My dog, Benji, woke me up in the wee hours of the morning, around 5-6am. I smiled and petted his head. He ran down the stairs and stood at the door, he wagged his tail. I held my finger up and he sat down.
"Good boy!" He wagged his tail and his tongue lolled out of his mouth.
I adjusted my jeans and zipped up my hoodie before I opened the door. I flinched at the sudden coolness and my eyes watered slightly. I blinked and my eyes adjusted to the new elements. I looked up and a massive man was stood there, like massive.
He must have been 6 foot tall with crazy long hair, and trimmed mutton chops.
I stepped back and felt one of my hands change, fur growing along them. I pushed the door shut slightly and stood behind it, only my head and my fingers peeking out.
His mouth opened but I couldn't hear the words come out.
Why?
The answer was simple.
I'm deaf.
He done that weird head thing, where they put their shoulders up and heads forward and their lip goes up?
Yeah, that thing.
I focused on his lips and tried to read what they were saying.
"Are you listening?! You deaf or something kid?" his voice would've sounded rough, sharp and to the point.
I shook my head. My hands blurring in a flitter of movements. His head tilted and sudden realization dawned on his face.
"Fuck! You are deaf?!" I nodded and he scrubbed his hand over his face.
I inhaled deeply, all of a sudden. I don't know why but I do know a strong scent hit my nose. It was woodsy mixed in with grass and plants, although petrol and motor grease was tangled in as well. But there was something there, animalistic-feral like. I liked it.
I stepped back and I felt like I should be bolting or fighting. He took a step forward and this irrational fear swept over me, this man either meant harm or he was here to help.
I didn't know what I should think.
I felt the change taking place and I knew the man knew what I was. I felt the fur sprout along my back and legs, the bones snapping and the teeth growing and shaping.
I whined. My hearing wasn't up to scratch in my human form, but like this it was overwhelming. I fell to my feet and crouched down. I whined again and bolted into the kitchen. No way in hell was I going without a fight. He followed me and sat down on the floor. He stretched out his hand and made a shushing sound. I tried baring my teeth but this influence was weighing on my shoulders. It made it hard to do anything.
But I managed, I took my pearly whites and sank them into the fuckers arm. He hissed and pulled his arm away, the holes I made started to seal. I frowned and stared at him, I sat down and kept my tail tucked.
He smiled and brushed his hand against my fur.
"My name's Logan, I work with Professor Xavier at a school for children with advanced abilities, people just like you." I nodded and relaxed, he was definitely telling the truth.
He nodded and stood up.
"I ain't gonna force you kid, but it's up to you. You can pack your shit and leave this bum-fuck of a town, or you can stay, either way it's your decision." I nodded.
I relaxed and calmed down enough so that I could change back. I nodded again.
"I don't have any shit to pack, just Ben's stuff." He nodded and picked my dog up, scratching his head with a finger. I picked up his lead and tennis ball and my wallet, checking my credit cars, loyalty cards and money was in there and nodded.
"Done." He raised an eyebrow but nodded anyway. He gestured for me to follow him and I did, clipping the leads onto Ben's collar he wagged his tail and tugged towards the door. We walked out of the house, me locking up before jogging after him.
We walked through the forest for about half an hour before we came across this ship looking thingy. It was average in size, not that I'd know what an average space ship looks like.
A walkway, ramp looking thing extended from underneath a door.
Logan casually walked up and Benji followed confidently. I took a sniff and smelt many different scents. My eyes narrowed before I cautiously walked on board.
A man, with funky looking glasses on, looked out way from the pilots seat and smiled and poked someone who sat next to him, a woman and gestured to me.
They both grinned like idiots.
I cocked my head and looked to Logan, confused he shook his head and gestured for later. I nodded and sat down near him. It was his turn to look confused. I shook my head and settled down, clenching my eyes shut and keeping my arms over my ears, a habit I hadn't gotten out of.
I fell asleep, curled as close as possible to this man. Simply because he provided a strange sense of comfort and both my human and animal side hated flying, with a passion.
I woke with a start when the ship came to a sudden stop. I would have barreled right on out of the seat if it wasn't for Logan holding me, he must have woke just before me because he had sleep in his eyes still.
I slowly sat up, and Logan let out a massive yawn. I laughed and he stared at me. His head tilted. "You looked so funny!" I chuckled out. He shook his head and stood up. He offered his but I declined the offer and quickly shifted into my animal form.
I stretched, each and every muscle in my body before turning back and straightening out my clothes.
We was about to exit the ship when the two drivers turned to Logan and said something, he laughed and shook his head.
We continued walking and entered a massive building and walked to an office, the other two people departed and left me and Logan stood there for a few minutes. We were obviously called in because Logan suddenly entered the room. I followed him.
A bald man was sat in a wheelchair in the middle of an intricately designed carpet. He welcomed us and signed to me the word "Welcome" I smiled and dipped my head.
I was about to ignore him before he signed the sentence; "Do you want your hearing back?"
My eyes widened and my jaw dropped before I nodded, excitedly. He smiled and nodded.
A man with dark hair suddenly appeared and waved his hands about. He then disappeared and I smiled, I could hear the thrum of Logan's heartbeat and the slosh of blood pumping through his veins, the creak as he bent his neck back and clicked it and the movements of his joints.
I smiled and looked at Logan. "I can hear, I can hear in this form now." He smiled and gave me a thumbs up. I grinned, again.
"This is Professor Xavier, he runs the school." I nodded and smiled at him.
I was doing an awful lot of smiling today. I got given a single room just across the hall from Logan, seeings as we was getting attached to each other.
It was late so Benji was asleep in his bed and I was reading a book. I done this so I was tired.
It was at 11 o'clock that I began to fall asleep so I put the book down and settled into a sleep full of nightmares.
HI! So New story as I'm putting one of mine on hold :/
#writersblock!
Yeah, I don't exactly know where that story is going but I'm trying my best! But I had a hopefully awesome idea and that spawned into this, and I'm a little addicted to movies with Hugh Jackman in at the minute! :D
So Bella can hear in her wolf form but not in her human form at the start of this chapter but about 2 or 3 paragraphs up from this she can hear in human form.
Anyway! Enjoy, see ya soon!
TES
A/N UPDATE!
MAGIC MAN IS NOW GAMBIT AS A NICE REVIEWER MENTIONED THAT THIS COULD BE HIM! IM SUCH AN IDIOT! :)
ANYWAY THANK YOU Brookie Twiling!
great idea! :)