He didn't know why he was there. Kyd Wykkyd was sitting in the corner mostly hidden by the shadows. He was at a party in one of the H.I.V.E Academy dorm rooms sweats, were there was a party going on. He couldn't remember who invited him. He was the new creepy kid at school, and so far everybody had tried to avoid him. Maybe that's how they treat all the new kids here. He thought to himself. Naaah, I don't think so. Then again whenever someone had tried to talk to him, he couldn't really answer them. He was a mute after all.
He sighed and scanned around the room at the other students. He hadn't been paying attention to what was going on, and he wasn't sure that was a good thing. He could take care of himself; there was no doubt about that, but still...
Everyone was more or less in a circular shape where there was a bottle sitting in the middle. Ah crap. Spin the bottle or some such nonsense.
He tried to blend in with the shadows a bit more, you know just in case. Though he didn't think many people even noticed him, and if they did they didn't let on.
Someone walked up to the bottle and spun it. They had long green hair and bright blue eyes that sparkled with a certain menace. Normal enough for a villainess to be.
She curled her lip into a seductive smile. Kyd Wykkyd quickly glanced down at the bottle and let out a quite sigh of relief. It wasn't pointing at him. Not that he didn't find the girl to be attractive, he just wasn't sure what he would do if she tried to kiss him, or steal from him. He had seen some great pick pocketing skills being demonstrated earlier, even more reason for him to keep his guard up. Being silent and a master of stealth it was only natural for him to keep a barrier between himself and others. Especially at a school for villains. Right?
The girl that had spun the bottle walked up to a boy with black goggles on that covered the majority of his face, that from the looks of it he suspected them to be fogged up on the inside due to his immense sweating. She leaned in gently putting one of her smooth green hands on either side of his face and bringing his face towards her own until they met together. A few whistles sounded around the room as she pulled apart from him and walked back over to her seat. Kyd looked back at the boy she had kissed and noticed he was slightly more pale than he had been and seemed a bit loopy. Looks like the chick had one killer of a kiss. Probably due to her plant like nature and if he remembered right her name meant "Poison" or something.
Whew dodged a bullet there. He said to himself and as he looked around he could tell he wasn't the only one thinking it.
Why was he here? He found himself thinking once more. If he wanted he could just use his powers to create a portal from the shadows he was conveniently standing in and be anywhere he desired. And yet he didn't. He stayed where he was, where he wasn't sure if he was even wanted. He sighed to himself again. Everybody thought that because he couldn't talk he was a big tough guy, but in reality he wasn't that tough. Well he was a master of several martial arts style, and had already almost completely mastered his powers of teleportation. Not to mention he was as silent as a shadow itself. Anyway the point was that he was a softie. One of the only reasons he was grateful he couldn't speak was because he thought that if anyone of these other kids found out about it he would become a doormat that they would walk all over, and he wasn't about to let that happen!
He suddenly became aware that the room had suddenly gotten very quite. He cursed to himself for letting his mind wander and not pay attention to what was going on.
Everybody in the room was staring at him. Not good. He looked down at the bottle and realized with a gulp that it was pointing at him. He had thought that if he was in the shadows, hidden from most, nobody would see him if the bottle directed itself at him, and they would just go on. No such luck apparently.
He heard a few giggles and jeers from here and there around the room. He thought about just teleporting away right then and there, but what if they all took that as a sign of weakness? He couldn't let them think that of him. He didn't mind that they all left him alone, but if they thought they could push him around they had another thing coming.
Before he could make up is mind on what he would do the one that had spun the bottle stood up from their crouched position they had been in.
In hid panic at finding himself the center of attention he had forgotten to see who had spun the bottle.
It was a girl, Thank GOD! he thought to himself. She had a helmet on her head that only showed her face, with creamy smooth skin and bright glowing yellow eyes, which seemed to him to be very intelligent. She wore a blue turtleneck like scarf around her neck, a red sleeveless shirt with a blue skirt and silver belt with two white wings folded behind her back.
Kyd Wykkyd found himself paralyzed by her beauty as she walked across the room towards him. He found that though he was immersed in his element he felt like his zone that he had often found comfort in could not protect him from the blazing light approaching him.
She smiled a little shyly, her cheeks turning a sight shade of pink as she stood before him. He thought it made her seem even cuter than before. She leaned forward a bit and wisped so that only he could hear her, "Um, could you lean into the light a little please? I, uh, can't see your face." She blushed a little deeper, and Kyd found that he too was blushing though the shadows concealed it. Before he realized what he was doing he found himself taking a step forward. She smiled sweetly at him and leaned in further and kissed him on the cheek.
There followed the usual "Ooohhs" And whistles as she returned to her spot and they got on with the game. Kyd Wykkyd was relieved not to be the center of attention anymore, but strangely found that he was also a little hurt that she hadn't kissed him on the lips.
He blushed at the thought, glad that the shadows once again concealed him from the surrounding eyes. You're being childish! He scorned himself. Though, was it because I'm ugly or something? He found himself fretting over this fact for most of the party.
Everybody started heading off to their own dorms. The room quickly emptied leaving only a few lingerers left. Kyd could have teleported back to his room in an instant, but he was still mulling over the events that had unfolded earlier.
His thoughts were broken by a tap on his shoulder. His guard immediately went up, and prepared himself at a moments notice to teleport away.
It was only the girl.
"Sorry about earlier. I know the rules are you're supposed to kiss on the lips, it's just that..." She blushed a little blushed a little before continuing, "It's just that I don't want to kiss someone on there unless I really care about them, ya know what I mean?"
Kyd laughed at himself for worrying about it for so long. He nodded his head in understanding. He truly did understand her; he kinda felt the same way.
She smiled reasuredly. " I just wanted to clear that up. I'm Angel by the way." She held out her hand.
Kyd was hesitant at first.
"Come on. I don't bite." She laughed.
He smiled back and took her hand.
She brightened up at this and continued talking, " Your new here right?"
He nodded his head.
" I thought so. What's your name?" She asked.
Again he found himself hesitant, but less so this time. She seemed to sense it and smiled reassuringly at him.
" Oh, don't bother with him," A girl cleaning up the room said, "He's too stuck up. Hasn't talked to anyone since he came here, not even the teachers."
Angel glared at the girl, " Maybe he's shy or something?" She said.
Kyd found himself surprised that she had just met him and was already defending him.
The other girl just shrugged and replied," Well then why don't we ask him?"
"Alright." Angel agreed, turning back to Kyd Wykkkyd her eyes softened, and his heart seemed to melt. " SO why don't you talk?" She asked him.
He dumbly pointed at his throat and nodded his head. The other girl looked puzzled, but Angel seemed to understand.
"So you can't talk?" She asked.
He nodded his head smiling. He had been right, she was as bright as her eyes had told him she was.
"See, he can't speak that's why he hasn't talked to anyone." She scolded the other girl, who merely shrugged as if she didn't entirely believe him.
"Well, what is your name then?" Angel asked again.
He held up his hand in a gesture that said to wait a moment. He scanned the room until he found what he was looking for. H picked up the pad and pencil that was lying on a desk and wrote it down.
"Kyd Wyykyd?" She said reading the name out loud. He nodded his head to show her she had read it correctly.
She smiled at him and said, "Well Kyd Wyykyd I guess I'll see ya around then. If you need any help just come and talk-er see me." She flushed slightly, but then seemed to recover just as quickly and seemed to bounce out of the room and out into the hall.
Leaving a rather perplexed Kyd Wyykyd to slowly follow her out the door and go back to his own room. No one had ever been that kind to him before. I think I just made my first friend. He mused to himself.