-Five-

-Jackaline-

"J-Jackaline?!"

The man shouted my name. I didn't recognize his appearance, but I recognized his voice. "Marshal?! B-But…I thought you were dead! I searched for years, but I never found you! I-" My little brother put his hand on my shoulder. "I go by Magnus now. Jackie, all those years ago, I saw the man stab you and our parents. I watched you fall to the ground. How did you…how did you survive?"

I hugged him, tears rolling down my cheeks. "That's not important. What's important is that we're together again." He hugged me back. "You're right. That's all in the past."

THUNK!

I snapped to attention. "What was that?" I asked. My brother got a worried look in his eyes. "Oh my god, I completely forgot about the others!"

He grabbed my arm and we ran. In the midst of a dark hallway, I saw an unfamiliar figure lying on the ground. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be none other than Gabriel the Warrior. He was injured badly. There was a bleeding gash on his face, and his right elbow was swollen and bruised. My brother ran to the warrior's side, desperately trying to wake him up.

"Please Gabriel…just…JUST WAKE UP!" He cried out, tears falling from his eyes. I slowly walked over. "Magnus, we might be too late." He stared at me with his bright, tear filled red-orange eyes. "D-don't say that! He still might be-"

Gabriel began to stir.

A few seconds passed, and his eyes slowly opened, revealing his dark brown irises. "W-what happened? Where am I?" He asked weakly. Magnus and I looked at each other, then back at Gabriel. "We don't know. We just…found you like this." The injured warrior looked at Magnus.

"Magnus, where did you go?" My brother shook his head. "You remember what happened. Ellegaard made me mad and I stormed off." Magnus looked down. "Then I kinda…fell down a giant hole and almost drowned. But my question is, what the hell happened to you?"

The warrior grunted. "Let's just say it's a long story." Magnus proceeded to put Gabriel's arm over his shoulder and lift him up. After getting him back on his feet, Gabriel started to teeter back and forth, obviously dizzy. "Don't strain yourself, Gabriel. Just take it slow and steady."

Then I heard a rumbling noise. Looking at the walls of the hallway, I saw that part of the roof was about to cave in on Magnus and Gabriel! Frozen in fear, I yelled, "Look out!"

Magnus apparently heard the warning and shoved Gabriel out of the way. He cried out in pain when his bad arm hit the wall. Then I realized Magnus wasn't out of harm's way. He wasn't moving at all! What I expected to be fright upon his face was actually determination and…regret? I slowly felt anger boil up inside me. "Magnus! What on earth are you doing?! You're gonna get-"

BOOM!

The roof collapsed on top of my brother. When the dust cleared, all I could see of him was his arm, armor torn and bloody. Gabriel was knocked out from hitting his head against the wall. My ruby eyes brimming with tears, I ran to the pile of rubble trapping Magnus. "Shit, shit, shitshitshit!" I cried, digging through the broken stone. At last I had uncovered him. I sighed in relief when I saw him breathing. His entire body was bruised and bleeding, but he was alive.

"Just hold on, bro. I won't leave you behind again." Tears leapt from my eyes and fell onto his crushed body. "I promise…"