Hiding From The Demons - Jonathan Kent

Coming Home - Chapter 34

After making sure Edge is still unconscious and handcuffed I leave through the large door, seeing the outside for the first time in months. My eyes take several minutes to adjust to the light but once I do I take in every detail of it. I don't know how I'm going to get home but I have an idea I hope will work. I concentrate on being back home and I put a hand on my head as the other stays in a tight fist beside me. I feel myself almost fading and when I open my eyes I'm in a familiar corn patch. 

Jonathan's POV

I look around the corn maze to make sure I'm really there. It almost feels like another one of Edge's cruel jokes, and at any moment I'm going to wake up back in the dark cold room I've stayed in for the last few months. All the adrenaline from escaping Edge starts to leave my body making all of my injuries more painful, but it's also being replaced by my anxiety on how my family is going to react.

What if after me being gone so long they realized they never needed me. I mean one happened the night the whole reason I even ended up with edge was because I lied to them, to everyone. Thinking about my family and their reactions made me almost physically sick, but I didn't come this far for it all to be thrown away.

I slowly take a deep breath trying to get a grip of my emotions before going inside. I'm not sure if I wanted them to know about my powers yet, but I wouldn't have a choice if my powers started going haywire. I used my hearing from the field to hear for heartbeats. I only noticed 2 heartbeats. I don't know what day it is so I don't know if Jordan was at school, or if my parents were working. I doubt my dad is home or else he would have heard me already, and I don't know if Jordan had gained full control of his hearing yet.

Nonetheless I stop stalling and I leave the corn maze and with shaking hands I make it to the door. Taking a deep breath I slowly lift my hand to knock. Taking a step back waiting for a response I almost feel stupid for coming. I start to feel self conscious. My hair is matted together with blood, tears, and god knows what else, my clothes are ripped and bloody, my face is dirty. It never occured to me before until now. I'm brought out of my thoughts by a door opening.

My head immediately snaps up. I see my mom open the door looking at me with concern. As soon as I looked at her relief spread through my body, my shoulders relaxed and I realized it was real she was here. I was home. Tears flooded my eyes.

"Mom," I whispered. She looks at me with confusion before her eyes widen and she gasps. She reaches out for me and immediately pulls me into a warm embrace. I lean into her and I start crying harder.

"Baby.. it's you. You're here. Your home, you're not going anywhere." She whispers in my ear comfortingly while one of her hands is on my head, almost like she's trying to protect me from the world. Both my arms are wrapped around her waist enjoying every moment with my mom.

"Mom, who's at the door?!" I hear a familiar voice yell. Before running down the stairs. I look up from my mom's shoulder to see Jordan coming down the stairs. I pull away and I stand at the door waiting for him to recognize me. I feel him scan me up and down trying to make sense of what's going on, soon enough he finally looks me in the eyes. He recognizes me as soon as he sees my eyes. He drops his phone and he almost falls if not for the railing that's holding his weight.

"Jon..?" He asks unsure. I just nod and give a stiff laugh. I don't want to speak in front of my family unless I have to. Even though my throat healed my voice is different, deeper, scary, and it only reminds me of one of the many gifts Edge left for me permanently.

Once he seems to get over his shock he comes at me and pulls me into a tight hug, I feel his tears drench my shirt, as mine drenches his.

Nobody that's not a twin could ever understand what it's like to be apart. It feels like a part of you is missing, like you're not whole. There's a bond that can never be broken with me and Jordan. Being with him right now, hugging him, made me feel less shattered. I hear my mom in the background call my father with a voice that clearly tells him that she's been crying. Not a second later I hear a loud noise coming outside. Even though I expected it, It startled me causing me to flinch. Jordan looked at me concerned before putting a hand on my shoulder and giving me a small smile.