Sorry it's taken so long to update, over a year is just too long. I've been busy, school, work (DQ sucks to work at), it took forever to upload chapters, I lost my disk that had the chapters on it, and I just wanted to spend time with my friends. I started writing this as a senior and most of my free time was spent with them. I only had so much time to spend on everything. So now I'm at college and will write when ever I have time to do so.

Disclaimer: I don't own Zee, Ro, etc. and all that jazz.

Zee heard the door open and someone walk into the room where Ro was lying unconscious. It hurt him not to be close to her when she really needed him. If she died then it would be all his fault. He sat in a chair that was close to the door. He heard people talking in low voices, so low that with his auditory sensors couldn't pick up what they were saying without turning them up. He caught what one of them was saying because the voice was growing louder.

"For goodness sakes James, just do it. You owe it to me to do what I ask without any explanation. You promised me a favor, no matter what it was. I'm collecting it now. If you don't than I'll take back what I did for you, understand?"

Then Mina came through the door. After she shut the door, she leaned her head against it. Her head pounded. She pulled out a bottle of pills and shook one out. She swallowed it without any water. She turned around and jumped as she saw Zee, as if she had forgotten about him.

Getting up, Zee asked, "Are you alright, do you need to sit down?"

"No, I'm fine." She started shaking.

"You are shaking, you need to sit down."

"Who are you, my mother? I said that I'm fine. Just drop it," she yelled before falling to the ground, clutching her chest and coughing. She wiped her hand off on her pants before getting up.

"Allow me to help you up."

"I'm fine. Follow me."

"But, is Ro going to live?"

"She's fine, the doctor's with her now."

"Thank you."

"Are you ready to repay my favor, or do you want to make sure that she's okay."

"I trust you. Lead the way."

Mina nodded and started walking down the hall with Zee following close behind. After several minutes of uneventful walking, Mina stopped abruptly and started talking. "What is it now? What do you want?"

"I want nothing but to repay your kindness."

"One moment, what'd you say?"

"I answered your question."

Mina started to laugh slightly. "I wasn't talking to you. I have a micro receiver in my ear that people can talk to me through. I was just talking to someone through it. Just give me a moment."

With that Mina turned and quickly finished her conversation quickly. Zee looked at a photograph that was hanging on the wall of two children, a dark-haired boy and a blonde girl. The girl was sitting on the ground under a tree with a hurt knee. The boy was putting a bandage on her knee.

Mina walked up behind him. "That's my brother. I fell out of that tree and he was making me feel better. He always knew how to comfort me. I miss him."

"Where is he?"
"Gone. Let's keep moving."

With one last look at the picture, Zee started walking after Mina. When they reached the end of the hallway Mina opened a control box and entered a code. A door opened to reveal a stairwell going down.

"Stick close to me, there's a lot of twists and turns down here, wouldn't want you getting lost." Mina said as she started descending the stairs.