Make Me Feel
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Chapter 28
Breakfast was very enjoyable though Otto couldn't seem to get used to the servants that hung around the doors looking like statues until something spilled or someone requested an item not present. Zachary had made sure to tell him that all of the servants, chefs, workers, maids, and chauffeurs had been told that an unusual guest was staying at the mansion and had been assured that he was harmless but they were not to tell anyone outside the house of his presence.
At first his children were paranoid of the two women standing quietly by the doors and it had looked as if the two women returned the feelings. But after about ten minutes had passed, everyone in the room grew used to each other. The meal was amazing and the two women (Anna and Sophia) attended to their every need with out a word spoken, but they seemed to enjoy their work, and also enjoyed doing everything they could to make the siblings and guest comfortable and happy.
Otto had been surprised when he had asked if there was any apricot jelly and Sophia had sprung to life and hurried out of the room, and then returned moments later with a small silver bowl of freshly made apricot jelly. Emily and Zachary had laughed at his surprised expression and they had assured him that he would grow used to it. Sophia had smiled briefly and pleasantly and had then hurried back to her station by the door next to Anna.
When they were all through eating Zachary turned to the two women (they looked to be in their late twenties, Anna was blond, Sophia was strawberry blond) and made a hand motion. The women then jumped away from the door and began clearing the table. Zachary then turned to his younger sibling.
"What did mamma want to talk to you about?"
Emily for a moment looked like she was in trouble and glanced quickly at Otto. The man noticed this and archived the look for future reference. But she straightened her long bangs and cleared her throat like a well-mannered young lady and smiled at her brother.
"Oh, she just wanted to ask me about the get-together she planned with Roberto for me."
Zachary looked up at her fiercely when she said this and Otto noticed the protective look in the boy's face.
"Who's Roberto?"
Emily smiled sweetly and batted her dark eyelashes clearly trying to play innocent. She looked over at Otto and winked. Turning back to Zachary she flipped her hair over her shoulder in a girlish fashion.
"Roberto is the son of one of mamma's investors. He's this really stiff and boring fifteen-year-old with no sense of humor and fancy hair. Mamma is trying to set me up with him because she thinks it will look good with the guy that's investing in her perfume line."
Otto couldn't help but chuckle at the girl's disgusted expression as she spoke of the boy. It was obvious that this was not something she was very thrilled about.
"I'm going out on a whim here, but I'm getting the impression that you don't like this suitor."
Otto propped is chin up on his hand and looked at the girl with his head lightly cocked to the side and an amused smile playing on his lips. Both Emily and Zachary paused to look at him and simultaneously thought 'He's so cute'. Emily broke out of her small trance and hissed through her teeth showing her true disgust to both men.
"I hate him! But every time I'm around him I have to play sweet and giddy and pretend to be interested. But God! All I want to do is strangle him. He talks with this voice full of no emotion and he acts like that being a boy automatically makes him better than me. He acts like that being a girl means I'm a…a…like I'm a flower. Delicate, helpless, and with out a brain."
She rolled her eyes and set her own chin on her hand with a disgusted huff. Not a happy girl.
"Sounds like an all around prick."
Zachary actually looked happier knowing that she didn't like the boy. But also looked upset the youth in question seemed so narcissistic. Older brothers, such complex creatures.
"You have no idea."
Emily squeezed her eyes shut and pinched the bridge of her nose. A habit inherited from her late father.
Zachary checked the clock on the wall and looked back over to Otto with a sudden grin. Emily looked up and frowned but then giggled while she wondered what could possibly going through her brother's head. Zachary turned to Anna and Sophia.
"You two are dismissed."
The two women nodded and left with out a word. When they were gone for sure, Zachary turned back to the older man grinning a mile a minute.
"Doctor Octavius, would you like to see the Batcave now?"
Emily gasped and clapped her hands together excitedly. She looked over to Otto for his answer. Otto smiled and his curiosity was excited, never in a million years would he have expected to actually see the legendary Batcave.
"Zachary, was that question even necessary?"
The teenager grinned and stood up pushing his chair in. He looked at Emily and smiled.
"Do you want to come along, Sis?"
Emily stood up and Otto followed both of their examples. The young girl paused to think and put her finger to her chin in the classic thinking pose.
"No, my friend Cassie wanted to come over today, and I need to come up with a really good excuse for why she can't. I'll catch you guys later."
With a little wave she smiled and walked from the room with a flip of her black hair. Otto walked over to Zachary who was still looking after his sister and wrapped his arms around the boy when he was behind him. Zachary laughed lightly and leaned back into the embrace.
"Zachary, you have no idea how excited I am. Just the idea of the technology and resources I'm about to see blows my mind. I can't even fathom it."
Zachary grinned and lightly pulled out of the large man's embrace and began leading the man away. As he led him he began explaining.
"I'm excited too, but I'm going to explain a bit about the cave. First off, it's freakin' huge and it's divided up into sections. There's the garage, weaponry, lab, and trophy room."
Otto looked over at the younger man with a raised eyebrow and curious look.
"Trophy room?"
Zachary grinned and nodded.
"Yeah, trophy room. Every time my dad busted someone for good, or was victorious in stopping a huge scheme, he would take something and put it in the trophy room. Normally it would be the bad guys costume, or a weapon they used or just something from their lair. He may have been the most morbid superhero, but in truth he was a real show off. Loved to show off the trophy room. Always kept every thing in clean glass cases and everything was labeled. When I was younger he would take me through there and tell me the story of everything he had ever 'won'. I loved listening to him talk about the battles."
Otto noticed the far off look on the boy's face and the dazed half smile on the young man's face. The youth was looking back on the memories of those stories and was remembering the way his father would physically show how he did a certain punch or a drop kick.
Zachary shook himself out of his reverie and opened a pair of large oak doors leading Otto into a large room. The room didn't seem to have any real purpose, just was filled up and decorated generously.
Zachary led him up to a large ancient looking grandfather clock. Otto watched in wonder and his tentacles swiveled around to watch the teenager as he opened the front of the clock to reveal a dark passage way with stone carved stairs leading down into the dark.
Zachary turned to the older man with a smile and quietly with out a single word, took the older man by the hand like a child, and led him down into the darkness.
End of Chapter
I'll update again tomorrow. I'm sorry, I kept getting kicked off and let back on the computer. It slowed me down a bit. Hope you like this chapter and thank you for reading. Please review!!
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