Author's Notes: Takes place during the episode 'The New Order', and it's told in Omi's point of view. Pre-slash – you've been warned, so if you don't like it, don't read it.

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"I didn't realize it was visiting hours," his smooth voice shook me to the core, and I tried my best not to meet his eyes. The eyes of Chase Young have a most curious effect on the rate of my heart.

"I… I have not come to visit."

Darn it, I looked, and I was sure he could see how odd I was feeling. Why must it be that his smile sent shivers down my back? Was it because he only began to grin when he saw me, or was it because I liked his smile? Was it both? I did not know. Very few things are clear when it comes to Chase Young.

"So why are you here?" he asked, looking into my eyes with something like desire.

Later on, I would figure out why. At the time, I was simply confused by the subtleties his voice was laced with, the twice meaning of his soft tone. What was it that Chase Young wanted from me? There was a way his eyes were narrowed a smirk to his smile that I did not trust. I should have known then what was going on.

I answered, "To rescue you," and used the Reversing Mirror before this teasing of his could go any further. I did not sneak out of the temple to play mind games.

The blast was not unexpected, and when the smoke cleared I felt myself awestruck for a second over his calmness and elegance as he watched glass fly by him in every direction. If it had been me, I would have been frozen with fear or else screaming. Chase would never scream. For a moment, I admired his calm. Then I remembered he was the enemy, and regained some of my composure… Until he spoke, his voice washing over me like a corrupt song.

"And now, there's something I must do," Chase Young said, feet touching the ground gently.

For a moment I felt my heart soar, and I did not then know why. A strange sensation captured my heart for the hundredth time since I had met him, although I did not understand why it suddenly became harder to breathe. Maybe he would be thankful. Maybe there was good in him. Even though it was foolish, I imagined for a moment he would stop being evil. Such a foolish thought, but I wanted him to be by my side… I mean, the GOOD side! Yes, that's what I meant! My face grew red as I realized what I had just been thinking. The idea of Chase Young by my side was outrageous!

"Thank me?" I asked, hoping my thoughts did not show on my face.

He shattered my hopes in two words.

"Destroy you."