Jay - Day 321 (Hope You Don't Hate Me!)

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Part Five

Aquaria leaps forward but I watch with mild amusement as she skids to a halt. My brother hasn’t moved an inch. He stands there, frozen in place, a comical smirk on his suddenly fragile face. She walks up to him, cautious at first, but soon she is walking normally, her hands at the ready. Eventually they are face to face, inches from each other. But he is still frozen. Unmoving. She reaches out and tweaks his nose. But as soon as she does that, he disappears. Poof! Gone, no longer there.

I can just imagine his expression, a smirk on his face, hidden by a gloved hand. I can just hear his laughter. Loud and clear. It’s actually quite the ingenious prank.

Aquaria stands there, hands on her hips, a childish pout on her face. “Come out! Show yourself, magician.”

My laughter stops when she says that. Me and my brother both hate being called magicians. It’s like when someone calls you short. It gets under your skin, you know?

I can almost feel his anger, his rage. I look up at the metal beams that support the roof and see the outline of his tattoo glowing around his right eye. He is angry. My brother is about to go on a rampage. My brother is about to destroy Aquaria.

There is one thing you must now about my brother. He is very shy and self-conscious. He hides it behind his pranks and laughter but he deeply cares what others think of him.  It’s just apart of him.  A habit he can’t break.  So whenever someone makes fun of him or me, he gets mad.  He tries to contain it but he can’t.  It's like a wild animal inside of him.  Urging to get out.  That’s why we did online school.  Due to his temper.  So now, I fear for Aquaria. I  hope she realizes what she did.  Before it's too late.

He lets loose a spell.  A fire spell actually.  That’s his expertise.  I should know, he’s used them on me a couple of times.

It hits its intended target right in the shoulder.  I heard her screech of surprise and chuckle under my breath.  I’m shocked that she doesn’t realize the spell won’t hurt her.  The bluish flames lap at anything they touch, making Penny shiver.

“They’re fake you know!” I yell as she attempts to fan them.

She turns and a look of relief crosses her face. Giving me a thumbs up, she turns back to the court. Sorcerer stands at the other end, a wicked smile on his face. His eyes glitter in anticipation.

Aquaria pulls a gun from its holster and lets loose a round of bullets. My brother puts up a quick and hastily-made shield as a defense. It barely holds up. He drops it for a second and fires of a round of spells as a counterattack.

To my disappointment, Penny is ready. She dodges them with flawless ease and while doing so, gets closer to my brother. I’m about to say something about that, but he seems to notice it already. I watch as he drops the sword, grasping his staff with both hands. Uh-oh. He’s about to use a very bad spell. Well, bad for Penny.

Basically, he focuses really, really, (really!) hard on the crystal on the top of his staff. He then emits a large beam that fries (and/or bakes) anything in its path. It a very tiring spell. Tiring but effective.

He aims for Penny, one eye squeezed shut in utter concentration. He takes little notice of her, even though she is running right towards him.

He lets a smug smile drift onto his face as the crystal begins to glow. I can do nothing but watch.

He lets loose the beam in one big burst. I squeeze my eyes shut,as does everyone else. As the light dies down, I try to look for Penny. Unlucky for us though, a side effect of this spell is momentary blindness. Argh. Why couldn’t he have just trapped her! Then she would be hurt but not baked!

A sudden thought enters my head and I giggle.  I imagine a Penny-shaped turkey with my brother smiling wickedly behind her.  A big butcher knife held steadily in his right hand.  An oven dominates the left corner of the place they’re in.

I reawaken from dreamland to notice the team staring at me quizzically. I stand and let out a nervous cough.  “We should go check if she's alright. Penny, I mean,” I say awkwardly.

They nod in agreement and get up, but Nova is (still!) staring at me like I’m crazy. Giving him an angry glare, I follow the team as they rush over to Penny’s motionless body.

I look down at her with pity in my eyes.  She should have known that he was planning something!  She lay there, curled up in a ball, covered in burns.  Some minor and some a bit more serious.  Suddenly, she jumps to her feet like nothing happened!

“Can someone please tell me why I was just shot by a HUGE LASER!?” She yells in a blind rage.

“Uhh, that was not a laser. That was a highly focused, highly intense burst of power. Thank you very much,” my brother states calmly as he walks up. “I’m surprised you lived.  Most of my victims don’t!”

I chuckle at that and pat him roughly on the back. “Look’s like you won!” I say happily. He smiles and looks thoughtful.

