A/N: HELLO THERE! I'm actually updating this again. I was about to give up on this, but then I found out I had most of this chapter written after I found it deep, deep in my computer. So I thought, why not and just finish it. And here it is! Enjoy :D
Disclaimer: I own nothing except my own characters and my plot.
JoJo, Tabby, Valerie, and Zeke were running down what looked like a very long hallway that led to a bright light. All that was heard was their heavy breathing and their footsteps echoing in the metal hall.
'What in the world are we running from?', JoJo thought to himself, glancing behind him.
"Come on!", Valerie yelled.
"How did this happened?!", Tabby yelled.
"Shut up and run!", Zeke ordered them. JoJo opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out. They ran for what seemed like ten minutes and the bright light didn't seem closer. Just then a pair of dark arms wrapped around Zeke and pulled him into the darkness behind them.
"AHH!", he screamed, disappearing in the shadows behind them. The light suddenly became closer. JoJo wanted to run back and save his cousin, but it was as if his legs had a mind of their own as they kept running towards the light. They ran for five minutes and the light was still the same distance it was earlier. Just then the same dark arms grabbed Valerie from the side and pulled her into a wall where she disappeared.
"What the-!?", she screamed as she was being pulled. The light seemed only a few feet away now. After a minute, the dark arms grabbed Tabby's legs as it pulled her down to the ground.
"Run, JoJo!", she yelled as she fell into the floor as if it was water. The light was only a feet away from him. He dove into it before the shadow-like hands barely grabbed his foot. He slid onto the cold metal floor before he opened his eyes. He was now in the observatory with the roof opened. A single blinding spotlight fell on him as another one shown in front of him. Kevin stood in the second spotlight with Zeke, Valerie, and Tabby blindfolded and tied up in front of him. In front of each of them was a weapon. Zeke had a silver pistol, Tabby had her trusty poket knife, while Valerie had a worn out rope. JoJo looked down at his hand and saw the silver pistol his mom had given him.
"Come on, JoJo, what are you waiting for?", Kevin taunted him with a smirk, motioning his hands to himself, "Shoot me." JoJo stood there paralyzed with fear, his hands shaking, and his finger hesitates to pull the trigger.
"Maybe you need more convincing?" Kevin grabbed the rope that was in front Valerie and wrapped it around her neck. He held the two ends and tugged on it, making her wheeze for air.
"JoJo, you suck..... If you don't.... save me...... shoot him!", Valerie pleaded in between tugs. JoJo lifted the gun and pointed it at Kevin. His finger wouldn't pull the trigger. It was as if it was stuck.
"Ok, then. If you won't shoot," He wrapped the ends of the rope on his hand and tugged on it harder. Valerie's face went pale of any color before she fell limp on the floor. He let go of the rope and let it fall wherever on the lifeless body.
"Next victim!", he exclaimed happily as he grabbed the knife in front of Tabby. He pulled her off the floor by her hair and held the knife close to her throat. One flick of the wrist and he could easily kill her. "Come on, JoJo, save your cousin. Shoot me.", he said calmly.
"Please, help me.", Tabby begged as she felt the cold metal on her neck. Her voice was obviously sounded shaky and scared.
"Let her go!", JoJo ordered Kevin.
"Only if you shoot me, go on, you have the gun. I'll give you five seconds." No matter how hard he tried, the trigger wouldn't move.
"Five…. Four…. Three….. Two….", the crazy who counted in a whisper as JoJo struggled with the trigger, "One!"
"JoJo!", Tabby yelled desperately before Kevin, with the slightest bit of movement, slit her neck. Blood poured down her neck as she fell limp on the ground; a pool of crimson red forming around her.
"No.", JoJo muttered in disbelief. He struggled again to move, finding as if he was glued to the floor.
"Last, but not least!", Kevin cheered happily as he picked the silver gun. He held it at the back of Zeke's neck.
"What are you waiting for?", Zeke yelled angrily, "Shoot him already!"
"Shoot him! Shoot him!", people chanted out of nowhere. He looked up towards the chants and saw most of Whoville, sitting on his musical inventions, watching as if this was a show.
