Author's note: This story contains characters that do not belong to me and
are property to Marvel Comics, Kids WB and their affiliates. I believe I
am the owner of my own characters and their abilities (Just Rick's
abilities, he's the only mutant for now) It's kind of something I decided
to do out of the blue and I hope you enjoy it. This first chapter will be
in Rick's point of view so he can explain his story, later as he interacts
with more characters it will shift to a third person perspective.
A Flare of Despair
I was lying in bed, not getting any sleep as usual. Its been like this since before I moved away from my old home. Mom and Dad split up and I had to move to live with my older sis under court order for best interest in the child. Mom and Dad both had their fair share of problems, mostly drinking. I moved with my sister Lis, short for Elissa, to this place called Bayville. She owned a decent sized apartment, enough room for the two of us and really nothing to complain about I just liked being in my own home, "I guess this is my new home..." I thought... I turned over to look at my clock; it flashed 2:35 am. "I'm never gonna get any sleep" I said to myself as I pulled the covers over my head. "And tomorrow I have to start school... I don't wanna go." I reached for my CD player on my nightstand and put on my earphones, "This should put me to sleep," I told myself as I shut my eyes, and before I knew it, I fell into a deep peaceful slumber.
Suddenly, I was back home with all my friends, Kyle, Fred, Jenn, Anna, they were all there and we were all hanging out on my porch, our daily routine. "So, what do you guys wanna do tonight?" asked Jenn. "I don't know," replied Kyle " Maybe we can go to Andrew's house and tell him Anna's got a thing for him." We all laughed, but Anna got upset and pushed Kyle off the chair he was sitting on, then we laughed some more. Out of nowhere, the sky started turning red and it got intensely hot. I turned to look at my friends and they were melting. They were stretching to the ground with horrific expressions on their face. I closed my eyes, shutting them tightly, when I opened them again, I was surrounded by flames. They engulfed me, I was swallowed by the immense heat, "This is the end, there's no way out, it's all over!"
I shot straight out of bed and fell to the ground, beads of cold sweat running down my body. "That dream again..." Something that seemed like a piercing, screeching sound went off; I turned to look and realized it was just my alarm clock. "It's Seven... aww man..." My sis walked in just then and greeted me a good morning, "Rise and shine Fluffy!" she said, staring at me on the ground, "What happened here?" I looked up at her and stood up on my feet, "I fell." I answered with an attitude, not really in the mood to talk. "Well hurry up and get dressed kiddo, you got a brand new life ahead of you in a brand new school in a brand new town." "Don't remind me," I said, with that, she went to the kitchen to fix some breakfast. I took a quick shower and put on whatever I had lying around that was clean, some gray pants with a kinda tight black shirt, as well as my accessories. I had a wristband on both of my wrists with three rows of thick spikes, I put on my belt with studs and skulls designed on them followed by my spiked necklace that I got as a gift from Jenn before I moved. Then I fixed my hair by soaking it in water then shaking my head like a dog shakes its fur to get dry. The outcome was always the same though; the top came down with some small bangs and the sides and back stuck out like curly spikes. (Just think Logan here people) Then I slid into my shoes without lacing them up, of course, and I was ready to go.
I made my way into the kitchen and looked at the clock, 7:35am, I turned to my sister. "Look at you," she started, "Spikes and skulls and that THING on your face!" She was talking about my piercing, right below my lip. "I can't believe you actually did that!" she continued. I hate this speech... I heard it so many times from Mom and Dad. They might not have been the best parents in the world, but they didn't approve of sticking needles and having holes stabbed through my body. "I guess I'll see ya later" I made my way to the door and she hollered to me, "Aren't you going to have breakfast?" she asked. I was already out the door when I shouted back, "I'm not hungry!" slamming the door behind me. I walked down the street, my backpack thrown over my right shoulder with my earphones on listening to music, if I'm not playing it, I'm listening to it. The school was five blocks away and pretty close to home, but I took my time, making sure to buy, or rather, waste my time.
Before I knew it, the school was right in front of me. I've been there before, but never really got a chance to look around, so... I wandered around looking for my first period. People passed me by and I'm not really the type to ask for help from anyone. It was like that for my first three periods; I had trouble finding my fourth class until this guy walked up to me. "You lost?" he asked. I turned to face him, he was wearing shades and looked to be 17 or18. Uh... yeah, I'm looking for my Chem. class." I told him. The teacher's name is McCoy, I think." "Oh, Mr. McCoy? He's this way, come on, I'll show you where he is." He seemed like a pretty nice guy. "So you're knew here? What's your name?" "I'm Rick." I told him, "Just moved here a few days ago." "Oh, that's cool, my name's Scott," he said as we approached a classroom, " and this is McCoy's class." "Thanks a lot, man" I said as I began to walk in. "Anytime." he replied, "Have a good first day."
