Captivating Contrasts

Chapter 18; Restless Turmoil

Zane's POV

I walk outside Emma's room and into the hallway. Without a word I walk to my father room. I knock on the door and he says to come in. I open the door and gawk at all the clutter of the different machinery ad blueprints scattered on the floor. Near another picture of us, I see my own hanging on the wall. After my eyes wander around the room for a while I look toward my father who stands up. He raises his eyebrows before speaking.

"Zane!" he takes a step closer. "What happened?"

"In the tombs on our way to save Emma and Nya we were engaged in battle. During that battle a serpentine ended up ripping off this side of my face; which was the same side during the great devourer making it weak and feeble to be torn. It was not surprising." My father listens intently as I explain, a thought pops up in his head and he raises his eyebrows.

"Did Emma see?"

"When we found her she was unconscious… however during the way back she woke up…." I pause and tilt my head down thinking of the memories. Beyond simple emotion and a thought, after a few moments I look up at my father. "She was terrified. She tried to get away but I grabbed her wrist. After much entreats, I eventually got her to listen and understand to the best to her abilities. It was a truly dreadful experience. However…" I smile at my father widely. "She accepted me! She said how much I was missed when she was captured and she returns my feelings!" I give my father a large hug. My father whispers in my ear.

"It's not over yet Zane…" he warns…

(Who wouldn't have wanted to know Zane's father reaction? I added this recently….)

Later after Zane's face is repaired…

It seems like after Emma was locked away in the Hypnobrai tombs she developed a fever and is still in an unconscious state. She also seems to be having horrible nightmares and is tossing and turning in her sleep. She occasionally mumbles a few words or sometimes she even screams. Her temperature is dangerously high however I am for some strange reason not aware of the cause of her sudden illness. She could have become in contract with a virus in the Hypnobrai tombs or since it was extremely cold she could have became ill that way. However that does not explain the monstrous nightmares she receives in her sleep which could have something to do with her mysterious psychic powers. Yet if so wouldn't that mean she is seeing the future which by the tone of her nightmares the future is prodigiously terrifying? That strikes fear into my circuits.

I look over to Emma who is sweating heavily with a fretful look on her countenance. I place my cool hand over her forehead to cool it down and she welcomes my touch. By my small touch in her sleep she gives me a small smile but that slowly disappears as a small tear glides down her face. I remove the hand from her forehead after a while and I hold her small delicate hand. She squeezes it tightly.

"How has she been Zane?" Cole asks and I turn over to him.

"Her fever as gone down but it seems her distraught and nightmares have gotten worse…" I say to Cole who looks over to Emma nervously.

"Perhaps you should sleep Zane it looks like you are tired. Before we were able to rescue her you did not get any good sleep either…" Cole says but I refuse.

"I… just… cannot. Her sudden illness brings me great worry and distraught, so I would be unable to rest knowing she is still in this state." I say without looking away from Emma.

"Suit, yourself" Cole says then leaves. I look over to Emma as she murmurs; "no, no, please! It cannot be!" I place my other hand on her cheek and I look at her worried.

Cole's POV

I exit the room worried for Zane and Emma. Even though it has not been that long sense Emma developed the fever she still seems to be in a horrible position. Which I think has scared the common sense out of Zane. It is about dinner time and since it was Zane's night to cook I volunteered to cook in his place. For some reason everyone refused my offer… I wonder why… instead both Anne and Cece decided to cook, they are best friends after all. I do not know what it is about Anne… she is just a comforting person, very steady and loyal. Even though she may not be that strong physically but her mind is like a fortress. Of course we all can clearly see that the strongest person here mentally is Emma. Nya informed us that she heard from the Hypnobrai guards about her sudden immunity to hypnotism, which astounded all of us. However I feel that Anne is very wise, unlike Emma, who even though is a genius, does not show much wisdom but guidance. Anne seems surprisingly a lot wiser. I walk into the game room to see that Kai and Jay are both playing video games and I decide to join them.

Anne's POV

I am actually glad that Cole is not cooking today… it was kind of hard for him even to cook spaghetti! Cece and I don't have too much experience but both of us combined are sure to create something tasty! Of course we were all a little bummed that we would be missing out on Zane's wonderful cooking. Yet who can blame him? After seeing him explaining to Emma that he is a Nindroid and seeing how much they were going through. It is clear they both struggle with emotion and now, with her sudden illness… Zane has not left her side ever sense her fever began a while after his face was repaired. I walk into the kitchen to join Cece and begin cooking dinner.

"What should we cook?" I ask Cece, we think for a while.

"Breakfast for dinner!" she suggests and I agree. I start on the pancake batter as Cece takes out the bacon. It takes us a while but we finally make enough eggs, pancakes, and bacon for everyone on the bounty. Which is like 13… that seems unlucky now that I think of it… we bring the dishes to the large dinning room table. We call everyone for dinner. Surprisingly even Zane came. I sit down at the table and we all begin to eat.

"Breakfast…? But it is dinnertime?" Cole asks me.

"You got a problem with that?" I ask him and he shrugs. I turn to Zane.

