Emily and Z

Emily P.O.V.

Solarious looks at us waiting for our response. We didn't quite expect to see him or that he was the leader of the ones who could help us stop the reptilian army. 

"Thank you for agreeing to meet with us today, I am Neese captain of the Luxious, and this is my crew" he turns to us and then points at us one by one. 

"The twin Cyborg sisters Natasha and Nicole, Z the legendary Lycan, and lastly Elise our newest member, " he smiles to Solarious with his best poker face on.

I know we are all hoping he doesn't know us, that this wasn't just part of some elaborate plan to ambush us. If he doesn't know then that means Roland hasn't gotten to him yet and we still have an advantage over him. As he states our names we show the same respect to the serpent leader and slightly bow our heads to him. 

"So how may we be of service to you Mr.Neese?" 

" I hope you all have had a chance to read the warnings we sent to you about the reptilian army acquiring new knowledge of specimen X"  he looks on.

Nodding in confirmation amongst each other, Solarious returns his attention back to us. 

" We had received word of it, however, we find it completely unreliable. That human disease has not been around since the destruction of the human race more than a thousand years ago." 

Solarious places both of his scaly hands on his desk and leans forward. His look is menacing and the black of his eyes doesn't help. Neese though ever the egotistical type being he is smirks. 

" So we send you a warning that there is an army brewing, a war within possible months from happening, and along with it we send you proof that it is credible and yet you do nothing? Typical." He scoffs back.

By the looks of the other members, Neese hit a nerve and not in a good way. He has offended them but he still carries on like he doesn't have a care in the world. He is either brave or dumb, either way, he is sure going to get us locked up or worse... killed.

"Back off Neese, " Z whispers. 

Neese just shoos her protest away with a wave of his hand not even giving her the time of day.  If those eyes of Z could kill Neese would be a corpse right about now. Her green eyes are basically shooting invisible daggers into him. He carries on without a second thought to the crew that stands behind him. 

"The F.O.G. thought to be the most wondrous of councils to help in a time of need, to defend the innocent lives all over the galaxy, and yet, you will do nothing as millions and millions of lives are at stake. That leader of the reptilian army will not stop, he will not now to anyone, and if you listen to this fool here, you all will be begging for mercy, specimen X is going to be resurrected again, and when it does I hope you all have made peace with your sins."  He takes one last look at everyone before turning around. 

"Learn to watch your tongue, you filthy shapeshifter! You know of nothing! And you come to lecture us? How dare you!"  

The nameplate reads Ruza and she is to her feet as well, a very tall woman with a cheetah face and yellow eyes. Her fur is short and deep orange color. Her teeth are showing and they shine a bright white. Neese pays her no mind and with an upward nod of his head gestures us to leave. 

"Well that didn't do so well, " I slouch a bit in disappointment. 

"Now that we know Solarious runs the F.O.G. we must rethink our entire plan," Nicole adds.

" Solarious now holds two giant forces in his pocket. There must be some other way to convince the other council members that they have been betrayed."  Natasha chimed in on the conversation. 

Coming up from behind Z grabs Neese by the shoulder jerking him in a three-sixty making him face her. Making eye contact with his face is met with the brunt of her fist, all the knuckles on her hand meet his red rosy cheeks. The full force she knocks him clear across the road and into a wall. 

"You fucking idiot! Do you have any idea what could've happened to us? We go asking for help and you insult them! What the hell were you thinking?!" Her usual cool demeanor is now a raging hulking Lycan woman. 

Rubbing his jaw with his left hand he spits out some blood and just glares back at Z. He stays kneeling down trying to gain his composure. He breathes in heavily, his breaths a little shaken with each inhale and exhalation. 

" The next time you wish to go rambling and speaking for us make sure you bet your own life"  Z clenches her fist and walks away.

Leaving Neese to pick himself up off the ground we follow silently behind Z.  Today's events certainly have not gone our way. And with the knowledge that the master behind the puppets is the one we are trying to stop has only made the situation direr. 

Two weeks pass by and we are not any closer to finding a new solution to our problem on the bright side; it does seem that the reptilians have not gotten any further in their research as well.  I sat next to Z on the couch, my legs stretched out and my arms crossed. On the tv, some soap opera plays on the screen, it is an old earth shoe from when I was a kid. 

There is a woman lying in a hospital bed, she had been placed in a coma after having brain surgery for a gunshot wound. Her head is wrapped and the room is small. The only other person in the room is her friend Zach. Zach is finally about to tell her he is in love with her. 

"I should've told you when I had the chance….Meg please if you can hear me wake up….wake up" he sobs kissing her cheek.

"I love you so much, please wake up" he puts his forehead to her cheek as his tears fall unrelenting.

