[RL with Zechs, Tyki and Rufus]

[clockmaster]

Hakuba shivered, the weather wasn't any better now than when he left Gaia a few days ago. He nearly killed himself driving the iced road, he still needs more driving lessons. The detective couldn't use the flying broom, he gave it to that demon woman, Trish, anticipating that Elphaba would not mind. He imagined that the witch would symphatize with another woman who was being hunted like her, and, after all, the broom will fly back to it's original owner if something goes wrong. If not, he would just have to deal with another psychopathic friend.

The boy realy hoped that all was going well on the Ark...Tyki was really alive, and he remembered Zechs and the community. Such a relief. Hakuba was still worried and a bit scared, but damn him if he was going to left that kind of emotions to take control. Hakuba was in front of Zechs's door now, he had the keys of the apartmen, but he hesitated. Zechs was less than joyful when he prevented him to go to his lover's side for the second time. Knowing that trying to trying to delay the inevitable was useless, he opened the door carefully.

"Zechs?"

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Perhaps Hakuba had remembered that Zechs was planning on stalling the ZERO tests earlier that day. There was good reason for that. There was also good reason for his initial fear of the system, and the fact he asked Tyki never to allow him to build it. The ZERO twisted the mind. If nothing else, it made the user dependent on it. Zechs was smart enough to realize that was beginning to happen to him, and wanted to stop.

But the detective was right. Zechs didn't care if he hurt himself in the process of helping Tyki. So here he was with the ZERO again, attempting to find answers. And, of course, ready to soundly defeat Hakuba.

There would be no contest. Such a fight was very unfair against the detective. Only a few could best Zechs without the ZERO, and with the system ...

"I will not hurt any others," Zechs said arrogantly. "To do so would dishonor him."

And then dismissed Hakuba's concern with an arrogant gesture, waiting for the boy to make his first move. "It's Rufus' furniture. I'll repay him if necessary."