Book 1: Shattered Harmony

Chapter 41: Heat

Sing for Me

Chapter 40

Heat

Once again Zareth found himself on the table looking up at a bright light. Sinister looking tools next to two people. One was a woman with pinned back black hair and black eyes, and the other was a man with peppered hair. He looked around at Danny her eyes were partly opened. They were keeping her functioning but only just. Her breathing was quick, and sweat was beading up on her forehead and dripping onto her blood stained kimono. His hand print could still be seen on the sleeve. He looked at his hand. The wound was closed, but the ink around it was flaking off. He sighed.

"Awe Inkpen I'm so sorry." He whispered closing his eyes when he felt someone lean in he opened them again. He saw the guy with peppered hair again.

"Alright...lets pull the pins."

"Pins...what are you talking a..." He pulled on his arms when realized that they had been tied down. He gritted his teeth when something grabbed hold of his legs. "Now shall I tell you a little about that little spit fire up there?" Gaya leaned over Zareth. She put a piece of rubber in his mouth

"Na...Na..." He shook his head feeling someone grab at his leg. He growled feeling the power tools ripping at the screwed keeping his leg on. Blood flowed down the table. "Lets get this arm off." The doctor ran his fingers over his now amputated leg. "Its so much easier to see inside like this isn't it?" He said and looked at Zareth.

"Just think...no ones here to scream for you...no one to cry out your name. Danny is almost powered down and there's a little girl high above you...with a fever that could kill her. She's a sneak thief...a pickpocket...and a killer."

Gaya said. Her hand roamed over his chest and smiled down at him. "Yes...she murders people."

"Kill?" He tried to say through the rubber rod in his mouth. He was feeling slightly light headed.

"Yes...she kills people using her ink. Surrounds them, suffocates them, and kills them" She ran her fingers over his chest again. Trailing over his heart door. She slowly opened it.

"S...Stay out of their." Dannys tired voice challenged. Gaya looked up at the blond.

"Oh?" Gaya smiled at Danny. Her fingers trailing over Zareths jaw line. "And what are you going to do about it?" Gaya asked she jumped when two razors came out of her wrists cutting the leather bindings.

"You stay away from my brother!" She yelled grabbing the chair she was in.

"Restrain her!" She yelled. The chair hit Gaya and she went down hard on the concrete floor. Danny growled at the other two.

"Put that leg back on or so help me I'll find something bigger then a metal chair to throw at you!" The Doctor saw the razors and nodded his head. It didn't take to long, or look to painful. Danny ran over plucking the piece of rubber from his mouth.

"You okay?" She asked leaning into him.

"Yeah babe...yeah I'm okay. Quick undo these and lets get Inky."

"Inky...that girl what happened to her?" Danny looked around. Zareth pointed up. Danny looked up and all she could really see was a hand over the side of the bird cage.

Zareth hopped off the table. "We need to get her down." Danny reached over to close his chest plate again. She blinked.

"Zareth who...did they...mess with your pump?" She asked running her fingers over it. He cringed in pain grabbing her hand. Danny looked a little iffy for a second. Zareth smiled down at her and kissed her hand.

"Chill out babe. Inkspot had to change my pump." He told her. Danny almost looked like her jaw was going to hit the floor.

"What!?" Danny exclaimed.

"I think you and Dareth are going to have a talk about her by the way." He told her. Danny looked around at him.

"Wha..." Something shook the building.

"What the hell?" Danny yelled holding onto the metal table.

"Oh thats probably Ronin. We were the distraction. He went in and..." The lights went out and another explosion shook the building. The birdcage above them began to shake. Zareth heard Inky moan and turn. The wall fell inward and smoke entered the room. Fire licked the ceiling.

"We gotta get her down from there!" Danny yelled pointing up at the birdcage. Zareth ran for the ladder. Danny turned to look at Gaya who was picking herself up off the floor.

"Danny be careful...she's the Overlords daughter." Zareth yelled. Danny looked around for something, anything she could use to defend herself. She grabbed a scalpel and looked at Gaya.

Zareth crawled along the rafters and dropped down onto the cage. He looked inside Inkys face was pink, and her breathing was pretty shallow.

"Come on kid...lets get you out of here." He opened the door and reached in lightly picking her up from the cage floor. Her eyes opened for a second.

"Your okay..." She whispered coughing.

"Its alright kid...Im alright." He whispered and tucked her into his arms as he went to jump back up into the rafters. He gasped watching the cage fall to the concrete floor. He looked down to make sure Danny was alright. The cage had missed her by meer feet. Gaya on the other hand.

Zareth jumped down to see that Danny was leaning against the wall.

"Your power levels are still low?" Zareth asked. Danny nodded her head and sighed.

"Sorry." She told him. Zareth scoffed.

"Nah if I hadn't of told you to go back to the apartment none of this would have happened." He pulled Danny to him as the roof began to cave in. Inky clung to him.

Their eyes stung and their throats burned. Zareth felt like his skin was going to start peeling.

"Need a lift!" Ronins voice called through a hole in the roof. Zareth smiled up at the red vehicle.

"Just in time Ronin." He held Inky out to him. Ronin pulled the girl up into the ship. Followed by Danny and then Zareth. Ronin had to have Dannys help to pull him out. Finally after a few minutes they were out of the dark lands and into the sky.

Zareth ran his fingers through Inkys hair. Ronin had started her on an IV to help her. As it were she was to hot to accept any medications. So she had to be cooled down. There was an ice cloth on her forehead and ice water in a cup near her. The poor girl wasn't going to be out of bed for some time. Danny on the other head was leaning against his shoulder much like she had when they first met. A charger beside them charging her batteries. He looked up at Ronin who watched him.

"They'll be fine Zareth. Don't you worry." He told him. Zareth just nodded his head and closed his eyes.

"Yeah...but my leg hurts like a bitch."