"Run. NOW" Jade screeched as her and five other people ran through various hallways, demons hot on their trail.
"Chris when was this? What happens?" Mum asked, clinging to my arm.
"I'm not sure" I answered, thoroughly confused. "Though Jade is near seventeen hear if I remember correctly" I added in an afterthought.
They reached the end of the corridor and pried the door open. Just as they got through Jade stopped and a look of realisation dawned on her face.
"We're never gonna get back in time, the demons will make sure of that" she said, clinging to the door for dear life.
"We have to try" another girl said, panting for breath. Jade shook her head and slowly pulled a piece of paper from her pocket, staring at it intently.
"Jade no" the same girl exclaimed looking frightened
I felt the entire colour in my face drain and my eyes went wide.
"Chris?" they all questioned at the time. "I really don't wanna see this" I exclaimed making everyone wonder, no doubt, what the heck I was talking about.
"Yes" Jade said and she closed the door and locked it before any of her friends had time to respond.
"Jade!" They all shouted but Jade looked relatively calm and just shook her head sadly.
"Now's your chance guys. You run and you don't look back you hear me. Just tell Chris… I'm sorry"
Jade unfolded the bit of paper and held it tightly in her hands.
"Is she gonna do what I think she's gonna do?" Paige asked with wide eyes.
"Yeah, she is" I replied, shaking my head slightly. "And she calls me a self-sacrificing prick" I exclaimed whilst every one still looked confused except Paige.
"It's a spell which basically uses all your magical power in one blast and it should only be used in life or death situations because there's like a, 70% chance you could die" I explained and my family's faces were shocked.
Jade had tears in her eyes as she read over the words on the page.
"Just read the words, come on you can do it" she muttered under her breath until the demons ran into the corridor, holding up fireballs.
Jade looked unsure what to do until a fireball soared toward her, making her duck.
She stood up with fury in her eyes and began receiving the words.
"Use the power from inside,
Conjure up my will and pride,
Expose my soul to all within,
Save me from my blessed sins"
And with that a great white light emanated from her and filled the whole of the building, blasting the demons into a pile of nothing.
Everyone looked shocked and Phoebe was about to say something until we all got jerked sideways and was suddenly outside the building next to our friends.
"NO" the same girl exclaimed and she had to get held back as the light punctured the windows and the building began to tremble, the roof shaking as well as the foundations.
"Oh my god" Phoebe exclaimed as she watched the scene unfold.
"One of many of our near death experiences" I said matter-of-factly watching it with clenched fists.
"How many exactly are we gonna watch?" mum asked but i didn't have time to answer as we got jerked sideways again and was suddenly back next to Jade.
She hunched over in pain as the white light retreated and stumbled forward as the building began to shake. Pieces of rock began to fall and just as Jade practically crawled to the far wall a rock came and fell on her smashing her to the floor, unconscious. Soon the building collapsed and they could see Jade no more.
Everyone was in shock – even I was – so we didn't react when we got pulled outside next to our friends again. They were screaming as they watched the building come down, and tears streaked their faces.
"Did you find her" dad asked "or did she manage to escape?" I only just shook his head. "wait and you'll see" I responded which only made my family more annoyed as they were no doubt anxious for Jade, after all she is family.
Her friends stood dumbfounded for a while until guy about 20 years old tugged on their arms even though tears still rolled down his cheeks.
"Come on… we need to get back to base. We can send out a search party." He said but the same girl just shook her head furiously.
"No, we can't leave her – she saved our lives, we have to find her" she shrieked only to be cut off.
"We need more people on this Rose – we can put her in more danger if we don't do it properly. Chris will know what to do" he said and tugged on her arm lightly, urging her to come back.
Rose's face whitens and she turned back to the group. "Oh my god Chris. He'll be devastated." She exclaimed, clinging to the guys arm.
He merely nodded and ushered everyone forward. "I know." He said quietly, turning to look one more time at the fallen building before following his friends.
"How did you react?" Paige asked turning to face me "when you found out"
I lowered my head. "Badly" I said "we held each other's backs for so long and she was the one that stuck by me through everything… I reacted badly" everyone else nodded and my dad placed a hand on my shoulder. Everyone was thinking about the times they thought they lost someone.
