This week has been one busy week for everyone especially Jake and Jonathan. Jake was busy drowning himself with physical and mental training. While Jonathan made edits in reality using the Celestial Orrery in order to merge two different timelines simultaneously without causing a collapse of reality.
It was draining to say the least. Jake also had to fight off an Avemetrus which is a vitality sucking monster which turned Trixie and Spud into old timers and they were temporarily put in the Lost Horizon, Home for the magically aged. while Jake became a 21 year old young man who learned why it's a bad idea to indiscriminately use a credit card. Jake paid off the debt with his gold coins.
Fortunately he took the loan from a bank of Infinitum Finance which resulted in Jonathan taking the gold and turning it into a fixed deposit with a 10% profit rate. Jake is getting ready for school while Haley was playing with a fortune telling origami in the living room while watching a new TV series where it was shown that a beautiful girl was scheming against an unfortunate girl who was ugly yet had a heart of gold.
Jonathan came into the living room and saw the show. " Never believe in TV show logic. Because if it's logical then your mother should be an evil witch." Said Jonathan with disdain. Haley got a fortune telling her that she will achieve what she set out to do today and for Jake she got the fortune saying that love is in the air.
" Don't believe in a paper because our fate is determined by ourselves and I'm saying it to both of you." Said Jonathan. Both of them nodded. Jake has been seeing many love signs along the way like cuddling birds, kissy balloons, arrow through heart clouds but he has been feeling wrong in his guts since the beginning of today. As he reached school Spud and Trixie came running towards him with a bunch of rolled up posters beneath their armpits while holding a bucket filled with glue along with a brush for applying glue.
" Jakey, love is in the air and we thought it would be right for you to sign up." Said Trixie while Spud held up a poster depicting a dashing young man in a black suit holding up a disheveled puppy and a boy holding a game console who is about to puke. " FIRST ANNUAL FILLMORE CHARITY BACHELOR AUCTION TO SUPPORT HUNGRY PUPPIES AND PEOPLE WHO GET SICK WHEN THEY PLAY VIDEO GAMES IN A MOVING CAR." Read aloud Jake clearly confused.
" We couldn't decide which cause was more noble so we decided to go with both." Clarified Spud. Both of them convinced Jake to participate in this charity event. Nigel Thrall, Jake, Brad and a few other boys participated in the event. Nigel Thrall had completed his special Arcane education using a special time acceleration room where while time moved faster without accelerating the age of the inhabitant. He has achieved Alpha Plus level.
" Bid starts at 5 dollars." No one bids. " Are ya'll kidding me? He's Nigel Thrall a British red head. Say something Englandy Nigel." Said Trixie. Nigel in his British accent said," Lovely morning for a cup of tea, innit?" The girls went wild and Nigel was auctioned off at 50 dollars.
The auction kept going and finally it was Jake's turn to be sold off. The opening bid started at 20 dollars and it reached the climax when only two competitors remained. Danika Hunnicutt captain of the swimming club and Vicky Fickling who is captain of the sci fi trivia match. " 150 dollars." Bid Danika. " 155." Bid Vicky. " 157." Bid Danika. " 160" Bid Vicky. " 161" Bid Danika. " 162" Bid Vicky. Danika was frantically searching her purse for more money. " 162 going once, going twice." Spud started counting down.
But Jake suddenly yelled, " Yes!! Rotwood is indeed a criminal." Everyone turned towards Rotwood which resulted in Rotwood being confused. Gammah Null quickly sent 100 bucks to Danika Hunnicutt which was folded into a paper plane conveniently bumped into her hair. Danika yelped more because she was startled than hurt.
She yelled," 200 dollars for Jake Long." Which diverted all the attention towards the auction again. " Aww, I only have 162 dollars." Said Vicky in defeat. " 200 dollars going once, going twice, Sold!!! To Danika Hunnicutt, Jake Long." The auctions over ladies enjoy your hunks.
" Wait!!! Five dollars for Spud." Said Stacey. Everyone looked at her as if she was crazy. " What? I need a chauffeur for this week." Said Stacey. " At the end of the week every couple gets a special invitation to the Black Tie Gala at the Manhattan Medieval Museum." Declared Trixie.
" Which I like to call MMMM." Said Spud and only Stacey laughed which she quickly hid behind fake coughing. All the boys were meeting with the girls who bought them backstage. " So, guess you're stuck with me for the entire week, huh ?" Said Jake in a flirty tone.
Danika laughed a little and replied," That's the plan genius." Trixie suddenly cut in and said," Hunnicutt girl I need to borrow Jakey for a bit." Trixie dragged Jake away and when they reached a corner Trixie snapped as she yelled in a low voice," I saw what you did Jakey and it's not right. Vicky Fickling was meant to be your boo."
