Here's chapter 11, please read it and leave a review. I was surprised to see how many reviews I got in one night, it literally doubled which really makes me happy because it makes me feel like I'm doing great. Thank you so much for those reviews and please give me a few opinions and suggestions.
The box was set neatly under a fallen tree and hidden under leaves and snow. Crystal really wanted to know what was inside, but Jeffery talked her out of it. He was keeping something big away from her and she wanted to know. About halfway back, she stopped him.
"Tell me what is in that box," Crystal demanded.
"Um, it's a secret," Jeffery said, "All I know is Hiro has something big planned," he lied.
"Oh I get it," Crystal said matter of factly, "He has some things in there essential for survival."
"You could say that," Jeffery said glad he wouldn't have to lie at this point.
"Great," Crystal said, "See you later."
"Bye," Jeffery said.
He watched her run into the trees. She was pretty swift for a girl who only moves fast when she's playing her violin. Jeffery headed back to the cabins where Hiro was waiting impatiently for Jeffery to return. The cold wrapped around Jeffery like a giants hand that clenched him in a fist of freezing air. Jeffery rushed past the trees and through the ferns that covered the forest floor. The snow had barely clung to the ground here, and bare patches of brown pine needles littered the dirt. Jeffery saw something and stopped, there was a scuffle and muffled voices.
"You won't get away with it," Caleb said from a distance.
Jeffery moved closer to the sound of the scuffle, in a clearing a few yards away. He hide behind a nearby fern bush and watched the events in the clearing unfold before him. Caleb was covering a struggling Christa's mouth, and her brother stood a few feet away, fear embedded in his deep blue eyes.
"Please," Chris pleaded, "Don't hurt her."
"Then tell me what you did with that gun," Caleb said, "Tell me or else I kill her," he put a gun up to her head.
Christa squirmed and her muffled cry sounded through Caleb's hairy hand.
"No," Chris screeched.
"You'll tell then," Caleb said.
"I told you," Chris said crying, "I didn't touch it, I didn't know the guard committed suicide."
"I never mentioned any suicide," Caleb said, "If you won't tell," he smiled evilly, "Then say goodbye to your sister."
A shot rang out, Christa's body fell limp to the ground and her blood stained the snow bright red. Caleb took one last look at Christa and walked away. Chris shouted out his sisters name and ran to her. He cradled her as Caleb disappeared into the forest line. Jeffery shook his shock away and ran to Chris' side.
The bullet really grazed her head, but it still cut deep. Christa whimpered in pain as the light in her eyes slowly died away. She looked at Jeffery, then at Chris.
"Make sure Tadashi and Hiro give Caleb the worst death in human history," Christa said anger and pain in her voice.
"I will," Jeffery said tears threatening to start falling.
"Jeffery, I've always loved you. I was too afraid to say it," Christa said to Jeffery, then she turned to Chris, "Chris, can you sing to me, like you did when I'd wake up from nightmares."
"Anything," Chris said waterfalls coming out of his eyes.
Song is "Safe and Sound" by Taylor Swift. I wasn't going to use it, but I will anyway because I couldn't think of a good lullaby.
I remember tears streaming down your face when I said I'll never let you go, When all those shadows almost killed your light.
I remember you said don't leave me here alone, but that's dead and passed tonight.
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down, you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now, come morning light.
You and I'll be safe and sound.
Don't you dare look out your window, everything's on fire. The war outside our door keeps raging on.
Hold on to this lullaby, even when the music's gone. Gone.
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down, you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now, come morning light.
You and I'll be safe and sound.
Ooooh, Ooooh, La la, La la.
Ooooh, Ooooh, La la, La la.
Just close your eyes, you'll be alright, no morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound.
OoOoh, OoOooh, OoOoh, OoOooh, OoOoh, OoOooh, OoOoh, OoOooh.
OoOoh, OoOooh, OoOoh, OoOooh.
Christa's head fell back as the life left her. Chris collapsed on his sister's chest, his tears staining her jump suit. Jeffery placed a hand on Chris' shoulder, Chris looked up at him, his face bright red. Jeffery felt he needed to stay strong for Chris.
"Come on," Jeffery said, "We'll go talk to Tadashi about having her cremated. I'll make an urn for her at the craft shack."
"You would do that for her," Chris asked tearfully.
"Yeah," Jeffery said.
"You'd be there for me," Chris asked, "After all we did to you."
"Caleb took her life from her," Jeffery said, "I'm sure Tadashi would feel the same about it."
"Okay," Chris said picking up the body he cradled.
Her last words stuck in Jeffery's head. She liked him, she really did. Why else would she say it moments before her death. Jeffery walked slowly along side Chris thinking about it. He really started crying this time, he had loved her back the entire time and didn't realize it until she told him. He was crying enough to put out a wild fire if he was put in front of one. Chris stopped and allowed Jeffery to take a moment to regain himself.
