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Part eleven - Higher Risks
"It's been too long. I'm worried about Summer. Maybe I did only imagine Julian. He would be here by now."
"Do you think you imagined him?" Dee asked Jenny.
"No."
"Look, Jenny. Summer's missing and Tom's in a coma. It all kind of leads to Julian. And with us all being scared senseless in our own homes, it's has to be him. Michael was telling that he saw Marie," Dee looked over at Audrey expectantly and she muttered, "Horse," Dee continued. "Outside his window. He said shadows swallowed her up or something."
"Survey says, Julian." Zach said.
"Yeah," Audrey said. "But what can we do?"
"We can get the hell out of here." Zach said. "Now that we have the chance."
"Do you really think Julian would let us go?"
"Probably not." Zach said. "But I can't just sit here. He mightn't find us."
"You should go." Jenny told them all. "He'd let you go and just take me."
"You just know we're never going to do that." Dee said. Audrey nodded.
"But I think I will, you know, give in this time." Jenny said it in a voice that tried to show that she didn't care and it wasn't that big of a deal. Her friends exploded.
"What?" Dee screamed while Audrey shouted, "Are you out of your mind?"
Technically, Jenny thought, I am out of my mind but she just stared at her friends solemnly waiting for them to calm down. Zach wasn't actually saying anything but he was angry. She knew he was by his expression.
"It's just, guys, I don't think I want to play another game. I mean, in the end, is it ever going to stop. I mean, the last time he died and he's still around, wanting to play? Will it ever end? I just want it all to stop!"
Jenny's voice rose and rose and by the end she was nearly screaming. Her eyes filled with warmth.
"Don't give in to the game before you know the rules."
"Julian, I was wondering when you'd show up." Dee said sharply.
Julian didn't really care. "Come, Jenny."
"What?"
"I said, Come. You want to know the rules, you said, then come and I'll tell you."
"Just tell me here." Jenny said.
Julian gave a smile that just meant 'When did we ever do that?'
"Where do you think you're going to go?" Dee asked. "For a walk? She's stuck in this mental hospital, remember? There's security guards all over the place."
Julian smiled and Jenny was shocked by how evil he looked.
"They won't be a problem anymore." Julian said with a deep laugh. The four teenagers exchanged glances.
"Jenny," He walked towards the door and waited for her. She knew the door would be unlocked.
With a final glance at her friends, she followed him out of the door. One look outside and she screamed.
"Jenny," Came Julian's reassuring and soft voice. "Don't look at it. Just keep walking. No, not that way. This way, you see. Towards the door. We're getting you out of this place. That's it. Don't look. Close your eyes if you have to. I'll lead you."
Jenny, who would never trust him enough to close her eyes in case he pushed her into the Shadow World or something, kept her eyes glued on the ceiling but even that showed horrific things.
Julian kept a firm grip on her, sending shivers through her. It still hadn't sunk in. Nothing was so bad as this. Even the nightmares hadn't been like this. This was simply too awful to digest. She was numb with shock so she let him lead her, feeling utterly confused.
Then it sunk in. Her knees felt weak and she thought she was going to get sick. She tried to pull away from him. To run? To get sick? To escape through that door in front of here but he wouldn't let her.
She looked at Julian and trembled. She couldn't believe what she had just seen. She could only ask one thing,
"Did you have to kill them all?"
He nodded, with eyes as blue as. Well, Jenny didn't know what to compare his eyes too. They were different. He was different. He wasn't the same as he used to be. Jenny didn't understand. She was different as well.
She had a feeling the game was going to be completely different.
She was too confused to feel angry or afraid. She was trembling uncontrollably. Her mind was showing her pictures of the horrible scenes she'd just witnessed.
"Why?" She asked.
"They were in my way. I had to get you out of there." Then he smiled. "Besides, they were mean to you. I would never let anyone be mean to you, Jenny."
He has done it all for me. I thought he was good, that he had changed when he had died for me in the end but I had been wrong.
Killing all those people, that was his idea of good. And he didn't kill them quick. She'd seen everything. He had tortured them, loving every minute of it. He was different than a human.
"Did you hurt anybody else? I mean, you haven't hurt other people, have you?"
"No. Only Marie. Not yet."
