Passions: Through the Television (chapter 5)
Jacob and I didn't know what to do at first. So we just stood there looking at the Bennett home.
There was a dark, dark black cloud over the house and protuding from the dark clouds was a funnel. I mini tornado that seemed to only be above the Bennett home. There was hail coming from the clouds as well, golf ball size. And to top it all, there were...vines all around the house. The green vines covered the door and windows and the entire house. Every other house looked fine. Except the Bennett's. What a surprise.
Then, all at once I grabbed Jacob's arm and ran as fast as I could toward the house until he stopped, dead in his tracks. "Jacob! Come on! We've got to help them!"
"No." Jacob said firmly, "No Christy. We can't go into that house. It's to dangerous. That twister could drop down out of the sky any mintute."
"But Jacob-" I started. "
"No buts Christy! We can't. Hecbua wants to be rid of us to and the previews said-" Jacob interuppted me.
"Forget about the previews Jacob!" I interuppted him with my yell. "They are in there and they are going to die if we don't do something!"
Jacob put both his hands on both of my shoulders and he used my real name as he said, "It's not real. These people are not real. It's a television show!"
"It's more than that and you know it!" I yelled back, "If it was just a television show then how do you explain this? Huh? We're here. We're in Harmony and the places are real, the people are real. Look around you!"
"It's a dream." He said, simply. "So there is no way that I am risking my life for people who are not real."
"If this is only a dream that you really wouldn't be risking your life now would you?" I twisted around his words.
He just nodded and walked away, "Come on Christy. We should go. Now."
"I am going to help them. Whether you help me are not. I am going to help them." I said firmly.
"It's not worth it Christy." He said as I was walking toward the house. "It's not worth it."
I turned to face him as I said, "You're wrong. It is worth it. In fact, it is worth so much more to me. I would do the same thing everyday. Get up, go to school, come home, watch TV, Everyday no change. And now, I have a chance to do something that is worth it." I paused. "So I'm going to walk away now. I'm going to help them. I am not going to look back."
I waited a moment to see if he would reply. But finally I turned and walked away. I ran full speed until I got to the house. I kept my word and didn't look back. As much as I wanted to. At that point I felt stupid to think that Jacob was better than that.
I think brushed those thoughts from my mind and focused on trying to find a way to get in the house. Just then, when I thought that Jacob had left, he appeared next to me with an ax. He said, "I saw you glance back." He said smartly. He started to hack away that the vines.
"Where did you get that?" I asked.
"The shed." He replied.
"Oh," I said starting to walk toward the shed, "Be right back." I looked in the shed and smiled as I saw exactly what I was looking for.
I came up beside Jacob once again. But this time, I had something with me. I pulled the chain on the chain saw and started at the vines.
"Oh," Jacob said, throwing his ax in the snow, "I see we found something better."
"We?" I asked, smiling.
Finally, I got through the though vines and got the door down also. "Let's get in and out quickly." Jacob said.
I ran into the house first. Everyone muct have been upstairs. "You check the kicten and I'll go upstairs." I said.
"Okay. Be careful." He said.
That's when the house started shaking. It was like an earthquake. I climbed my way up the stairs. Upstairs I saw that everyone was hundled in the hallway. Probaly thought that it was some sort of natural diasater instead of a soap-opera drama stunt.
The windows we all broken so the wind was running through the whole house making lots of noise. "Who are you?!" Sam yelled while holding his wife, Grace.
"I'm your help!" I yelled back. I had forgotten that no one in the house had ever really met me.
Then, as suddenly as ever, the house trembled even hard and the floor split in two. I was amazed. I looked down the huge crack and all I saw down there was red. Red like hell. "Take my hand!!" I yelled over there as I held out my hand, "We've got to get out of here, now!!"
Jessica was the first to trust me and take my hand. She jumped and I pulled her the rest of the way and she had arived at the other side, safe. I told her quickly to run downstairs and look for a man named Jacob and that he would help her and take her outside. I also told her to tell Jacob to expect the rest of them to be down in a moment.
Jessica nodded and headed down the shaking stairway. "Come one!" I yelled as I held out my hand again.
