Their Voices

part 13

Chapter 10.

The next day in the early Saturday morning. I woke up early and went to the vet clinic for work as I had always done usually I would stay until I had to go to the school to help the chorus kids but today was different. “Sorry again that I'm not able to stayy as long as I usually do Mrs. Jain Helings” I apologized “oh don't be dear. You help me all the time you need a break” she understood. “Well I'll spend extra time helping next time ok and if you need me anytime sooner just call or text me and I'll come as soon as I can,” I offered. “Alright dear I will now be off” she said shooing me away. “Yes ma’am bye” I said walking out of the vet clinic doors petting the animals on my way out with a sorrowful look as I left the vet with a guilty consciousness “great now I feel bad” I said to myself, as I started down the sidewalk.

Chapter 11.

Meanwhile on the same morning Jack was listening to music while driving down Walter street in his trans am. When he suddenly saw someone familiar walking down the same street “isn't that Jasmine?” he asked himself. “What is she doing?'' he asked again. Seeing her he parked his car and started towards her “where is she going” he uttered to himself trying to stay quiet when he saw her walk into The Tragedy House an abandoned building that seems to always send someone to the hospital. The building was scheduled to be demolished but the crew wouldn't go anywhere near it because of all the incidents and rumors. Confused and worried Jack kept following her “why is she coming here of all places” Jack gasped. Jack watched as Jasmine looked around her surroundings suspiciously as if trying to make sure no one saw her. Hiding behind the corner of a building Jack hesitantly followed Jasmine into the building sneaking in through a broken wood board. “It's a lot bigger than it looks.” Jack thought “Ok I'm here now what do you want?” Jasmine suddenly yelled, surprised by the outburst Jack bolted behind a beam. “Oh Jassy Jassy Jassy I'm not the enemy here” a man's voice said wickedly “I'm not so sure about that Samael,” Jasmine said disgustedly. “I'm really not” he said “Samael, According to Jewish myth, Samael, better known as the Grim Reaper, is a fallen angel. He is the chief seducer, accuser, and destroyer. Samael is also called the chief of the Dragons of Evil and Prince of Darkness. Samael is both kind and cruel and was once a heavenly host. He lorded over ‘Sheba Ha-yechaloth’, or the seven habitations.” I said. “Oh don't be that way my little blue butterfly” Samael said, as he walked to where I could finally see him “I'm not yours Samael'' I said spitefully. “Oh is that how it is now --Sigh-- and after all this time you still hate me. Heck, you even forgot about me” he said sighing. I glared at him HARD “I could never forget who you are Samael or what you did” I expressed angrily “aw come now don't be like that. It was a little mistake” he laughed. I felt my body burning with a fiery rage. “WHAT! A LITTLE MISTAKE YOU RUINED MY LIFE BOTH YOU AND MALAKIE'' Samael lifted an eyebrow curiously “oh well please pardon my mistake” he said bowing his head mockingly as I just glared at him fire in my eyes my stance cold. “Never! I will NEVER! FORGIVE YOU” I yelled “aw I wish you would because I have so many intriguing things to tell you about '' Samael said with a smirk. “Not interested and..” “oh but they're so interesting and fun” he interrupted again “NO! What would be interesting is not being here...with you. What would be fun is you LEAVING ME ALONE!” My anger growing and growing I couldn’t help but yell “oh but I don't want to” he remarked “oh but you will Samael” I declared “oh I will, will I? Now is that an order or a demand?” he asked evilly “both” I said hateful “but you already know you can’t demand or order ME around now can you” he said slyly “if this is about you being a dark dragon of evil or the dark prince give it up I'm not that gullible anymore and I'm not falling for your crap anymore” I vocalized. All he did was tilted his head with a smirk “so you do remember” he laughed happily “yea it's hard to forget a jerk like you” I barked hoping he’d get the message “so you have thought about me my Sweet Blue Butterfly” fire blazed in my eyes “I'm NOT YOUR ANYTHING SAMAEL” I yelled enraged “oh but you are...Jasmine” he said smiling “go to hell,” I said the fire in my