Chapter Two!
Sadie called Carter to the library, and told him what Najan wanted to do. Carter made a face of disgust and said no immediately.
"Well...I want to go," Sadie said.
Carter looked shocked. "What? You can't go to the heavens! The gods...they'll..."
"They'll do what?"
Carter stood there, unable to form a reason why Sadie shouldn't go.
Najan stood up. "well, I'm ready. Who's going?"
Sadie stood next to him. "Me.."
Walt looked left, than right, then spoke with a stutter. "M-me too! Sadie, you shouldn't be going anywhere alone with this guy. We barely know him yet."
Najan laughed. "What makes you think you going would protect her? If I wanted to, I could kill both of you in under half a second. But I won't."
Walt eyed him angrily. Sadie stepped between the two before the semi-argument escalated, and Najan snapped and did something horrible to Walt.
"Well then...Let's go."
Najan grabbed her hand, and then grabbed Walt's arm. His hand felt soft and warm in Sadie's. He pulled both of them close to him, but it felt like it was just the two of them, about to pull in a hug. Then everything changed. Sadie felt like she had just been thrown out of a window after being set on fire. The horrible feeling lasted for 5 seconds, and then, they were there. Sadie saw blinding white light, and huge thrones everywhere. Horus approached them, then grew a vicious snarl as he spotted Najan. He drew his sword and slashed. Najan sighed and grabbed the sword, flung Horus across the room, then his outfit completely changed. He now had a mask and full body armor...all made of ice. Horus drew his sword again and struck Najan's chest. Najan stumbled backwards and drew the longest sword Sadie had ever seen. It was easily 6 feet tall and half a foot wide, and of course, made of ice. Najan swung it around and struck Horus dead in his side. The god collapsed in a heap and started to tremble. Najan's ice war ensemble disappeared, and he walked over to the injured god. He stuck out his hand, which Horus touched, and the god immediately sprung up, healed. Sadie was in awe. She leaned in next to Walt.
"This is crazy," she stated.
Walt simply nodded, still watching the two immortals talking. Horus looked quite angry with Najan. It was hard for Sadie to believe that Najan was billions of years older than Horus. Suddenly, Horus yelled and Isis appeared. Sadie ran up to her, and Walt followed.
"Sadie!" Isis greeted cheerfully.
"Hi Isis!" Sadie replied.
"Najan..." Isis addressed him with a little hostility.
"Isis...how have you been?" Najan asked.
"Oh, how have I been since you left me for-"
"Isis, that was so long ago. Just let it go," Najan said with irritation in his voice.
"Whatever.." The goddess retorted.
Najan turned back to Horus. "So, are you gonna help me?"
Horus shook his head. "We've got our own problems. Like Apophis rising and trying to swallow Ra and destroy the world."
Najan laughed. "Apophis?You gods can't even beat him? Sad, sad, sad. But if you won't help..then I guess I can go. Toodles.
Najan walked over to the gates and grabbed Walt's arm and Sadie's hand. He looked back at Isis, who was staring at him in sadness and regret. When Najan turned back around, she saw guilt in his eyes. Sadie put the thought out of her mind. Just looking at him upset made her upset too. Then the feeling began. She almost screamed, but they were back at the Brooklyn House. Amos and Carter walked up to them.
"How'd it go?" Amos asked.
"Not well...They won't help," Najan spoke sadly.
"That's unfortunate," Amos said, "but I'm sure you'll figure out how to handle everything. But anyway, it's almost midnight. It's about time I showed you to your room."
Najan nodded and followed Amos. Sadie watched as they walked upstairs. Walt spoke.
"Something seems suspicious about that guy."
Carter agreed. "He doesn't seem like a god."
Sadie spoke with irritation. "Well I think he's perfectly fine. I don't see anything suspicious about him."
"Well of course you don't, you're all googly eyed over him," Carter said with a laugh.
Sadie punched her brother in the shoulder, and looked at Walt. He had jealousy in his eyes. She couldn't look at him anymore, it made her feel horribly guilty. She told them goodnight, and ran up to her room. She took off her day clothes and got comfy in her pajamas, then hopped in bed. Of course, her ba was never ever sleepy.
Sadie opened her eyes. Thankfully she wasn't in her chicken ba form. However, she was a ghost. All of a sudden, she heard a huge explosion. She saw a large man with a clock for a hand slam it into...Najan. The friendly god grabbed the other man's clock hand and flung him far away. Another thing Sadie noticed, they were in space. She watched in horror as the man – Sadie had figured out it was one of Najan's brothers, time – flew back to Najan and crashed his clock hand right into Najan's chest. Najan shot backwards, then shot pure energy out of his hands towards Time. The bigger god dodged the shots and careened into Najan. Najan created two spheres of energy around his fists and started punching Time. The evil god tried to retreat, but Najan was on fire...figuratively. Time screamed in pain as Najan kept punching him, now in the face. The pure energy from Najan's fists burned Time's skin like an overheated iron. Finally, Time managed to throw him off. Sadie tried to yell a warning at Najan, but her voice didn't work. She watched as a misty white figure approached Najan from behind. Sadie guessed him to be Confusion. He flew towards Najan and seemed to flow right through him. Najan became instantly confused, spinning around in circles and blasting energy, ice, and fire into nothingness. Then, something horrible happened. An even larger man, Sadie concluded as being Forever, blasted a stream of blinding light straight at Najan. The good looking immortal flew backwards out into space, with a gash in his chest. Najan flew back to Forever and threw an energy filled punch at his face. It hit the larger man, and then Forever released a storm of massive proportions, and it swallowed Najan. He screamed in pain and fear while his brothers laughed cruelly. They all spoke at once:
"You are a failure."
