Chapter 19

Jack's POV

When Raina came to, she looked like she had seen a ghost. I'm not sure what happened back there, but even though I want to know, I'm not going to press her about it. When it comes to stuff like this, it usually takes a while before Raina feels comfortable about it. I learned it the hard way. So, the best thing I can do is be there for her and wait for her to speak about it.

I made her stay in the infirmary for the rest of the day. She protested, but being her crazy boyfriend who is always concerned about her well being, I basically had to talk about it until she stopped. I also mixed in some sleep medicine in her tea just to help her get some rest. When she was asleep, I went to go check on Jaimie and make sure nothing bad happened to him.

Nick's POV

"Be careful." Daisy said to Jack as he took off.

When he said he was going to check on some kid named Jamie, I made sure to ask if he could check on my sister. He said he would and it removed a weight on my shoulder. After the attack by Razan, it left me a little shaken up and worried about my family. I can't even remember when was the last time I saw my mom or my sister, the days just have been blending together.

"So what should we do today?" Daisy asked, interrupting my thoughts.

"What?" I questioned, I didn't really hear her the last time.

"I asked what should we do." She answered and I noticed something different about her.

Even though she was trying to hide it, I noticed that she seemed a little tense. It must have been what happened in the catacombs and then I could see that was only part of it. After spending some time with her, I've began to learn how to read her like an open book. It wasn't difficult, but I know she hates it when I do that. Then I remembered how she told me about her people were killed by the darkness, leaving her the only one alive.

"How about we go to the training room, I've been wanting to learn how to use a sword." I said, hoping that it would help take her mind off things.

"Sure. Hey maybe we could get Adam or Bunny to help us." She replied and I thought that it was a good idea, a dangerous one, but still a good idea.

"Yeah." I agreed and we headed off to find either one of the two.

Later that evening, I snuck into Raina's room. No I'm not a pervert. When I was last in here, I had picked up her sword. Let's just say that curiosity doesn't always kill the cat. Yes I'm going to pick it up again and I'm not even sure why.

So going back and forth with myself on if I really want to do this, I finally picked up the sword. Immediately I was seeing things back in time, but this time I was in I was seeing multiple things at once. It was all Raina's life, but it seemed like I was seeing it through another persons eyes. It finally stopped and I was in the middle of a forest, except this forest was different than the one Raina used to hunt in. I noticed a body on the ground and on further investigation, saw it was the body of James. Then as if to make things weirder, James was standing in front of me telling me to wake up again.

I did wake up and had a little trouble catching my breath. As I started to feel less dizzy, I managed to place the sword back in its place. However, when I looked up, I began to feel as if I was being watched. Looking around, I saw nothing. Then I turned around and was met with the eyes of James himself. Of course I screamed, I mean what are you supposed to do when you are looking at the face of a person who died twice.

"Shush, calm down." James said, which didn't help calm my nerves.

"You... ah.. how?" I managed to say, which must have sounded really weird.

"How am I alive?" He asked for me.

"Yes!" I answered, still freaking out about this.

"I'm not." He answers my question.

"Wait wait wait... so what you are saying is that you are a ghost?" I say, slowly coming to terms with this realization.

"In a way yes, but because you are the latest Father Time, only you can see me." He states, which made me confused.

"Ok so if I can see you now, then how come I couldn't see you before?" I questioned, very confused on how I'm having a conversation with a dead person.

"Your mind wasn't open enough for you to be able to see me. However, now that you have become stronger, soon you will be able to see the rest of us." He answers nonchalantly, and I knew he was talking about the other Fathers of Time.

"Well it was nice for you to drop by and all that, but I'm not in the mood to be stalked by a bunch of dead guys. No offense." I say, trying to will him out of my head.

I started to walk out of the room, almost praying that this was just a dream and that he would be gone when I woke up.

"You know I said the same thing when I first became Father Time." I heard him say, indicating he was real and wasn't done talking to me yet.

"Really, I'm sure you had a jolly good time being haunted by previous people who all suffered the same fate." I reply sarcastically.

"Actually it was comforting to be able to talk to someone who understood what I was going through. Especially when it came to sharing secrets about the sword." He comments, which of course made me curious about what he was talking about.

"Yeah?" I asked, turning around to find him leaning against Raina's dresser.

"Yes, but you obviously don't want to hear it so I'll just be on my way." He answers, disappearing into nothing.

"Jerk!" I shout at nothing.

I looked around to see if he was hiding somewhere else in the room, but I found nothing. Sighing in defeat, I decided it was probably best for me to go to bed before someone finds me in here. I seriously didn't want a conversation about what the heck I was doing in Raina's bedroom. Walking into my room, there was a definite chance I will be having weird dreams tonight.

Author's Note: Alright Addyson, I got another chapter out and I hope you're happy. Seriously guys, my sister just loves James and I do too, but she's obsessed and I'm like "What about Jack? He's awesome too!". Anyways please leave a comment on what you guys thought about this chapter and goodbye for now.