If you recognize it from Jumper, then I don't own it. I only own my OCs.
Balaclava ~ Arctic Monkeys
Run!
Run!
That's all that I can think about right now!
All I can see is what's ahead of me and anything that moves in front of me.
Simon grabbed my hand before we ran into a wall and tugged me to the right.
I followed him into a hallway and we burst through the next room.
Oh, crap!
Bad move!
Paladins, everywhere!
There were about four of them.
As soon as they see us, two of them raise their guns while the other two pull out electro-rods.
Bang!
The sound of their guns going off and the whip of their wires filled the air.
Neither Simon nor me were standing where they were aiming, though.
At the last second, Simon jumped us both since we didn't let each other's hands go.
I kicked one of the three tables in the room over for protection and Simon jumped over to a paladin and jumped him somewhere else outside of the room.
One of the three remaining paladins, a female, tried to get around the table, but I kicked her in the face and she fell back out of my sight.
Simon jumped back into the room next to me.
He seemed a little winded.
No doubt from the paladin.
The three other paladins sensed that he came back and became slower in their movements.
So they know that I'm not a jumper.
Smart ones.
These guys were advanced.
I ran out from behind my shelter to another table and kicked it over as well.
I looked around the corner and saw that the paladins were still looking at the table where Simon was hiding.
They weren't interested in me yet.
Simon was our means of escape, and if they could clip him, I'm a sitting duck.
I looked over to Simon and he seemed to be a little confused.
I smiled and patted my leg softly.
He gave me a fake, annoyed look before he smiled and jumped over to me.
I peaked around the corner again.
All of the paladins where looking over at our table now.
This got me smiling again.
I leaned over to Simon and whispered my plan into his ear.
When told him the plan, he was smiling like he's seeing a bowl of chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup and sprinkles.
Just then, a paladin claw hit our table and destroyed it.
Simon and I flinched and instinctively threw our hands up in protection.
Simon jumped and I run out from behind the remains table and tackled the female paladin.
The two males that flanked her instantly pointed their guns at me.
Simon grabbed one of them, then jumped to the other mail and jumped them both away.
Now it was only me and the female paladin.
I shot up off of the ground and noted that one of the paladins that Simon jumped dropped his gun.
I took it as quickly as I could, not taking my eyes off of the female.
She got up and lifted her arm with the rod and was about to strike when I shot her with the gun.
Bang!
The sound of the gun shooting and its wire coming out made me flinch, but not miss the paladin.
She started to scream and move erratically from the electricity.
She stopped moving and screaming and slumped over after a second.
Paladins, like me, can't handle the amount of electricity that Jumpers can.
It was eerily silent.
Simon jumped back, even more tired than before and spooked me.
"'m sorry."
"It's ok Simon. Just wasn't expecting that."
You may be wondering why we are here at a paladin headquarter.
The answer is simple.
Jake and Neal wanted to.
We looked around the room to see what they were hiding in here that may be of some use to us.
We saw a couple of file drawers and started to go through them.
Most of them were files of their budget, but some where actually helpful.
After we searched through the majority of the drawers, my pager went off.
Jake and Neal gave it to me to keep in touch with them.
If we needed each other in an emergency, or something, then we knew how to get a hold of one another.
Simon walked up to me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
I laid my arms on his back and we jumped back to the house.
Once we let go, we turned to see both Jake and Neal looking at us in a slightly annoyed stare.
Scratch that.
They were looking at Simon with a slightly annoyed stare.
"So, did you get what we went there for?" I asked.
This seemed to get their attention because they both looked up at me for a second.
"Yeah. Got some usernames and passwords. We should be able to track them down and find out what they're do'n easier." Jake replied as Neal went to the kitchen.
Simon jumped somewhere.
I felt it.
I don't know why, but since I've been around Jake, Neal, and Simon, I've been able to tell when someone jumps easier.
I think that that's how paladins get their senses.
They're exposed to the same environment that would be created when a Jumper jumps.
That soft sonic boom.
Jake looked at me for a second, swinging the folders in his right hand, then he looked down at the floor.
I sniffed and walked over to him slowly.
He looked up at me with a strange look in his eyes.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
He nodded his head and looked off to the side.
"You're hiding something from me." I stated.
He looked at me in the eye like I've found his journal or something.
"What're yah talk'n about?" He asked uncertainly.
"You can tell if someone is lying or hiding something from you if they don't look at you in the eyes. It's body language. It's also the same if a person can't break eye contact." I stated.
