Authors Notes: I tried to do a one shot...I failed lol. May I introduce you to part 4. You're welcome ;)
Drive
Chapter 22
Surprise!
Dareth smiled at the customers and nodded his head before giving them their drinks. The ninja sat in the corner eating dinner, and on occasions one would get dared into going on stage alone and singing. He propped his arms up onto the counter. Danny sat over with them near Zane and Pixal. She had talked to them earlier about what it was like being a nindroid and what she could do about it. Wasn't much mind you, but it felt better to talk to someone who had the same situation as she had. She had been slightly ill lately. At first she was a little melancholy about it and didn't feel like Dareth would still want her since she wasn't human anymore. But he proved to her that it wasn't the case.
Dareth realized that Danny had been having such a good time with them that she didn't even realize that their was a storm going on outside. It was pretty gnarly too. Dareth grabbed a wet rag and started to buss the tables and take the glasses back over to the sink. He walked over and picked up a few of the empty glasses from the ninja's table.
"Hey there sweetheart." Dareth said setting another glass of sweet tea with a lemon down in front of her. She blushed and smiled at him. Her blond hair fell down into her face to hide the blush.
"Dareth you got it good. When a girl still blushes at you for no reason months after you start dating...you still got the moves." Cole said. Dareth chuckled and ran a comb through his hair.
"Yeah and it helps with the fact that I'm drop dead handsome too." Dareth said putting his comb back in his back pocket.
"It helps that your kind, and funny, and you…" She squeeked when there was a loud crack and the lights went out. Everyone in the room freaked out for a moment. Their was pushing and shoving and people falling into each other. Their was a loud pop noise. Finally after a few moments their was calm. Kai stood up using his hand as a torch.
"Everyone alright?" He called out and looked around. Jay and Nya were standing close, Lloyd still looked half asleep, but smiling, he turned to look at Zane and Pixal...but Zanes chair was overturned as was the table.
"Zane?" Kai looked under the table were he spotted Danny she was rubbing her head. She had been sideswiped in the panic ands hoved into Dareth...who also fell into Zane. To Kais amusement there lay Zareth. Danny rubbed her head and looked around at the others and then looked down at the glowing blue eyes just inches from her face. She gasped and sat up, her hand in front of her face and the look in her eyes told him that she wasn't aware of what had just happened.
"Hey babe...nice to see you again." He said. He could see the tiny bump on her head that she got from hitting the table on the way down. "You okay?" He reached up running his fingers over her head. She grimaced and looked at his hand. Their was no blood so she supposed she was okay...right?
"Yeah I think so." She looked up at Nya. She sat down beside her hand began to feel along her forehead plate and shook her head. Danny gasped when she felt something cold on her forehead. Zareth had went and got a small bag of ice. He looked around at the other people. A lot of them had panicked and left, while some still sat down to finish their beverages. He walked behind the counter and pulled out a box and started to put candles on the table and lighting them. It at least brightened up the place.
Finally all the guests had left Pixal and Danny stayed behind to help clean. Zareth had begun to put the chairs on top of the tables. He looked slightly tired. Danny had heard that fusing was exhausting sometimes when its forced, but if they did it by choice their minds were prepared for it and it wasn't as tiring. But this was not only tiring, but she had bumped into them to cause it. She felt incredibly clumsy and she really wanted to apologize, but didn't want to seem like she wasn't glad to see Zareth again in a non threatening environment. Their vacation had been ruined, and they weren't able to finish it because her body was destroyed. She looked down at herself and sighed. It had been close to a year since they had first met. It was still warm outside, and the changes in the weather had provided more storms.
Pixal looked up seeing Danny sweeping near the door and Zareth was cleaning the counters. They were almost done. She wiped her hands on a towel and let the dishes dry. She reached over to the radio and turned it off. Zareth looked up and ran his arm over his head.
"Hey I was listening to that." He said with that prize winning smile. Pixal looked over at Danny who also looked slightly upset.
"Could you two be any more similar." Pixal smiled and walked over to Zareth. "I will leave you both to it. Its stopped raining now. I will see you later." She said hugging Zareth before leaving. Zareth chuckled and shook his head.
