Boarded

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Chapter 25 (Monster Arrives)

"Jerry!" Kendal said with excitement. She was about to run to him, but Alison held her hand out and narrowed her eyes. Something was wrong here, very wrong. Kendal pouted her lip and Jessica's heart pounded. She felt like she was about to have a heart attack. Carly ran past Jerry and knelt beside her boyfriend. Jerry ignored her and began walking to Jessica, slowly but like a menace. Kendal frowned, feeling her heart sink. She may be a bit of a ditz, but she was not stupid. She knew danger when she saw it, and right now, Jerry looked completely different than she'd ever seen him. "Jerry, why are you looking like that?"

"Shut up." He scowled and Kendal was shocked by his words, hurt that he would say something like that to her, and with such scorn in his voice. Tears stung her eyes and her heart faltered inside of her. Jerry locked his eyes with Jessica, who was now a whimpering mess under his cold glare. "Thanks to my 'girlfriend' I've learned quite a bit about you and your family, Jessica." Jessica's eyes widened and Alison slapped her forehead. Kendal's jaw dropped as she began to realize that she had been used. Had she? No, he wouldn't do that to her, would he? Alison told her to stay away from him, and she hadn't listened! She should have known to listen to her sister. A sister always knows, they always know. "By the way, I found Jackie." He felt that she lied to him about Jackie, yet another lie from this woman.

"What?" Jessica gasped and her eyes widened as panic ran through her veins. Her heart sped up and her hands began to shake. "You couldn't…you couldn't have!"

"Well, now I thought that one girl at school was her. You know, Melanie."

"You don't touch her either!" Jessica pointed violently at Jessica and Kendal took another step back, shaking her head. Alison looked at her carefully and frowned, feeling like shit for Kendal having to see this.

"Turns out your little 'sister' wasn't really your sister! She's your fucking cousin and Melanie is her twin." Jessica's lip quivered as Jerry continued his approach. "Her name is Sam." Didn't he know her as a child? Why would children make things like this up? Carly looked up from Griffin and watched Jerry with angry eyes. He'd better not touch Sam.

"You'd better not go near her!" He wasn't going to, he didn't feel like hurting anybody anymore, but he still felt like a monster. He never had control over his anger.

"Oh look at you, talking all tough to me. Have you become fearless since we last talked?" Jerry grabbed her shirt and pulled her close. She closed her eyes as he glared at her, his venomous breath falling onto her face. She was trying hard not to be afraid. Carly's eyes widened and she quickly stood up.

"No! You leave her alone!" Jerry raised his eyebrow as Carly started running towards him. Jessica gasped for air and shouted at Carly to stay away, she didn't want anyone to get hurt. Jerry pushed her back, not wanting to bother with her.

"Why?" Kendal screamed and Alison's fists clenched, she knew she couldn't trust Jerry. She wasn't going to say anything to Kendal about it, it wasn't her place to say 'I told you so' to anyone.

"You fucking bastard!" Alison shouted at him. He looked at her as she grabbed a piece of wood from the ground and ran to him. She slammed the wood onto his back. "How dare you! How fucking dare you!"

"I'm not here for any of you. I'm here for this girl." Jerry pushed Alison away, he didn't need his rage inflicted on anyone else. Vinson growled and rage shot through him, but he knew he couldn't take this monster on. Alison fell back and he caught her in his arms. Jerry glared at Jessica. "Trent, do you remember what I said to you? I promised I'd find you. Do you remember that?"

"Y-Yes."

"And you know I am a man of my word, do you not?" Jessica whimpered softly as glared into her eyes. She looked into his and saw the same hint of guilt that she always remembered, what was it? "I said do you agree that I am a man of my word?"

"Yes!" Tears stung her cheeks as Jerry appeared satisfied with the answer. Vinson narrowed his eyes and charged for Jerry, screw not being able to take him on. He punched him in the face, causing him to drop Jessica to the ground. Jerry growled and grabbed his throat.

