16

"Good girl." Shen's voice echoed in my mind and finally I felt incredible, I felt better. I felt like I could breathe again. My vision cleared and I looked around to see water and large shards of glass everywhere. But my attention was immediately brought down to the figure before me and my eyes widened in absolute horror at the sight of Nathan on his stomach in the water with large pieces of glass in his back, legs and arms. He was still- lifeless. My eyes widened.

"Nathan!" I cried out in distress as I ran over to him dropping to my knees in front of him.

"Yeah! Don't worry about me! I'm fine!" Wade yelled and I looked to see Wade just waving at me with shards of broken glass sprinkled into his body as he stood next to Dopinder who was leaned over with his hands over his head. I knew they would both be okay so I turned my attention back to Nathan. I pulled the large shards out of him, blood streaming down my palms as I cut myself to remove them. I didn't care, I just had to get them out of him. Once they were out, I pushed him onto his side. His eyes were closed and he was bleeding all over. Wade and Dopinder ran over to me. Neena and the rest were coming down the escalator.

"He's not moving!" I cried running my hands over his body. I was out of it. I knew I had to help him. I placed my hands over his chest and forced steady even breaths to come from me until I was seeing white again. My lips quivered as I braced myself for the overwhelming pain. It hit me hard. I felt explosions of pain going through my body and I screamed hard as my fingers dug into Nathan's chest.

"Ziza! Jesus!" Wade said in panic, but I didn't let Nathan go. I held onto him until the water in my body began to activate the healing factor inside me and transfer to him.

But the pain was still there like intense fire devouring me. Tears streamed down my face as I looked at Nathan. Droplets of them fell onto his cheeks and forehead. The large gash wounds in his body began to close. It was healing slow, but it was happening. Who knows how much his robotic half was damaged and I would have to get him back to my lab. My heart was beating fast now and I was panting hard.

"Ziza stop you're gonna kill yourself!" Russell yelled. But I kept going, kept my hands on his chest until I saw every last gash close. I finally moved my hands away and fell back in exhaustion. Wade was there to catch me.

"We- we have to get him… to my lab," I panted. "We need to make sure everything's good." I said clutching Wade's arms. He nodded as he lifted me up.

"Let's move people!" he called out. From the destroyed mall to the drive back into the city, my body regained its strength. Dopinder drove and Wade sat in the passenger side. I was in the back with Nathan's head in my lap. He was breathing, which was a good sign. I ran my fingers gently over his forehead. He groaned lightly and I shushed him gently.

"Ziza." he said in a ragged tone.

"Don't speak." I said gently stroking his face. Once we were at the gate, the security guard saw me and immediately let us in. My team was already waiting with a gurney. Once the car stopped, my team helped me get him out and rolled him inside. Meela, one of my assistants had my white lab coat and ipad ready and we headed inside.

"Okay well we'll just wait in the car then!" Wade called out. Once we got him to my operating room, I lifted my pad and watched as it did an entire body scan over him. There was damage in his robotic pectoral muscle and arm. Some wiring in his leg was severely damaged. But it could all be fixed. Members of my team helped me get him undressed. After sharing the damaged information with my team we got to work opening him up and fixing all the damage in his robotic half. I could tell he wouldn't wake up, he was too exhausted.

I worked on the pectoral damage while my team worked to fix his leg. I had to remove a few dangerous wires, but they were easy to replace. After each thing I did, I would scan him over to make sure he was at 100 percent. It was strange even as I worked on him, knowing he was still breathing, my mind would just chant that he wasn't going to die. It took hours to work on him. I did a retinal scan of his eye and made sure every inch of him was good. I even did a check to make sure my team fixed his leg properly, even though I knew they were the best.

I looked his entire form over and scanned him three times even though I got the same result. He was okay. I had him moved to a room where he could be monitored. I wanted to be there when he woke up, but I couldn't. I was in my office watching him from my computer and just stared at him for a moment. I couldn't believe that I had hurt him. I had never lost control of my powers. Hell I hardly even needed to use them after Wade saved me. I broke down immediately crying into my hands. I couldn't do this again, I couldn't hurt him like I did.

"He's going to be okay you know."

I jumped and yelped as I saw Wade sitting in one of the chairs in front of my desk.

"How did you get in here?" I said wiping my face immediately. His legs were crossed and he was gently moving his leg up and down.

"Come on, it's me." he said and moved over to me. "Real question is why are you here and not in there with him?" He pointed at my computer screen and I shook my head.

