It was morning. Milana opened her eyes and one of the first things she saw
was her bag. She had only packed one, only needed one, and didn't need
anything else but what was in that one bag. Looking at it she thought it
was funny that one little bag had taken so long to pack, though perhaps it
was because she was so tired, thinking of the conversation she had had days
before about what had happened to her during the two weeks she was missing.
No one had been sure if the drug was also a controlling one, if Mystique
had given Milana another drug for that purpose, or if somehow the
Brotherhood found out about her and Kurt and another shape shifter to play
the role of Milana. These uncertainties had been the basic reason why some
people in the mansion still didn't buy Milana's story or completely believe
her anymore.
Back in the present Milana looked at the clock, and cursed. The bright red letters flashed 7:34 at her as she bolted out of bed and grabbed her clothes, pulling them on and then rushing out the door, pausing only to grab her bag.
"Whoa, de petite goes fas' now," Milana looked around and smiled, Remy was leaning against the wall in the hall and walked up, shuffling his cards.
"Sorry, overslept." She said. "Common, let's get outta here." Remy arched an eyebrow.
"Wit no food or g'byes?" he said. Milana stared at him.
"You really want me to say goodbye to the whole mansion?" she said. Remy nodded. "But then I'd have to explain why I was leaving and where I was going and who I was going with!"
"Is dat bad?" Remy asked. Milana rolled her eyes.
"No, fine, I'll just go right down and announce that I'm leaving in a few minutes because I still feel like I'm blamed for Mystique and Magneto nearly killing the X Men, including my father, and that instead of staying in the school with the people who saved my life and pulled me out of living hell I'm going to go live in New York city with a man I've barely known a week." She took a breath. "You want me to tell them that?"
"Course not," Remy laughed. "Remy say petite tell de others she goin' t' live with Remy in de Big Apple cause she needs t' move on in de world and den she sits an' eats breakfes', den we leave." Milana stared at Remy, who grinned back and then bent down, grabbing Milana's small bag and marching down the hall.
"Remy! No! Where are you going, you stupid Cajun? Come back!" Milana chased after Remy, who started to run, laughing as he swung her bag around by the handle. Milana chased him all the way down the stairs and another hall, not paying attention to where they were going until she leapt, hitting him in the back with a flying tackle and sending both crashing through a doorway.
"Ak!" Remy shouted, laughing as they rolled to a stop. Milana also chuckled until she looked up and realized the pair had just crashed into the cafeteria, and most of the school was looking at them, mouths open and with startled expressions seemingly frozen on their faces.
"Remy, shut up!" Milana hissed, standing up. Remy was almost giggling as he tossed the bag up to Milana, who grabbed it out of mid air and glared at him.
-That was an interesting way to make an entrance,- Milana heard the professor also laugh, and the others in the cafeteria also started to chuckle.
"Starting the day off with a bang then?" one boy shouted. Milana sighed and glared at Remy, who also stood up.
"Remy t'ink we be eattin now," he said, going to the large table and grabbing two seats, patting one and sitting in the other. Milana blushed, though it was unnoticed, and sat down, muttering under her breath.
"I will kill you," she said. "As soon as we leave." But Remy ignored the statement and passed Milana a plate of pancakes, which she refused.
"Hey Mil, what's up?" Rogue asked from across the table. It was clear she was trying to make conversation, but Milana didn't respond, letting Jubilee, who sat to Rogue's left, speak up.
"Nothin, she's down killing Remy," Jubilee laughed. Kitty and Rogue also laughed, and Remy grinned.
"No one killin Remy, chere," the Cajun said. "Remy livin t' find himself de meanin' of life."
"Sex," Kitty said, grabbing a pitcher of orange juice. Everyone stared at her and she turned red. "Well, that's what some researchers think! Not my fault Jean made us watch those dumb 'Why Sex?' movies!" Remy, Jubilee, and Rogue started to laugh.
"No, really! The whole meaning for us to be here is to pass our genes onto offspring and help the survival of the species." Kitty said, returning to her drink. A bit down the table Logan grunted.
"If I were you I'd shut up before I said somethin really stupid half-pint," he said. Kitty scowled at him and the others laughed, except Milana, who was staring at her empty plate.
-Remy's right, you should tell the others you are leaving today,- Xavier said in Milana's head.
-Good morning professor, thanks for the inducer.- she replied.
-Milana.- He only said her name, but it was full of meaning.
-I can't, what would I say?-
-The truth,- Xavier said. Then he felt Milana's frustration and slight agitation in a wave, then she pulled herself together to answer.
