Jumper – The Next Level
Please note that I do not own the rights to any of the characters that is Steven Gould's creations. I do own Regan McGowan and others that I've made up. I will stay true to Steven's genius though and try and combine the movie and books.
This jumps off from the film but I'm using ideas from the books throughout. Let me know what you guys think – honestly!
Whistling as he jumps back onto the hot white sands of Maui, David smiles into the sun. Swiftly his world crumbles around him as breakfast falls to the ground. David watched as he saw Millie being loaded into a white van. It was like the scene before him slowed to a standstill. His mouth dried, his knees jerked and his stomach flipped. He couldn't move.
MILLIE!
PALADINS!
His mind raced with questions. What happened? How did they find them? They were being so careful. Why did he leave her?
Finally, David's mind caught up with the world before him. He was about to jump when David felt an arm ripping into his scar and pulling him. Disorientated, David frantically looks around him.
"Shhhh"
David's eyes began to focus on a leather glove. It took him a few minutes to realise the glove was connected to a man dressed head to toe in black. David found himself strewn behind several palm trees. Only then he took in the stranger's appearance. The guy had short jet black soldier and looked like a member of SWAT.
"What the fuck?"
"Shhh, goddamn it, they'll fucking hear you"
The guy pulls his left wrist to his mouth.
"I've got target A, let's get the girl"
"Millie" David's voice panicked
"It's all under control David"
"How do you know me? Who the fuck are you?"
We don't have time for this, we've gotta go"
"GO, What about Millie, I need to save Millie"
"We will"
David pulls himself to his feet and grabs the guy's Kevlar.
"What do you mean we will?"
"We're jumpers like you and we are here to help. Let's go"
David was spun round and watched as six jumpers surrounded the van. They were quickly joined by paladins. Two vans screeched round the corner and unloaded a dozen more paladins.
"Or maybe not"
The guy turns to David.
"The name's Scott, we don't have time and if you want to help your girlfriend, then..."
"My wife" interrupts David
"What" confusion tips off Scott's tongue
"Millie's my wife"
"Who cares! Look we will need your help" Do you have a weapon?
"No"
Scott pulls a gun from his left boot and hands it to David.
"Here, now keep up!"
Before David can answer, Scott had jumped to his team-mates. David followed suit. Nobody moved, everybody held their breath, awaiting orders, hands twitching above weapons.
"So you've finally joined us" Roland sauntered from the hut "I was beginning to get worried"
"Hey Roland, miss me" Scott smirked at the white-haired man.
"Now, now Scott, this is between David and I"
"Fuck you" snapped David.
Roland and David locked eyes.
"NOW!" ordered Scott.
Scott whips out his gun and fires two rounds at Roland forcing him to dive onto the sand. Paladins respond by firing off their weapons. Jumpers teleport from the electrical snakes. An Asian jumper who had been standing next to Scott jumps unsheathing a Kawashima Samari, on landing, the blade slices through two Paladins. Another jumper leaps and bounds past paladins, dodging the electrical bullets. Scott quickly grips David and forces him through the chaos to the van. Before David can speak, he feels his body being pushed. His back lands on a hard steel floor. Shaken, he stands and looks around him.
On the ground in front of him, a still unconscious Millie lies at his feet. Scott jumped into the van. David searched for Scott only to find two men in the front of the van.
"HEY!" yells one voice. Friend or Foe?
"GET HIM"
Foe!
David kneels to grab Millie, but before he can jump both of them to safety, the driver's door is thrust open. The paladin is pulled from the van and is replaced by Scott.
The van begins to vibrate and David feels his body being sucked through a vortex.
"Hold onto your knickers mate, RIGHT, pull back everyone"
Lights blind David as the doors of the van are forced open. His eyes focus on two young girls no older than fourteen who jump into the van. No hellos or introductions. The girls go to grab Millie but before they can reach her, David pushes them back.
"Whoa, Davy, they're just checking her out"
"No one touches her"
David kneels beside Millie and gently places her on his lap. He strokes a stray hair from her eyes.
"Come on Millie wake up baby" coos David
"Those bolts will have knocked out her out mate"
"Stop calling me mate, I don't know you" David hugs Millie tightly silently daring anyone to challenge him
"We're on the same side" One of the girls squeak.
"It's cool Trace, why don't you and Jess get one of the dorms ready for our guests"
"We're not staying"
"Fuck sake" mutters Scott under his breath "Look, we're jumpers too and this is the safest place from paladins.
David glares daggers into Scott's eyes.
"God, you're going to be a tough one. Let's get out the van, it has a tracking system and we can only scramble it for so long".
David reluctantly stands carrying Millie from the can. A waiting gurney sits patiently by the van. David assumes the girls brought it for Millie. David gently rests Millie onto the padding.
"How about we get Millie to the medical suite and I'll tell you everything"
"Fine"
"Good" Scott slaps a hand onto David's shoulder "Welcome to jumper HQ"