We stood on front of the bridge wondering if Jim would make it. I loved him, and I didn't wanna lose him.
Jim dashed forward. Just barely making it through the portal. Dust settled around him like snow. We looked at Jim with doubt.
He made it? Half of me wanted to punch him. He left us, went to the darklands, and indangered himself!
But the other half wanted to hold him in my arms. Kiss him with all my love. Happy, and relieved. "Master Jim?" Blinky said softly. Something was wrong, he should've started moving by now. "He's unconscious!"
They all rushed over to Jim. Picking him up, they carried him quickly, trying to get to a human hospital. I reached out to him, but he didn't reach back. Running out of Troll Market, I dashed along side Jim.
When we got out it was day time. So Toby and I got him to the nearest hospital. I looked over at Jim. "At least he's safe. He made it back. He kept his promise. He went over, alone, and kept us safe."
We both looked at each other, then back at Jim. I smiled a little. But it was fake. All I could think about was the worst. What if we lost him? What if he didn't make it? A few blocks later, we made it.
"What happened to my son!?" I turned around to see Jim's mother charging at us. I had forgotten, she didn't remember anything about Jim's troll hunting. Toby smiled at her nervously. "I will get answers."
She took Jim from us, dragging him into a hospital room. We followed her in. The trolls joined us later, when it was night. "Have you said anything to Master Jim yet?" "No. He hasn't woken up."
Jim started groaning and sitting up. As soon as he was up the whole way, I slapped him in the face. "Ah! What was that for?!" Jim rubbed his face roughly. He drew in his breath sharply in pain.
I kissed him on the cheek softly. Jim looked back over at me, sighing, still confused. "Sorry about that Jim." I looked over at him nervously as he was still rubbing his face.
Suddenly Toby yelled, "Why did you go to the darklands without us!?" All the color drained from Jim's face. "W- what?"
"We found the amulet together, trained together, killed Angor Rot together, and then you just left us!?" "Is this how you all feel?" "After everything we'd been through, you said it was Trollhunters not Trollhunter."
Jim closed his eyes sharply and looked down. Suddenly his eyes blinked open. He looked up, almost screaming, "For the glory of Merlin, daylight is mine to command!" The amulet glowed, blinding all of us, giving Jim his armor.
"Master Jim, what are you doing?!" The fire in his eyes grew as he said, "I'm sorry, but I can't take this, not from you!" Jim dashed out an open window in the hospital room.
I tried to reach out to him as I was screaming, "Wait! Don't do this!" My breath grew heavier. "Claire, use the portal staff to follow him. Don't let him see you!" I made a portal and zipped through it.
The rest of the gang followed him silently. Jim had run into the woods, and found a quiet spot to sit down at. His face turned red. Suddenly he screamed out, "They don't understand!" The woods echoed with his voice, trees shaking.
Then his voice turned into a whisper. "I did it for you." Tears started flowing down his cheeks like streams. "I can't lose anymore of you." His armor faded away. As he held tight to the amulet, he gazed at the sky.
I extended my arms out to looked up slowly to see me. I sat down beside him, and I extended my arms again. This time I pulled Jim into a hug. Finally he hugged back. Jim started sobbing.
He didn't want to cry in front of me but he needed this moment. I sighed softly, looking down at Jim. "I'm sorry Jim. I had no idea. You did what you did, to protect us."
Jim slowly looked up as I said this. I quickly wiped the rest of the tears away from his eyes. "For a minute, fighting Angor Rot, I believed what he was saying." The rest of his tears came out as he continued. "I let everyone fall in my place. When I had been chosen the fight the battle, alone."
Another tear fell. It wasn't fair for Jim. He was constantly told to fight alone, and distance himself from his friends and everyone he cared about.
I sighed, trying as figure out how to fix this. He hugged tighter with his arms. "I fought alone, so I wouldn't have to lose you. I have to fight alone."