The Worst Birthday:
Hey Lits! Forgive me if this story sucks… I'm a little rusty on my fanfic writing skills. This is my first story in a very long time so bear with me if it is a little cheesy or cliché. Reviews and comments are appreciated! Hope you enjoy!
It had all begun with a simple mission. Locate the item that was causing people to travel back in time. They the location set as somewhere in Melbourne, Australia which made Ezekiel the partner to go along with Cassandra. Not that she had much of a choice. Flynn, Eve, and Jake were working together on a different mission involving a painting that comes to life at night and kills people. Plus she would feel bad if she left Ezekiel at the annex with nothing to do. So it was decided! Ezekiel gave Cassandra a basic tour around the large city but she could tell he was uncomfortable.
"Alright what's going on?" Cassie suddenly turned in front of him forcing him to stop.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I mean you've been acting strange since we got here! If you didn't want to come with me all you had to do was tell me. I would've been fine on my own." She answered.
"Okay a. Jake would've killed me if I let you go alone and b. It's not that I didn't want to do this with you...it's just been a while since I've been here. It's a little awkward."
"How long has it been?" She asked suddenly curious if she could find out more about his past.
"8 years. Give or take a few months."
"You were fourteen when you left?! That's crazy! I was still in school when I was fourteen! How did you convince your parents to let you leave?"
"My dad was always pretty absent so he couldn't have cared less and my mom died when I was six so…" He trailed off. It was slightly awkward after that as they walked along until suddenly Ezekiel yelled. "Cassie look out!"
Cassandra tired to stop but it was too late. She walked right into a glowing blue force field like sphere before promptly passing out.
Cassandra woke up feeling groggy. It took her a few minutes to gather herself before she wondered where she was. It looked like some cheap pizza place with the creepy animatronics that had always scared her when she was young. When she looked around she realized she was in the kitchen could tell by the window that it was around 7 o'clock at night. What was she doing there? How did she get there? Where was-?
"Ezekiel?"
"Yeah poor kid." Cassandra turned to the thick Australian accent from her right. It was a teenager looking out into the restaurant floor. "Well the least you can do is go give him his cake." Cassandra was extremely confused but when she looked down she saw a crappy looking cake with writing that read a simple "Happy Birthday" on it. She walked into the main kids area to find the restaurant completely empty with the exception of a small kid with his back turned to her sitting at an empty table with a dented party hat on his head. She came around to where he could see her and she immediately recognized him as her favorite thief. The only exception was that he was seven. She could only tell by the balloon on the back of his chair that had a big seven on it.
"Ezekiel?"
"Oh. Yeah, thats me." He said glumly.
"Happy birthday!" She said. Simply saying those two words made the small boy burst into tears. "Oh no no no! What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" She asked as she patted his back awkwardly. She was used to the smug, sarcastic attitude of her Ezekiel that she had no idea how to console him when he was upset.
"No it's nothing that you said. It's just… my dad sent me a card that says "Can't make it this year champ! Maybe next year! Sorry.'" His eyes welled up with tears as he read. " He sends me one every year. I just thought this year would be different because Mom isn't here to celebrate with me anymore." Cassandra's heart broke as she listened to him.
"What about your friends from school?" She asked fearing she knew the answer based on the absence of kids at his "party".
"I don't have any friends. Most people think I'm weird because I'm smarter than them." Cassandra certainly understood that. That was her entire school life, being picked on because she was smarter than the other kids. But she had always imagined Ezekiel would be the class clown. The kind of kid that everyone wanted to be around because they knew something exciting always happens around him. She had no idea how alone he really was throughout his entire life. She suddenly had an idea.
"You do now. I'll be your friend. Now what do you say we have some fun and play in the arcade and on the playground?" She smiled when he grinned widely and revealed his missing front teeth. "Just one question, what's todays date?"
" October 11th, 2000. Why?"
"Just wondering." Cassandra realized that it was the same day back in real time making that day Ezekiel's birthday. "Now let's go have fun!" Together they played all sorts of arcade games and won cool prizes with their tickets.
"Race you to the tube slide!" Little Ezekiel yelled before taking off into a sprint. He was just as fast in her time too. He went down first and then Cassandra. As she went down the slide it got darker and darker and she heard a faint noise that continued to grow louder and louder.
"Cassandra?! Cassandra?! C'mon wake up! Oh thank god!" A fully grown Ezekiel breathed a sigh of relief as she sat in real time. She was a little shaky so he helped her stand and as soon as she was on her feet she tackled him in a bear hug. "Okay what is this thing that were doing right now? He asked making her giggle and release but not before she kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Happy Birthday!"
"Thanks but how did you know that it was today?" He asked with a clear look of confusion on his face.
"I have my ways." She said promptly before they linked arms and headed back to the annex to find out more about time travel.
