Chapter 5

Jake and his friends walked up and down threw the shop. They need a plan. And a answer. In the city was a huge chaos. But maybe a few seconds later they could hear that a car start. They looked out and could really see how someone succeed to start a car and drive away.

"The energy comes back!" Spud said. "Slowly but... that's good."

"Yes, Spud where is your laptop?" Jake asked.

"I have it here, but it's also don't working like everything here!" he said and gived Jake the computer.

"Awww... maaan! Gramps told me that he made some magical-things into his stuff so that it will work during a power-failure. But here is nothing working!"

"But the magical-potions do!" Trixie said and everybody took as much as possible.

Jonathan walked above the bazar which was now a lazaret. After he found his colleauge he asked what happend.

"Before, I answer to that... What are you doing here?" he asked back.

"No, first you answer!" Jonathan said back with a dominant voice.

"I can't remember very well, but there was a explosion and than I ran out of my house and I land here. That is all."

"Okay, and the reason why I am here is... because I'm here! That is my answer to your question!" Jonathan said and walked away quickly.

All over the place where the humans very shocked. They where in a other world with strange creatures and they had no clue how they arrived here. Jonathan looked on the exit to the humans world and asked himself:

"Should I risk it? Should I walk back into the humans-world and look for Jake? Nobody knows how bad the situation is now!"

During he stood there and tryied to find an answer he couldn't know that 40 miles away, the reactor of the power plant start to burn.

All over the world the people looked into the TV's and where shocked about that what happend in the United States. Everywhere the people fired candles for the victims and prayed for the injured people. And they also wanted to find out more above the creatures who walked threw the US.

Than the anchormans world-wide told above a interview which was filmed in Washington D.C. and send to the news-stations worldwide to explain that creatures. All over the planet people became quiet and listen what they said in the interview.

"Ladies and Gentleman... we are sitting here in the building of WWVDC in Washington DC. Around 3 hours ago, after a bright flash on the sky, the power supply of more than one-fourth of the United States fall out. Also all cars, trains, planes and other equiptment in this area which is running by electricity isn't working. With me here in the studio is... may I say creature?" the anchorman told scared and the camera turned to a big troll, a fairy, a leprechaun and some other magical-creatures, who sat next to the human anchorman. All over the TV's the people where shocked.

"You don't have to be afraid of us! We're don't beat!" the troll said.

"Okay..." the anchorman was still scared and couldn't talk right. "...a few minutes ago you said that you want to use our channel to show the world that you are not dangerous! Please, explain that! And why now!"

"Because... that what happend in the humans world, is also a hard punch against our world. We are indipendent from your world and because so much of us are walking threw your world in this moment, we are sure that our world have to be exposed right now." the fairy told.

The leprechaun start to talk now: "We don't know how much people in the humans-world can see this... but if you see our hear this, calm down. We do our best to help but please don't disturb our work or attack us."

"A hour ago we heared about a human, who has a wereworf as brother, who was attacked by a roommate with a silver knife, because they thaught that he is a werewolf, too. He has just little chance's to survive. He is the best example for that, why we never showed us you earlier. We can't get into contact with the American-Dragon. We haven't any contact to our capital Manhattan. In this crisis, both worlds have to work together." a man with two heads said.

"And who is the American-Dragon?" the anchorman asked confused.

"He is our main protector! You have no clue how many times he saved also your lives. And the lives of so many other humans! The volcano last year in the carribean-sea; the avalanches last winter in the Appalachian Montains... a love cruise with hundreds of teenagers two years ago... the explosions at the top of the Phanteon Building; our world is also a little bit liable for all that, we have to say. But we also did everything to help."

"Is the blackout also your fault?" he anchorman asked and the whole world in front of the TV's where more interrest now.

"Unfortunately we have to say... YES! In the 50s..."

Jake flew with Trixie and Spud high above Ryker's Island. Is was very quiet there. Too quiet. On a little piece of paper, Jake could read the number of Officer Morton's cell and where he was. He couldn't believe that he have to get him out of the prison.

"Jake, I think that is a very bad idea!" Spud said. "Okay, Brad's dad is more dangerous than his son but..."

"Spud, I know what you mean! But we have no other chance. Or do you want that the whole world will think that magical-creatures like to eat little children?" Jake asked. "And what if one of the photos, they have, shows me or you? We just have to use one of the potions from gramp's shop. When we leave Brad's dad in the Central Park we fill this locating-thing above him and than we will find him with the magical-compass thing. That golden you know!"

"And how we should find that box at the bottom of the river?" Trixie asked. "The river is very deep, and I pretty sure that it is full of boxes. This is New York, Jakie!"

Jake tryed to find an answer, they just need a way to find out who wrote that massage or why they want that box. Jake wanted to contact his grandfather but there was no chance to contact someone. Jake flew closer to the window of the cell. It was too quiet. When he looked threw the window, he was shocked.

