Really short chapter! Well, its more of a prologue/intro. I promise you the other chapters wont be as short. This one is just about an event that had recently happened to Jake , my OC. :) Trust me you'll like him!

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It hurt so much, maybe it was the fact that my father died, or that my mom didn't bother to come to his funeral. I looked over to my right to see my dads best friend trying to hold back his emotions, but his expression proved him wrong and his lips wavered once in a while. Unfortunately my dad had been diagnosed with a rare new disease, I couldn't remember many of the big words the doctors had said but did they did say one thing. "This new disease, literally eats the heart. First it starts in your veins, consuming the minerals in your blood, and it slowly crawls up to your heart. When the minerals in your blood is absorbed by the bacteria, it deprives you of energy, and your skin just goes pale."

Flashback

I heard my dads foot steps tap on the stairs, when he turned his head around the corner he had that smile on his face as if he saw all the positive things in you, and is thankful for those things. He looked into my eyes and his smile brightened, "How was school today?"

I couldn't help but chuckle, "It was wonderful! I got an A+ on my history assignment."

He returned the chuckle, patted me on the shoulder, and took the seat beside me.

I didn't know that was the last time I would see my dad up and well.

Flashback ends.

Now that I think about it, it did hurt me, not just emotionally but I just didn't feel right inside. I didn't feel whole anymore. I felt terrible that no one was sitting to my left, saying that he is yet again proud of how hard I studied for that one test. My father was always proud, always protective over us, and he always had the time to spare with you. Jefferey Jones, my father, had a very secretive job but he told me it anyways. He invented things for the government, they were just little gadgets, but some of them had an awesome side. Like this one invention he made for me before he died, it was called the 'Grapple Dart Gun' because it had two options, a grappling hook and a dart shooter. The 'dart shooter' option allowed the small gun to shoot darts the shape of thin wax crayons, the regular darts are made of lead and copper. The special darts are made of diamond and cement, I only have 20 of these, I have a 100 regular darts. My father also gave me something else, I didn't mind it, a necklace with gold chain and a silver locket the shape of a heart. In the locket there is a picture of my family, and a piece of folded paper taped beside it, the side of the paper that was showing read "Only read this when you truly need it." I kept the writers word.