A/N – this story is from Zane's perspective. I occurs after the events of 'I'll be seeing you'. I recommend that you read my previous story – which is a collection of one shots that look into Zane's mind – which help show my ideas of how he ticks, it's not necessary to read these, but it helps add a little more depth to this story. My plot for this is still quite flexible – therefore I am open to new ideas if you have any. I am looking for a beta if you're interested; just post it in a review.
I don't own Eureka or any of its characters – therefore no copyright infringement intended.
CHAPTER ONE – IN A MOMENT OF PANIC
The bed covers were splayed around them. He kept his eyes closed, yet the light from the morning sun danced behind his eyelids. He could feel her body wrapped up in his arms. Her soft, warm skin pressed against his. He nuzzled into her neck. He sighed in content and could smell her familiar scent – gunpowder and roses. His breathing caused the soft locks of her hair to tickle his face. He smiled into her hair and shifted closer. Held her tighter, as if she might disappear at any given moment. Everything was perfect…
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP….
The alarm on his phone startled him awake. He was sat upright on a chair in front of his desk. He had fallen asleep at work – again.
"Damn it!"
He shifted his arm off his desk – red-marked and numb from having slept on it – and grabbed his phone from his jeans pocket and turned off the alarm before looking at the time. Great. He had been asleep for nearly 3 hours, and had slept through two previous alarms.
He had started setting alarms every hour since that night in the sheriff's office where he kissed Jo, because ever since then she had starred in his dreams. Some dreams were a little steamy, some just typical days, these ones didn't bother him, he actually enjoyed them. No, it was the other dreams that disturbed him – the ones where she vanished or died… These dreams would wake him with sweats in the middle of the night – preventing him from further sleep, that is, until he got to work. But the annoying thing was he knew what caused these disturbing dreams – It was not seeing her through the course of the day, which occurred frequently considering the fact that she was avoiding him constantly.
He leaned back in his chair and stretched away his tiredness. He was trying to think of different ways to corner her so that he could talk to her, to get her to stop hiding from him – maybe he could let out a few other monkeys, change the frequency of a harmless invention – it had to be something that literally screamed 'Zane' when looked at… or maybe he could find a way to get a tracker on her so that he could-
"Zane!"
He stopped mid thought. He recognised the sound of that particular voice within a heart-beat. What the hell? Wasn't she supposed to be avoiding him? He quickly spun his chair around to face the door she had managed to sneak through without his knowledge – boy did she have Ninja skills! He looked up at the one named Jo Lupo, looked her up and liked what he saw, then gave her his best smirk.
"Oh I see. You've finished avoiding me now. Does this mean hell has frozen over?" It came out harsher than intended, but he wasn't in the mood. He was sleep deprived and he couldn't help but blame it on her a little.
The sudden look of sadness that washed over her face knocked him breathless. He had done that to her. He had hurt her that much in so few careless words. He immediately regretted what he said.
She stammered to find her words, but when she spoke them, they were full of authority.
"I was watching the security footage and saw that you had been slacking off. You had been sleeping during work – and that's not accep-"
She was cut off by the flashing red lights - that and the message that was playing on loop throughout the room.
"Warning. Global Dynamics is on system lockdown. Please remain where you are."
In a moment of panic she darted toward the door in a desperate attempted at escape, but was stopped in her tracks when glass walls and the door were quickly shut off by titanium shields…
A/N – So? Please give me your opinions in reviews. Criticism is welcomed and highly appreciated. And again if you have any ideas for a plot line they will all be helpful. And thanks for reading! :D
