Chapter 6: Jaden ?!

"Jaden !!!", the group shouts, startled, when they had to watch him fall down the slope. Bastion & Syrus try to run over to the place where Jaden was just standing in front of them, but both slip on the soft ground and land in the dirt. The rest of the group is standing there with their eyes wide open, totally stunned, and making no sound. It's still raining heavily, but nobody really notices because they are trying to process what had just happened to their boyfriend. Bastion & Syrus get up again and look back at the slope, frightened. It takes a few seconds for the first to say something again. "Is ... is ... is he ...?!", Asks Chazz haphazardly. Nobody answers him. Who knows if they even understood Chazz.
Alexis, who is a few steps in front of the group, sinks powerlessly to his knees. She no longer understood the world. The huge pain makes her completely motionless, the shock is so deep that she cannot even start howling to ease the pain.When everyone sees Alexis dropping to his knees, they sadly lower their heads. What should they tell her now goes through Zane's mind. What words could ease her pain right now. Zane closes his eyes helplessly ... "There aren't any!"
The silence is broken by Dark Crow's laughter. Everyone except Alexis looks angrily over at Dark Crow. "I don't care whether it is shadowy or death, both serve their purpose!" Says Dark Crow, without any sympathy, to them. You can see how everyone's anger rises to the maximum. “It's your fault!” Atticus yells at him. "You're sick!" Jasmine yells at him too, crying. Dark Crow answers them ... "Isn't that a nice picture here in front of me, but unfortunately I have to go on. Although I would really like to continue enjoying this moment." "You must be aware that we are hunting you now and you for it No matter where you are. ", Zane says, while he looks at Alexis and then turns to Dark Crow, with an angry voice."Do what you can not resist," replies Dark Crow Zane unimpressed. Dark Crow continues ... "But you can't prevent my next plan anyway." "And what does it look like?" Zane asks him. "I'll get Alexis!" Replies Dark Crow with a laugh. Atticus, who of course heard that, immediately ran over to Alexis and stood between her and Dark Crow. "You can forget that right away! I will know how to prevent that. Before you can get to my little sister, you have to get through me." Atticus replies, while he stands in front of Alexis like a wall. Shortly afterwards, Zane and Chazz stand next to him and Dark Crow realizes that he now has no chance of getting to Alexis rane. Dark Crow's medallion begins to glow and a black cloud forms around it. "I'll come back and then I'll get it.", Says Dark Crow with a sinister laugh and disappears into the darkness of the black cloud."We have to be careful now, it can reappear at any time," says Atticus to Zane & Chazz. Both nod in agreement.
"Jaden?! ... Jaden?! ... JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJYes ?!", Atticus, Zane & Chazz hear a frightened voice suddenly scream behind them. Startled, the three turn around, it's Alexis, who screams and crawls towards the slope. When Atticus sees this, he throws himself to her on the floor and tries to hold her. "Let go of me Atticus ... JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJaaaden ... Atti, let go of me ... JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJaaaden!" "No Alexis, I won't let go of you. I don't want you to fall down there too.", Atticus replies in a worried voice. Alexis hits Atticus' arms with her left arm in order to be able to free himself from his clasps. But Atticus still manages to hold onto her.When Jasmine sees Alexis moving agonizingly on the floor, trying to free herself to get to her beloved Jaden, she falls crying into Mindy's arms and howls her soul ache. Mindy can't stop crying at the sight and starts too. "JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJaaaden ... you can not ...", with these words breaks Alexis then finally assembled and lies motionless and howling in the mud. The boys stand around the girls and don't know what to say to cheer them up. You don't even know yourself how to cope with the fact that your good friend is ...

