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Starr: Hidee-ho, there neighbor!! What's up on the home front? Yah, I think I've lost it too. Not that there is evidence that I ever had it to begin with. Once again, I have pulled an all-nighter… Don't yell! I write my best stuff when sleep-deprived… and look at it this way, at least I'm writing…
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X-Men: Evolution: A Missing Piece
Chapter 2
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Damian found Jenna curled on her bed. The lights in her room were dark and the curtains were pulled tight over the windows.
"Hey Beauty…" Damian said as he entered the room. "You need anything?"
"Rhiana to stop being a self-centered—Arrrhh!!!" Jenna said in frustration.
"Well maybe if you tell her how you feel…" Damian started.
"I can't do that!" Jenna rounded on Damian, grimacing when she knocked her arm on the nightstand. She took a deep breath and battled back the pain. "She doesn't want to hear what I want to say to her, anyway. She left, she doesn't care about me."
"She cares about you! Did you ever think that running is the way that Rhiana deals with her problems?" Damian asked, sitting on the other side of the bed and pulling Jenna against his side. As Jenna rested her head on his shoulder, he continued, "She is just as afraid of facing the emotions that were shoved on her as you were."
"The difference is that I didn't run." Jenna said, her stubborn streak showing.
"The difference IS that, in this aspect, you are stronger than Rhiana. You can't hold that above her." Damian smiled at Jenna's childish tone.
"Who says?" Jenna mumbled. She rolled away from Damian, onto her collarbone and almost passed out but she gritted her teeth, refusing to let Damian see the pain she just caused herself.
"The cosmic order of the universe." Damian said. He pulled Jenna back to him with a small smile, "Broken bones hurt like hell, Dr. McCoy will never win a video game, Scott will never get the stick removed form his ass and you an Rhiana can't stay mad at each other for long."
"It may just be the meds, but you are rather insightful today…" Jenna mumbled.
"Well, as Second-In-Command I need to be the voice of reason when our fearless leader is incapacitated." Damian kissed the top of Jenna's head. "Are you going to talk to her?"
"Later…" Jenna said as she slipped into a deep sleep.
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"Ungrateful little… Grrrrrr!!!!" Rhiana paced in front of Logan in their room. "Can you believe that she left me right in the middle of the Dining Hall?"
"Yes." Logan replied flatly.
"What!!!!" Rhiana stopped so fast that she almost fell over.
"Well, you left the kid in the dust. No explanation, no goodbye, you didn't even tell anyone when you thought you'd be back." Logan shrugged, "If I hadn't tracked you down, I'd probably feel the same…"
Rhiana glared at Logan, "I—"
"That and you just got the girl a broken arm, she's probably fuming. If I'm going to believe what Sparky has been telling me, she's got some real issues." Logan leaned back against the headboard of the bed.
"She barely even said two words to me, and those were along the lines of 'Go Away'." Rhiana said, refusing to budge.
"Trust me. If Jenna is anything like her guardian, she'll find some words soon." Logan closed his eyes and patted the bed next to him.
Rhiana laughed, "And those words aren't going to be 'Welcome back! I'm so glad that you're here!'"
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"Welcome back! I'm so glad that you're here!" Jenna smiled at a stunned Rhiana over the carnage that was breakfast.
"Uhh…" Rhiana sat at the table, a little wary. She turned to the rest of X-13 "Mikale, what did you give her?"
"She just found out that Rogue is coming back from England in a few days, with a healing gift." Chris said, attacking a bowl of grits.
"Oh…" Rhiana shrugged. "So listen kids, it looks like I'm going to be assigned to be your leader again—"
"That's GREAT!!" Jenna giggled.
"Mikale." Rhiana stared the young mutant down.
"OK! She was complaining so much this morning that I gave her an extra boost of euphoria!" Mikale grinned. "She can't feel anything, and we're not getting our ears chewed off. It's a win-win situation."
"That and she's as high as a kite." Chris said around his food.
"Boys!" Rhiana looked between Mikale and Chris. "Where is Damian?"
"Dunno…" Chris said.
"Logan came by and pulled him out by his shirt." Mikale shrugged. "Left Jenna with us."
"OK." Rhiana pulled out her cell and dialed Logan. "He turned his phone off!"
"Hey, Rhi." Jenna leaned over the table. "You kind of left me hanging after the whole alien thing last year. But you know I forgive you for that." The look on Jenna's face said drunken sincerity. "You leaving was kind of a good thing. I mean, if you hadn't have run from us, I wouldn't have been able to become a good leader. But did you have to break my arm? I mean, that really hurt! Like, owww!!! But, yah, we're OK? Right?"
Rhiana looked between the two boys at the table. "You two have a three second head start, then I am coming after you and killing you both."
"Don't do that, Rhiana!!" Jenna yelled. "They are too cute to be killed."
"One…"
"Come on, Rhiana!" Chris said, getting out of his seat.
"Two…"
"Let's talk about this rationally…" Mikale said, doing the same.
"Three!"
"Outta the way!!!!!" Chris and Mikale shot out of the Dining Hall, not noticing that Rhiana was not behind them.
"How long do you think they'll run 'till they realize that you aren't behind them?" Jenna giggled.
"I give them two circuits of the Manor." Rhiana laughed. "Look, kid, I'm really sorry about leaving. I never meant to make you feel like I was running from you…"
"I understand." Jenna smiled.
"So… level six simulations?" Rhiana smiled. "When did that happen?"
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"You want to WHAT?!?!" Avalanche shot up out of the couch that was eating him.
"No WAY!!!" Pietro yelled.
"Why?" The Blob asked.
"Our guest doesn't need to divulge their reasons, boys." Mystique smiled at the figure in front of her. "And if we can use them to bring down Xavier's little operation, while helping you get what you want, of course."
"Of course," the person replied.
"Then it's settled, you will inform us of what goes on in the Manor, and we'll help you get your revenge." Mystique smiled like the cat that ate the canary. "Would you mind telling us who you want revenge on?"
"Not just yet." The person replied, turning to go. "In due time, though. Now I have to get back before anyone starts looking for me… I'll contact you when something promising comes up.
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A/N: A million zillion apologies. I have had this chapter on hold for ages. I've just had a million things to do. Even my HP story had to be put on the backburner.
I also had a real problem with the 'How the heck do I resolve the bad feelings?' question. But the boys came to the rescue!!!! Round of applause for Logan and Damian!!!!!! () O ()
Chocolate bunnies and marshmallows with gram crackers (I'm preparing for the flames)
