Ready To Fall (Jack/Asher)

A young Asher, no more than 15,stared at Jack like he was insane. "You do know that's a potato."
Jack,17,nodded and smiled oddly. "Yes." He was hooking up a potato and a car battery to the power mechanism of an old Ferris wheel. His short hair was sticking up due to the shock he'd received a few moments before.
"What are you trying to do again?" Asher asked for the fourth time that night.
"Proving a point."
"...That you can power a Ferris wheel with a stolen potato and the battery from your dad's car?" Asher asked, wondering if Jack had finally snapped; He also wondered why Jack had stolen the potato.
Jack suddenly hit the power board with the wrench in his hand, "Ha!" The old Ferris wheel's light flickered and turned on. "I win! I always win! I am a genius!" He yelled, jumping up and down, the chains on his pants making soft clinking sounds.
Asher stared, mouth open. "Are you serious?"
Jack grinned and grabbed Asher's hand. "come on! Let's see if it still moves!" He said, running to the control panel, Asher in tow.
Asher had never seen Jack this excited and it was a little scary. Jack looked like a mad scientist; His hair was sticking up, his odd eyes where bright, and his smile was a little scary.
Jack let go of Asher as they neared the control booth. jack had kicked the doo rin earlier to see if the Ferris wheel would turn on. When it didn't he dragged Asher to a super market and stole a potato. he then dragged his friend into his neighborhood and stole the battery out of his adoptive father, Mathale‘s, car.
Asher watched Jack play with control and watched in amazed horror as the Ferris wheel creaked to life and started moving. "This is insane..."
Jack just grinned, "I know. I'm an evil genius." He flashed the peace sign, sick grin still on his face, "One day, I'll create a death ray and rule the world.(Note 1)"
Asher stared at his friend blankly, "Weirdo."
Jack shrugged, "Come on. Let's have a ride."
"What?" Asher said, seriously wondering if Jack was insane.
"Don't tell me you're afraid of heights." Jack said, climbing out of the booth and walking toward the ride.
"No....But this is crazy! That thing hasn't run in 50 years. What if it breaks or get's stuck?" Asher said, cautiously following him.
"Then we jump." Jack said, like jumping that height was normal.
"You're insane." Asher said, watching Jack grab the door of one of the cars as it passed.
"Ah, but you still hang out with me. Who's the real crazy one?" He pulled the door and it opened with a creak. "Don't struggle."
Asher blinked at this and then cried out. Jack had grabbed him around the waist and flung them both into the open car.



Note 1: In the actual RP Jack tried to create a death ray during the time when Ai was dominate. needless to say Maddox put a stop to it.

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Asher stared out the window of the car nervously. Jack was ecstatic and was bouncing around, causing the rusted hinges to squeak.
"Stop that you bastard!" Asher barked, glaring at Jack.
Jack giggled, yes giggled, and sat on the floor of the car. He covered his mouth with a gloved hand and started hyperventilating in his excitement.
Asher blinked, "Dude, are you okay?"
Jack nodded and suddenly gave a barking laugh as a loud pop came from the ground.
Asher flinched at the sound, "What was that ?"
Jack uncovered his mouth, showing his large canine fangs as he smiled, "The potato exploded."
Asher's thoughts stopped. The potato was in the middle of the battery and power board. If it was gone there was no connection.
At that moment the Ferris wheel stopped moving, their car stopping at the top.
Asher felt like he was about to wet himself, “Did you plan this?"
Jack nodded, face red from laughing. 'Yeah....Now the only way to get down is to jump."
"We'll be killed!" Asher wailed, shaking in fear.
Jack stood up, eyes flashing green for a few seconds. He opened the door to the car and easily climbed out and onto the roof. "Come on, Asher. It'll be fun!"
Asher gulped, maybe he'd be able to climb down. He slowly stepped to the door and looked down. Everything looked so small on the ground...And the ground looked very painful. "I hate you so much Jack von Taric!" He yelled before slowly climbing onto the roof of the car.
Jack was standing on two crisscrossing bars, just staring at the city behind them. The harbor was in view and glowed from the lights of the New York City skyscrapers.
Asher carefully stood of the swaying room of the car, “Jack?"
jack looked back at his friend, the sick smile gone. His face was calm but his eyes held a fire that Asher had never seen before. "You shouldn't stand on that. You'll fall."
Asher shakily balanced on a set of bars like Jack, it was incredibly hard. "I thought the entire point of this? To jump and die?"
Jack shook his head and looked back at the city. "No. No. The point...Well, you’ll have to see. this is the only way I could think of showing you something. It may be the most convoluted plan I have ever concocted."
Asher stared at Jack's glowing silhouette. "What are you talking about?"
Jack reached out and grabbed Asher. he pulled him in what could be described as a backwards hug. His front was to Asher's back and he had his arms around the younger male's waist. "Don't struggle or you'll die." Jack said, the odd grin reappearing on his face.
Asher's eyes widened when he realized what Jack was doing. "You're going to kill us both!"
Jack laughed and threw them off of the Ferris wheel, holding Asher tightly.

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Asher screamed as they plummeted toward the ground. He could see his life flashing before his eyes. "I don't want to die!!" He screamed as the ground came closer. he couldn't bring himself to close his eyes.
Jack laughed loudly, his voice projecting over the sound of the rushing wind. "Trust me!"
At that moment Asher heard a ripping sound coming from Jack's back. Just as the pair where about to hit the ground they turned up and started flying toward the sky.
Asher turned his head and saw Jack had wings; One was a fleshy bat-like wing and the other an off white angelic wing.
His eyes widened at this, but, oddly, he felt no fear. this seemed natural that odd Jack would have wings.
"You bastard!" Asher cried, laughing as they flipped and turned.
Jack was grinning as he nosedived toward the ground, enjoying the now joyful shrieks coming from Asher.
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Asher fell to the ground, his shaky legs unable to hold up up. He rolled onto his back and looked at a beaming Jack. "So, you had to go through all of that...For this?" He asked, motioning to Jack's wings.
Jack nodded and flapped them. "Like I said, convoluted." He sat on the ground next to Asher.
Asher reached up and stroked the bat-like wing, it felt like warm velvet. "What...Are you?"
Jack closed his eyes, ”I am a human. But I am also an angel. And then, there’s the demon....And you know what else?"
"Hmm?"
"Shape shifter."
Asher took this information in. He believed Jack and was no afraid. "That's...."
Jack flinched, waiting for the screams of horror.
"FUCKING AWESOME!!!" Asher cried, sitting up.
Jack scooted away from him, like he was the crazy one. "Weirdo."
Asher grabbed Jack's wing, “Tell me everything."

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And so Jack informed Asher of the secret Immortal community. He told him of his parents and his grandfather. he even told him that if he tried really hard he could catch things on fire. Asher never felt fear. Jack was still Jack, just a tiny bit more awesome.
The next day at school, Jack informed Asher they could no longer be friends. Asher wondered if it was because Jack had revealed himself. He soon found out about Jack's addiction and realized Jack had revealed himself because he believed Asher to be a true friend and wanted to share one last thing with him before he disappeared.