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He's Not Dead, He Only Looks that Way.

"It's a surprise."

Davy hung his head low. What a desperate time he was in. Every chance he got, he would beg Brendon to send him back. And Brendon would aways reply, “Another day.” It could have meant a lot of things, but Davy didn’t think too much about it. He was always wondering about Jenna-he felt so pathetic. He just wanted to know if she was okay. It didn't sit well with knowing the last time he saw her, she was crying-and he wanted to know why she was.

Jenna’s breath escalated quickly as her hands wrapped around the handle of the dagger she pointed toward Mikey. Her legs were weak as she struggled on her two feet. Her teeth clenched, “This is stupid.” Her eyes locked on Mikey who grinned, “You want to join the army? Prove yourself. So far, you haven’t even knocked me down.” He tossed his dagger hand in hand, “Come on, sweetie. Show me what you can do-”

Jenna charged at him, but even if Mikey was caught off guard he swiftly moved out of the way. He was able to snatch her arm, tossing her onto the ground in the process. Her dagger fell out of her hands. Mikey was growing impatient, “I’ve been teaching you for years, and you still haven’t proven yourself worthy-”

“Please,” Jenna cried softly on the ground, “I need to be able to join. I don’t care how hard this may be .. but you don’t know how many tears I’ve shed because of your tough teachings,” She slowly got up onto her two feet, “I know where you and your group is charging next and I want to be there fighting. I heard you talking about it to Ray."

Mikey walked over and helped her up. He extended his hand out, and she grabbed it. They face each other. He stared into her eyes, “Only the best of the best can fight where we’re going next .. you don’t know how strong these demons are.” He grabbed her hand, “I don’t want you to get hurt .. “

Jenna reeled her hand away, “I’m not some damsel in distress. So stop acting like I am one.”

Mikey frowned, “You’re willing to fight the demons? Even the one you loved?"

Jenna stared at him. She tucked in her lips, “He killed me. I know I can do the same.

Back down on earth, Brendon was sittng next to Frank who still oblivious that Gerard wasn’t Gerard. It seemed only Frank and Patrick were the only ones who didn’t know .. Lindsey, Frey, and Davy kept it that way. If they ever did expose Brendon, Brendon would have their heads-litterally. And his plan would collapse. Lindsey was becoming more and more impulsive. She wanted to warn Patrick, to keep him away from Brendon .. but she couldn’t. Not if she wanted Patrick to die.

The afternoon turned into night. Brendon made his way back into the bedroom only to be stopped by Frank. Frank’s posture was very obscure, “I feel like you’ve been avoiding me all day.” He frowned, looking down to his batman socks, “Why have you?”

Brendon stared at him, “I’ve just been busy,” He leaned down to level Frank’s height, making eye to eye contact, “Believe me, I’m not doing it on purpose .. you are, honestly, more important to me than anything else.” Brendon paused, “Tomorrow .. I want to take everyone on a field trip.”

Frank flexed an eye brow, “To where?”

Brendon grabbed his hand and kissed it softly, “It’s a surprise.”