"Come on! Put on a show, make the crowd happy!", Kevin laughed as he pressed the gun harder on Zeke's neck. JoJo closed his eyes shut, with all his might, pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Smoke came out of his gun. He opened his eyes and looked up and saw he shot the wall behind Kevin, barely missing his head.
"Oh, bad aim. Let me show you how it's done.", Kevin said with a creepy smile.
Bang!
Zeke fell limp on the ground and landed on his stomach; blood oozing out of the back of his neck, forming a puddle mixing with Tabby's blood. JoJo fell to his knees, almost throwing up at the gut retching scene. He stood up and glared at Kevin while pointed the gun at him. He took out a similar gun and pointed it back as if it was nothing.
"Come on, son. Give me your best shot!"
"You son of a-!", JoJo yelled back, but was cut off by him.
"Say hello to Ned for me." Kevin pulled back the trigger.
Bang!
JoJo fell back from the impact. His body became numb as he felt warm liquid flowed down. The last thing he heard was the cruel laughter coming from Kevin before he blacked out.
"JoJo?"
"JoJo! Wake up!"
"AHH!", JoJo screamed, jolting up. He woke up with Valerie violently shaking him. She stopped when she realized his eyes were opened. Her, Tabby, and Zeke surrounded him and stared with worried eyes. Scenes from his horrible nightmare flood back to his head, the innocent blood on the metal floor, the ringing of the gunshots, and his real dad's cruel laughter. He stood up while covering his mouth and ran as far as he could before he puked. His cousins heard the retching coming from the black and gray Who and ran to his aid. They fell to their knees and comfort him as much as possible. Valerie rubbed his back, trying to calm him down. Zeke and Tabby watched with sad eyes, wondering what kind of dream he had that would make him like this. Tabby felt his forehead which felt warm to the touch.
"Zeke, get a wet rag and some water for JoJo, please.", she ordered, waving her hand toward the jungle. He nodded a yes and went to the river nearby. Once he stopped puking, JoJo staggered to a nearby wall with his back onto it and his eyes closed. His breathing was heavy and sweat beaded down his forehead.
"Good God, JoJo, what in the world happened?", Tabby asked as she made her way over to him.
"I-I had a dream, more like a nightmare.", JoJo answered in a whisper, "Kevin found us and killed you guys before he killed me. The worst part is that I couldn't do a thing to protect you guys. It was horrible." Zeke ran back to them with a wet rag and a small bucket with water. Valerie tilted his head back to help him drink the water while Tabby dabbed his forehead with the wet rag and cleaned his face. He began to whimper, remembering how scary it was. He thought it was real and not a dream. It felt too real to him.
"Shhh. It was just a nightmare.", Valerie cooed, wiping up around his mouth, "It didn't really happen. We're still here." She put her hand back to his forehead and felt it cooled down.
"Wh-where's Horton?", he asked once he noticed the elephant was nowhere in sight.
"He had to teach his class.", Valerie said, placing her hands in her lap.
"He told us to meet up with him by the river when you wake up.", Zeke added, "We can go and meet up when you are feeling better, ok?" JoJo nodded a yes and tried to stand back up, but quickly fell back down. His arms and legs felt weak under pressure.
'How can a dream like this do this to me?', he thought to himself. He sat there and thought up an answer himself, 'Because it can actually happen.'
"We'll leave you to rest.", Tabby said, getting up off the floor. JoJo nodded and closed his eyes. Tabby, Zeke, and Valerie walked to the entrance of the cave, the cool breeze slightly hitting them.
"Poor JoJo.", Valerie said, after a few minutes of silence.
"Yeah, it must have been such an awful dream to make him like that.", Tabby added, "Do you really think he would do that?"
"Who?", Zeke asked, leaning himself against the wall.
"Kevin. Do you think he would actually do what he did in JoJo's dream?"
"Who knows what goes on in that crazy psycho's mind.", Valerie answered, staring out at the vast jungle.
"I'll be right back." Tabby took a step out into the sunlight before both her cousins placed a hand on her shoulders to stop her. She turned to face them
"I really don't think it's safe out there.", Zeke said, looking at her with sad eyes, practically begging her not to go.
"Puh-lease! Kevin is probably still in Whoville, hiding." She shrugged of the pair of hands and stepped forward again.
