Chapter 50: jack's challenge

Jack was sitting in a tree thinking as he watched the sun go down. He had been searching for his happy little pinkie pie since day one, and sadly has had no such luck. Jack felt truly lost without his hyper companion around his side to comfort him and that alone was tearing him part from the inside "oh pinkie pie" jack mumbled "I hope that I find you so that we can go back home, this world is no place for you", he sighed as he almost felt like crying. "well you won't find her in that tree now will you" a voice said from below him, jack then looked down to see that it was none other than blade.

"blade!" jack said as he jumped down and hugged him "oh man am I glad to see ya!", blade smiled as he hugged him back "likewise my friend". As the two stopped hugging jack then looked over blade's shoulder "uhh, where's sam?" he asked him.

"sam is...well how should I put it, having a nice relaxing shower with a sexy Blonde southern girl" he said with a smile, jack was floored "no way!" shouted "but..you were with him for only two days! How did you get the two together that fast?".
Blade then rubbed his nails on his trench coat "oh that, I just simply and purposely messed up the water pipes in the bathroom is all" he said with pride "Jamie came at the right time to "help" out sam, I heard them in the bathroom and knew that the two were getting it on. So I kindly went and fixed up the pipes that I messed up and I fixed up the field as well and planted new trees".

"wow, you work fast".

"well I'm not one to tire so easily, but now that sam and applejack are together. I can now help you out with finding pinkie pie", jack smiled as if a shimmer of hope had hit him "really?" he said. Blade nodded at him "of course, there's nothing wrong with helping a friend, you guys want to go home and I'm gonna help you guys get home one way or the other". Jack was overjoyed by his statement as he wiped a few tears from his eyes "thanks".

"anytime jack, come on let's go to my place. We can rest there and look for pinkie pie in the morning " the two then walked down the road and headed into the city and over to blade's home so they could begin there journey to find pinkie pie.

THE NEXT DAY

As jack was on the couch asleep and blade was in his room, both men woke up at the same time but for different reasons; blade was feeling lightheaded and jack was having night terrors. Blade walked out of his room and looked over to see jack awake and in a curled up position, blade sighed "this isn't good, the more jack worries about pinkie pie, the more his mind begins to break" he thought "looks like jack won't be so easy as it was for sam, and that took only two days. Who knows how long it's gonna take to find jack's girl let alone try to get her to fall in love with him again".

Blade then walked over to jack as he sat on the couch "hey buddy, you ok?" he asked him hoping to make him feel better. Jack nodded slowly "yea...I'm alright" he said in a depressed tone, blade then placed his hand on his shoulder "hey don't get so Mopey, I told you were gonna find her jack" blade said "come on, I'll get ya some breakfast. Will that make ya feel a little better?".

Jack smiled a tiny bit "sure, I guess I could grab a bite to eat".

"that's the spirit, come on let's get ready", blade and jack then got ready to start the day as they brushed there teeth, got some new clothes on and headed out the door.

As the two came out of the door and headed down the street blade then thought of some things to talk about so he could make jack feel better "so...ummm, how about that weather huh?" he said, but it didn't work as jack was still in a bitter mood "well that didn't work" he thought. The two then walked into a borders bookstore and went over to the coffee shop, blade then pulled out his wallet.

"hey, I'll have a coffee and a pumpkin scone" he said as he then turned to jack "you want anything?". Jack glanced up at the list of things that they had, he knew that he shouldn't be so depressed as he and blade were going to go look for pinkie pie so that alone gave him some hope "I'll...I'll have a mocha frap, and a chocolate chip muffin".

"ok, do you two want all that here or to go?" the employee asked.

"we'll have it here" blade said.

"ok, your total comes to 4.78$", blade then pulled out some cash and handed it over to him as the employee got there things and handed them over "thank you very much" he said "and I must say that your friend is very lucky to get the last muffin".

Blade and jack looked at each other then turned to the employee "why is that?" blade asked him, the employee then removed his glasses as he then cleaned them "well because we have a regular that comes here every morning and gets a chocolate chip muffin" he said "I hope that she doesn't find out that you got the last one".

