Hey guys! So originally I wasn't going to upload this chapter because I was exhausted from staying up until 2 am doing laundry, but you guys have been favoriting and following my story all weekend and I woke up to a review this morning so I was excited! Thank you Aisha'Ash for reviewing, I'm glad you love my story! Also thank you maddienoel24, aishaayibongwe, yukiko yuki, and synthtic for favoriting/following my story! You guys are honestly the best!

So since I'd planned on possibly updating tomorrow, I might put up another chapter tomorrow as well. But no promises. Maybe if I get some more reviews I'll definitely update tomorrow ;) I was also thinking of making a Pinterest for this story would you guys be interested in that?

Anyways you meet a couple new characters in this chapter and learn a little bit more about Jinx's past! I even added a scene that wasn't originally in the story when I first wrote this, so I hope you enjoy! Now on to the story.

Chapter 4

I looked around the gym for a few minutes trying to decide what to do. I noticed a stereo over by the TV and went over to turn it on. The music blasted through the speakers and I grinned.

Since I haven't worked out in over a year I would need to take it easy. I decided I would start out with the treadmill. I hope it didn't take me too long to get back in shape.

I was a great fighter and it would suck if I lost everything. I remembered how to fight, I would never forget that, but I lost all my muscle mass and my speed. I would need to get those things back up to speed, and I would also need to work on my stamina.

Turning on the treadmill at a low speed, I started jogging. I didn't want to wear myself out in the beginning. I needed to work off my anxiety and fear from the nightmare and if I got tired fast I wouldn't be able to do that. I closed my eyes and let the music take me away.

I jogged for an hour on the treadmill on the low level. The whole time I had to force myself not to put it on a high speed so as not wear myself out.

Maybe after this I could do a workout with the punching bag. Then I could take a break and maybe do some weights. I nodded to myself before getting off the treadmill.

I gulped down some water before wiping the sweat off my face. I looked around for some gloves before stretching. Once I found some gloves I set off on the punching bag.

When I was fifteen I dropped out of school because I couldn't control myself around other people. My touching phobia was so much worse when I was younger. It was so bad that I couldn't even sit next to someone without freaking out.

When I was thirteen I'd gotten involved with a gang. We called ourselves Drachenfeuer, but others just called us Drachen or the Dragons for short. (Drachenfeuer means dragon fire and Drachen means dragon in German)

Our leader's name was Cristof. He was kind of like our King. Cristof had lower level bosses in different parts of the L.A. Cristof was the first person I'd met who was like me, not human. I'd met him when my boss had me deliver something to Cristof. He'd sensed right away that I wasn't human.

Cristof is almost running two gangs, he has one section that is human and one that isn't. We all know that they're not human but he still keeps us separate. He asked if I wanted to join the other supernatural but I already had a place in the human side so I declined.

Cristof used to send me to the punching bag whenever I got out of control. I used to get expelled a lot for getting into fights, and he usually found out from my boss. Since I never had a family Cristof tended to look after me more than the others. I became one of his favorite people.

He said I was so volatile because I didn't know how to control my powers and they needed an outlet, and so they fed on my anger. He's the one who got me involved in Krav Maga. I missed him.

Cristof had been so pissed when I'd been sent to juvie. He knew it wasn't my fault what happened. Even though I was ratted out for selling drugs, he was the one who sent me to the girl. The person who was originally supposed to sell the drugs had gotten injured and so he'd sent me in their place. I didn't usually sell drugs, because I didn't take them. I've tried drugs, in fact I've tried all of them but they don't work on me.

I wonder what they were thinking right now. I wonder if they missed me. If these people weren't making me go with them to wherever this portal in New York was going to take us, then I would be going back to L.A. to be with Cristof. Maybe I could sneak out once we got to wherever we were going. The only thing is, the longer I stayed the longer I felt comfortable around these people.

I didn't usually feel comfortable around people this easily, but for some reason I did. This feeling was making me want to leave even more.

I wonder if they knew about my gang involvement. I didn't really want them too. I didn't want them to know how terrible I was. They already had a taste, but I didn't want them to send me away like everybody else does. I was used to being ignored and shipped off somewhere. This was the first time I've been around people who aren't human. I was different from humans so I understood that they didn't like me. Some people could feel that I was different on a subconscious level and steered away from me. But these people were like me, and I wanted them to keep me around even though I was fighting with myself to leave.

