Their Voices

part 15

Finally, the next day arrived. I was just standing in front of the hospital waiting on Sophie. My hands like ice now. Ready to go over to Jacks just standing at the front of the hospital waiting for Sophie. Who was an hour late! “C’mon Soph where are you” I growled impatiently waiting for her car to drive through. When instead a Wimbledon White Shelby GT350 Mustang drove up in front of me pausing for a moment before revving her engine and rolling the window down. Showing the one person in the world that I did not want to see. “MALAKIE!” I growled “Sophie couldn't pick you up so she made me come instead” he explained as I glared at him. “Come on just get in the dagum car” he sighed. I stood there crossing my arms in contempt. “I'm not getting in the car with you Malakie” I glared. “Just get in, no one else is coming. So unless you want to stay here another night go ahead. OR, you could walk home but if you do I suggest you get to moving.” ''fine! just get me to Jacks house” I demanded as I got into the passenger side seat. Almost immediately after Malakie drove out of the hospital parking lot. Both of us sat just there in silence, both of us not knowing what to say or what the other would say. Nonetheless, as Malakie stopped at a red light he sighed making the only noise since we left the hospital. Finally, the light turned green, sighing in relief Malakie started forwards again only to be stopped again by a red Mustang flying in front of us almost making Malakie drive off the road. Angrily I stuck my head out the window “watch it jerks” I yelled before putting my head back in the car re-positioning myself in my seat as I grabbed my seat strap. Turning over I saw Malakie smiling at me. “What? That jerk started it” I defended myself. He started laughing “wow! Never thought you would yell at anyone but me” “well that guy bout made us run off the road and I JUST got out of the hospital.” I gruffed “well I wouldn't have let us run off the road anyways” he said cockily. I looked to Malakie with a look that read bull crap all over my face. “So you are just that good at driving now” I said incredulously “hey I've always been a good driver” he laughed. I looked at him “you were nine and I was eight Dad had us in his lap when we drove” I said putting my hands up making air quotes “yes but I did better than you” Malakie said cockily “oh yeah right you tried to drive us off the road and ended up hitting a mailbox” I said playing “well you almost hit someone when you were ten” he laughed “hey it was that guys fault he shouldn't have been in the way” I said playfully defensive “he was in his driveway” he exclaimed making the both of us laugh. “Yeah we gave Momma and Daddy a run for their money,” Malakie said “yeah I swear we scared them half to death most of the time” I laughed “yeah you’re probably right about that” Malakie laughed back. “It was fun though” I sighed “yea it was, wasn’t it” he agreed as he looked back to the road his face saddened making the car stiffen with a sense of grievance and regrets “hey Jas I actually have something to tell you. Something we’ve been needing to talk about” he started out. My mind already knew what he was talking about the one thing I wanted to know. WHY? Why did it happen? How did it come to that? “yeah we do” I agreed nervously waiting for him to answer all the questions I had locked inside “you care if we stop somewhere” Malakie asked smartly “Yea that is probably a good idea” I agreed as I chuckled lightly. Malakie turning off the road to park the car in an empty lot. As we sat there Malakie kept his hands on the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white from his nervously tight grip on the wheel. Sighing he finally started off “Look Jas I'm sorry about back then for how I acted and for how I have been acting! I know an apology won't fix it or make it go back to how things were before because I can't gain the six years that I lost but...I still need to say this even if you don't believe me” I looked at him confused with little angry “what are you talking about all I want to know is why!” Finally our eyes made eye contact but to my surprise his eyes weren't as stone-cold as they once were this time he was almost in tears “I know. I know you want the truth about how Dad died and about you.” “Me! This isn't about me. I told you all I want to hear is why it had to happen. I already know how Daddy died. You...you and Samael… you and Samael happened” I said harshly trying not to cry “no you're wrong I know it feels that way and you're right it probably was my fault but with that came a deal and Samael” he explained. I looked at him angrily and confused “what do you mean? What happened?” “well, it was raining…”

Flashback.