Jake sighed and rubbed his temples. Finally he said," Seriously Trixie? You're trying to advocate inner beauty when you're after the most hunkiest one out there. Let's see what his name was oh yes Kyle Wilkins. Also, the amount of smoke simulation training using Orks, Chaos, Tyranids I did has given me the capability to detect danger and when I look at that Vicky Fickling my senses are screaming danger. So back off Trixie."
Jake shut up Trixie and went to where Danika Hunnicutt was waiting. " I'll prove it that Vicky has a heart of gold." Grumbled Trixie. When Jake reached Danika he noticed a sea shell shaped stone pendant on a thick black thread necklace hanging on her neck. " Hey Danika nice necklace. I didn't notice it before." Complimented Jake.
" Oh, Vicky gave it to me to symbolise that there is no hard feeling between us." Explained Danika enthusiastically. " Jake's mind instantly went to DEFCON 1 because a girl no matter what species does not simply make peace with their love rival. Jake saw the shimmering in Fickling's eyes. A shimmer he saw a little too much these days.
She was going to treat Jake as a money outlet for her stupid sci fi stuff. But in Danika Jake didn't see the shimmer of greed in her eyes but rather she wished to have a chance to be a part of Jake's life which Jake found to be a beautiful aspect of Danika. In some ways she is similar to Rose. " Hope you're happy Rose." Murmured Jake quietly under his breath.
DanikaPov:
I heard what Jake murmured but I didn't point it out because I knew they shared quite a beautiful bond. I was accidentally there during the ski trip incident where Jake and Rose showed and accepted each other's true selves I was there because one of my friends wandered out during the blizzard, I was unable to leave the homecoming ball and saw the entire showdown between Jake and those skull wearing freaks.
I witnessed their sacrifice for each other and I also saw them fight on the roofs of New York more times than I could count. Rotwood may be an idiot I'm not. After all the colour scheme was a little bit too obvious on Jake's part while the long braid gave away Rose. I want to be there for Jake's darkest time that's why I came to bid on Jake at the bachelor auction and by a stroke of luck I was able to win Jake. I hope that I can be a good friend to you Jake.
3rdPersonPov:
While Jake was walking Danika home he suddenly felt the urge to say " Pretty pretty " and do dangerous stuff like moonwalk at the street which Jake easily suppressed due to his immense mental strength. He felt a foreign thought trying to intrude in his mind and make him do things which were squashed under the boots of his mind.
He bid Danika goodbye and went towards his own home. As he reached his home he found his dad waiting at the couch in casual attire. When Jake entered through the living room Jonathan said," Go wash up son. I'm going to heat up dinner." " Aren't you going to ask where I went?" Asked Jake with confusion in his voice. " I trust you, Jakearoo." Came Jonathan's reply.
Jake was filled with gratefulness and guilt because he felt like he was trampling on his father's trust.
Thenextday:
Danika and Jake came to the roller skate park on a date but they were unable to skate because the Viking women rollers lost again and took over the skating park. Jake got angry but Danika didn't want to Jake get hurt but at that moment Trixie came to the park in a pull carriage with Vicky Fickling in tow and Fickling as usual wearing something so atrocious that Jake felt as if his eyes got raped. Jake knows ten ugly girls and Vicky Fickling is six of them.
" I'm going to blow some steam." Said Jake and gave the viking rollers a beating in exchange for a few scratches and bruises which Danika helped in bandaging up. Meanwhile Vicky Fickling was doing some alien ice queen roller dance which was embarrassing to say the least.
Trixie suddenly noticed that their carriage driver suddenly started to say," Pretty pretty " while his eyes glowed blue and he started driving his carriage recklessly when Danika and Jake passed by him a few moments ago.
CanalStreetElectronics:
" Are you certain that after Jake and Danika Hunnicutt passed the carriage driver that he started to act crazy?" Asked Lao Shi. " Yes, G. I'm certain." Replied Trixie while Jake was getting a check up from Fu. " Okay, enough of this. Sure, I may have gotten a few mental suggestions to make questionable choices but that doesn't mean it's Danika. I'm certain it's that necklace that Vicky gave Danika." Said Jake.
" Well, according to what all of you are telling me it seems we are dealing with a siren." Said Lao Shi. " Ah, sirens pearl of the seas. Beautiful sea maidens who hypnotize people to do more reckless things until they die while attempting those crazy stunts and still can't resist, agoogo." Said Fu with emotion in his voice.
" Wait, if Siren songs are meant to hypnotize then why isn't Jake getting hypnotised?" Asked Spud. " Well, I may have been pushing myself physically and mentally to the extreme in order to achieve greater mental and physical resilience." Said Jake while looking at the ceiling.
" I would be angry with you for using the smoke simulation with Warhammer level opponents but your training has made you stronger mentally while your sorrow filled relentless physical training with my Jeet Kun Do training has molded you into a force of nature. So I'm certain that you can't be brainwashed." Said Lao Shi.
