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Emma's POV
Jenna has been here for three days and I am absolutely miserable. Nobody notices me anymore, not even miss Peregrine. I have to wear Jenna's lead dress to keep from floating away. I'm completely alone now and I wish Jake was here to make me feel better. We're all currently sitting st the dinner table eating supper when suddenly the phone rings,which is odd since Abe isn't supposed to call miss Peregrine for another half hour. Miss Peregrine excuses herself and answers the phone. A few minutes she comes back into the dining room and smiles at me for the first time in days.
"It's for you Emma" she says as she sits back down. I get up and feel everyone watching me as I leave the room and pick up the phone.
"Hello?" I say confusedly.
"Hi baby how's everything at home?" Jake asks me happily. I grin and feel tears in my eyes as I bask in the pleasure of hearing his loving voice for the first time in four days.
"We have a new girl staying with us,her name is Jenna and her peculiarity is air" I say while trying to hold back tears.
"That's great! I take it you two are getting along greatly" he says happily
"Actually no, miss Peregrine made me give up my room and my shoes to Jenna to make her more comfortable. I now live in your room, I swear I haven't messed with your things" I say worriedly at that last part.
"Oh baby that's horrible! Don't worry I'll be coming home a few days earlier than I thought I would and I'll sort it all out" he says comfortingly. I smile when I realize he'll be home sooner than I thought he would be. I look down at my wrist and look at the patterns on his bracelet.
"I love you Jake" I whisper into the phone,trying to hold back a sob.
"I love you too Emma, when I come home I'm going to hold you tight and never let you go. Stay strong for me love I'll be home soon" he says lovingly.
"I wish you were here now" I say.
"I wish I was there too love, don't worry though I know that the surprise I'm getting for you will be worth it" he says lovingly. I hear a man in the background call out 'order for Mr. Portman ' and Jake sighs sadly.
"I have to go now love I'll call again soon, probably in a few days. I love you" he says sadly.
"I love you too Jake" I say before we hang up at the same time. I wipe away my tears and put the phone back in it's place. I go back into the dining room and sit at my seat. I start to eat again and everyone is starting to chat amongst each other happily. After we finish eating we go out to watch reset. As I look up at the colors I feel myself being yanked backwards. I turn and see a man yanking me away from the others.
" I wouldn't scream if I were you,unless you want your friends to die" he says cruelly. I keep my mouth shut and look back as my family grows smaller and smaller in the distance.
"Good. Now this is what's going to happen. I'm going to experiment on you and once I'm finished you're free to go back to your family" he says gruffly. Suddenly I'm hit on the back of my head and my last thought before I lose consciousness is 'please hurry back and save me Jake'.
I groan and open my eyes. The back of my head is throbbing and I wince. I try to rub my eyes but I find that I can't move. I look and see that I've been strapped to a metal table in a dark room full of tools.
"Ah now look who's awake" the scary man says amusedly as he approaches the table. I look at him and shiver internally at how scary he looks.
"I hope you like the room because this is where you'll be staying until I'm finished with you" he says as he unstraps me from the table and carries me to a small dirty cell. I want to move but I'm too weak to budge.
'He must have drugged me' I think groggily. He tosses me onto the ground and locks me in the cell.
"Get some rest miss. The real fun starts tomorrow" He says cheerily as he walks up some wooden stairs and disappears from my view. I hear a door open,shut and lock above me. I focus on the cold stone ground I'm laying on and shiver. I look at Jake's bracelet on my wrist and feel a sudden rush of bravery.
'Jacob will come for me,and until he does I need to stay strong so I can see him again' I think to myself determinedly. I close my eyes and fall asleep thinking about my knight in shining armour saving the day.
