A/N: Forgive me, I've done it yet again as you'll find in this chapter. It makes sense later. Annd...I just had to put in the Fender...I have a light blue one myself on
which I can play two simple nursey rhyme style songs. Oh wow.
zackslacker18
2008-10-06
ch 8,
I don't know why but I knew julian was going to act like that.
Yup, typical guy reaction. Well, typical reaction for anyone I think...people tend to be hasty with emotional decisions, and are not willing to swallow their pride
even if the results will be good. This is something I notice with myself, and am working on correcting. (if you haven't noticed, I love to analyze people . )
Miss Nunya
2008-10-06
ch 9,
I finally got a fanfiction account i know its not hard to do but i've got dial up so it takes forever to load and then it said the penname Nunya was taken even after i'd searched authors to make sure it
wasn't. go figure.
Yay! Hi Miss Nunya! X-D
Well, i think Emma makes a great target lol. Glad to see Julian broke things off with Sofia. Of course now that he and Laura are fighting... gasps what if they don't go to the dance together! This is torture lol
Great chapter! Yes, yes I love picking on Emma. And yup, Julian's coming around...but he's still an idiot. Keep readin ;-)
Oh and it turns out that project wasn't due today so i got up at 5:30 for nothing / i've gotta get a planner lol
Well, sum-bitch (my bf's word for sonuvabitch) I hate unnecessarily early wakeups...then it's never worth it to go back for like an hour or two more of sleep...especially
when you've put your contacts in, lol. I'm really bad with planners too. I don't know why. I'm really organized otherwise...
Laura K. Howlett
2008-10-06
This would technically be their second...is Cable still out there with Sarah even with the whole "time" thing being rewritten to where Wanda never said three little words? ( afore questions are
entirely rhetorical) Hmm you made me think! I suddenly had a plot revelation in my head. You can be proud that you inspired it. Watch for it coming!!
Great writing as always. And do you ever wish that the Cuckoos actually existed so that could dump all that medical knowledge into your brain like they did for Elixir? Then could write without
worries and have great job in the industry, best of all it would be in a place where you would never have to deal with creepy wannabe politicians named Peter. Awww, thank you muches. Eh,
well, if the Cuckoos existed, then I'd say "fuck it!" and go to Xavier's to train (because obviously I would be a mutant myself). Also, I love the biology part of studying...fascinating...
it's the fuckin lab reports I hate. All the format, very little science to it!! And I'm sure I will have PLENTY of creeps wherever I go . especially depending on what hospital I would work
in (me wants 2 be a dr). If I start out somewhere lower class, imagine the creeps I'd meet, lol. I don't mind people who are different...just people that cross lines with me and make
it personal. I mean, I am pretty weird myself! My bf could tell you some stories.
zackslacker18
2008-10-06
2 questions & 1 request (if you can)
Are laura and julian getting back together again? Read on ;-)
Laura's pregnant isn't she? Read on, I'm sure you'll find your conclusion in this chapter.
Would it be possible if you can have the faculty members, hellion squad ,and new mutant squad seeing julian and laura in the same bed. Hmm...not at this point in the story...I'll look at it in
some of my other chapters. If not this story, I might write something else about Helix that is more comic-based than this AU...maybe a plot that hinges on that event.
Volume: 2 Arc: "V for Violation" 2 Issue: 5/6 )
Chapter 39: violation
It was Saturday, and Laura didn't know what to do with herself. She'd finished all her work, she'd cleaned her room; she had money that her mother
had given her, but she didn't feel like spending it. She found herself wandering down the hall to a familiar door; it looked out of place in the daylight.
She paused in front of it. What the hell am I trying to say? she wondered. She realized there was noise coming from it; music. Keller was playing guitar.
She raised her eyebrows; he was pretty good.
Hesitating, she let her fingers hover over the door, then remembered that—unlike her—he wouldn't know who it was till he answered.
She knocked.
A minute later, the door opened a crack and one blue eye glared out at her.
"What the hell? Go away, you're not welcome here!"
"What were you playing?" she asked, tilting her head. She could just see his guitar from here; she'd played a bit, before, herself. It looked like a Fender,
a nice red one. Not a beginner's one, anyhow; it figured, him being the son of billionaires and all.
