Disclaimers: I own nothing except my OC, Jack.
Rosebud66: Glad that you enjoyed that chapter. From that, I'm gonna guess you'll enjoy this one too. They're going to have Jack and Adora will have their difficulties but their definitely going to still have feelings for one another.
AlphaGodzilla19: Jack will be cured. Black Manta will survive.
Crossovercomic: It's pretty good, but I'm not going to say yes, because there are plenty of other people asking for different suits, so it's still a maybe.
JD: Thanks. There probably will be some tension between Mermista and Adora but, I'm mostly focused on Jack's story arc for now.
AAA: Yeah, Manta probably used his jet pack.
Guest 1: Soon, hopefully.
Victor: Something similar to that.
Leo: I'm sorry, I'm not going to use that idea. It sounds pretty great but I have my own plans. And no, sorry, I haven't seen it, I've only recently been catching up on the animated movies.
Billy: Like I said before, I'm mostly focused on finishing off this season, so I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with Zod except that he's probably going to be in at least season 2. But I'll consider your idea once I'm doing Zod.
Guest 2: You can make some Catra and Batwing moments if you like. I'm not promising anything except that Batwing will definitely not happen until season 2 as my season 1 is completely filled to the brim. Can you tell me about his personality, because the only place I've seen Batwing is in the Bad Blood movie, and I didn't like him as it felt like he took too much time away from Damien, Dick, and Batwoman, and in the Batwoman TV series were he doesn't get a suit or do much heroics.
Wes: I'm probably not going to do that, as I want to have Jack have some weaknesses.
Ian: Not sure about that.
Kira: Thanks, for your support. Yeah, he probably will hold a grudge against her.
Alan: Probably not. Sorry, but I have my own idea.
Alex: I don't know what I'm going to do for season 5 for the most part.
Malcom: I'm not sure about Krypto.
Guest 3: I'm not quite sure who you're talking about as I've read over it and can't find any mention to a blonde girl in his dreams.
Guest 4: Probably not, maybe around the same time but not the exact same day even.
Guest 5: No, Catra probably won't use her claws on Jack, as I plan for a deferent sparring partner.
Guest 6: Not sure if I'm doing Parasite.
Guest 7: There definitely will be a battle between Jack and his justice league and Adora vs. Darkseid.
Guest 8: I'm not sure how Kara will be like towards Glimmer or Angella, for things like character relationships, I do when I write them.
Warnings: Suicidal thoughts, if these things trigger you in any way, please skip this chapter and maybe the next.
Chapter 10: The truth hurts
Jack's P.O.V.
We ride the skiff through to the to the whispering woods. The skiff then stops. "How could I let this happen?" Adora asks herself.
"Adora, it's not your fault," Bow says.
"It is my fault. Entrapta's gone because of my plan," Adora replies.
"This only happened because we were all together," Mermista says.
"Mermista's right, being together makes us vulnerable," Perfuma says.
"Maybe there's a reason why the Princess Alliance fell apart before. Maybe this whole thing was a bad idea," Mermista says.
"Mermista, no, you can't say that," Glimmer says.
"Look can we continue this chat while we go to my home, so I can prepare for my inventible death and say goodbye to the people I care about," I say. The sadness obvious on their face, but none of them know what to say. Sea Hawk starts the Skiff and we go back to Bright Moon.
Time skip.
We stop in front of Bright Moon. "For what it's worth, I'm so sorry this is happening to you, and I'm really going to miss you," Mermista says. I pull her into a hug. She's shocked at first, but then hugs back tightly, and I feel a tear from her land on my shoulder. I pull away.
"It's worth a lot," I say. Mermista lets out a sniffle, and nods with a sad smile.
"It was an honor fight beside you, Prince Jack," Kaldur says.
"It was an honor for me too, Kaldur," I say and we shake hands.
Perfuma and me share a small hug. Seahawk afterwards then runs at me and pulls me into a hug, crying a lot. "Uh... there, there," I say.
