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Chapter 14 - S2: Don't let me down.

"Okay class, I don't want to lose you. So it's important that you stay in the shopping center and that you are back in front of this fast-food restaurant by three o'clock." Zack and Yowie are already running hand in hand toward a clothing store. Jenny and Cato follow behind. They try on some clothes and experiment with new looks. Then they see Alice walking by, holding many bags from different stores. Jenny steps in front of Alice and starts putting various items into her basket. The group looks at Alice with a strange expression as she pays for everything. Yowie tries to ignore it and selects a song on his phone. He usually has his wireless earbuds in. There are few moments without them. They then walk to a small tourist shop. Jenny looks at the magnets and buys one for Jordi. He would surely like it. When they are ready to gather again, Jenny keeps getting calls from a strange number from Italy. Jenny keeps irritatedly rejecting the calls. Now she gets called again and swipes to decline. Zack looks over Jenny's shoulder, finding it odd that she's always on her phone. "Who is that?" Yowie murmurs. Jenny looks at Yowie, "No idea." When Jenny gets called again, Yowie answers. "What do you want?" Yowie says. "Yowie! It's been a while. Can I speak to Jenny?" Huh? Yowie doesn't hear any Italian. He doesn't recognize the voice. How does that guy on the other end know? "Who are you?" Yowie asks. "Jordi." The voice replies, annoyed. "Sure, let me get Jenny." Yowie hands the phone to Jenny. "Jenny, it's me. Jordi." Jenny hears Jordi's voice and brightens up. "Jordi, how are you?" She sounds excited. "I LOVE YOU." Jordi starts crying: "The Meninkens are taking over this world too, and they are stronger than ever."

 

"Jenny, I'm on my way." Jordi hears Jenny crying on the phone, which causes him immense pain. "It's okay. I'll be there in half an hour. I will protect you." Jordi tries to reassure Jenny, which doesn't help. He remembers how the monsters invaded the prison. He knew he had to run. Jenny was in Barcelona, so it was too late. Then he thought about trying anyway. He stole a phone on the train to reach his girl. Now he had to truly protect her. He would do it with all his heart!

 

Jenny has shared the news with the group. Zack and Yowie immediately think of what they saw last night. Could that possibly be the new Meninkens? The thought terrifies them. Then they hear shouting from behind. Raf drops his money in shock, and then he sees Jessica, shivering, pointing at the monster. It's a Meninken. Not the Meninken they know, oddly enough. It's a human, and not completely black. Still with a stitched-up face. A Meninken approaches a classmate. The threads fall from the stitched-up face and magically stitch the face of their classmate closed. Now the girl is also a Meninken. Daniel stands in front of the subway where Jordi is sitting. "Found an old friend?" Zack walks into the subway with a wide grin. They sit among a large group of youth in the subway. Harper has driven the subway before and is standing at the controls. Then Yowie looks at Chloe. "Does she really have to be here?" Yowie whispers in Zack's ear. Zack shrugs and gives Yowie a kiss on the lips. Jenny and Jordi are also focused on each other; Jenny is telling Jordi everything while Jordi is busy brushing Jenny's hair. Suddenly, they hear tapping on the subway. That's strange—when it rains, that doesn't happen underground. "I think we have a problem." Harper sounds through the speakers. Then a Meninken crashes through a window. The glass shatters everywhere. Maggy grabs a large shard of glass and stabs the Meninken. Maggy tries to act quickly so the Meninken doesn't do anything strange. Cato looks closely and sees that it's their classmate. Actually, their classmate is no longer anything. Jordi grabs the emergency hammer and dives at the Meninken's head with it. The Meninken falls to the ground, and then Jenny sees a chainsaw lying there. She cuts the monster into thousands of pieces. Jenny then notices she's covered in blood, and she gets a shock from herself. She quickly looks for some stickers and sticks them on the chainsaw, hoping it will calm her down. "They're cat stickers." Jenny says cheerfully to Zack. "I prefer dogs," Zack giggles. Then the subway stops with a loud beep. Harper announces through the microphone: "This is the last stop, and we can't stay in the subway forever." Raf is still sitting: "Who wants to be in my group? We're staying underground." Maggy, Alice, and Jessica immediately walk over to Raf, and a large part of the people follow. Jordi pulls Jenny with him and walks with their group outside. "We've had this nonsense before, and then we fled. That's something we definitely aren't going to do." Jordi pats Jenny on her back. Some people want to join Jordi's group, but Jordi doesn't want them to. It should always remain their little group!

"We've been walking for hours; my feet really hurt." Yowie limps irritably along the sandy path. Zack looks at Yowie cheerfully: "It'll be okay." "Still, we're not stopping until we find a shelter," Cato says, leading the way. Every day is a party, and they had to make the most of it! Then they hear a car coming in the distance. The car drives towards the group at full speed and stops right in front of them. It's quiet for a moment, but as soon as the door opens, anxiety rises.

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