Jaden: The Fallen Angel of Destruction

Chapter 17

By KellyQ

"Do you think he'll be okay?" came a familiar voice.

Syrus laid in complete darkness. W - what happened? He thought. Syrus slowly opened his eyes to see Alexis, Crowler, and Miss Fontaine on one side. The younger Truesdale turned his head to see his brother, Zan,e and Aster Phoenix.

"It's good you're okay," Alexis breathed.

"Yeah ... You were out for 24 hours," Aster informed him.

Syrus blinked a few times and everything came rushing back to him. "Jay! He was trying to sneak out!" The smaller teen sat up but he regretted it when he felt pain shoot through his body. Syrus fell back and laid there for a good moment.

"Chazz told us what happened. He's talking to Yami about what just took place," Zane said, cutting Syrus short, and handing his brother a spare pair of glasses.

The older Truesdale turned and walked out with his boyfriend Aster following close behind. "Now what?"

"We're going to keep an eye on Jaden," Zane said. "Or find out who this Haou is."

"From what I heard from Chazz, Yubel and Haou are brother and sister. Haou got to Jaden first before Yubel could," Aster explained. Zane narrowed his eyes as his boyfriend continued. "I asked Chazz for more information, but that's all he had."

Jaden glared at Chazz. When the young Princeton informed Yami what was going on, the older teen told Chazz to keep an eye on Jaden until the whereabouts of Jesse were confirmed.

"You can glare at me all you want, slacker, but I'm not moving," Chazz said, shifting in his chair. "Besides, I don't think they'll do much to Mr. Anderson."

Jaden just sat there with a dark expression on his face. "Why do you care?" he finally asked. "You never really cared what I did before, so why start now?"

Chazz sighed. "Look, Jaden. You need to grow up. Running head on is not going to solve the case. You should know that!"

Anger flashed across Jaden's eyes. "Just because you made a bad choice by letting Bastion go with Tanya, doesn't mean ..." Before Jaden could finish, Chazz slapped him across the face. It took a moment for Jaden to realize what he just said. He knew better than to mention that incident. "Chazz ... I ..."

Before Jaden could apologize the door opened and Yami walked in. "You may go now," Yami said to Chazz. "I want to talk to Jaden alone." The young Princeton bowed and walked out, closing the door softly behind him. "I'm very disappointed in you, Jaden ..." The young brown haired teen wanted to glare at Yami, but he knew better. "I thought I taught you better than that."

Jaden sat there not even making eye contact with his foster dad.

Chazz stood beside the door, using his Ojama ability to hear what was said. "I'm very disappointed in you, Jaden ... I thought I taught you better than that." Chazz strained to hear what Jaden had to say. He only caught - ‘no one understands me'. The young Princeton snickered at Jaden's stupidity.

"Chazz?" came Aster's voice.

The young Princeton turned to see Zane and Aster walking up.

"What have you found out?" Zane asked

Chazz was about to tell them what was going on when a sudden cry of frustration came from the room. Chazz wasn't quick enough using his Ojama ability, but he didn't have to. The door opened and Yami walked out with a stern expression.

"I hate you!" Jaden yelled as the door closed.

Aster raised a brow with an amused look. "What did you say to piss him off?"

Yami sighed. "I tried talking to him, but right now he needs to stay away from Cobra and Yubel."

"We understand that," Aster said. "But ..."

Before Aster could say anything, the ground shook lightly, smoke seeped out from the door, and a loud boom was heard. Yami turned and opened the door, and smoke filled his vision. He tried to open his right eye but there was so much smoke, Yami couldn't see a thing.

"What's going on?" Aster asked, trying to see through the thick cloud of smoke.

"The slaker decided to be a disobedient child," Chazz said, tyring to hide the irritation in his voice.

Frustration flashed across Yami's eyes, and he took a step forward but then a voice caused him to stop all together.

"Wait!" They all turned to see that it was Banner. He changed into his human form. Banner let out a sigh of frustration. "We need to stop him," Banner urged. "I did find Jesse but they're using him as bait to lure Jaden out!"

"So, you're saying that Yubel and Cobra want Haou, not Jaden himself," Zane concluded.

Banner nodded his head. "That's what I got, but it looks like I got here too late to stop Jaden."

To Be Continued ...