Hi Guys and welcome back to the next chapter of Rekindled! Once again, a massive thank you for all the support on the last chapter, and let's crack on shall we?
Dak's POV:
After receiving a text from Kendall that literally only said the word 'HELP' in capital letters, I started to freak out slightly. I started to ask around, hoping that someone had at least seen or heard from him since the text had been sent, but I was met with no luck. Jennifer said that he hadn't returned home that night from school, and no one in the group had heard from him. We were told from Jennifer to wait until school tomorrow, to see if he turned up, as she informed us that she couldn't declare Kendall missing for at least 48 hours.
Stupid Organisation and their police force.
Kendall didn't turn up at school today, and that resulted in a major freak out from the group. Every pupil I saw, I asked if they had seen him, and I even asked his teachers if he attended any of the lessons. I mean, maybe he's just ignoring us, and told Jennifer to lie about him not being there. Millions of possibilities raced through my mind at the beginning of the day, but only one remained at the end of the day, Kendall was missing, and no one knew where he was.
"Guys, have you seen Kendall? I've been texting him all day, and I've got nothing" Dylan came running up to us. It seems in all of the chaos, there was one person we forgot to tell. Whoops.
"Sorry Dylan, but apparently I was the last person to see him" I replied, causing him to tilt his head at me slightly.
"What?" was all he said. Obviously, what I had said wasn't clear enough.
"No one's seen him since about 6:00pm last night. We were training after school, and the last I saw of him was before he started to walk home. Jennifer said that he didn't come home last night, and that she assumed he was staying round one of our houses. The last thing I got from him was this text" I said, showing Dylan the text on my phone.
"Help" Dylan said out loud before I saw the panic settle in on his face. I could see Dylan start to pace in his spot, as he slid his hands through his hair. "Has anyone called the police? I mean surely they can send someone to try and find him, right?" he asked, causing me to shake my head.
"Jennifer said she needs to wait 48 hours before she can file a missing person's report." I replied, feeling like I was just reeling off the same information that I had to everyone else.
"Well, there must be something we can do! Maybe someone at school has seen him?" Dylan responded, his face filled with desperation. I decided it was time to intervene, and with me being an angel I knew I could calm him pretty easily.
"Dylan" I said, placing my hand onto his shoulder, causing him to look up at me. I've never really notice how beautiful his eyes were before now, but I quickly shook that feeling off. 'I can't be flirting with my missing best friends boyfriend!" I thought to myself, before continuing to calm him. "We wouldn't even know where to start. No one knows where he was taken, or even if that's the case. For all we know, he could have run away. We just need to wait for the police, and they'll solve it" I said, hoping that it would work.
Of course there was no way that Kendall would have run away, especially with the text he sent, but I didn't want to instil more panic than was needed. "Until he's found, we all just need to stick together ok?" I asked, turning back to the rest of the group as well, causing them all to nod. I notice the look of James' face as I did so and could see how hard he was taking this.
It was one thing to have at least some sort of Kendall about, but now that he was in danger, I knew James was distraught.
Kendall POV:
I'm not even sure what time it is anymore. I manage to sleep a little bit, but with the room being dark, I have no concept of time. I could have slept for 10 minutes, or I could have slept for 12 hours, and I wouldn't know. All I know is that these chains are very slowly cutting into my skin, and with the sapping bracelets in place, I'm not regenerating at my usual rate, causing small droplets of blood to trickle down my arm and then drop onto my chest or face, where they continue their journey.
I haven't seen anyone since I've been locked up in here, but I've heard people walking past, discussing what is going on. At the moment, all I can do is just hang here, hoping that this torment would end soon. I tried to relax and rest a little more, but soon I was blinded as light flooded the room. I squinted, looking up at the door only to make out a figure getting closer and closer. From the sounds of it, they were pushing some sort of trolley, and that was further amplified when a small torch illuminated the room, with the door finally being closer. From the looks of it, the trolley had nothing on it, but a phone with was emitting the light. I looked up to see that it was Mr Adams that had walked into the room, with nothing but a smug look on his face.