eyes growing stronger. “Oh I have, it's fun you should go,” he said with all seriousness “no thanks, I'd rather go back to the vet clinic,” I said determined. As I went to walk out Samael appeared in front of me blocking my way out. “Move Samael” I demanded but instead of moving he just leaned down to where our faces were almost touching “why don't you make me,” he said, smirking, “I'm not in the mood for one of your games Sam now MOVE!” I demanded but again he didn't budge so instead of demanding him to move again I shoved him away but he stayed in front of me “don't do that Jasmine” he warned “But I thought you said “make me” well here I am!” I said shoving him, again and again, seeing his anger bubbling up. “Don't do this Jasmine” he warned me again this time sounding desperate and concerned. “Why not? Hm, what will you do to me if I don’t” I questioned not listening to him “I don't want to hurt you Jasmine” he admitted “oh it’s too late for that Samael you ruined my life that's something you can't fix with just an apology.” I confessed close to my breaking point. My tears build up in my eyes filled with anger and sorrow. Taking my anger out on him I shoved him harder but this time he didn't budge he felt like a rock. “I said don't do that Jasmine” he said his voice suddenly going low with darkness giving me chills almost freezing me in place. When suddenly he stepped forward pushing me with such great force it sent me flying into a wooden beam. With a sharp pain striking through my body with a blood-curdling scream coming from my mouth “damn it I told you not to do that my little blue butterfly tsk tsk tsk” he said walking towards me. Suddenly a warm and gentle arm wrapped around my weak body with great care. Confused, I looked up to see Jack, my vision turning hassy “Ja...Jack” I said my voice shaky “save your strength” Jack said concerned as he continued to glare at Samael. Samael tilted his chin up and said disgustingly “and who are you” “my name is Jack” Jack answered, “well I'm Sama…” “Oh, I already know who you are,” Jack said spitefully “you do now,” Samael said curiously. “Yea you're the jerk who hurt Jasmine and from what I heard this isn’t the first time it has happened,” Jack explained, “you little...how dare you I’ll...” Samael started before Jack interrupted “What! What will you do? Kill me, try me” Jack declared. Filled with anger Samael started to charge towards Jack when wood started collapsing down. Looking around Jack saw that Samael flung me into one of the main wooden beams which were now breaking apart causing the whole place to crumble. Looking up Samael was now gone. “Let's get you out of here. Can you walk” he asked, concerned his focus back on me “I don't know,” I said honestly. Without hesitation, Jack started to help me up and with another shock of pain going through my body my knees buckled making me fall to my knees. “Guess not” I said, giving him a weak smile. Suddenly Jack swooped me up into his arms dashing towards the exit running and dodging the falling pieces of wood. Finally when we got far enough Jack sat me down on a bench immediately taking his phone out calling someone. Nervously I waited for him to get off the phone not being able to hear anything he was saying until I heard him say “no I'll tell you what happened later...yeah no I think she’ll be fine...I’ll be taking her to the hospital...yea see ya later...yea bye” after putting his phone back into his back pocket he turned back to me and smiled. “Let's get you to the hospital,” he said helpfully. I looked at him with worried eyes, sad that I had put him in such danger “I'm fine” I smiled weakly “you can't even stand” he said knowingly. He was right too but I couldn’t ask him to do any more than he had already done. “Ye...yes I can” I lied “Jasmine lets just go to the hospital” Jack explained, “but I said I'm fi..” “JASMINE! Would you... Would you just listen to me and let me help you for once” shocked I kept my mouth shut not arguing. Shaking my head I agreedJack pulled up his sleeves gently picking me up without permission before he started walking down the road towards his car Jack trying to be as careful as possible. Finally feeling safe my eyes became heavier either it was because it was becoming night or it was because of all the stress from the past weeks either way I felt safe and my body relaxed becoming heavy.

Chapter 12.

