*Author's Note* I do not own anything! Jumper (c) 20th Century Fox! I do own my original characters Leah (Jennings; aka Gloria Smith if you haven't figured that out XD) & Fred (Collins) so no stealies!

I shivered, not from being cold but from being alone. It was quite odd without a guy on my side. Just not normal, I guess. I pulled my hoodie closer. I stared at the hospital, looking around nonchalantly. Fred must have loved that I had been gone a few days and not a word of communication passed between our lips. I sighed and walked through the doors.

I entered the Emergency Room where I had brought Fred when he was shot, I saw the nurse that showed me Fred's room catch my eyes. A police officer stood in front of her, loaded with everything on his belt. She gestured to me. I froze on the spot, frowning.

The police officer came over.

"Excuse me ma'am, are you Gloria Smith?"

I slightly shifted uncomfortably from being called my fake name but I responded anyways.

"Yes, sir. Is something wrong?"

"Well, the other night the power went out for a minute. The generator wouldn't start right away. When the nurses and doctors were checking all the patients, they find Mr. Collins gone. The nurses don't remember anyone leaving through the front doors. They… they found blood on the side of the building. There was no body at the bottom. Do you know anything about this?" He looked at me sternly.

"Well, you see officer, the reason he may have leapt out of the window was because there may have been Paladins in his room. He's connected to a Jumper, a person who can teleport anywhere and at anytime. So of course Paladins would be after him- they kill Jumpers and their friends and family. So Fred probably leapt out of the window- where he is, I have no idea. But I do have one idea: he jumped. Care to question me again?" Of course I didn't say that. But of course, that was probably the story.

The Paladins caused the power surge, the generator not working for a moment and trying to rid of Fred. He was probably already sick of this place and wanted out- the window was the only exit if the Paladins came through the door. Also, if they came through the window, there was probably more on the other side of the door. Fred's immature, not stupid. Now all I was thinking was: how in hell did he jump? I have never heard of a Jumper appearing so suddenly… was he a late bloomer? But it wouldn't have waited that long.

Unless… unless that was the scariest thing to happen to him. He never had any reason to jump before that; he's lived a normal life and Kevin rarely jumped at all, so Paladins never bothered them. The only time I could think of him responding in a jump was on his motorcycle when Paladins took over the town- but then he knew I was a Jumper and no reason to activate that. Oh… my brain hurts.

Officer Whatshisname cleared his throat. Uh oh… that doesn't sound good/

"Umm… sir, I have to go." I started to walk away but he quickened in front of me. He really didn't get it, did he? I noticed the way his hand slowly inched towards his tazzer.

"Ma'am, do you think I could take you downtown? You could possibly-" I shoved past him and took off like a bullet, no pun intended. I could hear him calling back up, then running after me, and I just raced faster. I skid through the hallways, trying to find a safe spot to jump. That's when I felt his body brush mine. Griffin raced next to me, panting.

"Take a right, not a left. Paladins are waiting for you at the end, disguised as patients," he said. I shot him a quick look.

"Why can't we just-"

"You're running- though we may be faster it'll be sloppy and the jumpscar will last longer, I think. They'll be able to rip it open and force themselves through the wormhole." He grinded his teeth as we swerved to the right, ignoring the left all completely. I noticed he didn't say 'we', he said me! Was he risking his life-?

"There's a window coming up, prepare to jump," he warned, slowly pasting me with an unknown speed. I huffed and pushed myself when I heard their heavy footsteps falling behind me. Almost on top of me! Griffin met the window and jumped.

"Shit! Griffin- their right behind me!" I screamed as I felt the tazzer stick's cords around me. I have met the regular shock (a.k.a. tazzer) stick that just saps you; I've met the electric net/web where they can pin you down and keep you down. But I have never met these… snake-like ropes around me. Just like a smaller net/web except it wraps around my body. And I couldn't get it off!

