Inspirational quote: By being yourself, you're giving something beautiful to the world that was not originally there before. Yourself.

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Dr Kozak was locked up in Diana's mysterious yet iridescent basement, cursing to himself about a million times in miscellaneous different languages.

He kept on continuously walking around in circles, thinking of how he could have possibly found his way out, although no matter how hard he tried, nothing had really come to his mind at all.

"God, I'm so lonely in here... I'm scared of the dark, and there's no light switch anywhere.."

Although as soon as Dr Kozak had said that, of course, he found a light switch somewhere behind an antique broom and then switched on the light.

That solved one of his problems. The next one was how the hell was he supposed to get out of Diana's hellish basement?

He was alone for a while, a long while actually, and remained silent, although the silence was broken when he had heard some sort of sound and someone screaming, presumably a girl.

Bang!

And the dirt is gone.

But not this time.

The dirt just came.

Dr Kozak was a bit petrified at first, because he didn't know who this person was, and so his first assumption was that it was God.

"God... Is that you? Have you come here to collect me to take me to heaven because I seriously feel like I'm in hell right now!"

The person that had fallen didn't reply. Dr Kozak was staring at them intently as they got up, coughed three times and then removed the dust from their pyjamas.

And when Dr Kozak saw who it was, he was half shaken immediately.

"What the heck. Cynthia Rose? Is that you? Kinda looks like you."

Dr Kozak wasn't mad that she was here of course, he just didn't think that she'd be awake.

Cynthia Rose in the meantime got up to her feet once again, after falling down the first time, looking at Dr Kozak in admiration.

"Doctor Kozak!"

There was silence after that as Dr Kozak did not take his eyes off of Cynthia Rose as she came closer to a table with sellotape on it and basically coughed on it.

"Uhm... Hey."

"Is that really you?!" She bellowed really loudly for everyone to hear , where Doctor Kozak just nodded really slowly.

Although he was full on smirking at her, for some reason.

"I've always wanted to meet you in person! This is a dream come true for me!"

Dr Kozak smiled before saying anything else.

"Thanks. And I've kinda always wanted to meet you in person too, I mean, if we're being brutally honest here."

Cynthia Rose just wouldn't stop beaming at him. She came closer to him, but not too close of course, and brought out a chair, sitting down next to Dr Kozak who was standing up.

She also ended up not saying anything until Dr Kozak mentioned something else.

"Oh and ... By the way. Your voice is way deeper than I thought it would be."

Cynthia Rose just laughed.

"Has anyone ever told you that?"

She nodded vigorously.

"Yeah. Kieran said the exact same thing."

Dr Kozak didn't really say anything.

"And have you always wanted to meet me in person?"

Dr Kozak nodded and then smiled faintly at her.

He was way too tired to smile properly, that was why.

"May I ask why?"

Dr Kozak nodded again before speaking.

"Basically, your mother and I used to date and she kept saying how she had a wonderful daughter named Cynthia Rose who was always smiling and was always happy but I had never actually met you then so I thought to myself 'Cynthia Rose sounds delightful and I'd love to meet her in real life one day'. What about you?"

Cynthia Rose didn't say anything. She just replied by saying the same thing.

As in her reply was literally saying "The same thing" not saying what Dr Kozak had just said and rephrased it.

She didn't have time for that!

"Also... Can I just say that you have the prettiest eyes."

Dr Kozak didn't really say anything. He just full on stared at her as if she was a crazy person.

He wasn't smiling, he wasn't frowning, he was just .... Full on staring at Cynthia Rose with an emotionless expression on his face.

He kind of looked like he wanted to kill her.

But he didn't of course. That would have been hostile, even for him.

Cynthia Rose kind of turned red once she realised that Dr Kozak didn't reply.

"Oh... I'm sorry. That must have sounded really weird coming from me." She added after a while, looking away from him.

"Oh. No. It wasn't weird at all. Sorry. I was just thinking something."

Strangest thing was, Dr Kozak was still looking at her. It was probably because Cynthia was wearing sunglasses and Dr Kozak was just staring at himself through it.

Or something else.

"Okay, well.. What were you thinking?"

"What was I thinking?" He repeated, sitting down right next to her.

Cynthia Rose just nodded uncertainly.

"Well, I was thinking... I mean, if we're being brutally honest here once again."

Although Dr Kozak didn't finish his sentence.

He was concerned man, how the hell was he supposed to get out of here in time?

"I was thinking if there was any way out of here because I have limited time, plus I need to save both Kieran and Esperanza as well."

Cynthia Rose smiled once she had heard that and then blushed even more.

"You really think so?"

"What do you mean 'I really think so?' I have a tight schedule here, I can't stay around here much longer."

Cynthia didn't say anything, she just sort of frowned at him, Dr Kozak doing the same thing.

