Chapter 8 - Jessica and Kathal friends?!

“Queen Zeno. You wanted to see me.” Justin said, as he entered her office at the Arky HQ.

Queen Zeno was sitting behind her desk. “Yes, sit down Justin.”

Justin did what he was told, as he sat in front of her desk.

“I see that you have done a good job but it’s time to go. You have completed your task and everything is way behind schedule.” A grin came on her face. “Thanks to you Justin.”

“Thank you Queen Zeno. But I don’t want to go back now…just one more day, please?”

Queen Zeno’s smile turned into a frown. “It’s Amya, isn’t it?”

“Yes…” Justin answered, softly.

Queen Zeno stood up and looked out the window. “Amya is a very smart girl and I know you are very fond of her…” She turned to face him. “Try and get her to join the Vandie. We need someone like her, to help us beat the Arky.”

“Yes, Queen Zeno. Thanks you so much.” Justin said, with full of joy.

“But we leave tomorrow morning, at 5am sharp, at the airport. Understand?”

Justin nodded and stood up. “I understand.”

***Late at night***
“Justin!” Amya cried. “She was so horribly to me!”

After the argument that Amya had with Jessica, she went to Justin’s house for comfort.

“Amya, try not to think about it. It’s been 6 hours since this has happen.” Justin said, softly.

Justin and Amya were in the Chair room, cuddling each other on the couch.

“But Jessica was…was…” Amya could find the correct word.

Justin kissed her cheek. “Try not to think about it. Okay?”

“But I can’t help it. She just made me so angry!”

“All through tonight, you only said Jessica made you angry. But you haven’t told me what she did.”

“Well, I thought she would be happy for me that you and I are together…but she wasn’t. Then that blonde guy came in…I think it was Nick, I said him something mean at him and Jessica was ‘so’ protective over him.” Amya sighed. “She just doesn’t understand.”

A smirk slowly appears on Justin’s face, as he thought. ’This is perfect! Maybe I can get Amya on my side now.’ Justin held her hands tight, as he started into her eyes.

“Amya. I need to tell you something…”

“What is it?”

“I need to leave tomorrow morning.”

There was a long silence in the room before Amya said something.

“You can’t leave me!” She wrapped her arms around him, as tears ran down her cheeks. “You can’t!”

Justin closed his eyes and held Amya tight. “And I won’t. That’s why I want you to come with me, to where I’m going.”

“Well, where are you going?” She sat up straight.

Justin looked away and sighed before he could look her in the eyes again.

“Amya…this might come to a shock to you but I’m actually fighting for the Vandie. Queen Zeno sent me here to mess up you’re process of the Arky getting ready for the battle.”

“But…but…” Amya was speechless.

He kissed her hands. “Join me Amya. We could fight together on the battle field,” A smile came on his face, “and you can get your revenge on Jessica too.”

“Okay. I’ll join you.” Amya didn’t care about her answer, as she just thought about the idea of getting Jessica back for hurting her feelings.

“This is great! But we leave tomorrow morning at 5am sharp, okay?”

Amya nodded. “Okay. I’ll go home and get my stuff packed, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

When Amya left his house, Justin jumped in joy. “YES! Amya is coming with me!”

***The next day***
The telephone rang, as Jessica picked it up.

“Jessica! Is it you.” Kathal shouted. “It’s me Kathal.”

“Long time we haven’t talked...Kathal.” Jessica answered, in a dull voice.

“Yeah, I know…Look I know you might find this weird of me calling you but…Captain Zeno has gone and the same with Justin and Amya.”

There was a long silence over the phone.

“…What.”

“You heard me Jessica.”

“But why? And how do you know this?”

“There was a note of Captain Zeno’s desk today.”

“I can’t believe this. Captain Zeno can’t leave! The Arky’s are way behind schedule since Justin parked his butt here!” Jessica started to get pissed.

“I know…I never trusted him…he always made a move on every girl here.”

Jessica chuckled. “Even on you?”

“J-e-s-s-i-c-a.” Kathal growled.

