Zero's whole body jolted in shock as he felt the queen force her mouth onto his. He suddenly forgot all his hostility and merely froze in response to her startling action. His level of tension skyrocketed as she relentlessly deepened her heated efforts (if that was even possible). She further maneuvered her mouth over his to the point where he could feel her serpent teeth painfully press against his mouth. He felt as one of her hands gripped his shoulder and her other went around his neck. Then as one of her hands suddenly made its way down to his upper leg, his adrenaline pumped so hard that for a moment he thought he was going to have a heart attack.

He was appalled as he realized that as much as he wanted to, he couldn't bring himself to pull away. It was as if he had no control over himself and felt completely immobilized, being restricted from any sort of movement. All he could do was sit helplessly as the mind racking scene continued. Then just when Zero thought he couldn't take it anymore, the queen finally pulled back, bringing him tremendous relief.

This was short lived however, as he looked up at the queen standing in front of him. After giving her a hateful glare, he was prepared to give a harsh protest, when all of a sudden this strange feeling began to overwhelm him. He breathing hitched in his throat as an almost alarming sensation started to engulf him. His heart pounded in his chest, so hard that it became painful. He grunted as his whole body felt like in was becoming over heated and was on fire. He then startlingly and uncontrollably threw himself forward and fell to the floor. He then went into a generalized convulsion, slightly resembling a seizure, causing queen Nephthys to quickly step back. She watched in bewilderment, as the scene unfolded. Even she had no idea that that the potion would have such drastic side effects. Perhaps she failed to use it correctly, she thought to herself.

This frightening scene continued for only a few seconds, until the reaction ceased and Zero's form went still. His chest heaved up and down in exhaustion as the side effects subsided. He then sat up, which wasn't that easy with his arms tied behind his back, and was surprised to realize that he now felt perfectly fine, as if nothing ever happened. Even the listless result from the sedative seemed to have vanished.

Nephthys observed him for a moment, eager to see whether she was successful. But as she watched him stand up with his back to her, a disturbing thought struck her.

"What if it didn't work?"she thought. "For all I know this whole magical potion concoction could just be an outlandish hoax!"

All these troubling thoughts raced through her mind. It distracted her so much, that she didn't even notice that Zero had turned around and was now staring right at her.

As Zero's eyes fell on the queen, he knew that he should feel nothing but anger, hate, and disgust…, but suddenly all those feelings where gone. While being extremely confused, Zero seemed to lose focus on every logical thought he ever had. What used to be feelings of hate where now turned into feeling of…love?

Everything about this felt wrong, and Zero knew, even in his perplexed state, that it was wrong. But even so, he couldn't seem to control himself, not even his own mind. Something unnatural was drawing him to this cursed female, something beyond even his influential capacity.

When Nephthys noticed that Zero was looking at her in an almost awestruck state, she realized that she must have been successful and gleamed a sinister smile.

"I finally have him where I want him," she thought as she took a few steps forward. "So…what do you think of me now?"

In an almost fearful sense Zero slowly approached her, knowing he shouldn't, but being unable to control himself, walked until he was almost a foot from her. Then in a low voice he asked, "What did you do to me?"

While smiling, Nephthys happily shortened the distance between them by placing her hands on his chest. She then leaned in closely and whispered," The only thing that matters is that everything is finally the way it should be."

Suddenly Zero lost all his self-control, and before he even knew what he was doing, he reached out and grabbed her by her slim waist and forcefully pulled her up against him. This swift action surprised Nephthys but delighted her nonetheless as she urged him to continue. The heat of her against him seemed to further stimulate him. Then in one quick action, and being unable to control himself, he kissed her almost as hard as he could. Nephthys hands then moved from his chest and anxiously clutched his shoulders to deepen the effort.

Being caught up in the heated moment, Nephthys instinctively started backing up and began leading Zero over to her bed. Once the back of her legs touched the edge of it, she started leaning down, while pulling Zero right on top of her. Then when she reached down and began pulling up the hem of her skirt, once it was up to her thigh, something in Zero's mind suddenly snapped. In one quick movement he pulled himself off of her, abruptly got off her bed and stood up. Even in spite of the spell he was currently under, he was shocked and stood aghast at what he almost did.

"What's wrong?" Nephthys asked sitting up.

"I can't," was all Zero could bring himself to say.

Author Note: Sorry for the short chapter, but I just wanted this one to be based on Zero's first reaction to the love potion. I just want to make clear though, that nothing that Zero did was of his own will. He's literally being controlled. But even so, he still as his morals locked up deep down inside him, as shown by the fact that he was able to resist the evil temptation in the end. Of course, he's not out of the woods yet.

The next chapter will center around Zero's forming rescue party.