Chapter 52 - The plan
"Wha- What do you mean, Mark?!", my jelly asked me. He gradually changed forms, from his transparent pink state to his 'human' state, paying close attention to me. Barry and Ella both looked on in astonishment, as this was the first time they had seen it. Ella thought to Barry, You know... I wonder if there's anything he CAN'T do... Barry thought back, Well, I guess he can't become... us... Ella and barry slowly moved their gazes toward each other, thinking about whether or not he could actually do that... if he wanted to.
"We're going on a vacation, to meet someone you need to talk to!", I yelled across the hallway. "Mark! NO!", my jelly boyfriend screamed, running towards me. I turned around to face him, extending one of my arms out to stop him. He slowed down, stopping when his chest touched my hand. I said to him, "Look. Clearly, this label that you've put on this person is negatively affecting you. If we're going to adress the world, you first have to conquer that fear."
My jelly boyfriend looked down, wearing a look of sadness in his face. "Listen", I said, bring back his attention, "If anything goes wrong, I'll be with you." With that, I lifted up a spare set of clothes for him to put on. Just as he was about to take the clothes from my arms, we both heard a familiar voice in our heads. Wait a second... Now that I recall, that's the same man who tried to euthanize us! He can't be a normal person, Ella thought to us.
"Look, he just hasn't met you guys yet, as actual, consious beings.", I assured her. That's another thing!, she thought to us, Why can't me and Barry come with?! "Yeah!", Barry shouted. "Because I have a plan, but it will only work with my jelly boyfriend!", I said back. What 'plan'?!, Ella asked with a frustrated look on her face. "You two sit down, and I'll explain the plan. Jelly, you just keep putting those clothes on.", I told them. "Alright... this had better be good", my jelly boyfriend said.
"Here's the plan: My jelly boyfriend will be disguised as my identical twin brother. He and I will drive to the Jersey City Medical Center, where Goyer is staying. We'll walk through the main entrance, and ask to see him, under the ruse that we're family friends. After that, me and Jelly will enter his room, careful not to surprise him at all. Jelly, while I ask him questions about what he knows about you, I want you to turn your eyes into a deep pink. Nothing else, just your eyes. If he's compliant with us, we'll ask him how to have this situation pan out in a positive way. After you two make up, we'll carry on with his idea of a plan."
"Any questions?", I asked the three of them. Yes, Ella thought to us, How do you know that's where Goyer is staying? I replied, "That just so happens to be the main hospital in Jersey City. I've been there before when I was a kid." Also, how do you know they will let you in without his permission?, she asked. "We're just going to hope to god that they don't. If they do, well, we're going to have to talk to him some other time.", I answered. How do you know if he'll try and make things turn out the way you want them to?!, she asked.
"Because if he won't..." I paused, locking eyes with my jelly boyfriend. He began to shake his head, as if he knew what I was implying, completely against it. I looked back over to Barry and Ella. "...we'll have to take... drastic measures.", I told them. Barry leaned back into the couch, looking up at the ceiling as he thought about how this plan leaned on a dozen different points of possible disaster.
What do you mean, 'drastic measures'?!, Ella thought to us. I looked at her, replying, "You don't have to worry about that until it happens, which it won't. Trust me." I've trusted you before, and where did that lead us, huh?, she thought, momentarily looking at Barry. I began to grow frustrated as I put on my pair of jeans. "Do you have any better suggestions?!", I asked her. She looked at the floor, thinking of what else we could possibly do. She was also getting frustrated as her thoughts lead her nowhere towards a better solution.
As me and my jelly boyfriend put our shoes on, Barry asked, "Wait! What are we supposed to do?!" My jelly boyfriend told them, "Just... go in the bedroom closet, and don't come out until you know it's us." Barry asked, "Wh- What if we get hungry?!" I said to him, "Get some food out of the fridge really quick. I know we're running out of carrots, we'll some more up for you two, alright?" Barry nodded his head, running over to the fridge.
I looked over at my jelly boyfriend, asking him, "Are you ready for the most important discussion of your life?" He looked behind his back, waiting for Ella and Barry to run into the guest bedroom. As soon as Barry grabbed some fruit, some water, and ran into the guest bedroom, my jelly boyfriend looked back at me, answering in my voice, "Let's do this."
I grasped the front door handle, and opened it. My jelly boyfriend took a deep, deep breath of fresh air, since it had been so long. Something tells me, I'm going to need a lot more of these, he thought to himself.