Jack then smiled a bit "well if she asks who got it, I will be more than happy to share with her, what does she look like?".

The employee tapped his head with his finger in thought "hmm, well she has pink hair, blue eyes, light skin but not to light, and she wears over the top dresses" he said, jack raised his eyebrow at the word pink hair "she has pink hair?" he said.

"mhm, her name is Katherine Jackson, she's a very sweet and kind girl, with a very ummm...how should I put this. She has a very hyperactive personality" he said, jack could only blink as he opened his mouth "umm, w-when will she be here?".

The employee then tapped his fingers on the counter "hmmmm, you know I'm not really sure. I think that she comes in around-" he stopped talking as he looked at the side door "oh speak of the devil her she is now", blade and jack then both turned around to see a girl with pink Curley hair wearing a long sleeve pink and white shirt with a black sleeveless shirt under it, and short Jean pants and blue and yellow shoes. Jack's heart started to beat faster and faster as he starred at her "she is so cute" he thought as she skipped over to the counter.

"hello!" Katherine said.

"hey Kathy, what's up?".

Katherine smiled brightly "oh nothing much, just enjoying my time with my new family" she said "but other than that I'm good". The employee smiled "well I hope that this family is better than your other family that took you in", Katherine nodded in agreement "I know!, my other parents were mean, they didn't feed me or give me anything to wear!", as katherine was having her conversation blade and jack were sitting in a table a few feet away "hmm did you hear that?" blade said to jack who was eating his food.

"what?" jack said.

"that girl Katherine said that she was taken in by another family, looks like your girl pinkie pie is a foster child". Jack swallowed his food as he heard blade talk "well if she's a foster child, then I guess that means that her parents are either dead or they abandoned her", blade nodded at him "right, so now the question is? How are we gonna get close to her?. As the the two pondered up an idea Katherine was still having her conversation with he employee "so then I ate this huge tub of ice cream and then I had this super super cold brain freeze! It was so weird!" the employee nodded at her "well that can happen when you eat too much ice cream" he said, Katherine shook her head rapidly "anyway, do you have any chocolate chip muffins?" she asked.

The employee shook his head at her "sorry katherine but I already handed out the last one, sorry". Katherine was a bit upset by this "awww, that's a let down" she said, the employee then patted her shoulder "hey now, it's not a total loss" he said "in fact, the person that I sold it to is over there in the table next to the window with a friend of his". The employee then pointed over to the table.

As Katherine looked at the table he was pointing at she spotted the person that was eating her muffin. Katherine was a bit surprised to see how cute he was "w-who is that? I've never seen him before and I know everyone in the city" Katherine said, the employee shrugged "don't know, he never said. But if I were you, I would go over there and as-" he stopped talking to see that Katherine was walking over to the boys "man that girl is weird, but in a good way" he thought.

As blade and jack were thinking they were both interrupted by katherine "excuse me" she said in her bubbly voice, "one of the workers told me that you got the last chocolate chip muffin". Jack nodded at her "yup, but I would be glad to share it with you" Katherine smiled brightly as she jumped up and down as she pulled a chair up to them, jack then pulled out a plastic knife from his bag and cut the other half of the muffin. As Katherine saw jack cut the muffin she then started to have flashbacks of her childhood.

She then remembered seeing her father killing her mother in a fit of rage as she watched from the closet, she then remembered her screams of pain and agony as her father stabbed her over and over again until she finally stopped screaming. Her father then raised the knife up to his throat as he slowly slit it and fell next to her mother, this was the real reason why she was a foster child, why she was always being moved from home to home. For her mind kept reminding her of what happened when she was only 5.

As she kept staring at the plastic knife blade then tapped Katherine's shoulder "uhhh miss? You ok?" he asked her, Katherine then snapped out of her thought "huh? What? Oh yea I'm ok!" she said with a large smile across her face. Blade only raised an eyebrow at her "ok then" he said as he went back to thinking, jack then placed the half of the muffin on a napkin for her "here you go" he said. Katherine then glanced down at the muffin as her smile grew wider "yay! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she said as she took the piece of the muffin and ate it.