I took an empty seat and I started feeling hot and sweaty. Mr. McCoy introduced me to the class, but quickly got into the lesson plan. It was about gases and the reactions they have with other elements. He pulled out a Bunsen burner from a cupboard and placed it on the counter. "Some gases" he began to explain, "...react with the oxygen around them and when they are heated to a specific amount can cause this." He took out a jar that looked empty, but it was some sort of chemical. He placed a large thick glass container over the burner and opened the jar quickly; placing it inside as well, the chemical started to form into a bluish-green gas and filled the container. He then turned on the Bunsen burner and the gas ignited combusting inside. The class was filled with "whoa's" and the students were excited. "Did you see that?!" one student asked another, "That was too cool!" The bell rang and it was time for lunch. I was leaving when Mr. McCoy stopped me, "Are you okay?" he asked. "I noticed you looked really worn when you came in." "I looked at myself, sweaty T- shirt and my forehead was burning up, as well as what seemed most of my body. "I do feel kinda hot" I told him. "Kinda?" I thought to myself. "It's like an active volcano!" "You better go to the nurse," he said.
I headed straight to the nurse's office when some overgrown loser stopped me. "Outta my way!" he yelled and pushed me aside. "Hey! Watch it jerk! I yelled back at him. There was no one around, and he turned to look at me again. "What'd you say? I'm going ta pound you to the ground!" I took a defensive stance, as if it would help against this guy. "Hey! What going on here?" said a voice coming from behind me, I turned to see a girl in green with brown hair and the most interesting white bangs rushing towards us, when suddenly I was covered in a blue flame. "W-What the!?" The guy in front of me wasted no time to find out what was going on when he charged at me, knocking me into some lockers and crashing to the floor. I got light-headed, the flames went away as quick as the came. "W-What's happening t-to me?? A girl walked towards me and kneeled beside me, "Are you alraht?" she said with a southern accent. "I..." I began to say. "Don't worry, ah'll get some help!" Then everything got black, and I passed out.
I woke up later that day finding myself back in my sister's apartment. "Huh? How'd I get back here?" I asked myself. "We brought you here" answered a voice coming from the door. I was surprised to see Scott and another person as well, a tall redhead. "Our friend, Rogue, told us you passed out in the hallway at school. We found out where you lived and drove you home." explained the girl. "Oh, I'm sorry, let me introduce myself, my name is Jean." Rick nodded slowly. "Rick... Rogue said you were on fire or something, but we don't see any burns. You think you can explain what happened?" asked Scott. "It's the craziest thing man..." I began, "I was just about to rumble with this huge dude and all of a sudden I caught fire, but it wasn't regular fire... it was like a clear blue color, almost pure or something." Lis walked in just then "Rick needs his rest, maybe you two should head home now." "Right, come on Jean" said Scott. Jean nodded and handed a card to me, "Here, if you have any questions... just go to this place, it's where Scott and I live." I nodded and sat up, putting the card in my back pocket. With that, Jean and Scott left and I lied down again. "Get some sleep" Lis told me, and I closed my eyes to get some shut-eye, an even bigger day awaited me tomorrow.
I was at school again, in my science class, but this scenario seemed all too familiar. Mr. McCoy was doing the same demonstration as yesterday. Right when the teacher turned on the burner, I jumped up and screamed, "No!" The flames appeared, the clear blue flames from before. They swept through the classroom, but everyone was gone. I ran through the streets trying to get home with the flames burning behind me following me all the way to my sister's apartment. But when I arrived, there was nothing. The apartment was burnt into rubble; only ashes and charred debris remained.
"Aah!!" I woke up to find my room was on fire. The flames jumped around the walls and bounced from his curtains to the floor. I dashed out of bed and ran to Lis' room. "Lis? Lis, where are you?" I found Lis in the corner surrounded by the fire, I didn't think, I just ran through the flames and grabbed Lis. I ran out into the streets where the Fire department was already arriving. "Someone must have called" I told myself. Then I handed Lis to one of the paramedics and was about to go to the hospital with my sister when suddenly I heard a voice calling me from across the street. A man walked into an alley and I followed him.
It was dark and I couldn't find this mysterious person, but I could hear his voice. "I saw what happened, I saw everything." The voice sounded real creepy to me and I was kind of afraid. "Who's there?" I wondered, "Come on out!" The voice then came from behind, "You started that fire, you have been gifted with a special power that makes you superior to normal people" I turned slowly and saw a man dressed in what seemed to be a cape and a helmet. It was too dark; I didn't know what was going on. "I'll help you control this power and give you a new home, one with others like you..." I stared at him, surprised to hear those words. "L-like me?" "Yes." Said the mysterious dark man, "Now, come with me." He extended his hand and I took it, we both disappeared into the darkness.
