Where I Belong - Ace Merrill

Chapter 13.

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Harper held onto Eyeball's hand right as they ran out of Irbys into the street, as he saw the other cobras coming towards them.

"Well well well look who's come back?" Charlie asked as he nodded to Harper.

She gave them all a small smile as they each smiled in return.

"Ace is gone." Eyeball blurted out as the others looked confused.

"Gone?" Charlie asked confused.

"Gone where?" Billy asked quietly.

Harper and Eyeball gave each other a shared look before turning back to the other cobras.

"We think he's gone back to my time..." Harper mumbled. "Well..." she paused, thinking it over. "Gone forward to my time?" She turned to Eyeball. "That's right isn't it? He's gone forward?"

Vince stepped closer and waved his hands. "I don't care whether he's gone up, down, forward or back! How the fuck are we gonna get him home?!" He snapped at her.

Eyeball's hand clenched tighter around hers as he pulled her back slightly, taking a step towards Vince.

"We'll get him back." He snapped at him. "In the meantime ain't none of you gonna come at her. Or not only will you have me to deal with, Ace sure ain't gonna be happy." He ordered at all the others.

Harper watched as they all nodded slowly at Eyeball. With Ace not around it was clear who was now in charge.

"So how did you get back here? I thought the kid finished the so called movie?" Charlie asked as he slowly looked at Harper, hiding behind Eyeball.

She shrugged slightly. "Same way as before I guess. In the bathroom at Irbys, I went over Kiefer's autograph with the pen." She mumbled.

"So couldn't Ace do that and come back?" Fuzzy suggested.

Harper thought for a second and shrugged. "Potentially, probably, I don't know."

Eyeball gently shook her arm. "Let's figure it out later. Go get some food and meet back at Aces and we'll try sort this out."

The other cobras nodded slowly as Eyeball gently tugged Harper along, still holding her hand tight.

"We'll get him home won't we Eyeball?" She turned and asked him.

Eyeball looked down and saw the desperation in her eyes, she wanted nothing more than to have Ace back where he belonged.

He gently squeezed her hand. "Course we will doll. And hey Ace told me he's got a load of girls that want a piece of him?"

Harper nodded slowly as she laughed. "Yeah there are a few Ace girls in my time."

"Any Eyeball ones?" He asked with a smirk.

She laughed and nodded. "You have no idea. Although for some reason they always seem to have a soft spot for Chris too."

Eyeball pulled a disgusted face. "Ew, why the fuck would they do that?"

Harper laughed again and shrugged. "Beats me, guess after everything the kid went through it kinda played on girls sympathies. Even in all your fan fictions the girl always has a special bond with Chris."

Eyeball raised an eyebrow. "The fuck is a fan fiction?"

Harper quickly clamped her hand over her mouth as he instantly began tugging at it, begging her to tell him more about this 'fan fiction' and the many Eyeball girls from her time.