Time skip.
Bow carries Glimmer, while Adora carries me, as we walk to Bright Moon. "Oh, Glimmer! Jack!" Mom exclaims as she pulls us both into hugs. "Are you hurt?" she asks us, examining us.
"Mom, you're crushing me," Glimmer says.
Bow hugs all three of us.
I break the hug. "Mom, I need some time to myself," I say.
"No, you are not leaving my side until we find a cure," Angella says.
"Don't tell me what to do! I'm the one who's dying!" I scream at her, my eyes lighting up with heat vision, and my eyes tearing up. My Mom backs away in fear. My eyes turn back to normal. "I-I-I'm sorry, Mom," I say. "Bow, can you please just get me out of here," I say. Bow gives me a nod, and helps me walk through the hallway.
Glimmer waits till I'm out of hearing range before asking Adora, "What's going on with him?"
"I don't know. He's just been angrier. And I think he's reliving what Catra did to him. And I'm trying to help him, but I just don't know how," Adora says.
"It sounds like PTSD," Angella says.
"What's that?" Glimmer and Adora ask.
"When someone survives a traumatic event there sometimes can be after effects. The anger and reliving the traumatic events are some of the after effects," Angella says.
"Is there any way to help him?" Adora asks.
"The only way we can help him is by being there for him and supporting him. Besides, I'm much more concerned with the poison," Angella says.
I wait until I'm out of the girls hearing range to talk to Bow. "Bow I need you to promise that when I die-," I start but Bow interrupts me.
"If you die," Bow says.
I sigh. "If I die, I need you to look after Glimmer and my Mom," I say.
"I will," Bow says.
"Thanks, and I need you to know-," I say, but start coughing up blood.
"Easy, Jack, easy," Bow says.
"You've-You've always been like a brother to me," I say.
"You've always been a brother to me, too," Bow says.
Time skip.
Bow drops me off and leaves at my request. I start walking into my room but I soon lose my balance and grabs hold of my metal bed rails. I struggle to breath. I start hearing everything uncontrollably, from birds chirping to people talking. My heart starts racing faster. My mouth feels dry. My vision starts going wild, altering from normal, to x-ray, or just heightened.
"Jack doesn't believe that we can save him. He's given up all hope on it, and it's really depressing," I hear Bow say. I gasp for air.
"Is he wrong? Is there anything we actually can do to save him?" I hear Glimmer's reply. I start crying.
"The doctors are doing everything they can to create a cure," Angella says. My body starts feeling numb.
"But what if they aren't able to make it in time, or what if they can't? I don't want to lose my brother, mom," Glimmer says. Glimmer and Angella hug.
I feel dizzy and tighten my grip on the metal bar, crushing it just trying to stay standing. It feels like I'm being chocked. I want help. I need help. I just need Adora by my side. I try to scream for help but the words are stuck in my throat.
I then flashback.
She then swings her claws at me and surprisingly pierce my skin. I groan in pain.
"Jack!" Adora shouts.
"What, Kryptonian, cat got your tongue?" Catra quips, smirking. I head-butt her, but she just drives her claws deeper causing me to growl in pain, and cough up blood.
It then repeats in my head, causing my grip on the metal bar to tighten even more, snapping it off and I fall to my knees. The word Kryptonian starts to echo. I grip my head and let out a croaky sob, as blood bleeds out of my mouth and eyes.
"My little Kryptonian," A female voice that isn't Catra's or anyone I know but at the same time sounds really familiar. A blast of my heat vision then sends me flying into the wall and falling unconscious.
Time skip.
I groan as I wake. "Wha-what happened?" I ask.
"You almost died, Jack," Adora says. I nod, not really sure what to say, and give her and Glimmer a hug.
"Mom, what's a Kryptonian?" I ask.
"A what?" Angella asks.
"A Kryptonian. It's what Catra called me before she stabbed me. It sounds familiar," I explain.
"I think I know," Angella says, sighing. "Guards, fetch me a wheelchair," she says.