They were suddenly zoomed into a room where Chris and a few other people were standing around a table, reading off of a map.
"If we block this entrance…" Chris began to say but stopped when the door opened and in trekked the friends.
"There you guys are, we were just discussing what the best entrance to block is, security issues is serious you know?" Chris said glancing up only once before concentrating on the map again.
When no one answered his question Chris glanced up, his brow furrowed in confusion.
"What is it guys?" he asked, but glanced around the small group, worry written all over his face.
"Where's Jade?" Chris asked fearfully standing up straight, tears pooling in his eyes.
Rose stepped forward, the continuous flow of tears running down her face.
"I'm sorry Chris, Jade – she, um, she used the spell" She stated and Chris' eyes widened, his whole demeanour looked defeated.
"What?" he asked brokenly as saltwater cascaded down his face.
"There were more demons and Jade just, she just said the spell and…" But she was interrupted as the door opened and in emerged Jade. She looked except for some cuts on her body and a large forming bruise on her forehead. She walked slightly hunched as if something was hurting her stomach. She smiled at them nervously as they looked at her shocked.
"Hey… well I'm not dead" she said lightly, forcing a smile on her face.
Paige laughed and soon Phoebe, mum and dad had joined in.
"Seriously? That's how she tells you she's alive" Paige exclaimed. I just nodded my head fondly at Jade and her ways.
The Chris in the memory looked so shocked for a moment until he smiled and raced forward, picking her up and spinning her around.
"Chris, I know your happy to see me but your kind of killing my ribs" She gasped out, a small smile on her face. Chris dropped her gently to the ground, relief spilling onto his features.
"Don't do that again" he warned and Jade nodded slightly, still holding Chris' hands.
"I'll try" she replied and the memory turned black.
Regaining their bearings again the sisters, Chris and Leo looked around at their surroundings. They were in some kind of warehouse and Chris and Jade were battling some demons and they looked pretty exhausted.
"Chris… what happens here" my mum asked, looking curiously at me.
"Something bad" I replied staring at the scene with wide eyes. The others stayed silent and watched the scene unfold on front of their eyes.
Chris and Jade were vanquishing every demon until one crept up behind Chris and he didn't notice it. Jade did though and screamed "Chris" just as a demon was about to throw a really powerful fireball.
Mum and dad gasped and looked at me worriedly and Paige and Phoebe were looking wide eyed at me as well. But before anyone could ask any questions I held up his hands and just said "It's not what it looks like" and returned to watching the scene.
Jade ran and pushed Chris out of the way. He stumbled and fell over just as the fireball slammed into Jade's stomach – where Chris had been moments before - and she flew backwards and hit the wall and crumpled unconscious to the floor, face down. Chris shouted "no" and deflected another fireball and it hit the last demon and he blew up.
"Oh my god" Paige exclaimed. Everyone else looked worried.
I'm pretty sure I looked the worst of all even though I know what happened. I felt my heart beat pick up and sweat soon broke out on my forehead.
He raced to Jade and gently turned her over trying to stench the flow of blood. She gasped and grabbed his shirt, breathing heavily.
"Chris?" she asked, tears overflowing her eyes.
"Shhh… hey, hey, hey, look at me – everything will be okay, you'll be okay I promise." Chris declared Stroking Jade's hair and still trying to stop the bleeding even though it leaked out of his fingers.
Phoebe now had tears running down her face and looked sympathetically towards me.
"Chris…" Jade started looking defeated. Chris picked up on this and began shaking his head.
"no, no, no, hold on Jade, it'll be okay I promise – you know me, I never break my promises" Chris declared tears running down his face. Jade only shook her head slightly and winced – face scrunched up in pain. Her eyelids began closing heavily and she looked completely terrified.
"How did she survive?" Paige asked quietly, im not even sure if she wanted an answer, it seemed like she was mumbling to herself
"Haven't we been here before?" she asked light-heartedly chuckling a bit. Chris laughed briefly and leaned into her shoulder – they could hear him sniffling. When he looked up jade looked worse and it looked like she was using all her energy just to stay awake.
