Chapter 21: The Fall, and the Rise
"Tink go see if you can save him!" Peter said, not really wanting to be the cause of his death to a floor too many stories down to count.
Peter then looked to Wendy who was out cold on the ground. He flew down to her. "Wake up Wendy wake up."
Tink returned and motioned to him that she couldn't find him, falling or on the bottom. Peter shook his head. It didn't matter. Wendy mattered now.
Tink heard something and looked outside. Sirens. Police cars. Peter and Wendy hid and watched the scene unfold.
"The systems been breached!" "We got complaints of a ship of some sorts heading for the tower? I don't see one!" "Whose inside?"" "Lets go men." "Look a girl. Is she okay? Was she missing?" "I recognize her as the banker Darling's daughter. I'll make a phone call in. Call the medic." "If she was kidnapped her perpetrator should be around here?" "Let's check the roof."
3 days later….
"Wendy? Are you…alright?"
She opened her eyes to a fuzzy image of a boy in green before she heard a door start to open and she found her eyes hurting, and closed them for a moment again.
"Wendy? Wendy darling, are you awake?"
Wendy looked over to the fuzzy face of her mother.
"Oh good. We were so afraid you'd weren't going to wake up. The doctor said it was a concussion and you should wake but I can't help but worry. What happened at the clock-tower?"
"James…he had me. And Peter…is Peter okay? Oh and Hook at his Pirates-"
"Oh that man dressed like a pirate?" Her father entered the bedroom. "I told him he was the one who stole our kids years ago, and stole you again this time. He and his whole gang…John, and Michael if they allow is going to testify. He sounds pure looney talking about Pirates and a special land in the stars. Wait…You said James?"
"Yes well James came to Neverland to get me back because he wanted your signature on his father's bill so he could inherit the money and rule London…so Hook brought him so they could take down Peter!"
"James O'Crook?" Her mother repeated. "Well…" She looked to her husband. Her father swallowed. "James has been missing ever since then…his father is accusing that Hook man, because of his ties to our family…and they found his shoe at the scene…ahem…but enough of this. You need your rest…as to whether you'll ever leave this house again-"
"Father!" "Darling!" Wendy and her mother said at the same time in a shocked - scolding voice.
"Ahem…well either way, get your rest." He then left the room.
Wendy felt a lightheadedness. She sighed. Was Peter okay? The lost boys?
"I'm not sure what happened darling, but if that is your Captain Hook, your father will make sure he never leaves that prison…somehow."
"Oh mother." She felt her arms around her.
"Now rest for a while. But don't go sleeping for too long Wendy darling, I really was afraid you wouldn't get up again."
Wendy watched her mother leave. So Hook was in London's jail. She never once thought that would happen. And James was missing…it nerved her but she didn't know much of what went on after she fell down the stairs. She sighed. She just hoped Peter and the boys were okay…she swore she'd seen him. But maybe she'd only been dreaming. She turned over and looked to her door. There were doors to two worlds in her room. One led to a London life with her family and the other with Peter and the boys. Never once did she think they'd collide as they had three days ago.
She wondered if her window was always open now that she …well had lived in Neverland. Did she really imagine Peter or…
"Wendy you're awake!"
She looked to the window and saw Peter.
"Oh Peter." She smiled from her bed. "I was afraid Hook or James had gotten you."
"Nah, nobody can outdo the great Peter Pan. I'm sorry…you got hurt."
"I'll be fine, I just might not be able to come back to Neverland for a while."
"I can take care of you Wendy, me and the lost-boys will spend all our time with you, that way no Pirate can ever steal you again!"
"Peter, it is all grand, but I can't leave under this condition. I was out for three days, so it maybe a month or so before I can return. Even still I don't want to worry my parents so soon."
"I'd rather you in Neverland with us but if you must Wendy, we will wait until your return."
"Peter…what happened with James? My memory is quite fuzzy and I'm not positive I was awake to see-"
"I was fighting him, when Tink escaped his pocket and he flew backwards off the stairwell…"
"And he didn't die!?" Wendy gasped. She hated James, but she also couldn't stand to see anyone die.
"No…I dont think so…I told Tink to help him, but she said she didn't see him falling or even on the ground…he disappeared."
"Well I'd hate to say anything happened, but I'd rather hate if he reappeared…" Wendy said, and a tear came down her face.
"Wendy what's wrong?" Peter asked, coming closer above her bed, to see a few more falling down.
"Well…I'm really sorry I brought this upon you and the lost boys…but I'm also really happy that James didn't kill you…nobody knew what happened to you and the boys…so I'm crying of happiness…and because I'm sorry….and because I was scared…"
"Wendy's crying for too many reasons. They're shouldn't be any reason to cry. That's why I rescued you to Neverland in the first place, so you wouldn't cry."
"I know…I'm sorry." She wiped the tears from her eyes with her finger.
Peter wondered how he could make her happier."Wendy?"
"Yes Peter?" She asked wiping her tears.
"Remember when you gave me a kiss, and you told me what it was about?"
"Well yes but-"
"Well if you gave Peter a kiss shouldn't he give something back in return?"
"Well Peter you gave me that-"
Peter kissed Wendy before she could mutter another word.
Her mother, unknowingly to them, peaked from outside the door through a crack.
"What what is it?" Her father asks.
"Oh, nothing Darling. Remember our first kiss?"
"What, what now? Who is she kissing?!"
"Oh Darling, please. Wendy has found her place. You should be happy."
"Yes, well I can say that I'm not getting that raise."
"Good, well… don't sign those papers."
"GOOD?! Why do you say that?"
"Oh just a women's intuition. We are just fine as we we will have a spare room in the house soon anyway."
"Wendy can not leave already…she already got in this much trouble and…" The voice drifted off down the hallway outside the Darling household.
Wendy was wide eyed at Peter after the quick and innocent kiss. She smiled.
"Peter, if you stay too long you know, you might actually grow up."
"Peter Pan will never grow up!"
"Then, come visit me tomorrow." She said as her eyes drooped in and out of consciousness.
"Only as long as Wendy promises to get better so she can return to Neverland!"
"Oh of course I promise Peter."
"Well Goodnight fair Wendy, Princess of Neverland!" Peter said bowing to her, before turning to leave.
"Goodnight Fair Peter, King of the Lost boys!"
And with that Wendy fell back asleep, hoping the next time she would wake, the boy that would never grow up, would be waiting for her, by her window for the moment she could permanently join him on a lifelong adventure.
The End....or is it?