At Val's dessert
Nikki walks in through the glass door and heads for the table at the extreme end towards the wall. She sits on the chair in front of the wall.
"Have you ordered already?" she asked as she smiles at the man in front of her.
"Of course, I did. Knowing you, you'd have my head if I didn't", he replied. The man is Ryder, her personal doctor.
Ryder has been her doctor since she was a child. When she was younger, she had a terrible illness that almost took her life but Ryder was the one who saved her. Ever since then she has seen him as her second father and he too also loved her as his daughter.
Nikki frowned and pouted her lips. "I wouldn't do that to you".
"Sure. Anyways what made the princess of the middle chamber invite me to her most treasured place?"
She frowned, "You're teasing me again".
Ryder lets out a chuckle as he smiled at her, "I know you better than you know yourself Nikki. Using tricks won't work on me. If there's something you want to say, then say it".
She drops her elbow on the table and rests her head on her fist. Her expression turns serious. "Mom told me you were the one who discovered the seal on my powers". It sounded like she was trying to get a confirmation.
Ryan smiled at her, "Oh so this is what it's all about? Yes, I was the one. I'm guessing you didn't come all the way to ask me that".
"How do I remove the seal on my powers?" Her voice changed suddenly. It became hostile and cold. It sounds more like a command than a question.
"Didn't your mother tell you about it?"
"I'm not in the mood to play question and answer with you Ryder. You know my mother is hiding something and you're in on it to. The only reason I'm willing to look away is because I trust you won't do something that will hurt me. So, I'm only going to ask one more time. How do I get rid of the seal?"
Ryder stares at Nikki as he looks into her eyes trying to find any emotions but all he could see was darkness and coldness in her eyes.
She had suddenly changed from the sweet loving girl he knew. What happened that she changed so much?
Was it because of her discovery of her powers? No, that wasn't it. Nikki wasn't that immature. But what could have caused her to change so suddenly. He couldn't wrap his head around it.
"There are two ways", he finally gave in.
"I'm listening", she said indifferently.
"You can find the person who made the seal and get the person to remove it. But it's not going to be easy because that seal wasn't just made by one person, it was made by three. And because of that the seal is so complicated that's it's going to take a while to find the people who made it".
"And the second way?" she asked.
"You can't use the second way Nikki". There was no way he was going to allow her go down that path again. He was not going to allow what happened years ago repeat itself. They were lucky to have survived last time but this time he wasn't sure they would.
"I'm not asking for your permission Ryder so hurry up and tell me".
"Nikki I can't do that. I can do any other thing but that". No way he was going to give into her. He was not going to allow her become a ticking time bomb that could explode any second.
Suddenly he felt a cold air around him and he looks up to see Nikki with a frown on her face. Her eyes had turned red and there was this chilling aura emitting from her. It sent a chill down his spine.
'Ah this aura'. It was something he would never forget. It had become more chilling than it was.
The cutleries on their table start to move up in the air as they encircle Nikki's hand as she skilfully played with them moving them around her fingers before she aims one at Ryder's neck. The knife stops in front of Ryder's neck, the tip piercing his neck.
"I'll give you one more chance to change your words for old times' sake. If you say the wrong words again, I'll really have to torture you", she smiled at him innocently.
Ryder gulped in fear knowing that she wasn't messing around. "You have to lose the person you love the most, in other words you have to go through the most excruciating emotional pain that exists", he answered.
"How sure are you that's going to work?" She moves the knife back to her hand.
Ryder sighs in relief. "Remember how you temporarily broke the seal because you were afraid the upper royals were going to kill that human?" He asked.
"So, what you're trying to say is that if I fall in love with that human and watch him die, I can break the seal?" she mused.
"Yes, but it's too dangerous Nikki. You can lose control of yourself in the process and destroy everything and everyone around you", Ryder warned.
"I know you care about me but there's no need to exaggerate things. I can't possibly cause so much destruction".
Ryder shook his head in disagreement. She really had no idea just how much damage her power could do. "You are capable of destroying hell Nikki if you have your powers".
"Yeah sure while am at it I'm sure I can also defeat the devil", she scoffed as she kept playing with the cutleries.
"Nikki that's enough. Stop using your powers now. You haven't completely broken your seal", Ryder said seeing that she was still using her powers.
"Stop being such a buzzkill", she glared at him.
Ryder's eyes turn deep green. The colour was so mesmerizing that it could hypnotize anyone. "Nikki look into my eyes", he ordered as Nikki looks up and her eyes met his.
"Ryder?"
"Sleep", he commanded and immediately she closes her eyes and her head drops down but he catches her head before it hits the table.
"Thank goodness that you haven't gotten your powers. You would have killed me when you saw me use that on you", he smiled as he gently lay her head on the table.
'I don't know why you're trying to break your seal so badly but I promise I'll help you out. I won't let you lose another person you love'.
Ryder changes their order to a take home package instead. After receiving it, he takes Nikki back home.