"How has Emma been?" I ask him and he turns to me to answer the question.

"A while ago she reached the climax of her fever so in return her fever has died down dramatically. She will hopefully wake up soon." He says in a monotone yet he seems to try to hide the worry in his voice.

"That's good" I say relieved. After dinner we insisted that Zane take a break and allow Dr. Julien to watch over Emma for a while. We began to train for a while however when it reached dusk we went inside to play video games and hang. Zane was meditating in the corner while I was talking to Nya and Cece. The guys were also playing videogames. All of a sudden I notice Zane opening his eyes and abruptly leave the game room.

Emma's POV

I lazily open my eyes but it is hard for them to stay open. I feel weak but I turn my head and watch Zane dashing to enter the room. I give him a weak smile and he kneels to my side. I place my hand over his cheek, the one that had been ripped off. Was that a dream or was it real? My eyes widen a bit when I think of this and turn to see a worried Zane.

"Are you ok? How are you feeling?" He says with the worry.

"I feel… tired…" I say feebly and then start to remember what happened in my dreams. I suddenly sit up. From sitting up too quickly, my head hurts.

"Whoa, whoa… You got to lie down and get your rest" Doctor Julien says and tries to push me back down. I refuse and I turn to Zane.

"Zane, I need some paper and a pen" he nods his head and I look over to his father. "I am sorry I just need to write stuff down." I say to him and he allows me to sit up for now. Zane returns with the paper and pen and I begin writing. When I finished I read it over and over and I hand it to Zane.

Zane's POV

Emma hands me a piece of paper and I read it;

Guidance, wisdom, courage, hope and faith

The stars, the moon, the wind, the life, and the light

To face evil and to clam victory

Darkness is strong however…

Darkness is a cold place…Yet it may and will…

Corrupt one member of the cosmic legion and break hearts

What once was pure is as dark as a starless night.

A heart without a heart... is as pure as snow…

Save her… Save her… Save her… PLEASE!

Yet before anything could be saved or corrupted

We shall need the light of day

To even the odds

She shines and is a beautiful as a Rose.

Find the Rose… to save us all…

The sun is a star, so she knows where the light is.

I look over to Emma and she nods her head. I hold her hand and she humbly gives me a smile. I hand the piece of paper to my father.

"Show the others." I ask him and he nods. He leaves us both alone and Emma lies back down. I sit on the edge of the bunk to face her. I look at her sky blue eyes as she looks back at me. She slowly places a hand on my face I lean closer slightly.

"It is true isn't it?" She asks me. I place my hand on her hand which was on my cheek and I sigh.

"I will not lie to you, it is all true and I am not human." I imagine she is not sure when she accepted if me being a robot is true. She nods her head in understanding. Her eyes look over to the side but they do not to be particularly looking somewhere. She then stares me in the eyes fiercely.

"It upsets you doesn't it? If you are a robot…" she asks me and I am shocked. I look back at her sorrowfully.

"Do you think you could accept that?" I say and she nods her head. I place my hand on her cheek and she does the same. She slowly sits up and we become closer and closer. I stare strait into her eyes before she closes them and I do as well. Slowly we move towards each other in till our lips meet with a passionate kiss…However it lasts merely a moment in till the door bursts open and we both turn our heads alert. I sigh; we must stop being interrupted…After a second they stop staring but they still look surprised. I am slightly frightened by Jay's mischievous glare which gives me the hint of ridicule. However I look back to Emma who looks exhausted and she leans on my shoulder.

"Um… Zane…?" Kai is the first to speak. I take a deep breath, Emma fell asleep and I decide to gently lay her down on the bed. I stand up. I have no idea of what I could do.

"We should wait till Emma is rested to let her explain what she thinks it means, but for now we should try to decipher it the best we can." Sensei Wu brings us back to our senses. I take one last look at Emma before I walk out the door with everyone else.

"Wow, Frosty! I didn't think you had that in you!" Cole says then nudges my arm. I let out a sigh.

"I am not sure what came over me… I should have let her rest instead… she was exhausted… and…" I look down at my hands but Cole puts a hand on my shoulder.

"You just have bad timing Zane, when Emma feels better you should ask her on a date or something…" Anne turns around to ask me that and I nod. That seems like a fine suggestion. We all arrive at the bridge.

"It seems like we will need to wait and start looking for the fifth cosmic master… Yet what else this says… does not sound good." Misako says.

"I agree with that." Sensei Wu says.

Yup! I will try though to work on my other pairings… it is hard though… I am able to write Emma and Zane so smoothly… But I am sure the next cosmic master will bring a lot of drama and romance! HOPE YOU LIKED THE KISS DOGCAKE! I did that just for you! (Originally they were not going to kiss but be really close…) The ironic thing is… even though I wrote this chapter a while ago… I am currently sick with a cold… how funny is that? Maybe it has to do with Friday the 13! BTW October for me is going to be chaotic ad I am not sure if I will either be able to still post regularly or I may skip a week… I am not sure if I would skip a week but just for a heads up… and before I forget to mention it.

"Zane you're a machine!" ~Lou

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