I woke up in a white and blue room with doctors equipment such as wraps, clothes, gloves, masks, gozz, and more. Looking around I see a sleeping Sophie next to me sound asleep. Smiling, I softly patted her head. When suddenly the door slowly opened to show Jack with two coffees in hand. Smiling when he saw me awake quietly whispering “hey Jasmine I see you're finally awake. Guess I should have gotten three coffees” he smiled “how long have I been out,” I asked sitting up to see him better “about a day and a half if you want to count the rest of yesterday” he explained “really” I asked “yeah you gave us quite a scare especially Sophie. She ‘bout killed me when she thought I let you die” he laughed roughly. “That sounds like her sorry about that she's just protective over me” I said giving him a sheepish smile “Nah it's fine the doctors checked you out and said you were just unconscious but Sophie still tried to kill me” Jack said half laughing “I'm really sorry” I said again “don't worry about it as long as you are fine I'm fine” he insisted sweetly. Touched by his sweetness I patted the bedside for him to come and sit down next to me and to my surprise he did. “So how are you feeling” he asked “fine although I am sore and achy but surprisingly I'm fine” I answered “yeah the doctor said that he was surprised that you didn't have any broken bones” Jack said “wait nothing is broke” I asked surprised “nope” “I feel like I broke everything” I laughed weakly wincing from the pain. “Well he did say that you will have a lot of bruises and you do have some fractures and sprains and a minor concussion” Jack explained “yea I figured I would” I said giving him another sheepish smile. “Who was that guy anyways he seemed really weird” Jack finally asked “no one really” I said avoiding the answer. “Jasmine he threw you into a wooden beam from across the building” Jack said seriously “yea he did, didn't he” I said shakily “this isn’t funny Jasmine he could have killed you” Jacks voice now in a serious tone with a hint of worry behind it. “Yeah you are right he could have killed me but he would not have.” I insisted “that's not what he said” Jack said “yea I know, he says he would but he really wouldn't” Didn't seem that way from where I was standing! So why’s she protecting him?, I thought “but who-was-he” Jack said again extending it. “Well his name is Samael Bates. I met him when I was about five, maybe six he was a year older than me. We were friends, actually he was best friends with Malakie but we ended up becoming friends somehow” I explained “ok and who was Malakie. He was the guy from yesterday at the diner right” “yea he’s my older brother” I explained in a low voice. “he’s your what? Are you for real” Jack asked, shocked. “yeah he is...” I breathed out sadly. Anger building just from thinking of them “anyways they were best friends so Samael came over all the time, almost every day. At first he actually scared me especially when I first met him.” “When did you meet him” Jack asked “I was on my way to school with Malakie actually” I explained “then how did he scare you when you first met” he asked “I don't know” I laughed sheepishly “but anyways after he saved me I kinda grew to trust him.” “How did he save you,” Jack asked curiously “he saved me from drowning in the creek near the lake that is near my house. But then he and my brother suddenly changed and…” I stopped mid-sentence the memories flooding back. after so many years trying to forget them, the horrifying memories not allowing me to finish without fear. “It's ok you don't have to finish,” Jack said, taking my hand and holding it trying to comfort me. Suddenly Sophie groaned, lifting her head from the bedside, rubbing her eyes clear to see me smiling at her. “Jasmine? OH MY GOD JASMINE!” she yelled relieved, tears streaming down her face as she grabbed my shoulders tightly looking me sternly in the eyes “don't you EVER do that again you hear me” she said sternly. “Don't worry I won't” I said nervously “promise me!” she demanded. “ok I promise to you Sophie Macarthur Jewell that I Jasmine Knight will never do anything so scary, stupid, or reckless again” I said holding up my right hand next to my head and my left resting on my heart. Happily, Sophie wrapped me in another hug, happy that I was safe and reluctant to let go of me before her phone started ringing the loudest chime anyone will ever hear hurriedly she took it out of her back pocket. Looking at it her smile faded “sorry guys I gotta take this” she said standing up unsurely. “Ok take your time,” I said, letting her know she could go with no worry before she walked off. “You think she looked worried” Jack asked concerned “yea but it will be fine don't worry,” I said smiling hopefully.