Encounters & Alliances

After a few days of rest and medicine, King was back up on his feet and ready to go. Blade had finally decided that it was time to tell them both what Zoë had told him.

Abby came running into the room with Zoë and King came in and tickled them to ground. Blade watched somewhat disgusted by it, but still it made him smile. Blade got Abby and King to stop and then sent Zoë out of the room.

"Zoë told me something I think you guys deserve to know." Blade saw how very flustered Abby was from running, but he heard her speak.

"Okay, so what is it?" Abby asked with an impatient tone in her voice. Blade just glared at her for interrupting him.

"She told me that Drake came to see her in a dream and that he said he was going to be coming soon to help us and I know Zoë is just a child but when she said he was going to help us stop the mean and scary creatures that were going to try and hurt us, I knew he did come to her. He won't hurt us, so don't get all angry and jittery about it. If he really wanted to hurt us, he wouldn't have let Zoë get away from him, now would he?" Blade's words were harsh and he made his statements so that no one would have any reason to argue back with him.

King got up, grabbing his coat, and leaving with the keys to the car. Abby ran outside and ran to the vehicle, but King wouldn't respond to her at all.

"King, Listen to me please! Damn you!" Abby was now in tears and screaming at him. He pulled out and drove off. Abby fell to the ground and then sobbed, not even noticing that Zoë had come outside and was standing by her side.

"Where is Uncle King going?" Zoë looked at Abby with tears rimming her eyes. Abby pulled her over to her and Zoë began to cry and yell.

"I won't be messy again or anything at all! Did he leave because of what I told Uncle Blade!" Zoë was crying and trying to speak, but Abby just held her close and told her no.

"No, he didn't." Abby was now beginning to collect herself. When she went inside, Blade took Zoë, while Abby went to her bedroom. She sat down on her bed and searched through some of her songs.

Abby found her songs by Lindsay Lohan and chose "Over." As the song began to play, she closed her eyes, trying not to cry.

I watched the walls around me crumble
But its not like I won't build them up again
So here's your last chance for redemption
So take it while it lasts because it will end
And my tears are turning into time I've wasted trying to find a reason for goodbye

Chorus:
I can't live without you
Can't breathe without you I dream about you honestly
Tell me that its over
Because the world is spinning and I'm still living
It won't be right if were not in it together
Tell me that it's over

And I'll be the first to go
Don't want to be the last to know

I won't be the one to chase you
But at the same time you're the heart that I call home
I'm always stuck with these emotions
And the more I try to feel the less I'm whole
My tears are turning into time
I've wasted trying to find a reason for goodbye

Chorus

My tears are turning into time
I've wasted trying to find a reason for goodbye

Chorus

Tell me that it's over
Over
Honestly tell me
Honestly tell me
Don't tell me that its over
Don't tell me that its over..

After the song ended Abby rolled through until she found her Breaking Benjamin songs and chose "Sooner or Later." Once more she closed her eyes and this time she fell asleep while listening to it.

I want a normal life
Just like a new born child
I am a lover hater
I am an instigator
You are an oversight
Don't try to compromise
I'll learn to love to hate it
I am not integrated

Pre-Chorus
Just call my name
You'll be okay
Your scream is burning through my veins

Sooner or later your gonna hate it
Go ahead and throw your life away
Driving me under, leaving me out there
Go ahead and throw your life away

You're like an infantile
I knew it all the while
You sit and try to play me
Just like you see on TV
I am an oversight
Just like a parasite
Why am I so pathetic
I know you won't forget it

Pre-chorus

Sooner or later your gonna hate it
Go ahead and throw my life away
Driving me under, leaving me out there
Go ahead and throw my life away

Sooner or later your gonna hate it
Go ahead and throw our life away
Driving me under, leaving me out there
Go ahead and throw our life away

Throw our life away
Ooooo
Throw our life away

Blade came in and took her I-Pod headphones from her and took the I-Pod placing it off to the side. He covered Abby up and then went to the kitchen where to his shock and surprise, stood Drake.