"wow, looks like you were really hungry" jack said.

As Katherine licked her lips she then looked at him and shook her head rapidly "yup I sure was" she said. Before the two could talk Katherine then felt her pocket vibrate, she then quickly scurried to her pocket and pulled out her phone to see that her parents were calling her "oh man! Looks like I gotta go now!" she said as she got up from the table "hey maybe we can meet up again, do you live nearby?". Jack blinked as he thought of what to say "uhh yea, I live a few blocks from here", Katherine smiled brightly as she then hugged jack tightly "yay! My new friend lives around here!" she said as she then let him go and headed out the door but stopped as she turned her head to him "oh I almost forgot to ask your name" Katherine said.

"oh, my name is jack".

"jack huh? Good name".

"thanks Katherine" jack quickly covered his mouth as blade shot his head up at him. Katherine then raised her eyebrow at him as she then walked away from the door and over to him "hey how do you know who I am?" she asked with a small glare, jack then thought of some excuse before giving her an answer "oh that, well I overheard the employee say your name and that's how I knew" he said, Katherine then glanced at him more until she backed up and smiled "okie doke" she said as she ran out the door, jack sighed as blade patted him on the back "not bad" he said "but be more careful next time".

Jack scratched his head "right, sorry blade".

"it's alright, now that we know that pinkie pie is in this area, we now need to plan how were gonna get the two of you together" he said. Jack then thought of an idea "I know, what if we went on a picnic?" he suggested, "hmmmm, that dosen't sound like a bad idea jack" blade said "ok will do it".

Jack smiled at blade as the two walked out of the bookstore to prepare operation Picnic.

The boys walked downtown so they could find the things that they needed so they could start the picnic, "ok, were gonna need a basket, some food, and a mat. This will be easy" jack said. Blade nodded at him "true but now the question is, will it work?". Jack then placed his hands in his pocket "I hope it does, otherwise were gonna be in a bad situation if it doesn't". As they kept talking about the plan they didn't know that they were being watched by black haze in the distance "so" he said "the two of them are going to have a picnic so jack can get with pinkie pie, very cleaver" he said. As he kept watching the two he then heard his cell phone ring as he then went into his pocket and pulled it out.

"hello?".

"how's the operation going so far my friend?" it was night shadow.

"it's going well, they already found three of the girls and now there working on the fourth", night shadow smiled on the other side of the line "well now, it looks like they might beat your game black haze". Black haze sighed "that may be so, but it also looks like they have some outside help with them as well and I didn't say that they could use any help". Night shadow tapped his fingers on his desk "I see, well then. It looks like they broke a rule in your little game then" he said, black haze grinned darkly "mhm, and those that break the rules must be punished".

"so tell me black haze, do you intend to kill them right now?" night shadow asked.

Black haze kept staring at the two boys "no" he said "not right now that is, once the last one has been found and been saved. Then they will have my permission to die" he said, night shadow only listened as he then had a wicked smile on his face as he thought how his best friend would get rid of them. "alright haze" night shadow said "your the ring leader of this little circus, but do me a favor".

"what is it?".

"be careful, you forget who they are".

Black haze closed his eyes "I know, and I shall be careful my friend" he said as he hung up and watched his prey from afar, night shadow placed his phone on the desk as he then got up from the chair and looked out the window "I know that you'll do well black haze, I have utmost faith in you. And I know that you'll see our little pests to there demise" he said.

Meanwhile blade and jack were in a store buying all the things that they needed for the picnic "ok this looks like enough food, what do you think blade?" said. Blade was standing in line with a blanket in his arms as he looked at his friend "that's perfect jack, once we get these things back home, we'll get things prepared for the picnic". Jack smiled as he thought about the picnic hoping that it would go well, as he was in thought he didn't know that he was leaning back a bit as he then fell over knocking another person down as well. "ow" he said as he looked over to see the other person "oh my, I'm so sorry". Jack then got to his knees and helped the person up "there you go, are you alright" he asked.