Then Confusion turned straight to her. His body was a white, misty, robe. Where his head should've been, there was a hood with a dark hole. Sadie couldn't tell whether he had a head or not, till he removed the hood. His head was upside down...and it was a black and red skull with piercing blue eyes. He spread his robed arms and flew right to Sadie. She tried to fly away, but her body was anchored to the spot. Confusion wrapped his misty figure around her. She felt pure, unhindered fear pour into her. Sadie screamed at the top of her lungs, and she was not kidding around. Suddenly, Her eyes jolted open. She was back in the Brooklyn House. She sat up in her bed...and cried. She cried until Najan ran into her room.
"You had a dream about my fight with Confusion, Time, and Forever, didn't you?" he asked with concern.
Sadie wiped off her tears and sat on the edge of the bed with him. "Yeah. Did that...did that all really happen?"
Najan nodded. "Sure did...it's one of the things I try not to remember. I thought I had lost them..and then they just appeared out of nowhere. I knew I was gonna lose, but I couldn't just keep running."
Sadie was silent. She noticed that he was now wearing a black wife beater that complimented his body perfectly, along with gray sweatpants. She wiped the remaining moisture from her face and smiled.
"Thanks for checking on me Najan," she said.
He smiled back at her. "No problem. And...let me know if you have anymore of those dreams. It's important."
Sadie nodded. They locked eyes and Najan leaned in about a centimeter when Walt ran into the room.
"Sadie! What happened? Did Najan hurt you?" Walt asked with alarm as he ran over to the bed.
He pushed Najan out of the way and took Sadie's face into his hands.
"Walt, I'm fine! And no, Najan didn't-" Sadie was cut off by Walt jumping up and facing Najan.
"Why are you even here? Why did you come to Earth? Why couldn't you protect yourself?" Walt demanded angrily.
Najan was surprised. He stood up as well. "Walt, calm down, there's no need to-"
Walt cut him off. "Don't tell me what to do! You're one of the most powerful beings in existence, and you couldn't even protect yourself against your own family! You're a failure!"
Walt's last statement struck Najan close to home. Sadie understood. That's what Najan's siblings said to him as they laughed at him being devoured by a storm. Najan clenched his fists. His face twisted into a snarl. Sadie got up and put herself between them. Not only because she knew the fight would wake everyone up, but because she knew Najan would most likely kill Walt. Najan slowly calmed down and just stood there, with Sadie's hand on his chest, keeping him away from Walt.
"Well...Goodnight Sadie," Najan said as he walked out of the room.
Sadie wished him goodnight and then turned back around to Walt.
"What the heck was that? I told you that he didn't hurt me!"
"I don't know Sadie...I'm sorry...but just seeing him looking at you like that..."
"Like what?"
Walt sighed. "Nothing. I should be going back to bed. See you in the morning."
They hugged, and finally Sadie got to fall asleep. Her ba must have been frightened by it's last trip, because she actually had a night of peaceful sleep.
Sadie woke up, feeling refreshed. She pushed the troubling memory of Najan fighting his siblings out of her head, along with Walt and Najan's confrontation the night before. She headed down to the dining hall to see Najan in a white "Cool Story Bro" t-shirt with black writing, black jeans, and black and white Nike's. He had a black and white snapback on that said "OBEY" and black and white Beats By Dre earphones resting on his shoulders. When she took her seat next to him, he smelled faintly of chocolate Axe.
"How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?" Sadie asked with a laugh.
"Just as soo as I can snap my fingers," he replied with a smile.
Sadie just stared as his smile for a minute. He had perfectly white, straight teeth. She snapped her attention to the plate placed in front of her by Carter.
"Figured you'd like something else to focus on rather than-"
"Carter!" Sadie warned.
Her brother walked away, and Walt entered the room. Najan rolled his eyes and put his earphones on, obviously avoiding another run in with Walt. The tall, fit teen walked over to her and took a seat.
"Morning Sadie," he said as he sat his plate on the table.
"Morning Walt...So are you gonna apologize to Najan?"
Walt looked at her apologetically. "I guess... I'm really sorry about-"
Sadie raised her hand. "Save it. It's fine."
Walt nodded, got up, and tapped Najan. "Can we talk?"
Najan got up and followed him upstairs. Sadie talked with Jaz until they both heard a huge crash, than an explosion.
Jaz and Sadie leapt up and ran upstairs. What they saw was an impending fight. Najan stood in the corner of his bedroom, shielding Walt from...Time. The large, hideous man stood in the denter of Najan's room, his clock hand pointed at them, glowing in red light. And Sadie saw something she had never seen in Najan's eyes...pure fear.