“Okay I’m sorry… So, what’s gonna happen now?”

Jessica could hear Kathal breathing deeply. “I don’t know…I just don’t know.”

Jessica started to wonder about things. “Kathal, tell everyone there’s gonna be a meeting in half an hour. Okay?”

“Why?”

“Just do what you’re told.”

Kathal took a while before she answered back. “Fine then…” She grumbled.

When both girls hung up the phone, Jessica gathered the Backstreet Boys and they headed to the Arky’s HQ.

***An hour later***
“…We have to work harder to get back on track because the Vandie could be attacking us tomorrow, next week or even right now. So we have to work together to get everything back on track. Before it’s too late.” Jessica said.

Everyone was in the meeting hall.

“To conclude this meeting. I’ll like to say that when the battle begins best wishes to you all and we must look after each other’s back, no matter what. Thanks you.”

Everyone in the hall stood up to clap and cheer.

Kathal walked up to the microphone, as Jessica sat down.

“As everyone might know, Jessica and I have never gotten along but Jessica is right when she says we should look after each other’s back. Out of everyone here, I think Jessica should be a leader, as our new captain.” A smile came on her face. “To lead us through the battle.”

The crowd cheered.

“Jessica, do you accept?”

Jessica stood up and waked to the microphone. “I’ll do my best to help and to make sure that the Arky will win the battle. But I’ll like to have two other people by my side, to be vice captains.” She smiled. “Mark, can you come up?”

From out of the darkness of the crowd, Mark walked up on stage and stood next to Jessica.

“I’ll like everyone to give a big round of applause to Mark and Kathal. The new vice captains.

Once again the crowd cheered out loud.

“Thanks Jess.” Mark whispered and hugged her.

“Thank you Jessica.” Kathal’s eyes started to water. “You don’t know how long I’ve waited for this moment to come.”

***Later that day***
“Justin, what’s with the chick?” Joey asked.

NSYNC was in Justin’s room. Justin had finished explaining why and where he was away.

“She’s my girl man, her name’s Amya. She’s gonna be fighting with us.”

“Okay.” Everybody answered.

“But aren’t you scared she’s gonna get hurt?” Joey asked.

Justin shook his head. “Nah, she’s from the Arky’s team.”

“Cool!”

“Justin, you’re not just using her for you know what…are you?” Lance asked, in a cheeky tone.

“Of course not! Well…although I love her for it.” A smirk came on his face. “But I actually think she’s an amazing girl.”

Everyone in the room started to laugh.

“I’m serious guys! I love Amya for who she is.”

Chris walked up to Justin and patted him on the shoulder. “There, there Justin, we believe you.” Then he rolled his eyes while making an odd face expression that made everyone laugh even more.

Justin folded his arm. “Well moving on.” He tried to change the subject. “Is everybody ready for the battle?”

“When is it gonna start?” Chris asked.

“In four days time.”

“Cool!”

JC looked down

. “What’s wrong JC, aren’t you happy? We’re gonna kick the Backstreet Boys ass!” Justin said.

“I don’t wanna fight…”

Justin sat next to JC. “You don’t have to. Just go on the battlefield and hide somewhere.”

“Great…” He said, in a dull voice. “Thanks for the advice Justin.”

“Anytime.” He smiled.

JC sighed. “Justin, I wonder sometimes. Are you actually a blonde bimbo?”

“That’s mean JC.” He’s smile turned into a frown.

“I’m joking, Justin.”

Justin took a while to answer back. “Yeah, I knew you were.” He started to smile again.

The door opened as Amya and Queen Zeno walked in the room.

The five boys stood up and kneed in front of the Queen Zeno.

“I’m only here to tell you to start training harder. You must be ready for anything that might happen to you on the battlefield.” Queen Zeno said, as she faced Amya with a grin on her face and then back at the boys. “I want you boys to train Amya as well.”

“Yes, Queen Zeno.” The boys said.

“Good.” Queen Zeno turned and walked out the door.

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