Book 1: Shattered Harmony

Chapter 43: Save Me

Sing for Me

Chapter 42

Save Me

Dareth watched Danny walk around the house for days just either cleaning it, or standing around looking at nothing. She wouldn't even sit down long enough to enjoy a cup of tea. Actually she hardly ate either. Technically she didn't have to eat as long as she kept herself oiled properly, she ate out of habit. It was just the ruin of routine on a woman who surrounded herself with routines. Most of her day was always planned out. She walked back into the kitchen and started to make lunch. Dareth walked into the kitchen and put his arms around her. She looked up at him and smiled.

"I'm alright." She told him, but its what she always tells him. He pulled her to him and kissed the top of her head.

"Why don't you go visit her? Bring her some lunch or something." Dareth said. Danny looked up at him, his heart latched onto hers.

"Come with me?" She asked. Dareth ran his finger over her cheek and smiled.

"Of course I'll go." Dareth kissed her before going to find his shoes.

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Inky looked around at them printing press. Her leg was still bandaged, but it was dirty. The floors of the printing press weren't clean at all. Even though the floors are swept like they were supposed to be she couldn't do much with it. She looked up at Sai as he walked by. She filled back up the vats and went back to bagging. She was supposed to bag the news papers and put them into bags for the baby boys. This job would insure that she stayed off the hurt leg. But even though it still hurt a lot.

"Inky?" Inky looked up to see a certain nindroid. Inky looked around Sai wasn't even looking her way. She stood up and limped over to her.

"Danny." She smiled hugging the young girl to her.

"How have you been huh?" She asked holding out a lunch box full of food. Inky gasped and grabbed for the lunch box. She pulled it open and started to eat. Danny watched her with wonder.

"Have you not been eating?" She asked. Inky shook her head.

"He won't let me ate anything till I pay for the doctors bills..." She looked around at Danny. Danny stood up and looked around at Dareth and Zane. They were talking to someone. Inky smiled eating the last of the lunch that she gave her.

"Thanks for the food Danny." She smiled and waved at her. Danny reached out to her and smiled hugging her.

"I'll try to bring you some more food tomorrow alright?" She said and waved at her. Sai watched Danny leave toward the gate. Once he thought she was out of earshot.

"And you think you can just take a break huh? What makes you think your so special!" He grabbed one of her pigtails and shoved it into the press. Inky gasped and pulled at her pigtail. It was long enough to reach her knees. She screamed out for help.

Danny pulled her jacket closer up onto her shoulder. She looked around at Inky and her pump stopped. She called out.

"Inky needs help!" Danny yelled. Both Zane and Dareth ran after her. Danny grabbed hold of Inkys hair and pulled. The printer kept rolling and pulling Inky closer to the press. Danny put her arm around Inky and pulled.

"Danny!" She called out. Danny felt it before seeing it. Her fingers were caught in the roller with her hair. The pain was almost unbearably. She reached out grabbing for the printer scissors.

"Dareth!" Danny called. She felt someone behind her. The scissors cut the hair. Inky fell to the floor and looked up at Danny. Tears were streaming down the poor girls face. Danny felt someone behind her pulling at her arm.

"You're going to have to pull." She looked up to see Zareth. They both pulled and the arm splintered, broke, shattered, and then tore in two.

Zareth reached down scooping Danny up in his arms. He cupped her face in his hands.

"Danny...Danny?" Danny cringed as her arm popped and sputtered. Danny turned burying her face in his chest. Zareth looked up at Sai.

"I should rip you in two!" Zareth turned to see Inky standing in the middle of the press room. Her eyes were completely black, her hair was dripping with ink. Out of her back were four spider type legs." She growled at the man. One of the kids yelled at the top of their lungs.

"Run!"

Inky growled rushing at the man who was considered her caretaker.

"Inky stop!" he yelled but this time...he tasted blood. The air got stuck in his throat. He coughed, blood coming up from his throat.

"Inky!" Inky turned to look at Zareth and Danny. She charged at them. Zareth turned to block Danny from the charge. Zareth felt arms around him.

"Is she okay?" He heard Inkys voice. He turned around.

"Yeah...yeah she's an android." Zareth said running his thumb over the stump.

He jumped hearing the sirens. The police car came up behind them. Cryptor stepped out of the car and looked down at Zareth not knowing who he was.

"What happened here?" He saw the dead human on the floor.

"He was attacking us." Zareth told Cryptor. Cryptor looked around at the room again.

"Is she still functioning?" He asked. Inky shook her head.

"I don't know yet. Sai put my hair in that machine and she tried to pull my hair out. She got her hand caught." Inky told Cryptor. He wrote the information down and looked around at Mindroid.

"We need a meat wagon." Mindroid nodded, saluted, and beeped an affirmation. "You okay?" Cryptor asked Inky. Inky ran her fingers through her hair. It was down to her shoulder now.

"Its just hair..." She said and sighed. Zareth stood up and walked toward the door.

"Come on Splatter...we need to get her to Borg Tower." Zareth said. Danny opened her eyes and looked around they were inside the patrol car. She ran her fingers over the stump.

"Hey...you okay?" Zareth asked gently. Danny nodded her head.

"I'm alright, I think my hard drive turned me off to protect me from feeling to much of the pain as we were pulling." She looked around at Inky who was sitting next to them. Dannys legs on her lap. Her fingers lazily playing with Dannys shoe laces.

"We'll be alright." Zareth told Inky. He took Inkys hand and smiled. He held out a piece of paper to Inky. She looked at it and shook her head.

"I can't read." She said.

"It says your Nina Darzuski. You are now Dareth and Dannys daughter." Zareth smiled. Danny sat up and looked down at Inky. She grabbed the girl up and pulled her close as easily as she could with one arm. Inky didn't protest she smiled at them.

"Please...tell me your not joking." Inky cried out. Danny shook her head.

"No no you are. I can see the paper." She nuzzled the little girl. "I wish I had that other arm...I just really want to hold you."

Zareth sighed looking down at them. He chuckled to himself.

"I guess thats it Dareth...your a dad...and a husband...and...Zane and Me...I guess we're Uncles." He sighed sitting back closing his eyes. "And my leg...really hurts like a bitch..."

The Beginning

~Book 2: Rift Wars coming soon~