Bad Blood

A few days passed and sometime in the afternoon a ship landed in front of the palace. Outside walked a young woman with long brown hair and a man with dark blue. They were both carrying one small toddler each. One with blue hair, the other with brown.

''It's just like I remembered it.'' The woman smiled widely and put her toddler onto the ground.

''Mista, you're here!'' Topaz exclaimed as she showed up from behind a corner. Mista smile grew even wider as she saw the queen and they shared a friendly hug.

''And Yatz is here with you as well, lovely.'' Topaz smiled and reached out her hand and Yatz placed a soft kiss onto it before smiling.

Then Topaz turned her attention to the both children, both not much younger than Melody. One of the boys slept peacefully onto his fathers shoulder, while the other one hugged his mothers leg tightly. It was Mista's and Yatz's twin boys, J.J and Derek.

They walked together inside the palace and it didn't take long before they bumped into Musa and Riven walking together into one of the corridors.

''Mista?'' They both asked in surprise. There was an awkward moment of silence and Riven could feel Musa clutching harder onto his arm. Even if they had gotten past it, Musa still didn't seem to feel so comfortable with Mista around her husband. And by the looks of it, Yatz wasn't so thrilled about the situation either.

''Yes, Mista has come to help that poor girl that Zandra took in.'' Topaz said cheerfully. They two couples made casually greetings before quickly going their separate ways.

Fiona had been nervous about her date with Declan. She had been spending more time inside her bedroom trying to choose an outfit, than she had spent around the rest of the house. And she couldn't ask Breanna for help either.

It was not that she was ashamed that Declan had asked her out, quite the opposite. Declan was very attractive, one of the most handsome guys she had ever meet actually. And he seemed caring and funny, so why not tell her best friend about it?

She didn't really have a good reason, but she wanted to see where this could be going before announcing it to everybody. She loved Breanna, but she was a hopeless romantic and she wouldn't give Fiona and Declan the space that they might need at the beginning.

Anyway, now here they walked together side by side. They had meet up by the fountain in town and started to stroll down the market road.

''So were do you want to go?'' Fiona asked with a nervous smile as she looked at Declan by her side.

''I consider myself a gentleman, so you pick whatever you want.'' Declan smiled back at her.

''I know a good café a bit down this road. My room-mate works there, but she doesn't work until tonight.'' Fiona added with an even wider smile and they soon reached the café.

Well inside, Fiona bumped into someone she did not expect. Behind the counter stood Breanna dressed in an apron, slightly confused but highly amused.

''Well, well, what do we have here?'' Breanna smirked and eyed both of them. Fiona blushed and looked down into the floor.

''I thought you had the afternoon shift.'' Fiona said quietly.

''I did, but Chas asked for me to trade with her. So, what can I get you?'' Breanna grinned and looked rather smug. They took both took a cup of coffee each, Declan with vanilla, Fiona with caramel. Fiona offered to pay for herself, but Declan wouldn't hear off it.

It was time for Jack to get out of the hospital and go home. Paris walked inside the entrance doors and up to Jack's floor. He knocked onto the door and was let inside by Jack's voice.

''Hey, are you ready?'' He smiled as he walked inside and closed the door behind him. Jack only muttered for an answer and tried to close the zipper onto his jacket, but with only one hand it seemed impossible. Paris hurried over to his best friend and help him.

'''Thanks.'' Jack mumbled, but Paris knew that it killed him inside to have to say it. And he didn't realise until now that Jack's been walking around with right hand shoved into his pocket the whole time.

''Come on mate, I have a surprise waiting for you at home.'' Paris said with a smile, but Jack didn't seem exited. But he followed him outside and they left.

Paris was outside in the back at the mansion. Jack walked outside with a less miserable face then that same morning. Paris smiled as his best friend walked over to him.

''Come on them, let's have a peak at it.'' Paris said in excitement. Jack sighed deeply and looked down onto his black glowed hand, or where his hand used to be.

He carefully pulled the glove off to reveal a brand new hand of metal attached to the end of his arm. And suddenly, Jack seemed slightly more cheerful.

''Looks good! Do you think that you can still fight?'' Paris asked with a wide smile and looked at the metal hand.

''I don't think it should be a problem.'' He said and looked curiously at his new hand. Behind him, came Chel out from the mansion in a rush.

