Hey. As anyone would know (those who have read chapter 13.) Jaden is safe from harm…maybe not entirely. But nothing life threatening. Enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 14.
Jesse watched as Jaden was swallowed up by the darkness of night. A voice startled him, it was Axel. "So," he said. "Where is Jaden rushing off to?" Jesse shook his head. "He said something about going to see Atticus." Axel looked up towards the building. "Isn't he Alexis' brother?" He asked. Jesse nodded. "Yup," he answered. "He sure is." Jesse turned to Axel. "By the way, what were you doing out here?" he asked. Axel shrugged. "I was just standing guard in case Jaden tried to kill himself again." Jesse laughed. "I somehow don't think he'll be doing that again." He answered.
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Jaden rushed into the gymnasium. The party was starting to simmer down, nearly half the students had left and gone back to their dorms. Jaden searched frantically for Atticus' purple tux. He made his way through the crowd, glancing over people's shoulders. He ran onto the dance floor. Someone stepped out in front of Jaden, there was no way to avoid a collision with that person.
Unfortunately, it wasn't Atticus, Jaden mumbled an apology and continued on. He was about to give up searching the gymnasium when he spotted Atticus' purple tux in amongst a crowd of girls in the centre of the dance floor. Jaden made his way through the dancing students and he finally reached Atticus.
Atticus was dancing with a girl and had his back turned to Jaden, Jaden tapped Atticus on the shoulder. Atticus thought that another girl had tried to get his attention so he would dance with her, so he whirled around and grabbed Jaden by the hands and led him into a quick Tango. They had gone three steps before Atticus realized that he was dancing with Jaden.
Atticus quickly let go of Jaden and took a step back. Jaden shouted something but Atticus couldn't hear him. Jaden moved forward and said loudly into Atticus' ear. "I've got to talk to you, outside! It's urgent!" Atticus nodded and began to follow Jaden outside. Several girls didn't want Atticus to leave. They clung to him and dragged him into the middle of their group.
Jaden turned and saw what they did. He approached the girl at the head of the group. "I need to talk to him!" he shouted at her. The girl glared at him. "Too bad! He promised to dance with us. We're not giving him up to you!" Jaden sighed. "I don't have time for this. I just need him for a few minutes." The girl shook her head. Jaden closed his eyes and sighed again.
"Help me out, Yubel" he whispered under his breath. 'With pleasure, Jaden' came a reply from inside his mind. Jaden opened his eyes, revealing the green/gold eyes of Yubel. "Back off." He said in a voice that didn't belong to him. The girl shrieked and retreated. So did the others.
Atticus walked quickly out the door as Jaden followed, glancing back to the huddle of girls. He glared at them before exiting the gymnasium. Atticus was waiting just outside the doorway for him. "Ok, Jaden. What is this about?" he asked.
"Atticus, I need to know where Alexis went." Jaden said. Atticus sighed. "Jaden, she's gone, man. And you aren't her favourite person in the world right now." She's staying with our aunt and uncle, they live in Domino City. Then she'll be on a flight tomorrow afternoon." He said.
Jaden thought about it for a moment. "Where about in Domino do your aunt and uncle live?" he asked. Atticus almost laughed in disbelief. "Jaden, you can't be serious. You would really try and find Alexis?" Jaden nodded, solemnly.
"Ok, they live at 48 Landsdown Rise. It's at the top of a hill. It's also a dead end. So you can't miss it. It's a two story white building. Quite a good view from it as well." Jaden's eyes lit up. He turned at ran full speed down the hallway. "Thanks Atticus!" he called over his shoulder. Atticus shook his head again. Jaden never failed to amaze him. He turned to the door and opened it, only to be seized by several female hands and dragged inside.
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Jesse was sitting inside one of the Slifer rooms, sorting through his deck when he heard the door to Jaden's room slam open. Jesse hurried out of his room and entered Jaden's, to be confronted by Jaden quickly going through his room, throwing some of his clothes into a rucksack. "Jaden?" Jesse asked. "What the hell are you doing now?"
Jaden looked up at him, with an excited look on his face. "I found out where Alexis is staying." He answered. "That's great and all. But, how and where are we going?" Jesse asked. Jaden was rummaging around for something underneath the bunkbed. He dragged it out, it was a dusty container.
He opened it to reveal a folded up piece of paper. Jaden unfolded it and showed Jesse what it really was, a map of Domino. "She's staying at 48 Landsdown Rise. Help me find it on the map." After a few moments, Jesse jabbed the map with the point his finger. "Found it." He said triumphantly. Jaden peered at the spot. "Sweet!" he shouted. He folded the map back up, put it back in it's box. He then placed the box in the rucksack and closed the rucksack.
With that he jumped to his feet and raced to the door. He had only gone about five steps when a hand seized him by the back of his Slifer jacket. It was Axel Brody. "Okay, Jaden. Where are you running off to now?" he asked. "I've gotta get to Domino City tonight. Like, right now." Jaden replied.
By this time, Jesse had caught up. "Jaden, how are you going to get to Domino City? It's nearly 11:30 at night." Jaden gave him a quizzical look. "I know that. That's why I'm taking the boat." He said. Jesse raised an eyebrow. "The luxury cruiser has already gone back to the mainland." He told Jaden.
Axel released his grip on Jaden's jacket. "Jesse, I'm well aware of the luxury cruiser, but I'm not talking about that boat. I'm talking about MY boat." Jesse was confused, but he suddenly understood. "Oh, right. That boat."
"Come on, let's go." Jaden said as he leapt down the stairs and took off running across the bridge with Jesse and Axel in hot pursuit.
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Jaden jumped into the little motor boat that he had taken to Domino City and back a few times. Jesse and Axel jumped aboard as Jaden turned the ignition and started the engine.
A few moments later, Duel Academy was becoming smaller and smaller. Jesse looked back at the speck on the horizon that was Duel Academy. He could just vaguely see the smoke that drifted from the volcano.
Jaden squinted through the windshield of the boat. The wind was blowing his hair all over his face. He flicked his head to move the hair out of his eyes. He had another hour before he reached Domino's harbour. Axel was lounging on one of the cushioned seats. "Hey, Jaden!" he yelled Jaden quickly glanced back at him. "What?" he asked. "You know where Alexis is, right?" Jaden nodded.
"Well, what if she doesn't want to talk to you, or even see you?" Axel shouted. Jaden shrugged. "I guess we'll find out when we get there." He said.
End Chapter.
I would like to apologize for the extreme lateness of this chapter, I got majorly sidetracked. Anyway, next chapter will definitely not be this late. I promise you that. Review or die.