Chapter 5

*THIRD PERSON POV*

Zane woke up at 3:30 before the sun rose. He got dressed and said bye to Cheerio. He created a portal to...Azusa's house? He stepped through and into her house. Azusa was still sleeping. She was cuddling Vexy.

'I didn't know she had a fox.'

"Azu, wake up," Zane whispered, "Get up we need to go somewhere."

"Mm, no mom. Just like, five more minutes."

Zane rolled his eyes. He snapped his fingers and Azusa's clothes changed from pajamas to street clothes. She was wearing ripped Jean shorts and a high, black crop and her hair was put into a ponytail.

'Thats better.'

Zane picked Azusa up and made another portal. It was to the Deco arena. He stepped through the portal once again and he was now in the arena.

Zane set Azusa down on a cold bench. The shock woke Azusa up.

"Holy crapis! That's friggin cold!" Azusa yelled.

"Well finally," Zane started, "Your up."

Azusa looked around. She started to feels comfortable. She looked down at her body.

"Did I get changed or something?" Azusa asked.

"No, I changed you." Zane answered.

Azusa turned white. She covered her chest and scooched away from Zane.

"Bruh, you a fucking perv or something? Why do I talk to you? Heck, why do I know you?"

"Are you serious? I didn't do that! Its called MAGIC!"

"I'm just kidding. I know you wouldn't. And to be honest, I do it to cause I'm lazy."

"Give me a frigging stroke!"

"Anyway, why are we here? There are other people here. Thankfully, they're minding their own business."

Zane paused for a few seconds.

"Because of the Sun Control. You know what that is right?"

"Ugh! That? I hate it so much. It's like, I don't know, it feels like I'm being possessed or something."

"Huh, you too? Same thing happens to me. It doesn't happen to all half-bloods but it does to others. I've been able to..." Zane made air quotes. "Overcome it."

"I didn't know that about you. Are Kate, Blaze and Elias here?"

"Yea they're here. They usually stay as staff since they're some of the humans that are allowed in Deco."

"Ooook. What time is it?"

"Around three forty-five am."

"Are you kidding me!?"

"Well we have to be here before the sun rises."

"True true."

*AZUSA POV*

Zane sat down on the bench and pulled his phone out.

"We need to get ready around maybe four-ish. We still have fifteen minutes." Zane said.

"Okie doke-dokily."

I grabbed some string from my pocket and tied I into a loop. I started making different shapes and played Cats in the Cradle with myself. Zane peeked over my shoulder. He gave a confused look. I could feel his eyes on me. I held out the string to him.

"Wanna try?" I asked.

"What am I supposed to do?" He took the string.

"You just sorta tangle it without making it messy."

Zane gave me a confused look. I rolled my eyes and smiled. I stood up and walked behind him. I put my hands on his and moved his fingers around.

"You start in this position. See?"

Zane's hands followed mine. I started leading him on more different kinds of tangles.

*ZANE POV*

As Azusa led my fingers through the string, I could feel her breath on me. It was warm. She had a bright smile on her face. It was like she had forgotten all about the frenzy we were about to go through.

While Azusa was still helping me, Elias and Kate were sneaking behind us.

"RAWR!" They both yelled.

Azusa jumped like a kangaroo.

"Agh!"

Elias and Kate burst laughing. Azusa gave them a playful glare. She pushed off the fence she had jumped on and swished behind them. Then she poked the back of their necks. They shivered from her cold fingers.

"Welp, guess they failed that plan too." Blaze's voice came in.

"It's not like they care. They do it for pure entertainment." I said.

*AZUSA POV*

"How does one person get so cold?" Elias rubbed the back of his neck.

"I'm always like that." I answered.

Zane cocked his head to the side and asked, "Weren't you just touching me? You didn't feel cold at all."

"Eheheh...Uh, yeaaaa." I said awkwardly. "That's different. I think it was because of your body tempature. You seemed kinda warm, that's probably why you didn't feel how cold my gands were."

Zane shrugged. Kate threw a card at me. I looked at it and and saw my name and picture.

"That's your ID to get into the cages." She said. "You get teleported inside them if you have that on your body."

I froze for a few seconds. The color drained from my face. I could hear my heart beating so hard and fast. My hearing went fuzzy.

"Azu?" I could hear Blaze, just barely. "Are you ok?"

I shook my head and gave a smile. "Yea, fine."

I could see Zane giving me a slightly concerned look, but I ignored him.

"Attention Half-Breeds." A speaker nearby said. "You are going to be teleported in 60 seconds. Please remove any items you have before this time is up. Remember to keep your ID on you and that it will be in your storage for safekeeping. Thank you."

*ZANE POV*

Azusa had been so pale when She was talking to Elias and Kate. When they mentioned that we would be put in cages, she froze.

A flash appeared in the back of my mind. A girl being used as a puppet, being abused, in a closet room with cold eyes.

I shook the picture in my head and stashed my things away in a bag. The timer went off. Azusa and I were teleported inside a cage. When I arrived, I saw something that would haunt me the rest of my life.

Azusa was tucked in the corner of the cage, her hands on the sides of her head. She was mumbling, "It's going to be OK. It's not going to be ok!"