I squirmed, rolling and scrambling to get up. But everything seem to blur and spin. My tongue felt dry and heavy so I couldn't call out for help from Griffin. I just pretty sure the jumpscar was closing… My head felt heavy; it threatened to black out on me. My body was tired and sore and burning already. I had only been wrapped in these things for less than a minute. I tried not to imagine how I would feel in a few minutes.

The Paladins walked towards me when a body slammed into theirs. And it wasn't Griffin. Fred stood above me, in an aggressive position. He wore only a t-shirt with one of Kevin's old flannels that hung loosely to his frame. His house's stale scent was on him and also a very small hint of Kevin's cologne. My eyes widen as I saw him stagger a bit. Fred held his ground and faced off the Paladins, shouting something I didn't both to listen too. I whimpered when another shockwave ripped through my body. I bit my lip until it bled to keep from calling out. That's when Griffin appeared at their side and they were engrossed in a dangerous fight. I felt the slack of the rope- Griffin had freed. Fred turned towards me, gently wrapped his hand around my bruised shoulder and we jumped.

It wasn't smooth like when I jumped myself. It didn't feel like sudden magic like Griffin's quick jumps. It was a jerky movement, like he was already stuck in a tazzer stick's grasp. It made me gasp out in surprise and pain. (Hmmm… I'm going to call them from shock sticks from now on- much better.) I groaned as I moved, tired from trying to rid my body of these stupid things. Fred stood upwards again, first stumbling and then running to my side.

Fred quickly cut the ropes with a pocketknife and I threw them aside. My muscles relaxed and I felt the sudden stinging and soreness from the electric shock. Then Griffin appeared. No Paladins came after him. But he was wet… my face paled and I knew they immediately focused on me. Fred stood up slowly, obviously a bit nervous about this stranger. Oh yeah, he was unconscious when Griffin came into the party at the store. Uh, this won't end well.

Griffin stared me right in the eyes and his glaze softens. He remembered too; I let out a shaky breath. He strode confidently over, as if showing he was fine. Well, I don't care if he's an Olympic swimmer- I don't like when he's around it!

"Are you okay?" Griffin's voice was the first to speak. Fred's body seemed rooted to the spot; stuck in the same position. I scrambled up, balancing myself a little bit. I could feel the parts where the nets had really cut me. Lucky I wasn't held by them enough to get scars from the electric shock. I stared at my hoodie. The thin fabric was burned in some parts.

"I'm fine, thank you," I responded, quite cheerful to see both of them alive.

"Leah…" Fred spoke. Griffin's fury-driven eyes landed on Fred's honey ones. At first, I could see Fred hesitant to speak. But he mustered up his courage and did anyway. He didn't direct his question on me. He directed towards Griffin and it was terribly challenging.

"Who are you?"

"Names Griffin." I glanced at Griffin quickly; his jawline tight and his eyes on fire. He stopped a couple of yards away from us. My heart started to pound faster, the blood rushed to my ears. Really, you guys? Have to face off like a bunch of hormone-driven teenagers? I rolled my eyes involuntary. Then before I could control myself, I started to snicker at the thought of both of them as teenagers and facing each other off on the playground…

"Leah…"

Griffin would probably have the worst acne… no, that was Fred. Griffin would be the short one, the midget. I started to chuckle harder. Both would be usually skinny… hmm, I wonder how both of them looked fat. As I let my imagination work, I stuck my face into my hands. My body was shaking from trying to control my laughter.

Fred POV

"Leah, are you okay…" I spoke slowly as I watched her slowly enter a laughing fit. Wow, she must be really trying not to laugh… she's kind of creeping me out now.

(Direct) Griffin POV

At first I thought she was crying but then I saw how red her cheeks are. I could only hope not to imagine what was going through her mind…

Leah POV

I bet Fred could take away Griffin's basketball and Griffin freaking out, reaching for the ball with Fred holding it up. Then he probably have kicked him right below the belt and raced off with the ball in victory. Except that Fred wouldn't give up…

I went down into the sand and grabbed my sides. I laughed uncontrollably and I fell over. Griffin jumped next to us. I couldn't breath for some reason… Now that I think of it, that wasn't really funny at all. Maybe I'm just crazy.