"Could you bring them back to life again? Those people in there, I mean."
"I'm not sure. What are you asking me?"
"Could you bring them back to life?"
Julian shrugged.
"I know you could. I mean, I've been doing my research. If a shadow man kills someone without damaging the soul then they can bring them back."
"Maybe."
Jenny kissed him. She kissed him just the way he liked it. She could feel his body responding to hers.
"Bring them back to life, Julian."
"Give in and I will. I'll do everything you want, just give in once and for all. You said it yourself, you were going to give in anyway."
"No, I wasn't."
"Jenny, you said you were going to give in to your friends back there."
"You were taking too long." She said. "I had you fooled, didn't I? Perhaps you don't know me as well as you think."
"I know you better than you know yourself."
She kissed him again because it was the only thing she thought of to do. She wanted to weaken him a little. Set him off guard.
"It's time to end this now, Jenny."
"How about this?" Jenny said. "You love a good game."
"As do you."
"Well, let's higher the risks a bit. If I win, You have to leave my friends and me alone. Forever. You have to make all those people back alive. We'll make an oath so neither of us can break it. Do you agree?"
"What if I win?"
Fear flashed in Jenny's eyes but she was excited. She thought she was going to win and she tried not to worry.
"That's for you to decide."
Julian had three terms that she had to agree to before he made the oath. The first one, she'd be his, totally, blah, blah, blah. It was the same old thing. The second was that she gave him permission to do a spell on her.
"What spell?"
"It'll just make you forget certain people." Julian answered.
Understanding dawned on Jenny's face. "Tom."
"Mainly him. Also your friends, family. Anyone you love apart from me. I never was very good at sharing."
Jenny had to lean against a wall to support herself. "You have to promise not to kill anymore people, especially the people I won't remember."
Julian's eyelids drooped. Still, he said, "Do we have a deal?"
"What's the third term?" She asked.
Julian smiled. His eyes flashed in a dangerous way and Jenny felt her throat well up. He didn't say anything but smiled in that way. He looked at Jenny from top to bottom with an admiring smile.
"You mean-" Jenny didn't continue.
Julian nodded. "Do we have a deal?"
Part eleven - Higher Risks
"It's been too long. I'm worried about Summer. Maybe I did only imagine Julian. He would be here by now."
"Do you think you imagined him?" Dee asked Jenny.
"No."
"Look, Jenny. Summer's missing and Tom's in a coma. It all kind of leads to Julian. And with us all being scared senseless in our own homes, it's has to be him. Michael was telling that he saw Marie," Dee looked over at Audrey expectantly and she muttered, "Horse," Dee continued. "Outside his window. He said shadows swallowed her up or something."
"Survey says, Julian." Zach said.
"Yeah," Audrey said. "But what can we do?"
"We can get the hell out of here." Zach said. "Now that we have the chance."
"Do you really think Julian would let us go?"
"Probably not." Zach said. "But I can't just sit here. He mightn't find us."
"You should go." Jenny told them all. "He'd let you go and just take me."
"You just know we're never going to do that." Dee said. Audrey nodded.
"But I think I will, you know, give in this time." Jenny said it in a voice that tried to show that she didn't care and it wasn't that big of a deal. Her friends exploded.
"What?" Dee screamed while Audrey shouted, "Are you out of your mind?"
Technically, Jenny thought, I am out of my mind but she just stared at her friends solemnly waiting for them to calm down. Zach wasn't actually saying anything but he was angry. She knew he was by his expression.
"It's just, guys, I don't think I want to play another game. I mean, in the end, is it ever going to stop. I mean, the last time he died and he's still around, wanting to play? Will it ever end? I just want it all to stop!"
Jenny's voice rose and rose and by the end she was nearly screaming. Her eyes filled with warmth.
"Don't give in to the game before you know the rules."
"Julian, I was wondering when you'd show up." Dee said sharply.
Julian didn't really care. "Come, Jenny."
"What?"
"I said, Come. You want to know the rules, you said, then come and I'll tell you."
"Just tell me here." Jenny said.
Julian gave a smile that just meant 'When did we ever do that?'
"Where do you think you're going to go?" Dee asked. "For a walk? She's stuck in this mental hospital, remember? There's security guards all over the place."
