Time After Time
Chapter 3: Big Girls Don't Cry
Jenny quietly climbed out of the Air Train and looked around the place she'd looked upon only a week ago. She shook as a cold breeze blew over the dead ground. Jak wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm. She held back tears as they walked across the same path.
Skeleton and half eaten metalhead carcasses litter the entire place and the smell was horrible. Jenny wrinkled her nose as she tried to ignore the smell as they walked past Mar's Gun. Nothing moved in the entire area not even a piece of dried up grass when the wind blew.
Jak and Jenny quietly climbed into the Metalhead Nest. They both looked over at the remains of the Metalhead Leader that lay, like most of the other carcasses, partially eaten and decayed. Jenny and Jak stayed as far away from Kor's dead body.
Jenny watched the hand on her watched as it slowly switched to midnight. She looked up and there he was. Alastar floated down to them and placed a hand on Jenny's shoulder.
"Are you ready?" he questioned and Jenny shrugged.
"As ready as I'll ever be" she stated turning to Jak.
He wrapped his arms around her quickly and pulled her against his chest. Jenny held back tears she knew lined her eyes. She wasn't going to cry. She WAS coming back in a few months. Jenny bit her lip as Jak continued to hug her.
Jak pulled back and kissed her gently. Jenny wrapped her arms around the back of his neck as his lips moved against hers. All to soon Jenny pulled away and back towards Alastar who had been waiting patiently.
"I'll be back as soon as possible" Jenny stated standing by Alastar.
"I'll be waiting, take care" Jak paused thinking then pulled the Seal of Mar out of his pocket. He rushed forward and put it around her neck, tying a knot at the back.
"Jak, I can't take this, the Kid gave it to you!" Jenny stated about to pull it off.
"You can give it back when you return," he said putting his hand over hers as she held the seal "I love you."
"I love you too," Jenny stated, smiling, then turned to Alastar "So how we do this?"
Alastar laughed quietly before speaking, "You won't remember actually going through the rift but you will remember that you did go through it. Also for your own safety you will knocked out as soon as you start your descend down to earth."
"Like last time, I faint and wake up slightly sore from the ordeal" Jenny commented, smirking.
"It's better than actually feeling everything, I promise" Alastar placed his hand on Jenny's forehead and just like that they were gone. Jak blinked and stared at the spot they once occupied then slowly left the Metalhead Nest. He missed her already…
Bright swirling light danced around Jenny's completely still body. Her eyes were closed, as if in a peaceful sleep, and her lips were slightly apart. Her long hair twisted and curled around her body.
And then she was falling.
Her arms flowed out away from her body gently and her brunette hair shot out away from her. She didn't scream… trapped in slumber as she fell towards the tall tower in the sky.
Her entire body was numb as she crashed through the roof, somehow. The rock and rubble beneath her didn't hurt her back. And the blood dripping from her head and leg, it was as if they weren't there. Jenny continued to sleep.
A scream broke through the silence. A young queen, holding her baby, was standing right in front of where the roof had fell in. She was about to blame assassins for it… but then saw the 16 year old girl lying still and unmoving in the pile of rubble. She gasped then screamed for help as she picked her way towards Jenny.
Jenny groaned and rolled over slightly. The queen knelt by her side as her husband appeared in the hallway. He too was shocked at the sight. He ran a hand through his blonde and green hair, blinking his purple eyes, and presuming the girl dead. That was until she moaned and rolled over some more.
He quickly climbed over the rocks and knelt by his wife, "Isabella, what happened?"
"I'm not sure, Damas, she just fell in from the roof!" Isabella gasped, clutching her son to her chest as he tried to reach out and touch Jenny's now still body. Isabella stared intently at the markings on Jenny's arms then turned and looked at her husband who was leaving to talk to one of the guards.
Guards rushed into the hallway and quickly carried the limp teenage girl away to the infirmary as King Damas told them. Isabella sighed clutching her son close to her chest as she walked down the hall, heading for the Throne Room, her husband by her side.
"I really hope she makes it, she's so young and pretty" the queen stated in a low voice as the walked closer to their destination.
Damas sighed, "Bella, you know she could very well be an assassin!"
"Yes, but did you see those markings on her arm?" Damas nodded as they stopped in front of the Throne Room door "I've seen them somewhere, in a book I think, I look it up later."
"Either way we'll find out about exactly who this girl is and why she crashed through the room instead of coming through the front door like normal people," Damas joked as the doors where pushed opened for them.
"That girl isn't normal even if she did come through the front door, there's just something different about her…" Isabella trailed off as another couple walked up to them. She smiled warmly at the pregnant woman.
The woman was very far along. Her skin was on the pale side, but her cheeks held a light rose color to them. She had long, straight brown hair that was pulled back in a neat braid that ran down her back. Her emerald eyes looked over the king and queen as she nodded and curtsied slightly.
The man at her side had his arm wrapped around her waist. His skin was dark and his eyes bright green. His shoulder length black hair was pulled back in a ponytail, with just a few strands hanging loose.
"Ah, Sig!" Damas greeted, shaking the man's hand. Sig smiled as they shook hands.
"Good evening, Virginia, it's good to see you" Isabella said a little more respectable.
"It's good to see you too," the young pregnant woman smiled "and how is the young prince?"
As if on cue the baby smiled and giggled, "He's doing very well. I was afraid he was going to get sick but he's perfectly fine!"
"I can just hope the same for our child," Virginia said rubbing her large stomach. Isabella smiled and the two women walked off to go get a glass of tea.
