A/N: Okay, I know my last two chapters, probably my last three made no sense. I'm sorry about that, but It just came out that way. I'll fix it and explain everything though. So sorry.

Jayden sighed as he fixed his stance and was ready to attack the dummy, but he couldn't concentrate. He sighed and turned back to look at Antonio in the eyes, who had been standing there for the last half hour, just watching him practice.

"Are you going to stand there all day or are you going to join me?"

Antonio moved over to the swords, got two, handed one to Jayden, and they soon begant o practice.

"I know you're worried." Antonio said in between blows. Sadly, that left him open for an attack and Jayden soon had him on the floor. Antonio sat up glaring, and sighed when Jayden offered him his hand.

"I'm not worried."

"Yeah? Tell that to someone who will believe you." Antonio scoffed. "Tell me what's on your mind."

Jayden wanted too. Ever since they had escaped from the Nighlok who had captured Mike in his dreams, Jayden had not been the same. He had been on constant edge, more so than he usually was. He couldn't get over the words the Nighlok had told him.

"You think you can defeat each and every single one of us, but you can't. Sooner or later, you're all going to end up dead like your Mother and Father."

He tried to hide his worry from the others, and as good as he was hiding it, Antonio wouldn't be fooled.

The truth was that this last Nighlok had gotten under Jayden's skin. He had literally, threaded under his most personal fears, his intimate feelings and used them against him. She had also used Antonio against him.

Once they were both trapped with Mike, because Jayden had been so weak, she had had her dose of fun and let them go. Walking around, looking for Mike, but still stuck in the dream world. That is until the Nighlok had forced them out of that dream, and they found Emily there, fighting with the Nighlok.

They had gotten out of there by luck, and now all Jayden could do was worry over the next Nighloks.

Soon after they had come back, Mentor had pulled him to his room and told him that a very important scroll had disappeared. The Sealing symbol was there. Jayden had quickly understood what that had meant.

Master Xandred had gotten the sealing symbol. Now, it was useless against him. Now, Jayden didn't know what to do.

"Jayden?"

Jayden looked up at Antonio with a small smile. "I'm fine." He sighed. "And you? How have you been?"

Antonio shrugged. "Well, better now."

Jayden nodded. He remembered when Mia and Antonio and Emily had woken up from the first dream the Nighlok had kept them in. They mistrusted him, hated him even. They only trusted Kevin. Jayden knew that the effect of that would soon leave, but every once in a while, all three of them would get tense around him.

Jayden didn't know it yet, but he was slowly losing his front. This bothered him more than he liked and now it was becoming too much.

"Hey." Antonio put his sword down and took Jayden's. He led them to a bench and sat down with him. "What's wrong?"

Jayden shook his head. "Nothing's wrong."

Antonio gave him a cocky smile. "You're gonna have to do better than that to fool me, amigo."

Jayden had to smile at that.

"I want to defeat him, Antonio."

Antonio tensed, he knew who Jayden was referring to.

"You will, Jayden, and we'll help you."

"I don't want Master Xandred to hurt you, any of you." Jayden said fervently.

"And he won't." Antonio said calmly. Confused beyond understanding, he looked at his friend, not sure where this protective feeling had come from. "We're going to help each other."

Jayden nodded, but he still wasn't sure. He couldn't be sure.

Serrator watched from afar, joy at what he heard making him feel much better.

Dayu glared at him in contemp.

"Don't feel so smug, Serrator. You may have brought Master Xandred the Sealing Symbol, but beyond that you're as useless at the rest of us."

"That's what you'd like to think, my dear Dayu." Serrator said with an evil chuckle.

He left and Dayu watched him go, wondering what he had up his sleeve this time.

I'm sorry that this chapter was short, I just wanted to write a filler chapter, but I'm sure that this, as small as it is, made sure the story moved on. Sorry for not updating sooner. School is killing me.

I'm also sorry for the lack of Emily, Mike, Mia, Kevin and Mentor. I just wanted to write this one short, and well, it mostly came out showing Jayden's pov. Sorry.

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