Julian smiled and Jenny was shocked by how evil he looked.
"They won't be a problem anymore." Julian said with a deep laugh. The four teenagers exchanged glances.
"Jenny," He walked towards the door and waited for her. She knew the door would be unlocked.
With a final glance at her friends, she followed him out of the door. One look outside and she screamed.
"Jenny," Came Julian's reassuring and soft voice. "Don't look at it. Just keep walking. No, not that way. This way, you see. Towards the door. We're getting you out of this place. That's it. Don't look. Close your eyes if you have to. I'll lead you."
Jenny, who would never trust him enough to close her eyes in case he pushed her into the Shadow World or something, kept her eyes glued on the ceiling but even that showed horrific things.
Julian kept a firm grip on her, sending shivers through her. It still hadn't sunk in. Nothing was so bad as this. Even the nightmares hadn't been like this. This was simply too awful to digest. She was numb with shock so she let him lead her, feeling utterly confused.
Then it sunk in. Her knees felt weak and she thought she was going to get sick. She tried to pull away from him. To run? To get sick? To escape through that door in front of here but he wouldn't let her.
She looked at Julian and trembled. She couldn't believe what she had just seen. She could only ask one thing,
"Did you have to kill them all?"
He nodded, with eyes as blue as. Well, Jenny didn't know what to compare his eyes too. They were different. He was different. He wasn't the same as he used to be. Jenny didn't understand. She was different as well.
She had a feeling the game was going to be completely different.
She was too confused to feel angry or afraid. She was trembling uncontrollably. Her mind was showing her pictures of the horrible scenes she'd just witnessed.
"Why?" She asked.
"They were in my way. I had to get you out of there." Then he smiled. "Besides, they were mean to you. I would never let anyone be mean to you, Jenny."
He has done it all for me. I thought he was good, that he had changed when he had died for me in the end but I had been wrong.
Killing all those people, that was his idea of good. And he didn't kill them quick. She'd seen everything. He had tortured them, loving every minute of it. He was different than a human.
"Did you hurt anybody else? I mean, you haven't hurt other people, have you?"
"No. Only Marie. Not yet."
"Could you bring them back to life again? Those people in there, I mean."
"I'm not sure. What are you asking me?"
"Could you bring them back to life?"
Julian shrugged.
"I know you could. I mean, I've been doing my research. If a shadow man kills someone without damaging the soul then they can bring them back."
"Maybe."
Jenny kissed him. She kissed him just the way he liked it. She could feel his body responding to hers.
"Bring them back to life, Julian."
"Give in and I will. I'll do everything you want, just give in once and for all. You said it yourself, you were going to give in anyway."
"No, I wasn't."
"Jenny, you said you were going to give in to your friends back there."
"You were taking too long." She said. "I had you fooled, didn't I? Perhaps you don't know me as well as you think."
"I know you better than you know yourself."
She kissed him again because it was the only thing she thought of to do. She wanted to weaken him a little. Set him off guard.
"It's time to end this now, Jenny."
"How about this?" Jenny said. "You love a good game."
"As do you."
"Well, let's higher the risks a bit. If I win, You have to leave my friends and me alone. Forever. You have to make all those people back alive. We'll make an oath so neither of us can break it. Do you agree?"
"What if I win?"
Fear flashed in Jenny's eyes but she was excited. She thought she was going to win and she tried not to worry.
"That's for you to decide."
Julian had three terms that she had to agree to before he made the oath. The first one, she'd be his, totally, blah, blah, blah. It was the same old thing. The second was that she gave him permission to do a spell on her.
"What spell?"
"It'll just make you forget certain people." Julian answered.
Understanding dawned on Jenny's face. "Tom."
"Mainly him. Also your friends, family. Anyone you love apart from me. I never was very good at sharing."
Jenny had to lean against a wall to support herself. "You have to promise not to kill anymore people, especially the people I won't remember."
Julian's eyelids drooped. Still, he said, "Do we have a deal?"
"What's the third term?" She asked.
Julian smiled. His eyes flashed in a dangerous way and Jenny felt her throat well up. He didn't say anything but smiled in that way. He looked at Jenny from top to bottom with an admiring smile.
"You mean-" Jenny didn't continue.
Julian nodded. "Do we have a deal?"