"But before I go... Cynthia... Can I please ask you something?"

Cynthia Rose: Yeah. Sure. Of course you can. What is it?

Dr Kozak: *casually realises that the light switch is flicking on and off scarily, but he ignores it* Are you okay?

Cynthia Rose didn't say anything for while, just stared longingly at Dr Kozak, yet confusingly.

Cynthia Rose: Yeah. I'm fine..... Why?

Dr Kozak: *In the most emotionless way ever* I don't know why but you look like you've just escaped a fire.

Cynthia Rose: Yeah well, you can say that.

Dr Kozak: *stares at her eyes even more confusingly now* Why? What happened? *taps the table then beckons her to come over* Talk to me.

Cynthia Rose: Esperanza laser beamed me.

Dr Kozak: *was drinking Fanta Fruit Twist when she said that, has now done a spit take on the floor: says his next sentence with a really annoyed look on his face* Esperanza laser beamed you?! That's dangerous! Why would she do that?

Cynthia Rose: She did that twice, actually.

Dr Kozak: Well, at least you're alive. Your mother could have killed Esperanza if she found out that you had died and Esperanza was the reason for it.

Cynthia Rose just shrugged, not saying anything.

Dr Kozak: Are you sure you're okay though?

Cynthia Rose: Yeah. I'm fine. Although I'm just really unconscious and- *she then unexpectedly falls by fainting instantaneously on the floor*

Dr Kozak didn't notice or realise that Cynthia Rose had fainted until he saw her unconscious on the floor, and when he saw that, he screamed to himself, before helping her up.

"Cynthia Rose?!" He echoed across the room, helping her up and placing her on the table.

As if he was in a hospital but really wasn't, he did some operations on her, such as checking her pulse rate, and everything, then using some doctor paraphernalia to check if she was still alive or not.

"She's not breathing..." He whispered to himself through gritted teeth, then did a really indignant look.

"I think Esperanza has killed Cynthia Rose by laser beaming her twice.."

Just then, as Dr Kozak was performing CPR on her, which he didn't actually mind because he was fond of Cynthia now, plus there was no one in the room except Dr Kozak and Cynthia Rose, that was Cynthia Rose opened her eyes and saw an upside down Dr Kozak.

"Oh good. You're alive." He told her jubilantly, hugging her.

"Are you sure that you're alright though?"

Cynthia Rose nodded solemnly.

Dr Kozak: *stares at her uncertainly* You okay?

Cynthia Rose: *frustrated* Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks for saving my life.

Dr Kozak: *really annoyed* But I just don't get why Esperanza would laser beam you. Twice.

Cynthia: She was just annoyed at me for being nice to her. I guess.

Dr Kozak: Okay well she's definitely not getting away with this. I'd hate to see a kid like you get hurt.

Cynthia Rose smiled a lot at that sentence, Dr Kozak doing the same thing once he realised that she was smiling her heart out.

Cynthia: You know.. You're a lot nicer than I thought you would be.

Dr Kozak smiled.

Dr Kozak: Well, I'm only nice if you don't reach my limits but thanks. So are you.

Cynthia: *brings out purple pen and blue notebook, and then opens it to the first page* And I know this might be a weird question but.. Can I have your autograph?

Dr Kozak: *really and genuinely surprised* My autograph? *almost laughing* I'm not famous!

Cynthia Rose: Yeah well. You are to me.

Dr Kozak: *sort of confused but is still smiling* How?

Cynthia: Believe it or not you inspire me... *watches him sign his autograph* And oh my gosh! You're left handed?

Dr Kozak: *makes a gargantuan strike through through his autograph and starts again* Well. Ambidextrous really. My right hand got sprained when I was dementedly driving and running away from your mother's holographic elephant.

Cynthia Rose laughed and smiled again when Dr Kozak gave her her notebook back.

Dr Kozak: And how do I inspire you?

Cynthia Rose: I don't know. You just do.

Dr Kozak: For something good or for something bad?

Cynthia: *looks at him weirdly* Something good... Of course. Why?

Dr Kozak: Because I was about to say, I kill people for a living.

Cynthia Rose: Yeah but even if you did, you did it for a good and reasonable reason. You killed Lauriel and Valentina as they murdered your son, you killed your godfather for telling your cousin Sylvester to kill your other son, you killed Sylvester for killing your son and you killed your wife Astera for killing your grandfather.

Dr Kozak: Oh my gosh... When did you find that out?

Cynthia Rose: The day you killed all of them. Like you did. Duh.

Dr Kozak: *is really surprised* Finally, someone understands! *unexpectedly hugs Cynthia Rose, doesn't stop*

Cynthia Rose just hugged him back not saying anything, just smiling all the way.

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Moral of chapter: Some people are a lot nicer than you may think.