Speeding down the open road with Griffin was fun; I won the race this time. To be fair to Griffin he nearly got run over at one point but he jumped out of harm's way but he was a bit wary after that. I couldn't stop thinking that Alice was missing all of this and I am definitely telling her that Griffin laid out a bike for her to ride. Maybe I should get Griffin and Alice to talk; that way they will know each other better. It was getting really dark now; it must have been the middle of the night. Well in France at least.

'We should do one more lap then go back' I suggested.

'Yeah, sure' Griffin then smiled crookedly with one side going up. 'Race you to the end of the road.'

Before I could say anything he had zoomed ahead of me. Cheater. I sped after him but never quite got in front of him, he was doing wheelies and jumping into the air and spinning it around in the air. He was obviously showing off but I wanted to do tricks like him, so I increased my speed and lifted the stop of the bike up and for about a second I was doing a wheelie. Then that second was over and the back wheel came forward as the wheel in the air was tipping back. Before I could say 'Griffin' I was rolling on the ground as my bike slid across the floor, roaring.

Griffin jumped back in a flash and then stood above me laughing.

'Oh mate, that's not quite how I did it' Griffin laughed.

I just rolled my eyes and struggled up and felt the weight of my body pull me back down again. Before I could fall Griffin grabbed my arm and scoffed at me.

'Let's go, I have a first aid kit at home' Griffin said in a professional tone. I was shocked by the word home he used as he doesn't really refer to it as his home normally but I ignored it.

At Griffin's room; he put a plaster on my eyebrow and bandage on my wrist. I did have other injuries but he just gave me some ice to heal those, he had a lot of ice packs. I wanted to ask why but I guess he gets hurt while fighting the paladins and needs to be treated. Alice was fast asleep but she doesn't snore she just looks peaceful and a lump sat in my throat at our little argument before I left.

As Griffin leaned for the ice pack I noticed there was a scar on his neck and I had seen one on his arm before, maybe these fights were as dangerous as Alice thought but I still want to fight them. For everyone who is close to me, especially Alice because to the paladins she is just an obstacle.

'Where did you get the scar from?' I asked.

'What one?' Griffin said smiling a dark smile.

'The one on your neck' I tried to sound as if I hadn't seen anymore.

'That was Roland, he has given me two' Griffin almost spat out his name. 'I've given him broken bones and a scar on his back though. That was an epic fight.'

'Wow' I replied in almost in awe. 'I'm guessing Roland is a paladin.'

Griffin scoffed again, 'yeah. He also was involved in killing my parents.'

'Is he dead?' I asked totally engrossed in conversation.

'Maybe, I've been tracking him since I lost him about 3 years ago or has it been 4. Anyway, I was so close to killing him but then David this other jumper got in my way and then tried to kill me' Griffin's face screwed at the mention of David but his face looked bewildered at my expression.

'D-D-David Rice!? Is that the David?' I asked after a full 7 seconds of silence and shock.

'Yeah that was his name and his mum, Mary Rice. Paladin.' The disgust was apparent in his face but I was aware at who Mary Rice was, she was one of the paladins that killed Griffin's parents. 'What is it? Do you know him?'

'Yeah… when Alice told you we were out with friends all day it was them. Griffin, I'm sorry I didn't know! If I knew I would have brought him to you or or something!' I exclaimed.

'What a small world' Griffin sighed.

'Yeah, right' I said trying to analyse Griffin's thoughtful face, then his face screwed.

'Remember when I told you about Sophie. She is David's brother.'

'And the world gets even smaller' I said sarcastically.

'I bet David still thinks I'm dead' Griffin laughed coldly.

'What happened?' I sat down in my normal story listening space but Griffin stayed standing this time, so I stood up again.

'We teamed up to save his girlfriend and he brought her to my lair and the paladins followed us there. They then used their machine to drag her back through the wormhole but all the paladins were in one room so I wanted to blow them up. Even Roland was there but David disagreed because his girlfriend was still in there but I was really driven back then, so he left me to die inside a transmission tower but it was in the middle of a war zone. A tank or something hit the tower and blew me out of it; after that it took me a while to be comfortable around people, well my version of comfortable and I dunno with you I seem to be. But with everyone else I'm just not' he glanced at Alice then back to me, 'I see myself in you when I was 16 and I just feel like I needed another jumper to help me at that time. So I thought I would try being yours, I'll show you how to have fun and kill paladins. Then when this is all over I can have another go at my life' Griffin sighed and smiled at me. 'Now go to sleep before you have to go in the morning.'

'Okay, but Griffin' I waited for him to turn around and when he did I continued, 'I won't ever turn against you and what David did was horrible but let's hope he killed Roland for us' I smiled and it felt evil.

