Konichiwa! So sorry I didn't update yesterday, computer was acting up!

I'm trying something a bit new…a little bit of friction between two characters. I don't think I have seen these characters butt-heads yet (in a book or fic) so I'm excited for it.

Here's the sixth chapter!

Chapter 6- A Disney Dream

All of the Keepers sat in a circle in the entrance area of the ship. They hadn't spoken a word since they got there. The Keepers (beside Finn and Willa) were just basically all in shock.

"I seriously thought we weren't going to have a problem this time." Charlene said quietly to herself. Everyone else pretended they didn't hear, but all of the Keepers, including Jess, who was absolutely devastated, knew everyone heard.

Maybeck knew that if he didn't start talking, no one else will, so he began.

"What are we gonna do? We can't just sit here."

Finn responded. "Guys…he's right. What are we going to do?"

"If we do something, we're gone." Charlene began.

"And if we don't do something," Willa continued.

"Amanda's gone." Maybeck finished. "So, yeah, we're pretty much at a stalemate."

Philby sighed. "Do we have anything we can work with?"

Charlene saw Jess, who was sitting next to her, tense up a bit. She eyed her suspiciously. Why did she get so nervous all of the sudden?

Charlene saw the corner of a paper in Jess's sock. She addressed Jess.

"What's that?" Charlene asked Jess.

Jess just kept staring off into space.

"What's that?" Charlene asked again quickly.

Jess still didn't answer.

Charlene was getting annoyed. She did not like being ignored.

"What's that, Jezebel?"

"I don't like being called that." Jess said to her hands."What's that, Jezebel?"

"I said,"Jess finally looked at Charlene, teeth clenched, and spoke slowly, "I don't like being called that."

"What…is…that?"

Jess looked at the pillow that was thrown on the floor earlier that night and didn't respond for a while.

Jess spoke extra quietly, head in hands. "Nothing."

Charlene took the paper from the sock so quick that you would have thought she didn't. The paper was folded, so Charlene unfolded it. Her face was full of things the other Keepers couldn't read.

Charlene smirked. "Doesn't look like a whole lot of nothing."

"Lemme see," Maybeck stood up and snatched the paper. He stared at it and sat beck down, still staring. His eyes were darting from place to place, trying to register the full meaning of what was on the paper. He looked down, looked towards the bathroom, and tossed the paper to Philby and sat down, muttering curses.

All of the Keepers (excluding Charlene and Jess, who were behind the group) gathered around Philby and looked at the paper. On the paper, there was a pencil sketch of the entrance area. On the left side, there was bathroom door with a sign that said "Out Of Order". Towards the middle, there was a cape that was spread out, and a foot sticking out from behind the cape. There was a window on the right side the cape and foot, and outside the window there were stars. It was easy to see that the scene took place during the night.

"Oh, gosh," Willa exhaled and looked at Philby.

Maybeck spoke. "Looks a whole lot the same, doesn't it?"

Jess retorted fast. "I didn't want to freak you guys out, okay? I was going to show it to you eventually, but-"

Charlene stood. "Eventually meaning off the ship." she said. Her face was red. She turned around and put her hands up to her face. She stayed like that for a while. She turned around."We could have prevented it, you know." She got louder every word. "We could have been in our beds right now instead of in this darn entrance area, trying to figure out how to save your sister! Not, mine, not Finn's, not anyone else's, your's!"

Jess looked like she wanted to speak, but she couldn't.

Finn started. "Girls, this isn't getting us anywhere. We need to-"

"Find Jezebel's sister? Ask her how to do it. I'm not the one with super powers."

"I don't like being called that!" Jess cried, tears filling her eyes. She flew across the room and disappeared behind a wall.

The Keepers looked at Charlene, who was now super red and on the verge of tears.

Willa was the third person that night to have spoken so quietly that literally no one heard it.

"Now you've done it."

Charlene fled, too, to the other side of the ship.

A couple of minutes after she was gone, Maybeck was the first to speak again."

Who's gonna go?" He said. The Keepers stared at him; at first they didn't understand. After a while, they did.

"I'll go," said Philby. He ran in the direction of Jess.

Maybeck addressed Willa and Finn. "Who's with Charlie?"

"Not me, I already did my comforting today." Willa said.

Maybeck looked at Finn hopefully. He prayed that he didn't have to go comfort Charlene-that girl looked mad.

Finn replied. "Haven't I gone through enough today?"

"God…okay, be right back." He jogged of to Charlene's side, begging the Lord that there was nothing too bad.

...CHAPTER BREAK...

"I hate it."

"I know you do."

"I hate it, hate it, hate it."

"I know you do."

"It reminds me of when I was like that. I don't want to be like that. I do't want to be evil again. I don't like even thinking of that. The thought that I could go back just breaks me."