A Flare of Despair
I was lying in bed, not getting any sleep as usual. Its been like this since before I moved away from my old home. Mom and Dad split up and I had to move to live with my older sis under court order for best interest in the child. Mom and Dad both had their fair share of problems, mostly drinking. I moved with my sister Lis, short for Elissa, to this place called Bayville. She owned a decent sized apartment, enough room for the two of us and really nothing to complain about I just liked being in my own home, "I guess this is my new home..." I thought... I turned over to look at my clock; it flashed 2:35 am. "I'm never gonna get any sleep" I said to myself as I pulled the covers over my head. "And tomorrow I have to start school... I don't wanna go." I reached for my CD player on my nightstand and put on my earphones, "This should put me to sleep," I told myself as I shut my eyes, and before I knew it, I fell into a deep peaceful slumber.
Suddenly, I was back home with all my friends, Kyle, Fred, Jenn, Anna, they were all there and we were all hanging out on my porch, our daily routine. "So, what do you guys wanna do tonight?" asked Jenn. "I don't know," replied Kyle " Maybe we can go to Andrew's house and tell him Anna's got a thing for him." We all laughed, but Anna got upset and pushed Kyle off the chair he was sitting on, then we laughed some more. Out of nowhere, the sky started turning red and it got intensely hot. I turned to look at my friends and they were melting. They were stretching to the ground with horrific expressions on their face. I closed my eyes, shutting them tightly, when I opened them again, I was surrounded by flames. They engulfed me, I was swallowed by the immense heat, "This is the end, there's no way out, it's all over!"
I shot straight out of bed and fell to the ground, beads of cold sweat running down my body. "That dream again..." Something that seemed like a piercing, screeching sound went off; I turned to look and realized it was just my alarm clock. "It's Seven... aww man..." My sis walked in just then and greeted me a good morning, "Rise and shine Fluffy!" she said, staring at me on the ground, "What happened here?" I looked up at her and stood up on my feet, "I fell." I answered with an attitude, not really in the mood to talk. "Well hurry up and get dressed kiddo, you got a brand new life ahead of you in a brand new school in a brand new town." "Don't remind me," I said, with that, she went to the kitchen to fix some breakfast. I took a quick shower and put on whatever I had lying around that was clean, some gray pants with a kinda tight black shirt, as well as my accessories. I had a wristband on both of my wrists with three rows of thick spikes, I put on my belt with studs and skulls designed on them followed by my spiked necklace that I got as a gift from Jenn before I moved. Then I fixed my hair by soaking it in water then shaking my head like a dog shakes its fur to get dry. The outcome was always the same though; the top came down with some small bangs and the sides and back stuck out like curly spikes. (Just think Logan here people) Then I slid into my shoes without lacing them up, of course, and I was ready to go.
I made my way into the kitchen and looked at the clock, 7:35am, I turned to my sister. "Look at you," she started, "Spikes and skulls and that THING on your face!" She was talking about my piercing, right below my lip. "I can't believe you actually did that!" she continued. I hate this speech... I heard it so many times from Mom and Dad. They might not have been the best parents in the world, but they didn't approve of sticking needles and having holes stabbed through my body. "I guess I'll see ya later" I made my way to the door and she hollered to me, "Aren't you going to have breakfast?" she asked. I was already out the door when I shouted back, "I'm not hungry!" slamming the door behind me. I walked down the street, my backpack thrown over my right shoulder with my earphones on listening to music, if I'm not playing it, I'm listening to it. The school was five blocks away and pretty close to home, but I took my time, making sure to buy, or rather, waste my time.
Before I knew it, the school was right in front of me. I've been there before, but never really got a chance to look around, so... I wandered around looking for my first period. People passed me by and I'm not really the type to ask for help from anyone. It was like that for my first three periods; I had trouble finding my fourth class until this guy walked up to me. "You lost?" he asked. I turned to face him, he was wearing shades and looked to be 17 or18. Uh... yeah, I'm looking for my Chem. class." I told him. The teacher's name is McCoy, I think." "Oh, Mr. McCoy? He's this way, come on, I'll show you where he is." He seemed like a pretty nice guy. "So you're knew here? What's your name?" "I'm Rick." I told him, "Just moved here a few days ago." "Oh, that's cool, my name's Scott," he said as we approached a classroom, " and this is McCoy's class." "Thanks a lot, man" I said as I began to walk in. "Anytime." he replied, "Have a good first day."