"Jade please just hold on I can't lose you too" he declared and added, seeing Jade's defeated face "I love you" he said quietly, staring into her eyes. Jade gripped his hand tighter and muttered "I love you too Chris" and after that her eyes closed and she went limp.
I closed my eyes briefly, remembering what I actually felt at that time. I watched as she actually stopped breathing and her red blood coated my hands. Right then and there I felt like just giving up on everything. I had loved her since I the war had started and even before that I knew I had feelings for her. it just hurt too much to put into words.
Chris was frantic. Screaming at Jade to wake up and shouting for someone called Claire. After about half a minute blue and white orbs filled the air and there stood a defeated looking elder.
"Chris you know we can't be out in…" she trailed off staring wide eyed at the frantic Chris and Jade lying in a pool of her own blood. Claire ran forward and soon the familiar golden glow lit up.
It lasted for about 10 seconds and when she pulled away there was still a wound.
"She's obviously okay now but how is she still alive?" phoebe questioned looking worried.
"watch and see" I replied mysteriously and they all just glared back.
"I've healed her partially, it should be enough for her to hold on until you get her back to base" Chris nodded and gently picked her up, with her head resting on his chest.
"I'll send you there. Good luck Chris" Claire stated and Chris and Jade disappeared in flurry or orbs.
"Well that was… dramatic" stated Paige
"Chris was she okay?" Phoebe asked staring at me, horror written all over her face.
"It was pretty touch and go but she pulled through" I replied "we managed to heal her and then… you know… discussed things" I added looking down at the floor. Please don't show us discussing things, please, Kineta said there wouldn't be anything embarrassing I pleaded to no one in particular.
The familiar feeling of my body disappearing meant another memory was coming up.
Jade was lying on a bed, a large bandage covering her midsection and beside her was Chris looking worn out, but he still held her hand – refusing to let go.
"Was this what happened after Claire helped save her" my dad inquired.
"Yeah about two or so days after the fight I think" I replied. Please don't show this memory any further I kept praying.
Jade opened her eyes slowly and looked around the room, her eyes settling on Chris sitting beside her.
"Chris?" she asked and immediately Chris leapt forward looking relieved to see Jade awake.
"Hey you" he greeted, smiling like a Cheshire car "How are you?" he asked, frowning at the obvious question.
"Yeah I'm good, I think. What happened, I thought…" she trailed off, leaving the sentence hanging in the air. Chris' look darkened but he answered none the less.
"Claire came and helped, we got you back here in time and the healer's managed to patch you up" he answered truthfully, helping Jade sit up probably.
"Oh, I'll have to thank her" She said and looked over at Chris "And you. Thank you Chris" she said, smiling a dazzling smile.
Everyone in the room could see memory Chris get nervous around her smile and had to hide their own smiles.
"Hey, what are friends for" he replied, accepting her thank you less subtly. Silence fell between the two and jade looked up nervously towards Chris.
"Uh… about, um, before" she started to say, chuckling nervously. Chris' eyes widened slightly as he turned bright red.
"Yeah um, I think we should talk because… we just do. You've been my friend for, like, ever and you helped me through some pretty tough times and I guess that feelings can change you know… and mine have and when I saw you there my feelings just kinda slipped out…" but he trailed off as Jade leaned forward and kissed him – effectively ending his rant.
After about five or so seconds Jade pulled away and stared at a dazed Chris, his mouth slightly open in surprise.
"Shut up" She said playfully, a smile lighting up her features. Chris smiled at her and stared down at her lips before he captured her lips once more in a passionate kiss, hands tangled in her long brown hair.
I coughed nervously, a tad uncomfortable with the whole situation. My family just smiled though, not looking embarrassed what so ever. Phoebe was practically grinning in delight.
Chris and Jade continued to kiss until Jade gently lowered herself on the bed, still clinging to Chris for dear life, her hands caught up in his brown mop.
She said nothing embarrassing, nothing embarrassing, nothing embarrassing I kept think and just as Jade in the memory began to tug on Chris' shirt, I felt my body begin to disappear again.
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WARNING – next chapter there will be… BIANCA BASHING! - Sorry if anyone likes her but my storyline won't work with her in it stealing Chris from Jade. Haha!