Chapter 72 The Break Up
Quietness, calmness, nothing can be seen or heard as Dark Sinistar's palace still rests upon the moon. Everything seems okay except for when another surge appears right in the heart of the Universe and makes its way to her palace. When it arrives it flashes around like the others before it and suddenly disappears. The surge makes its way towards Earth..
On a plane that has just left Paris France is making its way towards the city of Terra Falls. Everything is calm, that is until a mysterious lighting bolt surge strikes the plane. Everyone inside is in a panic but it only lasts for a few minutes because everything calms back down again.. The pilot sighs with relief as he continues to fly the plane right to its correct destination.
A beautiful day starts in the city of Terra Falls. Jeremy is expecting a visit from his friend Jacques who wrote him a few weeks ago letting him know that he'll be visiting the city. Jacques is a very handsome Frenchman who absolutely loves to paint, in fact whenever he gets mad or frustrated at something the only thing that calms him down is when he paints. He takes his anger and his frustration, puts them together and comes up with a beautiful outlet in the form of a painting.
Jeremy is found sitting in the main computer room at the old weather station, he is wearing jeans, a white t shirt, and tennis shoes. Joey walks into the room wearing shorts, a black tank top and sneakers. He asks him.
Joey-Hey what are you doing Jeremy?
Jeremy answers without turning around.
Jeremy-Just scanning the area.
Joey-Oh.. I thought your friend Jacques was supposed to be here today?
Jeremy-He's arriving in a couple of hours.
Joey-What station? Bus? Train? Airport?
Jeremy-He's coming from Paris, France.
Joey-Ahh so airport.
Joey asks in an obvious tone.
Joey-So you need anyone to take you to go and get him?
Jeremy realizes what Joey is trying to do. He answers.
Jeremy-No.. But I do get the point. You want to meet him right?
Joey-Yeah.. You said he was into art. And I'd like to get into the field myself.
Jeremy-Really now?
Joey-Yeah.. I just never told anyone. But I'd like to do that and especially since I don't have a job here anymore.
Jeremy sighs..
Jeremy-Yeah.. Sounds cool to me Joey. This was a beautiful place.. Not anymore though. But oh well, times change.
As the day lingers on, Jeremy picks up his friend at the airport. Jacques is 6'1, has very short pitch black hair, brown eyes and a strong muscular build. Jeremy easily spots him because he's the only guy wearing a business type black suit.. That or the fact he's waving his hands like crazy and yelling Jeremy. Hehe.. He helps him put in five suitcases into the trunk of his car and when finished he says.
Jeremy-Jeez man.. How much stuff did you pack for this vacation?
Like I said earlier, Jacques is Frenchman, and so when he speaks English, you can hear a bit of his accent.
Jacques-I know I said a vacation.. But its kind of like um.. How do you say… um.. Permanently.
Jeremy is slightly shocked.
Jeremy-What do you mean permanently?
Jacques-I have left France to come here to America..
Jeremy-Obviously, but why to stay?
Jacques-Better opportunities for what I want to do in life.
Jeremy-Ohh..
Jacques-You don't sound enthusiastic about it Jeremy.
Jeremy-Its just a bit of a shock, that's all.
Jacques-Hmmm.
The next day Jeremy introduces Jacques to Joey, Nakia and Chet at the weather station. Ryan shows up later on and finds Nakia staring deeply at Jacques and the guys sitting on the chairs looking a bit bugged. He walks over to Chet and asks.
Ryan-What's going on?
Chet answers.
Chet-Oh she's talking to him about how she adores French guys and art..
Ryan exclaims over the statement.
Ryan-Say what?!
Ryan walks over to Nakia, who's uncontrollably giggling to whatever Jacques is saying. He sort of pushes her to the side a bit and puts his hand out at Jacques. The firmness of his gesture causes Jacques to stop talking and shake his hand. Ryan then says to Jacques in a calm tone.
Ryan-She's taken..
Jacques responds to that.
Jacques-I was only speaking to her.. Answering her questions about France.
Nakia interrupts.
Nakia-Yeah Ryan..
Ryan turns around and says to her.
Ryan-Sorry babe.. You just seemed like you were a little bit too happy around this guy.
She whispers to him.
