Jake's POV
The light fades away and I find that I'm inside of the room that was in Horace's dream. Suddenly I hear footsteps and hide behind a giant stack of boxes in the corner of the room. I peak through one of the small crack's between the boxes and see the man that took Emma walk across the room and move towards some built in cage/jail cell.
"Ready for another day of fun miss?" he asks tauntingly. I hear a faint whimper and realize he's talking to Emma.
'nobody tortures my girl and gets away with it' I growl to myself. I watch as he unlocks the cage and wait for the perfect moment to attack. He yanks Emma out of the cage and I have to cover my mouth from gasping. She's covered in dirt and hay, she's in a ratty old dress and looks like she hasn't eaten in days. It's her eyes that are breaking me, they are dull and look like all of the life has been sucked out of them. That's when I snap and charge at the man holding my girl. I gently push Emma away and start punching the guy senseless.
"W-who a-are you?" he stammers as he's sprawled out on the ground,blood pouring from his nose,mouth,and a gash in his forehead.
"The last face you'll ever see" I growl out before dragging him over to the table and strapping him in. I hurry and get Emma in my arms and hide her under the stairs.
"J-Jake" she whimpers. I hug her tightly and feel tears prick my eyes.
"Stay here love I'll be right back" I promise her before speeding back to the man and finishing what I started. After I know he's dead I run back to Emma and see that she's shaking. She collides into my chest and a quickly wrap my arms around her as she starts to sob into my chest.
"Shhh it's alright baby I'm here,he'll never hurt you again" I whisper to her comfortingly. She nuzzles her face into my neck and takes a deep breath. I cup her face in my hand and kiss her gently.
"Come on baby we're going home" I tell her. She smiles weakly at me and I see the life returning to her eyes.
"Go up the stairs baby I'll be right behind you" I tell her. She looks at me confused and hurt.
"Don't leave me alone again please" she whimpers.
"I will never leave you alone again baby. I need you to go up there so I can destroy all of this properly" I tell her. She nods and tries to stand up but falls. I catch her before she can land on the ground and run up the stairs with her in my arms. I put her down at the landing and run back down the stairs. I pull a box of matches out of my pocket and light one. I throw the match onto a large pile of papers and the flame instantly spreads around the room, including the now dead man's body. I run up the stairs and pick up Emma. I continue to run at hundreds of miles an hour out of the building and this time we're both engulfed in the blue light. I continue running and we're suddenly back in our loop. I slow down so now I'm running at a normal speed and hurry up the steps to the porch. I open and close the door behind me and walk into the living room. Everyone is in there and look at us in shock. I glare at Jenna and miss Peregrine before I put Emma down on one of the couches. I kneel down next to her and hold her hand. She looks up at me and has tears in her eyes. I kiss her forehead and nuzzle my face against her cheek. She whimpers and leans in closer to me. I cup her face in my hand and wipe the tears out of her eyes.
"You're safe now love. I'm right here,I'm not going anywhere" I assure her.
"What happened? How did you run so fast?" Hugh asks me.
"Turns out Emma's been tortured ever since she was taken. When I got there the guy was getting ready to experiment on her.
"Oh my heavens Emma are you alright?" miss Peregrine asks as she steps towards us. Emma whimpers and hides her face into my sleeve.
"Of course she's not alright! Her boyfriend leaves for a week,and in that time a newbie takes her place in her family, her friends and parental figure abandon her for the new girl. And to top it all off she's kidnapped and is tortured for five days until her boyfriend shows up and saves her" I snap. Miss Peregrine backs off and looks hurt,and so do the others but at this point I don't care. My main focus is my poor girlfriend.
"J-Jake can w-we go to your room now? I-I'm sleepy" she stutters.
"Of course love. We can go to our room now" I say as I gently lift her up bridal style. I carry her upstairs and into our room. I close the door behind us and lay her on the bed. I lay next to her and gently pull her to my chest.
"Your bracelet is the only thing that kept me sane" she whispers.
"Shhh we'll talk about it when you want to talk about it. I don't blame you love" I whisper to her. She sniffles and buries her face into my chest.
"Let's get you cleaned up alright love" I suggest. She nods yes and I carry her into our bathroom. I gently wash her face,arms,neck,feet, and her legs. Then I carry her back to my bed and pick out one of my black t-shirts and a pair of blue plaid boxers for her to wear.
"Here love change into these" I say as I turn away from her. A few minutes later I feel a weak tug on my sleeve and turn to see Emma in my clothes. I smile and gently lay her down next to me under the covers. She curls up against me and lays her head on my chest and arm around my stomach. I kiss her cheek and she smiles. I'm worried because she's not wearing lead and should be floating now, but she's not. I know it's just a side effect from what ever that man did to her, but I'm very worried. I hug her closer to me and she soon falls fast asleep. I scan my room for a fee more seconds and then I join her in our dreamland.
