Patricia's Pont of View

I tried to sound brave to Mick and Jerome. But I wasn't. When I saw Uncle Richard and when he told me that Jason Winkler killed my father, I just emotionally shattered. My father and I didn't have the best relationship in the world. But when I was a kid he took me fishing, and to the zoo, and out for ice cream every single Sunday. It was so hard to believe that he was gone; and that my old Drama and History teacher killed him. Not only was it hard to believe but it was hard to understand. Why did he have to go? My dad had only met Joy three or four times and he never knew about Sibuna. Whatever the reasoning I knew I had to suck it and face the music to save my friend.

"Don't be so cocky Patricia. Richard, lead them into her task room," Richard walked into the room and my breath got stuck in my throat. He looked identical to my father. His eyes were the same azure my fathers were and his hair was the same white that my fathers had been. There wrinkles were almost in exactly in the same place and they carried their weight in the same place. It was if I was looking at my father again. Except I wasn't. Uncle Richard's hand grabbed onto my wrist but I tanked it away.

"I can get there by myself," I growled at him. He glared at me in a way my father never did as he pointed towards a small door that was off in the corner.

"Then go," he spat. His eyes darted around to the unmoving Mick and Jerome. "All of you!" he bellowed. Once again I glared at him, but then I walked off with a flip of my hair. I had to show that he didn't scare me. Even though he did.

I sauntered over to the door and pulled it open. The room was basically a scaled down obstacle course and a classroom all in one. In one corner there was a blackboard and the in the other there was a large hoop with a pit of something red in it. Whatever this task was going to be I had a feeling I wasn't going to enjoy it.

"If I was told correctly, Nina and you had a rocky relationship isn't that right? So you'll have to answer the questions about Nina and if you get them wrong you'll have to jump through some hoops to save her. You made Nina jump through a lot of hoops when you first met her didn't you?" Joy sounded so unlike the girl I used to call my best friend. She was bitter, angry, and damn straight crazy. I scowled as I walked up to the chalk board. There were no words on it.

"Hate to break it to you Joy, but I can't answer any questions if there aren't any on the board," I sneered. She said nothing and I gasped as words began to appear on the board. "Never mind then," I studied the first question.

Where was Nina born?

I grabbed the marker that was resting on the tray beneath the board and quickly scrawled my answer.

America

It wrote its response quickly, as if someone was actually writing this from some unseen space.

Be more specific Patricia.

Wow this thing was pretty snarky. I would bet anything that it is Joy writing all of these responses.

Okay then. Point Place, Wisconsin, Untied States of America. Better?

I suppose. Correct. Next question then. What's Nina's favorite book series?

I knew this. Nina reread it and reread it countless of times.

Harry Potter.

If Joy thought this was hard she obviously didn't know how close Nina and I had gotten.

Don't get cocky. What are Nina's parents and both sets of grandparents' names?

That question really threw me. Nina's parents names I knew. And I knew her Grans name too. I really had to think about this one before I answered.

I'll try not to. Her parent's names areJacqueline and Steven. Her dad's parent's names are Kitty and Reginald. Her moms are Pamela and Jack.

I honestly hoped that was right. I met her grandma Kitty only once before she passed away and I barely remembered it at all.

Good guess. But you're wrong. Her dad's parents are William and Edna.

Now I knew that wasn't true. Nina's grandmother that raised her was her dad's mother Kitty. I knew that for a fact.

Before you say anything, her dad was a de facto'ed adopted. So go tackle those hoops.

I turned around to face the hoop. "Bloody fucking hell," I cursed. The damn hoop was on fire."I have to jump through that? What is even in that pool?"

"Who knows, but I'm just glad I didn't have to do that," Jerome said cheerfully from the background. I almost forgot he was here. I turned around and sent him a glare.

"Is this really that hard to understand?" Joy questioned us. "Well then again, you were always kind of slow. Just run and jump through the hoop and land in the pool. Not that hard." Anger bubbled up inside of me. How dare she insult our intelligence? How dare she do any of this crazy shit. It was not normal. But then again she wasn't normal.

"I am not slow!" I yelled as I ran forward and jumped through the hoop. Luckily I avoided the flames that danced all around me. Then my luck slipped away as my body hit the liquid. It was salty blood. But the blood was not the only thing in the pit. Electric shocks went through my body and I cried out in pain. It was not a small tingle, but instead it was a huge volt that honestly might have killed someone. Grabbing on the ledge I pulled myself out. My eyes fluttered and I sighed deeply. The pain was incredible but I barely felt it as I saw my friend fall from the ceiling onto Mick.

AN/ Thank you guys so much for your reviews! They mean a lot and I adore them, so keep them coming. Sorry for the wait on this chapter. Oh and just a side note, youu may see the That 70s Show references. Am I the only one that thinks if Mila Kunis and Danny Masterson had a kid it would look like Nina? Or am I just weird?

Pandacat1bagillion- Haha, Joy is a very sadistic person indeed.

Izzi08-Love dat reiew!

Follow you into the night- Aw thanks a ton. (I don't know how I come up with it either. I guess I'm just a weird person)

Charn14- That's a really good idea. But yeah lighter fluid would not taste good….

Zero- Ha I can't wait till they get together on the show! Yeah Joy is loco!

Princess Fafa- YEAH PATRICIA!

I Write Sins Not Tragidies- I get lazy like that all the time. :p

Grace-Uber glad!

Fabinaisawesome- Wow that would hurt soooo much!

Written-inHearts-No problem! Joy just gets worse every chapter so just wait till Mara…