Atticus picks up howling Alexis and carries her back to her room. The rest follow them without saying a word. For each of them is absorbed in their own thoughts. Once in the room, Atticus puts Alexis on the bed and walks over to the others who are waiting in front of the door. "I'll stay with her tonight and keep watch.Zane, you will take a stand at the door. Chazz, you will take a look around outside. Not that the guy should try again today and the rest of them go to sleep so they can relieve later. ", Atticus says to them. Zane & Chazz nod Atticus again in agreement." We will stay with her too! ", says Mindy." Exactly! ", Jasmine adds." Ok, you do that. ", Atticus replies with a smile from both of them." She will surely be happy that you stay there and support her. ", he continues." Then we shall now throw ourselves into the trap. See you soon. "says Bastion. He takes Syrus and the two of them go home." Everyone knows? ", Atticus asks the rest." Yes! "he hears from everyone's mouths.
As I said, how done. Bastion & Syrus are at home and are resting, Chazz is walking around outside and looking, Zane is standing in front of the door and Atticus has sat at the window in Alexi's room.
"Can we lay down with you?", Jasmine asks Alexis, who is looking at the rose again. Alexis lifts her head slightly and smiles at the two of them with crying eyes. Mindy & Jasmine smile back and the two lie down in bed with Alexis. Jasmine lies down in front of Alexis down, takes her left arm, puts it over her body and holds Alexis hand tight with her left hand. Mindy lies down behind Alexis and grabs her arm over Alexis body. As she does this, she kisses Alexis on the back of the head and says to her ... "You are not alone. We are with you! "Alexis starts smiling and answers her ..." Thanks you two, I love you. "Without saying anything, the three of them lie there quietly.
Atticus, who has looked at it from the window, thinks ... "Like sisters! A beautiful picture!" and turns back to the window with a smile and looks further out.

Fortunately, nothing more happened that evening ...

The next morning...
Mindy wakes up and looks at the clock next to Alexi's bed.It is now 8 o'clock in the morning and she thinks ... "Quickly to the bathroom, freshen up a bit and then get something for breakfast. Mindy carefully takes her arm off Alexis so she doesn't wake up, gets up from the bed, stretches and goes into the bathroom. As she is about to splash some water on her face, the scenes from the previous day come back to her memory: Jaden standing there battered on the slope and Alexis confesses his feelings, and how Alexis tries to save him. .Mindy could start crying again. But she pulls herself together, takes a towel and wipes her face off. She goes back into the room and looks at Alexis ... "Poor Alexis! I wish for you that this was all just a bad dream! "Mindy then goes over to Atticus and wakes him up ..." Atticus, Atticus ... wake up! “Atticus is waking up.” I'm going to get some breakfast. You take care of Alexis. ", she continues." aaaaaahhh ... yes, ok, I'll do that. ", Atticus answers her in a sleepy voice.He sits up straight again, scratches the back of his head, and looks around the room. Mindy goes to the door, opens it, where there is now Bastion, who had replaced Zane, and says to him ... "Tomorrow Bastion! I'm on my way to get us something to eat. Would you like something too?" " Morning Mindy! No thanks, I had a quick meal before I came here. ", Bastion replies. "Ok, but I'll take a little more with me anyway. Maybe you'll get hungry later.", Mindy replies with a wink and leaves. When Bastion sees Mindy's wink, his face turns red.
Shortly afterwards, to Bastions' horror, the door opens again behind him. "Bastion, are you okay?", Atticus asks him when he sees how frightened he is. "Yes, yes, everything is fine with me," Bastion replies with a laugh. Atticus continues ... "Good. I just told Syrus (who had replaced Chazz) from the window that he should get Chazz and Zane and then come upstairs with them."Mindy was back from fetching food and the rest were already there by now. Everyone except Zane, who is standing at the window and looking out, is having a bite to eat. Nobody says anything or makes a sound. Nobody tries, not even in the slightest, to get a conversation going. Because, what should they talk about, everyone has the same thing going through their heads, no words need to be said. No one can say something to the other that he has not already known ...
Atticus puts his plate aside and stands next to Zane ... "How do you think we can help Alexis?", Atticus asks Zane. "There's only one way ..." Zane replies. Atticus surprised, but with a hopeful voice, asking ... "And she would be Zane?" Zane is silent for a few seconds and answers ... "Jaden should be back." Atticus looks over at Alexis, who is sitting in silence on her bed and looks blankly at her plate and answers him .. "Do you think he survived it ?!"Zane is silent again for a moment and says ..." The chance of this is probably nil, think about the height from which he fell and when you also consider that there were rocks below him and water that was not exactly weak on the cliffs bounces ... I wish Atticus, for your sister, but he probably didn't survive. "Atticus doesn't answer Zane. Instead, he continues to look out the window with him.
Alexis is sitting on her bed, still silent. Her gaze appears to one as if she had died with him after Jaden had left her life. It probably is like that too. Can she ever become the same person she was again ...

A few minutes pass ...

Without warning, Alexis lifts her head slightly, but still looks slightly at the bed and says in a shaky voice ... "He's alive! He's alive!"
Everyone in the room looks at her in shock