Authors Notes: There we go another chapter done. I'm technically finished with part 3. Which is called Gold Fields. Big reveal in part 3 chapter 6.

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Between Sea and Sky

Fragmented Code

Chapter 13

No Hope

When he first met Danny there wasn't ever a time where he thought they'd be here. He always just thought it would be Spencer they were against and never anyone else. Perhaps that was Peaches in him. Such a novice. So ill informed about the world around him. No one was who they appeared to be. Even Danny wasn't who she was supposed to be. He was thankful for that. He was proud to be her brother. Such a sweet woman, oh how he wished she were there. He always knew what to do. It was almost like she were here. Whispering encouragement in his audio. Such a bright light, caring soul, and beautiful nature.

"Danny?" He whispered slowly opening his eyes to see a figure in front of him. But it wasn't her. He sighed looking at the still glowing embers of the fire next to him.

"I am not Danny." River said throwing something down into the water and pulled it back out. A very large fish flopped around on her wooden spear. "Its spawning season. Fish is plentiful." River said pointing to the fire. "Stoke it if you don't mind."

Zareth poked at the fire and threw another block of wood on the fire. River held out her hand and there was something that looked like water or a very clear crystal in her palm. She used it to slice into the fish.

"How?" Zareth watched it clean the fish. An activity he hated to do.

"I am called River because I can use the moisture in the air to cut things." She looked up at Zareth and smiled almost evilly. "I can take the moisture in your blood and bend it to my will too. Lucky for you, I like my sister came with our own sub hard drives." She sighed and pushed the fish meat onto sticks and held them over the fire with another stick on either side.

"Could Danny?"

"She and Midnight...were unique. The moon and the stars. Both created from the same power source. Much like Zane had done for Pixal. They both have the same...a power source created from a falling star, hammered into creation by Dr. Julien and Angela. There were three spheres created. Mine and another, Lyra and Gabriel, Zane and Echo. Zane kept his power source in full till Echo was finished...sadly. Father died before he was able to give it to our little brother."

"Lyra…" Zareth ran his fingers through his hair. "What...is hers?" River laughed and shook her head.

"Oh I thought that was self explanatory. The Lyra and Gabriel are the sun and the moon. They hold the power of the stars." River smiled and shook her head. "It was deemed to powerful by Dr. Julien. But oh...the kindness when she first arrived." She took a deep breath throwing a rock into the water causing a few fish to jump. "And they took that away." River was visibly upset by this. "Father wasn't going to just her off or throw her away. He was just going to tone the power down a bit. He never wanted her to become...a weapon." River took a deep breath trying her best to stay calm. She jumped when she felt Zareth take hold of her wrist. She looked up. He could see her purple eyes under her silky blue hair.

"She told me that when she saw me...it was my eyes that caused her to stop everything. Her previous programming, the life of an assassin, her desire to kill."

"Theirs a sibling code that we all must abide by. It was fathers way of protecting us from one another. You have Zane within you." River said and shrugged her shoulders. ."It was he who saved your life. Don't sugar coat it. She's...not as innocent as that." Zareth looked around at her.

"Are you telling me my sister. My Dannygirl has been lying to me this entire time?" Zareths voice rose.

"Don't be silly. She loves you." River laughed. "But...now...the way she is. She might not even know who you are. Theirs just so much going on."

"Why does that matter?" Zareth growled as she walked over to the treeline and pointed behind her.

"I'll show you." Zareth blinked and stood up he walked over to a treeline and peaked through seeing an old observatory.

"Angela...loved the stars." He whispered

"Angela Oolope." The name caught his attention.

"What?" He whispered. It sparked a memory within himself. It hurt. It really really hurt. He grabbed his head and fell to his knees.

"Zareth?" River got down on her knees and tried to get him to turn over. His eyes were flashing on and off going in and out of focus. He was gasping for air holding his neck.

"I was...I was...killed...my head. Help...Help me…" He fell limp in Rivers arms.

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Inky gasped and coughed up water again. The water was up to her chest and rising still. It was rising much much faster now that the tide was coming in completely. She gasped and let a small scream out when another rushing could be heard. She gasped feeling the rush push her forward throwing her to the side. She went under, having gasped for air. Water went into her lungs. She felt someone grab hold of her and pull her onto a small incline. She coughed up the water into the rushing waters and leaned back looking up at Mr. E. E looked over her and shook his head pointing to the grate.

"Its not that simple. I'm only a little g…" She saw the doors open and familiar red eyes looked around and then spotted her. Her heart skipped a beat.

"Mindroid!" She cried out and gasped when the water began to rush. Both her and Mr. E were tossed to the side. Spinning around and around as the water came in. "Uncle M…" She went under. Her grip on Mr. E was pulled away. The water rushed into her lungs. She couldn't breath. She began to lose herself in the cold.

'Hold on child...I shall help.' Gayas laugh echoed throughout her mind.

'No...please...don't.' Inky found herself feeling incredibly empty. Thrown into a corner. Lost.

Inky reached out grabbing hold of someones hand. This hand pulled her out Cryptor looked on at Inky as she coughed up the water.

"Are you alright?" He scanned her seeing that it was much to cold for her. Placing his cloak over her shoulders.

"I am well General. I grow tired of these childish games. Come we have a war to plan." The voice was Inkys but far more harsh sounding. Cryptors optics grew purple and he followed his mistress. Mindroid glared at the grate. A familiar set of red eyes glaring at them. He turned and followed Cryptor.