SorryI haven't updated in awhile...It's been rough lately...well I'm back and now you can enjoy Chapter 3 of my story! Enjoy!

Chapter 3: The Knife Fight

2 years past too quickly for Tai and Celia. They continued to watch their baby grow. He was now 2 and was very lively. He was very sweet and compasionate. To Tai and Celia, their life couldn't get any better.

"Tai! Can you come inside for a second? I need a favor!"

"Okay Celia! Be right there!"

Tai was out in his field, harvesting the Fall crops. Winter was already upon them. The cold weather had already set in. Tai sat back on his knees and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. He face glistened with sweat even though the weather was around 30. Tai stood up and walked torward the house, a few of the crops in his hands. He walked through the door.

"Daddy!" a small voice greeted him. A little boy dress in green ran over to him.

"Hiya, Jason!" Tai answered back. He picked Jason up.

"Daddy, guess what?" Jason asked. "Mommy say she wuved me!"

Tai smiled at Jason and hugged him. "Well, guess what Jason?" he started. Jason looked at him. "Daddy wuvs you too!" Jason's eyes lit up and a huge smile appeared on his face.

"I wuv you too Daddy!" Jason cried. Tai smiled.

Suddenly Celia popped into the room from the newly-built kitchen. She smiled and Jason and Tai.

"Tai, can you come here for a sec?"

Tai nodded and looked down at Jason. "I'll be right back, Ja, okay?" He gently put Jason down and followed Celia into the kitchen.

"What's up?" he asked Celia when he entered the kitchen. Celia looked at him.

"Can I get you to run down to the store for me?" she asked, making a cute pout. "I gotta stay home and watch Jason so I can't do it. PLEASE?" she begged.

Tai smiled. "Fine," he chuckled. "But you owe me!" Celia giggled and handed him a shopping list. "This is what I need and please hurry back." She kissed Tai on the cheek and turned back to her kitchen duties. Tai walked out of the kitchen and picked up Jason.

"I gotta go do Mommy's shopping so I'll be back later, okay?" Jason nodded sadly. Tai kissed Jason on the cheek and walked out the door.

"That'll be 105G."

Tai was at Van's stand buying everything on Celia's list. He handed the money to Van and picked up the bags.

"Thanks Van. See you next week!" Tai bid and walked to his horse.

"Okay, Thunder." he told his horse while putting the bags on the cart attached to Thunder. "Try to travel easier this time. We don't want--"

Tai stopped short as a rock whizzed past his head, just barely missing his head. Tai jerked around to find 3 guys in masks stairing at him.

"Well, well, well," said the biggest one in a gruff voice. "If it isn't Mr. Lovebird."

"What do you want?" Tai asked threatingly. He raised his fists to fight postion. He looked at the guys with caution.

"In case you haven't noticed, kid, the sun has set." Tai looked around and thats when he relized the sun had already set.

"So?"

"1. We've been looking for you. 2. We're after you and you're out after dark with us around." The men chuckled.

Tai started to feel uneasy. Why were these guys looking for him? What would anyone want with him?

"I see the look on your face, Shrimp." the man laughed. "But whether or not you like it, we're after you."

Tai watched the guys closely, looking for a chance to hop on Thunder and get home. But the men kept watching him. Then Tai had an idea.

Quickly Tai put his fingers to his lips and whisled. The men saw this as a chance to attack and lunged forward. The leader pulled a knife out of his pocket. He thrist his knife at Tai. Tai ducked by the knife still caught his shoulder. He cried out and grabbed his shoulder.

The man came back and this time lower. The caught Tai in the leg but luckily it wasn't too deep. He couldn't put weight on his leg so he fell to the ground and waited for the men to finsh him off. They never did.

"Now, just tell us where your son is," the man chuckled. "And we'll spare you."

Tai now felt panic sweep through his body. They wanted his son.

"Never," Tai answered, glaring at the man straight in the eye. The man frowned.

"Well, we gave you your warnin'!" Then the man held the knife above Tai's head. Tai braced himself.

Suddenly the men started yelling and screaming. Tai lifted his head to see his dog attacking the men. He bit and scratched them until they ran away. The dog ran over to it's injuried owner and whinned.

"Don't worry, Izzy," Tai groaned, getting on his feet. "I'm okay," Tai cried out and fell to his knees, holding his shoulder. Blood was seeping through the cloth. Thunder walked over and nuzzled his friend. Tai smiled and used his free arm to pull himself on his horse. Thunder carried him home.

Tai limped to his door and walked in. Celia walked in from the kitchen and gasped.

"Tai!" she screamed running over to him, helping his over to his bed. "What happened!"

He cringed from pain and looked at Celia. "I was...mugged," he muttered. Celia ran into the kitchen and came back with a first aid kit in her hand.

"Tai," Celia cried. "What did they do!"

Tai told her about the knife fight. "They're after Jason," Celia gasped.

"Why do they want Jason!"

"I don't know, but somehow they know we're his parents and they know his name."

Celia rolled up Tai's sleeves and applied some stinging onitment.

"Daddy?"

Celia and Tai turned torward the kitchen door to Jason's voice. He woddled into the living room and hopped up on Tai's bed. He saw Tai's deep cut and looked at him.

"Daddy hurt!" he cried. He hugged Tai and started to cry. "Daddy hurt!"

"No Jason. Daddy's fine," Tai explained, trying to calm down his child. It was no use. Jason kept crying til he fell asleep in Tai's arms.

Celia put Jason in his own bed and looked at Tai, worry in her eyes.

"What are we gonna do, Tai?" Tears were forming in her eyes. She sat down next to Tai and cried into his shoulder.

"I don't know, Celia. I don't know."

So how was that chappie? I think it was better than the other 2. Please continue to check up on this story. I swear I try to update everyday. Stay tuned for Chapter 4!

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