Technicolor Dreams
Chapter: 6
A Time to Heal
Here's another chapter. So far so good with beating my writer's block so hopefully it's gone for a while.
Lina peeked out of the dirty and broken window of the abandoned building she had ducked into about an hour ago. She had ran, leaving Zelgadis to fight Xellos, and hid in an old warehouse. 'I wonder if he's still out there,' she thought as she tired to look further down the alleyway. After about five more minutes she moved from her hiding spot and out of the building. She slowly made her way back towards where she and Zel had split up. She looked around the corner to see Zel face down in a pool of some kind of blue liquid. She ran towards him while saying, "Zel! Zel, say something!"
She was barely able to roll him onto his back because of his weight. After getting him on his back Lina discovered that the blue liquid was actually Zel's blood. She wiped some blood away from his face before lowering her ear to his mouth. She felt, as well as heard, his breath raspy and slow come from his mouth. She pulled back and looked around; thinking she might of heard something. She looked back down at Zel and said, "Well I need to get you to shelter before someone finds us."
She tried to lift him but to no avail. Zelgadis body of stone and demon was too heavy for her to lift. Lina huffed for a moment after straining her body. She then looked at Zel while complaining, "You would think that being a cyborg would at least give me some edge over a normal human."
Lina tried to move Zel again but didn't get him more than a few inches before she had to stop. She breathed for a moment as she looked down at Zel. As she looked at him she noticed a slip of something sticking out of his pocket. She pulled the piece, of what she found to be paper, out of his pocket and unfolded the slip. She looked at the words on the slip for a few seconds before saying, "Lina program, activate? Level one?"
As soon as she finished saying the words she heard, as well as felt, this buzzing in the back of her head. She grabbed her head as a severe pain shot though her brain. She crumpled to the ground and curled up into a fetal position as the pain ran down her spine. After about five minutes Lina moved from her position and stood up. She looked around for a bit and noticed that her vision seemed even sharper. She looked back down at Zel and asked, "What the hell was that?"
She knelt down to Zel and checked him again. He was still breathing unevenly but he was still with her. She placed her arms under him while thinking, 'Let's try this one more time...I can't just leave him here in the streets.'
After Lina got her arms into position and then pulled. To her surprise she lifted Zel up in a cradled position with a small amount of strain. She looked down at Zel and then at herself before saying, "Whatever it was that happened I'm glad it did. Now I feel like I can do anything."
She carefully carried Zelgadis' unconscious form into the warehouse she had been hiding in and laid him down. She then grabbed and old covering cloth and laid it on the floor. She then moved Zel onto the cloth and went back outside the warehouse to find a source of water. She found and old bucket and a water spout so she could fill the bucket. She brought the bucket into the warehouse and set it beside Zel. She then tore a piece of the cloth and dunked it into the bucket. Lina then rung out the cloth before, slowly and carefully, cleaning the blood from Zelgadis' face. She lightly smiled as she finished cleaning his face and then sighed, "Even the mighty composer needs someone to take care of him sometimes."
After finishing her cleaning job Lina began to make bandages out of some more old cloth she found. She bandaged up the top of Zel's head where most of the damage had been taken. Lina then sat down beside Zel and just watched him as he breathed in and out. 'I can't take him to a hospital the Kenjo goons will be on us in a minute. And, I'm no nurse so I guess all I can do is watch him and hope for the best,' Lina thought as she sighed.
Lina continued to watch Zel as the sky began to darken outside. Seeing this Lina found some old shipping crates and pallets from which she could make fire wood. She broke the old crates up and stacked the wood up near Zel's unconscious form. She then started a fire to keep her and Zel warm as well as a source of light. After getting the fire going Lina resumed her watch of Zelgadis as she began to speak, "Look at me I'm helping the guy that I so hated just days ago. I should've just left him for dead but...he did stand up for me."
As Lina was looking out of a window she heard a slight chuckle. She quickly turned to see Zelgadis' eyes crack open and heard his raspy reply, "I love you too Lina."
Lina looked at Zelgadis as her face turned as red as her hair. She sputtered at him as a smirk made it's way across his face. As he closed his eyes and sighed she shouted, "I ought to finish you off for a comment like that," while she straddled Zel's middle and grabbed his collar.
Zel smirked as Lina pulled him up slightly by his collar and threatened him. He then opened his eyes and looked right at the enraged girl above him. "I don't know if I like this reaction or the one you had with the kiss scene in the last episode I composed," Zel replied to tease Lina a bit more.
Lina blushed even more at Zel's comment as the memories of the event came to her. She turned her head and stuttered, "I...I...well you caught me off guard."
Zel smiled as Lina refused to look at him. He slowly began to sit up, propping his body on his right arm, before looking at Lina and whispering, "Just as I've caught you now," before lightly kissing her as she turned towards him.
Lina was so surprised by the move that she didn't react. She allowed herself to be kissed as the shock ran though her body but she couldn't help but think, 'I kind of like how he kisses.'
After a few minutes they separated and just looked at each other for a while. Lina then lowered her head and whispered huskily, "I want more," before capturing Zel's lips with her own.
Zel's eyes opened wide for a moment before slowly shutting and allowing himself to enjoy the moment. Her slowly, but passionately, kissed Lina back as his mind thought about many things that could go wrong. 'I better enjoy this while I can. Next, thing I know she'll want to kill me again,' Zel thought as he ran his tongue on Lina's lips.
Lina felt Zel's tongue ask for permission to enter and she allowed him as she was overtaken by the passion. Their tongues met halfway and danced with each other as the passion that consumed them continued to rise in there bodies. After a few more minutes they broke apart and Zel smiled while saying, "Does this mean a truce for now?"
Lina laid her forehead on Zel's and whispered lowly, "For as long as you can kiss that well."
Zel sighed as he wrapped his arms around Lina's body and shifted so that they were laying side by side. Zel then rested his head on Lina's shoulder before lightly nuzzling her neck. He heard Lina sigh as he continued his attention to her. After a few moments he pulled back and said, "I love you Lina."
"I love you too Zel," Lina answered as she rested her head on Zel's chest before saying, "We should probably rest for now and begin again in the morning."
Zel nodded and replied, "That would be wise," before cupping Lina's chin to bring her eyes to him. He then whispered, "We have tonight," before lightly kissing her again.
Lina returned the kiss as she thought, 'To think the man I thought I hated is the one I fall for. Oh well his mine now that I know this,' and continued to love her time with Zel as the cuddled deep into the night
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