Over the next few days, she watched Kai from her cell. He was training so hard. Training to breaking point, cracking under the pressure, then getting up and doing it again. Every time before he launched Black Dranzer, he glanced in her direction. Then after he launched, the building shook at Black Dranzer's power level. She dropped to the ground with the door at her back and realized that he was lost. She looked at Dranzer in her hand. She was her only hope now. Tala liked her too much now to let her go. And he had something to look forward to. To be the first to have her, like some trophy he could put on his mantel.
"Tomorrow. We're getting out of here tomorrow." She said to Dranzer.
She stood up and looked at Kai one last time. Sweat was dripping from his face, but he refused to stop, to relax, to help her.
"Goodbye Kai." She said, walking over to her bed and sitting down and waited for Tala to bring her supper.
She felt the last shudder of the building straining under Black Dranzer for the night and sighed. Tala would be here soon.
Soon after, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." she said, standing up.
She was sure it was Tala, but when she saw the familiar silhouette in the doorway, her heart skipped. It was Kai.
"Kai, you, came to see me." She walked up to him and touched his shoulder.
He looked at her with such cold indifference. She stepped back and remembered what he had said.
"There is no telling who I will be tomorrow." the Kai she knew was gone. She sighed and turned her back on him.
"What?" she asked.
"Tomorrow, you will be moved down to the lab holding cells. Boris says you're distracting me from my job." He said, closing the door behind him.
"Oh, well. Then so be it. Not that you should be distracted by me. You don't know me, or rather," she turned to face him. "I don't know you." She said, crying on the inside.
She turned away and then a few moments later felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw him, her Kai. His eyes stunning grey, clear and intelligent. Her heart skipped to her throat.
"Charlie…" he whispered.
"Kai," she said. Pressing her lips against his and hugging him. "I thought I had lost you." She whispered.
"As far as they know, you have, but tomorrow, is your chance to get away. After those lab doors close… I don't have access to the lab." He sighed.
"There's no telling what they can do in there." She said.
He looked at her for a second and smiled. The first time she had seen him smile all week.
"What?" she smiled back.
"This is the last time…" he said, taking her hands in his and kissing them lightly. "When I help you tomorrow, they might," he stopped and looked at the door. "I have no idea what they will do to me." He said, looking into her chocolate brown eyes.
"Then stay with me tonight. Please. This may be the only chance we have…" she stopped. Tala would be here any moment.
"He won't be coming tonight. He's gone into town to recruit some more kids." He said. She sighed with pure relief and looked at him.
"Good, he scares me. He reminds me of a wolf." She said, thinking of the look in his eyes.
Yes, definitely a wolf.
"Well his bitbeast is a wolf. I'll go get you something to eat, and then I'll be back, ok." He said, walking towards the door.
He opened it and left. She sat on her bed and waited for him. Should she, ask him to join her in her bed tonight, or was it too soon. After being absorbed in her own mind for a while, she heard the door creak open. It was Kai, back with some food. He set it down and pulled out the chair for her. She walked over and sat down.
"It's not fillet, but it'll have to do." He smiled, sitting down next to her.
"Kai, I have to say that I'm not very hungry right now." She said, getting up and walking to the center of the room.
He got up and walked up to her and folded his arms around her shoulders from behind.
"Too cold?" he asked. She shook her head. She turned around in his arms and looked into his grey eyes.
"I have something else on my mind." She said, tugging at the zip of his jacket. He grabbed her hand and looked at her.
"Charlotte, are you sure?" he asked.
"Kai, this time tomorrow, you could be dead. I could be dead." She looked away. "If there is one thing I've realized in here, is that…" she stopped and worked the words over and over in her head.
She looked at him, took a deep breath and let her feelings take shape into the words she had been so desperate to say to him.
"I love you, Kai. And tonight may be the only night we have…" she stopped.
"Kai, tonight, I want you to make love to me. Tonight is all we have. Let's act like this is our last night on earth." She said, closing her eyes so she wouldn't see an image of herself in his eyes, blushing.
She felt the heat reach her face. She felt a hand on her jacket zip. She opened her eyes and saw him with his hand on her jacket zip.
"I agree." He said. She smiled and put her hand on his cheek.
"That's all you have to say." She smiled at him.
"That, and…" he couldn't believe he was saying it.
But he couldn't hide it anymore. Everyone knew anyway. It was time that he said the words that his mother had said to him the last time he saw her. The last time he had heard those words.
"I love you… Charlotte." He said, leaning in to kiss her. She felt his hand slowly pull down her zip. He opened her jacket and she felt the cold air hit her skin. She gasped as he pulled her jacket off slowly. He took her jacket and threw it over the camera in the corner of the room. He came back and saw her shivering. He took off his jacket slowly and as she watched he dropped it onto the ground. His muscles were strong and unbreakable under his velvety pale scarred skin. She looked at him and slowly walked towards him. She reached out for him and put her cold hands on his blazing hot stomach. His skin was on fire compared to hers. She guessed it was from all the training, or perhaps from the power of the black phoenix surging through his veins, muscles and body.
"And the scars?" she asked, running her hands over the angry scars all over his body. She looked up at him, blushing.
"A particularly tough battle, a few years ago." He said, covering her hands in his and bringing them towards his lips.
He kissed her cold hands and wrapped his other arm around her waist and pulled her closer. Her naked skin touched his and seared into her mind like a hot coal. He was just so extremely scorching hot. The prince of fire, she thought to herself. She found her hands wandering down to his belt buckle and unclipping it. At the same time as she heard the hard metal of the buckle hit the ground, she heard Dranzer hit the ground. Kai had undone her pants and let them drop to her feet. They looked at Dranzer on the floor, just peeping out of the pocket of the pile of clothes. Kai picked it up and looked at it. He walked over to the table and put her on it. He picked up his jacket and threw it over her. He watched as she walked up to him and he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled him up to his lips. She stopped him with a finger on his lips. She looked at the table.
"What was that for?" she whispered.
"I don't want her to spy on us." He said, moving her finger, leaning over, kissing her and then he kissed her even deeper. He pulled her up off the ground and carried her to the bed. He lay her down and she watched him as her heart thrashed in her throat, as he gently lowered himself onto her. His body was searing and his hands confident. His mouth was blistering hot and sweet. She kissed him deeply and slowly. He reached around her hips and pulled her closer to him.