by Beth Hoyer
eyes and face.
Steven spoke “Are you alright, Jinks?”
He sat up and spoke finding his familiar fearful feeling gone from him “I don’t know.”
He heard a throat clearing noise looked to see Walker standing at the door with seriousness on his face.
Walker spoke as he held up Jinks’ hat and an oxygen mask “I believe you’ll need this, Jinks Montreal.”
Jinks shot Steven a confused look feeling himself not that fearful as the man noticing his look spoke “Chief Walker recognized you as the one I was seeking despite you having a hat on as your disguise. He was sort of defensive when I came to the station asking about you as a missing person I was seeking including saying your name to him. Walker made it clear to me that you were in pain and was suffering from something he thinks involves the passing of Janel Knight due to Stonehawk finding you sleeping there in the graveyard. Stonehawk admitted to Walker to noticing the date of her passing on the gravestone and recalled the date telling him when it was. Walker figured out that the anniversary of her death according to the gravestone's date was the day people first saw you in town with none of them indicating that they recognized you. Walker admitted to me that he sighted you sitting on a bench out the window of his office and did some computer scans to figure out your identity. Computer according to him didn't reveal much involving you despite him not having the proper authority to gain files for your identity. He figured out your painful status from what Stonehawk told him catching you in the graveyard on Janel's gravestone and seeing the dates detailed on it.”
He frowned feeling himself not fearful from the male's comments as he got up from the bed and walked to Walker who handed him the hat and the oxygen mask which he put on and wordlessly followed the Chief up the stairs with Steven sensed taking up the rear to a doorway entering it to see the familiar room with Stonehawk at a desk on the computer a finger poking the monitor screen who looked up with a frown in his eyes seeing him.
Jinks paused from walking as he heard “Stonehawk is the horses ready for travel?”
He looked at Walker as he heard Stonehawk speak “Yes their tied up outside to the rack.”
Jinks stared at Walker who looked at him and spoke “Good luck, stranger. I hope things work out. There’s always a place here for you if you need it.”
He nodded his head and wordlessly followed Steven out of the police station seeing the light of sunrise in the sky and going around a corner of the building and paused seeing two brown horses geared for riding tied up to the rack next to the police station that neighed seeing him. He frowned hearing the sound for it sounded like happiness and saw the happy look in the horses’ eyes. Sighing he went to a horse as Steven went to the other one while putting on an oxygen mask. He pulled up the reins untying them from the rack and got up on the horse adjusting the reins in his hand. He eyed Steven who did the same and followed the man on horseback to the airlock entrance which again they had to wait till the computer voice ordered them through and then together they broke into horse gallops running through the forest following a horse path sensing domesticated dinosaurs hiding. He stiffened as the horse he was on again reared up whinnying of terror while hearing that sound from Steven's horse as there were beeping noises heard making him nervous.
Jinks heard from Steven loudly as the bushes rumbled off their left showing a three horned tall overhead dinosaur, fanged teeth while wearing a shiny metal collar with the jewel in front in red color "Hit the button on the saddle horn now!."
He obeyed to see the red jewel turn white with electricity sounds heard as the dinosaur shook its head and backed into the bushes as he and Steven resumed riding their horses over the path. Jinks felt himself still nervous as the horse continued its galloping through the forest hearing multiple beeping noises all around him while hearing nothing from Steven in response to the sounds. He again got the horse rearing up whinnying in terror as there was a dinosaur sighted walking on the path looking like it was a triceratops by three horns seen on its head and four footed status indicating it a plant eater that ignored him and his companions going into the bushes out of sight. He figured to himself that the dinosaur was not interested in the both of them or their horses by not making a gesture towards them. He glimpsed sightings of various plant eating dinosaurs sticking out of the bushes appearing to get away from him and his companions by disappearing out of sight abruptly. He followed Steven riding on the horse path till sunset seeing the path was focused into the forest and avoided a cave way to his relief. He found them both going out of a dome through a cave passageway making him nervous indicating a metal door at the end which he saw Steven held up a round flashlight device in his hand pressing a button.
He felt himself nervous as there was a computer voice speaking "Entry granted inappropriate animal not detected near."
Jinks felt relief when the door to the dome entrance opened showing a forest instead of a cave passageway making it short as he and Steven galloped out. He heard the door slam shut behind as he heard plane engines overhead and looked up to spot a plane flying low in the sky going down disappearing below the tree tops. He slowed the horse for a walk seeing Steven doing it abruptly and followed the man on horseback through a series of bushes and halted the horse seeing a small airfield with a plane on it and several large buildings in sight peeking thought the forest of trees. He exhaled a breath following Steven going across the air field towards a building which he saw was a horse stable from hearing horses neighing sounds coming from it along with humming of electricity heard. He reaching the building saw a male come out wearing a plaid shirt and overalls stand waiting with arms folded while wearing an oxygen mask on his face which he didn't feel any fearful feeling towards the male.
The male spoke with an accent “Steven Brown. I see yah got what yah came for. Perfect timing that the plane arrived as yah did. So give me the horses and I will take care of them.”
Jinks saw Steven dismounted which he copied and guided the horse to the male who took the reins of both horses as he saw the bounty hunter take a saddle bag off his horse and slung it over his shoulder as the horses were guided away going into the stable. He followed Steven to the plane which its door opened followed by the stairs extending down to touch the ground. He saw a Human appear in view wearing an oxygen mask and a uniform indicating of a pilot who stood with arms folded as he and Steven went up the stairs which the male shut the door behind them he noticed. Inside Jinks saw rows of five seats of two on both sides of him with an aisle between them and saw a female sitting in one of the seats next to a window wearing an oxygen mask on her face with brown wavy hair. He followed Steven further into the plane and heard the computer voice saying it was safe for oxygen masks to be taken off obeyed putting them on a rack in the wall then eyed the female who slowly with her hands took off her oxygen mask and he stiffened seeing her face as he stood in the aisle feeling ranges of emotions hitting him. He saw that her face appeared to look like Janel but she had brown eyes and he recognized her as the woman from his dream that looked at him with a range of emotions in her face and eyes.
He saw Steven went to sit at a seat as the woman spoke in a voice with familiarity in it “Jinks, would you mind sitting next to me? There’s quite a lot to talk about.”
Jinks sighed and went to the aisle seat next to her sitting next to the window and he sat down next to her and buckled himself in while sensing the plane move taking off on the runway going into the air and flying.
Jinks heard the woman again speak “Sorry for going through this trouble to find you but it was important.”
He looked at the woman staring at him who added “The name’s Jinnee descendant of Janel whose line is from her daughter Lizette.”
He sighed softly feeling himself fine with her admittance as Jinnee continued to speak “Lance Richard in a dream told me to get a chartered private plane belonging to the Master Organization at this time in this area. He said that what I’ve been seeking would be there. I admit I’ve b
een seeking you for awhile for a certain time period with no success of a face to face meeting till now.”
He continued to stare at Jinnee who paused and reached with a hand and gripped his left hand in a gentle grip squeezing it gently then removed her hand.
Jinks sighed again loudly as Jinnee spoke “My family never got to properly thank you for granting Janel’s last wish of honoring her with your presence on her deathbed before Janel herself passed away. I thank you for that, Jinks.”
He saw a small smile appear in her face smiled in return as she reached with her other hand and touched his cheek gently rubbing which the touch made him fine with it. Jinks felt Jinnee’s other hand move to his forehead gently rubbing and he felt his senses blare as he felt sleepiness arrive within him from feeling a needle prick of pain hitting his neck he sense was from Steven holding the syringe from glimpsing the male standing next to him in the aisle. He blinked his eyes as Jinnee forced them shut with a hand and drooped his head bowing it keeping his eyes shut allowing sleep to hit him unconscious.
Jinks woke up in a massive bed that seemed familiar which he felt the familiar feelings of fear hitting him