Make Me Feel

Disclai…NO! You can't make me say it! (-sticks out tongue-)

Notes: Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was grounded off of the computer. Any ways, Thank you anacsadder, mythical gurl, DocOcksGirl31, Phendrana, Pirate Goddess, and Moon Avenger for all reading and reviewing the chapter. I also thank anybody who read but did not review and anybody who hates it and refrained from sending me a flame.

Chapter 19

The next day when Zachary entered the kitchen Otto wasn't there. After a short moment of confusion he noticed a small note on the table that was being held down by the peppershaker. He picked it up without a moment of hesitation and began to read.

Zachary,

I am still here but I'm very busy working. It's going to be like this for awhile, possibly even for a couple weeks at the most. There is a plate for you in the microwave, just heat it up a bit. I believe I am close to a break through that will help you but I will have barely anytime for leisure. It would be best that you do not disrupt me. I don't know when I will be able to spend time with you and I am sorry.

Sincerely, Otto

After reading the note a second time he set it back down onto the table and checked the microwave. Just as it had said there was a plate of pancakes and breakfast sausages. He set a time and pushed start and went to collapse into one of the chairs.

A break through?

Doctor Octavius had found him a cure?

A sudden swell of unconditional love and utter joy came floating up through his chest like a bright balloon out of a dark hole.

He still hadn't thought of a way to thank and repay the older man for his room, how could he thank the man for something like this? Some thoughts of what he could do came into his mind straight out of the author's utterly perverted one and he immediately pushed all of those from his mind. Now how could he really repay the man?

Zachary was shook from his thoughts by the beeping of the microwave's timer. Getting up he retrieved his now warm breakfast and ate in a dead silence.

After he finished he put his dishes in the sink and retreated to his room where he dressed in the same clothes from the day before and quickly entered the place he retreated to when he listened to his precious headphones.

While Zachary was submerged in his private world Otto was working like a maniac. In the lab he was setting up the containment cylinder and making a control pad. The work had to be taken carefully and steadily in order to refrain from making any miscalculations. If he made even the slightest mistake in the end it could cost the life of an amazing young man.

Otto and Zachary spent their time like this for the next eleven days.

When the cylinder was complete along with the controls there was one last chore that had to be taken care of.

After getting a few hours rest and a brief but refreshing shower Otto approached Zachary's door and knocked. He waited for a moment and there was no answer and he knocked again.

The door opened and there stood Zachary wearing the same outfit he had worn the day of their first encounter. Zachary grinned at the sight of his boyfriend.

"Hey stranger."

Otto couldn't help but chuckle knowing it had been days since he had had any real contact with the boy whom he cared for.

He pulled the boy in for an embrace and a quick lip-lock. They stayed like that for a moment and then he released his hold on the boy.

"We have one last outing to make. Then, it will be time for you to be stabilized."

He stroked the young man's hair as he said this and felt his chest clench at the open hope and trust he saw in the boy's eyes.

"That's great! Let's get going then."

Otto just nodded and led the boy from the building once again. As they traveled above the towering buildings (Zachary wasn't cold for he had worn his coat.) Otto explained a bit to his boy.

"We will stop once at an OsCorp facility and then at a research center. There are a few special chemicals and fluids that are needed."

The research center was the easy one; Ock was in and then out with a metal box in less than a few minutes. The OsCorp one was similar strangely, because Spider-Man never showed and all Otto had to do was fight off a few guards. This made Zachary very edgy.

When they had arrived back at the warehouse Zachary turned to the older man with a very serious expression.

"That was way to easy."

Otto smiled at him reassuringly.

"Don't worry. We were just to fast for him. We were gone before he arrived."

Zachary nodded even though his face showed he was still worried. Otto left and spent the next hour putting the finishing touches on his machine as Zachary watched television.

Zachary looked up when the older man walked into the room wearing a very serious expression on his face.

"It's time."

Zachary suddenly felt very nervous. He followed the older man into the lab and looked up in awe at the great machine.

The cylinder was at least seven feet tall and two feet wide. The tube was made of glass and it had a wide base made of machinery. The top was the same way attaching to the ceiling and a large desk covered in machinery was several feet away.

"You'll need to undress to your boxers."

Zachary nodded in awe struck silence. As he undressed he thought of how familiar the cylinder looked but he couldn't place it.

He placed his clothes in a chair near the door and turned to Otto waiting for instructions. The older man was standing behind the keypad and was pushing various buttons.

There was a strange swoosh sound and Zachary watched the glass walls of the cylinder lower all the way into the base.

"Step up into the center."

Zachary did as he was told and watched as a moment after he took his place the glass walls raised back up into there former position and he was securely locked inside this giant glass tube. His pulse began picking up and he could see Otto standing outside of the tube and behind the keypad. The man smiled at Zachary calmly and pushed a button.

Zachary nearly jumped from his own skin as an oxygen mask fell from the ceiling of the tube and hung in front of him. He took the hint and placed the mask over his mouth and nose making sure the strap was tight and secure around his head.

Nodding Otto turned the room lights off and pushed another button turning on small lights at the base and top of the cylinder.

"Ready?"

Zachary looked up at him with his eyes filled with the utmost trust. He raised both of his hands and gave him double thumbs up.

Nodding and smiling Otto pushed many more buttons and watched as a pale blue liquid began filling inside the cylinder. In just less than three minutes the large tube was full and Zachary was fully suspended. He released a gas like sedative in through the oxygen and he watched the youth quickly pass out and hang limply in the blue liquid. The lights and the color of the fluid gave the dark room an eerie glow.

With the push of many more buttons three thin tubes dipped down from the ceiling of the cylinder and began releasing chemicals into the water. It looked like small bubbles at first. On the control pad there was a small screen that showed a light up version and outline of Zachary's body. The natural areas were shown in pale blue and the spreading stone in dark green.

In his intense concentration, Otto didn't notice the moving shadow near the ceiling of the room.

Until it was too late, of course.

End of Chapter

MUHAHAHA!!!! I wonder who that could be? Hmm…maybe somebody who will ruin everything? Guess we will find out in the next chapter! Thanks for reading and please Review!!

Stray-