Protecting Genie

Chapter 19

Jack's POV

"And then Liam and Hal got into this big ass fight over the pot of gold. Pitch got mad and yelled at all of us to basically get lost. I'm pretty sure you can figure out the rest from there."

"And you're sure that Genie is ok?"

"She's perfectly fine. No broken or sprained anything. She's just keeping up this charade because those two lackeys almost caught us sending out the SOS. The last thing we need is Pitch finding out."

Abril sat up against the bars to my cell, her hands slipped past the bars to hold onto mine. Her thumbs moved along my fingers in a comforting manner, knowing how much I needed it.

It doesn't take long for news to travel around here. Mainly because Hal loves to come down here to taunt me about how 'happy' Pitch and Genie are together. Does he really think I'm stupid enough to believe that?

I had heard Genie cry out earlier, causing me to panic. I had charged at the bars, pounding on them and yelling for somebody to get down here to tell me what happened. Even Mother Nature and Groundhog joined me in the commotion.

It felt like forever until somebody showed up. Unlucky for me, it had to be Hal and Liam together. One is bad enough but two, it's almost unbearable. But they weren't acting like they normally did.

It was then they informed all of us that the Queen, aka Genie, had been injured at her outing. They then went on to say that if we wanted to keep our heads, we'd be wise to be quiet for the remaining of the night since Pitch wanted Genie to get plenty of rest.

Cupid then started to complain more about something but I had tuned her out. My mind started to think of different scenarios of how Genie could have hurt herself, each one was worse than the last.

I don't know when Liam and Hal left; but I do know when Abril finally showed up, I bombarded her with questions about what happened. It freaked me out with how calm she was, all she said was to take a seat and she'd tell me everything.

"Pitch is pretty pissed though. No doubt he's planning to come after me soon." Sensing that I'm calm now, Abril pulled her hands away so that she could stand up. She dusted off her dress before turning around to the side to begin pacing.

"I don't think he will. Genie and you have become good friends now."

"That's not going to stop him. I doubt even Genie would be able to change his mind at this time. To be truthfully Jack, for some time now, I've been feeling a lot of jealousy vibes from Pitch."

"What do you mean?"

"At first, Pitch was thrilled to see Genie so happy. She was smiling and laughing. For a long time, he thought he was the one causing all that. But I think it's clicked that it wasn't him, it was all me. She doesn't smile or laugh for him, but she'll smile and laugh for me. And I'm pretty sure for you too."

"I don't get what you're trying to tell me Abril."

"If I don't make it back Jack, just know that we called the others and left them the location. If we're lucky, they'll get here soon."

"And if we're not?"

"I'd rather not think about the bad stuff, never ends well." Her pacing in front of my cell ceased, she then began to walk up and down the corridor, looking into the cells.

"Uh...Abril."

"I'm not going to let him think I'll go down without a fight. No sir, that's not how Abril rolls. My papa always told me that just because I'm a girl don't mean I shouldn't know how to use my fists...aha!" She then reached into Cupid's cell and pulled out a long stick, similar looking to my staff.