Can Nobody Hear Me? Jacksepticeye AU

Chapter 9

"Alex, you awake?" A small voice woke the young boy up. He pulled the covers right up to his face and glanced into the darkness, afraid that someone had broken in or something. "It's your dad." The light then flickered on and Alex let out a sigh of relief as his eyes laid upon his dad. He was wearing a jacket, his snapback and skinny jeans; definitely not pyjamas.

"What are you doing here?" Alex asked, yawning afterwards. He rubbed his eyes with his fists and blinked a few times before noticing the state Chase was in. He had obviously been crying and he kept pulling at the sleeves of his jacket, a sign of his nerves.

"You need to pack a bag. Just with necessities. A change of clothes, your phone... you know the stuff. Just, hurry."

"What's going on? I have school tomorrow..."

"Don't ask questions. I'm getting you out of here and that's all you need to know. I'm going to go pack some stuff for Sammy. I'll be back in a few minutes. Please, be quiet." Alex nodded, getting out of bed and yawning yet again. He took a short sip of the juice he had sitting beside his bed before grabbing his school backpack. It was just a plain black backpack, minimalistic like he had always liked. Before packing, he changed into some more appropriate clothes, consisting of a pair of skinny jeans and a large Pokémon sweatshirt. He unzipped his bag and shoved in a spare pair of jeans and a shirt before following it with his phone and his charger.

Chase entered the room just as Alex was finishing up and trying to secretly shove his stuffed monkey in there without anyone noticing. Chase saw but didn't say anything. "You ready to go?"

Alex nodded, throwing his backpack over his shoulders. "Where are we going?"

"I don't know but we need to leave." Chase's hand was intertwined with Sammy's. The young girl looked seriously out of it, her physical presence in the room and her mental presence elsewhere. She usually loved her sleep so it was probably due to the fact that Chase had just woke her up at three in the morning. She was wearing a Paw Patrol backpack on her back and was silent as Chase dragged her down the stairs. Alex also followed without saying a word.

"I don't like the dark, daddy." Sammy whined, gripping Chase's hand and tugging at it to get her dad's attention.

"I know, honey but we need to leave now otherwise mummy will get angry. Don't you want to go on an adventure?"

"Adventure! Adventure!" Sammy yelled, her mood changing substantially as if someone had flipped a switch inside her mind.

"You need to be quiet though! We can't wake people up or we'll get caught." Sammy nodded and Chase smiled through his worry as his daughter went quiet. Sammy then latched onto Alex's hand too, choosing to lead the group herself.

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"Alex, did you bring your phone by any chance? Stacy took mine and I don't know where she hides it so I couldn't get it back." Chase questioned as they stood outside a familiar house. It was tall and even looked friendly from the outside. The front garden was reasonably well kept with cute little flowers standing as tall as they could up the path. Jameson Jackson was well known for his love of gardening, as peculiar as it may seem.

"Uh, yeah..." Alex took his bag off of his shoulders and shoved his hand inside it, feeling around for the device before pulling it out and handing it to his dad. He took it graciously and asked Alex for the password. He entered it and shut down the apps Alex had had open in favour for the keypad where he dialled one of the only numbers he knew by heart (he only knew Marvin's, his own and his mum's).

"You have Marvin as a contact?" Chase questioned when the contact name appeared under the number.

"Yeah... from when you got hurt." Alex mumbled, looking down at the high-tops on his feet.