A/N okay, I am so amazingly dedicated to you (my readers) that I even surprise myself! But here it is my third update in a row for this week!
Granted i'm not terribly proud of this chapter so be sure to tell me how to make it better in your reviews!
I'm too tired to bother anyone else.. so yeah I, Jetravenex Do not own bakugan...happy?
Chapter 34
"GOOD MORNING JET!" A familiar female voice shouted jolting Jet out of the fog of unconsciousness. She squeaked as her arms flailed as her world tipped sideways and she fell onto a silver carpeted floor, and a stuffed pink Pegasus that had been perched on a pillow next to her tumbled off the bed landing right by her arm.
Jet blearily sat up rubbing her eyes and blinking a few times before looking around her.
She wasn't in Masquerade's bedroom... A shudder passed through her as her cheeks flushed slightly at the thought. The room she was in was much more cheerful, and very familiar. Well, of course it was familiar she was in her room!
"Jet! Jet if you're still in bed I'm going to-" The door to her room was thrown open and Jet looked up to see her older sister, Meredith, standing there with her black hair pulled into a low ponytail in a pair of plaid sweatpants and a t-shirt holding a hand towel in one of her hands. She sighed as she leaned against the door frame wiping her hands on the towel. "Jet, come on you have to get up, school, the place where you go to learn and stuff? It's today, so get up." Meredith said before turning to go.
Jet blinked a few times before she kicked off her blanket and got to her feet. "W-wait a minute? What about your trip to Washington? Or Viki coming over? Or-or…" Her voice trailed off as Meredith turned around and stared at her for a moment.
Meredith sighed. "Are you feeling alright Jet?" She asked walking over to her hanging the towel over her shoulder as she approached.
Jet went over to her bed and picked up Star. "yes, no, I don't know… I'm just so confused, Viki came over… And I was messaging this guy, who turned out to be Masquerade, on the bakugan site while she was over… and-and he left his DT in Rosedale park, and we went to get it and got warped to the bakugan dimension… and I met this really cool bakugan who became my partner and…" She fell silent as she looked up at Meredith. "You think I'm crazy or something don't you?"
Meredith sighed as she sat down beside her wrapping an arm around her sister. "You want to know what I think? I think you're just super excited for when Viki does come over, and you just let your fangirl love of Masquerade, come together in a really amazing dream, that's all…and since it was so amazing and real you're just a bit confused."
Jet was shocked as she pushed her sister away. "No! you don't understand Meredith! It was real! I mean, I can't tell you how many times I pinched myself while I was there, I fell down a bunch of stairs and it hurt! And-And I can recall everything that happened when I was there! Y-you know that when I dream I don't have that great of a memory!" Jet said looking towards her sister pleadingly.
Meredith sighed as she rubbed her face slightly, a contemplative expression emerging on her face. "Well, what else could it be Jet? Viki isn't coming until the day after me and Sam leave for Washington DC and I'll tell you what I've told you a million times before. Masquerade, does not exist, he is a cartoon character on you favorite tv show, but he is not real." She heaved a sigh as she looked her sister up and down before rising from the bed and walking out of the room. "Look, we both have school and late start or not, if you don't get ready and we don't hit the road soon we're going to be late!" She said her voice fading as she walked back into her room to get ready herself.
Jet looked at the open door and then down at the floor. "It…it couldn't have all been a dream." She said shaking her head vigorously as she pulled the stuffed Pegasus close to her chest absentmindedly stroking its soft pink fur. "Could it?"
"Bout time you guys showed up." Aidan remarked as Meredith and Jet entered the school. The blond boy was leaning casually against the wall his gray blue eyes focused on them, a small smile on his fface. He was wearing, gray cargo pants and a white t-shirt with the haos symbol over his heart. Meredith throwing the blond boy a withering look as she adjusted her grip on her shoulder bag, then she looked at Jet.
"Well, I'm off to join Sam, now you two make nice and I'll see you after school." Meredith said as she watched Jet for any reaction. The brunette's gaze was trained on the wall and Meredith heaved a sigh. "Ah, well I'm off." She said as she turned and walked down the hall towards a cluster of upperclassman.