I hear a slight sniffle sound next to me and I casually look at Z with just my eyes. On her cheek are a few tears rolling down, and her eyes are glossy. Never in my life would I have thought a sappy soap opera would make this hard ass, stubborn, secure, Lycan of a woman cry. 

"I see you staring at me ya know, " she keeps her eyes trained on the tv, reaching for a handful of popcorn in the red bowl that sits between us. 

" I figured as much," I replied. Reaching for my own handful. 

" Something the matter?" This time she looks at me. 

Gah the way she looks at me makes my heart race and butterflies flutter about in my stomach. She is so beautiful and her dark deep green eyes… I could just spend hours looking into them. She warms me and soothes me in more ways than one. How I wish I could tell her. 

"Emily? Earth to Emily" she waves her hand in front of my eyes quickly. 

My eyes flutter a few times and I finally snap out of it giving her an apologetic smile. 

"You okay?"  She looks me up and down, 

"You're acting weird."

Okay, Emily to hell with it, the world could be ending, and what if you never get the chance to tell her how you feel. Time to put on the big girl underwear and just get it out already. 

I swallow hard and the palms of my hand become sweaty, I am more than nervous I am flustered and anxious. I am about to go insane all these emotions flooding into my body all at once. 

"Z I… I.." I am about to boil over. I can't find the words to express everything I am feeling. 

So I do the most outrageous thing I will probably ever do in my whole existence. Without any further thought any second guesses. I hope across the cushion separating us and clash my lips against hers wrapping my arms around her muscular shoulders. One second passes..two seconds pass, then three and on the fourth, I feel her strong hands wrap around the middle of her torso pulling me down completely on top of her. 

I don't know how much time passed by when we parted. I didn't know what to say or do and I am just there kind of hovered over her. She stares back at me in a bit of shock upon her face. 

"You alright?" She finally says breaking the awkward silence. 

Shifting off of her and back to my seat "I'm fine"

Just then Neese comes into the living room, looking at him we immediately shift to pretending nothing had just occurred. 

"Can we talk Z?" He doesn't wait for her to respond. 

With a heavy sigh, she follows him to the kitchen leaving me to my own thoughts. I hear low whispers unable to hear what they are discussing whatever it is apparently I am on a need to know basis status. I peek over the couch and try to casually look into the kitchen but to no avail, they are in the far corner probably by the fridge which is the blind spot from the couch to the kitchen. I lean back and grab another handful of popcorn. 

The whispers end quickly and not in a peaceful way either within a few minutes I hear one loud growl and it's from Z. 

"I don't fucking think so! Emily stays here!" 

What in the hell could they have just been talking about that would upset Z so much for? She storms out of the kitchen and into the living room. Neese follows behind her. 

"Quit being irrational for once! She is the cure and we need her, she's immortal nothing will happen to her Z." He shouts frustrated. 

"It's not up for debate Neese, why can't you get that through your thick skull, I won't allow her to be sacrificed!" She bears her teeth at him.

By now they have my full attention and I look at them both with wide eyes and obviously a very confused gaze. 

" What the hell do you mean sacrificed? Care to clue me in on the conversation?" I stand up looking between them. 

"Emily, I wanted to take you on a mission"

"What kind of mission?" I ask arms crossed.

"We need to break into F.O.G. headquarters and see what information we can dig up. And while we're at it I wanted to take you in there so we can run a more extensive search of your genetics." 

"It's too risky, she could be captured, you all could!" Z snaps. 

"All? You wouldn't be coming Z?" 

"No, she'd stay behind hence why she is in a tizzy" He snaps. 

"Say tizzy one more time and I will show you what kind of fucking tizzy I am in" she threatens him with her dagger-like stare.

"Enough, the both of you, " they look at me stunned.

"Fighting won't solve anything if this will help us get on a quicker track then I'm down. Z before you protest I will be fine."

She doesn't want to hear any reasoning I may come up with. She storms away from me heading down the hall to her room. The door slams violently. 

"I'll keep ironing out the details, it appears the two of you need to talk, see if you can get her on board with this." He simply states and walks out of the room and into the lab closing the door behind him. 

I rub my face with my two hands feeling the frustration come down on my shoulders. Things went from peaceful and relaxing to outright shit in a downward spiral. Z is already a closed-off person and now with Neese pissing her and my agreeing to Nees's plan has just made it worse. 

Gaining the courage to go knock on her door, I stand there looking at the brown soft surface of her door. The brass colored door knob inches from my hand. Swallowing hard I tap my knuckles gently on the door. 

"Z can we talk?" I ask softly. 

No answer. 

"Z please, don't….don't shut me out" I tap on the door again.

She doesn't answer, feeling defeated and rather disappointed I retreat to the door further down the hall and swing it open. Stumbling to the bed I plop down burying my face in the plush pillows closing my eyes and letting exhaustion take over. I don't dream or have nightmares. It is very rare that I do. And yet this time sleep welcomes me with open arms.