“I did, didn’t I ?” he says with another smile. Penny just scowls at him in rage.

“You...you cheated!” she finally spits out.

“Wait? What?!” my brother responds in shock. A look of mock surprise crosses his face.

“Yeah. You cheated!”

“No I did not.”

“Yeah you kind of did.”

“No!”

“Yes!”

“Why does this happen so much?” Ava sighs and gives the two an exasperating look. Luke walks up just in time to hear what she said. Letting out a guffaw, he slaps her on the back. Which in turn sends her flying.

“Aww. Come on Tiger! They aren’t fighting! They're…. arguing in a friendly way! Yeah that's it!”

She snorts and watches as Sorcerer and Aquaria’s argument develops. It eventually turns into a full out brawl. Ava leaves us to go break it up.

“Guys? Uhh, Guys?? Hmm..GUYS KNOCK IT OFF!!”

The twosome turns and look at her with identical looks of innocence.

“What’s up? We were only messing around!” Sorcerer says in the sweetest way possible. Penny stands behind him, her head nodding in agreement.

I walk up and put a hand on Ava’s shoulder. Wow, she is tense!

“Give em a break! They really were just messing around!”

“Yeah! I was just joking about the magician thing..hehe.”  Penny smiles and holds out a hand to Sorcerer.  “Truce?”

“Eh, why not,” he replies with a shrug. They shake hands just as my phone beeps.

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I click the stop button before it can embarrass me any more. My cheeks feel hot and I can tell I'm blushing.  Penny looks up from her and Sorcerer’s handshake and smiles at me.  A bit too wickedly for my taste.

“Soo...out of curiosity...you like to watch Naruto?”

Hesitantly, I nod.  Another wicked smile crosses her face.

“Whoops! Did I say Naruto? I meant to say...French-Fry Guy!”

A look of shock appears on my face but it is quickly covered by a look of calm and peacefulness. “It’s actually Naruto.” I say softly, attempting to mask my anger.  I’m better at that then my brother.  He looks miffed but keeps his rage in check, to my surprise.

“I really got to go though. Honestly! I have a dog so I get nervous when I leave him home to long.” I say as I back away from the group. Turning, I run off my feet pounding loudly on the metal floors.

As I run off, I hear Peter’s annoyed voice. “See look? You embarrassed her!”

I reach my house in 15 minutes.  Surprisingly fast, considering I ran the whole way. I run up the stairs and slide to an ungraceful halt in front of my door. Fishing my keys out of my bag, I jam them into the lock.  The door unlocks with a satisfying ‘click’ and I turn the doorknob quickly.  I hope Zakune hasn’t made a mess.

Stepping inside, I breath a sigh of relief.  He hasn’t destroyed my house. Good. I look around, careful to watch where I step. You never know where a dog might do his business.

I hang my hoodie on a lone peg and walk over to the kitchen. The only thing there is a slim silver whistle. I pick it up and pull it to my lips. Letting out a breath, a clear note issues from the whistle. I set it back onto the counter and cock my head. Listening, waiting. A smile crossed my lips when I hear it. The pounding of paws on the floor.

I let out a gleeful laugh when Zakune leaps on top of me. He licks the side of my face and lets out a slobbery bark. “Hey buddy! Did you keep out the riff raff?”

He let’s loose another bark, this one commanding and powerful. “That's my boy!” I reply with a grin.

If you must know, Zakune isn’t an ordinary dog. He is a long, lean wolf, made to kill on sight. I found him when he was a pup, abandoned on the side of the road. I took him home and we formed an instant bond. He’s been mine ever since.

Zakune jumps off of me and wags his tail tauntingly. “Oh you wanna go?” I question innocently.

He wags his tail again and I smile. Leaping forward, I jump on top of him, sending him sprawling. Chuckling, I rub his stomach, making him thump his tail on the ground in excitement. He woofs and rolls over so I can scratch his back. He’s so selfish.

“I forgot to tell you but..” Zakune wiggles out from under me and sits up, head cocked as if to say go on.

“Jordan's not dead and he is undercover. So yeah..”

Zakune leaps to his feet and barks joyfully. That's all he really does though. Barks, growls, howls. His way of showing expression I guess. He gives me a look as he runs to the door.

“You wanna go see him eh?”

He nods his head and pulls on the harness hung over the edge of the couch. Laughing I get up and pick it up. “Ok, ok lets go. I think he’s at the TriCarrier."
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