A Broken Family

Chapter 12: A Get-Together

Haley flew high into the sky, almost touching the clouds. She had in mind a couple of people she could call out for help. One of them would be harder to convince than others…

Haley soared downward now, close by the harbor. It smelt of fish guts and sea water. But Haley didn't mind the smell much; she had more important things to worry about. Passing the fishy smell now, it was straight sea from here on out. The only thing that you could see, was the water from down below.

About a good two miles away, something started to appear in the water. From far away, it looked like a tiny island, which was exactly what it was. Haley flew even harder, until she finally landed on the solid rock.

On this little small getaway island, you should see a couple of palm trees, a shore line, and a pretty big house. This house looked more like a beach house, than any normal house. Haley returned to dragon form, and walked on the sand, to the house.

She trolled up the porch steps, and was about to go through the screen door. But she looked over on the porch, to see someone fast asleep, on a rocking chair.

This certain someone, was who she was looking for. And this certain someone, just so happened to be her big brother, Jake Long. Jake, now 36 years old, spent most of his days like this. Sitting on his porch, pasted out on his chair. He laid there in a white t-shirt, and short pants. His hair was still spiky, and still green. He hasn't changed much, even after all these years.

Haley set her hands on her hips. She was disappointed; her brother would act this slothful. Right next to him, was a small table. On the table, there was a glass filled with god knows what. Haley abruptly grabbed the glass, and dumped the liquid onto her brother, waking him up from his slumber.

"Huh…what?" Jake said, looking around, as if he was confused. Then, he caught his eye on his sister. So many years since their last visit, and he still didn't appreciate her coming over. "Oh, it's you. What do you want!?" Jake crossed his arms, and raised his eyebrow.

"Jake, it's time to get your lazy ASS up. Your kids need your help!" Haley complained to her brother.

Hearing that his kids needed his help, only made him feel worse. "They don't need me, I'm a horrible father. Go find someone else, who can do better." He slumped on his chair, feeling sorry for himself. He had never been there ever for his kids. To go back now, would only prove how good they turned out, without him.

Haley shook her head, what kind of piece of crap has my brother turned into? Thought in her mind. When Jake was living with her, he was the cockiest, annoying, flashed out guy you could ever meet. But here…he didn't even seem like that person anymore. "Jake, just because you weren't there for them, doesn't make you a bad father. Little Natalie is just like you, she's even curious about meeting you." Jake lifted up his head. His own daughter, wanting to meet him, even if he has never been there.

"Look, there's a whole gang of Huntsclan down in Central Park. Sun, Natalie, and I are trying as best as we can to take them down. But there's too many. So like it or not, we need your help." She firmly said to her brother.

Jake's eyes looked into his sister's. He pinched down his eyebrows, and gave out a smile. "Let's do this." His confidence was put back into place. He jumped out of his rocking chair, and ran into his house. "Fu…?" He yelled.

Suddenly, something started to move under a mess of junk. Fu Dog pulled out his head, and let out a big yawn. "Ahh…what's up kid?" He yelled out. Then he turned around, and noticed him and Haley, together.

"Hey Fu, nice seeing you again." Haley greeted. The Shar-pei and she kept in touch all these years, just in case she needed some potions for a mission.

Jake stood at the front of the door, staring at the dog. "Fu, we need to go. There's some dragon business, we need to take care of."

Fu Dog wagged his tail. That was the first time in a LONG time, he had heard of them doing any dragon business. Just then, Jake went into dragon form, and grabbed Fu. Then Haley went into her dragon form too, and the two flew out of the house, heading out to sea.

"Before we go to Central Park, we need to make another stop." Haley called out to her brother. With the currents and the speed that they were going, it was hard to see.

"Huh-" Jake stared at his sister. He thought that Haley only came out for him? Who else was she going to get?

Haley giggled a bit, and shook her head. "You might remember these people; they used to be friends of yours." Even with a big hint like that, Jake still didn't know who she was talking about. "Trixie? Spud?" Haley pointed out the obvious.

Jake's smile widened even farther. He hasn't seen or heard of his friends, in a long time. "You still…know them-" He spoke out. He was overjoyed to see his best friends, after all these years.

"They were clients in my business firm." Haley owned and operated her very on business. Guess her intelligents came in handy. "From then on, we keep in touch. We talk about you, a lot though." Haley clued in Jake a bit, about what she talks about with her friends.

"What…what to you say about me?" Jake wondered what possibly embarrassing things she could of told Trixie and Spud. All Haley could do was laugh. "No I'm serious, what do you say about me?" Jake tried to harass her into telling him.

Once again, all Haley could do was laugh. But Jake stopped bothering her, for now. They now passed the harbor, and were back into the city. It had been a long time, since Jake has sent his beautiful site.

After so Long, hey I can pun too :P, brother and sister reunite! AWW SO CUTE:) Now let's see how Jake can make a first impression, on his two kids.

(if you notice, Haley mentions that he needs to help BOTH of his kids. hmm...)