Authors Notes: I'm horrible with fic titles. If you've noticed I use song titles. 'Iridescent' is from Linkin Park. 'Rainbow Machine is from 'next gen' soundtrack.

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Iridescent Lullaby

Chapter 17

Noise

Archie sat there looking over Danny as she slept. He had moved Dane to the bed next to Danny. After a little while of them laying next to one another Dane seemed to gravitate to holding her tightly to him. Danny's own arm around him. It stayed like this for close to three days. He scanned them periodically to ensure that they were alright. Danny's brain waves, and Danes Algorithms over those three days began to go from as separate as seperate could be to being exactly the same as if they decided to sync up everything.

After the third day Danny opened her eyes instead of moving away from Dane in a hurry like she did the first time. She kicked Dane off the bed last time. This time she seemed to burrow into him deeper. Dane gasped holding his head.

"Ow…" his eyes fluttered down to Danny who seemed to cling harder to him. Almost afraid he'll notice her. But notice her he did. He put his arms around her hips and pulled her up more so his chin could rest on her head.

"I gotcha." He whispered. He could feel her sadness, her loneliness, and he couldn't figure out why.

Danes fingers ran over her head. Her hair was chopped off oddly. As if the person who did it was having run with her as they did. Dane looked up at Archie.

"Can you...do something about this?" He asked. Archie slowly smiled and nodded.

"Yeah why not."

"My hair?" The words were hoarse. Danny coughed and put her head back down.

"Of course your hair. You'll be fine. I won't leave you...you can trust Archie." He slowly pulled back from her grasp. Archie looked slightly amazed when he sat that the other arm that had been tucked under them was firmly within Danes. What was amazing was the size difference. Danny's small hand fit perfectly between Danes first and thumb. She was so dainty. Dane let her keep holding his hand.

Archie brought a seat over and motioned for Danny to sit down. He brought over a towel and put it around her shoulders. Dane himself sat down on the bed and smiled at her. Something popped and hissed on his side and he pulled out a brush and began to brush her hair lightly so not to harm the bruising around her head. She could see herself in the mirror on the vanity by the window. She gasped looking at her face, and hair. Everything seemed so sunk in.

"Oh look at you dove. So sad...it's alright." The soft voice was in the doorway. Midnight stood there with a smile on her face. "You're alright now, you're safe and sound. Dane there won't let anything happen." She said walking over with some soup. Danny gasped as she saw hair fall down onto her hand. She began to shake.

"No no no…" Dane took her hand. Getting down on one of his knees looking up at her. His soft hand running along her cheek. "I'm here." oh the sadness in her hair caused his own to hurt. "My Dannygirl." He whispered. Her eyes closed and she leaned into his hand. She could feel the scissors again. The flecks of hair falling to her skin, but her eyes opened and looked into his.

"No more tears." He told her.

Danny heard a soft buzzing noise as Archie ran it across her hair and smiled as he began to brush out the rest of her hair. One side had been buzzed while the other side had been given a wavy curl to it. It wound around her neck and shoulders while the other side seemed to be devoid of anything. She looked in the mirror and smiled as she saw the small stars that had been cut into her hair along the area that had been buzzed. It wasn't much, but it was what Archie could do.

"Here...you can have one of my shirts. It's a...day off shirt." She held up a black shirt with stars bursting from one shoulder to fan out across the chest. The pants were black as well, with boots.

"If you are going to have that kind of haircut...might as well show the part." Midnight said.

"They...ruined me…" Danny said going into the bathroom. Coming out again with the cloths on.

"They might have ruined you...but show them...you are better for it." Dane said taking her hand and smiled down at her.

The building shook. The confusion set in for a moment.

"Someone's kicked open the door." Midnight ran over and pushed open the closet. "Go Archie...show them the way out."

"But what about you?" Archie asked.

"It doesn't matter...I'll hold them off...you three run." Midnight was serious.

"I…"

"Go!" Midnight's leg opened up and steam poured out as she pulled out a shotgun. "I'm not a nindroid. Now go." Archie kissed her cheek and they ran into the closet and down the staircase.