Jeffery took off his glasses and wiped his eyes. He used his jump suit to clear the fog off of his glasses. Jeffery looked up at Chris as he out his glasses back on. He nodded at Chris indicating he was ready to continue. Together, the two boys walked the dead girl to their cabin, where Tadashi would hopefully agree to cremate her.
The scent of sterile washes and grief filled Wasabi's lungs as he watched the heart monitor beep every time GoGo's heart pumped. She had slipped into a coma moments after he arrived. Now, She lay on the bed taking what may be her final breaths of life. Fred and Honey walked in, Honey carrying some yellow flowers in a vase. Fred sat next to Wasabi and put a hand on his back while Honey placed the flowers on the window sill. She turned to Wasabi.
"I'm sure she'll make it," Honey said trying to lighten the mood.
"How are you so sure," Wasabi said not breaking his gaze off his dying girlfriend, "She just left for some coffee, said she'd be right back."
"Wasabi," Fred said, "If it makes you feel any better, she lived a fulfilling life. She saved lives, prevented disasters, she'll be remembered as a hero."
"Yeah I guess," Wasabi said looking at the white linoleum floor.
"GoGo," Honey said pulling up a chair and taking her friends hand, "Can you hear me."
Honey's hand was lightly squeezed, Honey looked down at her hand. GoGo's was so much paler than hers, Honey squeezed back.
"Are you alright," Honey asked glancing at Wasabi who was looking up at her.
GoGo squeezed lightly again, Honey looked up at Wasabi and smiled.
"She says she's fine," Honey said looking back down at GoGo.
GoGo had so many tubes in her mouth and had do many wires attached to her that she was almost a cyborg. Honey let go of GoGo hand, and GoGo responded by whimpering. Honey stood up.
"Wasabi," Honey said, "How about you come and talk to GoGo. I bet she'd like it."
Wasabi did as he was told, he took GoGo's cold hand. Tears fell down his cheeks.
"I'm sorry I didn't go with you," Wasabi said, "You wouldn't be here if I didn't."
GoGo slowly turned her head to Wasabi, he looked up into her sorrowful eyes.
"I let you go alone," he said looking down, "I could have kept you from getting hit."
Her chest rose slowly, and feel quickly with her breaths.
"I love you," Wasabi said, "I know you hear me say it everyday, but I'll never get tired of saying it. Or hearing you say it," he squeezed her hand.
He could feel her squeezing back and for a moment, they were the only two people in the world. He smiled slightly back at her when she smiled at him. Her eyes dropped shut, the machine indicated she was alive, just asleep.
The nurse walked in, the same one that sent them to Elk Road. She looked solemnly at the group and the to GoGo.
"You need to go," she said, "Visiting hours are almost over."
"Okay," Wasabi said taking last look at GoGo, "See you tomorrow."
"Bye GoGo," Fred said, "Sorry I didn't talk more. It just felt too dark."
"See you soon," Honey said waving even though GoGo couldn't see it.
The three left the room swiftly and sadly. The nurse followed them out and stopped them just outside.
"She should be fine," the nurse said.
This time honey recognized the noise other than the fact it told them to go to Elk Road. Shivers ran down her spine when she remembered the voice from Hiro's phone or whatever it was.
"Crystal," Honey said softly.
"Guess Hiro and Trisha found you already," Crystal smiled gleefully.
"Wait what," Wasabi said looking questioningly at Honey Lemon.
"Well me and GoGo were recently visited by people from the future," Honey said thinking they weren't going to believe her.
"So," Fred said, "Who were they, or could they not tell you because that might be too much information."
"I know exactly who the dad was," Honey said, "But the daughter I don't know yet."
"Trisha did pull quite the scare," Crystal said, "Time nearly collapsed on itself."
"Whoa what," Wasabi said surprised.
"Oh nothing too bad happened," Crystal said as they began to walk down the hall, "If I remember right, Christa was shot in the head by Caleb today."
"Wait," Fred said jumping in front of Crystal excitedly, "Maybe you could tell us where Project Elsa is located."
"That I cannot do," Crystal said, "It'll create a paradox and time won't continue like it should."
"Oh," Fred said less enthusiastically, "Of course there's something keeping you from telling."
"What's a paradox," Honey asked.
"Well a paradox is when something is taken from the past to prevent or allow something to happen in the future," Crystal said, "Example, I go into the past and prevent my parents to meet. If they don't meet, I wouldn't be born and wouldn't be able to go into the past and stop them from meeting. They meet and I'm born and do what I do and whatever. You see it's hard to explain, but if a paradox is created that part of time repeats itself unless something can intervene such as me telling myself to let my parents meet."
"I don't get it," Wasabi said.
"She means paradoxes are bad and need to be prevented," Honey said angrily, "In other words, don't change things from the past."
"Oh," Wasabi said, "Now I get it."
"Thank you Honey Lemon," Crystal said, "You got it."
"Now about Clara whoever she was," Honey said.
