Jess' POV:
As I lay in my bed going over everything that happened today, I realized that it was 8:59. I needed to get to sleep. I closed my eyes and slid my new iPhone into my pocket and slowly fell asleep. I woke up with a start. There were lasers overhead, and mini explosions all around. What did I miss? I thought as I ran to cover. I saw Finn and ran to him. I looked around and everything was just blurred. I saw Terry holding a wounded Charlie, Philby helping a limping Willa, and Amanda on the ground. Then I saw Dillard trying to help Finn wake Amanda up. Everything froze and Amanda and Charlie were on the ground unconscious.
I jumped up and turned on my light, scribbling in my journal, drawing this out best as I could. I put my pencil down and I wished Amanda was still in the same room as me. I stared at the picture, studying it and correcting every mistake until it was perfect. I creeped into the hall and to the bathroom. Amanda would be crossed over right now. I splashed my face with water and went downstairs to get something to drink. I saw Wanda and sat next to her.
She looked at me and said, "Vision?"
I nodded and stared into space, just thinking.
Ever since Wanda adopted Amanda and I, we felt free. She knew how to comfort me after horrific visions and nightmares and she acts like the mother we wished for. I nodded my head and handed her the drawing. Honestly, I was too afraid to go back to sleep. I got up and got a glass of water. I watched Wanda's face as she studied the drawing.
I chugged the water and sat back down. Wanda set the drawing down and rubbed my back.
"Oh, Jessie." Wanda said quietly.
"I'm going to go back to bed, we were supposed to cross over tonight and I'm an hour late." I mumbled.
"Okay, sweetie. Be careful." Wanda sighed. I hugged her and tucked the drawing in my pocket. I went to Amanda's room and curled up in her bed with her.
Charlie's POV:
I arrived late, but they hadn't started. They were sitting in the grass talking. Jess wasn't there yet, either. I was still shaky from earlier today and tried to hide it. Terry turned around, from hearing my footsteps, and so did the others. He stood up and walked over to me. I tried to hide my limp, and was doing a good job with it.
"They know. I didn't tell them, but we did make it obvious." Terry said.
"O-okay." I whispered.
"Hey, are you okay?" He whispered gently.
"Yeah..." I said holding back tears. My face still burned.
"Charlie, come on. What happened. And why is your face all red?" I heard the anger in his voice get louder.
The others came over and asked what was wrong.
"It's nothing... It's just dumb." I whispered.
Terry pulled me away from the group and sat me down on the bench. He kneeled down in front of me to look me in the eyes.
"Hey, you know you can tell me anything, right?" Terry said, holding my hands.
"Charlie, what happened?" He asked.
I sighed. "I was walking home from cheer practice and I bumped into Greg. He then followed me." Terry scowled. "His eyes were green, but not OTK green." I remembered every thing in detail as I told Terry what happened.
"How was cheer practice?" He asked.
"Normal." I said bluntly.
"How are the other Keepers?" Luowski asked.
I didn't want to make him angry so I just went with it and said, "Great." When we got to my house I said bye and he didn't leave. I pulled out my key, knowing that no one was home yet and he grabbed my arm to spin me around. I spun and kicked him flat in the chest.
"Hey what was that for?" He yelled.
"You should know better than to touch me, Luowski." I said harshly.
"I was just going to ask if you wanted to come hang out with me." He said. His eyes were bright green, like they normally are. "I mean, you did let me walk you home, so why not go further?"
"Ew. No. Just get out of here before I hurt you." I snarled.
"Ooh, I like the sound of that." He hissed with a grin. He walked up the steps, and he grabbed both of my arms, pushing me against my door.
"Ew! You perv. Get out of here!" I yelled as I struggled pushing him off of me.
"But the fun is just starting." Luowski smiled a hideously evil smile. I was able to get out of his grip and get out of reach of him. I sprinted far from the door and twisted my ankle on a pothole. No way I was going to let him get away with that.
"Better run while you can, Luowski." I taunted.
"Or what?" He asked mockingly.
"Or you'll get it." I said.
He stepped away from the door and I walked over to be ready to go in if necessary. He walked over to me as he was reaching into his pocket for something, a bottle maybe? I went to punch him, but he knew I would do that and grabbed my arm with his free hand. He then pulled his other hand out of his pocket and grabbed my arm again. I should've went in when I could. He slapped me. I kicked him as hard as I could, balancing myself on my left foot, and he barely flinched.
