Chapter 16
Jake and Will arrived back at the bar where this whole adventure started. Jake marched up stairs the only thought in his head was finding Safina. He found the door to her room and opened it. Safina was inside. She was so preoccupied that she at first did not notice Jake and Will. She finally looked away from the mirror and smiled.
"So you have come." she said. "I thought you would. I know you two are not idiots, and you have figured out what I have done. And now you have come here for revenge."
Jake did not say anything he just stared at this woman in pure hatred. Will, spoke up. "You're evil women. Could you be so jealous of Eleanor's beauty that you would kill her? Haven't you ever heard that beauty is only skin deep."
Jake spoke." Or maybe you were so jealous because Eleanor was beautiful inside and out."
"Ha." Laughed, Safina. "Inner beauty what good is that? It does not make you happy it only helps others and who cares about other people. People only see the out side and that is what matters. If you are not beautiful, you are nothing! Now I finally have what I want listen to the magic mirror. Go ahead ask who is the fairest in the land and the answer will be, Safina. Do you hear? I, Safina am the fairest in the land! She laughed long and loud proud of what she had accomplished.
Jake ran forward he wanted to kill this evil woman so much she was a monster to him. He reached out his hands to grab her, but she raised her own hand and Jake was thrown against the wall, by some force. Jake tried to move, but he could not he was paralyzed.
"You evil witched!" yelled Will as he ran toward her, but with another wave of her hand Will was now against the wall.
"As I was going through my potion book to look up ways to kill your precious Eleanor, I found spells and potions for giving one person powers beyond their dreams." Said Safina, walking slowly over to the two brothers as if they were prizes on her wall. "Now look at me, beautiful and powerful, what more could a woman want." She waved her arm again and this time Will went flying in the air and landed with a crash on the floor.
"Will!" yelled Jake. "Leave him alone!"
"Ha, little man, I know you loved Eleanor, and I hate you more because of it. You also came up with those tricks to get her away from me didn't you? Well, Ill make your life even more miserable. I took your women and now I'll take your only brother."
She raised her hand in the air and Will rose up in the air too. She squeezed her fist together and Will started to choke. He was being strangled from an invisible hand. He groped around his neck trying to free himself, but to know avail. Jake started screaming. "No! Its not his fault don't take him! Take me!" He tried with all his might to budge from the wall he moved a little, but was soon pressed down again.
Safina looked at the two brothers in her power and laughed. The same evil laugh that was in the forest it echoed through out the whole room. The door to Safina room burst open some men from the bar heard the commotion and rushed up to see what it was. Safina whispered something into her palm. She then threw the whisper to the door the door slammed shut pushing the men out with a scream and then the door turned to steal. Jake could hear the men from the outside pounding against it, but the door did not budge. The steal did not stop at the door it grew. All along the walls, the floor and the ceiling. Soon they were all in a small steal cage. The wall behind Jake was now cold.
Wills face was starting to turn red. Safina walked over in front of Jake and Will floated behind her still in pain. "See the power I posses!" she yelled. "See what I can do!" Why don't you and your brother join me? I, who has everything a man, could want. I need two smart brave gentle men such as your self to join me. Think of what we could do with the world."
"No!" yelled Jake." I would rather die!"
Maybe you would rather die. Said Safina. "But what of your brother does he wish to die."
Jake looked up at his brother. He had let his sister die. He let Eleanor die. Would he do the same now, let them both die together, but this was not Wills fault. He had nothing to do with this if anyone should pay it should me himself.
"I have a deal to make with you! Yelled Jake "but we will only talk once my brother is safe."
"Fine." She answered, "I can arrange that."
Will stopped choking and he was breathing heavily now, but he would be fine. He flew into the air and landed again against the wall next to Jake. His head hit the steal with a bang, and Will winced in pain.
"Ooops." Said Safina, with a smile of enjoyment on her face.
Will finally caught his breath. "Thanks for taking your time, Jake!"
"Safina I want you with all your mighty powers to make a blank contract, right now." said Jake.
Safina looked like she didn't understand what was happening ,but whispered in her palm again and out from it grew a long piece of parchment. "A blank contract like you asked, now what?"
"Safina, I will agree to join you if you promise that no harm will come to my brother or my friends."
"Jake!" yelled Will. "No, you can't join her, don't do this. It is not your responsibility to take care of us. I know you feel that everything's your fault, but its not."
"No Will I know what I'm doing." Said Jake, looking at his brother.
"Ok." Snapped Safina, growing impatient. "You will join me if no harm comes to your family right?"
"Yes, no harm what so ever to them or me. I have to be protected by you once I join you."
"What Kind of harm? Asked Safina. "Like falling down, or fatal."
"No harm as in no near fatal." Answered Jake. "If you break this promise and I or one of my friends does have an accident then the contact is terminated along with its creator."
Safina thought this over for a second. "O.K. I will do this as long as you agree to one of my rules. You cannot harm your friends yourself and your friends cannot harm themselves in the attempt to save you."
"Agreed," answered Jake.
Black letter appeared on the parchment and the letter formed together to spell out the contract Safina and Jake agreed to. Safina waved her hand down and the force that was holding Jake and Will against the wall vanished and they both fell to the floor.
Will grabbed Jakes shoulder and looked into his brothers eyes." I trust you Jake; I just hope your doing the right thing."
"Don't worry; I'll make everything all right." Jake then walked over to a table where Safina was waiting with the contract. She waved her finger and her name appeared in bold letters at the bottom.
Jake looked at Safina. "I can't do that, may I have a quill?"
Safina quickly made a quill and ink appear and Jake dipped the end of it in the ink slowly. The contract lay before him and now all he had to do was sign it. He signed Jacob Grimm.
The contract now disappeared.
"Now Your mine." Said Safina.
"You agreed to let my brother go."
"And so I will." With a wave of her hand, the steal disappeared and the men that were pounding against the door now came crashing through. "Everything all right here misses?" asked one of the men looking confused.
"Everything's fine." answered Safina. "Go back…" Safina did not finish her sentence for Jake had run at one of the men and grabbed something from him. Next, there was a gunshot and Jake fell to the floor. Jake had grabbed a gun from the men and shot himself. "You Evil man! You fool! Yelled Safina looking wild with rage.
Will ran to Jakes side and held him up in his arms. "Jake why...?" he said tears filling his eyes. He pressed his hand against Jakes blood soaked stomach.
"It's ok Will." Said Jake, barely above a whisper. "I know what I'm doing."