who are actively updated are you, me and sometimes Nightfall, only because she keeps on insisting to assist you in the mission. When I deny this again and again, she requests me for updates."

Twilight was perplexed, "Nightfall huh.... I got to keep an eye on her from now on... goddamnit she is a lot to handle."

There was one more thing confusing Twilight though, somehow, Handler wasn't shocked by the fact that Desmond had gotten shot. The only rational reason for this observation in Twilight's mind was that Handler was already aware of this incident or she was suspecting Twilight of defecting. However, the first option seemed more likely. Nonetheless, Twilight made the choice to be more attentive, cautious and diligent from now on.

Oh boy... this wasn't the only task on his to-do list for today. He still had to confess about the truth to Yor and for the first time in life, he had no idea of what to actually do. Yes, there was also an added risk of Yor going berserk and try to harm him or report him to the authorities. This was a very integral decision for both Twilight's life and career. He had to execute this properly or not do it at all.

It was about 7 PM. The Forger residence was lively and well. Anya was playing with origami crafts she had made in school whereas Yor was preparing stew and Loid pretended to read the newspaper, whereas in reality, he was nervous as fuck and was planning on how to go about his confession.

"Is this really the right thing to do? Should I finally accept that I have a chance of also living a real life.... or is this all nonsense which will steer me away once and for all from my career. What I have now, a loving family; a daughter and wife... I do want this... but the fate of millions of lives and children also depends on my mission. If Yor were to react negatively to this, I am done and so is Operation-Strix. Should I really trust Yor..... I mean we do love each other... in fact she's another motivation for me to risk my life for saving so many people, because she is also included in those many people. Yor is a respectable woman and I'm sure she will understand me, considering her prior occupation history. "

2 hours passed... there were regular everyday talks, dinner and the night green tea. Anya was just now tucked into bed.

"So... Loid how are you feeling today?" - she sat down beside him on the sofa and asked.

He looked at her with a completely neutral expression on his face,"Well... I am better. But there's something I need to discuss with you, Yor."

Yor gulped in nervousness and replied, "Sure... what is it?"

"My real name is not Loid Forger, I am known by many names, but my real name is Twilight. And yes, I am a spy."

She was confused, "Huh? Are you messing with me or what? I know I am dumb, but not that gullible!"

Before she could say anything else, he raised his voice, "No. I am not messing with you. It's about time you finally know the truth about me. I am not a doctor, I am a spy working for Westalis, precisely, for WISE. Here is the proof."

He took her to his room and showed her his WISE identity card and spy tool equipment which he had hidden away secretly.

"W-W-what... no.." - she ran away and locked herself in her previous bedroom, which was now the Forger guest room.

Loid expected some sort of similar reaction and waited for her outside the room. He could hear her sobbing voice... whimpering and sneezing.

It made him feel awful, but this was necessary, or else their whole relationship would've been a lie. After about 20 minutes, the door opened.

Yor came out, her cheeks wet with her golden stilettos in hand.

Twilight was now alert and shifted to his combat mode. "Look Yor... let's not try to have a situation here. Anya is sleeping next room.... please calm down."

"You.... sick man... your daughter or so you may call her your daughter doesn't even know who her dad is. You made me fall in love with you... wait not you, Loid Forger. You played with me, Anya and have with so many people. I won't forgive you for this, unless you give me a good explanation."

"Listen, Yor. It's true that my initial objective was to have you and Anya only as a fake family, you are completely right. But spending so much time close to you both, knowing you both more. I finally started to develop feelings. I love you both, my daughter and wife. I know I shouldn't... because I am a spy, but guess what... I do! And I can not help it. You both have given me more motivation to save so many people and yes... allow me to explain you why I started this family, in the first place."

He then proceeded to explain her about Operation-Strix.

"I know I should've disclosed this sooner, but I wasn't ready then. The truth is.. that I really love you and I would never want to loose you.. ever! I wasn't going to do you a mistreatment and keep this hidden for so long because if I would've done that, our whole life together would've been a lie. I have dedicated my whole life towards peace and maintaining peace only, but I've finally found one more motive for me to live and I really cherish it."

She was crying again now, but her grip on her stilettos was firm, "I- ... damn you... Twilight."

She jumped on Twilight with her stilettos aimed towards his neck. She was so fast that he couldn't even see her coming, so he just closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw himself on the floor, Yor crouching over him and get stilettos pierced through the wooden flooring.

"I love you, Loid.... no matter what you do, I'll always love you and stay with you. Please just don't lie to me or hide things from me.... I understand your aspirations... I can connect with you. I too had the same goals, as you know. But you have to promise me one thing... as soon as this mission is over... you will resign."

He shed some tears in happiness, "I promise. And, I love you too."

She finally relaxed her hands and hugged him, "I too cherish you and Anya a lot and will always protect you, no matter what. I always knew you were a good man with a great purpose, but realising how great that purpose truly is has made me love you more."

Loid kissed her on her cheek, "You are the best wife one could ever have. Thank you a lot... Yor... thank you."