"No, no. That just won't do. It's easier to not resist." Luowski said deviously.
"Let me go!" I said in a strained voice. I kicked at him, but that had no effect on him. He pulled out a vile and opened it to give to me.
I'm not taking that." I declared. He put his hand on my waist, holding both of my hands in his left hand. He slid his hand up to my chest. I couldn't move, except for my head and feet. He cupped my chin and pulled my head in for a kiss. I spat in his face.
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way." He proposed as he wiped the spit away on his shirt.
I saw my mom's car pull up silently. "I choose neither, but, you can do this the easy way or the hard way." I smirked.
"Ha ha. What are you even talking about? There's no way out of this." He said. He kissed me, badly might I add, and it was wet and gross.
My mom ran up and I could tell she recognized him so she put a hand on his shoulder. "Excuse me, but Charlene needs to be heading inside.
He looked confused. And when he didn't move, my mom gave him the death stare. "You'd better scram before I come down to Disney myself and teach you guys a lesson." Greg ran. He left the vile, too. I picked up the vile and hugged my mom. We went in and I explained what had happened. I was glad she knew about the OT's and OTK's.
Terry had a look that seemed to say 'I'm gonna kill Luowski.' His face softened and he hugged me. "I wish I could've been there to walk you home and keep that dirtbag away."
Willa's POV:
I couldn't help but wonder what happened with Charlie. Whatever it was, it had to be pretty bad. Her face was red on one side. She walked over to us and I noticed she had a limp. Everyone was wondering what happened, but no one asked.
We heard something from Space Mountain and remembered that was why we came here. Finn sent Philby and I to It's a Small World, Charlie and Terry to Space Mountain, and he, Jess, and Amanda went to Pirates of the Caribbean.
"Hey, Philby?" I asked as we were walking to It's a Small World.
"Yeah, Wills?" Philby said as he took my hand.
"Do you think that Charlene will be okay?" I asked.
"Well, probably. After a while." Philby said. We got to It's A Small World and Philby went in first.
All of the lights were on and an Imagineer was looking at the broken dolls and the broken set.
"Excuse me?" I asked. I startled the young woman.
She turned around and with blazing green eyes, said, "I've been waiting for you."
"Storey? What are you doing here?" Philby asked.
Storey wore a tight shirt that exposed her belly button and tight ripped jeans. She had black combat boots and her hair was pulled into a high ponytail.
"Oh, Philby. You are so clueless. I'm here to get rid of you." Storey pushed us in the car and started it, going extremely fast.
"Philby!" I screamed. He grabbed my hand and looked for any way to stop the car. He must have found a button because the ride slowed to a stop and we jumped out. Philby lead me out of the ride and towards Finn.
Finn's POV:
The Pirates ride is creepy at night... Amanda took my hand and I squeezed it. Jess had her phone out and was using the light to lead the way.
"Guys, look at this." Jess whispered. She pointed to a beheaded pirate animatronic.
"What the heck?" I said.
We heard stomping and running. "FINN! RUN!"
"Philby?" I asked.
I saw Willa and Philby sprinting to us.
"Storey... green eyes... attack..." Willa said in between breaths.
"Did she follow you?" Amanda asked. Jess was still studying the animatronic.
"Not sure... we ran when we she attacked.
"We gotta go." I said. We ran to find Maybeck and Charlie.
Maybeck's POV:
I can't believe what happened to Charlie tonight. It makes me want to hurt him. Make him regret stepping back into that house. I can't even begin to wonder how she managed to sleep tonight. I took her hand as we walked through Space Mountain. You couldn't even tell that she was hit.
"You okay, Charlie?" I asked.
She laughed a little through tears. "Yeah."
"Why'd you laugh?" I asked.
"You guys always call me Charlie, even when I tell you guys that I hate that nickname." She said.
"Charlie you just seem more... You." I said, unable to explain.
"How?" She asked.
"Well... I don't know. I mean I think Charlie is a cute nickname, and I've never really called you Charlene, so it just stuck. And Charlene sounds so formal, but I can try to call you Charlene if you want." I said.
"No, that's okay. Charlie is fine." Charlie decided.
"As you wish, Miss Turner." I joked.