"yup I'm alright", jack then noticed the tone in the persons voice "wait, you sound like i've meet you before" he said "have we meet before?", the stranger then raised there head up and looked into jack's eyes as he saw that it was none other than Katherine. "Katherine" jack said as he backed up a bit, Katherine gasped and smiled widely "Jacky!" she shouted as she hugged him tightly "yay! I got to see you again!" she said as she kept holding onto him, jack then placed his hands on her hips as he hugged her back "yea, me too".

The two hugged for a while until blade tapped on them "sorry to break your never ending hug, but jack and I have to go sadly" he said, Katherine then opened her eyes "awwwww, ok" she said a bit upset as she let him go. Jack then looked at the floor and saw that he forgot to pick up he food that he had dropped, he then kneeled down and started to pick up the items for the picnic. Katherine just stared at him curiously "hey jacky" she said.

As jack picked up the last item he then looked up at her. As he looked into her eyes he was amazed at how beautiful they were, Katherine blinked as she then felt warm as a blush came to her face "umm w-what are you doing with all that food?" she asked as she played with her hair, jack snapped out of it as he got up "oh this, well I was gonna have a picnic and-" he was cut off as Katherine shouted "a picnic! Oh I love picnics! There just so picnicy!".

Jack snickered a bit "really now", Katherine nodded rapidly "yup! Who are you going with?" she asked, jack then tapped his foot "ummm well, I was gonna go with ummm, ummm". Blade then placed his hand on his shoulder "he was gonna ask you out Katherine ". Katherine then started jumping up and down rapidly as she smiled "yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!" she said over and over again, jack smiled "well we have to get this stuff home, but...I can't wait to see you tomorrow for our date".

"me too".

They then left as they got ready for tomorrows date.

THE NEXT DAY

Blade and jack were getting things ready for the picnic for him and Katherine, what they had packed inside the basket were tons of food, some drinks, and a candle. Blade was looking over everything inside the basket to make sure that they didn't forget anything "ok everything looks fine jack" blade said, jack nodded "ok...I hope everything goes well" he said in a nervous tone, blade smiled as he placed his hand on his shoulder "don't worry jack, your gonna do fine, trust me on this".

Jack smiled a bit "thanks man".

"anytime, now let's get going so we can hook you and pinkie pie up", the two then closed the basket top as they walked out the door and went to look for pinkie pie. Jack and blade walked down the street thinking about how the picnic date will go, Meanwhile Katherine was at home in her room in the dark curled up in a ball as she rocked back and forth. She had been having nightmares again and again about her mother's death and how her father was kept yelling that he was coming for her next, these nightmares were the result of her never being able to settle in with other families over the years causing her to be moved from family to family, she tried everyday to block out the horrible memories but it never worked.

Her foster family that she stayed with really wanted to help her out and make her well, they were very loving to her unlike Katherine's past foster parents that only cared about financial support and would refuse to feed or clothe her. When they took her in the foster councilor told them about her past and they promised her that they would do there best to help her by giving her all the love and support that they could give the girl.

They tried for over three months but nothing worked as Katherine's memories had caused her to snap at times as she would hallucinate and act out, this alone made them decided not let her go to school for they feared that she might hurt herself. People and her peers all assumed that she was just hyperactive and was trying to be silly and funny...if Only they knew the truth.

As Katherine was in her room her foster parents were downstairs talking "oh dear, what are we to do?" Katherine's foster mother said. Her foster father was holding his pipe in his hand as he was thinking as he held his wife's hand "I'm not sure Hun, but I hope that she will be able to go on her date today with that boy she told us about" he said "the way she sounded and told us about him, he sounds like a sweet boy for her".

His wife nodded as she looked at the stairs and sighed "we have tried everything to make her feel better...maybe we didn't try hard enough dear".