He nodded his head again and began to walk away; most likely to try the usernames and passwords.
I grabbed his arm and he looked back at me.
"I know that I'm sounding strange, but, please tell me if anything bad happens or will happen because of something that has already happened."
He looked off to the side in concentration; probably to figure out what I just said.
"Alright." He said simply as I let go of the sleeve of his leather jacket.
I watched him walk away to the computers.
All day, Neal and Jake have been acting strangely.
I wasn't bothering me much at first, but as the silence continued, the more it bothered me.
No one was talking to each other.
Most of the time, someone is talking to someone else or arguing with someone else or cursing at something for not working the way that it was supposed to.
Something isn't right.
I was looking around for food that we might need for the week for some 'shopping.'
Neal and Jake normally just stole food and that's how we eat.
So sweet, isn't it?
They did have some money saved up from I don't even want to know what for going to restaurants and pubs and stuff.
But, no.
They never used the money to buy food.
They remind me of Aladdin and Abu sometimes.
I'm still trying to figure out which one is the monkey, though.
The silence was killing me and not letting me focus.
Normally, silence wasn't all that bad and I enjoyed it when it happened, but this was unbearable.
You know what, screw it.
"Neal, Jake, Simon!" I called out to them.
"Let's go to London!"
In truth, I had been to London before.
The summer before dad died, he scraped up enough money that I got to take a ten-day tour around London, Paris, Luzern, and Munich with a brief stop at Luxembourg.
It was amazing, save for my incident at Luxembourg.
I had just woken up when we got to Luxembourg from our bus ride there.
We had about an hour until we were to take off again, so I got off the bus and into the crowd of people I was travelling with.
I heard that there was a souvenir shop around, so I checked my wallet to see how many Euros I had.
I began walking in the direction of the shop while counting and putting away my money.
I didn't have enough for anything.
I had about one Euro and a couple of cents.
When I put my money away and looked up, my head smacked right into the bus's review mirror.
That woke me up.
There were no ATMs around that would give me Euros so I could by a souvenir, so I had to go to a bank where a teller started shouting at me in Luxembourgish because I was too close to the next person in line.
After I got to the teller, I found that she spoke English.
Once I got my money, I saw that I only had five minutes to get back to the bus, so I had to sprint over a bridge that went over the street below and a couple of city blocks until I saw the bus.
When I was walking to the bus, I saw a couple of locals pointing at me in confusion.
When I looked down, I saw that the top half of my blouse and unbuttoned and was exposing my bra.
Oh, yeah.
It was embarrassing.
The worst part was that the pretentious French teacher that sat next to me on the bus bought these beautiful souvenirs.
When someone commented, she said: "Oh, I know! I was so lucky that the cashier allowed me to pay with USDs."
I was pissed.
I had about $80 that I could have used.
Best.
Trip.
Ever!
Neal walked into the kitchen where I was and leaned against the doorframe.
"I hate to say it, Mel, but I don't think that I can come with you."
I looked over to him and saw that he was examining some papers.
Probably has to do with our recent adventure.
I sighed and leaned against the counter.
"Alright. So it's just me, Simon, and Jake?"
"Uhh, I don' really fancy London." Simon called out.
Well, that's great.
"Why not?
"Englan's no' me thing. Tried i' once."
"But….you come from Ireland…"
"Just because he comes from Ireland doesn't mean that he likes England." Neal explained.
I gave a bit of a pout, then shouted: "So what's your excuse for not wanting to go to London with me, Jake?"
There was a bit of a pause, then he replied: "I have to track these bastards."
"No, you don't." Neal yelled back at him.
I looked at Neal confused and Jake walked into the room with a slightly puzzled look on his face.
"What did you say?" Jake questioned in his threatening manner.
"I said that you don't have to. I can track them down just as quickly. Go spend some time with Mel. You never do."
I looked at Neal a bit nervously, but he continued to stare down Jake confidently.
Jake blew out of his mouth and deflated a bit in defeat.
"Go grab your stuff, girly."
Jake walked out of the kitchen to his room and I smiled a huge smile.
"Thank you so much!" I shouted out and hugged Neal.
"Don't thank me, thank Jake."
"Don't worry, I am! To London!" I squealed and ran out of the kitchen to get ready.
By the way, the Luxembourg incident really did happen to me in real life. It was one of my favorite memories on my trip! Anyways, I know that Griffin hasn't appeared yet at all, and I'm sorry about that, but don't lose hope! He is coming up really soon. :)
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