Book 1: Shattered Harmony

Chapter 7: Heart

Unready Guardian

Chapter 7

Heart

Zareth held up his hands knowing perfectly well what was going to be done, and he didn't want Danny to be hurt again. She held her shirt over the wound on her hand. Zareth mumbled something as he looked at the keyboard. Their were some weird keys and he just shrugged his shoulders and tapped at them and watched the screen for a second. A bright red light began to flash.

"Zareth..." Richards said

"Yeah hold onto your tupai. I'm working on it."

"I beg your pardon!" Richards was appalled. Danny giggled and looked sideways at Richards. Richards grew angry at her snatching her by the neck and pulling her to him. He hated to be made fun of. Zareths back was turned so he didn't see the interaction. He didn't see the knife sink deep into Dannys back. Luckily for her it wasn't a large knife, Just two inches long. But the pain was what was needed.

"I find this funny too. The fact that you think you have a chance with him. He's the type of person to leave people behind when they start losing interest. Your no more then a puppy to him. One that will be taken back to the pound." Dannys heart sank, she knew he was right. She knew she had no chance at all of a romance with a man like that. She didn't even want to try. She didn't want to be hurt. After all...who would ever love someone like her. Zareth turned around as the bright red lights turned off and the door opened.

"Vuala..." He said and smiled. His eyes locked onto Dannys.

"Zareth...?" She took a deep breath. "Please..." She held out her hand for him. He looked down, their was a small pool of blood on the floor.

"Danny!" He ran forward to pull her away from Richards. The knife was pulled from her back in the effort. Zareth put his hand over the wound to try to stop the bleeding.

"Got it sir..." Tony yelled handing the hard drive to Richards who held it up for Zareth to see.

"Good day to you." He said. Mr. Borg wheeled forward. Zareth pulled her onto his lap so she could get comfortable.

"They'll get what they deserve." Borg said. Zareth shook his head and then suddenly heard the best sound he could have heard.

"Stop right there!" It was Kai's voice.

"Is that your best line?" Jay's voice argued. The banter went back and forth.

"I had a button installed on my desk that displayed an alarm on the Bounty just in case this were to happen. Precautions..." Borg smiled. "Come...lets get her to the infirmary." Borg said.

"Zareth?" Danny felt her body being lifted from the sitting position on Zareth. The moving hurt her wound a lot. She winched and buried her face into his chest.

"Sorry...sorry..." Zareth said

It was a few days later when Danny opened her eyes again. In front of her was a floor to ceiling window. It was wide open and the morning sun shined through. She felt comfortably numb though, and she just lay there watching it. She could hear a tv show playing. It was something about kung fu dogs. She had no idea what it was, she hardly watched tv. Her father only had one tv and it didnt have cable. At least not till he moved into the apartment a month or so ago. She looked around the room seeing that their was an IV stand next to her. She looked at her arm. Their was an IV sticking out of her arm. She looked around her seeing the machines she was hooked to. Their was just one thing missing. Well...not a thing. Someone. She looked around again and she shuddered feeling the sudden cold radiating from her soul. He had left her. She looked at her hand. Their was stitches on her palm. Maybe she was to much trouble and he didn't want that?

"Babe?" The word...that word where?" She looked up to see him standing at the foot her her bed a little confused. "You okay? Does it hurt?" She realized that she had been sobbing. How does one cry and not realize? She held out her arms for him. He put the food tray on the table and walked over to her. He pulled her to him and held her close.

"I thought..." She swallowed hard, her throat felt like she had cotton swabs in it. "I thought you had..."

"You thought I left you?"

"I have no right to think that, you aren't mine. I ca..." Zareth touched her lips and smiled.

"I don't think Dareth sees it that way." The look on Dannys face. "This was his idea." Zareth held up the cup of coffee. "Now I pride myself on being a separate person between Zane and Dareth. I don't't know how to explain it. I'm a little of both of them, and if there's one thing that one desires...like say a piece of pizza, or an ice cream I tend to crave those things to." He laughed running his hand over the back of his head.

"So...what about a woman?"

"I say silly stupid things. I start projecting. I do that too with Pixal...Zanes chick." Zareth took Dannys hand and kissed it. He looked up at her with a big smile on his face. "I can promise that Dareth will come looking for you when we seperate, but...thats not now. I'm having to much fun." Zareth said. Danny looked worried for a second there.

"So if you seperate, does that mean...forever?"

"Nah they have way to much fun like this. Its like I am what they do on their days off." Zareth said. Danny giggled and jumped when her stomach growled loudly.

"I had a feeling you'd be hungry." He said holding up a tray.

"How did you know I'd be awake?" Danny asked. Zareth blushed looked a little iffy for a second and inhaled.

"Your brain waves had a lot more activity today then any other day." He said and blushed.

"You've been keeping an eye on my brain waves?"

"For nightmares. You had a few while you were out." Zareth said and cleared his throat trying to get back into character. "I just...whispered to you when I felt you were having them." He told her. Danny giggled and tried to hide her face.

"Oh beautiful...such a gorgeous smile." Zareth pulled her hands from her face. "Come on...eat up." He set her coffee down. "I put four packets of sugar and two packets of creamer in it."

"You remembered." She said.

"Of course babe. I'm Zareth."

"Hey come here." She said smiling. He leaned down and Danny kissed his cheek. "Well Zareth. You are beautiful." He blushed. It was those kind eyes again. The ones that pulled her in every time she looked at them. She wasn't to sure which they belonged to, but she didn't mind. He always looked at her with those kind lazy eyes. He sat down in the chair and looked at the tv.

"Ah...a rerun..."