Tommy's eye colors:
Light green - defensiveness/shock/guarded
Columbia blue - humor
Green turquoise - astonishment/shock
Royal blue - nervousness/irritation/insecure/confusion
Iceberg blue - pain/suffering
CHAPTER 6 - LORD ZEDD
He's coming back, Tommy informed Connor and immediately felt the other boy settle in to observe. Zedd stalked into across the room and stood towering over the young Ranger. Tommy didn't move from his seat, just looked up at Zedd, his light green eyes meeting the dark lord's gaze, his expression giving away nothing.
"How did you do it?" Zedd hissed.
"Do what?" Tommy responded, keeping his expression blank. It seemed Zedd finally noticed his missing captives.
"You know what!"
"Uh sorry, I don't. In case you forgot, I've been sitting in this place with no way to leave since you left me here. So really, what do you think I could have done?"
"Enough, child! I know you did something. They could not have escaped on their own!"
Have to agree with him there, Connor couldn't help but comment.
Tommy smirked, his eyes shaded to Columbia blue for just a second before shading back to light green as he blanked his expression once again. "The Rangers' parents escaped?" Tommy questioned, sounding surprised. "That must be real embarrassing, failing to keep someone that hopeless locked up for any time like that. You must really have a hard time finding good help. Really. What'd you do, lock them in your teleportation room with step by step instructions on how to run the equipment?"
Zedd growled. Connor said, Careful man. You trying to piss him off?
No, Tommy responded. Just trying for surprised here. The pissing him off thing's just a fun bonus.
Fun. You're insane. You know that right?
Tommy didn't respond as right at that moment, Zedd back-fisted him across the face, knocking him to the ground. Tommy sat up slowly, wiped the blood from his lip. He made no move against Zedd, knowing the other to be a talented and Powerful warrior. He stayed sitting on the floor.
"What did you do?" Zedd hissed again.
Tommy sighed. "Seriously Zedd. What do you think I could have done? I never got near them."
Zedd stared at him for a long moment then the anger seemed to flow out of him as he took a seat across from Tommy. "I might believe you had nothing to do with it child, if the one emotion that crossed your face had been shock rather than humor."
Tommy did looked shocked then, his eyes flashed to green turquoise before shading back to light green once again. Zedd chuckled. "Yes, child. Your eyes give you away even when your expression does not. You're an empath of the Green Dragon Line. While not common it has occurred enough that the colors corresponding to major emotions are well mapped."
His eyes now shaded to royal blue in confusion. Before he could even think to voice his questions, Zedd explained, "Your eyes change between shades of blue and green depending upon what you are feeling. It is a sign of an empath for ones eyes to change like that, the color spectrum in which they change shows the line of Power they are aligned. Your strongest emotions show in shades of green yet it also shows you could have handled a Blue Power though it wouldn't have matched you as well. Now tell me, child. I know you did something to get those people out."
"I wasn't anywhere near them," Tommy repeated.
"Tomi," Zedd said in a slightly exasperated tone. "My child. You were the distraction."
"I'm not yours."
"I already explained that to you, my child," Zedd said, stressing the possessive. "I should not have to explain it again. Now answer me."
Tommy sighed and rubbed his temples to ward off a building headache, closing his eyes. "Zack's cousin's a soldier. He stayed in touch with his squad mates."
Zedd pulled Tommy's hand away from his face and grabbed his chin, turned his face up to make him meet Zedd's eyes once again. Tommy winced in pain as his claw pressed against Tommy's bruised cheek, his eyes shading to iceberg blue. "You sent these soldiers in?"
"Obviously couldn't send in the Dino Rangers," Tommy said in response.
Zedd released Tommy's chin, his hand lightly brushing the injured cheek before he sat back. "If you had simply told me this when I first asked, that would not have happened. You make things more difficult for yourself, my child." Zedd paused but Tommy kept his silence. He waved Tommy off. "Go to bed now, my child. We shall speak more in the morning."
Tommy hesitated a moment but as Zedd showed no signs of leaving himself, Tommy decided it best to at least appear to follow the order. He slowly pushed himself up then headed to the bedroom, never taking his focus off of Zedd. He stood in the bedroom listening for Zedd to leave. Instead, the dark lord came to the bedroom door.
"That would be less than comfortable to sleep in, my child," Zedd commented as he leaned against the door frame. "You will be sleeping, Tomi. The bottle beside your bed is a sleeping potion. I would strongly suggest you willingly take it. After you change clothes."
Tommy looked at the bottle for a moment, feeling the dark lord's eyes upon his back. Connor. Looks like I'm sleeping tonight.
Sounds like it, Connor agreed. Do what you have to. I'll keep things calm here.
Good luck with that. Tommy reluctantly picked up the sleep pants from the bed then glanced towards Zedd. The dark lord said, "I'll be back to watch you take your potion after you've changed."
Tommy's eyes shaded to green turquoise in shock as he watched Zedd leave. He couldn't believe the man gave him privacy to change. He made quick work of changing clothes, stashing his weaponry under the mattress and pillows as he did. He was in bed under covers when Zedd returned. The dark lord opened the potion bottle and handed it to Tommy. Tommy took hold of it with great reluctance.
"It's just a sleep potion?" Tommy questioned.
Zedd chuckled. "If I wished to bespell you, my child, I would not use anything as weak as a potion." When Tommy still hesitated, Zedd added, "Do you truly wish me to force you to take it?"
Tommy suppressed a shiver of dread and quickly drank the potion. Zedd took the bottle from his hand as Tommy's eyes drifted shut. "Good boy," was the last thing Tommy heard as sleep overcame him.
Zedd waved his hand at the clothes Tommy had been wearing and they were quickly engulfed in flames. Lifting Tommy off the pillow, he moved it aside and gathered the weaponry the boy stashed underneath before lowering Tommy down once again. His eyes scanned the rest of the room but he saw nothing else out of place. He started to leave then stopped. "Best not underestimate the boy," Zedd commented to himself. He cast a spell to illuminate anything Tommy brought with him. He chuckled as he gathered up the rest of the boy's weaponry. "You truly are a Serpent Lord, my child."
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