Aidan went over to Jet, with his hands in his pockets. He paused in front of her and waited for a second before nudging her shoulder causing the girl to jump in surprise and whip around to face him.
"A-Aidan don't scare me like that!" Jet said grabbing onto the strap of her blue backpack and tugging at it.
Aidan didn't blink as he moved in front of her and studied her face. "You're distracted. Care to share?" He inquired.
Jet frowned before she heaved a sigh. "I-I don't know, it's weird, I mean I was in the bakugan dimension! But now I'm here and everyone believes I dreamed it all-" She was cut off by the shrill sound of the bell for classes to start.
Aidan sighed as he gently reached out and patted her forearm. "It's okay, we'll talk later." He said as he turned to leave. "Piece of advice, try not to daydream too much about your beloved Masquerade during class 'kay? I'm not loaning you my notes again!" He called over his shoulder.
Jet blinked and looked at the ground. "Yeah I'll try…" She said quietly as she leaned against the wall and heaved a sigh as she watched her friend go. Jet sighed as she shook her head, slapping herself a few times before she dragged herself off to class.
Classes seemed to pass by so fast that Jet could hardly remember anything from them, in fact all she could clearly recall was walking into her first period class and then walking out of her fifth period class, bound for lunch. Jet blinked as she glanced around her at the kids that milled about in the hallways.
"This is too weird…" She muttered to herself, r orienting on the kids around her before blinking twice. "I should be able to recognize some of these people and yet-"
"Jet!" Her thoughts were brought to a screeching halt as she was half tackled by a blur of blond and the next thing she knew she was flat on her back with a blond haired girl on top of her with Jet in a death grip.
"Ugh, yeah nice to see you too Gloria," Jet grunted squirming slightly in her friends grip, before going limp she sighed. "Glo, can you let me go? I think I'm on the verge of death from suffocation…"
Gloria smiled as she released her friend and got to her feet grinning broadly. "Sorry bout that Jet, consider it an early 'I'll miss you over winter break hug'." She said bouncing up and down slightly, the girl was about Jet's height with long blond hair in comparison to Jet's brown. She had greenish blue eyes and was wearing a mix between a white poncho and a sweater atop a light pink tee, with jeans and a little odd blue hat that had been crocheted by her.
Jet blinked. "But Glo… Wait, it's-it's Wednesday… Gloria we have school for 2 more days…"
Gloria sighed and waved off her comment. "Details, details, come on Jet." She said grabbing onto Jet's wrist causing the girl to wince.
"Gloria, ow! Not so tight!" Jet said trying to pry her wrist free.
Gloria shook her head slightly pulling on Jet's wrist dragging her along with her. "Well come on then! We have to get to the others. They're probably already waiting!" She said as she proceeded to drag Jet in the direction of the lunch room.
"B-but Glo I haven't grabbed…." Suddenly Jet seemed to blink and she found herself seated beside Aidan at their usual lunch table surrounded by some of their friends and classmates. "…my lunch…" Jet mumbled looking around dumbfounded and confused.
Gloria grinned at Jet from across the table and Jet looked down in confusion to see that she was holding in her hand, a half-eaten peanut butter sandwich in her hand. Jet stared at it dumbfounded.
"B-but I didn't…" She whispered looking past the sandwich to see her dark blue lunchbox in front of her, suddenly the chatter around her fell to a screeching halt and Jet suddenly had the weird prickly feeling that people were looking at her.
Jet slowly lifted her head and saw that all the people at her lunch table were looking at her with grins that just seemed to big…too…fake…
"What's wrong Jet?" Aidan's voice spoke up from right next to her and she turned her head to him her eyes widening as she saw that his expression mirrored the look of everyone around her.
"Ai-aidan what's going on…" Jet said shakily pushing her chair back and rising drawing back from her 'friend' as she looked around to see that the lunch room around them had blurred up again, like she could see the room and its people but at the same time they were just… a group of people gathered in a space that looked similar to her school's lunch room, almost like she was inside the image of a tv screen.
The blond boy smiled as he advanced towards her and Jet warily took a few steps back. "I don't know Jet, you tell me? Where have you and Viki been for starters?"