Time skip.
Angella leads us all to a room with Bow pushing my wheel chair, ad Glimmer and Adora following behind us. We stop at a door which has been off-limits for me and glimmer for as long as I can remember. She opens the door and we see this device stand in the middle of the room. It was as advanced as First Ones technology, but it was different and the letters on it were very different. "Mom, what is this?" I ask.
"Me and Micah heard a crash and found this pod with a baby in it," Angella says. Angella sighs, there's more she needs to say but she doesn't know how to say it. "You were that baby," she admits.
"What?" I ask, tears falling from my eyes.
"We couldn't find your parents or were you were from so we took you in," Angella says. I can't breathe again. I feel myself sweating. I feel a pain in my chest. "We loved you. I love you," she says. I feel my blood rising as does my anger as well. I don't speak only glare at her. I look at my friend's reactions, they were shocked. "Please, say something son," Angella begs. My anger grows. I growl, before using my super speed to grab by the throat before anyone can even flinch.
"And say what!? What do you me to say? That I forgive you? That your still my Mom? Never going to happen!" I shout.
"Jack… stop… your hurting me," Angella says, gasping for air.
"Jack, please, stop," Glimmer begs.
"Why'd you never tell me!?" I ask. Angella doesn't say anything. "Why!?" I scream, my heat vision building up making my eyes glow red.
"I… I didn't want you to feel any different," Angella says.
"I am different. Why is that a bad thing? I wasn't able to connect with people. Never felt like myself. Because I didn't know who I am. You kept that from me. You lied to me!" I shout.
"Jack, just let her go," Adora begs.
"Jack, I'm sorry. I… I only wanted to protect you my son," Angella says.
"I am not your son and I hate you!" I shout.
"Jack, let her go!" Glimmer says. I look and see the fear in her eyes.
I release my grip on Angella's throat. Angella gasps for air. "Get out," I say, barely hearable.
"Jack, I…," Adora starts says.
"Get out!" I scream, tears falling from my face. Bow and Glimmer help Angella up and get out of the room. Adora gives me a concerned look, before leaving. I fall to the floor. I start sobbing. I just sit there trying to breathe through my sobs. A long while later once I was feeling slightly better I got up and inspected the ship, looking for answers.
I found this crystal, which shape was a hexagon rectangle only with one side ending in a point, and the other has this strange symbol which is in the shape of an 'S'. There was nothing else except the inscriptions on the ship that I can't decipher.
Time skip.
I lightly knock on Glimmer's door. Glimmer opens it. As soon as Glimmer sees me she glares. "Look, I know I messed up, but can we please just talk?" I ask pleadingly. Glimmer sighs, and gives me a come inside hand signal. I walk in. "Look, I mean every word. Everything I said to Angella. But grabbing her by the neck, nearly killing her, that was wrong," I say.
"Have you told this to Mom," Glimmer asks.
"She isn't my Mom," I say, bitterly.
"And am I not your sister!?" Glimmer asks. The silence afterwards almost broke my sisters heart.
"Did you know? That I'm adopted? That I'm an alien?" I ask.
"No, but I love and accept you anyway, and so does Mom," Glimmer says.
"This isn't about the fact that she loves and accepts me. She lied to me about a big part of myself my entire life. I can't forgive that. But for you there's nothing to forgive, and I still love you, sis," I say.
Time skip.
I knock on Adora's door. She opens it, and she looks like she wants to say something but words can't come out. "Adora, can we talk, please?" I ask.
"Alright," Adora says, letting me in. We both sit down in her bed. "Why'd you attack your mom?" Adora asks.
"It's kind of a long story," I say.
"Go ahead, I'm listening," Adora says.
