Chapter Eight
Trapper grinned as everyone turned to look at him, they were shocked to say the least, and most of them had a look of shock and/or anger on their faces. Giese looked directly at Jesse to see that he had a look of fear on his face.
"Time to come home, Jesse."
"Jesse is home!" snarled Jaden trying to stand up, but the recent events had left him drained and he fell back into Jesse's trembling arms. The King saw how Jesse was trembling and realized he wasn't going to move any time soon and seeing as how Jaden wasn't able to stand, he decided that he would protect them both.
"To get to the boy, you will have to go through me!" shouted the King as charged towards Trapper. Trapper's hands instinctively went to his waist as he pulled his 9mm from its holster, taking aim he fired at the charging King.
The shot could be heard throughout the castle as the King fell to the ground clutching his wounded shoulder, he looked up as Trapper's gun was placed in his face.
"Nice try but I came prepared." Smirked Trapper, looking towards the door as Alexis, Zane and Axel came running in, Zane and Alexis both went to reach for their guns. "Put the guns down, otherwise you'll be looking for a new ruler!" ordered Trapper as he kept his gun trained on the king but slowly made his way towards Jesse and Jaden.
"Stop! You won't hurt our brother or his boyfriend, not while we're around!" despite the fact that they were in serious trouble both Jesse and Jaden blushed at the comment that Yubel had just made and the way that she and Haou were defending them both. Trapper smirked at their bravery.
"Very Brave I'm shaking, but you see if you don't move out of the way, I'm going to shoot both between the eyes!" Haou and Yubel looked to one another before collapsing into a dead faint, leaving no one in Trapper's path.
Jesse slowly and shakily moved Jaden so that he was now in front of Jaden to protect him; Jaden was trying hard to gather any energy he had so that he could try something, anything to make Jesse see that he would be there with him until the end.
"Jess…It'll be fine, we'll think of something." Jaden grunted out, all his energy was leaving him and he was trying so hard not to pass out.
Trapper by now had reached the stairs of the isle. "Jesse the game's over, time to come home." Said Giese in a horrible child-like voice.
"Answer me this Trapper…How did you know I was here?" asked Jesse
"My daughter told me of course." Trapper said as if it were nothing. The King was slowly and stealthily rising to his feet, making sure Trapper didn't hear him he made his way over to them.
"Your daughter?" Jesse saw that the king was getting close to trapper, so he fixed his eyes on Trapper, so that he wouldn't notice. "Why would your daughter do something like that?"
Trapper didn't answer his question because at that moment the King grabbed him and turned him to face Alexis and Zane. "Jaden I'm sorry." Was all he said before nodding to the officers, knowing that they could never disobey an order from their king shot Trapper, all the while Jaden struggled to get free of Jesse's grip, trying to stop his father from being killed.
Everyone watched in silence as Trapper was blown off his feet from the impact of the bullets, taking the King along with him. Jesse held Jaden close to him as Jaden sobbed loudly, Axel and Alexis were the first to get to where the king lay with Trapper above him. It was clear to see that Trapper was dead, but as they removed his body off of the king's, the king moaned. Zane was the first to react and ordered Axel to help carry the king to the medics lab in the castle while he took care of Trapper's body. Alexis was reviving the Yuki siblings because she knew that Jaden and Jesse needed time to talk and that they wouldn't get the chance later on.
Jesse smiled his thanks to Alexis as she gave up trying to revive them and just decided that she would just drag them out, she smiled back as she left the area. Jesse looked down to Jaden and noticed that he was struggling to keep his eyes open.
"Jesse, I'm sorry for everything I said to you before you left the castle." Jaden slurred as he tried to stay awake.
"It's Ok Jay, I understand why you did it and I just wanted to say that I forgive you and I love you."
Jaden smiled and leaned up towards Jesse as best he could, Jesse saw this and closed the gap Jaden was trying to cover and kissed him on the lips.
"I love you too." For the first time since his mother died, Jaden was truly happy and nothing was going to split him and Jesse up ever again.
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Bet you think that's it for the story…Guess again there are still some things to do!
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3 MONTHS LATER…
Jesse and Jaden had just finished visiting Jaden's father in the hospital, he was making a good recovery and soon would be allowed out. They had been talking about what Jaden planned to do now, his father had asked…yes asked if he wanted to take the throne. Jaden had refused and said that he was not ready for the throne, he would accept it when he was older and until then they were stuck with him.
