A/N: CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP! I'm SO very sorry for such a long wait! I HATE writers block! I'll update the nxt few chapters as quickly as I can. But everyday it seems like I have less and less time to finish everything. Seriously... I'm starting to get paranoid from all this 'I-only-have-a-few-hours-to-finish-everything' nonsense! anyways, I TRIED to make this Chapter more than a page long on Microsoft Word, but my writers block wouldn't let me! I'm sorry!

Chapter 19

For the next day and a half I was miserable. My body ached so much I thought it would kill me. I was affected by several terrible headaches that were so painful I thought they were migraines. Every time I shifted my position even the slightest bit, my hip hurt like hell. Erol still treated me the same way he always had, even though he now belonged to another woman. That STILL sounds weird! No matter how many times I rolled it around in my head, it always sounded just plain weird! But other then that, I was given green eco to help me heal a little faster and believe me it helped.

The afternoon I was supposed to be taken back to my family, I accidentally fell asleep in the back of the Hellcat. I didn't exactly mean to, but I did anyway! This falling asleep nonsense is really starting to strike a nerve with me… I mean, really! If I keep falling asleep like this, it's going to bite me in the ass in the end, and that's something I really don't need! Especially since I've got my work cut out for me, with all the missions from Uncle Torn, my own personal goal to protect my family, you know what I mean. So this falling asleep thing has really got to stop!

Well, the next thing I knew, I was back at the underground hideout, with my dad gently shaking me awake. Normally, I would've turned on my side and pulled the covers over my head, but I was in too much pain to even try to make him mad. I just groaned and opened my eyes.

"Jakie, are you alright?" he asked gently, "you were mumbling things while you were sleeping and they didn't sound very… pleasant." I was? Well, that's a first…

"I was?" I asked. My voice was still raspy and hoarse, but it was better than it used to be. Dad nodded once and sat next to me. Well, now was a good time to ask the question of questions… "Dad?"

"Yes?" I took a second to prepare myself.

"Do you really believe me? That I am who I say I am?" That was harder to say than it sounded. There was an uncomfortable silence, which I had been expecting. As long as I got some form of an answer out of him… I sat there and patiently waited for his reply, even though I was very anxious. And finally…

"Well, you look like me, act like me, and fight like me, not to mention you've got Dawn… and the picture you carry around everywhere. So I guess I don't have much of a choice but to believe you," he explained. My heart leapt, and a small grin crept onto my bruised face. My father smiled at me, then he stood up and left the room, allowing me to sleep some more.

After dad left, I started thinking about everything. I started wondering why the hell I was staying here, in the wrong time, and not looking for a way to get to the right time. Well, I guess I'd have to start looking for a way back home to Spargus. But where to start… I guess I could question Uncle Torn about it. Maybe he knows something useful. It's worth a shot, I suppose. Fine then. I'll ask him when I finally recover from getting smacked by that stupid zoomer. Aye, this is going to be a long recovery…