AN~ so this is the sequel to One of a Kind Duo. Hope you enjoy! REVIEW!
This takes place two months after OoaKD ended.
Styxx
It all felt like a dream, it all felt like it wasn't real. I was floating in dreamland while the rest of the world swirled and bickered round me. It was surreal, it was calming, but at the same time it was frightening. Like I wasn't in control of anything.
It was a great day, the December air outside was cold and snowy, laying a blanket of white stuff on the ground. It was two weeks till Christmas and one week till Christmas break. I was in a good mood, Thos, who had a mutant power too, we found out (Empathy), had started living in the Mansion a few weeks ago, Nyx's ankle was almost healed, she was still on crutches but it was getting better, and my relationship with Ray was as good as ever.
But my good mood shattered as soon as I got to the rec. room.
I smiled as I turned the corner of the X-Mansion into the rec. room. Thats when I saw it. Ray was standing just inside the doorway, first my smile got a bit bigger, until I realized that he wasn't alone. Tabitha was with him in the room. Their lips locked in a kiss.
I stopped dead, my smile ran from my face, replaced by a frown. I felt tears start to prick my eyes, and then anger welled in my mind, clouding it and my judgment.
Even though I was wrapped tight in a thick sweater and jeans, I felt like I was naked in front of a crowd. I picked up the necklace around my neck. It was an iron owl charm, made to look like it was about to catch it's prey. It had been a one month anniversary present from Ray. I closed my fist around it and yanked the silver chain from my neck. I let the charm clatter to the floor as I turned back around and flew back up to my room.
"Styxx!" I heard Ray's voice call after me as I fled. I ignored it. I felt the tears fall as I ran down the hallway to my room. I let them. I opened my door, got inside and closed it with a slam. I leaned against it and sank down to the floor. I let my tears run down my face, not bothering to wipe them away.
"Styxx?" I heard Ray outside my door, knocking lightly. I didn't answer. "Styxx, please! Let me explain."
"Explain what?" I heard another voice outside my door. Thos.
"What is it Ray?" Nyx. They had been out Christmas shopping.
"Nothing." Ray said. I pulled myself up off the floor and into the bathroom that was attached to my and Nyx's room. I heard the bedroom door open just as I closed the one to the bathroom. I wiped my eyes and turned on the cold water. I stripped of my cloths and climbed in.
The water was freezing and I let it drown out the sound of me crying. I sat down in the tub, pulling my legs close to me and wrapping my arms around them.
I didn't feel like being cold any more. I turned the warm water up and the cold water down, making almost unbearably hot. I sat there until the water started to turn cold. I turned off the water and stood up. I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around myself. I was numb as I walked into my room. I didn't respond to Nyx when she asked me if I was excited about Christmas. I barely blinked as I got dressed, grabbed my tan duster, a scarf, my hat, and my iPod, and I walked out the front door.
My feet slushed on the snowy ground as I ran from the X-Mansion. The tears running down my face started to freeze from the wind that was rubbing my cheeks raw. I ignored the pain. I put my earphones in my ears and turned my music all the way up, like I like it. Why Can't We Be Friends by Smashmouth started. I changed it. Dead! By My Chemical Romance started and I let it play. I hummed along and lip-sinked the chorus. I kept walking, I didn't stop, I didn't watch my surroundings, all I did was doge people and continue to walk. Dead!, Na Na Na, Mama, Teenagers, Vampires Will Never Hurt you, and You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison had played before I found myself at Look Off Point.
I looked out at the lights in the city almost smothered out by snow. I kept listening to music as the snow continued to fall around me. It started to get dark. I checked my watch, it was 9:07. I started down the hill. The snow was the kind that was practically frozen on the top and still fluffy underneath and my baggy jeans were soaked. Then it started to rain. Not snow, not hail, not sleet, rain. It seemed to freeze the top of the snow more and make it harder to break through. Pretty soon I couldn't break the surface. I was only half-way down the hill and still had what looked like a forty minute walk ahead of me.
I took a shaky breath, the cold had cut through my duster a long time ago. I stepped on top of the snow, barely keeping my balance. Then it happened. My foot slipped and I fell. Hitting my head hard enough on the ice-y ground to draw blood. I tried to get up but my legs wouldn't move. I tried to move, do something, scream, stomp, smack the ground, anything. But I couldn't do it. All I could do was lay there and focus on how cold I was. Soon everything turned black.