His father although hospitalized had passed new/old laws and slowly the city was beginning to return to a peaceful society that everyone wanted to visit. Haou and Yubel had left the castle and were travelling the world to find allies, Jaden had received a letter off them recently saying they were in Egypt visiting a king by the name of Atem Yami (A/N: Sorry, couldn't resist) and that he was very interested in being allies. They said that he would send a negotiator by the name of Yugi (A/N: Again, couldn't resist) to create a bridge between their countries.
They approached their respective rooms and Jaden turned to Jesse. "Jess…I was wondering…if you wanted to that is…" Jaden was turning red with nervousness.
"Are you trying to invite me to stay in your room, tonight?" asked Jesse trying to help Jaden with his stuttering.
"Well yes, but not just tonight. I mean…would you like to move in my room?" Jesse smile and walked towards Jaden.
"Yes Jaden, I would love to move into your room." Jaden smiled as Jesse put his arm around him. "You go on ahead, there's something I need to get first and then I'll meet you in there." Jaden nodded and headed to his room, while Jesse went to his.
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Jaden entered his room without closing it, so when it slammed shut and locked he turned expecting to see Jesse there, but what he didn't expect to find was an angry Mindy holding the key.
"Hey Hubby, how's daddy dearest doing?" she spat with venom in her voice
"Mindy, what are you doing here?" Jaden asked backing away from her to keep as much distance as possible from her.
"I'm here to take back what's mine." She snarled heading straight towards Jaden
"You can't have the kingdom, I'm not even king." Jaden was scared, Mindy was heading towards him and he had a feeling that she was going to try and kill him.
Mindy had closed the distance between them and was reaching into her jacket when they both heard a knock at the door, Jaden was going to scream for help but Mindy placed her hand over his mouth.
"Jay, are you in here?" came Jesse's voice, Jaden stiffened when Mindy put her lips close to his ear.
"One sound out of you and I will kill him before he knows what's happened." She whispered, she didn't expect to hear a click as the door was unlocked.
"Jaden, I used to spare key and I'm coming in." Jesse walked in the room as Mindy raced across the room and pulled Jesse in and pushed him to the floor. "Well this is a surprise, daddy's pet is living here in the castle with Prince Charming."
Jaden ran to Jesse's side and knelt by him. "What are you talking about? What do you mean "daddy's pet"?"
"Oh silly me, Jesse knows my father well. Especially after the year they spent together." Both Jaden and Jesse froze…had they heard right…was Mindy actually Trapper's daughter? "Of course you had to go and ruin everything by being weak and getting caught…if you hadn't all of us could have been happy!" she screamed
"Jaden would have never been happy with you even if I hadn't come into the picture." Retorted Jesse, by now they could all hear footsteps heading towards the room. Mindy saw that there was a balcony and ran straight for it before either Jaden or Jesse could stop her, she jumped.
Axel and two guards ran into the room in time to see Mindy jump, knowing that she wouldn't survive the fall, he turned to his subordinates. "You two go and put the body in the morgue." He ordered before turning back to Jesse and Jaden. "You guys alright?"
"Yea we're fine…a little shaken up but we're good. How did you know that we were in trouble?" asked Jaden
"Jesse, he heard your door slam and figured something was wrong he called us and then acted as bait…well since you guys are ok I'm gonna get back to my duties."
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Later that night Jesse and Jaden were lying on the bed next to one another with their arms wrapped around the other, it was then that Jaden remembered that Jesse had gone to get something from his room, curious as to find out what it was he turned to Jesse.
"Hey Jess, what did you get from your room before?"
"Oh that." Jesse smiled as he sat up on the bed. "Well Jay I was wondering if you would marry me." Jesse explained as he pulled out a small box.
"Of course I will, I love you!" exclaimed Jaden happily
"I love you too he said as he placed the ring on Jaden's finger. He leaned down and kissed Jaden passionately before lying back down, enjoying the new life he was about to have with his husband-to-be.
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That's the end of another story… also I'd like to point out a few things before its complete.
Mindy was Trapper's daughter in this, cos it went with the story.
Axel became Jaden's head of security
I think that's it but if there is anything you don't understand let me know and I'll help you as best I can.