Oh My God. I know i am a crappy person and should definitely get these chapters out way sooner then now but oh well. I do promise though that i am going to post this one as well as two other ones. So hopefully all that read my story will welcome this silent apology.
Anyway The gifted is on episode 13 with only 3 more to go and i have seriously no clue on how this is going to end. I just hope that if it does tragically get cancelled we are not left with a cliff hanger or a stupid ending.
Here it is. A short one tho. Please review/Comment
I DO NOT own The Gifted or ANY of its characters
MeMento
It had be so real. The loss, the pain, the agonizing emptiness of half of your very being was viciously ripped away. Lauren could picture it every time she closed her eyes, she had felt it all. She knew that her parents could never possible understand and the blonde did feel bad for not telling them the truth about her dream flashback but she knew that they would have babied her and it would have only start another argument between her mom and dad. Her mom desperately wanting her to do anything to reach the limits of her power and her dad looked at her worried, always on edge like she was going to jump up and suddenly go massacre a bunch of people.
Lauren couldn't explain it seeing what she saw. The murder of Andrea Von Strucker. It had been like she was there witnessing this tragic event, Andreas's scream echoed in her head. His cry was something Lauren never wanted to ever go through, if she ever lost Andy like that it would kill her. She knew Andy wasn't with her but he was still out there, alive, she can feel his presence even from the distance between and all she has to do is reach out and know she would feel him there. The fear of not having that connection anymore, not having half of your mind, body and soul was planted by the outcome of the original Fenris. She didn't know how Andreas went on.
The blonde made her way to her bedroom closing the double glass doors behind her, she loved her parents but recently they had become suffocating, her every move watched and judged so when she could grasp a few moments alone she took them with out thought. Her eyes searched her room finally landing on the object that had become so dear to her heart, the music box. The melody reached inside and soothed her, made her longing more bearable, Lauren walked over to her desk and pulled her chair out so she could sit down. Her right hand reached out to run her fingers over the top of the memento of her ancestors as she sat down her full attention on the box. 'Nothing this precious could ever be evil' she though as she used both hands to lift the lid open, releasing the soft lullaby. A smile instantly spread across her lips as the music flowed, she wondered what Andy would think about it, she wanted so badly to share with him all that she had learnt about their lineage, to tell him that maybe they weren't complete monsters. 'Because a love that strong couldn't be bad. What I feel shouldn't be bad right' she thought.
A soft hum slipped from her mouth as she closed her eyes followed the tune, she knew it off by heart. She let her mind wonder back to all the happy memories from her past, she quickly realised that most of them included Andy and wondered if they have always had this pull/connection to each other and have only just really took notice. A knock on her door brought her back to the present, "Lauren" her dad's voice seeped through the door. The blonde quickly shut the music box and stood up moving away to her bed, she didn't want her dad to catch her, he had made it perfectly clear how he felt about it and how he though it was affecting her, turning her evil. As she descended to perch on the end of her double bed her door softly opened revealing her permanent worried looking father. "Hey" she spoke pushing some hair behind her ear, hoping her couldn't pick up on her nervousness. "I wanted to check and see how you were doing. You know with everything" Reed asked leaning against the door frame, his eyes scanning her room until he spotted the thing that he had suggested his daughter to stay away from. He let out a deep sign of relief when he saw it was un-opened abandoned on her desk. "I'm fine dad, you don't have to worry. People get nightmares. It's normal" she answered his observation of the music box though didn't go unnoticed by her. "Lauren what happened was far from normal. You manifested your power to do something else in your sleep. A simple nightmare made you cut your draws in half" Reed stated as he ran his hand through his hair before crossing his arms. "Dad I''m fine. Can we just drop it" Lauren asked mimicking his actions and crossed her own arms pulling her sleeves over her hands, a defensive posture but she didn't care.
Reed nodded slightly, "O.K I will but remember you stay away from that thing for the rest of the day" he answered pointing at the music box. "I promise" she spoke, shocking herself how easy it was getting to lie to him. "Your mom and I need to go out for a few things will you be fine by yourself for a couple of hours" Reed inquired moving away from the door frame and further into her room, "Yea I should be good and I promise not to cut anything else in half" she joked earning a smile from the older man. Reed leaned down and planted a small kiss on her forehead "I love you Lauren and it's my job to worry and keep you safe, even when you don't agree" he said pulling back giving her shoulder a squeeze before turning to leave. "Dad" Lauren replied as she stood from the bed, "Yea" he answered turning his head to face her as he reached the door, "You know you can't protect me forever, right and I'm strong enough now to decide for myself. You have to let me chose" Lauren stated her eyes shone with tears because she hated what those words would do to her dad but she knew they needed to be said. Reed looked at her and his heart ached because even though she was now a powerful confident young woman she would always be his little girl in his eyes, he was scared he had already lost one child to his family's curse and he didn't want to lose Lauren. No further words were exchanged, all he did was give her a small nod and closed the door behind him.
Silence filled her room, Lauren reached up and wiped her wet cheeks from the tears of her tough love to her dad. She was finally alone again and all she could think about was going to open the music box. "Maybe a few minutes won't hurt" she thought out loud as she crossed her room and released the sound her whole being has been craving for.
Lauren let out a deep gust of breath as she lent against the closed apartment door of the landlord she had just threatened, adrenaline was pumping through her veins and the rush of power she had felt was amazing, it wasn't Fenris level but it still felt freeing. A smile grew on her mouth as she replayed the last few minutes in her head, he had be so scared and weak. Lauren at one moment thought he was going to pee himself, a small laugh slips out as she pushes herself off the door and heads down the hallway back to her family's apartment. The landlord had no right, they were good people and yes mutants but that doesn't make them bad. He was a bigot and Lauren showed him the error of his ways, 'He will not be bothering us again' she though as she continued her journey back home. She was proud of herself for actually going through with it, she nearly had chickened out twice when walking to his apartment, but she just closed her eyes took a deep breath in and softly hummed the tune that soothed her so well. It had given her the strength to carry one. Lauren turned the door knob and entered her home, her parents were both sat on the sofa together. They actually looked like they were having a nice moment and Lauren felt guilty for ruining it. "Were did you go" Reed asked from his place by Cailtin, "I went to the roof for some fresh air before bed" Lauren answered confidently, her lying skills coming in handy. "Did it help" Cailtin asked, "Yea it did, I feel a lot more calm. Well I'm going to turn in. Night" Lauren spoke as she bid her parents goodnight before heading to her room. "Night sweetie" her mom replied, "Night honey" Reed spoke.
She closed her door sealing her personal space, her eyes automatically sorted out the music box and newly discovered letter. "Just you and me" she said quietly smiling as she moved to her desk.