"Do you have a fucking death wish, gothic boy?" Vinson's eyes widened as Jerry threw him against the wall and tightened his grip. He reached to the bat that was attached with straps around his back. "You just bought yourself a beating." Jerry pulled the bat off and smirked as Alison screamed. He knew this wasn't right, but he intended to die today.

"No! Leave Vinson alone! Please!" She ran for him, but Jerry once more pushed her away, hitting a bit harder than intended. She moaned and fell to the ground as Jerry swung his bat into Vinson's chest. Vinson coughed out and fell to the ground.

"Now I'm not some common street thug, so I don't normally go ballistic on people. Don't piss me off and I won't hit you." Jerry placed his foot on Vinson's back and swung his bat in the air a couple times. Kendal watched with tears as Carly and Alison both rose up and charged for Jerry, angry at him. Jessica remained on the ground, moaning and crying. The girls grabbed Jerry's arms and held him, trying to keep him from doing anything. He growled and started to try and shake them off.

"Kendal, get her out of here!" Kendal shook her head at Alison, not wanting to leave her sister behind. Alison narrowed her eyes and growled at her. "Do it now! I'm not asking you! Don't worry about me, he's after her!" Kendal nodded and quickly lifted Jessica off the ground and ran with her around the corner, closing her eyes tightly as she heard Alison scream out. Jessica moaned softly as Kendal ran into a bathroom and sank against the wall.

"You dated him? That monster?"

"I didn't know!" Kendal put her hands to her eyes and sobbed frantically. She felt so guilty. Jessica pressed her lips together and looked into the mirror, touching her bruised face tentatively. "He was always asking me these questions about Melanie, about her family." Jessica moved her eyes over to Kendal and sighed softly. It wasn't the girl's fault, she didn't know who Jerry was. Nobody knew about him. She knelt beside Kendal and wrapped her arms around her. "I trusted him. Alison never did. I usually listen to her, I always do! A sister knows these things!"

"Yeah you have to admit that's true." Jessica lifted her head up and heard Jerry calling her name. She quickly cupped her hand over Kendal's mouth to muffle her sobs. Jerry was not the type of person to let a sign on a bathroom door stop him. Once he saw his target, he kept going. "Shh, be very quiet. He will come in here…" Kendal whimpered quietly as she stood up with Jessica. The two girls quickly ran into a private room that was connected to the bathroom and locked the door.

Jerry kicked the bathroom door open and looked around at the stalls. "Come here. Come to Jerry." He narrowed his eyes and slammed the bat into one of the stalls. He growled when he found it was empty. Thinking fast, he ducked under and saw all stalls were indeed empty. "You can't hide forever, Trent!" He slammed the bat into one of the mirrors, hoping the noise would cause one of the girls to scream. What was he going to do when he found her? He didn't know. He needed control.

Kendal almost screamed, but Jessica held her finger to her lips. She knew Jerry's tricks very well. Her heart pounded in her chest as Jessica scanned the room with her eyes. There had to be some way to escape them. She was already texting Shane, in hopes he was getting worried that she wasn't back yet. Now she just needed to find some way to escape from Jerry and not let Kendal become one of his abuse victims. "It was stupid of me to trust him…" Kendal's voice was a soft whisper. Jessica's face softened and she closed her eyes, feeling the sorrow for her. "Sometimes…I actually thought he cared about me. Mitchel cares more…" Ah, something to talk about. To get their minds off of Jerry for the moment. Jessica was happy when she heard Shane's voice enter the bathroom, she hoped he'd keep Jerry at bay. She knelt in front of Kendal and smiled at her.

"Mitchel? Who's that?"

"He's the quarterback on our football team. He seems so conceited sometimes, but he's not. He's actually really nice…" She sniffed and wiped her nose as Jessica handed her a piece of toilet paper. She blew into the toilet paper and threw it in a trash bin. "Alison won't admit it, but even she thinks he's okay."

"So your sister likes him. Is this another one of those 'sister knows best' type things? Because I can assure you, if she trusts him enough, that means she thinks good things will happen. Sam did that for Melanie."