"I thought I dismissed you."
Laura's lips twitched at the corner. "Odd name for a song," she said, and despite himself, Keller looked slightly amused. "If you're going to be difficult…it
was a Nirvana thing. Rape Me. Now can you leave?"
She leaned her cheek against his doorframe. "I'm bored."
"That's great," he said. "Go be bored somewhere else. I have no sympathy for you here." He closed the door in her face; Laura's eyes stung slightly. She knew
she'd caused this…partially…but his actions seemed so final. He wasn't just angry right now—he'd thought it over, and he'd slept on it, and he had made his mind
up that he wouldn't talk to her anymore.
She was nauseous again.
…
"Dr. McCoy?" Laura hesitated at the door of his office.
The blue, furry mutant looked up and smiled slightly at his student. Laura had usually not been sarcastic to him, having respect for his methods and knowledge;
they had a good student-teacher relationship, which was quite unusual for her.
"Ah, Ms. Kinney. How can I help you today? Homework questions?"
He shuffled some papers on the desk.
"Umm—n-no. Is this a bad time? I can…come back," Laura fidgeted.
"Not at all. Please feel free to request my help, or if there's anything you'd like to discuss, I'm 'all ears'. Although, please do not make fun of my ears…I realize they
are quite unusual at the moment." Dr. McCoy's ears were long and donkey-shaped, not quite as catlike as was the norm for him.
"What…" Laura stared at him, not having really examined his appearance.
"I was assured the effects would be temporary. There was an incident in which one of our fine students had a slippage of power control, and I was entirely transformed
into a donkey for twenty-four hours. This is the last of the…shape shifting, and I am hopefully it will be complete in another half hour or so."
"Okay," Laura said, grinning slightly. "Um, well…I haven't been feeling too good lately…I heard you functioned as the school doctor."
"Ah!" Dr. McCoy said. "Very good, I can certainly help you there, Ms. Kinney. Why don't you have a seat, and tell me your symptoms? We can go to the lab after and run
some tests. I do all my own lab work, you know. Perhaps you'd like to have a look at the microscope yourself?"
"Sure," Laura said, taking a seat in the plushy chair in front of his desk. "Well…the symptoms…I thought it was just stress, at first. You know, my healing factor pretty much
kills anything right off. But they haven't stopped…"
"How long have you had them, now?" Dr. McCoy asked, frowning.
"Two weeks," Laura said. "A bit more, maybe. Ever since…"
"The grand abduction. Ah. Yes, I see why you are concerned, Laura." Dr. McCoy nodded gravely. "And the actual symptoms?"
Laura sighed. "Well…it's embarrassing…but my stomach's been off. I've been nauseous a lot…it happens sometimes when I'm stressed out. But…"
Dr. McCoy jotted something down on a piece of paper, then motioned for her to continue.
…
"No."
Laura was pale as a sheet.
"I'm afraid so," Dr. McCoy said, peering in the microscope again. "I had my suspicions when you listed your symptoms…this confirms it. You have a detectable presence
of the hormone." He cleared his throat. "I will run a quantitative test, to determine the length of time…but there is no doubt. The second test will, unfortunately, take
longer; I should be able to tell you by tomorrow."
Laura nodded, confused. "Did they…"
Dr. McCoy frowned. "I believe so. There is no way to tell. Only you would know that, Ms. Kinney. I can, however, find out who if you have suspicions …"
"Please," she said.
"We will speak tomorrow, then. Come down in the morning, after breakfast. If you have an idea of who it might be, please try to bring him along. I will prepare papers for
you to read. And you must make a decision."
…
Laura sat on the roof, ignoring the rain, her life in pieces around her ears again. She watched the night around her, wishing she was just a raindrop, or something simple,
something that didn't get abducted and abused and artificially…she was humiliated, she wished jumping off the roof would allow her to kill herself but it would only cause
momentary pain…she imagined the humiliation of telling everyone. Her mother…Wolverine…she would probably have to tell Keller, too. And Scott…and Emma…she jammed
her claws into the roof, tears rolling down her face. Her mind screamed that it had been violated. Maybe she should just run away. But she couldn't handle this alone…