A/N This chapter is kind of short. The next will be longer. Please review! I hope you like Aura's power, it's the only thing I could think of. A killer aura, scary! For those who don't know, an aura is the bands of color that surround you. But with this think of her as being surrounded by the northern lights, only black.
Aura didn't try to conceal her hate for the man in front of her. She had been minding her own business, walking up the road, when he drove up to her and started coming on to her. This was nothing out of the ordinary, though. Aura was very pretty. She was 16, had black hair with dark blue streaks, and yellow eyes. The yellow eyes were the product of her mutation. Yes, she was a mutant. What was her mutation? Well, she could fight very well, for one thing, and was stronger than any girls her age, but that was from a lot of training. Her yellow eyes let her see in the dark, and the rest of her senses were very sharp. But, her real power was that she could emit a sort of black aura, hence the name. It kinda looked like the Northern Lights. It would protect her, heal her (to some extent), and make it a lot easier to kill. She knew, she had learned the hard way. But, that's in the past and she wanted to move on, make a new life.
Anyways, back to the problem at hand. This guy was really starting to bug her. She couldn't use her little aura thing. That would not turn out well. So, she would just beat on him a little bit. That would scare him away, being beaten up by a 16 year old. She laughed out loud at the thought.
"What's so funny?" the guy said.
"Oh, I was just thinking about how much this is gonna hurt." Aura punched the man in the face, then pulled his head down into her knee. The guy jumped in his truck and drove away with a bloody nose, leaving Aura behind, nearly falling on the ground laughing.
So, she started walking again. She had a bag with her, which she slung over her shoulder, and was trying to get to the nearest town. She didn't want to hitch hike, that could never work out well.
She heard something. Something only her ears could hear. A rumbling fairly far behind her. She couldn't be sure, but she thought it was a motorcycle. She moved farther off to the side of the road. She could hear the rumbling getting closer. Now she turned back and could see it coming towards her, and it was slowing down. Not again, this is like the third time today. And, sure enough he stopped next to her.
"May I help you?" she said in an angry voice. This guy was pretty big and she was having doubts as to whether she could take him. If I used my power I could. She pushed that thought out of her mind. She would not go through that again.
"Yeah, are you Lana?" the guy asked. She just about had a heart attack. How did he know her name?
Lana was her real name. "Who wants to know?"
The guy made a low growly noise. " Look kid, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." He was obviously getting frustrated even though they just started talking. " I'm kinda on a tight schedule."
"So? What do you want with me?" She probably already knew the answer to that question, but her anger was flaring already. She started to feel that cold tingle that comes whenever she started to use her power. No! Not now, not here, not on the side of the road where anyone can see! But, there was no one else on the road.
The guy had obviously sensed something and started talking. "Ok, I was sent by a guy named Xavier, he runs a sort of, school, for mutants," Aura's heart jumped at the word, "which I know you are, a mutant that is. So, Xavier told me how you had no place to go and were also being hunted for a murder. He wanted me to come get you and take you to the school where you can be safe."
"I don't need anyone looking after me, and why would I go to a school to be safe anyways?" Really, she kinda liked the idea that there could be a place where she could go and be safe, and be free to be herself. But he's lying, there couldn't be a place like that. He just wants to get you alone, and then you'll lose control again. Then where will you be?
"Come on, just come see the place. I live there. And there's lots of other mutants your age. You can use your power without worrying about being seen." He actually seemed kinda desperate now, which made her sad.
She decided to go with him. If he was telling the truth, then that would be great. And if he was lying, he'd be a dead body in a ditch somewhere. But, she wanted some insurance; if he really was a mutant he might be a little more trustworthy, maybe. "Ok, I'll go with you, on one condition. Show me your power."
The guy smiled and put his hand up in front of his face. Three long blades came out from in between his knuckles. She gasped, "Doesn't that hurt?!"
"You get used to it," he said, still smiling. The blades went back into his hand. "Although, I also have healing powers."
"What a coincidence, me too." She got on his bike and they started down the road in the direction the guy had just come. Neither of them wore helmets, since they could both heal themselves. She was always able to keep enough control over her power to heal herself. She wasn't sure, but she thought she could heal others too. If she concentrated on healing them and not killing them.