" I'll see if I can get something to detect the siren song." Said Fu. " Well, you guys get that because I have a date with Danika." Jake's day was spent having fun with Danika. The Enchanted Frequency Modulation device was received the next day which was used by Trixie and Spud the entire week to record and trail Jake and Danika.
In the evening they played the recording which instantly enchanted Lao Shi, Fu dog and Spud while both Jake and Trixie were fine. Trixie was fine because she was a girl while Jake was actively resisting the hypnosis. Trixie splashed a bucket of water on them which woke them up. " See, I told you guys that something was wrong with that Hunnicutt girl." Said Trixie.
" No, it's the necklace that was given to her by Vicky Fickling." Defended Jake. Very well, just go to tonight's gala and figure it out. Jake went out to get dressed and get Danika while Trixie went to get Vicky and Spud went to get Stacey. They mostly did the things Jake and Danika did but Stacey kept up a fake air of superiority in order to fool people.
BlackTie Gala:
It was evening and the couples were coming at the Manhattan Medieval Museum. The limousine came and from it came out Jake and Danika. The relationship may not last but that doesn't mean Jake will treat Danika any less than Rose. While he didn't buy her any fancy jewellery he did get her a beautiful dark purple dress which was highlighted by her own gold jewellery and black flowing hair along with purple high heels making her a beauty only rivaled by Rose herself and like before they were the centre of all attention.
Trixie came with Vicky Fickling. Jake and Danika tried to enjoy the museum attractions but the constant gawking and asking about the dress and jewellery was annoying them both so they went to the roof of the museum. They looked at the high altitude view of the city. " The scenery is beautiful isn't it?" Asked Danika.
" Yeah, it is but it's still not as impressive as the scenery we can see from our house. But still this is also beautiful and offers a new perspective to things." Replied Jake. " Love is an unique thing you know. It can drive people to do things that they themselves don't know they are capable of such as jumping off a building, sacrificing your own happiness for the one you love and so much more. Those are the things I like about you but it isn't on the level of loving you I know you already have someone to whom you have given your heart and soul. Jake Long can I be your friend?" Asked Danika.
Jake smiled and replied," I would be honoured to have you Miss Danika Hunnicutt as a friend." " Please, Danika is fine Jake." Said Danika. " Wait a minute, if you ain't evil then why is the siren song coming from near you? Spud, scan her." Said Trixie. The Enchanted Frequency Modulation device beeped frantically when it came near the necklace. " Well, this necklace is definitely the source of the siren song." Said Spud.
Danika clearly confused asked what happened and Jake explained what a siren is and what it's song does and how Jake resists it using his willpower. " But why would Vicky give me such a dangerous thing?" Asked Danika while throwing the necklace to the ground. " Because I wanted Jake or specifically his dad's money to buy new sci fi things." Replied Vicky.
She picked up the necklace and put it on and started to sing her siren song which only hypnotised Spud. He tried to attack Jake but Jake turned into a dragon picked up Trixie and Danika by their arms and flew off. Spud slammed into Stacey who was looking for him. Spud still in hypnosis said," Pretty pretty Stacey."
Stacey looked around and didn't take Vicky Fickling as a person of importance and said while smiling," You're pretty handsome yourself you goofball." Stacey took away Spud. The girls started a merciless beating on Vicky. " Girls like you are the reason we are called gold diggers." Said Danika while kicking her.
Trixie was stomping her as if she was a rug and said," Damn it, I fought for you but you just proved my most loved stereotype wrong. Sorry, Danika honey for thinking that you were after Jake's life." " Apology not accepted. You discriminated against me because of my beauty but you didn't bother to see my inner self. But Jake saw through me as if I was a open book." Said Danika.
" Eh, fair enough." Said Trixie. Jake finally stopped the girls before they killed her. " So, what now?" Asked Danika. " Finally found you." Said an unknown voice. Jake turned around and saw Sage. " Yo, sage what did she do?" Asked Jake. " She has bankrupted multiple families by hypnotising the male breadwinners of the families.
She used the money she scammed to buy Sci fi bullshit. Those families were provided with compensation and we will recover the compensation money by selling her Sci fi collection after all many of her collected things are currently not found in the market making them highly sought out collectibles worth twice to five times the market price." Replied Sage.
Sage put on a gag to shut her up and handcuffs to subdued her. Sage took her and disappeared in a flash of blue light. Danika suddenly said," Jake I need to tell you something." Danika explained everything from seeing the ski trip events to the homecoming dance events and how she was there. Jake was surprised and then said," Well, Danika welcome to the group."
Jonathan meanwhile disassembled Vicky Fickling's vocal cords and figured out how to create artificial soundwave based hypnosis machine. Vicky Fickling died due to excessive bleeding.