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 I jogged through the park, it was a little chilly out, still too dark out for anyone to be enjoying the park. I was passing my marker for the third time, and thought to myself, one more time around, then I'll be done for the day. I was halfway around my last lap when I saw a guy walking in front of me, he wasn't there a few seconds ago. I slowed down, not sure how to proceed, then he slowly turned and looked at me with a sickeningly frightening grin, then he disappeared.

I finished my last lap telling myself I was just seeing things. There was no man there, he didn't just appear then disappear. I collected my stuff, and looked over, just like usual the sun was just starting to come up, time to go home shower and get ready for work.

I walked into work my boss grilling my co-worker for something she did again, I didn't feel like getting involved so I waited in the store until they were done in the back room, my boss came storming out,”Angela, your late again!.”

I sighed,”I know, but I had to take a shower.”I flung my hair back over my shoulder.

He scoffed, and stormed off, I glided into the back room to comfort my co-worker like every other day,”Hey Soph, you okay, what happened this time?”

She started talking then I got bored of her squeaky upset voice, but I caught some of it,”Really, your boyfriend showed up.”I raised an eyebrow at her, her boyfriend was hot, like model type of hot.

She nodded,”Yea, Garrett showed up, he was actually just dropping off my bag that I forgot, but Scott got mad that he even showed up here at all, saying I was supposed to be working not socializing.”

I shook my head,”Geez, Sophie, I don't what to tell you, Scott shouldn't have gotten mad that Garrett showed up here, he should be mad that you forgot your bag.”

She just looked at me liked I was stupid,”God, thanks so much Ang.”

She walked out of the room, and I whispered to myself,”No prob Soph. Dumb b***h, making Scott mad, that damn idiot boyfriend of hers.”I walked over to the back of the room and put my Gucci purse in my little locker.

I did my usual thing, and hardly did any work at all, asking everyone else to do things, making it look like I was busy. I was kind of surprised I even had a job anymore, but Scott liked to look at me, so I gave him a show a couple times a day. As soon as I was done, I went into the back room and Sophie was in there, but when I walked in she was gagged, and bound on the floor. I looked around the room, I really didn't feel like getting raped, and I guess I could live with myself if I left to tell someone.

I turned around and ran right into a solid wall of flesh, I went to look up and thought better of it, and pursed my lips,”Oops, sorry?”I attempted to side step him, but he just followed me.

He put his hands on my shoulders and spun me around to face Sophie again, and he shoved me into the room and closed the door behind me,”Hey Soph, just so you know I wasn't going to just leave you here, I was going to go get Scott.”She rolled her eyes at me,”No I'm serious, I just don't want to get raped. And having a guy here would really help.”

Her eyes flashed to my left side, where I could feel heat coming from, I slowly turned my head and looked at the person beside me. Tall, pale, dark brown hair, big hazel eyes. I'm not sure what he was looking at but then he got a scary familiar grin. So I wasn't crazy, this is the guy that just disappeared on me in the park.

He vanished again, just to reappear next to my lock, and opened it and took out my purse, I flipped out and screamed at him with all of my might,”Put that back right now, you have no right to touch that!”I stormed towards him, but he put his hand up and I ran into a wall,”How dare you, you, bigot,”I didn't even know what I said, but it made him laugh at me.

He opened my purse and dumped all of my stuff out, and I hit against the wall as hard as I could, but it didn't do any good, his voice slid over everything, and chilled me to the bone,”Angela, hmmm, how lovely, so much better then Sophie over there.”He looked up at me, his eyes bore into mine and he snarled as the door was forced open.

A knife flew past my head, straight towards tall, pale, and scary. He disappeared, and reappeared by Sophie, and smiled at me, grabbed her and disappeared with her. I'd been pushing at the wall when he disappeared the second time, and a few seconds after he was gone I went down flat on my face on the floor. I jumped up and ran over to my purse, and I just got more pissed. That knife was in my purse.

I spun around to confront whoever had saved my life, but ruined my purse, I started full force,”I can't believe you, you stupid idiot, you need to learn to aim.”I stopped there, and took in my rescuer in nothing but a towel and sopping wet. His unnaturally white hair was plastered down besides for the part that he'd messed up with his hand, that was sticking straight up. He had olive skin, and light green eyes that were moving around the room.

I kept staring, and he met my eyes, he spoke with a slight accent but I couldn't place from where,”You can close your mouth, I'm leaving now.”

I closed my mouth as he turned around, and I followed him out, I laced my voice with as much seductiveness as I could muster,”What's your name?”

He turned his head slightly, and laughed at me,”If I drop my towel will you stop following me.”

My face must have looked hilarious because he turned around, and laughed at me, I scowled, that a*****e,”I was just curious of the persons name who I'm going to help get my friend back from...”I didn't even know where.

He grabbed my face,”Your not going with. But since you seem quite intent on finding out my name, it's Jackson. Now may I leave.”

I didn't answer, I just followed him. He let out a frustrated breath, and turned around and started unwrapping the towel watching me carefully, I bolted around the corner. I've never actually seen a guy naked, and I definitely didn't want my first one in person to be some stranger. But I wanted to know what was going on.

I dashed out from around the corner and in the direction he went, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen. I kicked at the ground, d****t, I didn't learn anything. I looked up with new resolve, I'll just have to find him again.

I walked back to work, and bought a new cheap purse and stuffed my belongings in it, and walked home. I knew exactly what I was going to do.

I woke up before my alarm this morning, I needed to get out to the park. If that guy was there yesterday, and then decided I would be better then Sophie, which I for one know I am, he'll probably find me there, then mister white hair, I think his name was Jack, Jace, Mason, Jackson, something like that, but he'll show up again, and I can trap him and figure out what's going on.

I dolled myself up, I stop mid stroke for my mascara, I've never done this before. I finish the stroke, set it down, and slide my make up away from me. No need to worry about that. I just turned around and walked out of my tiny bathroom, into my tiny bedroom. I really hate this apartment, it's way to small, and my downstairs neighbors leave weird smells in the vents.

I jogged down the 3 flights of stairs, trying to keep to my normal routine, as much as possible. I got to the park, and started my run around it, I made my first lap when I heard feet behind. I turned around and the disappearing guy was running behind me. I sped up, drastically, but he kept his pace perfectly matched with mine.

I stopped, and jumped around to look at him, and he leaned to one side,”Your too easy to find.”he snickered at me.

I rolled my eyes,”That was the point.”

He walked up to me and grabbed my chin,”That stupid Neurotracker won't be finding you any time soon.”

As he said that a bright orange light shot up behind him, and he cried out in agony. He let go of me and turned around and flung an ice dagger at Jackson. Jackson just deflected it, and the 3 after that one. He was still on fire, but couldn't put it out. He turned towards me and flung 5 icicles at me. Jackson flung a fire ball to intercept the icicles right in front of me, but when we turned back he was gone.

Jackson looked almost angry, as he walked over and roughly grabbed my chin, turning my head from side to side, looking me up and down, I finally pushed him off of me,”I'm fine! But what was all of that, ice and fire flying around.”

He shook his head,”I'm not telling you.”he wagged his finger at me and screwed his mouth to the side, and looked away quickly thinking, then he looked back,”I'm not telling you, but since I can tell you want to know bad enough I'll take you to someone who will tell you.”

He grabbed my arm and drug me across the park, we got out of the park and walked up to a window of a store. He tapped on the window once, and drew a symbol so quickly I couldn't follow it, but there was a giant circle around all of it. He tapped the window once more, and then forced me through the window, and followed me through.