So I helped them over, one by one. First Jessica, the Kay, then Miguel, Miguel helped Charity and they went downstairs. Then Sam jumped his way over and helped Garce. I told him to go ahead and get out of there with his wife and that I would help Reese and go downstairs. I wasn't sure if he could totally understand me over all the noise, but he nodded and went downstairs with his wife. The house was shaking more and more with each passing second.
"Come one Reese!" I yelled and held out my hand.
He said, "How do you know my name?"
"No time for that! Come on!" I yelled.
"I don't know..." Reese worried, "I mean, with the storm and wind and earthquake, the odds of jumping this are-"
"A wise man once said, 'Never tell me the odds' and that's what I'm telling you now." I said.
"Oh, you mean Han Solo from Star Wars?" Reese said.
I smiled and said, "Yes, yes exactly. Now be brave and come on!"
"Okay..." Reese said, taking my hand and jumping over. "Hey I did it!" Reese said.
"I told you you-" I was cut off when the house shook very hard and rocked back and forth.
The next thing I can remember is seeing Reese run down the stairs. The next thing after that was me, hanging on to a ledge. I tried to pulled myself up but it was no use. I craned my neck to look down. I wish I hadn't. There I saw Hecuba's face in the firey pit of hell.
"Help!!" I screamed. I could still feel the house shaking and the ledge was starting to break.
I didn't know what to do. "Help!" I said again.
Outside, Jacob was giving the Bennetts and Miguel blankets as they waited for Reese and Christy to come out.
When Jacob saw Reese come and not Christy he said, "What happened?!"
Reese could barly talk but he said, "She's still inside!"
"Oh God let her be okay!" Jacob said as he ran inside the house.
"No! Don't go in there it's to risky!" Sam yelled but it was already to late. Jacob was already inside.
Jacob ran up the half-gone stairs and ran into the hallway. "Christy! Christy!" He yelled. He didn't hear anything back until a few moments later.
"Jacob!" I yelled back. "Down here! Help! It's Hecuba!"
Within the moment I felt Jacob's hand on mine. He reached down and grabbed my arm and pulled me up. When I finally was up Jacob said, "This house is going to go. We've got to get out of here."
"Really?" I asked sarcasticly, "Why? Something wrong?"
"Haha very funny." Jacob said, "Let's go."
I was just about to go when, out of the corner of my eyes, I saw a small bottle. Inside the bottle was water or somthing.
It was then I realized that it was Kay's soul. I reached over and as I was just about to grab it, Hecuba's old hand grabbed mine and I heard her said, "Don't touch that!"
I wasn't afraid of her and I kicked her hand off mine with my foot and grabbed the bottle. I put the bottle and put it in my coat pocket.
When we finally got out of the house, Jacob grabbed my hand and held it tight. He said, "I'm never letting go of you again."
I smiled. Sam and everyone else came up to us and asked tons of questions ast once.
We all headed down to the Russel home to stay.
When we were all settle down to talk about what exactly happened me and Jacob said that we were just passing by when we saw that the Bennett home was in need of help. Somewhat true.
Then, as Jacob was entertaining everyone with the story of what happened when he went to get me, I took Kay by the arm and pulled her aside.
"Here." I said as I handed her a bottle with her soul inside. "I believe this belongs to you."
Kay gasped and said, "I-I don't know what to say."
She was about to grab it when I took her hand and said, "Just say that you won't take it for granted. Promise me."
"I promise." Kay said.
I gave her her soul back.
"How did you-" Kay started to ask.
I interuppted her by saying, "Don't ask. Please don't ask."
"Okay." Kay answered. She drank down the watery stuff and then had a smile on her face.
I went back and sat down next to Jacob. He grabbed my hand again and said, "Christy Willson, here to save the world. Or Harmony at least. Christy, your public wants to know, what is your one weakness?"
I smiled and laughed at him and then I said, "You are my one weakness."
He smiled and said, "Good."
I took a deep breathe because I knew that we still had to take down Julian and Allistair and 'Save the world' as Jacob put it.
And as I thought about everything else we could do to the town of Harmony, and everything the town of Harmony could do to us, I said quietly, "Bring it on."
