Jumper 2 - Own written sequel

Chapter 15 - The Plan

So we sat Griffin down and gave him a full explanation of the last week; Griffin kept a compose face for the most of it but it was obvious we struck a nerve when we mentioned Sophie.

‘We never would have got out if it wasn’t for Sophie’ I commented, ‘she helped us escape, she had this whole plan it did involve me hitting her to avoid suspicion but it helped a lot!’

‘Sophie… helped you?’ Griffin raised one eyebrow.

‘Yeah, she did it for you’ I smiled, ‘she made me promise to keep you safe. It killed her to see you on that chair beaten and almost lifeless’

‘I bet she cared so much’ Griffin rolled his eyes.

‘She did, she was fighting back tears Griffin!’ I defended.

‘The last thing I remember of that interrogation was her fist pounding my face’ Griffin spat his words at me.

‘She had to. From what I saw she is a highly ranked paladin, they were saluting her and everything’ I explained. ‘I’m telling you she had to!’

‘Whatever’ Griffin dismissed, ‘So, what do we know about this General guy?’

Alice and I shivered at his name and the memory of when we last ‘met’ him.

‘He must be the highest ranked paladin and he knows my name’ I shivered, ‘maybe yours as well Griffin’

‘He does and I’ve seen him’ Griffin was silent for a moment, ‘I can’t remember what he looks like clearly but he was wearing an army jacket and he is very tall. I spat in his direction when he asked me about the paladin resistance’

‘What is the paladin resistance?’ Alice looked at me then moved her eyes to Griffin.

‘Probably their name for us’ Griffin dismissed.

‘If it was a name for jumpers then they would have said jumpers but they said paladin resistance’ Alice reviewed.

‘That’s true, maybe it’s not just the jumpers against the paladins’ I concurred.

‘Hmm, maybe not’ the thought bounced inside Griffin’s head.

‘Do you remember anything else about the General?’ I asked.

‘Not really, I could hardly see from one eye’ Griffin replied, ‘he looked like a heavy built guy’

Alice sighed and slumped on the sofa, ‘As if things couldn’t get worse’

‘What about Mary Rice or another paladin we know? Did you see them?’ I asked.

This seems to have the most effect on Griffin, ‘she was there alright. Right next to her daughter edging her on’

There was silence and then I had to ask, ‘what actually happened between you two?’

‘It doesn’t matter. It’s not important’ Griffin passively dismissed, ‘what is important is what we do next’

‘We attack’ Alice rose from the sofa with a stern edge to her voice, ‘we get the paladins and this General for everything they’ve taken from us’

A crooked smile form on Griffin’s lips and he put one hand on my shoulder then said, ‘hold on to this one. She’s a keeper’

‘Always’ I replied with determination. ‘I think we should get help from David and Millie’

Griffin’s hand dropped from my shoulder, ‘why exactly did you think that?’

‘Griffin we can’t go by ourselves… we are injured’ I replied.