As we ventured deeper into Space Mountain, we started hearing noises. I pulled my phone out and shone the light around, looking for whatever was coming our way. The footsteps grew louder was making that noise. We stopped when we saw...
Jess' POV:
"Since when is Storey bad bad?" I yelled as we ran.
"How should I know!? Its not like we stalk her!" Philby yelled.
"Whatever! You knew what I meant!" I shot back.
"Will you guys shut up!? We're trying to get out of here and arguing is not helping!" Willa said.
I shut up, fully aware of Willa being right. I just couldn't stand it how Philby tries to be the "sarcastic, obnoxious, annoying" one of the group! We already have one -Terry- and we definitely don't need another one!
"This way!" Finn announced, after being oddly silent. He said it loud enough for us to hear him, but soft enough so that Storey and Sally (Ringwald) couldn't hear us. We followed Finn down a hallway that I've never seen. We were still in the Pirates of the Caribbean, but this didn't look familiar at all.
"Where are we going, Finn?" Philby asked, breaking our awkward silence.
"Just follow me. Have I ever done you wrong before?" Finn said cockily.
He lead us through an EXIT door and then we made a break for it, running straight to Space Mountain to meet up with Charlie and Maybeck.
Charlie's POV:
Why did it have to be Greg Luowski? Of all of the OTK's, it couldn't have been Sally or Hugo? As of right now, Greg was just "talking" to us. More like stalling us. But for what? I was brought back to the real world when I heard Greg and Terry yelling.
"Get out of here, now!" Greg argued.
"Why? So as soon as we turn around, you can kidnap my girlfriend?! Or harass her again!?" Terry said angrily.
Then after a few more minutes of Greg and Terry threatening each other, I had enough. I walked over to Greg, not even trying to be inconspicuous. I judo flipped him and put my foot on his chest.
"What do you want?" I said, through clenched teeth.
"Nothing of your concern." Greg said calmly.
"If you're working with the OT's, it's all of our concerns. So you'd better speak up." I said again. I gave him the death stare.
"Why should I tell you? You're just a whiny brat who has no use of the group." Greg said.
This took me by surprise, and I guess it was obvious, because he grabbed my ankle and pulled me down. He stood up and pinned me with his heavy leg. Terry, who was guarding the hall, rushed over and punched him in the face. I jumped up and kicked him across the room. We took off running and ran right into Finn, Amanda, Jess, Philby, and Willa. We all fell, and scrambled to our feet.
"Why are you guys here?" Terry asked in confusion.
"Coming... To warn you... About Storey and Sally." Willa wheezed.
"Well, we just fought Luowski, and were just running to warn you guys. He could be right behind us." I warned them.
"Well, if he's after us, then we're going to be trapped between the three of them..." Amanda thought aloud. "But, we need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"Wait... Listen." Jess gasped.
"What are you talking about Jess?" Terry asked.
"Do you hear that?" She asked.
"Hear what, Jess?" I asked.
"Nothing. I don't hear them at all... Maybe they aren't chasing us..." Jess said quietly.
"But, they're always after us... Why wouldn't they be chasing us?" Finn asked.
"Wait... Guys, she's right." Philby started. "Maybe if something is supposed to happen to Charlie and Amanda, they know that it has nothing to do with them and they want to go through with the plan... And let whatever happens to them happen."
"But... How do they know what -or when- that'll happen?" I asked.
"Maybe... Well... Take the Guardians for example; They knew about what was going to happen to you two, before we really did..." Willa said, as she started to catch on.
"So... You're saying that... Maybe the Guardians are in on it?" Terry asked suspiciously. I knew he didn't like them, mainly Jack, but accusing them of being with the OT's?
"Are you saying that there's a chance that they are with the OT's?" I asked accusingly.
"Well, you never know." Terry said.
"Guys, we have to go soon." Finn said. "It's almost 2:30 a.m."
"Okay, but what about tomorrow? To see the stars?" Amanda asked.
"Okay, we need to set up Dillard and Jess tomorrow as soon as we can." Philby said.
"Right, right. I completely forgot about that. Whatever, he won't mind, I'm sure. Going, I mean, on such short notice." Finn said.
We crossed back over and went back to sleep.
Jana wrote this chapter ! It was hard, but it was fun to write :) Review please with ideas :)
