The Him

Chapter 4: Mission Accepted

It had been 3 hours since we had brought Jasper in. Mae had been looking through books and more books for hours.
"Are you ok, Mae?" I asked coming in the lab, "What did you find?"
"According to all these books, Jasper got bit by the Special One, The Him's 'supposedly' sidekick. If I try to make one of the normal antidote like I did for you, it will draw him more to The Him," Mae said.
What's with all the names? The Special One? The Him?
"So can you save him?" I asked.
"I think so, but it's different and way more complicated than the ones I made for you. But if I make this antidote, it will be too powerful for a bracelet. We would need something more comparable than a bracelet," Mae replied.
"So what's the antidote? I mean, I can get it," I offered.
"It needs these rare ingredients that you don't even know, but I do," Mae said.
"But I-I need to get it!" I argued. Mae paused.
"So you can prove to my brother you are worthy of being a true member of the Othdoan?" Mae smiled.
"Maybe."
Mae laughed and then paused again. "You know what? I'll ask Blake if you can come with me to get the antidote. Plus, I will need a bodyguard," Mae winked.
"S-sure!" I stammered. I walked out of her lab and in the bedroom.
"How is he?" Nathan asked.
"Mae said that he was bitten by the Special One." Everyone gasped.
"T-the Special One?" Finn asked shaking.
I nodded. "Do you even know who the Special One is?" Meagan yelled.
"All Mae told me that he is the 'supposedly' sidekick of The Him," I said, making air quotes on supposedly.
Finn started to panic. He started to get all sweaty and stared to take real deep breaths.
"Are you ok?" Nathan asked.
"Y-yeah. I just remembered something I had to do. Excuse me," and he left.
That night was a restless night. Nobody could sleep, well I for one who couldn't sleep. I was rolling and rolling side to side. I was having the worst dream.

We were patrolling. We were in the woods. Then something snatched me and pulled in to it. I screamed. It was a person with a mask. A dark and very scary mask. He was wearing all black too.
Maybe even the person in my last dream!
"You. Will. Die!" He yelled. I opened my mouth to scream but nothing came out. No words. Sounds, nothing.
Then, my whole body started to get calm. Real calm. "That's right, Asher," he spat, "draw into The Him."
My body started to somehow, like, evaporate in thin air and I was face to face with the mask dude. I felt like my eyes were in the back of my head. All I could feel was anger and disparity and defeat.
"Come," he said and I started coming towards him. I wasn't in control of my whole body. HE was. THE HIM!!!
"That's right. I am The Him. And your destiny is to become my minion!"

I woke up, gasping for air, as my whole body shook. Another bad dream? I looked around and spotted a clock. 2:00 A.M, it said. Everyone was still asleep. Meagan's snoring softly, Nathan's drooling.
I walked out of bed and into the halls. I could still hear my heart pumping from my terrible dream. So I decided to walk around a little bit and soon I stumbled (again) in Mae's lab. She was in there, looks like she was writing a list.
"I don't know why I keep going in here," I said trying to get her attention and it did. She spun around, looking at me.
"Asher!" She yelled, "why are you up this late?"
"The question is: why are YOU up this late," I refrained it.
"Oh, I was just making our list when we go to our little adventure," Mae said.
"He agreed?" I asked.
Mae shook her head. "Not yet but I know he would," Mae said, "but if we do, we have at least 72 hours or 3 days to get the ingredients and create a serum for Jasper. If not then he will become a zombie."
Just then, CB came in. "Asher? What are you doing here?" CB asked harshly.
"Uhhhhhh," I said looking at CB then to Mae, back and forth.
"Well?" CB yelled impatiently.
"I-I told him to come here," Mae piped up.
CB rose an eyebrow up. "You? I highly doubt you even let Scrappy in! You barely even know him!"
"Well, I can invite anyone I want!" Mae argued back.
Looking around, it seems like CB was getting annoyed. "Mae, I need to talk to you. Privately? In the hall?" Mae gave me a look and she followed him out into the hall.
I couldn't hear what they were saying. When they were done, CB sighed.
"Fine, you can go, but if Mae doesn't come back or she gets hurt, then you are dead. And I am NOT joking." He turned and walked away.
"Well, at least I convinced him," Mae said.
"Yeah," I said back.
"He says we leave at 6," Mae replied.
"A-alright!" I smiled and walked back down to the basement. Time to prove myself that I am perfect for this squad!