I've Failed (a Gameknight999 Fanfiction)

Chapter Nine

OWEN'S POV:

Bryne hangs up the phone and sighs. She takes a step back and collapses onto a nearby wall.

"They're alive," she sighs. "I thought they had died. They're alive, Owen, and we know where they are. We can get them."

"We don't know if Sam's alive," I say truthfully. "Jenny said Herobrine was torturing her. She may have died."

"Owen, you're such a downer," Bryne snaps. "Have some happiness. Tyler and Jenny are alive!"

"Yeah, and they might not be if we don't get there, like, now," I say rather angrily. "Now let's go. Hey, TAXI!"

Bryne and I frantically wave our arms, waiting for a taxi to come by. We don't have to jump around all that much; taxis come around all the time in NYC.

We buckle up in the back of the seat and Bryne feeds the directions to the driver. We've sat there for a while when Bryne's phone chimes. It's a text from Tommy.

She gasps and shows it to me. It says, 'you all are safe. I'm not. HB's in DC. Ella Turner is dead. This pizza is good. Sorry I got off topic.'

"I can't believe this," Bryne says quietly to me, in fear that the taxi driver may hear us. "Why is it that he went to DC right as Tommy gets there? Couldn't he have stayed in New York with Sam and Tyler and Jenny? This is horrible."

"You don't think he's tracking Tommy, do you?" I ask. "Think about it. Why else would he have left NYC to go to DC so suddenly? Why else would he abandon his prisoners? He wouldn't do that unless he really needed something or someone in Washington. It's only logical," I say hastily, for Bryne has started to tear up, "and I really don't want it to be true. But we have to accept that some things in life just make sense, even if we don't want them to."

Suddenly, Bryne starts crying. 

"What's wrong?" I ask, staring silently at her.

"It's just- ever since Tommy showed me his Digitizer and we used it for the first time, I've had a teeny-tiny crush on him. Okay, maybe it's more than teeny-tiny. I loved how we would always fight together. Us. Gameknight999 and GalaxyGamer71. I loved all of his villager friends- Hunter, Stitcher, Herder- and when I was with him, I felt right, especially after my parents died. But... in Minecraft, I was so protective of him. That's why I always stayed with him. But now... we're separated, and since Herobrine is following him- yeah, I think you're right about that tracking thing- he's in more danger than ever before, and he's all alone, and only twelve years old, and he might die, and if he does... I don't know what I'd do. I would still live with his parents, but it wouldn't feel right. I would rather have gone with him. It's not that I don't like you, Owen, but I wish I knew where he was and what he was doing so I could stay with him."

Wow.

"I know it sounds crazy, Owen, but..." she pauses. "I love him. I love him like a brother and I would do anything to save him. Don't you know what that's like? Having someone that you love more than anyone in the universe who's in danger?"

You sound like a movie, I think. But I don't actually say that. I say, "I'm so sorry, Bryne... I had no idea that you felt like that about Tommy. I thought you two were just really, really, really, unusually close friends."

Bryne almost giggles. "Yeah, no. I'll let you in on a secret- when Hunter and Stitcher always used to say that we were in love and our ship name was 'Galaxyknight', they were totally right!"

"I thought so." 

Bryne smiles. "Now let's go. We've got some friends to rescue."

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Sorry about the short chap. Last one was super long, tho.

(BTW, at school, we had to dress like our fave book character, and I dressed like Stitcher!!)