Jamal was asleep, barely able to hear anything except the whimpering of Laken. He just wanted peace and quiet, with no noise to disrupt him either. It was almost painful if he wasn't already tired enough. And even in sleep, he felt a consistent nudging, that would not stop.
Barely opening his eyelids, Jamal could barely see Ula staring at him, somewhat uneasy.
"You're awake." she said calmly.
"Uh, yeah?" Jamal managed to push himself up, looking around.
The carr was parked somewhere in the woods, as he could barely see the sun starting to rise. I guess they were on the road for only a few hours before stopping here. Just about everyone was out, as just across from him, was Hops holding onto Alice, who had her head onto his chest, both asleep. Guess things worked out in their favor, he almost chuckled, before a whimper broke his silence.
Turning back to Ula, he could see Laken make some noise, although he was still sleeping. If he had to guess, it was a nightmare of some type, and anything revolving around powers wouldn't be so good in something like this.
"Wake him up." Jamal just shrugged, as he was beginning to lay back down again.
"I tried that already. Nothing is working." she tried nudging him, with him not stirring at all.
"You must have lost all your parenting skills from Youden. Hopefully your memory returns soon." Jamal huffed with impatience. "Let me try."
She handed him their son, as Jamal stared at the boy. Laken was twisting and turning in his grasp, as if in some trap. Jamal pulled him closer to his chest, hugging him tightly, as the boy slowly began to calm down. Once Jamal didn't hear any more of those loud sounds, he pulled Laken off of him, and returned him back to Ula.
"Wow," Ula was a bit surprised at the quickness of calming him down. "Was it that simple?"
"Yeah, it's fine don't worry about it." Jamal was pulling back into a comfortable position to fall asleep.
"So what was I like, before Youden?" Ula decided to say, "For you to like me so much?"
Jamal was actually shocked with her asking that question. Her memory wasn't completely back yet, but yet he didn't feel like she would ask such questions yet. At least he would give her the response she was looking for.
"Well, when I first met you, you were quite rude to me, I must say. It was because I was different and not as good as all of you guys. But over time, you started opening up to me, and I was glad to meet that side of you. You were so curious, intrigued, passionate, strong, and most importantly beautiful, at least to me." Jamal opened up, "But then, things started happening and we kind of fell apart afterwards. I'm the reason you're in this position, and it really is my fault. You and the others didn't deserve this, but I'm going to fix it. I have to do this. It's my new purpose now."
The carr remained silent, as Jamal heard some shuffling from the seat. Turning his head, he could see Ula wiping her face with a sleeve before looking back at him. Did he do something right, was it that impactful?"
"Jamal? Is it really how you felt? Is it really you?" he could hear Ula whimper out.
"Yeah, I've been here for a bit. Just get some sleep now." Jamal yawned out, as he closed his eyes.
He could hear some movement, as he felt Ula sitting next to him now. A bit curious, he opened one of his eyes to see Ula staring down at him, as if he was the only thing there. She was still holding onto Laken, as she moved closer to him. Jamal tensed up a bit, until they were only a few breaths away. His heart fluttered a bit, as the woman looked at him for a few more moments. Ula decided to make her move, as she briefly touched his lips with hers, before parting back.
Jamal stretched back up, as Ula smirked back at him, before returning back to her former seat, and placed her head against the wall. She really must have gotten her memory back, Jamal smiled back at her, before laying back down. If that was that, then everything would be easier for the entire group. Youden was going to face their full wrath, and everything would be used against him.