End of Chapter 5
Jacob and I didn't know what to do at first. So we just stood there looking at the Bennett home.
There was a dark, dark black cloud over the house and protuding from the dark clouds was a funnel. I mini tornado that seemed to only be above the Bennett home. There was hail coming from the clouds as well, golf ball size. And to top it all, there were...vines all around the house. The green vines covered the door and windows and the entire house. Every other house looked fine. Except the Bennett's. What a surprise.
Then, all at once I grabbed Jacob's arm and ran as fast as I could toward the house until he stopped, dead in his tracks. "Jacob! Come on! We've got to help them!"
"No." Jacob said firmly, "No Christy. We can't go into that house. It's to dangerous. That twister could drop down out of the sky any mintute."
"But Jacob-" I started. "
"No buts Christy! We can't. Hecbua wants to be rid of us to and the previews said-" Jacob interuppted me.
"Forget about the previews Jacob!" I interuppted him with my yell. "They are in there and they are going to die if we don't do something!"
Jacob put both his hands on both of my shoulders and he used my real name as he said, "It's not real. These people are not real. It's a television show!"
"It's more than that and you know it!" I yelled back, "If it was just a television show then how do you explain this? Huh? We're here. We're in Harmony and the places are real, the people are real. Look around you!"
"It's a dream." He said, simply. "So there is no way that I am risking my life for people who are not real."
"If this is only a dream that you really wouldn't be risking your life now would you?" I twisted around his words.
He just nodded and walked away, "Come on Christy. We should go. Now."
"I am going to help them. Whether you help me are not. I am going to help them." I said firmly.
"It's not worth it Christy." He said as I was walking toward the house. "It's not worth it."
I turned to face him as I said, "You're wrong. It is worth it. In fact, it is worth so much more to me. I would do the same thing everyday. Get up, go to school, come home, watch TV, Everyday no change. And now, I have a chance to do something that is worth it." I paused. "So I'm going to walk away now. I'm going to help them. I am not going to look back."
I waited a moment to see if he would reply. But finally I turned and walked away. I ran full speed until I got to the house. I kept my word and didn't look back. As much as I wanted to. At that point I felt stupid to think that Jacob was better than that.
I think brushed those thoughts from my mind and focused on trying to find a way to get in the house. Just then, when I thought that Jacob had left, he appeared next to me with an ax. He said, "I saw you glance back." He said smartly. He started to hack away that the vines.
"Where did you get that?" I asked.
"The shed." He replied.
"Oh," I said starting to walk toward the shed, "Be right back." I looked in the shed and smiled as I saw exactly what I was looking for.
I came up beside Jacob once again. But this time, I had something with me. I pulled the chain on the chain saw and started at the vines.
"Oh," Jacob said, throwing his ax in the snow, "I see we found something better."
"We?" I asked, smiling.
Finally, I got through the though vines and got the door down also. "Let's get in and out quickly." Jacob said.
I ran into the house first. Everyone muct have been upstairs. "You check the kicten and I'll go upstairs." I said.
"Okay. Be careful." He said.
That's when the house started shaking. It was like an earthquake. I climbed my way up the stairs. Upstairs I saw that everyone was hundled in the hallway. Probaly thought that it was some sort of natural diasater instead of a soap-opera drama stunt.
The windows we all broken so the wind was running through the whole house making lots of noise. "Who are you?!" Sam yelled while holding his wife, Grace.
"I'm your help!" I yelled back. I had forgotten that no one in the house had ever really met me.
Then, as suddenly as ever, the house trembled even hard and the floor split in two. I was amazed. I looked down the huge crack and all I saw down there was red. Red like hell. "Take my hand!!" I yelled over there as I held out my hand, "We've got to get out of here, now!!"
Jessica was the first to trust me and take my hand. She jumped and I pulled her the rest of the way and she had arived at the other side, safe. I told her quickly to run downstairs and look for a man named Jacob and that he would help her and take her outside. I also told her to tell Jacob to expect the rest of them to be down in a moment.
Jessica nodded and headed down the shaking stairway. "Come one!" I yelled as I held out my hand again.
