Hey guys! I was going through a few pages of random fanfic's I wrote a loooong time ago, and found this one. I was bored, and taking forever to decide where to go on my other story, so I figured I'd post it and see what ya thought! Anyways, here ya go! ^.^
As it was, Jenny's hands struck the door in the darkness, pushing her backwards and making her body succumb to gravity. She'd miscalculated, dammit! Jenny screamed as she fell within the black hole, going in a never-ending downward direction. About three seconds within the hole, Jenny couldn't tell which way was up, her body flipping and twisting to try and grab hold of something- anything.
The blackness around her lightened a touch, and then Jenny was suddenly suspended in the air for a moment - her eyes being assaulted with the sudden white light - before falling down hard onto flooring. Almost blacking out, she saw spots in front of her eyes before she saw her friends' faces come into view:
Audrey, her usually neat copper hair down and in tangles. Dee, with glittering eyes that warned of tears, which scared Jenny immediately. Michael, his lower lip pushed out in a pout and his body shaking with an arm around Audrey. Zach, standing with an air of barely maintained sanity, looking down at Jenny with a blank look and his 35 millimeter hanging around his neck loosely. And finally Tom, who stood closest to Jenny, now holding his hand out with wildly mussed hair and mud streaks on his cheeks. His expression was simply that of defeat, of losing. It amazed Jenny that he could look so sad without trying. Jenny took Tom's hand and let him help her onto her feet. Slowly, she got up off of her now aching back and planted herself somewhat firmly upright. Then, without realizing it, Jenny began to cry.
Tears slid out of her wide green eyes, and dripped down her deathly pale cheeks. Jenny opened her mouth to speak when Tom tightened his hand around hers.
"I-" She began, but Zach rose a hand, sanity barely shining in his eyes.
"Don't say it, Jenny. Don't." He said flatly. "We all know we've lost. You don't have to say it." Zach continued, lowering his hand and shaking his head, his eyes loosing their barely sane look and turning simply emotionless. Jenny let out a sob and hid her face in Tom's chest, shaking as she felt the weight of trying to win the Game get replaced with the weight of failing her friends.
Jenny heard a sob break out, and she looked out from Tom's chest to see Michael and Audrey holding each other, kissing and murmuring about how they'd see each other in the next life, how much they loved each other. Her heart broke even more as she looked over and saw Dee and Zach- the loners, not comforting each other, but simply standing off to the side, looking at the floor. Dee was, however, rubbing her arms and glittering tears running down her dark cheeks. Seeing Jenny's gaze in the corner of her eye, Dee looked over at Jenny and said, "I'm not afraid to die, Sunshine." She walked over to Jenny and wrapped her long, slim arms around her and Tom both, whispering, "I'm just afraid of losing you."
She snapped, falling onto her knees and screaming out in her tears. Arms wrapped around her once again, but she couldn't bring herself to look up, to see who was holding her. All Jenny knew was that around her tears, she saw blurry figured all around her: her friends. They were all around, hugging her and comforting each other- even Zach. Oh, God. She failed them. Jenny failed. They were supposed to win...
"No one can win against me, Jenny. I'm the ultimate player." A elemental voice cut through their hysteria, making Jenny's vision dim black before she realized she was standing up again. Clenched fists to her sides, she pushed away her friends and glared at Julian with a hatred she didn't know was possible for herself, unconsciously taking in his calm and uplifted demeanor, the way his impossibly blue eyes shone, and how his hair still seemed the almost frost-white blonde it looked like the last time she'd seen him- in her dreams.
"I don't care!" She yelled at him harshly, gritting her teeth and shifting into an attack crouch Dee'd taught her. A warm hand on her shoulder warned her not to do anything rash, but she shrugged it off. Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn, Julian. She thought to herself. I am going to kill you. You are not going to touch my friends. You're dead. Jenny screamed in her head those three sentences, over and over to herself, fueling her fire.
"Oh, but you do." He replied, smiling sweetly at Jenny. Her pissed-off reaction seemed to affect him not the least, making her even more ticked. "You do care, Jenny. You care because I've won, and you're mine. You care because you're too caring. Jenny, you care simply because your friends are involved." He continued, gesturing towards the group behind her. "You care because you're human. And you don't like to lose, just as I don't."
"You're not human!" Jenny spat out, narrowing her eyes and refusing to be at all disconcerted by his smooth voice. Julian nodded cooly, drooping his eyelashes to veil the blue shining in his eyes.
"I am not. I am, however, a Hunter. A Hunter who's just caught his Prey." He said, reaching out and taking Jenny's arm with a grip of steel. Julian pulled her close, making her break out of the attack crouch, and keep her close to him, wrapping his arms around her and whispering in her ear, "You didn't have to be the Prey, Jenny. But here you are, and you're mine." He said, leaning back only to lean in close again and kiss her, all at once making her rage lighten a bit before she kissed back with all the hatred and disgust she could muster. Julian forced the kiss to be sweet, and long, over-powering her easily and making her comply.
Well, there it is! I'm gonna be honest, it was TOTALLY different on paper ^^'' But, I just couldn't help but find the chance to edit things and make it a tad bit more interesting. Please leave a review and tell me what you thought about it! Maybe even if you want it to be continued...?