The Life of Jezebel Firetongue

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Not too far away, Jake was hiding carefully in a blind spot in the security cameras, waiting for the signal. He had decided to wait until after the mission to tell Jez after all. But who knew how Jezebel would react?

The message came. I'm in.

Jake smiled and texted Terence. Ready?

Always, Terence replied.

Jake opened up the security cameras on his iphone, listening carefully to the thoughts of the nearby security guards. When Terence had shut down all of the cameras, Jake made his move. He ran into the building, where a guard was waiting.

"Where's Jez?" Jake growled, grabbing the guard by the collar and shaking him.

The guard was the youngest and the newest guard. He freaked out and screamed, "I don't know, man! The lab, the lab!"

"Where?"

"Down the hall, first left, first right, door at the end of the hall! Let me go!" he wailed.

Jake dropped the boy and ran, grimacing as he did so. Behind him, the kid was screaming into his walkie-talkie for back-up. But Jake reached the room much too quickly for that. "Jez!" he yelled.

A guard ran up behind Jake and held him back. "Let me go!" Jake shouted. He could see Jezebel sitting there, watching calmly. "Jez!"

"This is what's best, Jake," Jez said calmly.

"It's her choice, Jake," Dr. Davis added.

Jake kicked and struggled, screaming for the whole world to hear. "Jez! You don't have to do this!"

"Take him to the dungeons," Dr. Davis commanded the guard.

The guard nodded and flipped Jake around to face her. She handed-cuffed him to herself and yanked him out the door, still screaming. "Jez! Jez!"

"Hey, consider yourself lucky," the guard told Jake calmly. The girl led him carefully to the dungeons. "She's doing this for you."

"Why do you care?" Jake asked curiously.

"Because I'm not like the rest of these nuts," she muttered. The girl rolled her eyes and started imitating Dr. Davis' voice. "The Main Objective will save the world because I said so. After all, I am the world's greatest scientist and I can give advice on relationships even though I've only had one!" The girl spat on the floor in anger before continuing on. "Anyways, Jez should consider herself lucky to have a guy who cares about her like you do."

They arrived at the dungeons and one of the jailers gave the girl a key. She unlocked one cell before unlocking the handcuffs and shoving Jake in. "My name is Jumper. Welcome to Davisland."