Chapter 25: Chapter 25

CHAPTER 25

Blink’s wound was being treated in the emergency unit with John beside her. After cleaning the wound, a bandage was wrapped around it.

“ Thank heavens it was just a scratch, the bullet didn’t penetrate inside. It will heal completely in a short period of time” Gianna, the nurse treating Blink’s wound spoke up

“ Thanks Gianna, I appreciate” John said.

“ It’s nothing, I’m just fulfilling my duty” Gianna replied with a smile before leaving John and Blink to themselves. John turned to Blink whose arms were folded below her chest, her head rested on the headboard of the bed

“ Are you ok? “ He asked making Blink roll her eyes at his question.

“ Am I suppose to be ok? “ She asked back and John sat down beside her.

“ What were you thinking going to your family house, what if something worse happened? “ John asked in the calmest voice ever

“ It would have been better of I was captured than sitting here with you” Blink mumbled with a hiss but loud enough for John to hear. His eyebrows twisted in a deep frown.

“ Blink… are you angry with me? “ He was compelled to ask. Blink snorted at his question.

“ I don’t know if I should be angry with you… I mean what else can I do when the person I trusted the most lied to me” She scoffed.

“ What do you mean ‘lied to you’? “ John frowned his brow the more.

“ Cut the crap John. Of course you lied to me. I thought I was….a friend to you… maybe your closet friend but I guess you proved me wrong” Blink replied.

“ I don’t understand why you’re saying all these Blink, what happened? “ John asked.

“ And he’s still putting on an act” Blink mumbled.

“ I asked you if you were ok not so long ago, remember? And what did you tell me?... that you were fine, you said you were ok, that you were just stressed out only…. .for me to eves drop you telling Polaris and the rest that the fund for feeding the underground is null. Why lie to John? “ Blink mumbled the last part and John’s face dropped in sadness. Guilt filled his heart immediately.

“ Is that you don’t trust me enough to tell me or that I’m not worth telling cause I thought we shared something. I thought we can tell anything to each other, share our problems and rely on each other but…. just look how wrong I was” Blink scoffed painfully. John looked down in shame on hearing what she said.

“ I’m sorry Blink. I didn’t mean to lie to you.. I just didn’t want you to bother” He muttered sadly.

“ You can agree with me this excuse of yours is lame” Blink scoffed.

“ If you really trusted me you wouldn’t have lied to my face. Anyways what am I saying. This is bound to happen right? Besides it’s not as if I am among the leaders of this Underground so it’s not necessary for me to know”

“ Thank you so much for showing me my place John” John’s heart arched the more hearing those words from her mouth. He looked up immediately, staring intently into her eyes, his eyes displaying how sorry he was.

“ It’s not that way Blink, don’t say something like…..

“ What else do you want to say John? What other reason can justify the fact that you lied to me? You obviously showed me my….

“ It’s not like Blink, ok?” John half yelled when he couldn’t bear her accusations.

“ Then what is it like, huh? Tell me John, what is like?....

“ I was worried, ok…I was worried. Worried that you’ll endanger your life trying to help out, worried that you’ll go extra miles to help out and put your own life at risk. Tell me, did I do anything wrong worrying about you?” John yelled explained.

“ My life is already in danger John, what difference will it make if I endanger it the more trying to save the underground?” Blink yelled back.

“ And then what?” John’s question caught her off track.

“ What about me? How do you think I’ll feel if something happens to you?” He asked standing on his feet.

“ Do you know how worried I was when Eclipse told me you were no where to be found, do you that I almost lost it when I sensed you heading to your family house?”

“ You were shot..no it was just a scratch. But what if something worse happened? I’ve already lost Nova, do you want me to loose you too? Tell me…is it wrong to worry about loosing someone I love?!” John yelled asked even before he could stop the last sentence from rolling off his mouth.