She then felt her husbands hands hold hers "nonsense dear, I know that we can help her get better, who knows maybe that jack fella can help her", his wife smiled a bit "hope that your right". As the two worried about Katherine they then heard a knock at the door, the two got up and walked over to the door and opened it reviling it to be blade and jack. "yes, may I help you?" Katherine's foster mother said in kind tone "good morning mam" blade said "were friends of Katherine and we were wondering if she would be able to join us on our picnic today?". "oh you must be jack, the boy that she talked about yesterday".

Blade shook his head "I'm terribly sorry but I'm not him" he then pointed over to jack "this is jack, my name is blade, it's a pleasure to meet you". The woman was a little confused by his name but she accepted it never less.

"oh it's a pleasure to meet the two of you" she said.

"same here mam" jack said.

"oh please, won't the two of you come inside?" she asked, they nodded and walked inside as Katherine's foster father stood on the left side of the door "welcome boys" he said as he held out his hand to them, the two shook his hand as they walked over to the couch as the parents followed and sat with them. As they all sat jack pulled on the collar of his shirt as he was trying his best not to be nervous, the parents saw this and smiled at him "it's alright son, there's no need to be nervous" katherine's father said. Jack blinked a bit "are you sure? Because I don't want to make a bad impression".

They nodded at him "of course, just be yourself".

Jack sighed in a bit of relief as he calmed down, blade then turned his attention tithe parents "excuse me" he said "I don't mean to be rude, but will katherine be able to join us for our hang out?". Katherine's father smiled at him as he placed his pipe into his mouth "of course my boy, let me go get her real quick" he said as he got up from his wife's side and walked over to the steps to fetch her, Katherine's mother cleared her throat "i'm sorry that Katherine didn't come downstairs to see the two of you" she said "she's just...going through something at the moment".

This caught blade and jack's attention "really? May we kindly ask what it my be? I mean if that's alright with you?" jack asked, the woman raised her hand at them "no no it's fine, I should probably tell you to give you both a heads up". She then got her thoughts together and sighed "you see, Katherine has been going through some major issues with her past".

"how so?" blade asked.

"well, when we adopted her, the councilor that had her told us about her birth parents, her father had murdered her mother and himself in a fit of rage and she witnessed that when she was only five years old", blade and jack were shocked to hear this "that's horrible" jack said. Katherine's mother agreed with him "yes, and ever since that had happened to her she has been having sever nightmares and hallucinations all her life. My husband and I have tried very hard to help her, but nothing has seemed to work. At times we hear her talk to herself, we hear talk to the "voices" within her head, how they tell her that her that she will never have any friends or how she will always be alone", the boys didn't say anything as she kept talking.

"she may always look like she is smiling and have a wonderful time, but that is a mask to hide her sanity breaking everyday, her mind is already broken and she has snapped at times. Not in a violent way, but in a more hyperactive way, my husband and I have been praying that she will get better and hope that everything will be well". The room was silent as depression and sadness filled the room, jack then looked at the floor "I...I had no idea she was going through all of that" he said. Blade nodded silently until the woman spoke "well, she did speak about how she really liked you jack".

Jack then raised his head up "s-she..she did?".

"mhm, she told us about how she meet these two wonderful boys and how one of them was really cute, she told us your name, how you shared your food with her and everything, she couldn't stop talking about you. And that alone makes me smile", jack could not help but smile as a tiny hard to see tear came down his face. The three all then heard footsteps as they all saw Katherine and her father come down the steps.

"sorry to keep you waiting" he said, Katherine then looked over to see jack and blade sitting on the couch "Jackie!" she shouted as she ran over to him and tackled him in a hug "hey Katherine" jack said as he held onto her tightly, she kept holding onto him as she showed her bright smile. Her parents were happy, they were happy to see there adopted daughter be with someone. She had no friends and she had always felt alone because she thought that her hyper attitude and over the top dresses drove them away, but here was someone that she cared about and someone that she secretly loved.

Blade then got up as he picked up the basket "well we better be going now, will bring her back as soon as possible" he said. The parents looked at each other for a bit with hint of worry for there daughter might go into another snapped outburst while being with them. "alright" they said "just be careful".