“Dad! Jassy says that she is scared” Malakie said worried “it's ok Jasmine it's just a little storm” “man why’d it start storming all of a sudden” he gruffed softly “um Mr. Knight…” “Yes Samael” “well there is this old abandoned warehouse just down that road over there we can probably use it to take shelter just until the storm lets up” Samael suggested “yea that’ll be safer for you kids,” Daddy said turning to the right going down the road Samael pointed to. Not long after we started down the road we all saw the abandoned warehouse Samael had mentioned Daddy stopped the car parking it close enough to where we could go straight in without getting as wet but when we all started getting out you were too scared to even move so I carried you inside instead. “It's too dark Kiki” “It's ok Jassy Daddy’s with us and our friend Samael so we're all ok.” “But I'm still scared Kiki” you cried “It's only until the storm goes away ok” you looked up at me with teary eyes. We finally got in Daddy looked around trying to find thing we could use “yes I found a lantern now we can have a little light ok and we can make a little fire from this old wood to keep warm ok” Daddy said happily “yea that sounds fun almost like a camping trip don't you think Jassy” I asked looking down at you with a big smile “yea” you agreed returning it with an even bigger smile. Once we got the lantern-lit and the fire going we all sat down on the dusty floor while we snuggled up “so how long do you think we’ll be stuck in here” you asked Daddy looked at me and smiled “not long honey ok” “yeah well me fine plus it looked like the storm was almost over” Malakie said but then Samael randomly stood up and with an evil gleam in his eyes said “oh no I think the storm has just begun” “what do you mean Samael” dad questioned “Ummm dude you're creeping me out and you're scaring Jasmine” I said Samael tilted his head and grinned a wicked smile “isn't that the point..” the next thing we all knew Samael had dad by the throat in one hand and in the other a knife “SAMAEL WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP” I yelled “oh isn't it obvious,” he said, making you cry “Samael no don..” Samael lifted the knife and struck dad straight through the chest. Lightning struck the warehouse that lit the place in blue light and a big roar of thunder came rolling after as you screamed in horror at our father’s limp lifeless body in Samuel's hand and the puddle of blood under his lifeless body. He tossed his body away as if it had weighed nothing. He stared at you and me with an evil grin Malakie stood up his fist balled up “why...WHY DID YOU KILL HIM” I charged towards Samael while you just sat there motionless fear stuck on your face and tears rolling down “he was suppressing your powers” Samael said flinging me to the door and with another streak of lightning hitting the warehouse this time I saw a blue and white flash feeling heat as I looked up to the roof all I saw was darkness. I got up feeling fuzzy But when I looked up I saw Samael standing next to a pile of debris with his head tilted fear expressed across his face. Looking at the debris I saw something sticking out of the pile. It was an arm with a blue bracelet that read “JASMINE…” I stood up and ran towards the pile and started throwing it off you. But when I finally reached you, your body was lifeless, tears filled my eyes “no! no, no, no Jassy no I can't lose you too” I looked up to Samael with both rage and sadness in my eyes “what did you do” I demanded “I did nothing she just got struck by lightning and crushed by that” Samael said sounding slightly hurt by my assumption. “You caused all this you killed my Dad, now you caused Jasmine to get fried and crushed she didn't deserve this she should have lived longer” I said almost crying “but you said you hated you're father and wished he'd leave you alone so I did just that,” “I was angry I didn't mean it literally and Jasmine didn't deserve this” “oh if you want I can bring her back though it’ll cost you” Samael said casually. I looked up at Samael surprised “wh..what did you just say?” I asked shocked “what it’ll cost you” “BEFORE THAT” “oh that I can bring her back for you” “can you really do that” I asked happily “yeah my names Samael also known as the Grim Reaper, a fallen angel, I'm both kind and cruel and was once a heavenly host” Samael educated “but you you can help her right” “yea that's easy” “so you can save my Dad to” “no I can’t” Samael said “WHY NOT” I yelled angrily “I killed him myself so natures not apart if he live or died unlike hers” “fine just save Jasmine” Samael grinned wickedly “it’ll cost you” “I'll do anything” I said desperately but Samael just grinned even more “she’ll hate you for the rest of your lifetime” I looked at Samael stunned “what why” “well she won't remember any of this like her dieing you getting hurt etc. so I'll put some memories in her head” Samael said calmly “why..why would she think that you can just put the real ones in” I looked at him with a killer glare “well a life’s a tricky thing to mess with so there are some casualties plus it’ll be fun to see what happens” “then I'll just tell her the truth” “ah ah ah nope that's the other thing you can't tell her or I'll make it to where she was never brought back she’ll be dead but if you don't want that thendo as I say, do we have a deal” “only under one condition if you so much as hurt her, be apart of or even around her when she gets hurt the deals off and I can tell her without you doing that got it” Samael thought about it for a while then stretched out his hand as did I shaking hands tightly “oh and one other thing if she doesn't get her memories back by the time she's twelve and you're thirteen you half to leave no questions asked or answered” “wait I didn't agr..” I detested “oh but we already shook on it,” Samael said cockily then there was a dark light that surrounded you

Present time.