“ Fuck it!” He groaned turning his back on Blink on realization of what he just said. Blink’s eyes widened a bit and her lips parted. The anger she was feeling inside melted immediately.

“ What?” The question came out as a whisper instead.

“ You what?” She asked but John kept mute.

“ John” Blink called on his silence.

“ You know what….just forget about it Blink” John spoke up still backing her and cursing his useless tongue for having to spill out something like that.

“ I’ll take you to your room” He added before finally turning. He swiped Blink off the bed, carrying her Ina bridal style and headed upstairs. All these while, he made sure to avoid her gaze but Blink was staring at him.

On getting to her room, John laid Blink gently on the bed, still avoiding her gaze.

“ Call me of you need anything” He said turning his back to leave but Blink held his wrist immediately.

“ What do you need?” He asked still backing her.

“ I need an answer” Blink answered immediately.

“ An answer to what?” John asked.

“ What you said downstairs…

“ I already told you to forget it” John replied.

“ I don’t want to forget it John” Blink insisted making John turn to face her.

“ What do mean by someone you….

“ It means that I love you Blink” John trailed her off and Blink’s lips parted in shock.

“ You.. you..

“ Yes Blink…I love you. I’ve loved you for a very long time and will always love you. Not as a friend or a sister but something more than that” John replied, staring into her eyes intently and with all sincerity. Blink almost choked on what he said.

“ I…wasn’t…aware…you never…told me” She tried not to shutter but failed. John sighed before sitting beside her on the bed. He slowly took in her hands, his eyes piercing her’s.

“ I never told you because I was scared you won’t feel the same way and will start avoiding me. I didn’t want to ruin our friendship. But now…I don’t thing I can hold it back anymore cause I’m tired of us being just friends when I badly want more than that” John explained, his eyes searching through Blink’s to study her reaction.

Blink’s word got stuck in her throat. She was still shocked and as such didn’t know what to say. John’s face clouded in disappointment when Blink bowed down her head.

“ See. I told you to forget it” He mumbled sadly, making Blink look up at him.

“ Call me if you need anything” He added and turned, heading out.

Blink made to go after him but stopped herself. A force was pushing her to go hug him tightly and tell him how she feels but still…there’s another force pulling her back.

×. ×. ×

“ Come with me” Alvara said, grabbing Hudson’s wrist and pulling him off his bed.

“ Whoa whoa, hold it. Where are we heading to?” Hudson pulled her back.

“ Just come with me” Alvara snapped.

“ Wait, I won’t just follow you without knowing where you wanna take me to. I don’t trust you” Hudson protested, making Alvara roll her eyes.

“ Can you just quit being a moron and come” She groaned.

“ Nope”

“ Fine then” Alvara let go of his wrist.

“ I’ll just go ask Maverick instead. I’m sure he’ll come without questioning” Alvara shrugged. Hudson felt his nose twitch on the mention of Maverick and his heart skipped in anger. Alvara turned to leave but he quickly grabbed her hand pulling her to himself.

“ I’ll come with you” He said making Alvara glare at him in surprise.

“ I thought you said you don’t trust me?” She raised a brow at him.

“ Well…I remembered I have nothing doing so why not come with you”

“ I was going to call Maverick…so don’t worry” Alvara said and Hudson almost hissed.

“ Why must she mentioned him?” His inner self hissed.

“ No need for that” He replied sharply.

“ Maverick told me he was going somewhere” He added making Alvara frown a brow at him.

“ Really?” She scoffed.

“ And where did he told you he was going?” She asked not believing what Hudson said.

“ He said…erm…he was…erm…going to…ermm...” Hudson stammered, thinking for the perfect lie to say.

“…Visit his Mom…yes visit his Mom” He chuckled nervously.

Alvara couldn’t help but scoff knowing fully well he was lying. But she decided to act along

“ Ok, if you say so” She shrugged before pushing him off slightly.

×. ×. ×

A knock came on Emily’s door and she headed to answer it. On opening it, she was taking aback on seeing Hudson and Alvara standing by the door.

