Sorry about the long wait in an update. Being a senior in High School I have had a lot on my plate, but I hope you enjoy the update!
Inspired by the X-Men comics. Any ideas and people who Marvel has used is entirely coincidental.
Hidden Angel
Chapter 12
Once I was standing next to Marcus I looked down the line of mutants around me. Each one of them looked normal. I felt like I was the only one with a physical mutation.
"Now," Marcus started saying into the now silent gymnasium. "We will be going down the line to see what these mutants can do. You will NOT freak out. You will stay calm." He gestured to the girl at the far right of the line to come forward to the microphone.
This girl had short blonde hair and I remember her as being one of the 'popular' girls in school. I wondered how this news would affect her popularity.
"Introduce yourself, and then show us your power," Marcus instructed.
The girl obeyed and took the microphone.
"So my name is Brittany as you all know, and I can change what I look like," she said. Marcus nodded to her and she changed drastically. Instead of being the skinny blonde we all recognized, she turned into an unkempt teenager who looked like they lived from fast food. The crowd gasped in amazement. I could only wonder if this was her true form that she hid everyday, or if it was just to get a rise out of the audience.
Once she turned back into the 'original' Brittany, the rest of the line continued. There were kids with all sorts of powers. One kid could snap his fingers and fireworks would go off around him, another could turn things invisible, and another could run at incredibly fast speeds.
Then it was my turn. I didn't want to do this. I didn't want people to see. I only just exposed myself to one person, and now I was about to do it in front of my entire school. My face must have shown how scared I was, because when I looked at Vanessa she looked at me with a calming expression.
I stepped to the front of the line.
"My name is Avery," I said. Without bothering to tell what my power was, I took off my jacket and holder and stretched out my wings. I heard oohs and ahhs coming from all around me.
"Demonstrate your flying capabilities," Marcus commanded.
Without hesitation I took a running start and jumped into the air.
There was probably only a single moment of calm before all heck broke loose.
It wasn't the kids that started the outburst, but the swarm of men in suits that all came running into the gym.
I stayed in the air and became shocked at what was happening below me. The men didn't say 'Freeze!' or anything to that nature. They just started shooting what looked like tranquilizers at the newly revealed mutants, and any other kids that got in their way.
I knew I couldn't stay there. Swooping around the gym, I searched for Vanessa. She was my top priority at the moment.
Then I saw her standing on the top stairs of the bleachers, watching in shock what was happening around her.
I glided down to her and reached out my hands. She put her arms out and I lifted her as I passed. Adrenaline must have coursed through my veins because I didn't have any difficulty flying with Vanessa.
She pointed out the Emergency Exit doors to me and we pushed through them to the outside.
When we were finally clear of the violence, Vanessa spoke,
"We need to go somewhere safe. I have no idea what that was all about but we really need to get as far away from here as we possibly can."
After agreeing with her, we took off to my house to tell my mother what was happening and get some supplies.
But that didn't seem like an option.
Approaching my house we saw that there were about 10 of those black vans that I saw the previous night stationed around my house. When we got closer I saw a man in a suit putting my mother and James into the back of one of the vans.
