"Wait. If we are not doing that, why are we going to your bedroom?" She tighten her arms around her neck. The last thing she wants to do is falling to the cold floor. Today is already miserable enough for her.
"Woman." there's nothing more in his voice than annoyance. He never knows women talk that much, even though he heard it a lot. Most of women are too scared to make a sound when they see him... and his claws. He throws her at the fur mat and climbs to the bed next to it. "Sleep."
"You are not going to kill me?" Her red eyes widen. Did she just heard the most ridiculous thing on earth?
He sighs and doesn't reply. Why does she want him to kill her so bad?
"Victor?" She sits up and looks at him, "We need to talk."
"I am not going to kill you. I can do whatever I want to you, and I don't want to kill you for now." he gives her a you-are-a-idiot look.
"Oh." She nods slightly, "Your claws... Are those the same thing as my eyes?"
"Ever heard about mutants?" He looks at her deep in the eyes.
she shakes her head, and has a feeling it's gonna be something shocking.
"People born with mutation. Like me and you. I was born with these and everything wolf like." he glances at her face. There's no fear and irritation on her face.
"You will see later." He feels like he already speaks too much today.
"Um... Victor? Do all mutants have super power come with their mutations?" She tries to ask question makes her look stupid, but she is so innocent and curious.
"Mutation is super power, if that's what you call it." He smiles lightly at her words.
"What mutation do I have then?"
"Your eyes." he gives her the you-are-a-idiot look again.
"I mean...What can I do with it?" He almost falls off his bed? What? She doesn't know?
What? She is asking him? "Don't you know?"
"How could I know? My eyes works like normal eyes, they're just red."
He keeps silence. He needs to think, think and think. Doesn't see that coming.
"Am I a mutant or not?"
"There's nothing different you can do?"
"Different? No," she pauses a little, "I mean my eyes work just normal."
He sighs again. He has a feeling this is going to be a big problem. "You are. You are born with mutation. There are two types of mutation. One born as a normal human, one born different. The one born as normal human are not as strong. Human body limits your power."
"So I should belong to the strong mutant?"
He shrugs. He has no idea of this situation.
"Why do you know your power?"
"You just know at some point of your life", he looks at her confused face, "Guess how old I am?"
"About 40?" why does he ask her that?
"158."
Her eyes widen. What? Is he psycho? Is he still playing around? 158... wow. It doesn't make any sense. A human lives for 158 years? But he looks deadly serious.
"Watch your eyes, girl." He doesn't like people's stares so much even though there's nothing irritating in her gaze.
"I have a name, man." she turns her eyes to the floor.
He rolls his eyes. Women equal trouble. He finally understand this. "Fine. Lucy, be quiet and let me sleep."
she sighs and turns her back to him. Yeah, she should go to sleep now.
"Wait." he sits up suddenly, "You can see in the dark."
"Don't others can, too?" She never knows that. The only two people she knows are her nanny and maid.
Her question makes him shocked. She doesn't know about mutant and human. What kind of life is she living? "Other humans? No way." He sighs a little. Looks like her father makes her live a very isolated life. Shadows flash across his eyes. Her life reminds her of his. The dark basement. He closes his eyes, and gets the thought out of his mind.
"Thanks. Victor." She looks up. He is already asleep. His tough outline on his face soften a little, but his body is still so tensed up.
She smiles in the dark and watches the night sky through the window. Yes, she is a mutant. She could do something.
She is Lucy Rainey.
She is born with red eyes,and she could see in the dark.
Most importantly, she is a mutant.
Just like Victor.
