Jumper – The Next Level
Please note that I do not own the rights to any of the characters that is Steven Gould's creations. I do own Regan McGowan and others that I've made up. I will stay true to Steven's genius though and try and combine the movie and books.
This jumps off from the film but I'm using ideas from the books throughout. Let me know what you guys think – honestly!
I must say thanx for the reviews, I'm glad that you all are enjoying my fic. Let's hope it you enjoy the next chapter just as much!
Merry Christmas Everyone !!! Consider this my Xmas Special.
Griffin couldn't breathe, his chest pulsed with pain causing him to cough and splutter. He sprang up in a rush.
"REGAN" he cried fear bursting from his voice
"Hey hey calm down and drink this" Sarah cooed at Griffin forcing him to lie back. She tries to hand him a glass of water which he knocks out her hand. The glass smashes on the hospital ward floor.
Griffin grabs Sarah's tunic and bares his teeth.
"WHERE'S REGAN?" growls Griffin
Before Sarah can answer, Scott jumps into the room right next to Griffin. Scott pulls Griffin to his feet and their eyes lock in a snarl.
"WHERE IS SHE?" questions Scott "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO REGAN?"
Scott throws Griffin against the medical tray which spills smashing to the floor. Griffin tries to jump but his body doesn't respond. Scott's grip gets tighter and tighter.
"Okay boys, let's drop some hormones" Sarah quips.
David jumps into the room and places himself between the Scott and Griffin.
"We all need to calm down" soothes David
"Fuck you" Griffin pushes David off him "Keep your fucking hands off me"
"I'm just trying to help"
Suddenly Scott, Sarah, Griffin and David start yelling at once
"Trying to bloody help, like you did when you putting me in a fucking power line"
"I swear you better start talking you little shit and tell me where my sister is"
"You were trying to kill my wife, I had to do something"
"It wasn't personal, like I said we all need to make sacrifices"
"Where's Regan?"
"Will the three of you just calm the fuck down?"
A whistle cracks through the air causing them to snap their heads to the doorway. Standing with her hands on her hips, Millie stares deadly into the room.
"Oh good I have your attention, Now are we going to help each other and save Regan. Or would you rather yell at each other"
"I see David managed to save your ass" sneers Griffin
"Like you said Griffin, It wasn't personal what Davy did to you."
"Hello, can we concentrate on Regan please?" Scott's voice is strained with concern. He starts to pace the floor, clenching and unclenching his wrist. "What the hell happened?"
XOXOXOX
Regan's body pulsed with pain as she stumbled through corridors. Regan crashed against walls and her eyes were unfocused. She could taste warm copper metal in her mouth as a bright red light screamed all around her.
Regan felt her breath getting harsher and her eyelids getting heavier. Her body crashed against cold concrete.
"Get up" Regan's brained yelled at her "Get up NOW!!!"
As her eyes tried to focus, a black pair of boots comes into her view.
"You always go bad!" sneered the voice
Regan tries to stand but her body collapses on the floor. Roland slowly draws a cloth from his long silver coat pocket. He unravels the fabric to display a sharp knife. The cloth itself is coated in blood.
Roland kneels beside Regan as her breathing gets softer.
"Only God should have this power" scorns Roland.
"Fuck you" hisses Regan through laboured breath
Regan feels the cold knife scrap against her skin.
CRACK!!!
Roland seizes from plunging the knife into Regan's chest, he suddenly collapses. Regan forces herself to focus. Through bleary sight Regan can make a blurry shape of a man in the distance holding a gun.
As Regan once again collapses the man turns on his heel leaving her.
"I want everyone out of here NOW!" Regan catches the man's orders before passing out unconscious.
XOXOXOXO
As Griffin retold his story of his time in the Paladin's research centre, his fellow jumpers listened dumbfounded. Only Scott prowled the floor.
"Then I landed here" Griffin stated flatly.
"Can you remember your cell" questions Sarah.
"Yeah... I think"
"Good, we go in that way." Scott storms out the room as he organises two teams.
What felt like seconds later, everyone reconvened in the operations room listening patiently even Griffin was awaiting orders.
"David and I will follow Griffin in first. Team A will ..."
"Hold it" Griffin interrupts by placing his right hand in the air, releasing his stupidity he quickly shoves it into his pocket.
"What"
"One, why is he coming?" Griffin thrusts his chin at David. "Two, the cell might be reactivated"
"Firstly He as you put it is one of the best jumpers I've ever met and we could use his help" Scott replies.
Griffin snorts.
"Second, we will cross that bridge if we come to it. Right as I was saying..."
XOXOXOXO
Griffin stood with his eyes squeezed shut as many more burned into him.
"It's hard to concentrate on my destination with you guys all staring at me" Griffin snarls
"Just concentrate on what it felt like, what you saw, smelt and heard whilst being in that place" instructs Millie
"Thanks for the tip" Griffin replied sceptically. Griffin let his mind drift and remembered his cell. The hard slab. The reeking toilet. The cramped space. Waking up to Regan singing that silly show tune. Griffin smiled, then suddenly his body jerked and he jumped. Opening his eyes Griffin realised that he had done it.
Griffin did not have time to revel in his triumph as he was quickly accompanied by David and Scott.
"Is the door reactivated?" said Scott
"Don't think so" Griffin picks up a rock and throws it at the door. It sails through the opening unharmed.
They pile out his cell. Griffin walks over to Regan's cell.
Empty!
In fact the whole place was eerily quiet. There was no one at all. It was like a ghost town.
"Will I'm activating the signal. Get the co-ordinates over to Steven, he's heading Team 2" Scott ordered into his sleeve radio
"Will do Scott" crackled Will.
As the boys walked down the corridor, six guys jumped through the scar dressed head to toe in Swat black and in each hand was an AK-47.
"Team A will go right. Find Regan. Kill everyone else. Griffin, David with me" barked Scott.
The teams disbanded in opposite directions.
Griffin jumps to the dome closely followed by David and Scott.
"What is this place?" asked David
"The Dome" mutters Griffin "The Paladins are trained here. We aren't supposed to be able to jump into the arena."
"Where the hell is everyone" Scott looks around at the empty seats
"I think it's deserted, I mean shouldn't we be surrounded by now with homicidal Paladins by now" states David.
"Let's keep moving" barks Griffin
"Scott, We've found Regan" a voice cackles over Scott's radio causing his heart to soar.
"We're on our way"
XOXOXOXO
Griffin ran to Regan's side pushing one guy out the way. Griffin goes to grab her hand but hesitates.
"How is she?" asked Scott
"She came to for a second but went back under. Look at who we found next to her" Steven turns his body so David and Scott gaze up to see Roland's dead eyes staring back at him.
"Fuck sake" gasps Griffin as he steps up next to Scott.
"How was he killed" said Scott
"Looks like a gunshot wound" answers Steven
"How" Griffin says a little dumbfounded.
"We think it was Regan, when we found her, she was grasping onto this" Steven withdraws a silver glock from the band of his trousers.
"Fucking hell, Regan shot Roland. Lucky bitch" smiles Griffin
Behind him Regan groans causing the men to return their attention to her. Scott kneels and takes her hand smiling.
"Let's get her home boys"
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