"I know, I know. You're right. It is terrible."

Jess leaned against the door of The Remy Restaurant.Philby was next to her. She was staring down at the floor, trying to push away all thoughts of being evil again. She played this game in her mind whenever she wanted to clear her head: she pretended to gather up all of her feelings in a bundle, and then she took the bundle and threw it away or "inserted" it into an object. Tonight, that "bundle" wouldn't go away.

"It's not working." Jess said, annoyed that her mind wouldn't cooperate. She knew that Philby had knowledge about her mind games that she plays. Literally, those mind games are the only way to keep her sane. Philby thought the way her mind works is fascinating- she doesn't think too much on logic, much more on little details. Philby definitely was a logical guy, but there were times he wished he had a mind like Jess's: complicated and twisted.

"I see what you're saying…" Philby started but never finished. How was he supposed to help this girl? This crazy, confusing, helpless girl?

"Listen to me. We need to get this done. We need to find-" Philby stopped because Jess go that faraway look. It only lasted a few seconds. Phew, it wasn't a vision, Philby thought. He bet it was just her missing her sister.

Can't blame her, Philby thought. If my family was gone, I wouldn't survive a day! And this girl is all Jess has!

Philby started his previous sentence again. "We need to end this. The only way we can is if you come back with me."

"She needs to come back too."

"She needs to come back, too. You're right. It's a team effort. But I bet Willa or Finn went over there, so we know she's coming back. If Maybeck went, we're doomed for all eternity."

This made Jess smile and giggle a bit. Philby chuckled a bit, too. After a minute, she stopped. Philby saw her mouthing the words We need to end this over and over again. They just stood there for a while, Jess enjoying his quiet company. Willa was right- in his lectures, he does make miracles.

Jess tried to place that bundle of thought once more. There weren't any inanimate objects that would work in that immediate area. Well, if there is no inanimate, she thought to herself, try animate.

Philby saw that she had no expression on her face, but he could feel her concentrating.

Jess put the bundleinto smiled slightly.

"It worked."

He took her hands.

"Never again."

They walked back to the entrance area, ready to face whatever battle that may come next.

.…...CHAPTER BREAK...

Charlene walked briskly and made her stride longer every word.

"Why do I do that? Why do I always push people away? I get mad, and the bomb is set off. Boom. Done. I have lost so many people because of that. I ask myself everyday why I am like that. And I never get an answer."

"Charlene, wait up!" Maybeck chased hopelessly after her. Like Charlene, Maybeck was asking himself questions like Why me? How did I get stuck with this girl? Philby is the psychiatrist of psychologist or physician or whatever. He coulda dealt with this way better. Me? She's running away from me.

"Charlene!" Maybeck called turned around quickly, her face still red.

"What?" she said forcefully.

He backed away, his hands in an I surrender! position. What approach? "Come at me bro" or "Back off, dude"? Maybeck asked himself. Or, the worst option- heart-to-heart. Blech.

Yet, Maybeck took the heart approach.

"Charlie…what you said earlier reminded me of Mandy. She uses the term push."

"That's where I got it. It really…describes how I feel better than any other word.""I see."

"But it seems like she controls it better than me, you know."

Maybeck nodded. They were silent for a moment."Here, let me give you an idea- what does Amanda do when she, as you say, pushes people away?"

"No clue." She continued. "It's probably her super powers."

Maybeck couldn't believe that The Epic Terry Maybeck said the next words that came out of his mouth.

"Okay…you can go with that…but, that's her super powers. You have some too. So does Finn. And Willa. Heck, I got some megasuper-powers, you know." Charlene smiled. "So, we gotta realize our super powers. Your's…you don't like to believe it, but you are super smart, alright? You would survive a day in Philby's school, I'm sure. I truly believe that. And you are, as Finn says, half monkey. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you are seventy-five percent monkey. And…you are honestly very sweet. You don't have to listen to the awesome Terry Maybeck and believe that, but you are, okay? You just don't always get to show it. But I…I've seen the sweet Charlene."

Charlene's face color had gone down a few hues.

"And look here-another super power. You can turn your face different colors."

Charlene shoved Maybeck playfully.

"Hey, what are your super powers? What's so mega about them?"

Maybeck stopped right in his tracks.

"Uhh…I can speak a darn good lecture, for one."

Charlene's hand intertwined with his, and they walked back, each smiling secretly inside.

I just realized how much I love Jhilby together as friends! I think they are in pretty much no way alike, but they are just so cute together (only as friends, I think Philby and Willa belong together, but you never know…I was thinking about a possible Jhilby fic in the future O_o) And, did any of you guys notice the quote I put in the Jhilby scene? PM me which book it was from…you'll get a virtual cookie. (it's chocolate chip lol)

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