Damas wrapped his arm around Sig's shoulder and led him out of the Throne Room, "You'd never believe it until you see it! A young teenage girl fell through the roof!"
"Really," they two men then turned on the hall where the roof had caved in and Sig's eyes got wide "Is she going to be ok?"
"I'm not sure, we can only hope for now" Damas said with a sigh.
"Well lets go pay this cherry a visit," Sig said climbing over the rubble and heading towards the infirmary, Damas followed "Teenagers! Why can't they be like everybody else and come through the front door?!"
Damas just laughed as they made their way to the infirmary.
Jenny looked around the room… or her mind. Whichever came first? The one dark half and the other half, partly light, partly dark. Kala the sweet but dangerous alter-ego that was born of Dark Eco, sat staring at the ceiling, which was a night sky, and scratching her chin gently as she thought. Jenny sighed as she climbed off her blue, white, and black bed and head towards the black and purple side of her mind. Kala's side.
"Yes Jenny?" the dark creature asked looking over at her.
"What happened?" Jenny wondered out loud rubbing her sore head.
Kala rolled her eyes as she continued to stare at the dark night sky above, "You fell through the roof of the palace and are now lying unconscious in the palace infirmary."
Jenny's jaw dropped open immediately, "How long have I been out?!"
Kala rubbed her chin for a second then spoke, "A few days maybe, the king and queen and their friends are worried about you, ya know? The queen and her friend, oh what was her name? Virginia, that's it, come to visit you at least once a day."
"Nice ladies" Jenny commented, sitting beside Kala, then looking up at the night sky and watching the different comets and shooting stars fly by.
Even when bright light filled the room, the two were to mesmerized my the ceiling to look over at the Precursor. He just sighed and floated closer to them.
"Hey, Alastar" Jenny greeted finally looking away from the night sky.
"Hello Alastar" Kala said not looking away from the night sky.
"Hello, you two," Alastar looked up at the night sky then back down at Jenny.
"Alastar there's been some things I've been meaning to talk to you about" Jenny stated standing up and walking over to her side of the bed and Alastar fallowed.
"I'll try to answer best I can" he commented truthfully and Jenny smiled and nodded.
She held out her arm to show Alastar the markings, "They've gotten longer, before they were just barely around my wrist now their past my elbows!"
"Ah yes, those markings will keep getting longer and longer until they've circled around every limb," Alastar stated "Anything else?"
"Yeah," Jenny paused thinking for a long time "How could Kala be outside my body with out me changing?"
"Well, when the dark eco blast hit you, it put enough eco in your body for Kala to be outside your body for a short period of time, seeing as she was made of Dark Eco. What you two did was dangerous because the blast could have sent you into shock. Or it could have destroyed Kala when she was outside your body, destroying you in the process" Alastar stated floating in front of the brunette girl.
Jenny nodded as she thought, "So if Jak dies I die and if Kala dies I die too."
Alastar just nodded and Kala laughed quietly as she lost interest in the ceiling and turned to the others. Jenny rolled her eyes as Alastar waved goodbye and disappeared without another word. The brunette began to stare at the night sky that was the ceiling.
She closed her eyes and those bright sapphire orbs she loved stared back at her. She sighed and got an odd look from Kala that she didn't catch. Jenny laid back, keeping her eyes shut as she thought of Jak. His piercing blue eyes, his amazing smile that increased her heart rate every time it was aimed at her, she wondered how someone so wonderful and amazing could love someone like her. Jenny was just shocked by all of it.
When he'd kissed her at the top of the support tower, she was shocked. She knew he had some feelings towards her, love maybe, but she was still shocked when he kissed her. Jenny would never forget their first kiss.
She smiled as she looked over at Kala who was staring at her like she had green skin and long orange ears. Jenny laughed as she closed her eyes again. This time she thought of Heavenly and Austin. Her best friend and her awesome cousin, and they were so perfect for each other. They hardly argued. But there wasn't much PDA. It was something neither of them really liked, with the exception of hugs. Hugs they loved.
Jenny sighed again remembering the two. Her mood changed suddenly when Johnathon's angry eyes flashed in front of her closed eyelids. The teenager growled as the eyes slowly disappeared. Now there was only the concerned look on John's face as he stared down at her as she slowly began to wake. His bright green eyes were filled with so much concern and love.
Then the eyes changed again, bringing her to the present. He glared at her, his eyes dark and filled with hatred and something else hidden deep down in his core. As if in slow motion, Johnathon pulled his arm back then hit her with full force across the face.
Jenny sat up breathing hard then looked over at Kala. The dark creature was curled up asleep. Jenny groaned and laid her head back down. She stared aimlessly out at the wall of her side of the room. It wasn't until then that her fatigue caught up with her. Swiftly, quicker that ever before, she slipped into dreamless sleep. Peaceful and gentle she slept, not knowing what lied ahead.
(Dream)
Jenny was running, from what she herself didn't understand. All she felt was the bundle in her arms that she clutched securely to her chest. Her entire body ached. Blood dripped down from the corner of her mouth as she ran through Haven. Nobody was out on the street and no little shined through the windows.
She ran a familiar path. One she followed many times before. One she knew like the back of her hand.
Jenny felt weaker than she ever had in her entire life. It was like with every step she took more energy drain from her. It was almost unbearable to think she would fail her mission if she couldn't get to the place in time before she collapsed.
She struggled to get down the streets without stumbling. It seemed like a life time before she was knocking on a familiar door. The door slowly slid open…
Me: Well that looks like a good place to stop. Well I hope you all like it, till next time!!!