So I helped them over, one by one. First Jessica, the Kay, then Miguel, Miguel helped Charity and they went downstairs. Then Sam jumped his way over and helped Garce. I told him to go ahead and get out of there with his wife and that I would help Reese and go downstairs. I wasn't sure if he could totally understand me over all the noise, but he nodded and went downstairs with his wife. The house was shaking more and more with each passing second.
"Come one Reese!" I yelled and held out my hand.
He said, "How do you know my name?"
"No time for that! Come on!" I yelled.
"I don't know..." Reese worried, "I mean, with the storm and wind and earthquake, the odds of jumping this are-"
"A wise man once said, 'Never tell me the odds' and that's what I'm telling you now." I said.
"Oh, you mean Han Solo from Star Wars?" Reese said.
I smiled and said, "Yes, yes exactly. Now be brave and come on!"
"Okay..." Reese said, taking my hand and jumping over. "Hey I did it!" Reese said.
"I told you you-" I was cut off when the house shook very hard and rocked back and forth.
The next thing I can remember is seeing Reese run down the stairs. The next thing after that was me, hanging on to a ledge. I tried to pulled myself up but it was no use. I craned my neck to look down. I wish I hadn't. There I saw Hecuba's face in the firey pit of hell.
"Help!!" I screamed. I could still feel the house shaking and the ledge was starting to break.
I didn't know what to do. "Help!" I said again.
Outside, Jacob was giving the Bennetts and Miguel blankets as they waited for Reese and Christy to come out.
When Jacob saw Reese come and not Christy he said, "What happened?!"
Reese could barly talk but he said, "She's still inside!"
"Oh God let her be okay!" Jacob said as he ran inside the house.
"No! Don't go in there it's to risky!" Sam yelled but it was already to late. Jacob was already inside.
Jacob ran up the half-gone stairs and ran into the hallway. "Christy! Christy!" He yelled. He didn't hear anything back until a few moments later.
"Jacob!" I yelled back. "Down here! Help! It's Hecuba!"
Within the moment I felt Jacob's hand on mine. He reached down and grabbed my arm and pulled me up. When I finally was up Jacob said, "This house is going to go. We've got to get out of here."
"Really?" I asked sarcasticly, "Why? Something wrong?"
"Haha very funny." Jacob said, "Let's go."
I was just about to go when, out of the corner of my eyes, I saw a small bottle. Inside the bottle was water or somthing.
It was then I realized that it was Kay's soul. I reached over and as I was just about to grab it, Hecuba's old hand grabbed mine and I heard her said, "Don't touch that!"
I wasn't afraid of her and I kicked her hand off mine with my foot and grabbed the bottle. I put the bottle and put it in my coat pocket.
When we finally got out of the house, Jacob grabbed my hand and held it tight. He said, "I'm never letting go of you again."
I smiled. Sam and everyone else came up to us and asked tons of questions ast once.
We all headed down to the Russel home to stay.
When we were all settle down to talk about what exactly happened me and Jacob said that we were just passing by when we saw that the Bennett home was in need of help. Somewhat true.
Then, as Jacob was entertaining everyone with the story of what happened when he went to get me, I took Kay by the arm and pulled her aside.
"Here." I said as I handed her a bottle with her soul inside. "I believe this belongs to you."
Kay gasped and said, "I-I don't know what to say."
She was about to grab it when I took her hand and said, "Just say that you won't take it for granted. Promise me."
"I promise." Kay said.
I gave her her soul back.
"How did you-" Kay started to ask.
I interuppted her by saying, "Don't ask. Please don't ask."
"Okay." Kay answered. She drank down the watery stuff and then had a smile on her face.
I went back and sat down next to Jacob. He grabbed my hand again and said, "Christy Willson, here to save the world. Or Harmony at least. Christy, your public wants to know, what is your one weakness?"
I smiled and laughed at him and then I said, "You are my one weakness."
He smiled and said, "Good."
I took a deep breathe because I knew that we still had to take down Julian and Allistair and 'Save the world' as Jacob put it.
And as I thought about everything else we could do to the town of Harmony, and everything the town of Harmony could do to us, I said quietly, "Bring it on."
End of Chapter 5