"How have you been Kendall?" the sadistic teacher asked, as he slowly approached me. I tried to wrestle with the restrains, hoping that I would have some luck, and I'd break free, but I was not so lucky. Instead I felt the cold metal dig further into my wrist as more blood flowed down my arm. "Here, let me get that for you" Mr Adams said, swiping his finger up my arm, gathering the blood was that running down it. Once he had done that, I saw him lick the blood off of his finger, causing me to flinch at the action.
"What are you? Some sort of vampire, here to suck my blood?" I asked, trying to sound dangerous, but it came out more like a pathetic beg, hoping he would stop his actions. He gave a small sadistic chuckle, stepping closer to me as he gathered more blood from my wrist before he spoke.
"Not a vampire my dear student" he began in a condescending voice. "I'm what's known as a Djinn. I'm a rare species like yourself, and while I don't require blood to live off, I can't help but like the taste of it" he declared, before attaching his mouth to my wrist, quite literally sucking the blood from my veins. I struggled and squirmed, hoping to forcefully remove him, but all the movement only made the blood flow faster. I could do nothing but relax and hope the sadistic man stopped soon. It didn't take long for him to decide that he'd had enough, finally removing himself from my wrist, and wiping my blood from around his mouth.
"So, was that it? You just came here to feed, and you're done" I asked, letting my head lull in agony. I was running out of strength, allowing myself to hang there with very little resistance.
"Oh no, we haven't even got started yet" Mr Adams spoke up, placing his finger under my chin, forcing me to look up at him. The man had changed since I've seen him in school. His face was now covered with tattoos and his eyes were glowing an azure blue colour. I didn't even try to resist his attempts, letting him treat me like a play thing. "Now the torture begins" the man finally spoke, as he raised another finger to my forehead. With such a simple action, my whole body erupted into pain, feeling like the end of every pain receptor within the body had been activated. I screamed at the top of my lungs hoping that, in some way, it would relieve the pain. My actions were met by further agony, causing me to struggle against my restrains once more, more blood flowing from my wrists, and even more pain being caused due to it.
"Please, stop!" I begged, through the agony, hoping that the man in front of me would have some remorse but the pain only seemed to increase as I spoke.
"See, the beauty in this is that I'm causing you no physical harm" Mr Adams spoke up, his face inches away from mine as the pressure on my forehead increased. "No nasty cuts or scars being formed. No physical evidence of the action taking place. Yet, it's probably the most painful type of torture to exist" he continued, as I struggle to focus on what he was saying. "And what makes it so much better is that I control whether you pass out or not. I have complete control, and you're powerless to stop it" he finally finished, pulling his finger away from my forehead causing my body to once again go limp in the restrains.
"Please, why are you doing this?" I asked, hoping for receive some justification, some reason for the actions.
"Because I can. Because I'm evil and it's what we do" the man answered, with another merciless smile on his face.
"Well…that's a…pretty shitty reason" I manage to breathe out, and as expected, it only aggravated him further, causing him to repeat the same process as before. My nerve endings seared at his touch, something I wouldn't expect from a phoenix and yet the heat was so intense even I felt like I was being burned alive. Before long, I could feel myself getting drowsy, and I saw the door open once more, revealing the man in the suit, Griffin I believe his name is.
"Robert, I think you've had your fun" the older man said, causing Mr Adams to drop his finger ending the suffering I was in. It was now Griffin's turn to approach me, with his own sadistic smile on his face. "Well, what should we do with you, little one" he said, his voice laced with sarcasm and condescension.
"Please, just let me go. I won't tell anyone, I swear" I begged, hoping this man would have an ounce of morality or sympathy.
"Why would I do that? You're the problem, and if I let you leave, the problem would still exist." Griffin said, before removing a gun from his holster. I struggled once again, as the gun was raised to my head, hoping in some way that the restrains would break and I could escape, but luck was opposing me today. Tears welled in my eyes, as I continued to beg the man, the fear of death imminent.
