Chapter 9 - The Eyes Clouded By Dispare
**Meeting-Bray, Amber, Danni, Lex, and Ebony**
"I think that Jack should have a time out from the mall... You know to loosen up on the bad luck he's had lately. Maybe a walk around will help him." Bray said walking slowly over to Amber.
"Well it sounds like a good idea to me..." Lex said smiling and looked at Ebony, "It'll help him cool off a little."
"Yeah, I guess your right... everyone needs some kind of a break from life sometimes." Ebony turned around and walked out of the room with Amber and Bray following slowly behind.
Lex looked over at Danni and smiled.
"So... What do we do now?" Danni asked turning to the door.
"I don't know... but I've got city duty today... After all... I am Sheriff of the city." Lex said grabbing his belt and pulling on his pants a little, with a small smile he dropped his gaze and walked out of the room.
~~~ Tribe Scientist Formally Known As 'Jack' ~~~
Jack turned and looked around; he smiled when he saw nothing but fog and thick debree, slowly but softly he turned back around and jumped in surprise when he saw both Lex and Ebony standing in front of him and staring at him with their usual cold eyes...
"Oh… hi Lex… How are you doing… Lex?" Jack frowned slowly as Lex walked up to him and placed his hands on his shoulders, "Erm..."
Lex smiled and turned to Ebony, "Well, Hello Jack… How are ya mate?!"
Jack gasped as Lex grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and lifted him high up off the ground, "Argh!"
Lex smiled and reeled his arm back, "Oh yeah! … Heh! You're gonna feel this one!"
Ebony smiled as Lex hit Jack in the stomach over… And over… And over again.
Jack collapsed to the ground holding his stomach in pain and gasping desperately for air; Lex slammed the heel of his boot into the small scientist's neck and he feel completely to the ground in a heap of pain.
Jack closed his eyes and cried, My stomach… agh it hurts! What did I do to deserve this? Why is he hurting me? Jack asked himself as he was lifted in the air again, only this time by Ebony.
Ebony frowned and threw Jack against the side of a building, she threw her knee into Jack's stomach and slammed him to the ground, "You want to leave him here Lex?"
Lex smiled, "He'll find his way back! Ha! Hey Jack!"
Jack lifted his head up to look Lex in the eye.
"If you tell anyone what happened here today… You'll wish you were never born…" Lex said as he and Ebony turned around and walked away from the scene.
**&&*@@*&&** Two Days Later **&&*@@*&&**
"Amber! … Bray! … Martin! … Ebony!" Danni ran into Bray's room and looked around at the four of them, "Jack… Jack is on the roof… he said he was going… Going to jump!"
"Oh my gosh!" Amber yelled and they all ran out of the room…
**~~~~** The Roof **~~~~**
"Jack! What do you think your doing?!"
Jack turned to Amber.
"Get down!" Amber said walking over to Jack.
"NO!" Jack said, he stood on the ridge of the mall roof and looked down.
"Jack please, don't do this!" Dal yelled walking over to Amber.
"I'm going to jump." Jack said turning to Bray, "I'm… I'm gonna end my life! This life!" Jack yelled turning back.
"No Jack! Don't!" Danni yelled walking up to Jack, "You don't want to do this! You can just climb down and we can forget about this, ok." Danni said grabbing Jack's arm.
"NO! I don't want to! There's nothing left for me in this world, no one needs me!" Jack yelled pulling his arm away from Danni's grasp, "I hate being without Aren! He's gone!"
"NO he isn't!" Jade shouted walking over to the others, "No he isn't!" He repeated.
"What do you mean?!" Jack yelled, "I… I saw him die, I saw him! The fire and all of the smoke, the, the fire and the smoke!" Jack yelled looking at Jade, "He… he's gone and… and I'm gonna join him."
"No you're not!" Jade said reaching out for Jack.
"Why… Why not? I want to join him… Be with him." Jack said laughing a little and jumping up and down.
"Jack, don't do that!" Jade yelled looking at the smile on Jack's face.
"He's gone! He's gone! And… And he's… not coming back! I… I'm not gonna come back either!" Jack yelled tears falling down his cheeks.
"Don't say that! You're staying here!" Jade yelled looking at the sky.
"No… I'm leaving! I'm leaving!" Jack turned around and jumped off.
