Chapter 49 - Confrontation
After a long night's rest, he finally woke up. Opening his eyes, he saw nothing but a semi-transparent pink blob that covered most of his sight. It was my jelly boyfriend laying next to him, nudging his nose with Barry's, with a big smile on his face. Barry whispered, "Jelly! Wake up!", moving his left hand across my jelly boyfriend's cheek. He eventually opened his eyes, surprised to see Barry as his first sight in the morning.
As my jelly boyfriend rubbed his eyes, Barry asked him, "Wasn't last night just... beautiful?" He replied, "Yeah... That sure was eventful, alright..." Barry giggled, hugging my jelly boyfriend. My jelly boyfriend looked over Barry's side. "Say, where's Mark?", he asked. Barry looked behind his back, finding the imprint I had left on the bed, instead of my naked body. "I don't know", he replied, "Maybe he's in the kitchen."
My jelly boyfriend sat up on the edge of the bed, facing away from Barry. "Your clothes are down here.", he said over his shoulder. "Do you mind if you hand those to me, babe?", Barry asked. My jelly boyfriend reached down, laughing. "You know, nobody's called me 'babe' before. You really do have a way with people, huh?", he asked. Barry looked up to the ceiling, saying, "I guess I do..."
My jelly boyfriend placed Barry's clothes beside him as he stood up. "I'm going to go check on Mark, alright?" Barry replied, "Alright!" As my jelly boyfriend walked out of the bedroom, Barry sat up in the bed and grabbed the gray hoodie. He thought to himself, I wonder what an 'Adidas' is, anyway. Humans are weird... As he put on the hoodie, he could hear arguing outside the door.
He thought of all the things they could be, until he eventually asked himself, Did Ella see us?! He quickly put his jeans on, and sat up on the edge of the bed, sighing in desperation. I really, really hope not..., he thought to himself. He stood up, and began to walk towards the closed bedroom door. However, in the middle of his path to the exit, his chin turned lime green as he saw the door begin to open.
Ella eventually had her sights on Barry, shoving open the door as soon as she saw him standing there. What is wrong with you, Barry?!, she thought to him as she wore an extremely frustrated look on her face. "Look, I can explain this!", he yelled, trying to calm his sister down. I thought you were better than that, brother!, she thought to him. Barry suddenly gasped as he felt some force begin to choke him.
"Aagghah!", he mumbled, trying to tell his sister to stop. Ever since we became like this, I thought you had more control over yourself! You didn't do anything for a week, and then as soon as people begin to trust you, you do THIS to them?!, she thought. Meanwhile, I looked into the open bedroom door, to find Ella standing over Barry, as he was on the ground, stuggling to breathe. "Wait! STOP!", I shouted, running over to her.
She turned around, looking directly at me. She thought to me, Why would you let this happen to him!? Why did you do this to him!? She raised her arm, when I suddenly felt something pushing me back, away from someone who was choking. It was at this point, that I noticed a strange red glow coming from her eyes, turning the room red as she was beginning to get enraged by all of our actions.
My jelly boyfriend saw the room begin to turn red, followed by me being pushed back by something seemingly invisible. "Mark!", he shouted, running for my help. He stopped to access the situation as he entered the room. I was being pushed to the wall, while Ella was standing above her brother, who was choking. Her eyes were glowing, much like Barry's when he was angry. Last time, it took all of Ella's energy to stop Barry, but this time, he needed to do something.
You just sit right there!, Ella thought to my jelly boyfriend as he stood in the middle of the open doorway. Barry looked up at him, giving him a look that said that he needed to be saved. Like, right now. My jelly boyfriend only had a handful of seconds before he could come up with a plan. He sprung into action, flinging his body towards Ella to try and calm her down.
Ella grew worried, trying to push my jelly boyfriend back. Why isn't it working?!, she frantically thought. Suddenly, I stopped being pushed into the wall, and Barry panted like crazy as he was finally able to regain his breath. My jelly boyfriend tackled Ella, sitting above her as she stuggled to figure out why her powers weren't working anymore. "Get out of here!", he called to us, looking over his shoulder.
I ran over to Barry, dragging his exhausted body across the room, and out the door. My jelly boyfriend looked back down towards Ella, saying to her, "Why would you try and choke your own brother to death?!" She struggled to move, waving her arms all over, trying to release herself from my jelly boyfriend's grip. Why aren't my powers working on you anymore?! What... are you?!, she thought towards him.
My jelly boyfriend simply replied, "You can't affect that which is yourself."