"Please, I won't tell a soul. I won't cause any problems." I begged once more, as I felt the gun press against my forehead and the tears rolled down my face.
"Of course you won't. You won't remember a thing" were the last words spoke before the trigger was pulled, and a deafening bang filled the room.
James' POV:
It's been a week and a half since Kendall was last seen, and the police have registered the case as cold. They had no leads to begin with, and since they haven't gained any, the case was closed. Jennifer was in tears when the police finally told her, as was I. It was one thing to lose my boyfriend, but still have him be alive, but it's another for him to completely disappear from my life. Many of my friends are also distraught over the news, but I think I've took it the worst out of all of us. Today is Monday, and after having a few days off to grieve, I decided it was best for me to return to the school, surrounded by people I knew could help like my friends, and even Miss Wainwright. Anyway, I made my way to my locker, where I met up with Logan, Carlos, and Dak.
"Hey guys" I said solemnly, as I started to put my locker code in.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" I heard Logan ask with a soft sympathetic voice.
"Like shit" was all I responded with, as the locker door opened, and I grabbed the necessary books for my lessons. I felt someone place their hand on my back, as I closed my locker, and turned to face the group. "I just keep thinking that it's all a dream, and that eventually I'm going to wake up from it all. Kendall will be lying next to me, and none of this would have happened" I said, as we began to walk to our form rooms.
"I know, I keep expecting us to turn the corner and see him walking down the corridor" Dak spoke up, and almost like magic, when we turned the corridor, there he was.
I froze in place, blinking and wiping my eyes, trying to see if it was an illusion, but he didn't disappear once.
"You guys see him to, right?" I asked, hoping in some respect that I wasn't going completely insane.
"You mean Kendall with red hair stood at the end of the corridor. Yeah, I see him" Logan said, and that was all the motivation I needed. I ran from my space, sprinting down the corridor as I yelled his name.
"Kendall!" I shouted causing him to turn and face me, a look of disgust present on his face. "Kendall, you're ok!" I said, quirking my eyebrow slightly at the look he was giving me.
"I'm sorry, but who the fuck are you?" he scolded, his death stare not easing up one bit. Looking him over, I saw a lot of differences since when I last saw him. For one, his hair colour had change. What was once a dirty blonde has now become a red to yellow fade, with the roots of his hair being red, while the tips were yellow, fitting perfectly with the colours associated with a phoenix. He had massive bags under his eyes, almost like he hadn't slept for days, and his wrists seemed to have a scar running across them. The weird thing about that was that the scars could easily be removed with a simple spell, yet he decided to show them off to the world. Confused, I spoke up again.
"Kendall, it's me James. Don't you recognise me?" I asked, as I heard Logan, Dak and Carlos approached from behind me.
"Dude, I've never seen you before. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have places to be" he scoffed, before shoulder barging me on the way past. Completely shook by his actions, I turned and managed to grab hold of his wrist.
"Kendall, why are you being such a dick?" I asked, my grip on his wrist fairly tight, hoping that he wouldn't try to get away.
"I'm warning you dude, let me the fuck go" he snarled at me, as a small group of students started to gather around us.
"Kendall?" I asked, finally looking into his eyes. His once bright green eyes have someone been replaced with a deep green, showing no life in them what so ever.
"Dude, I'm warning you" he growled once again, and my only response was to tighten my grip on his wrist. He didn't seem to appreciate that as I felt him yank his wrist out of my grasp, causing me to stumble forward as I did so. "I warned you" was all he said, before he placed a powerful kick into my gut, causing me to fly into a wall of lockers, denting each of the doors. I was overcome with pain as my body slammed into them, and I heard everyone gasp at Kendall's actions, before I saw Jett approach him.
"Nice kick babe" Jett said, placing a chaste kiss on his cheek before the two of them walked away, hand in hand with each other. Looking around, I saw Carlos, Logan and Dak completely frozen in place, staring down the corridor as Kendall walked away, and any attempt to move my body resulted in pain.
