Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 2)

(89) TMotDS: I Cut Out My Heart for You!

Jonah had already gone out of his room after sunset. The letter from Ashengrotto tucked inside in the brown coat of his dorm uniform but his silver cutlass was nowhere to be seen. The meeting was supposed to be civil and Jonah tried to respect that. Heck, he even disabled every weapon and power up in his arm. He didn't want someone to get hurt because he carelessly swinging his sword or turn on his flame-thrower because he was angry.

The evening was chilly like in those horror movies, but knowing what he's about to do, might as well call this one too. Walking up to the Hall of Mirrors, he stole a glance toward the Heartslabyul. He bit his lip, feeling guilty. He never told the Heartslabyul about the letter, but he assumed Grim might say something. It was only a matter of time before Senior Riddle found out that he went out first, going in without telling him the full plan once again.

A mirror rippled and Jonah stopped his track. But it didn't come from Heartslabyul, instead it was Savanaclaw. The familiar wolf-boy emerged from the mirror, turning his head toward him.

"Aren't you supposed to be in bed?" Jonah asked.

Jack raised an eyebrow at him. "What about you? Want to meet up with Azul early?"

"He already decided the time of the meeting," Jonah huffed. "I thought I did my best not telling you guys."

Jack crossed his arm in front of his chest. "So, his guesses are right," he said. "You are hiding something."

Jonah narrowed his eye at him. "Did Senior Riddle send you to watch me?"

Jack shook his head. Jonah sighed. "Good. I don't need him to stop me." Stepping closer to Octavinelle Mirror, he glanced back at Jack. A dangerous glint shining from his eye. "And I trust you won't do that?"

Jack ignored the warning or just stubborn enough not to back down. Striding quickly before the captain could step through, he grabbed the smaller boy's upper arm. Jonah didn't even try to get away, knowing that he's weaker than him.

"Hey. You said it last time: the lone wolf will only be hunted by the crowd," he said. "Then why are you going in alone?"

Did he say that? Huh. That was a long time ago. "It's different."

"How different?"

Jonah didn't answer immediately. He was racking his brain for a reason. What's different this time? He was willing to help Senior Riddle's plan in finding the culprit back then, so why he kept hiding from him in his? "I... W-Well he..."

Jack kept staring at him and Jonah could feel the anxiety. Why? "Look." Jonah tried to pull his hand. "If you kept me here any longer, we'll be losing our chance to save them."

Jack was silent for a while before finally loosen his grip, letting Jonah pulled back his hand with a click of his tongue. Jonah gave Jack a sideways glance. "So? Are you coming or not?"

Jack blinked. "What?"

Jonah just shrugged. "There has to be a reason why you're out here, right?"

Staring at the captain, Jack sighed. "I did say, I want to help you, but in the end, I didn't do anything."

A small smile grazed Jonah's lips. "It's alright." His eye averted down. "To be honest, I would like to have as little people as I could."

"Why?"

Jonah opened his mouth, only to close it again, shaking his head. Looking forward, he took a deep breath before jumping through the mirror.

"Jonah!" Jack quickly took out his phone, sending an emergency message to Trey, Jack followed the captain.