"Ouch… my side hurts," I slowly lost my laughter and stared at the two cute guys standing above me. They both peered down at me like I was an odd creature they found.

"Are… you okay?" Fred asked.

"…No, my sides hurt from laughing too much…" I sighed, jumping a yard away. I shook the sand off- sand?! I glanced around and realized once again… we were in a desert. Me, the only female. And them, the only two males. This is even worse than I thought before. Now let's wait and see who'll be the last guy standing.

"Why are we in the middle of the desert, Fred?"

"Well… uh, you see…um… I have no idea. I thought I was jumping to my house…" Griffin smirked, shaking his head. I glanced over Fred for a second. He was pale and looked tired, with those dark shadows under his eyes. He grinned tiredly at me. Griffin shot him a death glare when he thought I wasn't paying attention.

"Tell me the story…" I said, folding my legs and sitting down. I patted the sand next to me. Fred stared at me before he walked over.

"Uh… what story?" He asked, sitting down on the sand.

"Your first jump. Fred, I'm not stupid…" My voice trailed off. I already started thinking about what his limitations may be. His eyes widen in fright. He knew that… that feeling when we were jumping wasn't normal. His jumping at this late of an age wasn't normal. He knew how smooth it was when I jumped us. He knew how early in life normal Jumpers had their first jump.

"The jump was like I was being thrown around." Fred bowed his head. Griffin muttered under his breath, I could see his mouth slightly ajar when he talked to himself Griffin jumped and appeared next to me. He sat terribly close. I shifted a tad bit uncomfortable. He leaned a bit away then. I felt a sudden urge to pull him back in place but I pulled myself back together.

Really? Now Karma? Fred doesn't even know that his brother is dead!

"Well…" Soon, he weaved the story in the thin air of his grand adventure. The dark night with the moonlight shinning through his window after the power went out. The power surges that made him angry and the sneaking Paladins that almost killed him. The way he slipped out of the windowsill and groped the wall, making his hands bleed. He showed us his fingers near the end.

"I tried bandaging them… but the bandages were frickin' annoying so I just covered them in Band Aids," he shrugged. I take his hand in mine. I peeled away one of the Band Aids that was partly off. Thin little scars covered his fingertips. I sighed and showed him my hand.

"Yeah… your scar you got when drying a knife. What about it?" I shook my head and I felt a firm grip on my shoulder. I couldn't help but look up, into Griffin's eyes. They were always that blue coloring. Nothing very pure, but that's who he was. They looked like they wanted Fred gone and us alone. I think I wanted that too. To be alone with Griffin.

I noticed that my chapters... have been, well quite bland. I know, I know- I've met books like this all the time. The First book is Awe-some! The second... is well, like bland cerel. BlandXD So - if my mind agrees with me, since I think of the next few chapters randomly while listening to music- hopefully I'll be able to sped everything up a tad bit.

.... I have already figured a very, very rough idea how to end the story. There will be some really gory chapters coming up, since I weirdly enjoy writing about that. And don't worry for the weak-stomach people, I'll warn youXD

And yes, Leah does like Griffin. She never ended- hehe, an insight;)

I have also noticed that I've wrote some... adult themed (sexual themed, very lightly) and never mentioned any well, 'protection' (Haha, I'm still making this T-rated by beating around the bush!!! ). Do not worry, THAT was involved. Hey, it was all at the guys and they BOTH were bound to have some type of that stuff lying around... so yeah, just making that clear.

Also, I plan on starting a poll soon about the FINALE and LAST book's title. I have a couple of ideas but I can't make up my mindXD So keep tune in these hopefully shorter author notes, when the poll will be started!! Thankx for reading- oh, yeah! One more thingXD I want to thank all my reviewers and readers out there- I love you all!!!! Once I find out all their names (aka looking at reveiw pageXD) I'll list them. And the people who are just reviewing- well, I don't know how to PROPERLY thank you since I don't know you're namesXD

Have a happy holidays~ Penn