Chapter 2: A Deal with a Devil
A Time Without Hope:
I just kinda stood there, not believing what had happen.
"Oh my, god…. We have to leave. We can't stay here"
That's when I noticed a smell. Like smoke. The house had caught fire. I was scarred I don't know what to do. It starts to rain, and thunder.
"I gotta get them out of here. Huh?" I heard sirens. I grabbed Lindsey bridal style then grabbed my father and carried him carry men style. Outside, I laid him down and shut his eyes. Not a moment too soon, there was an explosion and then the house was engulfed in flames. The sirens grew closer. I grabbed Lindsey and somehow there was a motorbike in the driveway. I hopped on, put Lindsey on the back with a helmet, put one on myself and we were gone. I didn't know where we were going, as long as we got away from that place. Within an hour, we were up north, in a town called Sutton. We would stay there for awhile. Then we go north into Canada. We had a cottage up there, so I took us there.
I had to pick the lock to get inside. Once I had put Lindsey in one of the beds, I broke down outside. Emotionally and physically. I just sat there and cried. Then I fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning feeling relived, but alone. I went inside to find Lindsey asleep still so I started breakfast. Chances are she doesn't remember a thing last night. That's good.
With in the next hour, she was up, and I had breakfast cooked.
"Hey, Cathy, how did we get up at camp?"
"I took us here. On the bike outside. We had to leave Lindsey. It wasn't safe there anymore."
She didn't say anything at first.
"Do you remember anything from last night?"
"Not really. I remember electricity for some odd reason."
"That's because you can control it"
"So I'm a mutant then?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Oh, okay" she was handling it a lot better than I thought she would.
"Listen, we can never go back, Never"
"Why?"
"It's not safe. Most likely the governments gonna be after us. So we need to change who we are"
"How?"
"Well, first off, you'll all set, you look different. Your hair's a little shorter, and It's got lightning blue streaks in it. I'll dye mind black and purple, and cut it shorter. We also need to change our names."
"Okay, but I'm not sure what to call myself."
"Okay, let's see. You control electricity. So, Spark? No, too dorky… um,"
"How about shockwave?"
"That could work. Shockwave…. I like it"
"Me too"
"And for me, just call me X"
"Okay, X"
"Ha ha. Gotcha shockwave."
We laughed at our new names.
"But for regular names, you'll be…."
"Marie"
"You sure?"
"Yah, I'm sure. What about you?"
"Ayuma"
"Okay"
"So what are we gonna do now?"
"Well, remember I left something here last time?"
"Yah"
"Well, first we're gonna go get that, then have one last walk along the river and then head up to Canada"
"Okay" so, we started our walk. The river is beautiful this time of the year. Towards the beginning of spring, when everything is blooming, and green. I love it. We followed the river to were it flattens out, to like a marsh almost. With flat rocks everywhere to move and run across. There's trees scattered everywhere too.
"So, get what you needed?"
"Yup, I got them. Well let's head back"
"Head back where my dears?"
"Huh?"
We turned around and the person we saw almost made me laugh.
"HAHA! What a dorky looking outfit!"
Well, guess Lindsey beat me to the laughing insult. Unlike her, I knew who it was. See the mutant phenomena hasn't started yet, so this guy isn't too wide known. Yet. You've probably guessed it by now. Magneto. Damn metal bending jackass.
"So, you think my outfit is 'dorky' looking?
"What the fuck do you want Magneto?"
"Simple my dear. Her.". Beautiful. So he's after Shock. Just peachy.
"Okay, numbero uno, don't call us 'my dears'. Just… no. and numbero dos- no"
"Huh? Ca- X, what's going on? And whose that?"
"Shock, don't worry about it."
"Oh, how cute, you've given each other nicknames. I'm not impressed."
"Forget it Magneto. She's not going with you"
"I'm afraid 'X' that you nor her have a say in this little matter"
"You want to say that again geezer?"
"I said, that you –
"SHOCK, RUN!"
So we took off running at full speed down the marsh into the woods.
"Damn. Sabertooth, follow them. Mystique go with him.
"You okay Linds?"
"I'm find Cathy. Who was that?"
"A mutant. Magneto. Whatever you do, do not get involved with him. And stick to me."
"Okay"
After catching our breathes, we went farther up river, close to the cottage.
"We'll stay here, just to make sure they're not following us."
"okay"
"Stay here"
I went to go scoop out the area. When I had gotten back, I knew I shouldn't have left.
"Shock, get away from her. That's not me"
"Don't believe her shock, I'm the real X"
"Huh? There's two X's?"
Yup, there were two of me. Well one of us was me, the other wasn't.
"Shock, I'm the real one"
"Don't listen to her, she lies."
"No I not. I'm the real one. Find, only one way to settle this"
"?" "?"
"What's Shock's real name?"
"Good one"
"Simple, you go first"
"No, you first, imposter" We glared at each other.
"…… Fine. Her name is Shockwave"
"HA! Yeah right. Who would name their own kid shockwave? It's Lindsey"
"Nope. Nice going X"
"No prob, shock. Come on, show who you really are Mystique"
"grr. How did you know?"
"Simple my dear Watson. When we stopped back there at the river. I purposely called her Lindsey, because I knew you would hear it, and I knew you 'two' were following us."
"So, when we knew you had heard it, we figured you pull something like this, so we pulled one of the oldest tricks in the book, and you fell for it. How pathetic."
"Well done my dears. You're smarter than you look. Okay, I'll make a deal with you. I am willing to take both of you with us."
I looked at Shock.
"What do you think X?"
"Where would we go?"
"To Canada"
"Okay, we'll come with you."
"But X! I thought you said—"
"It's fine Shock. We'll be together"
"Okay"
So that's how we came to be with Magneto. I had made a deal with a devil. At least it got us out of the states. Kept Lindsey, excuse me, Marie safe. If only I knew what it would later get me into…..
Next, Chapter 3, training with Magneto.
Sorry it took so long to update, I've been extremely busy. I've had softball tryouts, softball practice, AND suffered form a concussion, and now my ankle is bothering me. So I've been really busy. Plus, I'm working on my other stories. Oh, I do not own X-me, although I wish I did like so many others. Please Review! Thanx to crystalfeathers for reviewing ! Please review!
