Chapter 8
Danny never told Jack that he went off to contact the eye. It was something that he just never seemed to bring up- there was no need. So when the girl Lula ended up in the apartment, he was quite disturbed despite not showing it. When she said she knew Jack was alive, he got defensive immediately. She rambled on and said, "Which is a shame, because have you seen that man's face...its beautiful."
Danny had to calm himself down, and he simply replied, "Well thats a shame because he's dead...so goodbye." she did her whole decapatation thing, Danny tied her up trying to keep her still while he went to call any of the others, but she got out of all the knots. When he turned around she was gone.
Danny told Jack about it as they were called to meet with Dylan. They walked in to see him with Lula. Neither of the two wanted to accept her as the newest horsemen. Just because the eye said so, didn't mean it was fact, or that it was going to happen. Merritt seemed to accept her the easiest.
It took a few days, but Jack was less awkward around Lula, though she was constantly flirting. Jack would just scratch his head, stutter and make a reason to leave, and go to his room. He'd then go out his fire escape and in through Danny's window into Danny's room, where he would quietly complain about how uncomfortable it made him. The couple had yet to establish their relationship to anyone outside of the apartment, no one apart from Dylan, Merritt, Henley and Possibly the eye, knew about them.
By the time for the first show, Jack was ready to go out and get it over with so Lula would leave them alone until the next mission. Danny and Jack spent the night before on a date, on the rooftop. Rather than stress and slightly panic the night before, they knew they were set, and they just had to do the show.
In the time it took for Danny and Jack to get close again, Jack had yet to really put on any weight that he had lost in his several months of isolation and depression. He also drank quite a bit when Danny wasn't around. Any time he could, Jack drank what he could get his hands on. He sobered up a few days before the show, and kept sober, he needed to be on his A game.
So when it came time for the show, everyone was in place, and doing their job. Jack worked security as Danny entered as a waiter and left as someone getting a paper signed, before heading down to the basement with the equipment room. He switched out the servers before security came (which was Jack) and made his exit. Jack slipped the banana into the guys pocket and told him he was, "entitled to a phone call."
He chuckled as he made his way back to the metal detectors at the entrance. The show began and went off as planned- at first. Soon they realized there was a serious issue. Jack began to make his way through the venue when the tech issue pointed out that he was alive and went to a spotlight on him. He kept calm appearances as he ran away, but internally he was having a massive panic attack and felt like passing out. Together, the four Horsemen ran away together and out to the rooftop. As they made it to the tube they were taking to a truck, Jack was having a hard time breathing, he was dizzy too. Jumping feet first into the tunnel, he passed out before he was even moving. Merritt pushed Jack and went in behind him, Danny and Lula following.
Jack came to, on a plane, he was massively confused and scared. He saw Danny and the others passed out. The people who were in charge were shocked to see him awake. He jumped up, swinging. He took out one body guard, and was almost done with the second when a guy looking identical with Merritt came up to him. He knew of Merritt's brother, and that he was a mentalist. Jack fought the mentalist's sleep suggestion as hard as he could. The unknown person came up behind him and hit him over the head, hard.
The others came to in a laundry basket in a kitchen. Getting up, Danny saw that Jack wasn't awake yet. Grabbing him, he carried him out. It was then that Lula said she loved Chinese food, and Merritt came back inside telling them that he thought they were in China. His brother confronted them, and forced them to follow him. Jack was still unconscious.
Chase sat in the front of the car, turned around and said, "Oh by the way, dear little Jack O Lantern has the lights off, its not halloween anymore. Let's just say, he should follow instructions and not resist. I bet he's gonna have a killer headache when he wakes up.."
Danny held back his rage. It was highly likely that Jack remained unconscious because he had a concussion. He could die if he didn't wake up soon. Taking Jack's hands, he felt that they were warm, but not as warm as normal, or at least normal as of the start of their relationship. He was glad Jack had a pulse, but he needed to wake soon. Merritt reached over and checked Jack out, before gently tapping his shoulder until he woke up.
By the time Jack was awake, they were stopped and being pulled out of the car and through a casino. The lights and noises made Jack's head hurt insanely bad. Danny led him to the elevator because he had his eyes closed tight, completely not helping the brain trauma. Going up the elevator only made him more dizzy. By the time they got to the top floor, he wanted to puke, but held it in.
Walter introduced himself and the plan not giving the horsemen any chance to say no. He already showed that if they didn't agree, they'd get hit over the head, and maybe worse. Danny didn't like it at all, he couldn't be in control, nor could he know if Jack was truly okay.
"The world's oldest magic shop is here, lets go and get supplies." Danny said to chase/ Walter, so that they could leave.
As they left, Danny supported Jack's weight almost entirely. Jack was embarrassed, but in so much pain that he currently no longer cared.
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It was at the magic shop that Jack nearly blacked out again. Sitting him on a stool, Danny helped him get comfortable before going and looking around the shop. The old lady behind the counter asked what was wrong with Jack, and Lula tried to explain that he got hurt. The lady brought him some herbal tea and some cold water to help him feel better. Danny thanked her and then asked if the shop had what they needed. He talked slower and with his hands, but her grandson translated, "just because you talk slow and with hands, I still cant understand English."
Danny felt a bit embarrassed, his ego had been relatively high as of lately, and Jack hadn't reality checked him as of late.
Getting what they needed in order to smuggle the chip out of the lab, they then went back to where they were staying and practiced things they would need to know- that is after they came up with the game plan. Jack was still in a lot of pain, but he didn't let that stop him. He taught the others how to throw cards, and be good at sleight of hand- or at least good enough to get past guards.
Everything was happening very quickly, one minute they're in New York, the next their in China about to pull a heist because their lives depended on it.
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