Jake's POV

"Alright. Is everyone almost ready to go?" I ask everyone, automatically taking the role of the leader, and they all nod.

"Okay, well first we have to deal with a hollow, it's on its way here and we need to be prepared" I order. They all nod and begin gathering things that could be used as weapons. Suddenly the phone rings.

"Jake I think maybe you should be the one to answer it tonight" Emma says gently. I nod and go into the hall, I pick up the phone.

"Hello?" I say confusedly.

"Hello this is Abe, who is this?" the familiar voice greets me.

"You don't know me...I'm Jake" I say, trying to avoid getting emotional.

"Ah your new. Well welcome to the family Jake, I don't have much time so just tell miss Peregrine that I'm at the airbase and that I'm fine" my grandpa says warmly.

"Well I just wanted to say that...I miss you and I'm sorry if I ever disappointed you and that you're the best grandfather in the world " I say apologetically before hanging up the phone. I feel tears prick my eyes and I sniffle once. I feel a hand gently touch my shoulder and turn my head, and see Emma looking at me concerned.

"Jake are you alright?" she asks me worriedly.

"Oh um yeah, yeah I'm okay Emma" I say while wiping away the tears. Emma frowns and looks up at me sadly, I sigh and wrap my left arm around her waist, and gently pull her to me. I rest my forehead against hers and take a deep breath. I pull away slightly and kiss her on the forehead.

"I'll be okay Emma" I say softly. She snuggles up to me and I laugh a little, I hug her for a few seconds before I remember our situation.

"C'mon lets rejoin the others" I say softly, nudging her towards the sitting room. She nods and I lead her by the hand into the room. Everyone looks at us as we enter the room, and I could see the fear in their eyes.

"Okay listen up! The hollow could be here any moment so what I need everyone to do is block the windows and the doors. That will buy us some time" I say strictly. They all immediately begin doing what I asked, Bronwyn and Victor push one of the couches against the two double doors to,blocking the entrance. Then they push the other couch across the room so it's against the other set of doors. The children all go over to that couch and I follow them. Emma stands beside me and we watch as miss Avocet gets a cross bow and stands in front of us.

"Now children now that you're all here there are a few rules, your primary job is to stay safe, leave the hollow to me. I don't want to see any heroics. Now those of you with garden tools, I must insist that you-" she gets cut of by a large black tentacle busting through the doors behind her and pulling her through the hole. We all scream in fright and I see the hollow enter through the gapping hole, using two of its tongues to put two eyes in its mouth. Enoch moves in front of us and holds his tool out in front of him, ready to strike the invisible foe.

"Enoch look out!" I shout as the hollow grabs him and starts banging him against the wall and glass cabinets. I grab the cross bow off of the floor and aim it at the hollow.

"Everyone get to the attic" I shout as I shoot at the hollow, turns out I'm a horrible shot with it because I miss. I hear the couch being moved from the doors and the children running out of the room.

"Jake!" I hear Emma shout alarmed.

"Emma go! I'll be right behind you" I shout at her. I hear her run out of the room and shoot at the hollow again, and this time I hit it, causing it to shriek and drop Enoch as it falls back against the wall. Olive runs back over to me and we help Enoch get up. We run out of the room and I hear the hollow get up and begin destroying things in the room.

'Damn it!' I internally curse as I hear the hollow begin to follow us up the stairs. Emma looks back at me as we run into the attic. I lock the attic door once I make sure everyone's inside and look around for a possible exit, and see that the windows are our only option.

"We'll have to go through the windows" I announce as I walk over to one of the windows on the wall. I open it and peak my head out, and notice a tree right next to the house.

"Fiona is there anything you can do to that tree?" I ask as I pull my head back in.

"Yes" she answers as she begins crawling out the window.

"Be careful" I tell her as she begins to slide down the roof and onto a thin ledge. Then I jump out and land onto one of the small landings on the roof. I look up and see Emma looking down at the ground nervously from her spot on the windowsill.