Nakia-There's nothing to worry about baby. Its you I love.
She kisses him on his lips. Everyone starts oohing and awwing to Nakia's and Ryan's kiss.
Jacques watches and becomes a bit jealous. He decides on something that could destroy Ryan and Nakia's relationship, but that will come later..
Jacques returns to Jeremy's apartment where's he staying for the time being. He goes into his room to try and find something that will help the headache he just got. He searches in his suitcases but doesn't find anything immediately.. Instead his eyes start to slightly flash, he stops and gets up on his feet. He then opens up the closet and takes out a painting he completed not long ago. The painting is quite peculiar, it is of a skull being held by a woman's hand.. He looks closely at it and smirks..
Later on that night Nakia walks home.. She goes upstairs to the bathroom so she can change out of her clothes and take a shower. When finished, she puts on her night gown and bathrobe. She goes to her room and sits down on her bed, just then her phone starts to ring. She looks at the clock and sees it says 10:35. She smirks to herself and says.
Nakia-Ryan..
She picks it up and immediately says.
Nakia-Ryan! Hey..
She gets an answer but not from whom she'd expected it from. Instead its Jacques.
Jacques-Hello.. It is not Ryan..
Nakia gasps.
Nakia-What in the world.. How did you get my number?
Jacques chuckles slightly..
Jacques-Calm down pretty one.. I just wanted to know if I could paint your picture.
Nakia-That's not the point.. I want to know where you got my number.
Jacques completely ignores Nakia's request. Instead he keeps asking the same question. Nakia gets angry and hangs up on him, but a few seconds later the phone rings again. She picks it up and finds out its Jacques once again.. He says.
Jacques-I don't like being hung up on.. Its not very nice..
Nakia exclaims.
Nakia-GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU!
Jacques-How can you treat me so badly when all I want to do is paint your picture? I feel painting your picture will allow me to express my feelings.
Nakia-FEELINGS?! I just met you earlier today!
Jacques-That doesn't matter. I feel something for you.
Nakia-You are crazy..
Jacques-Don't be so cruel.. Just give me a chance.
Nakia-Hello.. I have a boyfriend!
Jacques-A simple setback.. I can prove to you that I am much more worthy than he is.
Nakia-You don't know anything.. I love Ryan and I will always love Ryan and you know what?! There's absolutely nothing you can do that will break us up.. So goodbye!
Jacques-Don't be so sure about that. Pretty one.
Nakia-I am warning you, do you hear me.. I am telling you to leave me alone, go away and leave me alone!
Jacques-But I want so desperately to win your heart! It would be a shame to have to cut it out of you instead.
Nakia gasps with sheer fright but she keeps it together within herself and responds directly to what Jacques had just said to her.
Nakia-You come near me and I guarantee there won't be enough pieces of you left to pick up, got it psycho?!
Before he has the chance to say anything else, Nakia slams her phone and ends up hanging up on him, she then notices her hands glowing brightly yellow as she says to herself.
Nakia-He doesn't know who he's fucking with!
She then calms down which also stops her hands from glowing yellow as well. She now takes her phone off the hook so she cant get anymore calls for the night while she thinks deeply to herself.
Nakia-Oh great, another nut after me. He's totally weird and psychotic.. I've got to talk to my friends tomorrow morning about this.
She finally falls asleep.. Meanwhile back at Jeremy's apartment Jacques is still in his room, but this time he's painting. He hears a faint woman's voice in his head saying.
Faint Woman's Voice-With the power I hold.. I shall grant your hearts desire. Paint your picture for I shall give it life for you to have your hearts desire.
Jacques's eyes start to flash quickly this time. He then says in a whispering monotone voice.
Jacques-Yes.. Nakia shall be mine.. I shall paint a picture of her then it will all fall into place.
The next day arrives.. Nakia gets up after slapping her alarm clock off of her dresser. She yawns and says.
Nakia-AWW morning already! Ughh!
She gets up and goes to the bathroom.. Meanwhile, Jacques has stayed up all night finishing up his new painting. He looks at it and sighs with awe.. The painting is a picture of Nakia, wearing a long yellow dress with a slit in the back. He turns to the other painting of a skull being held by a woman's hand.. He listens as he hears the same voice.