''Have you heard?'' She called and approached them. Both Jack and Paris looked at her curiously.

''Nick's sentence is made. He's going to the Omega Dimension.'' She smiled widely. Paris and Jack's faced brightened up and Paris even leaned Chel backwards and kissed her passionately. But the celebration were soon cut short.

''Who's going to tell Zandra?'' Jack exclaimed worriedly and both of Paris's and Chel's smile faded. Paris even kneeled down to the ground and ran his hands half-way through his hair and pulled it. This was it, this was when he would die.

Back at the ranch, Zandra stood onto a chair into her walk-in-closet and dragged one thing after the other down onto the floor, leaving the room in a total mess. Until she finally found what she was looking for. She took down a middle-size white box with ''Nick'' spelled onto it with big black letters.

She carefully stepped back down onto the floor with the box and walked back outside into the bedroom. She sat down onto the bed and took the lid of the box and looked inside for a few seconds.

His old report cards with straight A's, some of his guitar plectrums and lots of other stuff that for some reason reminded her off her older brother. But her favourite, was a photo off Nick in his quarterback uniform, smiling at the camera after his biggest win.

She smiled slightly and brushed her finger over his face. How could this had lead to this. When she looked at the photo, she didn't see a cold-blooded criminal who was going to spend the rest of his life in the Omega Dimension? Then her smile faded away and she was about to choke, now she truly would be alone. There was a knock onto the door and Oliver peaked inside.

''You want to be alone?'' He asked carefully. Zandra thought for a second and eventually shook her head. Oliver stepped inside and closed the door behind him.

''What are you doing?'' He asked as he walked towards the bed and sat down on the edge. Zandra sighed deeply.

''Remembering.'' She said and reached down into the box again and pulled out a DVD and burst out laughing.

''Did you know that he was in a band in high school?'' Zandra asked and smiled at Oliver.

''Nick? A band?'' He asked with a smirk and grinned his eyebrows.

''Stop! They were actually good. Quite popular in school.'' Zandra laughed and looked down onto the DVD in her hand.

''Want to take a peak?'' She asked and hold the DVD up. Oliver nodded his head Zandra got up from the bed and walked over to the TV and popped the DVD into the side of it. She took the remote and went back to sit down next to Oliver and pressed play.

Onto the big screen a group of four boys playing music in a garage appeared. All about the age around sixteen. One was on the drums, one onto the keyboard, and the other two one guitars. Sixteen year old Nick was playing guitar as he was singing into a microphone.

''I've to admit, they're pretty good.'' Oliver confessed and tapped his foot to the music. Zandra looked at the video as well, but her expression was not quite as cheerful. Oliver noticed and turned the TV off and the two of them sat in silence for a few seconds.

''Do you know what kind of person he is?'' She began eventually and Oliver turned his head to look at her.

''One day when he was walking home from school, he saw a little boy being bullies by some of his classmates. Nick barged in an gave them a scolding and followed the boy home. And do you know what he did then?'' She asked and looked back at him. Oliver shook his head.

''For nearly a year, Nick got up earlier and walked home to that boy, followed him to school, went to school himself, and meet up the boy at his school at the end of the day and followed him home. Everyday!'' Zandra exclaimed.

''He even gave him some guitar lessons some weekends.'' She added with a weak giggle and dried a tear from her cheek.

''What happened to him?'' Oliver asked. Zandra shrugged her shoulders.

''They family moved and I think that they wrote some letter, but I'm not sure.'' Zandra sighed sadly before there was a short pause again.

''How can anybody like that be evil? I don't get it! Why is it that when everyone look at him, and they see a monster?'' Zandra exclaimed and started to sob. Oliver sighed and made her face him.

''Listen to me! No one here, sees a monster in Nick. He's still one of us, and we know what kind of person that he is. Okay?'' Oliver said. Zandra looked at him and nodded her head before Oliver wrapped his arms about her and pulled her in for a hug. Zandra didn't know what it was, but something made her feel comfortable in his arms.

A few hours later, Fiona was sitting in peace in the couch at the beach-house with Hope curled up to her. She looked outside the window and watched as the waves kept on going back and forth.