I wanted to know why I had a flashback of Isadora. I needed to find answers. Maybe once I had them I could go back to Cristof. I needed my gang to stay in control. I needed the structure. The only reason I didn't go completely insane in juvie is because I was locked up most the time. I didn't have a chance to lose it. But here, with no rules and so much freedom, something bad was going to happen. But here, with no rules and so much freedom, something bad was going to happen.

I guess I'd made my decision. I was going to find out why Isadora was in my flashback and then I was leaving. I've had so many questions about my life, with no one to ever give me any answers. Maybe I'd finally found someone to answer them.

"Jinx, you're been down here for a few hours. Are you hungry?" I stopped hitting the bag and looked behind me to see Isadora standing there worried.

She was dressed different now than in her night dress. She was dressed in grey slacks and a white blouse, with blue pumps. Very classy.

I looked at the clock and saw it was almost eight o clock.

"I'll be up in a few minutes," I told her.

"Ok, we have breakfast ready. So you can shower and then come eat or you can just come to the dining room," she told me with a small smile.

"Thank you, I'll probably shower first," I told her.

"Alright, I'll see you soon," she said. I nodded and walked over to my water bottle. I took a few gulps before wiping my face.

I could still go around with the punching bag. I was proud of myself. I still had my moves. I was kind of exhausted, but I was glad because I worked out all my frustration from the nightmare.

I turned off the music before I sat down on the floor and crossed my legs. I placed my hands on my knees and closed my eyes as I took a deep breath.

One of my therapists told me that meditating would be a good stress reliever for me. Cristof used to meditate with me sometimes.

I counted as I took deep breaths. The silence helped me calm down. After a few minutes my heart had stopped beating erratically from my workout and I was calm. I stood up and took another drink of my water. It was time to shower.

I walked up the stairs and opened the door. There was no one nearby so I didn't have to talk to anyone. I made it halfway up the stairs to the second floor when I saw shoes.

I looked up and a guy was standing there looking at me. He was blonde and had light blue eyes. He reminded me of Derek. This must be Landon. I didn't know he was in the house.

"It's nice to meet you Landon," I told him, stepping aside. His eyes widened in shock.

"How did you know I was Landon?" he asked me.

"You look like your father," I told him shrugging.

"You're Jinx right?" he asked and I nodded.

"It's nice to meet you too," he said with a small smile. He seemed nice enough.

"Are you going down for breakfast?" I asked him.

"Yes, I just arrived about thirty minutes ago," he told me. Oh, so I was right, he wasn't in the house.

"I guess I'll see you down there then," I told him.

"Ok cool, I'll see you after your shower," he said. I nodded and walked the rest of the way up the stairs.

I grabbed some white undergarments, a pair of grey skinny jeans, a grey tank, a striped white and pink long sleeved t shirt and a pair of grey converse. It was causal and comfy. I took the clothes with me into the bathroom and placed them on the sink.

I turned on the shower and while the water heated up I took off my grimy clothes. I bet I smelled. I took my hair out of my ponytail and stepped inside the shower. It already had some shampoo, conditioner and soap so thankfully I didn't have to go in search of any.

I stood under the water for a few minutes, letting it relax my muscles, before I grabbed the shampoo. It smelled like coconut. Just like the conditioner and body wash did. I guess I would smell like coconuts for the remainder of my stay here.

I dried myself off quickly before putting on my clothes. My hair was still relatively wet so I blow dried it for a few minutes. I didn't feel like standing there to completely dry my hair so I stopped after ten minutes and put my hair up in a bun.

I put everything away and put my clothes in the hamper and walked down stairs.

Everyone was at the table, and there was one chair left open for me. I sat down and started putting food on my plate.

I looked up and Landon was smiling at me. I gave him a small smile back before digging into my pancakes. Lily made different kinds of pancakes today. There were blueberry, strawberry, cinnamon, chocolate chip, and a few others that I wasn't sure of. I guess the body guards liked to eat. I poured myself some apple juice and took a sip.