Nyx
Something was wrong. It was 10:15 and Styxx wasn't back yet. I was sitting in the rec. room, reading the Science assignment for the fourth time. My eyes were moving, I was reading the words, but for the life of me I couldn't have said the words I was reading. My mind was on where Styxx was. She wasn't herself after her shower. She had totally ignored me when I asked her if she was excited about Christmas and more importantly, Christmas break.
This would be our first Christmas with Thos since we were six, and our first first Christmas ever with people who actually cared. I stopped myself there, no need to go digging up memories.
Ray walked into the room, looking like he was distracted. My suspicions of him being distracted were confirmed when his shoulder ran into the corner and he said "Excuse me". I abandoned my Science homework (its not like I was getting it done) picked up my crutches, and went over to Ray.
"Hey," I said tapping his shoulder. In a millisecond he had my wrist in a death grip and his other hand was inches from my face, his hand a fist. Realization dawned on him and he let me go.
"Sorry. Just-just don't sneak up on me." I raised an eyebrow.
"Uh, Okay? Look, have you seen Styxx?" Ray shook his head.
"I was hoping you'd seen her."
"Seen who?" a new voice asked. I turned around and saw Thos standing in the doorway.
"Styxx. I haven't seen her since about five." Thos glared at Ray.
"Nyx, why don't you wait outside the door for a minute." Thos said. I saw a flicker of fear on Ray's face before Ray rearranged his face into and impassive look.
"Okay?" I said, confused. Thos either didn't hear it as a question, or didn't care.
I went over to the door and closed it. I thought about going up to my room, but I needed to hear this. I opened the door a crack and watched.
"You know, Ray, Styxx was pretty upset when she left here. She passed me in the hallway and I couldn't tell witch emotion was stronger, sadness, or anger. You wouldn't have anything to do with that would you?" Thos was talking in a growl, his arms crossed over his chest. Even though Ray was about the same shoulder width and hight, Thos out-weighed him by about thirty pounds of muscle.
"N-n-no." Ray stuttered.
"Really? Because when I was walking down that hallway," Thos pointed behind Ray, "I saw you kissing a certain blonde. And that blonde wasn't Styxx." Ray looked like a deer in the headlights. His eyes got supper wide and then he turned and tried to run. Thos caught him by the back of his shirt and hauled him back, and then held him the the front of his shirt.
"If she is hurt I swear to God, I will kill you, slowly, and painfully. Got it?" Ray nodded so hard his spiked bangs wobbled. "Good. Now I'm going to go look for her. You're coming with me. Get your coat." Thos let go of Ray's shirt and stalked off down the hallway on the other side of the rec. room and went to his room. I waited until I was sure Thos wasn't coming back to go up to my room. I grabbed my jacket and waited at the front door for Thos and Ray.
Thos got there first, a scowl on his face, and his heavy coat over his shoulders. He was constantly checking his watch when Ray rounded the corner, flanked by Wolverine.
Wolverine, like Thos, had a scowl on his face and he kept glancing out of the corner of his eye at Ray as if to make sure he wouldn't scamper like a frightened chipmunk.
"I'm not gonna be able ta track her in this mess unless she's bleeding. Let's hope I can't smell her." Wolverine said in a gruff voice, going past me and Thos and out the door.
"Nyx, stay here." Thos said to me.
"No. Styxx is your sister, she my twin. Twin trumps sister." I said, not bothering to stick around for anything else Thos had to say. I followed Wolverine, I heard Rays footsteps behind me, a door close, and then Thos's running feet behind me. I kept close to Wolverine, determined not to slow us down. We started walking.
It had been an hour of going down every street and down every ally when we finally went past the hill to Look Out Point. Wolverine's face twisted for a second. He took a deep breath, then started at a run up the hill. Thos tried to go up after him, but the wind was blowing a new sheet of snow and the ground was already frozen.
We waited at the bottom of the hill. A million and one thoughts were swirling around my head but only one coherent one; He would be able to smell her unless she was bleeding. This was bad. This was really bad. It seemed like an eternity when we finally saw Wolverine's small and bulky silhouette half sliding, half walking down the hill. He was carrying something in his arms, a long thin frame of a girl, no more than sixteen with long white blond hair that looked frozen to her head. Her lips were blue and there was dark red stuff matted in her frozen hair.
Styxx.
What happened?
AN~ so, first chapter to the sequel. I hope you guys liked it! Reviews are awesome! And I would love lots and lots of them!
