✟ ✟Book 2: Black Hearts: Redemption ✟ ✟

✟Chapter TWO: REMINISCING ✟

"Shes gone. She's really gone." Lana whispers to herself quietly as she cries on Zalez's shoulder. He wraps an arm around her waist and pulls her closer to him, she grabs on tighter.

Jet begins to tremble in anger as he sobs, he punches the ground hard once. Redrick begins to rub Jet's shoulder to try and soothe him down.

"It's not your fault Jet, she sacrificed herself to let you live. She knew what she was doing, it was her choice to let go. Charel gave us this chance to get away while we still can." Redrick says as he crouches down beside Jet. Jet shoves Redricks hand away, he looks back at him while shaking his head.

"Its my fault she's dead! I should of held on tighter damnit!" Jet begins to shout as he whacks the ground again, this time drawing a little blood. Stunned, Redrick looks back at the other two to see them still holding onto one another.

"If I didn't let her stay and fight with me she would be here right now, and if I had held on to her for a little bit longer she wouldn't of been down there. It's all my fault. She even lo-!" Jet stops himself from revealing too much, instead he gets up off the ground and makes his way to the edge of the rooftop. Wiping away the tears he looks over the edge and see's the mass of zombies surrounding the entire building. "Joan, Brian, Angel. I need you guys right now, I can't do this on my own. Please....help." He pleads to himself silently as he lets his head drop. "What would you guys do if you were me? Can I even do this?" Jet questions himself as he begins to freak out.

Jet turns around and eye's Angel's body near the rest of the group. He walks over to him and crouches down and stares at him.

"Angel, you have to wake up, man. I can't do this on my own. I thought I could do this alone, but I can't. It's too much. All these people's lives are in my hands, Charel is already gone. Who's knows how long it'll be till someone else dies too. Please man, wake up....wake up." Jet says as he runs his hands through Angel's hair to get it out of his face. Angel doesn't respond or even move, just continuing to lay motionless in the rain.

"Jet, we need to keep going. We can't stay here any longer. Who knows how much attention we caused with the undead, and probably have some Angel's headed here now." Redrick says to Jet as his grabbing his shoulder. He looks back to him and nods his head.

Jet gets up and wipes off his knees and looks at Lana and Zalez, both staring at him. Lana lets go of Zalez and nods her head, agreeing with Redrick.

"Lets go then. Zalez you carry Angel on your back. Lana and Redrick I want you both to cover him alright." Jet says.

"How are we going to get off this roof? The other building isn't but at least 50 feet away from us. And we can't really jump across to the other side." Redrick curiously ask's as he walks to the edge and looks over to see the undead still attempting to enter the building by the dozens.

"We aren't going to go from roof to roof." Jet says as he looks over the city.

"What do you mean, then how?" Lana curiously asks as she wipes away her runny nose.

"Aztec, we're gonna ride on him out of the city." Jet replies as he gets some space from himself and the others.

"Why can't we go all the way to the facility on him?" Lana asks tired.

"It's too risky, what if an Angel or Arch-Hunter see's us? We'll have no way of fighting back if there's too many." Jet says as he thinks back to his conversation with Brian and Joan on the boat. This disappoints Lana, but she nods her head, understanding.

"Should we get going?" Zalez says as he walks over to Angel and lifts him up in his arms. Jet claps his hands together. His hands begin to form a blue aura around them. The clouds above them begin to turn a black shade as the lightning attacks the ground causing the ground to tremble. Rain and snow begin to fall from the sky as Aztec forms from the falling rain. The Dragon made of pure water soars down towards his master.