“And when you woke up you hated me Samael had disappeared, we called for a ride, you told Momma what you thought was true and I just stood there not saying anything, Momma didn't believe it but when you were twelve you still didn't have your memories back so I just left no words said or spoken just like Samael wanted” I looked at Malakie in disbelief “why tell me now then” "he broke his end of the deal” he explained. He said it so calmly but his hands were shaking making me realize I was shaking too. Malakie looked at me and chuckled a sad laugh “I guess you don't believe me do you? I don’t blame you it is ridiculous” Malakie said “yes it does sound ridiculous but it kinda makes sense” I explained “What” he exclaimed “well it's like this when I tried to remember what happened it was all fuzzy like it wasn't real or it wasn’t there but know it's not fuzzy it's like it's the real thing” I shared. Malikie looked at me surprised and confused “I'm sorry” I said sadly “why are you sorry” he asked “well for all that I've said and done” “no Jasmine it's fine” he said “it's not” I was ashamed at myself for all I did to him. He pulled me into a hug like he always did when I was upset he pulled away and looked me in the eyes our foreheads touching just ever so slightly “where siblings ok Jassy” I smile and tears started streaming down my face “what are you crying for know” “I..I missed having you around me, I've missed my big brother” I cried he smiled sincerely “I've missed you too.” After a few minutes I finally stopped crying and Malakie decided to start driving again “but why where you so mean and rude to me every time we saw each other” “well you thought I was the bad guy so I decided to BE the bad guy you thought I was” he said noticing my concerned face “so where are we going” he asked changing the subject. “Oh to Jacks” “and who's Jack” Malakie said suspiciously “he's just a new friend of mine he helped me with some problems at school though when we first met he landed on top of me..” Malakie hit the brakes making me almost hit the window dash “what’d you do that for are you trying to make me kiss the dash” he turned towards me with a scary face "what’d he do to you” “what nonono you got it wrong” I said nervously. He lifted an eyebrow “so after school I was heading out the door when he was coming we heard some voices heading towards us and he jumped through the door ACCIDENTLY landing on top of me” Malakies face turned a new shade of color one I didn’t even know existed “I'll kill him” I heard him say “ummm Kiki you're scaring me” I said nervously “sorry Jassy I was just thinking” “about how I'll kill that bastard” he whispered “umm can you start driving again you're causing traffic” he looked behind us to see a line of cars behind us honking angrly. After a few more lights we finally got to Jack's house. His blue Trans-am was out front with a big Toyota truck next to it and a silver Dodge Ram van. I could see Sophie's beautiful green Porsche on the side of the road. We pulled up behind the Porsche I get out of Malakies car “thanks for driving me here and I'm happy we got to clear things up, I'll talk to you later k” I waved until he got out “what do you mean talk to you later I'm coming in to see this Jack fellow and...” Malakie stalled “and Sophie” I hinted, making him blush. “Ok then c’mon” I said walking to the door --KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK--. Finally the door opens but instead of seeing Jack we see a little girl with bright red hair and two blue ribbons. Kneeling down to her level I smile “hi I'm Jasmine'' I Said “I'm Sarah” “well it's nice to meet you Sarah is Jack here” “yeh hold on...Jack someone’s here for you” she yelled “just let them in Sarah” “Oki Doki...come in miss and...” seeing her gaze I smiled. “He’s my big brother don't worry he’s really nice so if he does anything bad I'll send him back to the car ok” she giggled “Oki Doki come on in Miss” “oh you can call me Jas if you want” I said smiling “ok” she grabbed my hand and guides me into a room with streamers balloons a table full of food and in the middle of it all there was a banner that said Welcome Back Jasmine. I looked to Malakie in surprise when I look to Sarah who was still holding my hand I crouch down and ask “Hey Sarah what's happening here” “oh Jackie has a friend coming over so to celebrate he and a another friend are doing this” she whispered “really how interesting so what's that banner say” “oh um welcome back… Jasmine'' I clapped cheering “yay good job Sarah” she smiled brightly “I'm a good reader” she said confidently “yea you are” we laughed then she put her finger to her cheek and asked “hey isn't your name Jasmine” I smiled at her “yup it is." "Hey Sarah where is my glue and scissors? You took them to…JASMINE! Your here.” “Yep this little one let me in'' I said picking Sarah up “she did, did she” “yep I told you someone was here for you” she said “you should have told me it was a girl named Jasmine” “oo~ why? Do you like her Jackie'' Jack turned bright red “what! What are you talking about Sarah I...I don’t...” I look at Malakie who's glaring “Malakie...” “I'm fine” “if you say so…so Jack what's this all about” “oh uh well Sophie was supposed to text me saying she's on her way with you but she said that someone else was going to drop you off but I didn't know who..” Jack said seeing Malakie “Ummm Jasmine isn't that...” “Oh yeah this is my big brother Malakie y'all weren't properly introduced Jack Malakie, Malakie Jack” I introduced as Malakie stuck his hand out Jack taking it. “Jasmine come on, I want to show you my doles” Sarah said, taking my hand starting upstairs. Squeezing Jack's hand Malakie leaned in close whispered “you do anything to hurt my sister I'll kill you got that” he threatened. Jack yanked his hand free and glared at Malakie “I wouldn't DO anything to hurt her” Jack said angrily “JACK WE NEED YOUR HELP!” A woman yelled “COMING MOM...enjoy the party Malakie” Jack said before he walked. “So he wouldn't hurt her huh.” He said scratching his head “Malakie you're here” “hey Soph” “so how’d it go?” she asked. “Fine I told her everything I'm surprised she believed me” “told you, so you staying” “yea I think I'll stay for Jas” “only Jas” she inched “and others” “good I'm happy” “same, now I don't like that Jack guy.” “Oh Jack yea I didn't like him at first either but he helped your sister out alot and I think they like each other” “yeah I caught that.” “But it's fine, she's fine, and you're fine so let's just celebrate her being out of the hospital shall we” Sophie said happily “yea.”

