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Iridescent lullaby

Chapter 13

Faking

Dane watched the toddler walking around the apartment. Her hair was wet now from a bath wearing one of Dr. Spencers long pajama shirts tied off at the ends so she didn't step on them. Now that he could see her better there were blotches of different colors all over her body that just won't wash off. Given her elemental power they were probably bruises, The heavier and more darker colors were around her wrists where she said she was tied up so she would stop squirming.

The little girl Dr. Spencer had been calling Nina had her hands and nose pressed against the fish tank. The slow smile crept onto her face. She bounced up and down and took Danes hand and pointed to the fish. She was incredibly excited to see them.

"Yes, they're fish Nina." Her bottom lip poked out and she glared up at Dane. Something seemed to upset her.

"Inky." She said balling up the shirt in her hands. The anger on her didn't scare Dane actually it looked kind of cute.

"Inky?" Dane asked.

"Its the name she prefers." Spencer said bringing over some sandwiches and tea. Inky gasped and sat down. "I'm sorry this is all I can give. I'm not used to having guests." Dane looked down at the food and scanned it. Ham, cheese, lettuce, tomato, rue bread, and mayo. Wasn't that what humans always made?

"Its alright Dr. Spencer." He said taking a bite and looked at the young girl who had mayo along the side of her cheek. Her sandwich had been cut into halves.

"Why didn't you tell Danny about her?" Dane asked. Spencer laughed.

"You mean Danny? My Danny? The one who forgets her phone half the time? Nah. She...She doesn't want me around anymore so I just...let her go where she wanted." She said looking down at her sandwich. "Archibald took her, and my sons away from me. Feeding them lies, telling them I was the one who wanted them to go away." She sighed putting the sandwich down.

'Mom…' Zane whispered. Dane could hear him. A lone tear ran down his face. Spencer noticed.

"Oh you don't have to cry for me. He tried to take away my Nina too. But you brought her home. You rescued her from whatever they were going to do to her." She said and looked down as Inky smiled up at her. Her face was now covered in mayo.

Dane chuckled holding out a napkin. Inky tried her best to wipe it all off. She only succeeded in spreading the chaos. Spencer laughed pulling out a new napkin and wiped her face.

"She doesn't talk all that much though."

'Rude.' Dareth hissed

"Oh thats because she's not got all her vocab in yet. She can say simple words like mom and dad or her name. Things like that. We wanted her to grow like a normal little girl. Even though she's a week old." Dane nearly spat out the sandwich he was chewing.

"A week!" He ran his hand over his mouth. He looked at Inky who held up one finger with a smile.

'They're going to come for her.' Zane said.

"They're going to come for her." Dane mirrored what Zane said.

"Yes...I know. He always does. He won't let anyone be happy if he is not." Spencer said picking up her plate and walking into the kitchen to put it in the sink.

'What about Danny?' Dareth asked.

"What about Danny?" Spencer looked up and shook her head.

"Dead...most likely." Dane stood up and marched over to Spencer. He leaned in and sighed. He actually didn't look to angry. Just persistent.

"I can't allow that to happen. She's...She's a friend."

"So you wish to find her? Then what? Toss her aside like many males did to me? Even my son. My little Echo is on his father side knowing perfectly well what is going on with Julien."

This caught Dane off guard stepping back away from the woman.

"Zane wouldn't let this happen. Zane wants his sister back. Dareth wants his best friend back and I want...I want to see Danny again.

Spencers face changed from despair to that of a cocky smile.

"So...which one of you loves her?"

Dane stepped back.

'How?' Dareth asked.

'She's my mom...she probably took a sample.' Zane sighed.

"Yeah okay...now what?" Dane said watching as Spencer pushed a picture to one side and pushed a button. The entire room changed into something more akin to that of a military base.

"Now...we fight."