Dark Awakening

Characters

The Penn Family

Jaden Penn — 29 Years Old

Serena Penn — 28 Years Old

Charlotte Dunois Penn – 3 Years Old

Jazmine Cecilia Penn – 2 Years Old

Rosa Mei Penn – 6 Months old

(From Serena Penn's perspective)

I woke up in a hospital bed in the Hinton Memorial Hospital with a broken leg, three broken ribs, and a fractured wrist. I do have many more injuries but I'm not sure of what they are. Charlotte, Jazmine, and Rosa were in their own smaller hospital beds next to mine. They were sleeping soundly as they weren't as injured as I was. I then noticed that Jaden's sister, two younger brothers, and parents were in the room along with my mom and best friends, Cindy and Mei.

The doctor walked in, "You're awake. That's great to see you're awake after being here for eight days." he then begins to read the list of my injuries. "A probable concussion, shattered collarbone, four broken ribs, a broken right leg, and fractured left wrist."

I wasn't in for any of his bullshit right now, but I let him finish speaking before asking him. "Thanks Doc. but can you tell me if you have a Jaden Penn here?" Doctor Jones shook his head and left.

"How are you feeling, sweetie?" my mom asked

"I'm fine mom but where's Jaden?" Everyone goes silent and I knew that I wasn't going to get a straight answer so I decided to ask an obvious question. "What happened to us?"

"You guys were in a terrible train wreck." Jaden's sister named Jordan says while walking over to my bed. "Your train was his head on by a freight train that didn't heed its sigals. It was a good thing Jaden got y'alls tickets for the second section of the train or none of you would be here right now." she finishes and gives me a smile.

"Where is Jaden?" I asked as everyone goes silent once again and I knew I couldn't hold in the anger any longer. "WHERE THE FUCK IS JADEN? ARE YOU PEOPLE EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!"

"Jaden wasn't found in any of the wreckage so he might still be alive but where he ended up is the main question." Mei said camly.

"Can you tell us what happened to y'selves before ya blacked out?" Cindy asked

I remember everything that happened up until I blacked out.

It was February 8, 2024, day two since my husband Jaden had suggested that we take our three children on a multi-day train ride for a vacation so we could get away from the city life and travel through the Canadian Wilderness by rail. Jaden had purchased us tickets for us to ride the "Ultra Dome" coaches and sleep in the family sleepers. Our children, Charlotte, Jazmine, and Rosa, along with Jaden and I were standing on the open-air platform on the lower level of our coach which was the last car on the second section of the train which had been coupled to the first. My honey-blonde hair flowed in the breeze as we rode along through the breathtaking wilderness. I couldn't help but laugh as Jaden stood there with an emotionless face and his wild and slightly tamed afro was swaying side-to-side in the wind. The kids said they were getting hungry as were Jaden and I. We took the opportunity to head to the dining car for dinner.

It was 8:19pm when Jaden brought us to the Dome Dining Car for dinner. We ate the Salisbury Steak meal while the kids ate the chicken finger meal. For dessert, both Jaden and I had a slice of Double Chocolate Cookies N' Cream pie with whipped cream on top, Charlotte and Jazmine had vanilla pudding while Jaden and I fed Rosa a cup of her favorite blue-rasberry Jello.

At 9:00pm, we went to our sleeping car to get ready for bed. I helped Charlotte and Jazmine into their pajamas as Jaden changed Rosa and dressed her in her Ladybug onesie. Once I got Charlotte and Jazmine into their shared berth, Jaden walked in holding Rosa who had clinged tightly onto his sleep shirt. "Good night my little shooting stars. I love you." he said while kissing them both on the forehead. I gave them a kiss goodnight too and Jaden and I left with Rosa who was still clinging to Jaden's shirt.

I laid down on our shared bed and Jaden did the same a few minutes later. "Alright Rosa," I said trying to pull her off Jaden, "Let's lay you down between us." She kept her grip on his shirt and he told me that she was fine and she could stay where she was comfortable.

We slept until we heard the "Good Morning" announcement. Jaden told us that he'd bring our breakfast to us. He walked out of our car at 8:20am and at 8:23am, disaster struck. I heard a crash and then a bang, as well as a metal screeching sound as I felt our sleeper slam into the one in front of it. As Jaden showed me what to do in that kind of situation, I grabbed the kids and shielded them from the impacts as the coach started to derail and turn over on its side. "Honey, please be alright." I said as my head hit the wall. That's when I blacked out.

"That's all I can remember." I sad while starting to cry. "I hope he's alive and alright."

"My poor Baby." my Mom said while hugging me softly. "Knowing how tough he is, he's sure to be alive."

"We'll find him if it's the last thing we do, Serena." Jordan said.