"It's alright sweetheart, slide down and I'll catch you" I call out to her. She looks at me and nods her head shakily. She climbs out the window and slides down, I reach out and grab onto her arm and pull her over to the landing I'm on. Fiona begins walking along the edge towards the tree and the other children begin sliding down. I hold onto Emma's hand and help her slide down onto the ledge. Once she begins to slide I release her hand so I don't get pulled down with her. The twins slide down together and Emma helps them move along the ledge. Then I carefully slide onto the ledge and turn so I'm facing the roof, and look up at the window. Claire is looking down with a scared look on her face.

"Claire come on down" I call out gently, holding out one of my arms. She slides down and I gently pull her to me. Olive is the only one that hasn't slid down yet and I look up to see if she's alright. She looks behind her after hearing a loud bang before sliding down too. We all begin walking down the ledge towards Fiona, who is almost finished creating a bridge for us by extending one of the tree's branches. It is raining hard and I hear the planes beginning to fly towards us. The children begin walking across the branch quickly and I hear another loud crash from the house.

"Go with the others, I'll join you in a moment" I tell Emma as I give her a small push towards the branch. She looks back at me nervously and I give her a small nod, encouraging her to keep going. She quickly walks across the branch and I look back at the window. The hollow crashes through the window, causing the glass to break. I quickly remove the crossbow from my shoulder and aim it. I hear the bomb be released from the plane and the hollow begins to get closer to me. I shoot it in the shoulder, causing it to shriek and stumble back a little. I hear all of the children land on the ground and hear the bomb whistling down as it begins to approach my location.

"Jake!" I hear several of them shout frightened.

'Time to fly' I think to myself as I throw the crossbow down onto the ground by the others. I look back at the hollow for a second as it begins to move towards me before jumping completely off of the roof, causing the others to scream. I close my eyes and shift into a raven, I open my eyes and begin to fly down just as a loud explosion occurs behind me. I shift back into human form and land next to Emma, I looks at the house and see it burning away. Suddenly much like reset the scenery begins to change, the house looking normal during the daytime and changing back into being in flames in the night.

"Was that?" I begin to ask.

"A loop closing" Emma says.

"It's gone" I hear her voice break at these words. I wrap an arm around her shoulders, giving her a little bit of comfort. After a few minutes I remove my arm and grab the crossbow from the ground and put it back onto my shoulder.

"C'mon lets go" I say gently as I lead them all to the beach. After a few minutes of walking we quickly reach it

"Sorry Jake" Fiona says apologetically as we walk along the sand. I turn to her and give her a confused look.

'What on earth is she apologizing to me for?' I think to myself confusedly, that's when I realize that I'm now stuck in 1943.

"It's alright Fiona" I say reassuringly.

"What do we do now?" she asks me, and I notice that her and all of the other young ones are looking at me like I'm their protector, like I'm their ymbryne.

"Is there any sign of Barron and miss Peregrine?" I ask them.

"Gone, Barron must have had a boat" Olive answers. I look out at the sea for a moment, then focus back on the others

"Well we have to go after them. Does anyone know where they might be headed.

"Miss Avocet said that Barron was setting up an experiment in the basement of the Blackpool Tower in her loop" Victor tells me, and that's when I remember my grandfather's letter.

"That's in England" I recall.

"But Blackpool is miles away, the next ferry doesn't leave for hours. We'd never make it in time" Millard says.

"Not unless we go by boat too" Emma interjects. We all look at her confusedly, wondering what she meant.

"Wow" I say amazed. The children and I are watching as Emma uses her peculiarity to remove all of the water from the inside of the shipwreck. We're all swimming a little above the floor of one of it's giant rooms, our heads surrounded by air bubbles that Emma had blown to us. Once all the water is gone I help Bronwyn and Victor seal up the doors, while olive begins lighting the engines. The motors start running and I notice a bunch of the lights begin to turn on. Then Hugh and Claire help me hold onto the wheel as the ship begins to rise from its watery grave, Claire holding onto my waist and Hugh standing beside me. The large vessel finally breaks through the surface and water crashes around it as it begins to settle, floating on the rocky sea. Olive and Emma join us all I'm the room and we all move to the windows. Bronwyn and Victor each hold up a twin by the back of their suits so they can see.

"C'mon Jake I need to show you something" Emma says as she grabs onto my sleeve and leads me into a room.

