Jedtavius

Chapter 7

I was still sobbing when I heard mumbling coming from Octavius' mouth. I got very close and but my ear to his mouth. I could tell he was delusional but what he said broke my heart once again.

"Jed, I'm sorry, I just want to be your friend, please forgive me, I shouldn't have done it, I'm sorry, please don't hate me."

I wanted to keep crying but I had to be the strong one right now. Feeling useless I started caressing his short locks of hair. I started whispering to him in a soothing voice.

"Hey Oct, it's not your fault, you're going to be alright, Sacagawea can fix you, she will fix you and take you home, you're going to be alright."

Then under my breath I whispered.

"I'm sorry."

I sat up more. This was my fault. From the beginning our different dioramas have had troubles working together and interacting, the whole truce was based on me and Octavius's friendship. I started thinking hard. My men are probably going to want to kill Octavius and his men if they are here, so the western diorama is no longer safe for them. And than there's Octavius himself, they had been through so much, yet now there relationship could never be the same, and he just wasn't safe here.

(No ones point of view)

Octavius woke up in great pain. Everything that just happened to him kept bashing around in his head. He wanted to scream, but did not feel like he had the strength. Than he realized he couldn't feel much at all. Than he sat up and screamed.

"My legs?! I can't feel my legs!"

Octavius lifted up the fabric covering him and screamed. He had remembered the melting but could not comprehend until now the damage it had done. He felt like throwing up despite not having a stomach, and he also felt faint.

He kept screaming until he realized Jed was holding him. Holding him very tightly and securely in a hug. Octavius tried so desperately not to cry but in just came out.

"Jedediah, I'm so sorry, I didn't want to ruin our friendship, I just couldn't help how I felt, it was like a horrible pressure inside me that could not be held back anymore. Please forgive me, I can't live with you hating me."

Jedediah's face was stone serious, but Octavius could see great sorrow behind his eyes.

"Octavius, partner, I never, ever hated you, you should know that. I did not leave you alone on the rime to hurt you but to spare you pain, yet my leaving caused you more pain then I could ever imagine."

Jedediah could hear loud foot steps coming, he knew Sacagawea would fix everyone hurt with her skill in wax sculpting, but Jedediah also knew it was time to say goodbye.

"I saved your life like how you had saved mine years ago, we are even now. It is time you and your men left for a while, we aren't ready for you yet, someday, maybe-"

Jedediah couldn't look at Octavius anymore, the man he cared for so deeply, he had to let go of. If his feet worked, he would run away again. He felt Octavius' hand on his arm, both miniatures were shaking.

"Jed... I, I-"

Before he could finish Sacagawea picked them Octavius up, while Teddy and Larry picked Jedediah and everyone else injured up.

"What happened here Jedediah?"

With a heavy heart Jedediah put on a brave face.

"It a long story Gigantor, right now I just need you to put out the fire and bring me and Octavius's loyal men to safety."

Not long later the sun rose, and the sun set, it rose again, and set once more. It had been two months since Jedediah and Octavius had talked.