"The Outsider"

By: Retroville9

Thank you to all my reviewers! I haven't done a story in a long time and I really appreciate you guys taking the time to read my work. I'm pretty rusty to say the least.

Chapter 1:

Znak - Thank you very much. I'm trying to keep this story as interesting as possible.

Rockthis - Thank you very much!

Tari Sirfalas - Yes, mysterious would be a good word for this story too, haha. Thank you!

acosta perez jose ramiro - Thank you! I remember you from a long time ago actually. I think I read some of your work or I rememeber you reviewing my other stories from years ago. Thanks again.

Shizly - Thank you!

darkbunny92 - Haha, it's okay. I get pretty lazy myself. Yeah, I've been around for a very long time. Thank you for reading!

Chapter 2:

darkbunny92 - I will update more!

acosta perez jose ramiro - Thank you, I will keep updating.

Thanks again to everyone! Keep reviewing and the more I will update!

Her blonde hair flowed majestically around her shoulders and her mysterious hazel eyes looked straight into me and pierced my heart swiftly.

"What are you doing here?" I asked stepping towards her and curiously examining her tired face.

She was silent and lowered her face. She started weeping quietly and fell to her knees.

I quickly knelt down next to her as she buried her head into my chest. I stroked her hair softly and told her it's alright.

After a sudden realization to what we were doing, we quickly struggled to pull apart and I cleared my throat. My cheeks were red with pure embarrassment.

I scratched my head nervously.

"I don't know…what happened…" she said quietly while sniffling and wiping her tears away from her cheeks.

I stared at her intently and looked around the blood-stained room once more.

"One minute I'm waking up from bed with my parents gone, going to your house still in my bathrobe and the next I'm waking up in this hellhole. Alone." she said trying to contain herself from crying again.

"You passed out. I went downstairs and you were there crying with your bathrobe on. And the next minute you were on the floor…" I said quietly.

She looked around nervously and sat back down on the floor.

"What…should we do…? Where is everyone?" she said shaking.

All of a sudden the man I saw earlier appeared in front of us. We stared up at his massive figure as he looked down at us.

"You're going to have to play a little game if you want to see your family again…" he said carefully with a serious look.

"What…kind of...game?" I said curiously. I glanced at Cindy and she was gasping for air. I turned to her but was stopped by his muscular hand on my shoulder.

"Follow the rules. Do what I tell you in the time amount that I give you, and you're free" he said laughing.

"What if…what if we don't finish in time?" I said nervously. I did not want to know the answer to that. Who knows what would happen to us.

He chuckled and scratched his head.

"You'll have to see for yourselves now, wont you?" he disappeared.

I hesitantly looked over at Cindy who was now crying nervously and had buried her head into her knees.

I went over to her carefully and put my hands on her shoulders. She looked up innocently and stared. I tried to speak but her glistening eyes melted my heart. I couldn't speak. We were inches away from our lips meeting when she shook her head and pushed me back nervously.

"I…we…need to…think. We need a plan. If we don't play his game in the time limit, we're going to…" Her sentence trailed off and her eyes opened wide.

"Die?"

She started crying again and ran over to me and hugged me. Even though we were already 16 years old, this was still a little awkward, I must admit. I've always loved Cindy but she's never been this open to me. Even though it's pretty obvious that she's using me for a huge support system, I still couldn't help but notice that loving look in her eyes when she looked at me.

We broke apart and I stood up. I was more than ready now to play this game of his. I was with Cindy, and she knew I would protect her. Whatever happens, as long as I was with her, it didn't matter what happened.

"We're ready for your game" I said loudly.

The man appeared just as I expected and looked me curiously.

"Are you sure about that?"

I hesitated nervously and then looked back at Cindy with her loving eyes looking at me.

I smirked and looked back to him.

"I've never been surer about anything in my life."

"JIMMY!" she yelled and stood up.

"Cindy, it's alright. We'll be fine. We've got each other right? We've been through more adventures together than I can count. If we could make it through them, we can make it through this one."

She smiled a little and nodded her head hesitantly.

She trusted me. We weren't the little kids we were before, we didn't fight, we didn't bring each other down. We trusted each other.

It's different this time.

Yay for J/Cness! Haha. I will update ASAP! Thanks everyone!