Barely Alive (First Draft Edition)

Chapter 10- Backfired

Chapter 10- Backfired

Tears welled up in Ella's eyes as she ran over to the body laying on the ground. "N-no. This can't happen!" She sobbed. Ella gripped Japers dying hand and turned to Iggy, Axe and Quincey. There faces were full of sadness and shock.

Ella frowned and chanted healing spells clef and over again. She was going to get the bullet out of his head and save him. "Come on, Jasper! Hang in there!" Ella cried. Jasper just looked up at everyone with his pained eyes as the dimmed. "Jasp" Quincey moaned. "Jasp."

Jasper's grip on Ella's hand weakened and dropped. "No! Jasper! You can go! Please don't go!" Ella cried while putting her head in his chest. "Jasper!"

Axe, Quincey, and Iggy had the saddest look on their faces Ella's ever seen. Ella closed her eyes and squeezed Jasper's dead hand when all her body tingled sending her hair floating.

She gasped as light appeared around her and Jasper. Suddenly a powerful shock blasted throughout Ella's body causing Jaspers body to shake. Then everything stopped.

Jasper moaned then his eyes bursted open. He coughed and rolled on his side, sitting out the bullet. It was a miracle. "Jasper!" Ella gawked helping him sit up.

The tense died down when Iggy growled and spun around groaning loudly, "I'm going to kill you!" Ella looked up to see a man in a leather jacket holding a pistol in his hands with a shocked look on his face. "I thought that girl was dead!"

Quincey frowned and stood up, "you almost killed Jasp!" Of course, the man couldn't understand them. He just gripped the pistol and pointed it at them. Iggy moaned and charged at the man with Quincey. "Get out Jasper out of here, Ella!" Iggy yelled at her. "But-." Iggy growled and said, "do it now!"

Ella gulped and took Jasper away as Axe closed on the man. Quickly, Ella took Jasper down the manhole to his house below. When they got there, Ella laid Jasper on the couch and got a rag from the new kitchen set up Iggy built where the foldable table used to be.

She soaked it with cold water then ran over the Jasper and washed up the disappearing hole in his head. He groaned and looked at Ella then said, "Ella? W-what happened? Why does my head hurt so bad?" Ella explained what happened to Jasper watching his shocked facial expression.

"Want me to go get them?" Ella said standing up. Jasper grabbed Ella's hand and said, "no. Stay here. I need some help getting rid of my headache." Ella smiled and sat an ice pack on his head. "I was so scared when I saw you dead. I didn't want to lose you, Jasper. We were going to live together."

Jasper gave her a soft look and said, "I was sad too. But I'm here! So we can live together now! And your safe. No one can can hurt you anymore."

Ella smiled and said, "who shot you? I never thought anyone would try to hurt you guys during the plan." Jasper shrugged. "Some guy pulled out a gun when I was chasing someone then he shot me. Simple as that."

Ella sighed and nodded her head. Jasper smiled then groaned, "thank you. You saved me back there. I owe you one." Ella grinned and said, "no. You've always saved me so I guess this is me paying you back." Jasper smiled and closed his eyes. "Thank you." Ella smiled and said, "no problem."

...

Axe, Quincey, and Iggy shuffled into the ground not looking the best. They glanced at Ella who fell asleep next couch where Jasper laid reading a comic book. "Jasp" Quincey moaned. Jasper looked back and frowned, "you guys look even more terrible! What happen! You got blood every where on yourselves-." He stopped in mid sentence and sighed. "You didn't."

"We did" Quincey frowned. "Sorry." Jasper rubbed his head and said, "guys, we talked about this. Your gonna scare Ella if you go around eating people!"

Iggy moaned and said, "we know, we know! I still can't get your big lecture out of my head. Plus, the guy killed you! You came back to life again, but he killed you!" Jasper muttered something under his breath then groaned, "why don't you take Ella to bed. I don't have to strength to lift her up."

Quincey walked over and picked Ella up, and brought her into her new bedroom. Ellas bedroom isnt anything grand. Its just the extra storage in the sewer maintenence room.

Quincey laid Ella donw on the old matress then pulled a dirty blanket he found over her tiny body. He smiled at the young girl who saved his older brother. He thought she was a mirical worker.

...

Ella opened her eyes to see a cement ceiling covered with large wholes that let piles of dirt fall anywhere. She yawned an sat up looking at the old matress she sat on. Ella climbed out of the blankets and walked into the other room to fin it empty.

Confused, she looked around when Quincey scared the socks off her. "Hhhiiieeee!" he cheered. Ella screamed and fall down only to realize it was him. "Did you sleep well?" another voice said behind her. Ella turned around to see Jasper standing there looking better than last night.

Ella then agan yelped and jumped back wondering how these guys managed to pop out of nowhere. Suddenly, a loud cluck echoed down the hallway. The door opened, letting in Iggy who was carring a long pipe and waering goggles.

"Whats with the pipes?" Ella asked standing up. "Still trying to fix the plumbing in here for you. Its a bit hard trying to get fresh water when you live in a sewer."

Ella nodded then turned around only to come face to creepy stare wit Axe. Now that scared Ella. She screamed and stumbled back when Quincey pushed Axe aside. "Yeah he does that to everyone in the morings. I guess its his way of greeting people."

Iggy sat down the pipes and clapped the dirt of his hands. "has anyone seen my tool belt?" Axe silenty pointed to a pileof junk that sat beside the couch. Iggy groaned and shuffled over to the pile and began searching through the junk.

"We kept all our junk stuff in the other room, but since you moved in we had to make some changes" Jasper exlained. Ella frowned the said, "I dont want you guys to feel like I'm a big burden living here." Jasper laughed then groaned, "Na. Its fine. We've really needed to clean it up anyway."

Ella nodded and walked over to the small table when Quincey jumped in front of here and smiled, "Since your livng with us we get to have all the fun we possbily can have! So this is what we going to do."

Quincey pulled a large bag out from under the table and said, "We're gonna carve pumpkins, and make fun crafts and-." Ella turned to Jasper and said, "Is he usually this... crafty?" Jasper and his brothers nodded. "Hes the one who has to have fun every minute of every day." Ella nodded and turned back to Quincey who was still raving about all the fun they were going to have.

To Ella, they seemed pretty chill since Jasper pretty much died again last night since their plan backfierd. Then Ella started to wonder what they did the the man in the leather jacket. Her train of though vanished when Quincey said, "So what do you want to do first! This is so cool since nobody around here ever hangs out with me. Well, somtimes Axe does, but he dosent say much."

"Yeah, I noticed" Ella said slowly creeping her eyes to him who still was givng her the creepy stare. She wondered if he always does that.

"So?" Quincey smiled. Ella paused when her stomache began to growl. "How about we get me some breakfast first?" Jasper nodded and said, "Yeah. Happy fun time can wait till later." Quincey made a pouty face and slolwy nodded his head.

Ella smiled and thought about how wonderful all four of them have been to her. The only thing that worried her is will everyone at her school and her guardains be happy she is gone. And if they are, why?

-----Thanks for all you wonderful zombie supporters out there for reading this chapter! Sadley, I will not be able to update any of my stories untill Monday due to computer difficuties. Seriously, I had to ride my bike like five miles to get to a computer to write this chapter for you guys. So you better like it! And for those readers who are waiting for an update on The Magicans, it will too hopefully be updated Monday. So thank you, comment and vote or Quincey will hide under your bed while Axe stands behind your door giving you the creepy stare!----