The Struggling Life II: Old Bonds Return

Chapter 10: Put Your Attitude Aside for Now

Jasmine's Point of View:

The next few weeks went by relatively too slow for my tastes. I glad and what not that my brother was safe and free with us, but I couldn't help but want to save my Dad, and he was still on that ship, trapped and possibly in a lot of pain, emotionally and physically. It honestly put me on edge to deal with that.

Elekie was often trying to sooth my thoughts and my body's natural urge to go off on my own and protect others, but she wasn't doing so well. Even so, I was able to mask my problem well for the most part to the team, all except for Antauri and Cobi. My second in command was always able to sense anything wrong with me, or sense that I was hiding something from him, and he wouldn't be able to figure it out. And my love… he just had this sixth sense that always knew when something was wrong with me, there was no way to get by him.

Everyone knew though that I was still worried about my father, and would often find me meditating more then normal (since I couldn't fine the relaxing peace I needed to actually go to sleep, so I meditated instead.) It caused worry for them after that, and I'd known I'd blown my cover, but thankfully, no one tried to stop my efforts to try and find the dream or vision I needed to find my Dad. I literally wanted to find that pain I felt before in my last two visions, just to find him.

It was only a few days ago when my family was starting to catch on. Lyra was now becoming the mother figure to my brothers and looking after them when they weren't with Sprx and Otto because of how into my meditation or training (to take out my frustration and rage) I was. Gabe often spent most of his time trying to make soothing scents to try and get me to sleep, since I was hardly getting any. Alas, his attempts were in vain when I used my Power Primate to keep me awake and the drug out of my body. Spencer and Robby often tried telling me stories as I often tell them. As much as I appreciated their kindness in that, I couldn't allow myself to fall asleep, but would pretend as to not offend them until they had left.

I opened my eyes again after another failed attempt to try and receive another vision for my father's transformation, and his location, but I still had received anything, and it was getting on my nerves. I knew I was starting to lose my mind over this, not only just the subject, but the lack of real sleep and a good meal since Gabe's awakening, the constant training and ignorance of everything and everyone around me, but that didn't matter right now, not until my family was whole again.

I sighed. Once again I wasn't where I wanted to be. My family was still incomplete and I was, for lack of a better word, on edge and twitchy. I needed to do something, something to take my mind off this subject for a little while. I stood from the middle of my bed and quickly changed into a pair of baggy black shorts and an orange sports bra and headed out of my room.

It didn't take very long for me to make it to the training room and grab a set of gloves to cover my hands and I started punching and kicking away at one of Nova's punching bags that had been left out. It felt good for my anger to be taken out on it rather then anyone else. I didn't want them to have to deal with my anger, but it was probably worrying them sick because of me not talking to them much, or anymore then I have to or have the willpower to before I'd snap under all this stress.

It didn't take very long for my body to be worn down due to my lack of energy in my body and I sat down on one of the benches. It was then that I looked over to my side and I saw Nova and Lyra walk into the training room. They froze when they finally saw me and I looked back at them tiredly.

"You're here again Jazz?" Lyra questioned. "I'd thought you'd be in your room."

"Got tired of that and needed to move a bit, I was tired of meditating so I took a break." I replied to my younger sister. She and Nova gave me a look that replied 'we don't believe you one bit' but otherwise said nothing.

It was then that Nova took a look over where I had been training and then gasped. She hurried over to me as I was catching my breath and pulled one of my hands away from my lap. I had no energy to fighter her as she removed the gloves and saw the scabs, reopened, on my knuckles.

"We're taking you to Gibson and Gabe right now." Nova stated. "And don't try to argue with me."

"I don't need to see them, I'm fine." I was able to suddenly bring about some strength to pull my hand out of hers and glare.

"You're not fine Jasmine! You've over trained, won't sleep, haven't eaten much of anything, constantly over meditate, even to Antauri's standards, and you're ignoring the rest of us!" She turned to my sister. "Lyra, help me get her down there."

"Don't need to tell me twice Nova." My sister then used her strength to pull me off the bench and threw me over her shoulder with strength that only she would have.

"Put me down Lyra!" I screamed at my sister ad struggled again her hold. My sister for a moment did have a hard time holding me down, that was, until Nova jumped up to her shoulder and use her tail to wrap around me and my sister, and prevented most any escape from me.