Jet's eyes widened as she backed up fearfully jumping slightly as her back bumped up against the wall, yet the blond boy continued towards her. "Sta-stay back Aidan! Y-you wouldn't believe me if I told you in the first place! You didn't believe me when I told you earlier."
"Oh, are you telling us that we're not good enough for you anymore?" A new voice piped up from beside her and Jet's head snapped to the right where the voice had sounded from and her eyes widened as she saw Alica standing there glaring daggers at Jet. "That you'd much rather have the brawlers as your friends then us?"
"Good luck having someone who doesn't exist support you in life." Jet gasped as Tyler appeared on her left side, his sandy blond hair was spiked up slightly and her glared at her.
"G-guys stop it!" Jet said feeling tears begin to well up in her eyes.
"She's right." A firm voice spoke up from behind her, followed by footsteps. "We don't have to do anything," Jet yelped as a fist slammed into her back and sent her crashing to her knees. "The brawlers would even throw her out… Considering the kind of scum that she is."
Jet whimpered rubbing her sore back as she looked over her shoulder and her eyes widened as she recognized Mike, and then beside him materialized Meredith and Viki.
Viki glared at her. "You abandoned me, and you betrayed me!" She hissed clenching her fists and glaring down at her, Fireblick popping open on her shoulder and hissing at her.
Jet whimpered softly as she struggled to rise to her feet. "N-no Viki, I-I had to protect you! The only one who can defeat Masquerade was-is Dan! I-I had to give them my DT and put my faith in them!"
Viki snorted. "Ohhhh is that right? Well you sure did a fine job defeating him. You seemed pretty satisfied with defeat after he kissed you!" She shrieked grabbing onto Jet's shoulders and shoving her forward, pushing Jet so that she fell flat on her back. Viki kicked her viciously in her side. "You think the brawlers are going to be so forgiving when they find out that rather than defeating our enemy, you were stealing kisses…" The pyrus brawler sneered as tears began to fall from Jet's eyes and then drew back to allow for Meredith to come forward.
Jet sat up slowly and took in the sight of her sister. The black haired girl had her arms crossed and a serious expression on her face.
"Sis-sissy please," Jet pleaded.
Meredith's face contorted into a snarl as she drew her hand back and slapped Jet across the face and then grabbed onto Jet's collar. "Mom gave up her life to bring you into the world and this is what you choose to become?"
Jet trembled the tears beginning to fall in earnest. "Meredith, I didn't…"
Meredith laughed. "Yes, Jet you did, Mom's dead because she used up all her strength giving birth to you… Masquerade's bitch." She snarled before spitting at her sister. "I will not be siblings with a little murdering whore!" Meredith hissed drawing herself up and backed up to join the group surrounding Jet.
Jet cringed at her sister's words tears and sobs beginning to wrack her frame. "No..no..no…I didn't I'm not.." She let out a soft keening as she fell to the ground melting into sorrow and hurt.
Then she looked up at the sound of retreating steps, and her eyes widened as she watched one by one, her friends turning and leaving, but not before casting looks of disgust or pure hatred over their shoulders.
A soft snarl came from above and Jet weakly looked up to see Skylord glaring down at her. "I hope you're happy, knowing that you're siding with my kidnapper." Skylord hissed curling her lip and showing her teeth at Jet her own red eyes ablaze with hatred. "You're not my partner, as I am no longer your guardian." Skylord said spreading her wings and with a powerful flap pushed herself into the air and then flew off after Jet's friends.
Jet jumped to her feet staggering slightly as she began to run after Skylord. "Skylord no! Don't leave me please!" She begged reaching for the darkus bakugan just before she too phased out of existence. "N-no don't leave me. I'm sorry, please don't leave me…" Jet sank to her knees. "I-I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" Jet wailed. "DON'T LEAVE ME!"
But only silence was the answer. Jet looked around rapidly, finding herself alone and in the dark. Finally Jet couldn't take it the girl screamed, covering her eyes tears practically pouring from her eyes as she dropped to the ground letting hysterics take over.
"Somebody please help me!" Jet wailed as she thrashed around on the ground and was beside herself in sadness in pain and then…
"JET WAKE UP!"
A/N yesshhh not too happy with this chapter so! I need you my dear readers to tell me how to make it better! SO REVIEW!