She could hear the front-door open and closer. Soon she turned to meet a slightly sweaty Breanna standing in front of her looking like she had sprinted home for some reason.

''Well?'' She breathed heavily as she tried to catch her breath. Fiona frowned her eyebrows slightly and stroke Hope a few times. Breanna's cheeks turned even more red than they were.

''Doctor Love! How did your date go?'' She asked as she took of her coat and threw it onto the floor and jumped into the couch. Fiona only starred at her. Doctor Love? Really?

''Oh come on Fiona. I told you about me and Jack because you're my best friend, now it's you turn!'' Breanna whined as she bounced up and down like an impatient child. Fiona giggled and blushed slightly.

''Alright! It was good, great actually. He's charming, intelligent, warm, funny.'' Fiona rambled up all of Declan's good qualities that she had noticed on only one date.

''So…. did he ask you out again?'' Breanna asked and Fiona nodded with a smile. Breanna waited impatiently but when she didn't get an answer she was satisfied with, she threw a pillow at Fiona.

''What are you doing?'' Fiona hissed slightly at her, earning an irritated glare back from Breanna.

''And what did you say?'' She asked. Fiona smirked and stood up and walked away.

''What do you think?'' Fiona called after her. When she was out of sight, Breanna did a small happy dance for her best friend.

At the hospital, Nick and Zandra sat together onto the bed with their legs hanging over the side. Nick starred right into the wall in front of him as Zandra sat looking down into her lap. They sat there together in silence for a long time.

''Are you scared?'' She asked quietly. Nick remained quiet for a while before nodding his head slowly

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''I don't know what's going to happen.'' He said. A tear ran down Zandra's cheek as she sniffled.

''I know, it's awful isn't it? I think about you all of the time.'' She sobbed and took his hand in hers. Nick looked at her.

''I'm more concerned about you then myself.'' He said. Zandra stood up and pulled him up to his feet before wrapping her arms around his neck.

''I love you Nicky.'' She sobbed.

''I love you too.'' Nick replied her and dried a tear from his check with his thumb. A smile grew across both of their lips. No matter what Nick had done in the past, he loved his sister more than life itself. Some might consider him heartless, but he wasn't.

''I'm really gonna miss you.'' Zandra whispered and sighed as she cried harder.

''I'm gonna miss you too.'' They both turned around to look at the door opening and saw Paris stepping inside with two security guards.

''It's time Mr Roberts.'' One of the guards said. Nick nodded. Zandra clutched onto Nick's left arm.

''I don't want you to go. I don't know what to do without you.'' She whispered. Nick sighed and turned to look at her.

''You'll be fine.'' He replied her. Zandra broke out in tears again and wrapped her arms around her older brothers neck, hugging him tightly.

''Zan! Zandra!'' Nick said and pushed her away so that he could face her.

''You need to stay strong now, do you hear me? Trust in yourself, don't let anyone mess you around!'' He said and brushed a lock of hair from her face, before looking over her shoulder to look at Paris. Zandra sobbed and nodded her head as she clutched hard onto his sweater. Nick sighed and kissed her forehead before taking one step forward and allowed the guards to put hand-cuffs on him. As they lead him outside the door, he stopped and looked at Paris again.

''It doesn't matter how many times your lock me up, I'll always come back.'' He said.

''Remember this as the last time you were happy, because you won't even see me coming.'' He added and a slight smirk grew across his lips before being led outside. Paris turned back to Zandra, who stood with her arms wrapped around herself and cried.

''This is all your fault.'' She screamed and leaped foreword at him and was about to swing at him, but Paris managed grab both of her wrists and calmed her down slightly.

''Maybe you should be more careful, I might be a little more like my brother than you think.'' She whispered as she gave him an evil look before leaving the hospital-room. Paris sighed, He was not going have an easy time getting back on her good side.

What does this mean for Paris, Zandras, Jacks, Chels and the others lives. Will Zandra really take revenge for her brothers imprisonment? Now that he's in the Omega Dimension, was this really the last time we saw Nick?

And what did you think about what Zandra told Oliver about Nick's back story, was he always bad?

And what do you guys think about Fiona and Declan? Something to go on?

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Next time; There is a ball at the palace, Tulio hints to Paris that he might know something, Zandra sees something what will hurt more then she expected.