The evening went fairly smooth. I blew out the welcome home candles on the cake Mrs. Williams made me, then everyone gave me small gifts. Although I do not quite understand why but it was all fun. I got to relax and have fun with my friends and family but sadly the day had to come to an end and we all had to go home. “We're all happy you're out of the hospital alive and not broken” Sophie said kidding “hey you're making it sound like I was on the brink of death” I said playfully “but you're alive and well and I see a lot of faces who care so much about you but if you go and do something like that again I'll be the one to kill you” Sophie said straight-faced. Everyone applauded and cheered as they welcomed me back though I wasn't really gone. I was just stuck in the hospital but..I'm happy they care so much about me. I also met Jack's family. It turned out they knew Momma and Daddy and that made me happy. I smiled to myself “hey Jasmine whatcha doin” Jack asked “oh hey Jack nothing really just thinking about how cool y'all are to throw me a party although it kind of reminds me of a birthday party just without the song and the presents” I laughed Jack did to for a sec then look to his pocket then to me he reached in his pocket and pulled out a blue box and stretched out his hand for me to grab it his face turning red “this is for you it's not much but I hope you like it” I looked at him shocked “can can I open it” I asked excitedly “yeah I mean it's yours” I opened it smiling wondering what it was welcomed by a beautiful heart shaped necklace with a blue diamond in the middle. “Oh wow Jack you seriously didn't need to get me this how much was it” I asked amazed “I wanted to get you something the cost doesn't matter” he laughed seeing me playfully pout “well thank you it's absolutely gorgeous” I appreciated “well I'm glad you like it.” Jack blushed “well I hate to interrupt this romantic mood but we half to go” Malakie intervened. “bye guys and thanks for the party. It was so much fun, I'll see y'all tomorrow at school” I hollered “see ya later Jas” Sophie hollered back as she got into her car. “Bye Sophie bye Jasmine.” Jack yelled