I took an empty seat and I started feeling hot and sweaty. Mr. McCoy introduced me to the class, but quickly got into the lesson plan. It was about gases and the reactions they have with other elements. He pulled out a Bunsen burner from a cupboard and placed it on the counter. "Some gases" he began to explain, "...react with the oxygen around them and when they are heated to a specific amount can cause this." He took out a jar that looked empty, but it was some sort of chemical. He placed a large thick glass container over the burner and opened the jar quickly; placing it inside as well, the chemical started to form into a bluish-green gas and filled the container. He then turned on the Bunsen burner and the gas ignited combusting inside. The class was filled with "whoa's" and the students were excited. "Did you see that?!" one student asked another, "That was too cool!" The bell rang and it was time for lunch. I was leaving when Mr. McCoy stopped me, "Are you okay?" he asked. "I noticed you looked really worn when you came in." "I looked at myself, sweaty T- shirt and my forehead was burning up, as well as what seemed most of my body. "I do feel kinda hot" I told him. "Kinda?" I thought to myself. "It's like an active volcano!" "You better go to the nurse," he said.
I headed straight to the nurse's office when some overgrown loser stopped me. "Outta my way!" he yelled and pushed me aside. "Hey! Watch it jerk! I yelled back at him. There was no one around, and he turned to look at me again. "What'd you say? I'm going ta pound you to the ground!" I took a defensive stance, as if it would help against this guy. "Hey! What going on here?" said a voice coming from behind me, I turned to see a girl in green with brown hair and the most interesting white bangs rushing towards us, when suddenly I was covered in a blue flame. "W-What the!?" The guy in front of me wasted no time to find out what was going on when he charged at me, knocking me into some lockers and crashing to the floor. I got light-headed, the flames went away as quick as the came. "W-What's happening t-to me?? A girl walked towards me and kneeled beside me, "Are you alraht?" she said with a southern accent. "I..." I began to say. "Don't worry, ah'll get some help!" Then everything got black, and I passed out.
I woke up later that day finding myself back in my sister's apartment. "Huh? How'd I get back here?" I asked myself. "We brought you here" answered a voice coming from the door. I was surprised to see Scott and another person as well, a tall redhead. "Our friend, Rogue, told us you passed out in the hallway at school. We found out where you lived and drove you home." explained the girl. "Oh, I'm sorry, let me introduce myself, my name is Jean." Rick nodded slowly. "Rick... Rogue said you were on fire or something, but we don't see any burns. You think you can explain what happened?" asked Scott. "It's the craziest thing man..." I began, "I was just about to rumble with this huge dude and all of a sudden I caught fire, but it wasn't regular fire... it was like a clear blue color, almost pure or something." Lis walked in just then "Rick needs his rest, maybe you two should head home now." "Right, come on Jean" said Scott. Jean nodded and handed a card to me, "Here, if you have any questions... just go to this place, it's where Scott and I live." I nodded and sat up, putting the card in my back pocket. With that, Jean and Scott left and I lied down again. "Get some sleep" Lis told me, and I closed my eyes to get some shut-eye, an even bigger day awaited me tomorrow.
I was at school again, in my science class, but this scenario seemed all too familiar. Mr. McCoy was doing the same demonstration as yesterday. Right when the teacher turned on the burner, I jumped up and screamed, "No!" The flames appeared, the clear blue flames from before. They swept through the classroom, but everyone was gone. I ran through the streets trying to get home with the flames burning behind me following me all the way to my sister's apartment. But when I arrived, there was nothing. The apartment was burnt into rubble; only ashes and charred debris remained.
"Aah!!" I woke up to find my room was on fire. The flames jumped around the walls and bounced from his curtains to the floor. I dashed out of bed and ran to Lis' room. "Lis? Lis, where are you?" I found Lis in the corner surrounded by the fire, I didn't think, I just ran through the flames and grabbed Lis. I ran out into the streets where the Fire department was already arriving. "Someone must have called" I told myself. Then I handed Lis to one of the paramedics and was about to go to the hospital with my sister when suddenly I heard a voice calling me from across the street. A man walked into an alley and I followed him.
It was dark and I couldn't find this mysterious person, but I could hear his voice. "I saw what happened, I saw everything." The voice sounded real creepy to me and I was kind of afraid. "Who's there?" I wondered, "Come on out!" The voice then came from behind, "You started that fire, you have been gifted with a special power that makes you superior to normal people" I turned slowly and saw a man dressed in what seemed to be a cape and a helmet. It was too dark; I didn't know what was going on. "I'll help you control this power and give you a new home, one with others like you..." I stared at him, surprised to hear those words. "L-like me?" "Yes." Said the mysterious dark man, "Now, come with me." He extended his hand and I took it, we both disappeared into the darkness.
