The Jinns Amongst Us

Chapter 50

As Khayun then takes a close look at Afreen right before departing since everyone seem unconscious.

"I will not fail you, whoever you were before Afreen, I promise." said Khayun when slowly Ali walks towards the room after opening the door, stumbling upon Khayun in the form of Tim. "What happened here? did you save her?" asked Ali.

"I did, she's.. resting, soon she will be awaken." said Khayun as he approaches Ali and accompanies him with him as he departs the room and shuts it slowly. "Wait, what are you doing? shouldn't we wake them or something?" asked Ali. "No.. not now, but.. they will be awoke, and.. it's best if they did not know I was here." said Khayun.

"Why?" asked Ali.

"It's.. complicated, but.. first of all, I wanted to thank you, for reaching out onto to me, if it weren't for you, we would have lost her forever." said Khayun. "Oh, uhm.. yeah sure, anytime." said Ali. "And I also need you to promise me." said Khayun.

"On what?" asked Ali.

"About my arrival here, none of them should know I was ever here, according to them, they saved Afreen, not me, my arrival here will stay between you and me, and it will remain between you and me, understand?" asked Khayun.

"Okay, got it." said Ali.

"Good, see you kid, now go say hi to your sister." said Khayun as he bids goodbye and departs while Ali renters the room to awake Afreen as Khayun vanishes away from the scene back outside as Ali attempts to wake up Afreen. "Afreen.. Afreen, come on wake up, wake up!" yelled Ali to which she slowly wakes.

"Woah.. what, where am I? what happened?" asked Afreen. "You freaked us all like hell, are you alright?" asked Ali. "Yeah, I'm.. fine, and I feel uhm... different." said Afreen. "Different how?" asked Ali.

"It's.. complicated, wait, where are we again? and who are those people, why are they lying down?" asked Afreen. "We're at Nailah's house, What do you last remember?" asked Ali.

"I remember falling asleep within the car, and then.. I can't remember." said Afreen. "Great, you don't remember." said Ali. "Remember what?" asked Afreen. "It's a long story, get some rest, I'll wake the others." said Ali.

Meanwhile, Khayun reaches at a vanishing speed, reaching all the way up to his house, where he stumbled upon the entrance to see the entire house lit up with lights, and police who had arrived within the scene as well.

"Shit.. that can't be good." said Khayun as he walks towards the house, not knowing what's he's about to face.

Meanwhile, kilometers away within the town of Mount Carvel where a young girl, who seems to carry two largely packed bags and with a hidden tension, walks towards the long pavement leading up to a educational institution which she glances a look and smiles.

"I'll never forget you, thank you for giving all the best memories." said the girl as she lands a flying kiss towards the institution when suddenly she hears a noise of a bike racing nearby, grabbing her attention. As she looks towards the bike to see a teenage boy riding through it and reaching towards her, as she smiles upon seeing him to which she approaches.

"Hey." said the girl.

"Hey, god I missed you.." said the boy as he gets down from the bike and almost goes to hug when she suddenly backs away from it. "No, Abe, not now, please." said the girl. "What? what do you mean?" asked the boy. "Just, I'm not comfortable right now, maybe later." said the girl.

"Okay, sure, so, do you wanna go?" asked the teenage boy. "Yeah, okay." said the girl as she gets onboard the bike after handing in one of her bags to him and carries the other as her backpack whilst she gets on the bike behind.

"Ready?" asked the boy.

"Yeah, I am, ready to leave my... woah.." said the girl when the boy races with his bike, riding as fast he could as the girl tightens onto him. "Slow down!" yelled the girl. "Sorry, I can't hear you, did you say fasten up?" asked the boy as he fastens further.

"Please.. slow down, I'm scared." cried the girl to which the boy slows down his vehicle. "Hey, you alright?" asked the boy. "I don't know, I've never done this before, l can't imagine I'm leaving my family, will I see then again?" asked the girl.

"Of course, once we get married we definitely will." said the boy. "Okay, but.. I don't wanna go." cried the girl. "Neither do I, but we have no choice, you just have to trust me, okay?" asked the boy to which the girl seemed hesitant at first, but then agrees as she nods and the boy takes off, this time slowly as he goes forward, taking a turn towards the main road.