-I can't, it'll be easier to just leave and be done with it.- Milana glanced up the table and then saw Xavier, he was sitting at the head and looking directly at her, hands folded in front of him.
-Easier for you, but what am I to tell them? What is your father going to say?- Xavier asked. -Running is easiest for the runner, who is most blind to it's effects.-
-I'm not- Milana stopped. -Fine then, I'm a runner. So what? If someone were allergic to tenseness they'd never be able to live here, or be in the same room as me. It will be easier for everyone when I go, no one will worry about blowing blown up when they see me coming or fear entering a room I exit. It's the best way to fix this.-
-Is it?- Xavier asked. -What of Kurt? Do you think it will be easier on him?- Milana shifted uncomfortably as Remy and her old friends continued to talk.
-He, he's one.- she said.
-And you think I will not miss you? Your friends? The other X Men?-
-Logan won't miss me,- Milana said. -Neither will Scott. The one thing they agree on.- Xavier sighed.
-Logan apologized to you, he feels bad about his actions. So has Scott, who is embarrassed about doubting you at all.- Xavier said. Then he picked up a thought about the night before with Logan. -No, I only told him to take the image inducer to you. He didn't know what it was, he apologized on his own.- Milana sighed, realizing the professor was right.
-I'll tell my friends,- she said. Down the table Xavier nodded at her, then closed the link. Milana looked at her three friends and cleared her throat quietly.
"Um, I've got to tell you something, but you have to keep it quiet for now," she said. All three teenagers and Remy looked at her and smiled, Remy arching an eyebrow.
"Yeah?" Rogue asked. Milana looked at them.
"I'm leaving," she said. "Leaving the school. I'm going to go live with Remy in the city after breakfast is over, providing it doesn't take all day," she said, eyeing Remy's plate which was stacked high with food. Her friends gaped at her until one of them found her voice.
"YOU'RE LEAVING?! TODAY?!" Kitty screeched.
"Shut up!" Milana hissed. But it was too late, every head at the table turned towards her and she glowered at Kitty, who was still staring at her. Milana looked up and saw Xavier looking at her.
-I hope you're happy,- she said.
-Explain to them, it's the only way Milana.- he replied.
-Oh yeah, the only way. Great choice.- she thought-growled. Xavier smiled at her as she nodded. "Yes, I'm leaving." She said.
"What are you talking bout now?" Logan asked, looking up.
"I'm leaving, I'm going to the city," Milana said loudly, looking at him. "Is it a crime? Should I live out my life here?"
"It's because of what happened, isn't it?" Rogue demanded. "You think we don't-" she stopped at the look Milana was giving her.
"Well is it true?" Jubilee demanded. Milana glared at her next.
"I don't feel good here," she said. "And I'm leaving. I'll come back to see Dad and you but there is no way I can stand staying here anymore." She stood up, grabbed her bag, and walked out, Remy springing up to chase after her when Logan grabbed his trench coat sleeve.
"Listen Cajun," the Canadian growled. "If you ever hurt her or let anything happen to her, you'll have me and her father t' deal with, got it?" Remy scowled at him and pulled away, looking at him with narrowed eyes.
"Remy take care o' Lan better den anyone here," he said through gritted teeth. Then he turned and stalked out, leaving behind a very quiet cafeteria.
"I shouldn't have done that, no, I should have just left, Remy, we should have just left and avoided all of them!" Milana said, pacing in front of the front door as Remy hurried up.
"Petite-" Remy tried to interrupt Milana's rapid talk, but failed.
"I told you!" she said again, looking at him. "It was a bad idea going in there, it was your idea! I told you-"
"Lan!" Remy said loudly, grabbing her wrist and spinning her around to face him. "Calm down! You makin' Remy nervous!" Milana closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm down.
"I'm sorry Rem," she said. "Just not the way I wanted to leave here."
"Milana! Vait!" Milana and Remy turned around to see Kurt hurrying down the hall, something clutched in his hand.
"Dad?" Milana said. Oh man, definitely not the way I wanted to leave, she thought. But as Kurt caught up he wrapped his arms around Milana and hugged her tightly.
"I didn't vont to be too late," he said, releasing her but not taking his arms off her shoulders. "To say goodbye." Milana looked at him as he pressed something into her hand.
"What's this?" she asked, looking at it. Turning it over she saw it was a photograph of a woman, with blonde hair and a beautiful face, soft gray eyes looking down at a bundle of blankets from which a tiny purple face was visible. The woman was sitting in a hospital bed, and an obviously younger Kurt was sitting by her, an arm around the young woman's shoulder. He was laughing and also looking at the baby, a moment right after it was born, right after Milana was born.
"I found it last night," