Finding Home Again - A Trollhunters story

Chapter Ten - Jack

   As an apology for the late chapter, I added a lot onto it, so it's pretty long, this one. Please share, comment, vote! I would really appreciate votes and feedback from you. Thx so much for reading this!!!
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Blackness burst from her hands like water from a dam, splaying out towards Trevor and Marcus. Marcus dropped his knife in fear. Wind picked up as the portal sucked the two men into it.

   Screams filled the room as Marcus was pulled in, grabbing Trevor's arm, whose face contorted with the strain of trying to pull his friend out. Eventually, Trevor was sucked in and the portal shrunk and dissipated fast. Everything was quiet but Claire's heavy breathing for a minute.

   Claire got down on her knees, crawled over to the knife, and cut her feet free, then moved on to Jim's bindings. When she was finished, she sat on the floor in front of him, leaning on the wall tiredly.

   He was still wearing everyday clothes, and she wore her PJ's, so she realised that he probably had gotten no sleep.

   "Are you tired?"

   He sighed loudly. "Yes. But more thugs will show up soon, after how loud those guys were. What are we doing now?"

   "I don't want to stay here at all, and we need a doctor anyway. I can portal us to your place? Your mom is probably worried."

   "Yeah. Could you help me up...?"

   She stood, and helped him get to his feet. Jim leaned heavily on her for a second, his face wincing from pain. Claire kept one arm around his waist and stretched out her other hand, forming another portal to take them to Jim's house.  

  Stepping through, they were met by a small crowd of friends and family who made a huge commotion.

   AAARRRGGHH!!!, Douxie, and Archie stood to one side, while Blinky rushed over to Jim and helped him over to a chair.

   Claire's mom and dad stood there, faces ashen. Javier held Enrique in his arms, while NotEnrique sat on the arm of the living room couch with Toby, Krel, Archie, and... Claire gasped. "Grandma!"

   Jim's eyes widened. "Does that mean that..."

   "Yes, it does, James." Claire's mother answered, putting an arm around Claire.

   "Jim!" Barbara ran out of the kitchen, Strickler following closely.  Jim asked her if she could take care of his and Claire's wounds. "Of course," she replied, already starting.

   It took a few moments that felt painfully long to clean Jim's leg wound, but she tried to do it as gently as she could. He hissed in pain a lot, his fists turning white. Next, she did his face, then Claire's face and Claire's pinky finger.

As soon as Dr. Lake was finished, Toby hugged both of them, and so did Blinky.

   "What happened?" Douxie and Krel asked at the same time, but were worried to laugh. 

   "Yeah... What did happen?" Barbara asked, crossing her arms.  

   Jim ran his fingers through his messy hair and looked up at her. "Well, these two phsycos wanted to know where Excalibur is, so they kidnapped and tortured us, thinking they'd  actually get the location from us after hurting us." Then he sniffed passively.