"How was your work out Jinx?" I looked up at the sound of Derek's voice.

"It was good thank you," I told him nodding.

I felt eyes on me and looked over to see a blonde girl sitting next to Landon. She was glaring at me. What the fuck was her problem?

She had blonde hair but I could see the brown roots on the top of her head, which clearly showed she dyed her hair. She also had blue eyes, and this was the first time that I hated someone who had blue eyes. She looked like a bitch.

I raised my eyebrow at her and she stuck her nose up at me. Oh maybe that's why, she didn't want someone non-royal sitting at the table with her. But the guards were sitting at the table with them so I don't know what her problem with me is.

"My son Landon, which he said he already met you, and his fiancé Penelope, will be staying with us as well until we can leave," Derek explained to me.

So that girl is his fiancé, well why is she glaring at me?

I wonder why they came to stay with us, they can't go outside. They should have just stayed away. I grabbed a croissant and put some butter on it.

"How much food is she going to eat?" I heard Penelope whisper to Landon. She knew we were all supernatural here, so she would know that we could all hear her, so I don't know why she tried to whisper that. She probably wants to humiliate me by calling me fat for eating all this food. Unfortunately the insult wouldn't work since I've lost a ton of weight from being starved in the psych ward. I was basically a stick.

"She just finished working out Penny, so lay off," Landon said quickly. Well I can see he's the smart one in that relationship. I can tell that we would be having problems. I never did anything to her and she already hated me. I was going to have to stay away from her so I didn't hurt her.

"We're going to be leaving the safe house in two days Jinx," Isadora told me.

"Will we be flying to New York?" I asked her and I heard a snort. I looked over and Penelope was giving me an ugly look. She may be gorgeous, but her personality was ruining that.

Landon snapped his eyes over to her quickly before giving me a contrite look. I rolled my eyes before looking back over at Isadora. She didn't look so happy at the outburst either. Maybe she didn't like "Penny."

"Yes, we'll be flying to New York. It should take us a little over five hours to get to New York from one of the private airports here in Nevada," she told me and I nodded. Shouldn't be too bad.

I've only been on an airplane once and I hated it, but I only disliked the takeoff, once I was in the air I should be fine. I finished my breakfast and took my plate into the kitchen. I placed it in the dish washer before going to sit back down at the table.

Almost everyone was done, except for a few of the guards who were still pilling food into their mouths. I wonder if Isadora and Derek live in a castle. Maybe just a really big mansion or a fancy high rise skyscraper.

I wonder what it's like being a King or Queen. I bet it's a lot of work. There's a lot of pressure to do the right thing too. I don't think I'd be a good Queen. I didn't usually do the right thing.

I wonder why it was taking three days to get everything settled. I was going to die of boredom. I don't think I want to watch TV for the next two days. I was getting antsy just thinking about it.

I needed something to do, someone to fight. I haven't fought someone in more than a year. I wish I was back with Cristof. We would be training right now.

"Excuse me," I said standing up from the table. I figured it wouldn't be very nice for me to just get up and leave. Isadora looked at me worried.

"Are you alright Jinx?" she asked.

"Yes I'm fine," I told her. She nodded and I walked out of the dining room.

What could I do? I couldn't really do anything. All I know how to do is fight, I've literally been training since I dropped out of high school, but I can't do that right now.

I went up to my room and took off my jeans and shoes and put on some sweats.

I had enough room so I could work on my katas. Karate was one of the other martial arts, besides Krav Maga, that I partake in. I did all the sequences of movements, but without the yells since I didn't want anyone to be worried something was wrong with me.

I practiced them for about an hour before I stretched. I then moved into some basic workouts, like crunches, pushups, sit-ups, and planking. I relaxed for a while and decided to watch some regular TV.

I flipped through the channels before stopping on TNT and watching a show called Bones. It was about twelve in the afternoon right now and the TV guide said that Bones would be playing for the next four hours. Since there was really nothing else to do I guess I would be watching Bones until four o clock. I would have to find something else to do in four hours. Great.

It was five o' clock right now. I watched four hours of Bones and then an hour of Castle. I'd been lying in my bed for the last five hours and now I was getting antsy. I really needed to do something. I needed to be outside. Why the hell couldn't we go outside? I mean this safe house was basically made out of windows yet we couldn't go outside. If someone wanted to attack us they would know where we are.