Brad's dad hung with a rope around his throat from the celling of the cell. Jake was sure... that man was dead.

"Oh my gosh!" Jake said and fly away before someone could see him. "That... That's unbelivable. Was that a suicide?"

"Who know's? But that's terrible!" Spud said before they fly away.

Short time after Frederick leaved his 'prison' he stood on a big dam. He could see the high wall with a full reservoi behind it. The river under the reservoi was dryed. Frederick walked closer to the dam to look where he was: in the humans or in the magical-world. He was still a werewolf and under the full-moon he couldn't transform back.

But for him was more important to find out who helped him. And do they follow him now? Or was it really everything and they let him go? It was very dark and he couldn't see any lights on the dam or in the valley. He could just see a big fire far away on a field. He was sure that something happend. During he walked down the valley, he saw that a few lights in a town switched on. Maybe from cars. But he had a strange feeling, like something more terrible will happen.

In the burning power-plant, the human-fire fighters where shocked when they saw magical-creatures arriving with running trucks. During the magicals start to extinguish, one of them walked closer to the shocked humans.

"I know, I look strange! But we can help, we are resistant against radioactivity."

"What are you?" one of the humans asked scared.

"I'm a vampire! But don't worry, I don't like human-blood. It's too unhealthy. You can ask my twin-brother he is working in your world as a doctor!" the vampire said and ran back to his truck.

The humans slowly calmed down and together they tryed to find a way, to prevent a explosion.

"Why do you help us?" a other human asked.

"If this reactor explodes, thier is a bigger disaster than Tschernobyl!" a troll said.

But before he could finish his sentence, a huge explosion destroyed the building. Everyone could see a big flame above that place, where the reactor was...

Colonel Hank Carter and his wife where walking above the magical-bazar. They where astonished but also afraid about this other world. When they met Jake's family they where not very happy.

"YOU..." Trixie's dad shouted. "You... Did you know that our dauther is working as the assistant of your monster son?"

"Yes, of course! Nice that you also know the truth, I've had to wait more than 14 years for it!" Jonathan answered.

"And that all?" Mrs. Carter asked.

"That's... the magical-world..." Haley answered.

A few seconds later a warning-siren filled the air. The people where afraid and shocked. Lao Shi also couldn't explain that. During the siren filled the air a voice start to talk: "Ladies and Gentleman, please listen. A few minutes ago a huge explosion destroyed the nuclear power-plant 40 miles west of New York City in the humans world. A poisionous and radioactive cloud is..."

The humans start to get into panic. Just the magical-creatures still listened. Jonathan and the Carters wanted to run away but Lao Shi stopped them.

"... that there is no danger for the magical-world. But if you have friends or family in the humans-world, you should help to evacuvate them..."

The Longs where shocked. It was more terrible than everybody thaught.

"...stay inside your house or your apartment, and close all doors and windows! That's for your own security."

Frederick could see the big and terrible explosion in the power plant and was shocked. He could see that it was a nuclear one. And that all meaned nothing good. Before he could run away something hit him. Frederick crowled after a arrow hit him and sinked into his body.

"MOM, I HIT THE MONSTER!" a boy shouted.

"O my gosh... Timmy stay away from that thing!" a woman shouted. "Help us... there is one of that monsters from the news."

"Don't kill it!" another person yelled.

Frederick was shocked. After he was prisoned by a evil person from the magical-world, he is captured by some humans. If they found out what he was... if the magical-world is exposed now because his fault... Frederick wanted to cry, but he had no tears.

"...and you don't want to tell us his name?" the still scared anchorman asked.

"No!" the troll said.

"And you are sure that, this mashine, which triggered this disaster can also help to reduce the damage?"

"Yes! Our world never wanted to use it for bad things. Just to protect ourself! But maybe we can help now!" the fairy said into the camera.

"And now we can just hope that nothing really serious happend." the leprechaun said presented a map. "This map shows your world in the magical-world. Almost the whole planet is populated by magical-creatures. And the area which is affected by this disaster is one of the most magical-populated areas in the world. Now you can understand why we also very worried."

Jake and his friends stood on one of the pillows of the Williamsburg Bridge and looked around. Some high buildings stood in flames. Debris of a passenger plane float in the river. And all over they could hear crying humans.

"I hope my family is okay!" Jake said. "I can't belive it. Without officer Morton, they will expose our world. And that is all my fault!"

"No, Jake..." Trixie said. "That's not your fault. You couldn't prevent that 'that' will happen." she said and pointed on the burning Downtown.

"Trixie is right. And whatever happens... we are with you!" Spud said.

Jake was so happy that he hug both. "Thank you. I know I can trust you. Well, let's find out what is in this box." Jake said and all three drunk a under-water-breathing potion before they jump into the cold water of the East River.

End of Chapter 5

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