Blade and jack nodded at them "we will" they then walked over to the door as blade opened it letting jack who was holding katherine still though as he followed closing the door behind him, the parents stood there as they held onto each other hoping that nothing would happen to them.

DOWN THE ROAD

The three walked down the street as they enjoy there fun time together, they went to the mall, played a few video games at the arcade, and even went to a carnival. Jack and Katherine were getting closer and closer the more that they hung out and that was a good sign, blade was keeping at eye on her just in case she would have any outbursts. Thankfully none happened as they finally reached there finally destination, "ohhh! I can't wait to have our picnic!" Katherine said as she hopped up and down.

Jack smiled at her "me too, it's gonna be great", they walked inside the park as they all looked for a good spot to sit, they all scattered to see if any spot wasn't taken. They looked all over the park and saw that all the good spots were taken.

They all came back with disappointed looks "any luck?" blade asked them, jack and Katherine shook there heads "nope" she said, "ditto" jack said. Blade was a bit disappointed "damn, I was really looking forward to it". The three then sat on the ground in defeat as they thought of what to do, Katherine then snapped her fingers "hey! This spot that were standing is perfect for our picnic", the two then looked at each other and saw that were they were all standing was a pretty good spot.

"ok, this works" jack said. The three then all sat down as blade placed the basket down and pulled out the blanket for them to sit on, blade then pasted out the food for them as they all enjoyed there wonderful day. As they finished eating they all watched the sunset as there day came to a close, as jack sat on the blanket he then felt someone's hand on top of his. He glanced over to see that it was Katherine's as she then laid her head on his shoulder with her eyes closed and a smile on her face.

Jack blushed as he laid his head next to hers as he felt how warm her cheeks were as there skin touched each other.

Blade took notice of this and nudged him "yea?" jack said.

"looks like you've got it in the bag" he said.

Jack was about to say something but he then heard Katherine yawn happily as she then held on to jack's arm and nuzzled into it, jack only stared as he then kissed her head making her cheeks light up more as her smile widened. Jack and blade then got up from the mat as jack carried Katherine in his arms as they headed to take Katherine home. After a few miles of walking they made it to Katherine's house and dropped her off, her foster parents were relived to see there daughter was ok, they told them that she didn't have any outbursts while she was with them and this alone made them happy.

The next day was the same as yesterday as the boys got up and went to start the day, as jack walked into the kitchen he then laid his head on the table. Blade walked was already in the kitchen as he had his feet on the table and was reading a book "morning" blade said, jack then glanced at him as black hair block his face as he then pulled out a rubber band and wrapped his hair into a ponytail as he laid his head on the table "so, you gonna go over and have a quiet time with pinkie pie?" he asked, jack snickered at him "maybe, I just hope that she had a good time". Blade turned a page in his book as jack then got ready to see his lovely Katherine, as blade was reading he then heard his house phone start to ring.

He grabbed it from the table and answered it:

"hello?".

"blade!" it was Katherine's mother, blade was a bit worried at how she sounded "what's wrong?" he asked her, Katherine's mother then started crying "it's Katherine! She's gone missing!".

"what!".

"she has been missing for about two hours and we can't find her!", blade then ran over to the bathroom door "don't worry will find her mam" he said as he then slammed on the door "jack come out quick! We got a problem!", jack came out of the bathroom in his new clothes as he was brushing his teeth "what's up?" he said.

"jack katherine is missing".

Jack stopped brushing his teeth as he dropped his toothbrush on the floor in shook, he then ran over to the door grabbing a white t-shirt as he ran out of the door. "what jack!" blade yelled as he ran after him, as jack ran down the stairs and slammed the door open, he then looked left and right to see which way he should go.

Blade caught up to him "jack just calm down everything will be alright" he said, jack then turned to him "clam down!? Why should I calm down! My marefriend has disappeared and I have to find her now!". Blade agreed with him "I know that, but we have no idea were she's at for us to look for her" he said. The two then saw a fire truck and two police cars pass them by going to the left.

