Zee woke up a few hours after Mina passed out. He felt strange, empty. This feeling scared him. He decided to find Ro and ask her. He trusted her and knew that she wouldn't lie to him. He stood up and looked around the room for the first time. Hanging over a chair were some clothes for him to wear, a pair of black pants and a white t-shirt.
After dressing quickly Zee retraced his steps from the previous night. Ro was still sleeping when he opened the door to the living room. She looked so peaceful. Then Zee noticed the blanket that was on the chair next to the couch. He remembered that Mina said that she would wake them up for breakfast. That's when he figured out what was wrong, he was hungry. He went to find Mina, or the kitchen.
Zee wandered through the house for about half an hour before he found Mina's room. He knocked on the door and opened the door. It worried him to see her position. She was laying across the width of the bed, flat on her stomach with her legs hanging off. She looked really pale.
Zee walked over and picked her up. He moved to the side of the bed, laid her down so she was on all the way, and placed a blanket over her. An empty pill bottle caused him to nearly fall as he was leaving. He picked it up and attempted to read the scratched-out label out loud.
"'Willamina N. Selig,' seven refills. Does not say what is wrong with her or even her doctor. I will ask Ro about this."
He walked back to the living room. Ro had not yet awaken so Zee thought about what had happened the night before.
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Zee had allowed Mina to lead him into the lab. There she connected him to a supercomputer and downloaded his consciousness into a special component. That is the last thing that he remembered until he woke up to Mina's voice. "Zee, can you hear me?"
Zee opened his eyes and looked around. He felt different, cold. Then it hit him, he could feel. "I am cold."
"That's nice Zee. How do you feel other than cold? Any pain, nausea?"
"No, I feel…good. How did you do this?"
Mina sat on the edge of the bed. "I used an implant that Doc and I put in Zach when he first went into the coma to replace the damaged tissue. I reconfigured the wave pattern and made it compatible with a new device. I downloaded all of your memory data onto this device and then onto the implant. Well, after I replaced the memory. All that they'll get is whatever survived the EMP."
"An EMP? What happened?"
"Agent West had a little accident."
"Why did you do that?"
"So that they wouldn't discover that I tampered with the data."
"No, I mean all of this."
Mina got up and walked to the machines surrounding the bed. "That is none of your concern."
"I am sorry if I said anything I should not have."
"Listen, for now, don't say anything to your friend, at least, not until tomorrow. I want her to rest before we spring this on her."
"I understand. What about Agent Bennett. He will come looking for me."
"He's here but they're loading up Zeta and that's all that he wants. Wait five minutes and then come upstairs."
"I will."
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Ro started to stir as Zee walked in and kneeled by her. She opened her eyes and saw him. She threw her arms around him. "Zee! How did you get away from Bennett?"
Then she pulled back. Something wasn't right. He felt different, too warm and soft. "Zee?"
"Yes, Ro."
"Is that you? What happened to you?"
"That is for Mina to explain. Are you hungry?"
"I guess."
"Good, let's find the kitchen. I am hungry too."
Zee got up and went to the doorway leading away from the bedrooms. Even more confused Ro got up and followed him out of the living room. They found the kitchen very quickly. It was an old fashioned kitchen, late twentieth century. "Retro." Ro went to the fridge and pulled out some bread, butter, and strawberry jam.
She started to make toast. Zee just stood there watching Ro butter the toast. It smelled so good and made his stomach growl.