"We don't know that.", Valerie retorted, putting her hands on her hips, giving her the best stern glare she could give. She was secretly trying to hide the fear in her eyes.
"Don't worry about me. The river is just nearby; beside I think he needs you guys more than me." She was referring to the sleeping JoJo that was still propped against the wall, "Besides I got my pocket knife," she tapped the pocket that held said object, "I'll be just fine."
Before anyone can say anything else, Tabby walked casually into the mess of colorful trees. The sound of water was growing louder as she came closer. Once she reached her destination, she fell to her knees and splashed water on her face to cool off, enjoying the cool water on her hands.
"Having fun?", a voice asked from behind. She jolted back up and turned around to the voice.
"Wh-whose there?", she asked, shakily while putting one of her hands in the pocket where the knife was. Sounds of leaves getting crunched were made as the unknown figure moved around. Tabby's eyes darted as it followed the sound.
"Come on out!", she ordered, trying hard not to show fear. The wobbling of her legs gave away the fear, though. She tried to stop it, but her legs wouldn't listen.
"Why should I?", the voice asked, coming from above in the trees.
"If this is a some sorta joke, it's not funny anymore, Val or Zeke.", Tabby said, trying to convince herself this is just a prank.
"Guess again.", it sang happily, enjoying the fear in her voice. Movement was heard as he headed behind her, following the sound to make sure where it was. Now she had a good idea how it was, but she was hoping desperately she was wrong.
"Let me guess. You are a heartless Who that killed the mayor and now you're after your own son.", Tabby answered, hoping the response was a 'I don't know what you're talking about' or something along those lines, then whispered shakily, "K-kevin Barker?"
The shadowy figure stepped out from the bushes. It was a Who, wearing a straightjacket that wasn't locked and was stained with mud in some places. The black and white striped pants had small rips near the knees. He had black shaggy hair that was messy with tangles and small amount of mud.
"Your smarter than you look, doll face.", he answered with a smile, moving a piece of hair out of his eyes.
"Do you hear that?", Valerie asked to Zeke, who was leaning against the cave wall. She was in the middle of getting off the floor when she heard a strange noise that was gradually getting louder. He looked up from the ground and followed his cousin's gaze. After a few seconds, they saw Tabby running full speed at them, taking short glances behind her as if someone was following her. She ran pass them, not even acknowledging that they were there, and searched frantically for JoJo's backpack. Valerie was going to ask what was going on, but her cousin interrupted her.
"Don't ask anything. We g-got to get out of here!", Tabby said, looking behind a rock, "Get JoJo, we're going back to Whoville."
"What?!", her two cousins and JoJo exclaimed in disbelief. JoJo stood up, not feeling as weak as before and walked over to join the conversation.
"We can't! Remember, Kevin is still on the loose.", Valerie said in disbelief, getting the urge to slap some sense into her. She wasn't really listening as searched for the bag, finally finding it against the wall.
"Yeah, but he's not in Whoville anymore.", Tabby retorted, searching in JoJo's gray backpack for the transporter.
"How do you know?", Zeke asked, crossing his arms. Before she got to answer, the four Whos heard a strange static-buzzing coming from deeper into the cave. They made their way toward the sound, bracing to find the worse. Behind a large, jagged rock was a black and green walkie-talkie.
"Hello?", a voice asked from the walkie-talkie. The voice was a little blurred by static but they soon recognized it to Sally.
"Mom!", JoJo exclaimed, picking up the device and pushing a button.
"JoJo?" Even though they couldn't see each other, he nodded as if she could. "Thank God! You're still safe! You got to get out of there and quick."
"Why? What's going on?", he asked, frantically. Tabby excused herself from the conversation and made her way back to the gray backpack to get the transporter. All of their backs were facing the mouth of the cave, so they didn't know they had a visitor join them. The stranger's shadow stretched into the cave where the sunlight reached. The next sentence that was said made everyone's heart skip a beat.
"Hi there, son."
A/N: And I'm going to leave as that for now. Hope this chapter was good and really sorry for the really long wait for the update. I was working on my Toy Story fanfic a lot and I had a writer block for this one. I'll try and update faster. Until next time! Read and Review :D! Tell me what you think!