Book 1: Shattered Harmony

Chapter 32: Held

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Mistaken

Chapter 32

Held

Zareth turned seeing the 8 people walk into the art room. Zareth leaned against the door having heard it open again. He pushed it as he leaned. They had knives, baseball bats, and chains. Zareth felt his inner Dareth start to surface. Just what was he supposed to do with this? He looked around and saw a chair...just a chair. He grabbed it like a lion tamer would. He looked at the androids. His eyes narrowed. In his mind he heard Zane.

'Take a deep breath Zareth. We can take them...if we do not. They'll get Danny.'

'Not on my watch' Dareth pipped in. Zareth felt the determination and smiled. He rolled his toothpick in his mouth and relaxed a bit.

"Always the snarky cyborg aren't you?" That voice. Zareth lowered the chair and sat down looking over the crowd of androids.

"Why hello there Goldilocks. Thought you died." Zareth said propping his leg up on a table. The art on it was a plastic and squishy feel to it.

"Only a little." 4 said "Spencer learned to backup hard drives after Danny betrayed us." He walked forward looking down at the man before him.

"My names Donald by the way. Donny for short." He said. His eyes were different then before. Zareth could feel the anger radiating off him. He was not getting out of this without damage. All at once the androids attacked him. Normally they'd go one to two at a time. This was kill or be killed this time. Zareth was thrown out of the chair by Donny. His eyes were flecked with red. The chains were wrapped around his arms and legs, the baseball bat hit his ribs and hip on one side, he felt the knife sink into his arm scratching the bone. At least a lot of his titanium parts took the damage, but their would be dents. He felt a knife rest against his throat.

"Zareth!" Dannys voice echoed in the room over his grunts. She was being pulled from her hiding spot. The air in Zareths lungs caught as he turned to see her.

"Oh there you are sister." Donny chuckled stepping over the heavily damaged Zareth.

"Leave him alone...please." She pleaded.

"Or what?" He got in Dannys face. "What could you do to stop me? What could you offer me to protect him, because honestly I really want to rip his face off." Danny looked around at Zareth. The floor was mostly red and black now. People walked by and watched for a few minutes as if this were an act

"I'll go with you...just please...don't hurt him anymore." Danny asked. Donny was about to say something, when someone in his ear bud said something. He turned and looked at the others. His eyes drifted down to the angry looking Zareth whose teeth firmly held the toothpick. The look of defiance in his eyes. He reached down and plucked the toothpick from his mouth.

"Hey!" He yelled. Donny kneeled down and whispered in his ears.

"I will have her..." He whispered slowly pushing the toothpick against Zareths cheek. "I will kill her in front of you, and their will be nothing you can do about it...Zareth." The toothpick broke through Zareths skin. He let the toothpick go and stood back up. The toothpick had been pushed deep into the flesh.

"Bring them both." Danny reached out for Zareth but only grazed her hand over his chest.

"Please..." She tried but was pushed into the back of the van. Zareth was pushed in beside her. She leaned heavily against him. Her fingers ran over the toothpick. She slowly pulled it back out and dropped it onto the ground.