"Oh Christa," Crystal said, "She was shot in the head because Chris wouldn't tell Caleb about a gun that went missing. Caleb shot Christa in cold blood in front of him."
"No," Honey said covering her mouth, "Are you serious."
"Yes," Crystal said solemnly, "Chris was devastated. Thankfully Jeffery was there for him."
Crystal turned her head to the ground, her face was hard at the thought. Wasabi looked at Honey and Fred.
"I'm so sorry to hear," Fred said.
"She never saw it coming," Crystal said tears streaming down her cheeks, "I touched her hand when she was brought to us. I saw her final moments as if it were me in that situation. I felt the pain of the bullet fly through her head and heard the loud bang of the gun. It was as if my mouth formed the words when she asked her brother to sing for her."
"Wow that's," Wasabi said, "How do I put that."
"I better go," Crystal said walking away, "You already know what happens if I stay too long."
"Yeah yeah," Honey said, "Time collapsing on itself."
"Goodbye," Crystal said heading toward the elevator.
Fred thought about what Crystal had said, she felt the pain of this Christa girls death. He shook his head, he'll find out soon enough when Hiro gets home. And she never explained much about Tadashi and what he was doing helping Project Elsa to begin with.
Chris and Jeffery finally emerged from the trees with Christa's body in arm. Hiro and Teddy looked at one another with bewildered looks. Something was up, and it was not good. Hiro broke his gaze from Teddy and made his way to the two.
"What happened," He asked softly as not to stir trouble.
"Caleb shot Christa because of Chris wouldn't tell then about what happened to the gun," Jeffery said, "I told Chris we could possibly get Tadashi to cremate her and we can put her in an urn I'll make at the craft shack."
"I'll talk to him," Hiro said, "Come on, we'll put her inside and give her a nice place to lay down."
"Okay," Chris said as he followed Hiro into the cabin.
Hiro walked up to Teddy and explained what had happened, and the plans for what will happen to her body. Teddy knew where some candles and matches were, he brought them out of a supply closet at the back. They lay Christa on the floor in the middle of the cabin where no beds were near. Hiro turned to Jeffery.
"I think you should go get the girls," Hiro said, "And get Tadashi on your way there. Please and thank you."
Jeffery nodded and left. Teddy set the candle around Christa's body, he noticed her eyes were open. Teddy looked up at Chris as he lit the candles.
"Her eyes are open," Teddy said as he set a candle by her head, "Would you like to do the honors."
"But they'll never open again," Chris objected.
"Chris," Teddy said standing up, "She's not in pain anymore, but she still sees this place. Do you want her to keep seeing this."
"No," Chris said leaning down.
He pulled his hand along her face, closing her eyes, their sea blue stare never to see the world again. Chris's tears landed on her face, at first in puddles, then progressed to small water falls sliding down her cheek. Hiro helped Chris to his feet when Tadashi walked in followed by the others. Sparrow walked up to Chris and put a hand on his shoulder.
"We'll take her with us," Sparrow said, "When we go, we'll give her to your parents."
"I have no parents," Chris said, "They died when I was five, she was everything I had."
"Then she can stay with me," Hiro said taking one last look at Christa, "This is the least I could do after what Caleb did to her. After what he did to all of us. We'll avenge her don't worry."
"She wants you and Tadashi to give Caleb the worst death in human history," Chris said, "She knows you can do it."
"For sure," Hiro said nodding.
"Hiro did you just agree to," Tadashi said before being interrupted.
"He's killed kids for some crazy cause and messed up many more," Hiro said, "We'll be doing more for everyone here than anything. Christa is just reason number one. He separated us for a year and look what he's done to me Tadashi. He made me a monster, I might as well show him what he's created out of me."
"Alright," Tadashi said, "But I'm not in. I can't do it."
"Fine," Hiro said, "I can live with that."
"You're going to kill him aren't you," Tadashi said taking a step toward Hiro.
"It's Christa's last wish," Hiro said, "Besides, how else will he be kept from killing anyone else."
"He's got a point there Tadashi," Chrystal said, "Drop it."
Tadashi shook his head and sat on the nearest bunk. They sat there for the longest time watching the candles around her burn. Jeffery sat next to Chris who was kneeling next to his sister. Chris looked up at Jeffery sadly, today had been the worst day so far, things would start to look up then come crashing down making things worse. Hiro didn't think things could get any worse, but he didn't want to jinx himself by saying it out loud.
Here's chapter 11, phew didn't think the story would last this long. so far I think this is the longest story I've written so far chapter wise and it's not even finished. Expect things to go downhill more and but things will I just realized Crimson wasn't mentioned in this story and that's because there was really no need for in this chapter. I will try to keep on this short time between chapters thing going as long as I can, I really like it because then I don't feel I'm being too lazy on my stories. This probably the most boring part, but it is an important part even though the A/N's have nothing to do with the actual story. Anyway, thanks for reading and please review.