Taking a deep breathe, I mumbled "Sana" under my breathe, and groaned out in pain as the spell took effect, slowly remove the pain from my body, and healing any cuts or bruises that I would have attained. I managed to pull myself from the lockers, and also quickly cast "Figo" causing them to restore to their previous positions.
"What the fuck just happened?" I heard Dak said, as he finally approached me, slinging his arm around my waist in an attempt to help me walk.
"Whatever it was, that was not Kendall" I replied, causing the three of them to nod in agreement.
"I think we should tell Miss Wainwright. Something is clearly wrong, and maybe she'd be able to help" Logan suggested, causing the four of us to make our way to her office. The whole time, I reviewed the events in my head. Kendall has never really been one for violence, and the only time he really acts out is when he's angry so this is totally unlike him. What bugged me the most was Jett calling Kendall "babe" and placing a kiss on his cheek. Kendall knows that Jett is a dick, so why the hell would the two of them be dating? Jett has always been a condescending, obnoxious asshole, especially to Kendall, but now their dating? Something wasn't adding up. I hadn't notice that we'd arrived in Miss Wainwright's office until Dak spoke up.
"So Kendall's back, but he's completely different" he began, causing Miss Wainwright to shoot him a quizzical look.
"What do you mean he's back? You're saying that he's just waltzed into the school today?" Kelly asked back, causing the four of us to nod.
"Yeah, James approached him, but Kendall was all aggressive and kicked James into a locker" Logan replied, causing me to nod.
"It's true. He also called Jett 'babe'" I added, hoping that no one could sense the distaste in my voice.
"Ok, let me review the CCTV and…" was all Kelly managed to say, before every electronic device in her office erupted with noise. Her phone started to beep, as did her tablet and her laptop sounded like a video call was coming through.
"Miss, what's…" was all Carlos said, before Kelly interrupted.
"Boy's out now." She said in a stern voice, glaring at us as we stood there.
"But what about Kendall?" I asked, causing her glare to intensify. The door to her office swung open, and she pointed to the door.
"Out. Now" she repeated, causing the four of us to scuttle out. As soon as Carlos left, the door swung shut, slamming as it locked itself so no one else could enter. The corridors were filled with Students gossiping as they stood around their phones. We saw Jo, Camille and Lucy and quickly approached the three of them.
"Guys, what the hell is going on?" I asked, before staring at the phone screen. I was greeted with yet another apocalyptic view, with the words 'BREAKING NEWS' at the bottom.
"The Organisation office in South-West Quadrant exploded" Jo said, as all 7 of us stared at the screen. The scene was very similar to the previous explosion, and I could see everyone was slightly on edge with the memories of the event flooding back.
I looked up to see Kendall and Jett walking straight through the middle of the corridor, hand in hand as they whispered to each other, almost sadistic smile on their faces.
So there we have it, a pretty intense chapter. I'm sorry to disappoint you all with Dak being the one to get the text message, but I feel like it made logical sense with the story. But we did get to see a pretty concerned James, as well as what has become of Kendall, who is being a total dick! I hope this chapter was a surprise to you all, and that you enjoyed it!
A massive thank you to Guest, Winterschild11, RainbowDiamonds and EpicallyObsessed for reviewing the last chapter, and once again, I'm sorry if I disappointed with who got the text, but the next few chapters will more than make up for it! I'm glad you all liked the Griffin reveal as well, as no one seemed to expect that, and everyone seemed to enjoy the joke that Dak made, and I thought it was pretty funny as well! As for Kendall's clothes when he sets on fire, I'm not gonna lie, I didn't consider that at all when writing this story. Let's just say that Jennifer cast a protection spell when Kendall moved in, so none of his clothes would be damaged. That works right?
I am so excited that I will see you guys on Monday for the next chapter of Class Vs Character, as I am excited to get that story going! But until then,
TTFN :D