I always wondered why Griffin always opened up to me and liked to have me around but I think it is because he hasn't had anyone to pass on his story to until me. He was also educating me about what I didn't to do to not get killed and avoid people in my life being killed. Griffin seems to have sacrificed a lot, he had lost everything and I can't blame him for wanting a couple of people around. Then I thought about Griffin's battle scars and thought about me getting them someday. Not a lot just enough to look hard; that would probably impress Alice.

'Oh, I never knew. Poor Griffin' the soft voice said. 'Why didn't you tell me? I never understood you before but I get you now!'

'It's okay, I just wanted to tell you because I like having you and Jamie around and I'm going to need Jamie's help with the paladins and you need to know why it is important' the huskier voice said.

'Just make sure you look after him, he isn't as tough as he seems' the soft voice said and I felt a warm finger stroke my cheek.

'I will and after this the paladins won't come after us for a while and we can both have some peace. I never meant to cause friction between you two' the husky voice laughed.

'It's fine, it was my fault anyway. I'm just really sorry, I never gave you a fair chance' the soft voice was shaky.

I opened my eyes and Alice's hand was on my cheek and across her was Griffin who looked calm. I saw his face and I knew, he had told Alice his story so she would understand this better. I sat up and wiped the tears of her face and smiled.

'Morning sleepy, it's the middle of the day!' Griffin laughed.

'Oh My Gosh! What about school?' I asked.

'What about it? Really Jamie, we haven't been there in days well not properly' Alice shrugged.

'You should get your stuff and stay here for a while. A while. Then we can get you, your own place when all your school goes back to your hometown' Griffin said. Mine and Alice's face lit up, I loved the idea of living with Griffin, who wouldn't want that!? I know it wouldn't be for long because griffin is used to being alone and when this is all over he will go and find himself again without having to live in hiding.

'So what's the plan for today then?' Alice asked cheerfully.

'I don't know, what is the plan Griffin?' I smiled at him.

'Oh no. You're staying here all day?' he replied sarcastically.

'Yes, you're welcome!' I said sardonically.

After a breakfast of eggs and toast, showering and changing back into our clothes from yesterday we all started our journey for the day. I followed Griffin's wormhole to a hot beach, it was picturesque. There is no other way to describe it, the sea was washing the sand and retracting. The colour of the sand was a deep golden colour and everyone seemed engulfed by the beauty and sunlight.

'Welcome to Hawaii' Griffin said with a smile on his face.

'Wow' Alice whispered.

Wow, was definitely the word; it was remarkable.

'I don't have a swimming costume though' Alice's eyebrows furrowed together.

'You won't need it, we are going on a jet ski' Griffin smiled.

'You're spoiling us!' I exclaimed.

'We are going jet skiing then killing paladins, I thought we should do the fun thing second' he smiled a dark smile and scoffed. Alice didn't appreciate his dry humour but just rolled her eyes. Their talk really has helped things; Alice just understands now.

'You should leave me here to sunbathe when you go off!' Alice crossed her arms, she looks so cute angry. 'Try not to die because I need to get me afterwards.' She sounded so childlike that Griffin and I burst out laughing and Griffin walked towards the jet skis.

I have never felt such a rush. My hair was standing up because of the speed and I felt like I was running on water it was such a rush. Griffin was showing off again but I didn't try anything stupid this time and just raced him and Alice. She was really good, maybe even better than me. Maybe. We were jet skiing for about two hours but then Griffin checked his watch which must have been water proof and looked to me. It was time for the fun bit as Griffin put it earlier but I felt a bit nervous because I hadn't fought paladins in a while.

We left Alice to sunbathe and dry off as Griffin and I pushed her into the water. She wasn't too happy about that but I just said, 'You're sunbathing anyway, you'll dry up!'

'Yes but you two pushed me in when I had clothes on!' Alice said in her stroppy child's voice again. Griffin and I instinctively burst out laughing again.

Griffin and I were back at his room and we discussed strategies and advantage points. He knows the battleground well and he knows paladins will be there because it used to be a meeting point for jumpers. After it was discovered not so much, now it is at constant cover of paladins and Griffin is using this to his advantage. I asked him why other jumpers haven't and he said that they decide to go one of two ways, fight or hide. He also said that most jumpers are hiders and I thought of David but decided not to bring it up.

The jumper's meeting point was very open it was the Grand Canyon, up was the only advantage point here. We had been going over strategies again and then we saw a paladin attacking a jumper to my surprise the jumper looked about 13. How could they kill someone that young? I asked Griffin if we could help but he decided against it because there were 5 paladins attacking him at once. So we just crouched there watching this boy be stabbed in the heart and I watched the life leave him. Griffin wasn't watching he was looking for other paladins and then he looked at me.

'You get that tall one and I'll come around the side and kill him' his voice sounded thoughtful and planned out. The tall one was the one who had just killed the jumper child; I guess that's why we were getting him first.