Author's Note: I'm on a roll here.
I own Jazz. That's it.
No flaming. Or my little angel of darkness(Fang- I LOVE FANG SO MUCH!) will kill you in your sleep upon MY request! Stupid Erasers...
===DEATH TO ALL ERASERS===
It's so beautiful up here. I wished I could stay all my life above the clouds, like an angel does. But I can't. I have to find Maximum. I can't care for myself, no matter how much I think I can.
I dropped, losing some distance between the ground and I. There was still hundreds of feet of air below me, though. I loved that feeling of floating, being untouchable. I felt like I was princess Jasmine on a magic carpet ride- without Aladdin. Wait... oh, nevermind!
Nevertheless, I dropped lower. Some vehicles on back roads came into focus below me. They looked so tiny, like like ants marching on a set path. I wasn't quite sure which state I was currectly flying over, but it must have been a very lush place- there were green trees everywhere, except for the roads, which looked like little dark gray veins in the emerald.
Rest. I needed to rest. My wing joints were beginning to get sore. I'd been flying for hours- it had to be sometime around noon. I hadn't stopped for food or rest, for fear of Erasers finding me. I also was having a hard time fighting the hunger pangs that were wracking my body. Where would I find food out here, in the middle of nowhere?
That's when I spotted it- a campsite. With campers. Making lunch. Even from way up here, I could smell the hamburgers. My mouth started watering. I was so hungry.
Without thinking, I practically divebombed down to the camp. I had to stop myself and land in a tree, where they couldn't see me. Control yourself, Jazz, I thought to myself. I folded my wings so I could use them for a quick getaway.
Here goes everything.
I swooped down while all the campers were getting the utensils and grabbed a couple patties right off the grill. They burned my hands, but I didn't care- I had food! Quickly, I flew straight back into the tree and started shoving the patties down my throat. I'm not sure if I tasted them or not- I was too hungry to care.
That barely helped the rumbling in my stomach. But at least I felt better. I hopped to another tree, farther away from the campsite. Here I settled and drifted into a light sleep.
"You'll never win, Jasmine."
The voice was sinister and cruel. It sounded intent on spilling my blood. No, I can't let him kill me. I have to get to Maximum. She needs me... She needs me now.
"Go away!" I ordered into the blackness, feeling silly. The figure with glowing red eyes chuckled evilly.
"But I can't; I'm in your head," he said in a dangerously calm tone. "The only way to get rid of me is to eliminate yourself." I growled. Suicide was not an option. Not now, not with Max in serious danger...
But from what? A shadow?
"I'm not a shadow," the figure said, slightly irritably. "I'm you. I'm who you will become."
"Screw that!" I shouted. "I will never be like you!" He reminded me of the freaking Erasers back at the School- 'You'll join us sooner or later', and 'We're just like you'.
"I see. You're going to be difficult about this."
It wasn't a question. And I wasn't going to let him destroy me.
"What do you want from me?" I asked, shaking slightly. My wings were about to give- I needed an answer now.
"I want nothing from you," he stated. "It's all what you want, Jasmine. I'm you."
"You are not me. And stop calling me Jasmine," I growled- this guy was ticking me off really badly. "I will never go back to that hellhole, if that's what you're getting at."
The firgure just chuckled again. "Jasmine, you don;t belong out here. You need to go where people will care for you."
"I can fare fine." I was lying through my teeth. I didn't care; as long as I won this freaking fight with myself. Darn internal battles. But my wings... so much pain... I couldn't stay in the air. I started to float down, lower and lower until I thought my neck would snap by how far I had to look up.
I wasn't falling at all. I was drifting. It was peaceful- except for the evil laughter all around me, making me even more paranoid than usual. I was glaring in every direction, trying to find the source. None came.
Suddenly, I blacked out.
I sat up, wide-eyed and shaking slightly. What a freaky dream.
===DEATH TO ALL ERASERS===
I think it's longer than the other two.
Do I know what the figure means? Yes. Will I tell you? No. Am I going to make you find out? You betcha.
Still no characters from the book yet. I've yet to figure out how to get them in... suggestions?
As always, no flaming.