"I shouldn't be the first thing he sees when he wakes up." I said and Wade scoffed.

"Well if he sees a random guy when he wakes up, pretty sure he's gonna kill him." he said and I just sniffled some.

"Wade-" I started and he shook his head.

"No. No buts. Get in there and see your bae before he murders your entire staff." he said. God he was right. I got up from my chair and left the office. My mind was rattled with thoughts as I moved down the slick clear hall. I never knew the extent of my powers. I didn't care to know so I never tried really controlling myself. And Shen brought out the worst in me. My train of thought was completely destroyed as I glass shattered from the room at the end of the hall. A man was thrown into a wall and my eyes widened as I ran over to check on him. He was okay.

"I'm going to ask you one more time and then I'm going to split you from crotch to head." I could hear Nathan snarling. I got up from my crouch and quickly hurried to the room and stepped over the glass. And there he was, naked with one of my staff members against the wall, holding him high up. "Where the hell am I?"

"Nathan please!" I said loudly. Nathan's head whipped over to me and his eyes immediately softened. I stared at him gently and watched as he just let the man go and moved up to me. He gripped my face lightly and captured my lips in a heated kiss. God his lips were rough and I loved every second of them against mine, but I pulled back. He looked me over.

"Are you hurt?" he asked, his voice laced with concern and I shook my head.

"No I am fine." I replied gently caressing his arms. He looked around the room.

"Where are we?" he asked. I just stared at his face the guilt filling me more.

"My lab. You were injured and I brought you here to fix you. Nathan I am so sorry. I've never lost control before." I said and he shook his head.

"Hey nothing I haven't gone through before. Besides, I'm at tip top shape. I'm fine." he said and I shook my head.

"I can't let this happen again." I said and he shook his head more.

"Ziza-"

"No. We can't do this, there can't be an us while I am a danger to you and our friends." I said. He winced now and shook his head as if confused.

"What are you saying? Are you breaking up with me?" he asked and I never thought I would hear those words come from his mouth and I felt tears streaming down my face.

"You have to go, Nathan." I said softly. Nathan just stared at me, the hurt glacing over his eyes.

"Oh there's the happy couple!" Wade yelled as he stood beside us happily. "Reunited and it feels so good!" His singing made everything ten times worse.

"Wade stop!" I shouted at him and his lips buttoned up quick. I looked back at Nathan who just continued to stare at me and it was like he could see the inside of my soul. "Look I am happy to help if you need to be tuned up. But that's it. Wade get him out of here."

"Yeah maybe we should get him dressed first." he said and I just looked at him.

"An orderly will get him some clothes." I said unable to look at him now and I just turned from them both.

"Ziza wait." Nathan said but I hurried off down the hall before he could stop me. I needed to get him out of here, out of my mind so I could focus on Shen. He and the Company will be coming for Russell and I. I needed to protect him. once I was home, I called Nega and told her what was going on and who the company was so they could better protect themselves. Russell got on the phone.

"When are you coming over?" he asked and I just closed my eyes for a second.

"Soon. Right now you are safer at the school." I replied.

"But why can't you come here too? I know this shit stain is after you. I can protect you too." he said worriedly, and I just sniffled some and smiled at his confidence. But if I could cause that much damage at the mall, I wasn't safe for Russell either. Shen could get into my head again and use me to hurt him or Nathan or Wade.

"It's just best if I just stick to my work. If I'm away from you all, Wade can find the Company and take them down so we will all be safe." I replied. I mean Wade was the super hero or assassin or whatever. This was his job. I am just a robotics engineer and I had duties to my work and my job. That's what I told myself. I could hear him sniffle a bit too.

"Fine." he said in a broken tone before hanging up. I closed my eyes and just sighed heavily before putting my phone down. I groaned.

"SHIT!" I yelled in frustration. Sure it felt stupid to isolate myself where Shen could get me. But he would come for me regardless of where I was and I'd rather him come here where no one's life is at stake than in a public area where everyone was in danger. Also the technology I had set up in my home also gave me some peace of mind. After studying the collar used on Wade to cut off his powers, I was able to create a security ring around the perimeter of my apartment that completely cut off a mutant's abilities. If Shen came, his powers would be completely shut down. My powers would also be taken away, but I didn't mind that. Maybe I needed a break from it anyways. The chip that activates it was installed in rose gold tear drop pendent. I just had to click it and it would activate.

I stood beneath my shower head feeling the water pour over me. All I could see was Nathan's face and how hurt he was from earlier. He would forget me. He's smart. I know he would forget me and move on.