"Pixal...wait for him yeah?" Pixal turned and nodded. "Your perfect for him you know. He says he loves you." Zareth chuckled when she smiled in return. She was a little less bashful then Danny. A lot more verbal about her emotions toward her boyfriend.
"And I love him too." She said in return before picking up her umbrella and left. Danny brought the broom over to its usual place and sat down at the bar. Zareth leaned over and looked at her.
"I'm sorry I bumped into you...and made you fuse again." She decided apologizing was best. "N...Not that I'm not glad to see you I'm j…" Zareth reached over and put his finger against her lips and shook his head.
"It was an accident babe. No harm done. Well...sort of." He tapped her forehead. Their was a bruise rising from her sythaskin.
"Does it look bad?" She looked down at the reflection on the counter. She couldn't really see it through the black marble.
"Not really. Don't worry about it babe. It just gives us a chance to catch up." He said and turned on the radio again. He hopped over the counter and offered a hand to her. She smiled and took it. His fingers were so large around her tiny hand. He spun her around and dipped her.
"So how long have I been gone?" He asked seeing her in a shirt. "Must be warmer outside then when I left in the winter.
"Its been almost a year since we met." Danny told him.
"I've been gone for six months!" Zareth said and picked her up and spun her again. Danny giggled her hands on his shoulders. The music changed from a fast tune to a slow one. He put his hand on her hips and she put hers on his shoulders.
"Nothing to big happened actually. Well nothing with me and Dareth. I don't really ask about Zane and what he does with the ninja. I figure it would be rude to ask other then the usual 'hows it going' sort of thing. I know he and Pixal have gotten closer...somehow." She said and smiled. "He'll sneak kisses when he things no ones looking." She giggled and her smile disappeared slowly.
"Babe...Dareth loves you. Don't ever think he doesn't."
"Oh its not that. Its just...I'm still getting used to this body. I don't think I ever will. Sometimes I'll get some weird readings and I can't explain them because I don't really know how to begin. Its almost like somethings...missing." She said and shrugged her shoulders.
"Have you spoken to your sister about it?"
"Yeah...she says its probably the ghosts." Danny said and shrugged her shoulders.
"Ghosts?" Zareth was confused now.
"Yeah the ghosts you feel when you still think your human and think you can do human things." She shrugged her shoulders and giggled walking forward hugging him.
"Miss me?" He asked. He couldn't explain it, but she was different somehow, a little more confident, a lot more herself. She didn't have to look over her shoulder constantly looking for people who were out to kill her just to get to him.
"Yes I missed you." She said pulling away and looking up at him.
"Ah...still short though." Zareth said. Danny gasped and swatted him.
"You're the one who told me not to change that." Zareth laughed picking her up and swinging her around. He stopped and set her down and looked around for a moment.
'I am detecting unsafe amounts of C02.' Zane said Dareth gasped looking around at Danny. 'It will not affect her, she isn't human.' Zane said.
'What about me?' Dareth asked.
'It has already begun to affect you.' Zane said.
Zareth was beginning to feel sick. He stood up from his slouched position and grabbed Dannys hand.
"We gotta get out of here. The CO2 levels are…" He lurched forward expelling the contents of his stomach everywhere.
"Zareth?!" Danny ran a cloth over his face. "Come on lets get…" Danny looked up to see what appeared to be an android. The same that she had encountered before. But this one actually smiled. The others except 4 and Midnight actually showed any form of emotion. Zareth looked up just in time to see a man in black light a match.
"My master wishes to see you…" He said just as he threw the match down. Zareth turned and grabbed hold of Danny and turned. The explosion rocketed them both out the window and into the building across the street.
They both hit the brick building and landed in the street. Danny could hear the fire truck sirens when she woke up. She could feel the rain drops hitting her. She couldn't really hear much except the fire engine as it pulled up. She slowly got up onto her knees. She turned her head it felt and looked like everything was in slow motion as she did so.
"Zareth…?" She looked around to see Zareth a few feet from her on his side. A large chunk was taken from his upper arm. It sparked, and popped from the water exposure. "Zareth!" She rushed over to him and rocked him onto his back. His hair on one side was charred and blackened.
