Ice cold (SHORT ONESHOT)

Ice cold.

Ice cold.

It was all ice cold.

Vex, his trusted advisor. He was the warmth to his icy world. 

Vex was always there, he would always be there. He wouldn't lie to The Emperor, right? 

Wrong. He lied, he lied to him about everything. How could he? He trusted Vex.

His friends, they brought him back, but could he trust them? How does he know they aren't like Vex. They seem nice, but they didn't burn bright like Vex did. 

He was only cold now, no one to bring warmth, is was what he thought.

The red one, Kai, he burned brighter than Vex ever could. He melted his ice, saved him from his icy prison. Their contrast of cold and hot, it made him smile. 

The memories slowly came back to him, the times they've spent together. Training, pranking, laughing, adventuring.. He knew who he was, fully. He was Zane, Zane Julien, built to protect others. 

Which he didn't do. He didn't protect, he did the opposite. He slaughtered thousands, trapped them in ice for decades. Was he still Zane? Zane wouldn't of done that, he isn't Zane.

Trapped here for decades, as a ruthless dictator. He could never be Zane, he- he- He was tapped on the shoulder, it was Kai. 

"Are you okay dude? Well- probably not, but you were glitching." He couldn't bring himself to respond. "If it makes you feel any better, I know how it feels to not be in control of your actions, Lloyd too." He remembers, Chen and Morro. 

He couldn't help the noise that came out of him, a strangled sob. "We care for you, and, we're here for you." He whispered. That was his breaking point, tears came pouring out and he couldn't stop them.

He grabbed onto Kai and sobbed into his shoulder, Kai rubbed his back and whispered, "It's okay, it wasn't your fault." It was though, I should've known better. I shouldn't of fallen for Vex's tricks. 

Kai shook his head. "You lost your memory, that's not your fault, it's Vex's." Had he said that out loud? Kai chuckled, "Yes, yes you did." 

Once he had calm down he let go of Kai. "Thank you." He muttered, and Kai nodded. "Anything to help a brother out." He smiled, and The Emper- Zane could feel his warmth. 

He was the master of fire after all, he most obviously would be warm. Maybe, he could be warm too. But, that seems impossible, doesn't it? 

Perhaps he could be the cold for others, sick of the heat and wishing for something cold, ice cold.

Yes, he liked that. If he asked, maybe Kai could be his heat. His core jumped at the thought, fans turning on.

Was he, warm? Was this what being warm felt like? Had Kai melted him already? Oh, he hopes he did. 

It was cold slush now, continuously being melted. Kai was the real warmth to his cold world. He never wanted him to leave, he wanted to stay with Kai forever

He just wishes that day had gone differently, where no one was thrown into the portal, or at least he was thrown in instead. But we cannot change the past, only change the future. 

He misses his warmth.