Faint Woman's Voice-You have completed your painting of the one you desire.. Now I shall release her from your dreams and make her your reality.
The painting of the skull begins to glow and soon it extracts a powerful beam that hit's the painting of Nakia. The beams expands all around the painting till it forms into what looks like a very bright doorway.. Jacques opens his eyes a bit but covers them due to the high intensity of the light. Soon when everything dies down… Jacques opens his eyes completely and sees a totally complete replica of the real Nakia.
He gasps as he looks her up in down..
Jacques-This replica shall do nicely to make monsieur Ryan jealous.. And then the real Nakia shall be mine… And now to put phase two into action..
The painting of the skull being held by the woman's hand begins to slightly glow…
Later on Nakia meets up with her friends Zelda and Kimberly at the mall.. They are all wearing casual clothes today with their respected color codes. Nakia sighs and doesn't feel like doing much shopping which is a total shock to both Zelda and Kimberly. Finally she asks as they make their way over to the shoe department. The time is 2:29.
Nakia-I have a major problem..
Zelda asks.
Zelda-What's wrong?
Nakia-You know that guy, Jacques?
Zelda-Oh yeah Joey told us about him.
Kimberly-We haven't met him though yet.
Nakia-You're not missing much.
Kimberly-What do you mean?
Nakia-Well last night he called my house.
Zelda-What? Why?
Nakia-I think he's in love with me.
Zelda-In love with you? He just met you.
Nakia-That's what I said.
Zelda-And you already have a boyfriend.
Nakia-I said that to him too. He sounded so seriously crazy over the phone last night.. He scared me..
Kimberly-What did Ryan say?
Nakia-I haven't told him yet.. He's at the auto shop with his friend Todd, and I don't want to bother him with it yet.
Kimberly-Listen.. Don't wait too long, otherwise he might get mad at you.
Nakia-I know.
At the old weather station Joey walks into the main computer room where he finds Jeremy sitting at the main computer scanning.. He asks.
Joey-Hey where's Jacques?
Jeremy answers as he still continues to scan..
Jeremy-He said he had something important to do.. He'll be here later.
Joey-Okay because I really want him to show me some of his paintings just to give me an idea of how I want to paint.
Jeremy-Okay..
The time now 2:30, a dirty Ryan and Todd get up from under one of the old cars they were working on to take a short break.. Todd walks into the store area to get a couple of snacks and drinks. Shortly, Ryan spots a girl who looks just like Nakia standing out in front of the shop wearing a long yellow dress and with a guy.. He blinks his eyes a few times till he's finally sure that the girl he see's is Nakia and the guy he see's is Jacques..
Now seeing this makes Ryan totally mad.. He leaves the shop and confronts them both not knowing that Jacques is only speaking to a replica instead of the real thing.. He quickly pushes the so called real Nakia behind him, but she just moves back up and yells at him.
Replica Nakia-WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!
Ryan becomes confused.. He responds.
Ryan-What are you doing with this creep? You were supposed to be with Zelda and
Kimberly.. Ya know, shopping, right?!
Replica Nakia-I don't have to explain myself to anyone, especially you.
Ryan-What are you talking about?
Replica Nakia-I'm talking about I don't want to be with you anymore.. I want to be with Jacques.
And with those words spoken, the replica walks back over to Jacques and takes his right arm into her arm. She looks at Ryan and says.
Replica Nakia-You're nothing but a joke anyway.. I don't know what I saw in you.. But thank goodness Jacques here made me realize what a real loser you are!
She looks at Jacques and slowly moves towards his lips with her lips as she says in a whisper.
Replica Nakia-And what a real man.. You are..
She kisses Jacques. Ryan is totally pissed off now. He yells out.
Ryan-HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME?!
The replica smirks at Ryan and responds to that.
Replica Nakia-I haven't done anything.. So just leave me alone.
Jacques says with total confidence.
Jacques-I am sorry Ryan but she's not your girlfriend anymore.. I suggest you leave her be from now on..
He looks back at the replica and says.
Jacques-Lets go..
They both leave slowly, Ryan tries to stop them but he is pushed away. Finally when they're gone, Ryan lets out a huge angry yell that lasts for a good minute. And even when he stops yelling he feels no relief. He falls to his knees and begins to slightly sob…