Soon, as they go, the girl starts hearing strange noises close to her ear, almost as if something's whispering her from within. "Do.. do you hear that?" asked the girl.

"What?" asked the boy.

"Nothing, just.. where are we going?" asked the girl.

"It's a surprise." said the boy who keeps going as the girl smiles and pats on his shoulder as she then takes out her earphones and listens to tunes to distract herself from the whispers which stops as she does.

Soon, the bike reaches a blooming party house which seems to be lit with music. "Where is this again?" asked the girl. "You'll see soon enough, come on." said the boy as he leads the girl towards the party house.

As she enters, a sudden burst of surprise is landed by friends of her boyfriend who welcomes her to their welcome. "You guys.. you shouldn't have." said the girl.

"Welcome to the family Nadja, hope you'll teach Abe right here, to respect others much." said a girl as she teases the new couple. "You've all just this up for me?" asked Nadja.

"Figured you miss your home, so I thought I could share mine." said Abe to which she hugs him out of tears.

"What are we waiting for? let's party, in the name of the new couple." said one of the cousins as it turns into a laughter of partying with the lots of them making sure all stay as enjoyable as ever.

As several hours pass from partying, Abe starts searching for Nadja, seeing as it had gotten late. "Hey guys? have you seen Nadja?" asked Abe. "You haven't even married her, yet you lost her already?" asked one of her cousins. "Hey, hey, come on, it isn't like that." said Abe.

"I know where she is, come on." said his closest friend, Jane who had also arrived within the party.

"Uh.. okay, I guess I'll see you guys later.. bye." said Abe as he bids goodbye and follows Jane who seems quite suspicious, despite her notion to help Abe as he follows.

Meanwhile, Nadja, who is actually talking on video call within a stall from the bathroom with her best friend, Athina right before she is leaving away to a new world.

"I can't believe it, your running away with your boyfriend, you of all people." said Athina as she chuckles with Nadja.

"Believe me when I say, I'm not believing this right now as well, I guess I should have known this would happen after falling in love." said Nadja. "That ain't true, you were planning to make your dad agree, didn't you? how did that go by the way?" asked Athina. "It went worser than I imagined." said Nadja as the whispers suddenly continue, driving her immediate attention which is noticed by Athina.

"Something wrong?" asked Athina.

"Nothing it's.. (suddenly the entrance to the bathroom door burst) listen, I gotta call you back, bye." said Nadja as she almost goes to open the door, but noises of two people grows her concern as she sits back. "I don't think we should do this Jane, please, maybe later." said a masculine voice which Nadja confirms it to be Abe's.

"Abe.." whispered Nadja as she attempts to get up but stops when she hears another voice. "Come on, it'll be fun, just once more, I promise, it's not like she's here." said Jane. "If she figures it out." said Abe before getting interrupted by Janet. "She won't, trust me, just you and me." said Janet. "(sighs) urgh.. okay, just once, alright?" asked Abe to which Nadja enrages as she bursts out from the stall to which both Abe and Janet back away, getting shocked.

"What the.. wait Nadja?" asked Abe. "Surprised to see me bastard? yeah, I was here, listening to the two of you smooch." said Nadja. "No Nadja, it's not what you think." said Janet as Nadja storms away from the bathroom.

"I should have never trusted you." said Nadja as she stormed from the bathroom, and as Abe attempts to follow her, Janet pulls him back and shuts the door to which Nadja finds it frustrated and heartbroken as she storms away crying from the party hall.

Soon, as Abe pushes aside Janet and attempts to follow Nadja, he finds her nowhere to be seen and keeps calling by her name as he continues to find her while Nadja who keeps running away onto the roads crying, as the whispers continue.

"Love you till the ends of earth.. what was I thinking, all rich kids and their.. urgh.." said Nadja as she hastingly takes off the bracelet he gave her and drops it on the floor. The minute she does, a slithering humanoid noise is heard from a distance, with a sudden shadow moving behind her as soon as she turns.

"Hello? anyone there?" asked Nadja to which no response comes but as she looks towards the distance where she hears the whispers she was hearing prior.

A hidden figure with a shape of a Naga, a half-human half-serpent being emerges behind her, and out of a sudden bites her to which she screams.