At first Blade got ready to strike him, but then he remembered Zoë. What really stopped him was when Zoë came running out and jumped up into the welcoming arms of Drake. Drake hugged her and whispered something into her ear.

"Zoë, my little friend, have you been behaving?" Drake sounded generous and loving. Blade stood looking stupefied.

"Yes, Sir Drake, just like I promised you!" Zoë was full of happiness and she held on as Drake walked her back to her room and laid her down.

"I think that you need to stay in here, little Zoë, so I may talk with your friend, Blade." Drake looked at her with a smile and Zoë smiled even wider while nodding at him.

Drake turned and walked out of the room and walked past Blade. Drake took a seat and then beckoned Blade to do the same.

"I understand my presence has caused some trouble." Drake said sounding almost modest.

"Yeah, but why are you going to help us anyways?" Blade said finally coming out of his trance and getting to the point.

"You understand that what you are going to battle are werewolves. But what you are about to battle is much more different than any normal werewolf. They are a hybrid breed that is much stronger, faster, and smarter than any creature around, except for vampires." Drake explained and then stood for a moment and thinking of the previous meeting between him and Blade.

"So, what you're basically saying is that these things, these werewolves are much more dangerous than anything you've ever seen, right?" Blade looked at him and then sat waiting for Drake's answer.

"Yes." Drake looked out the window and then back at Blade.

"Alright then, you can stay here, but I really don't know how well this will go over with King and Abby." Blade said to him as he watched Drake sit back down.

"I think that Abby will understand. She is a kind and accepting individual from what I've seen and heard about her from little Zoë." Drake smiled as he said Zoë's name, thinking of how she had changed his mind about killing any more humans, about killing her.

Flashback

"Little one, why do you just sit there?" Drake asked after watching Zoë stare out into the darkness.

"Because I am afraid of you." Zoë's answer struck something inside his body. Deep inside his heart he could feel a door open to him.

"I am not going to hurt you, in fact I will help you get away from here. You have given me something. Even by saying you are afraid of me you, being a child, has made me think twice. I used to love little children." Drake looked at Zoë with a sincere look of sadness and that was when Zoë saw in Drake the good light.

"I trust you, Sir Drake." Zoë called him that and he felt his heart grow three sizes. (Okay, it's is sort of like the grinch part)

"Alright, then little Zoë, we must get you out of here." Drake then proceeded to show Zoë how to get out of the factory and to somewhere safe.

"Thank you, Sir Drake. Is there anything you want me to do to thank you for helping me?" Zoë looked at him with eyes as softly as she would a bunny.

"Yes, two things. I want you to promise me you will be good for me." Drake looked at her and smiled as she nodded.

"Of, course I will and what else can I do?" Zoë looked at him with a smile and then waited for him to speak.

"Alright, I want you to also go hide for a while until you get a message from me in your dreams saying to go home. I know it isn't exactly a great idea for you to hide out there on your own, but I will always watch over you, my dear little friend and if anyone hurts you, I will hurt them." Drake said to her while taking her chin in his hands.

Zoë then nodded and took off in the direction that Drake had showed her and hid somewhere safe.

End Flashback

Drake came back to reality after losing himself in his memory and smiled kindly and warmly at Blade.

"Go sit in the room. Abby is sleeping and King left a while ago." Blade thought about where King could have gone and when he might be back. But he couldn't tell when King would get back or where he had gone.

Drake nodded at him and went to the room, where Zoë was sitting watching TV and waiting for him. Drake sat down next to Zoë and watched the TV with her.

Blade walked back to where Abby lay sleeping and checked in on her and saw she was still sleeping, so he closed the door quietly and walked away.

Blade slumped down into a chair when he walked into the room where Zoë and Drake were sitting. He sighed placing a hand on his forehead. This was way too much for him to be dealing with at the time.

But what really bothered Blade was the fact that he would have to face King and Abby when they were both awake and back.

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