"Not on your life right now Sis, now we're getting you to the guys and that's final." Lyra then shifted me on her shoulder and then proceeded to the medical bay where I guess the others were waiting.

Cobi's Point of View:

We were all gathered in the main command center going over facts and what not with Gibson and Gabe as our teachers yet again. We were going over plans and what not on how to deal with Skeleton King, Mandarin and Jasmine's father, Sean. We normally had these meetings when Jasmine was off on her own because of the way she'd been acting recently.

Gibson noted that it was the basic lines of insanity that were finally starting to get to her since she wasn't getting everything her body needed, and her mind was starting to play tricks on her. We were all worried and what not, but Jasmine wouldn't let us anywhere near her. She wanted her Dad back and her family together, and it was driving her insane that she couldn't do anything to make it happen faster.

It was then that we suddenly heard shouting and screaming coming from down the hallway and we watched as Lyra and Nova brought in Jasmine over Lyra's shoulder. She was screaming the loudest of the three and apparently was being held down by Nova's tail wrapped around both of the sisters' bodies.

"Would you just shut up already?" Nova and Lyra both shouted at our leader that we knew was going insane. In return to their yell, Jasmine kicked and screamed louder and Nova seemed to be having a hard time keeping her down and Lyra walking strait.

"Don't just stand there!" Nova yelled as she tried to hold down Jasmine. "Help us out and get her to the med lab!" Everyone scrambled to help them out and I grabbed Jasmine from their arms. I held her arms secured in my own while Otto and Sprx tied their tails around her feet.

Jasmine still tried to fight back and kept kicking her feet as if they were one giant foot, which made Otto and Sprx try to jump out of the way, but they were unable to and were knocked off to the side, and that freed Jasmine's legs. She then swung her legs back and kicked me where it hurt the most to all males in every species and I released her arms. She took that instant to move away from the rest of us, but I recovered in an instant and fought off the pain as I jumped to my feet.

Just as Jasmine was about to make it out of my reach, my hand hardened and on its side, I hit it against the side of her neck. She promptly fell unconscious and collapsed to the ground. All of us sighed in relief and promptly fell to the ground, those of us who had tangled with her that is.

"Is she going to be okay?" June asked worriedly.

"Cobi only but subdued her, she should be fine." Antauri noted.

"Yes, I do say that he did so just when she needed it most." Gibson evaluated as he ran his scanner over Jasmine's collapsed body. "Quickly, before she has a chance to wake, get her to the med bay." I scrambled to my feet and picked up Jasmine's limp and pale body in my hands. I hurried after the others and set her on one of the cots that Gibson had set up in there. He and Gabe quickly latched her down to the table with some metal clips and placed a tube down her throat into her stomach to slowly give her food to make up for what she lost. Gabe then attached some sort of breathing mask to her nose that apparently was filled with an airborne drug to keep her under, at least until she regained most of her normal power and energy.

We all watched after they were all set us that Gibson and Gabe each took one of her hands in their own and started to clean her wounds. Her knuckles looked to have been broken open on multiple occasions, but healed for the most part before she reopened them without knowing.

"Is Sissy finally resting?" We all turned and looked over at Spencer and Robby who had stuck their heads into the med bay.

Gabe sighed and beckoned them over to him and he got down to their eye level. "Yeah guys, we did, but it was hard to do. Sissy's gonna be stuck here in the med bay for a while, at least until she's better and has a better sense of what she's doing."

The two younger boys looked at Gabe as if he was taking another language, and I don't blame them. "He means that until she's more back to normal." I explained. The two boys 'oh'ed at me and hurried over to their sister's side.

"When will that be though Cobi?" Robby questioned. I walked over to the kid and picked him up in my arms. I pulled up a chair next to my secret love's bed and I set him in my lap.

"I really don't know Robby, it all depends on her."

Witch's Note:

There we go! Its short but I finally got another chapter done! Yes! Now I have a few more to do, I wish I had the day off with the crappie and crazy weather I got here at home, but of course I got the most stubborn people that run the place here, so I didn't get to type as much! Oh well, on to the next one!

Question of the Chapter: Do any of you think that Jasmine will be better once she wakes up?

Alright you guys, I'll see you later! Love you all and please Review!

Halloween Witch