"JACK!" Jade yelled, he reached out and grabbed Jack, wrapping his arms around Jack's waist and pulling him back.
"NO! NO!" Jack yelled kicking and scrambling to get out of Jade's hold, "NO! LET… LET ME GO! I…I WANT… WANT TO BE WITH AREN!" He said tears falling from his eyes and hit Jade in the stomach.
Jade let go, grabbing his stomach in pain…
Jack ran to the edge put his hands on the ridge and climbed up.
"Before you jump…" Jade stood up holding his stomach in pain, "Hear me out." He demanded.
Jack stopped and turned to Jade.
"I lost… a lot of people… people… I loved dear… I… I watched them die… my mom, my dad, my sister and my brother… all in the same month." Jade walked over to Jack, "And you want to end your life after losing Aren?! I... I have lost everything that I loved… now… I can't remember them much, because… I fell one day and hit my head hard… I don't remember them that much… but I know that… I loved them and what they were like… so I've lost my memories… BIG STEP!" Jade said as tears fell down his cheeks.
"A… A lot of pain… has… has come from losing those memories… but I'm not gonna throw my life away for… for something I can do again… I'm not saying I can ever replace all those memories and my family… I'm just saying that… that I can make new memories and… and start another family… here…now… It's the only life I'll ever be able to remember and… the only life that I'll know… but if I did throw away my life… if I just chucked away everything and said… 'Hell I just don't care anymore'… than I'd be worse than Jaffa… FOR TURNING ON THE LIFE AND MEMORIES HE KNEW AND HE HELD!"
Jack looked at Jade, the tears still fresh on his cheek.
"Sure…it was his choice… but I guess that's what's so bad about it… he lost it… his family… his brother… his life… and his… his beautiful… beautiful memories…" Jade said turning to Trudy and Bray, "You want a child don't you Jack… You want to be a father?"
Jack looked at Jade and then down at his feet.
"Then why? Why do this… sure… you've had some hard times… but why quit now?" Jade asked looking at Jack.
"He's gone… that's why." Jack said as he wiped away some of his tears.
"Well… You… You have Dal… You have Amber… You have a lot of people that love you and care for you." Jade said walking closer to Jack.
"Then why are you the only one that tries to stop me?" Jack asked looking at Jade.
"Because… I'm the only one with the example of losing something that I love." Jade said looking into Jack's eyes.
"Do you care for me? Do… Do you l… love me?" Jack asked as tears continued to flow down his cheeks.
"Yes…" Jade said and Jack jumped in his arms and cried.
Jade wrapped his arms around Jack's waist, pulling him into a hug; he buried his head into Jack's shoulder and cried with him.
"It's ok now, Jack." He said kissing Jack's cheek.
"I… I don't want… to be alone anymore!" Jack cried into Jade's shoulder.
"Your not going to be alone Jack… not ever again… you don't have to be alone now." Jade said and pulled Jack into a long kiss.
###$$$### Two Weeks Later ###$$$###
"Jack… you need to stop punishing yourself for something the adults did, its not good for you aura." Tai San said looking at the young scientist.
Jack didn't reply, he just sat in his seat at the computer, typing away.
Tai San sighed and looked at him, "Jack, we need you." She said, hoping Jack would reconsider, "Jack please." She begged.
Jack turned and looked at Tai San and then turned back to his work.
"Jack get off your ass right now!" Ebony yelled walking into the room and over to Jack, "NOW!" She yelled tapping on his arm thickly to get the red heads attention.
Jack turned and looked at Ebony, he pushed her arm away and went back to his work, ignoring every word that they said after that…
THE NEXT DAY
Ellie walked into Jack's room, "So, we start on the news sheet today." She said walking over to Jack and sat down beside his bed.
Jack opened his eyes, looked up at Ellie and sighed, he shook his head and stood up, motioning for Ellie to get out so he could change.
"Ok, ok, I will." Ellie giggled walking out of the room as Jack began to change, he pulled on his pants and his over shirt and walked over to the door and motioned for her to come in.
"Geez. That was quick." She said as they walked over to the computer, not expecting an answer from him.
Jack started up the computer and turned to Ellie, "Ok I'll start." Ellie said walking over to it, sat down in a seat and began typing.
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Well that's it… don't worry there'll be more! ^.~
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