MCSM One Shots (2018-2019)

The Road to Redemption

"Jesse, we need to hurry up! This place is falling apart!"

Jesse knew Petra was right, she needed to stop hesitating. If she didn't, she would be risking their lives.

Jesse glanced over at Romeo one last time. He was still sitting there, just looking at her.

"Go on, leave me." He insisted. But even though he said these words, his eyes were begging.

"Jesse!" Petra insisted, tapping her shoulder. "We need to go!"

Jesse set a firm face. What she was about to do was wrong, but the rage inside her was blinding.

"Good bye, Romeo." She said in a cold voice, before turning away from him.

As soon as she did, both Petra and Jack started running, making their way down the terminal zone. Jesse stayed right on their heels, forcing herself not to look back. She hated Romeo for everything he's done to her, to her friends, to Beacontown. But was this really the right thing to do?

Those thoughts kept whirling around her mind. She tried not to let it distract her. They needed to get out of there, she's wasted enough time already.

"There!" Jack called, pointing to the portal in the distance.

A fall of lava was slowly making it's way down the the portal, ready to block their path.

"We need to reach the portal before the lava can!" Petra said anxiously. "Otherwise we'll die here!"

"Then we need to hurry!" Jesse gasped, signalling them to run ahead of her.

Leader's instinct, she always waited till last to make sure everybody got in safely before herself.

Jesse's friends took the lead, with her running a few feet behind them. A string of hair was dangling in front of her face, but she barely noticed it. All that was on her mind at that moment, was the safety of her friends.

There was a clear stretch to the portal – No obstacles in their way. Jesse was confident that they were going to make it, her lips curling into a smile.

They did it!

But Jesse had celebrated too soon. Suddenly a large figure rose up beside them. It was a similar colossus, only this one was glitching out. Colourful particles made it hard to be recognized.

It roared loudly, it's flickering eyes glowing a bright red. Then, to Jesse's horror, it raised it's fist above the platform. She dug in her feet, coming to halt.

"Petra! Jack! Watch out!" She called out loudly.

Her call made them both stop just in time. The colossus brought it's fist down right where they would've been running within the next ten seconds. The platform shattered beneath his force, leaving a big gaping hole down to the void.

"We have to jump!" Jack called out, as the colossus raised it's hand again, timing another hit.

It brought its fists down just as Petra and Jack leapt forward. Jesse had fallen behind when she warned them. She watched in horror as her friends disappeared into the smoke.

Then, as the smoke cleared, she was relieved to see them both safely on the other side. They looked dazed from the jump, but were OK.

"Jesse!" Petra called out, seeing that her friend was still on the other side.

"You have to jump!" Jack insisted.

Jesse inhaled deeply, before she took a running start. The gap was big, but nothing she couldn't handle. She knew she could make that jump with ease.