“ Alvara, what’s with the visit…again?” She couldn’t help but ask.

“ Nothing Mom. I was just missing you” Alvara replied with a broad smile before stepped in. Hudson raised a brow at her on what she said, he too stepping in.

“ Missing me? But you just left like 30 mins ago” Emily replied.

“ I know but I was missing you so some much. Com’on are you trying to push me away then?” Alvara pouted.

“ No no no, of course not. I was just surprised seeing you again” Emily chuckled slightly.

“ You can say for as long as you like” She added and Alvara hugged her immediately, placing a peck on her cheeks.

“ Thanks Mom” Alvara broke from the hug.

“ We’ll head to my room then” She beamed turning to Hudson.

“ We?” Hudson asked, glaring at her in confusion.

“ Yeah…we” Alvara said grabbing his wrist, dragging him to the stairs.

“ Are you ok Avy?” Emily couldn’t help but ask on seeing her strange behavior.

“ Of course I am. I’m perfectly ok” Alvara chuckled with a broad smile, exposing her set of white teeth’s.

“ I am not ok” Hudson protested as Alvara dragged him until they were out of Emily’s sight.

“ Why is she acting so strange?” Emily asked no one in particular but shrugged the thought off her mind.

“ What’s with the dragging?” Hudson glared at Alvara who let go of his wrist.

“ Since you couldn’t act along, I had to drag you along” Alvara hissed.

“ Well, what are we doing here cause here doesn’t seem like a room?” Hudson asked.

“ This isn’t my room, moron” Alvara rolled her eyes.

“ I know…I’m no dummy” Hudson hissed with folded arms.

“ I was just asking; what are we doing in front of this big framed picture of this weird old man hanging on the wall?” He asked, pointing at the picture before them.

The picture displayed was that of an old man putting on a white garment with an arrow on his right hand and a bow at his left hand. His head was bald up to the middle and his white beard was so long that it stopped right below his chest. His eyes were glimmering white with no pupil and there was a tattoo of the head of a lion on his left arm.

“ This picture have been here since I was born. I’ve tried figuring out who this man is put whenever I ask my Mom about it, she always make the same remark “you won’t understand”

“ But whenever I stare at the picture the more I feel like something is hiding behind the picture but I seriously don’t know what” Alvara explain as she and Hudson stare intently at the picture.

“ Well, have you tried figuring what’s behind the picture?” Hudson asked, surveying the picture.

“ Nah. That’s what I wanna do now “ Alvara replied.

“ Help me bring the frame down” She added. Hudson held the top and bottom from the left while Alvara held that from the right and they both brought down the picture.

Their eyes widened a bit on seeing a door with a lock code before them. They both looked at each other before turning back to the door.

“ So I was right all these while” Alvara muttered.

“ I wander what room is behind this door” Hudson hummed.

“ Well, that’s why were here…to find out” Alvara grinned.

“ Do you know the passcode then?” Hudson asked.

“Ermmmmm…no” Alvara replied.

“ But I can try. Maybe my mom’s birthday can go” She added before typing it in but it got declined.

“ Damn it” She cursed.

“ Maybe your birthday will do the job” Hudson suggested and she typed it in but it got declined.

“ How about your Dad’s?” Alvara banged her fist angrily at the door after it passcode got declined again.

“ What the fuck is this useless passcode?” The two teenagers cursed at the same time. An idea hit Alvara’s brain and a wide smirk formed on her lips.

She quickly typed in ' 1998’. The door knob twisted and the door slowly opened by itself. Happiness ran through the two teenagers.

“ Yes” Alvara exclaimed.

Staring at each other and exhaling deeply, they both stepped forward into the room and just then the iron door banged shut by itself, startling the both of them. They swallowed nervously before turning to survey the room they were in. There eyes widened and their jaw dropped down in shock.

Right before them were…………..