"I guess we follow them" blade said as the two took off after the cars.

TWO STORY BUILDING

The boys followed the cars all the way from the house about 4 miles until they saw them stop in the streets. Blade and jack stopped to see a large group of people standing around a building as the policemen and firefighters came out of the vehicles, one of the police officers pulled out a megaphone "this is the police, please step away from the edge of the building, we don't wan't you to get hurt", jack and blade glanced up to see that it was none other than Katherine.

"Katherine!" jack yelled.

"dammit!" blade said "looks like she had an mental outburst", jack could stand around and watch his lover stand at the edge of the building. He then bolted over to the building hoping that he could save her, blade ram after him hoping he could help out as well. As the two ran over to the buildings entrance they were soon stopped by the police "hold on now you" he said "this is a off limits zone, you can't enter here".

"fuck that! I need to help Katherine!" jack screamed.

The officer then started to pull him back "don't worry kid we got this under control, now just stand back with the other civilians alright". Jack would not have it, he wasn't going to just sit around and watch, he wanted to take action and by any means necessary. Jack then elbowed the cop in the chest as they ran inside, jack ran as fast as he could to the rooftop so he would make sure that he would save pinkie pie.

As soon as he reached the rooftop door he slammed it open and saw Katherine standing next to the edge hanging on a pole.

"Katherine!".

Katherine then turned her head over to see jack "j-Jackie", jack then walked over to her slowly "Katherine please come down from here, you don't need to be here". Katherine shook her head at him "no Jackie, the voices...they told me something, something wonderful" she said, jack clearly knew that she was in one of her outbursts "what did they tell you?" he asked.

Katherine smiled at him "they...they told me that I could fly".

Jack almost felt his heart stop after hearing that "t-they what?", Katherine then looked at the ground "they told me that I could fly, just like a bird. That would be so cool, to fly". Jack then started to move a little more over to her "did they now?".

"mhm, and when I fly. I'll bring you with me, and will fly far away together, just and me", she then held out her right leg. Jack felt like he was going to be sick as he watched her "Katherine please don't this...I don't want to lose you".

Before she could put her other foot out she then turned to him "what...what did you say?", jack then walked a few more feet over to her getting a bit closer "I said that, I don't want to lose you" he said "I...I don't want to lose someone that I love", Katherine was deeply touched, she never has had anyone love her in a romantic way and hearing this was completely new to her. "jack do you..really mean that?" she asked him.

"yes Katherine, more than anything".

Katherine then started to have tears come down her eyes as she then turned around to face him she then slipped from the edge of the building as she started losing her balance. Jack's face went wide with horror as he then ran over to try and catch her has he reached for her, he was able to grab her hand but as soon as he grabbed her hand the weight of her body then pulled him as well making him fall with her. Jack held Katherine close to his body as the two closed there eyes accepting there demise when suddenly they stopped.

The two didn't move at all as Katherine and jack then opened there eyes to see that they were not dead "Jackie" Katherine whispered.

"yea Katherine?".

"how come were not falling?".

"well I think I can answer that" a voice said.

The two then looked up to see that it was blade holding onto them with one arm, "blade! How thank god!" jack said. Blade smiled "you two sure are lucky that I'm here or else you guys would be all over the place right now" he said as he pulled them up back to solid ground, blade then dusted them off as he checked them for any scars or bruises on there bodies "looks like you guys are fine".

The two smiled at him "were better than that" Katherine said, jack then looked at her "we are?", Katherine nodded at him as she then placed her hands on his face and licked his lips slowly as she then held onto him tightly. Jack held her as close to his body as much as he could "I'm so happy that your safe".

"as am I Jackie".

The two kept holding onto each other as blade then got up from them and walked over to the staircase, as he opened the door and closed it behind him he then took off his trench coat and saw a spark of electricity come from his left arm "shit...looks like I don't have time to repair this" he said "I'll just deal with the damage for now. So now that only leaves one more person to help...max".