Jax's POV
(Time Skip)
I was running to catch up with the train. I had to get there. I had to. I saw someone peak out and see me. As I got closer, I noticed it was Four. I knew he wouldn't help me, because he barely wanted to help me in the first place. But then, I got the surprise of my life. He reached his hand out to me. I was shocked.
"You coming or not?" He asked. I reached up and grabbed it. He pulled me up onto the train and I landed on the floor. He helped me stand up.
"Thanks a lot." I said. He said nothing and walked away. I sighed in relief.
"Hi." I heard Chris say behind me. I turned around to see her, Will and Al.
"Hey." I said.
"What are you doing here?" Will asked.
"Eric can't say when I'm done, only I can." I said.
"Who let you out?" I heard Eric say. I turned to him.
"Me." I said.
"You did?" He asked.
"Mmhmm." I said, nodding.
"Okay." He said, surprising me. He looked at Al, then me and then walked away. Odd. Al looked at me and I shrugged. I looked over my shoulder and saw Four look at the floor, smiling a bit.
"Let's sit you down." Chris said. We walked over to the seats, and I sat down as Four came over and dropped bags on the floor.
"The game's simple." He said. "It's like Capture the Flag." Eric kneeled down and opened a bag, pulling out a gun and stood up, holding it in the air for everyone to see.
"Weapon of choice." Eric said.
"You call that a gun?" Molly asked, looking at Peter. Eric loaded the gun and pulled the trigger. A dart landed in Molly's leg, causing her to fall down, groaning in pain. Eric walked over and pulled the dart out of her leg.
"Neuro-stim dart." He said. "Simulates the pain of a real gunshot wound. Only lasts a couple minutes. Two teams. Four and I are captains."
"You pick first." Four said.
"Okay." Eric said. "Edward." I felt eyes on me, but I just looked down.
"I'll take the Princess." Four said, causing me to look at him.
"Oooh." Eric said. "Picking the weak ones so you've got someone to blame when you lose."
"Something like that." Four said.
(Time Skip)
My team was running through an alley way, to find somewhere to make our plan.
"Where did Eric's team go?" Chris asked.
"They must have gone to the end." Will said. We stopped and Four pulled out an orange flag that glowed in the dark.
"Alright." Four said. "Lights off. Gather around. Come on." I turned off my light as Four walked over to us. "Okay." He looked at Al. "What's your strategy?"
"Uh, we can hide the flag well enough so they can't find it." Al suggested.
"Let's send out a team to scout their location." Will said. "See if we can find their flag."
"I say we blitz them." Someone said. "Just beat them with sheer force."
"Yeah, that's the best way to lose quickly." Al said.
"Let's make them come to us." Someone said. Then, they all started talking. I sighed in annoyance and looked around. I spotted the Ferris wheel. A perfect place to see where the other team is. I walked away and to the Ferris wheel. I ran over to the ladder and started climbing up.
"You're not gonna jump, are you?" I heard Four ask. I stopped and looked down at him.
"You ruined my plans. I've been had by the Number 4." I joked. I saw him chuckle a bit. "No, I'm not gonna jump. I'm just trying see if I can find a better advantage point." I continued to climb.
"Good thinking." He said. I looked down and saw him following up the ladder after me.
"You don't have to follow me, you know." I said.
"You should go easy." He said. "You took a beating."
"Wow." I said, sarcastic. "You noticed. I'm shook with shock. I saw you leave while I was getting my ass handed to me."
"Yeah, well, it's not something I wanted to watch." He said. I rolled my eyes and I kept going up.
"You act like it's nothing you haven't seen before." I said.
"Well...let's just say...it was too painful towatch." He said. I was confused but just kept climbing. Suddenly, I felt thebar under my left foot break, and I was slipping.
"Hey!" I heard him say. Then, I felt Four's hand on my waist, which stopped me from falling. My heart was racing as I looked down atthe 1000-foot drop, trying not to blush.
Ifelt his hand go up a bit, so his hand was on my lower ribs as he helped meback up onto the ladder.
"You good?" He asked.
"Mmhmm." I said, ignoring the tension between us. "I'm okay." I continued to climb.
"This is high enough." He said. I stopped and looked around.
"Nope." I said, shaking my head. "We gotta get just a bit higher." I continued climbing. Suddenly, I noticed that I didn't hear him following after me. I stopped and looked down, seeing him in the same place I left him. "You okay?" He didn't answer as he glanced at the ground then at me. Then, I realized something. "Are you afraid of heights?"
"Everyone's afraid of something." He said. I'll take that as a yes. I continued climbing up.
"I thought big and badass Four wasn't afraid of anything." I joked as I heard him climbing up behind me. He didn't answer, causing me to chuckle under my breathe.
"Come on, Jax." He said. I got to the middle of the Ferris wheel and started climbing up the top. "Really?" I chuckled.
"Come on, Mr. 4x4." I joked. "At this rate, we'll be up here all night." I climbed up the next piece.
"Are you even human?" I heard him ask.
"Sometimes." I joked. I stopped and looked down. Wow, this is really high up. Four stopped climbing and was in front of me. All that separated our bodies from each other was the piece of metal were we hanging onto. "This isn't as half as bad as how tall the buildings are."
"Good eye." He said, glancing between the ground and me. I smiled a bit and then noticed what we were looking for.
"Look." I said, pointing to the building. "There's the flag."
"Alright." He said. "What's your plan?"
"We split up." I explained. "Two groups. One will go up the side while the others deal with Eric and his team."
"Smart plan." He said.
"Thanks." I said.
"But they won't just leave the flag unguarded." He said.
"That's why I'm not going alone." I said.