The 10 Gateways

The Good on the Inside Part 2

January 26th, 2008

Christina took a big hit from the fireball as she did not expect it at all. The fireball took contact to her shoulder and exploded on impact. She was knocked back and fell to the ground, surprised.

"How... How did you do that!?" Christina exclaimed.

"I've unlocked the powers you had, I assume, accidentally given me. Now you're not the strong one here."

"Hmmph. Rex never fully taught me how to use my powers." Christina argued.

"Either way, you're going down," I said.

I summoned more fireballs and she summoned ice bolts as we went head to head in battle. We each got hits on each other as the others started getting up, seeing my powers. I looked over to see Melissa. She was the reason I was fighting; everyone was the reason. I wanted to protect them, even if it meant my life, and Christina wasn't going to stop that.

Christina shot an ice bolt right at my chest, knocking me down. It was a tough hit. She may not know how to use the powers from Rex, but she can use her ice.

"Epic!" Jenny yelled.

"You don't even let your closest friends call you by your real name. I doubt most of them even know it." Christina mocked.

"Don't hurt him!" Melissa yelled at her.

"None of you have any say of me killing him, because I've already decided.." Christina announced.

"And no one else has powers to stop me anyway," Christina joked and then did her evil laugh.

"Any last words, Jeffrey," Christina said as she summoned a huge ice bolt with red sparks coming from it.

"Yeah... You killed mom."

"WHAT!?" Christina shouted in his face.

"You ran away before you could see.. but you killed her," I said.

"I.. I did..?" Christina questioned.

"Yeah.." I said.

"But no! I didn't mean to!" Christina yelled as the ice bolt disappeared.

Then, I hear a slight fluttering sound as I see Jenny flying swiftly towards Christina and then a yellow and green light appears in her hands and she thrusts it at Christina, who just turned to see the light. The light forms into a giant spear that seems to penetrate Christina, and then an explosion of red light, along with the green and yellow light came along.

It blinded everyone and no one could see, but I heard a cry for help which made me go back again.

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May 7th, 1991

We see younger Christina in a barn. She climbs a ladder to the second floor and grabs some hay and pushes it to the first floor, exploding, and spreading across the floor. As Christina walks toward another pile of hay, a loose floorboard gives way and her leg is stuck in a hole. She starts yelling for help as a younger Jeffrey runs in.

"Christina?" Jeffrey askes in the barn as Christina yells out again.

"Christina!"

Jeffrey scrambles up the ladder and to Christina, where he pulls her back up. 

"Thanks, Jeffrey," Christina says. "Why are you helping me? I thought you and everyone else hated me.."

"You're my sister! Of course, I have to help you in times of need. We're family and family looks out for each other. No one hates you... At least I don't." Jeffrey said apologetically.

"Yeah.. We're family. Thanks." Christina said as they climbed down the ladder together and then skipped out of the barn.

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January 26th, 2008

I heard the cry again and ran in the direction, seeing Christina on the ground, badly hurt. She was all scratched up, her cheek and arm were bleeding. 

"J-Jeffrey?" Christina said really quietly and weakly.

I started crying right there. I saw her pain and the way she said my name sounded just like her before she turned evil.

"Why are you crying?" Christina asked, still pained.

"You sound like how you used to.. before all this happened. You used to be the sweetest, most amazing little sister. You were so adventurous." I said to her.

"You.. really thought that?" Christina asked.

"Of course, family sticks together," I said.

"Yeah... Family.." Christina said, starting to cry a little bit as well.

"It'd be so easy to just kill you right now.." I said, pausing. "But, You're my sister... I just can't do it."

"You should.." Christina said so quietly that I almost didn't know what she said.

"I can't," I said.

"You need to!" Christina exclaimed. "I killed mom, almost killed at your friends. That dumb crazy valley place messed with my head and now evilness is all that goes on in my head, and Rex took advantage of it. This is like the one time it's not in me... Because we're talking about family and everything. It'd the one thing that saves me. And now I need a family member to take care of me.." 

"I can't do that. I just won't kill you. I feel like there's some way to save you. Some way to help you..." I suggested.

"But, I'll come back before you can find that way. I'll be back maybe with Rex, and possibly kill your friends.. and you." Christina said.

That was inevitable. If I wanted to go on and find a way to help Christina, it'd probably take too long and she'd be evil again and try to kill us again. But we'd live through it. We'd take over and become the best.

"Well, I'm willing to live through that if it means helping my sister," I said.

"I.. Thank you.." Christina said finally.

Christina summoned a small red light and it spread into several red lights landing on her several wounds, protecting them for the time being. 

"Well... Then I guess I go be evil again..?" Christina questioned.

"I guess so, I promise I'll find a way to fix this.." Jeffrey said.

"Thanks, Jeffrey. Once a family, always a family," Christina stated.

Christina summoned a mixture of ice and the red light that made a portal that she jumped into to. Then the portal closed and the green and yellow light that had covered the surrounding area finally went away. I saw everyone else, hurt or just looking surprised. Then everybody noticed Christina was gone and Melissa ran to me, helping me up. Something rubbed against my hand and fell to the ground. I looked down to see a small piece of red cloth from Christina's outfit. The cloth had a little message on it.

"Never give up and I love you from the bottom of my heart. I want to be a better person but this evilness is going to consume me. Never think I'm not here and missing you. Just because I try to kill you or anybody else doesn't mean I'm not in there. Please find a way to fix this Jeffrey! Love Christina. Family looks out for each other."

I looked up and started crying, as I felt myself falling forward, but Melissa caught me and held me up. Everyone looked at me as I realized I was collapsing. I took a grip and wiped my tears away. I stood straight up and stepped into my leader position. We had a new mission from now on, and that was helping my sister!