"What is it?" I ask her curiously. She lets go of my sleeve and moves across the room towards a huge table, then moves around the table and stops in front of the other side of it.

"Jake before your grandfather retired he asked me to keep this safe" she says as she lifts a tin box from under the table and places it in front of us. She opens it, and pulls out its contents. I immediately recognize one of my grandpa's old maps.

"That's my grandpa's old map" I say surprised, pointing at it. I quickly grab the map and open it, I scan it for a few seconds and finally find miss Avocet's loop.

"Your grandfather spent his life hunting bad peculiars, he only retired when you were born to protect you" she starts explaining.

"The wights, I remember them. He told me about that a few years ago" I tell her.

"These are the ones he never found" she says as she hands me a small pile of pictures. I look all of the pictures and my eyes widen when I see one of the man that's caused us so much pain.

"I saw him the night my grandpa died" I say, pointing at the picture of Barron.

"He's the reason that there are hollows, because of his experiment right?" I say questioningly, remembering what my grandfather had taught me about them.

"Yes. And I have a feeling that this time, he's captured a lot more ymbrynes" she says shakily.

"Hey, it's gonna be alright" I say gently while putting down the pictures. A tear slides down her cheek and she looks away from me, embarrassed.

"C'mon over here sweetheart" I say softly, holding my arms out wide. She rushes around the table and straight into my arms. I hold her close and feel her start to shake.

"Nothings gonna harm you, not while I'm around" I sing softly.

"Nothing's gonna harm you no sir, not while I'm around. Demons are prowling everywhere nowadays. I'll send them howling, I don't care, I've got ways" I continue to sing in her ear softly. I feel her try to get closer to me, so I tighten my arms around her.

"No one's gonna hurt you, no one's gonna dare. Others can desert you,

not to worry, whistle I'll be there" I sing before gently kissing her forehead.

"Demons'll charm you with a smile for a while. But in time nothing can harm you, not while I'm around" I gently nuzzle my face against hers as I sing this line. I'm staying with her after this is all over, damn everything else. I don't need adventure, I just need her.

"Being close and being clever ain't like being true. I don't need to, I would neverhide a thing from you like some" I continue softly, rubbing her back.

"No one's gonna hurt you, no one's gonna dare. Others can desert you,

not a worry, whistle I'll be there. Demons'll charm you with a smile for awhile, but in time nothing can harm you, not while I'm around" I finish. Emma looks up at me and I see tears in her eyes. I cup her face in my hands gently and wipe away the tears.

"As long as I'm around I will never ever let anything bad happen to you or our family" I promise her. She opens her mouth to say something, but gets cut off when the door opens suddenly. We quickly break away from each other before the others can see our position.

"So have you found miss Avocet's loop on the map yet?" Enoch asks bored, his arms crossed. I grab the map and gently fold it so I can show him the location.

"It's here, but it's new. She made it earlier this year, it's my year. If we don't get out before it closes we're stuck in January 2016" I say as I walk over to them, holding the map in front of me.

"Great. Time catches up with us and we all die except you. Plan?" he says sarcastically.

"Enoch" Victor hisses, hitting Enoch lightly on the side with his elbow, causing Enoch to flinch.

"It's fine Vic. The loop closes at 4:30 which means we need to get in, rescue the ymbrynes and then get out" I begin to explain.

"Yeah if we're not already dead. Miss Avocet said the machine is in the cellar of the Blackpool tower building. That means we will be indoors...with hollows" Enoch cuts me off.

"Enoch that is enough! Jake just saved your life, he saved all of us. The least we can do is listen to what he has to say, we owe him that much and more" Victor snaps, shooting his friend a glare.

"Please continue Jake" Victor says encouragingly, giving me a small smile. I return his smile with one of my own and nod at him slightly.

"No, we won't be indoors with the hollows. I've got a plan, but I'm gonna need your help" I say determinedly, looking at everyone. They all look at me questioningly, and Victor steps up.

"We're with you, just tell us what you need us to do and we'll get it done" he says determinedly. Everyone besides Enoch gives me a nod or a smile in agreement. After seeing that everyone agrees with me, Enoch reluctantly gives me a small nod. It's time to end this, once and for all.