"Yeah, even after Freddie hurt her once…" Jessica slowly nodded her head and smiled.

"Has he hurt her since?"

"No…" Kendal moved her eyes to the side and smiled slightly. Mitchel was at the rodeo too, he was one of the riders. He was the second one to ride the bull, and he did not last a very long time at all. Shane screamed out and Jessica winced as she heard something crack. Then another voice was heard, someone she didn't recognize.

"Who's that?" Jessica cracked the door just a bit and saw someone facing off with Jerry. Shane was holding his side, but still standing. Kendal smiled and her eyes widened happily as Jessica quickly shut the door. "You know who that is?"

"It's Mitchel!"

"Oh, so that's him? He's got a good build."

"I said he was on the football team." Jessica opened the door a bit and saw Mitchel steal the bat from Jerry. Jerry roared angrily as Mitchel broke the bat with his knee and tossed it to the side. Shane then grabbed Jerry from behind and Mitchel slammed his fist into Jerry's abdomen. Jerry pushed Shane to the ground and swiftly brought his fist around and into Mitchel's face. At that, Shane grabbed one piece of the busted bat and slammed it into Jerry's head, knocking him onto the ground. The boys watched as Jerry lay unconscious, he'd been beaten. Jessica sighed with relief as Kendal looked up at her. "What's happening? What's going on out there?"

"They did it, the boys beat him to the ground!" She opened the door and practically fell into Shane's arms. Shane held her close and carefully traced her bruise.

"Jessica, I'm so sorry…"

"It's okay. Don't worry. It's okay now." Shane smiled at her and hugged her tightly. Kendal walked over to Mitchel and gazed at him curiously. He smiled at her and slowly breathed out.

"Are you okay, Kendal?"

"Yes I am. Why…how did you know to find me?" Mitchel lifted his finger up and pulled out his cell phone. Kendal looked at the screen and chuckled, he'd received a text from Alison.

"She sent me a text saying that Jerry was hurting you and that you were hiding somewhere. I went to find you and heard these two guys fighting." Kendal smiled and placed her hand over her chest. He came to help her? Alison actually trusted him to do that? Jessica looked at her and smiled kindly.

"What did I tell you? A sister knows." Mitchel raised his eyebrows in confusion as Kendal gave him a hug. She never thought that he had it in him. Perhaps she misjudged him, even Alison may have misjudged him.

"So, uh, Kendal…"

"Yes Mitchel?" She smiled at him and he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Does this mean you're not dating him anymore?" Kendal looked at Jerry and tore her gaze from him. She nodded and Mitchel let out a small sigh. "So, I know it's really soon, but…maybe when everything blows over and you're ready, you'd like to go out with me?"

"Of course, and don't be silly!" Mitchel blinked and the color in his face started to drain. "I wasn't that serious with him anyway…but if I go out with you, Alison has to accept you! I'm not going to not listen to her again! If she says you can't be trusted or doesn't like you at all, then I'm sorry, we can't date." Mitchel smiled and slowly nodded his head. He understood her reasoning and would be more than willing to abide by that.

"I'll respect that." She smiled at him and Jessica watched happily as she leaned into Shane's arms.

"Thank you, Mitchel." They heard a grunting sound and Jessica's eyes widened. Something wasn't right. She looked down at Jerry and screamed as two gunshots rang out. Mitchel and Shane shouted and fell to the ground, blood coming from their legs. Kendal screamed and fell beside Mitchel. "Mitchel, no!" Jerry groaned and slowly rose from the ground, panting heavily and holding his side, he clutched his pistol in his right hand and glared angrily at Jessica. This was it, he wanted her to go out with him.

I have to post these next couple of chapters together because they're all technically part of each other. Do review each one though ^_^. You know part of this posting is also because it took so long for me to post. I'll slow it down a bit, but I'm not going to take so long again. This is the Jerry Elliot Arc, you're about to be put in a ton of surprise