Father's Love
Pandora turns over in bed, lying on her back and slowly waking up. She can't help but smile. After a few moments, she sits up and stretches out with a look of pure joy. Not long after, there's a knock at her door. That makes her frown just as she runs a hand through her hair to make herself presentable.
"What?" an annoyed Pandora yells.
The door opens and her father enters, clearly concerned, "Good morning."
"What do you want?" Pandora's annoyance still quite obvious.
"We need to talk about how you spoke to me yesterday." suggests Jove.
Pandora scoffs at the idea, "What about it?"
"I understand that you're frustrated. Protecting The Box and going through high school isn't exactly easy. But you've done a fantastic job." begins Jove.
"Gee, thanks." Pandora responds dismissively as she gets out of bed and starts getting ready for the day.
"I'm sorry that I haven't been as helpful as I probably should have. You were doing so well, I wasn't sure you needed me." Jove explains further.
"Uh-huh..." Pandora responds, clearly barely listening to her father as she chooses a shirt before pulling it over her head and putting it on.
"Or maybe I should've but I always thought that your mother would be here to do it. Maybe I thought that trying to step in was replacing her, or giving up on the idea that she'd come back to us." Jove adds to his confession, slowly closing the distance between him and his daughter.
"Sure..." is Pandora's only response, finally choosing a pair of jeans and stepping into them.
"Whatever the reason, the truth is I've failed you." declares Jove as he brings The Box out from behind his back while Pandora is too wrapped up in herself to care, "But I'm going to fix that, starting now."
Jove turns sections of The Box, similar to the way Uni did not long ago, and the clicking noise causes Pandora to finally pay attention to her father and turn to him. She sees The Box in his hand and looks confused. Her father finishes what he's doing and thrusts it at his daughter, expecting something to happen... but it doesn't.
Pandora's eyes glow with a black light for a moment before The Box has a similar glow. She looks straight at her father with black glowing eyes before knocking the Greek artifact out of his hands. It goes flying across the room away from them both.
"What the hell are you doing?" an angry Pandora accuses before her eyes finally stop glowing, "I thought we settled this."
Jove looks at his daughter, then at The Box as it rolls to a stop on the floor at the other side of Pandora's room, then back to his daughter.
"I'm done with that stupid box. Whatever you were trying to do, it didn't work. So let's just... get the HELL out of my room." Pandora angrily declares.
There's a long silence between the two as there's something of a showdown between them. Pandora's eyes flash a black light.
Jove sighs before responding, "I'm sorry Dora. I wish I could've saved you."
Pandora scoffs, "I don't need saving."
She leaves her father standing in her room on her way to school. He turns as she walks out her door.
"Yes, you do."
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