"When I was four, me and Glimmer got into a fight, I can't remember what it was about but it ended with me pushing Glimmer so hard that she flies into a wall and cracked her head. She nearly died, I nearly killed her. I didn't mean to hurt her; I was just a kid playing around with his little sister. She was in surgery almost 12 hours, and I didn't sleep for a second, because all I could think about was how terrified I was of losing her. She forgot, but I didn't, I couldn't. I closed myself off. I filtered my emotions so I didn't hurt anyone. Whenever I was scared, or angry, or upset, I didn't let myself be. Ever since that day, I've never been myself, not really, until now. When Catra stabbed me, that wall I put up came crumbling down, and all the anger and hatred and fear I've ever felt grew, and I can't control it. And this all happened in the worst week of my life," I explain.
"And every time you did or said something out of anger this afterwards, it was because of that?" Adora asks, and all I can do is nod. Adora pulls me into a hug. "I'm sorry, this is all my fault," Adora says.
"Adora, this is not your fault," I say.
"It is my fault. If you never meet me you Catra wouldn't have been at the Prom and poisoned you," Adora says.
"Even if you were right, which you're not, I don't regret meeting you because…," I say, I pause. 'Because I love you' is what I want to say, but I'm too afraid. "Because you're my friend," I say. Adora and me hug and we fall asleep together.
Time skip.
I wake up because of a sick feeling in my stomach. I sit up and cough up blood into my hand. I sigh and pull out the crystal. I cough up blood again and some of it lands on the crystal. The 'S' symbol starts to glow and then creates this holographic map of Etheria and there's this dot near Bright Moon. I look over at Adora who's sleeping. I write a note and run off.
Time skip, Adora's P.O.V.
I wake up and notice that Jack's gone. I look through the room and see a note.
Dear Adora,
I found something in the ship that might lead to the cure, but I wanted to say goodbye in case I don't find it in time or it doesn't pan out. If I die don't blame yourself, despite this week, the other ones have been the best days of my life. Also, say goodbye to Glimmer and tell her I love her,
Jack.
"No, oh god," I say, and run to get Bow, Glimmer and the others for help.
Time skip.
I got the Glimmer, Bow and Angella to help, and Angella got the guards to help as we search for Jack. I found Jack in front of a waterfall just standing there. "Jack, what are you doing?" I ask.
Jack's P.O.V.
I turn around and see Adora. "hey, Adora," I say. I pull out the crystal. "I found this, and it created this holographic map that lead me here. I thought there would be something here. Anything that might help. But there's nothing," I say, the lack of hope in my eyes made Adora sad.
"It's going to be alright. We're going to figure something out," Adora says.
"No, we won't. Adora, there's nothing we can do but say goodbye now," I say.
"Jack, I can't lose you, please, don't do this," Adora begs.
I sigh. I look down at the bottom of the waterfall. "I'm tired Adora. Everything's just pain now. I just want it to end," I say, staring at the bottom of the waterfall.
"I know it's been rough, bu-," Adora says.
"You don't know, Adora!" I shout. I take some calming breaths. "You don't know what it's like to be slowly torn apart inside. You don't know what it's like to have your eyes bleed until you faint. You don't know what it's like to find out that your adopted and are a space abomination! You don't!" I say, tears pouring out of my eyes.
"Jack, Please!" Adora screams.
"I'm sorry Adora, but I'm not strong enough to keep going. And it's inevitable, my death, so why prolong it when all I'm feeling is pain," I say.
"Jack, get away from the edge!" Adora shouts, tears pouring from her eyes.
Knowing I was never going to get another chance I finally had enough courage to admit something I was too scared to before. "I love you, Adora," I say, before I let myself fall.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, despite it being somewhat depressing.
I seem to love cliffhangers, but this'll be the last one before the end of the season.
It'll also be less depressing moving forward for the rest of the season, though I'll try and balance the dark and realistic world and war like stuff, and the canon's happy and a little campy in a good way stuff.
Also, all I know about PTSD and attempted suicide is what I've seen on TV and read on websites, so if I've made any mistakes about my interpretation of it please feel free to tell me as I'm open to constructive criticism.
Please review, favorite and/or follow, and until next time, Ant-boy out.