April 23, Mount Hump, 10:11pm
Jackie sat on the ground with tape on her mouth and ropes on her arms and legs. She was still confused. So very confused. What was it about her? The more things that happened to them, the more questions popped into her head. Nothing was adding up.
Alastair came up to her and kneeled down on the ground so his face was equal to hers.
"Alright, Jackie. I'm going to explain everything… and hopefully at the end you'll understand. Okay?" He asked.
She looked at him like he was stupid.
"Oh right.." He laughed. He pulled off the duck tape slowly.
Once it was off, Jackie sighed and moved her mouth around.
"Look, I'm not the bad guy here-"
"Yeah cause the good guys are always the ones taking hostages and kidnapping people…" Jackie said cutting him off.
"They are if it is to stop the bad guy…"
Yeah that didn't help at all. What was he trying to say? This whole time he was doing this to help her and her friends?
"Drake is not who you think he is."
"Yeah, cause I don't know any Drake…"
"Well you know him better as Doctor Conway."
Jackie just looked at Alastair. Waiting to hear more. Waiting for everything to be explained so she could go home.
Alastair looked to the ground, "I know him better as my brother…"
Jackie's mouth dropped.
Alastair and Conway are siblings. Again, more questions came into her head.
"Me and Drake were always close when we were younger. We both wanted to travel the world and discover new things." Alastair smiled genuinely.
"Next we both became professors at the same University in our twenties. It was fun for a while. But then we went on a trip to the Philippines.."
"He said he went with some students." Jackie said catching on to every word. Not missing a thing.
"Well, it wasn't exactly like that. It was him, me, and our sister." He continued.
Jackie was starting to understand, but some things still didn't add up. She wouldn't interrupt though, she needed to hear this.
"We got to these caves and we ending up finding the crystal. He told us it was probably dangerous, but we didn't listen. Me and my sister went without him. Unfortunately, my sister got to close. We didn't realize at the time the power it held. And she lost her life because of it."
"I don't understand what any of this has to do with me." Jackie says.
Alastair got up and stared at the edge of the cliff. Jackie's eyebrows curved.
Ignoring her comment, he kept going "Drake and I returned to the University with the crystal. We studied it carefully. We learned what it could do to people. Hoping, that it would help bring back Lindsey, our sister. Later, we put some of the crystal into out own bloodstreams and got our own powers. I can control machines and stop other peoples powers. Drake is super fast."
Jackie couldn't help but chuckle. "That's it? He's fast?"
"Those were his exact words. He was jealous of me. And he became obsess with the crystal. He got insane! And he grew mad at me and blamed me for Lindsey's death. All he wants to do is kill me…"
Jackie felt Alastair's sadness.
"He knows he can't stop me though. I can stop his powers from working. So he took a test subject and placed the crystal in them 10 years ago, thinking that it would be the most powerful. Thinking that, that person could stop me."
Jackie froze.
"You're that person Jackie…" Alastair paused to see her reaction.
She had no reaction. This changes everything. Her whole childhood… Why would she have been at that University? And why doesn't she remember?
"Wh- Wh- but- I-" She stuttered.
"It's true." Alastair says.
"Why me?" She managed to get out.
"Don't take it personally, you were just at the wrong place at the wrong time."
She nodded slowly.
After a brief pause, which was needed, Jackie spoke up. "Why did you kidnap me? Why am I here?"
Alastair looked straight at her, "I just told you-"
"No, no you didn't. You explained what happened. You didn't need to kidnap me to do that. Why am I here?" Jackie was completely serious.
He pursed his lips and sighed. Took one last look at her and looked down at the edge of the cliff.
Jackie's breathing picked up. Her heart wouldn't stop beating.
Alastair kicked a rock off, and they never even heard it touch the ground.
"I'm sorry Jackie." He whispered.
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continued,
A lady with blonde hair and blue eyes came forward. She looked beautiful, young. She went over to Alastair.
"Lindsey?" He says in shock.
He stands there, frozen.
"Yeah…" She said.
Alastair went to her right away and hugged her.
"How are you here right now?"
"Drake… he found a way to bring me back." She answered smiling.
"This is amazing!" Alastair went to hug her again.
When the hug was finished she says, "Drake told me to tell you he isn't mad at you anymore, but right now he just wants a little space…"
He sighed, but smiled. "That's fine… great, really!"
They hugged one last time, but during, Lindsey grabbed a knife. Jackie saw this and lost it.
She broke her robes off and stood up.
"Alright what the hell!" She started.
The two came apart.
"I am done with this shit! All of it! These last ten days have been freakin' horrifying. I am able to control the weather, I got into a car crash, I got kidnaped, almost killed by this moron!" She yells, pointing to Alastair.
"And on top of it all, I think I still have feelings for my ex-boyfriend!" She took a break to breath.
When she looked back up, Lindsey looked like she was trying to give her a sympathetic look.
She ignored it, and continued on her rant. She stared down at the ground.
"I mean what is happening! He hurt me so much… and then all of this happens and it feels like he's trying to protect me. All I want to do is be with him."
She looked up at them.
"I want to find him like you guys have found each other. But you guys are wasting it! I mean your own damn sister was going to kill you…"
Alastair pushes Lindsey away, "What?!"
"Damn it Jackie…" Lindsey says.
Jackie paused, "How do you know my name?"
"Drake told me." Lindsey said quickly.
"Oh ok…" Jackie took a few steps away from them and then turned. "I didn't want to have to do this but…"
Alastair remembered those words all too well.
Suddenly, a huge wind was pushing him and Lindsey closer and closer to the edge of the cliff. Jackie's wind.
"Jackie you have to stop!" Lindsey screamed.
"Why! All you two are going to do is hurt me, my friends, my family!"
"Because… Because-"
"Better spit it out now…"
They were getting closer now. Only another three feet were in-between them and a fall of a lifetime.
"Jackie I'm not Lindsey!"
"What?"
"It's me! Hyde!
Jackie stared into Lindsey's eyes.
"It's Steven…" Lindsey whispered.
Jackie was so confused… too much stuff has been going on. She didn't know what to do! How to handle any of it!
She was frozen in fear.
Two more feet.
