Hello all! This is my second story. I vow to have no more then two stories going at once! You are my witnesses. Please read and review, if no one does I threaten to cry.
Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men, or anything else in this story that sounds like a big corporation might own it.
Chapter 1
Hell, or Something Like it
The house no longer resembled anything of use. There was charred clothing, books, kitchen utensils and furniture everywhere. No passer by would ever expect anything to have survived that fire.
In a small corner of what used to be an upstairs bedroom, there was a little girl, about the age of six. She was huddled in a ball, crying and holding a small stuffed animal. The animal wasn't cute or cuddly, it wasn't attractive in any way. It was a small brown wolverine.
The little girl was small for her age, but by no means was she weak. She was capable of more than anyone could imagine. She wore glasses, to keep herself from the horror of seeing into people's future. She wore gloves so that when she touched things, they didn't melt or change shape. She had her father's dark brown hair, and her mother's blue eyes.
She was unharmed by the fire, in fact, the only way you could tell she had been in the house was by her charred clothing. It was a mystery to the fire department, especially because her mother, who had been in the same room, had such severe burns that it was likely she wouldn't live.
"The girl is in a state of shock." One man commented.
"Can you blame her? She must have watched as her mother was burnt to a crisp." Another replied. He crouched down to her level, putting his hand on her shoulder. "What happened sweetheart?"
She just cried and hugged her wolverine. He picked her up, she weighed almost nothing, and carried her away from the wreckage. "What's going to happen to her if… if…" The other man pointed to her mother, and nodded.
"I don't know Jack, she will probably get placed in a foster home, if there is no father."
At the mention of her father, the little girl began to squirm and hit the man who wascarrying her, wanting to get down. He hastily placed her on the ground.
"All right young missy, you can walk for yourself." She immediately became invisible, and ran off.
"Did you see that Greg?" Jack pointed at the area she had disappeared in.
"I sure did. That girl is one of them mutants. I wouldn't try looking for her Jack, she's likely to kill you in your sleep if you take her in." The second man, Greg, folded his arms across his chest and looked at the rubble. "She's better off living in the streets. It may rid us of another mutant."
The girl found her way to a nearby house, one of her neighbors that her parents had said to find in an emergency. This was definitely an emergency. The poor thing was about to collapse in a heap when a young woman with purple hair, and dark green sunglasses opened the door.
"Eternity!" She exclaimed, scooping her up into her arms.
"Miss Jenny," She whispered, "Mommy's at the house. She got burnt real bad. Oh, Miss Jenny, can you fix her?" She looked up at the strange woman and smiled. "You always fix my hurts."
Jenny smiled down at her. "Not this time sweetie. You need to understand, I never fixed your hurts. They fixed themselves." She started crying, small tears at the thought of her friend Terra's death. "I'm afraid I can't fix this. I'm so sorry sweetie." She hugged the girl close to her. Not wanting to let go of her only link to her now lost friend.
Eternity didn't understand quite fully what her mom's friend was getting at. But she had a feeling that she wouldn't see her mom ever again. This thought wasn't as scary to her as the thought of the fact that she knew this was going to happen.
She didn't know how she knew, all she knew was that she could remember seeing the future in her mother's eyes when she was even younger than she was now.
Jenny put her down in the living room and went to make the necessary phone calls. As she walked into the kitchen, she thought to herself, "That girl must have been through hell, or something like it."
Yes, to all of you who know anything about Teen Titans, her mother was named after Terra. Hope you enjoy! Please review, I don't mind flames. Fire never scared me.