It was painful being so close to the outside but not being able to cross the threshold. I'd been locked up in a white padded room for the last year, with no sunlight, and now they put me in a safe house that was almost completely made of windows and they tell me I can't go outside. This was complete torture.

There was a knock on my door and I stopped pacing. I took a deep breath before walking over and unlocking the door.

"Did you need something?" I asked Landon. I was kind of shocked that he was at my door. I didn't think Penelope would be too happy if she knew what he was doing.

"Well I wanted to apologize for Penny's behavior this morning. I don't know why she was acting like that," he said softly.

"Its fine, I'm used to people not liking me," I told him shrugging.

"But you shouldn't have to deal with it anymore, not from us," he said.

"Thanks," I said.

"Would you like to come hang out with us? We're watching movies in the theater," he asked me. I almost agreed, but then I realized they would be sitting in the dark.

"No thank you, I just finished watching five hours of TV. I'll probably go crazy if I watch anymore," I told him rolling my eyes. He looked kind of disappointed that I said no. I hope I wasn't giving off some kind of vibe that I liked him, maybe that's why Penelope was hating on me. But why would he respond if he was engaged? Does he not want to be engaged to Ms. Penny anymore?

"Oh ok, well if you change your mind, you know where we are," he said with a small smile.

"Thanks Landon," I said with a nod. He looked at me for another moment, like he was studying me, before he walked back down the hallway. That was so weird. Penny must be doing something else for him to have come up here to apologize to me. She never would have allowed that.

I watched him walk down the stairs before shutting my door. One more day of this agony and then we'll be on our way to New York. I can walk outside again. I can breathe fresh air. I can feel the sun on my face again. Oh I've missed the sun. I missed the moon, I missed the stars. I missed everything about the world.

I felt a deep sadness come over me. In all the time I spent in that white padded room I never cried once about my situation. I somehow always had hope that I'd get out.

Being in this room now, I realized that I'd always hoped that Cristof would rescue me. He knew how long my sentence was, he knew I shouldn't have been in juvie for more than two months, yet I was kept in that white padded room for a year.

When I opened my eyes yesterday, and I realized I wasn't in the white padded room, there was a little part of me that was wishing Cristof had been the one to kidnap me from that horrid place.

I was hoping that when I turned around at the sound of a voice, Cristof would be standing there, not Lily. In the whole year I'd been in there, the only thing that kept me going was the fact that I knew Cristof would eventually have someone get me out. I knew it would happen because I trusted him. I knew he would always be there for me.

Right now it hurt that I was here and he wasn't the one who orchestrated my escape. Someone else was, someone I didn't know, someone I didn't care about. I was here, alone, trapped and lost.

I felt tears coming on but I swallowed them. Crying wouldn't change anything. Crying wouldn't make me feel better. I opened my eyes and looked out the window in my room. The sun was setting so it would be dark soon.

If someone were going to attack us they would have done it already. No one knew we were here. I wasn't sure if the windows had an alarm on them so I didn't chance opening the window. But I had other ways of getting out of here.

I looked at the ground and closed my eyes. I felt the particles that made up my body explode and soon I was out of the room and teleporting into the forest a few feet away from the house.

I was crouching on the ground when I got my bearings again. I've never been very good at teleportation and I was out of practice so that actually hurt a little. I rubbed my muscles and stretched for a minute before turning around.

I took a deep breath of the fresh air and sighed. It smelled so good. It felt good to feel the breeze again. That's when I started running. I wasn't leaving I just needed to be outside. I needed to do something and being cooped up in that house was going to drive me insane.

There you go! I actually had to split this chapter in half. I was writing this before class and when I stopped I realized it was twelve pages long so I just had to find a good place to stop for this chapter.

What do you guys think of Penny? She's going to be one of the antagonists in this story, although not the main one. She's not as mean as someone you're going to meet in a few chapters.

Anyway I hoped you liked this chapter! Also, I hope you all had a fantastic Valentine's Day! I know that some schools get President's Day off so enjoy your day off! My university made us go to class today unfortunately :(

- scarletfiery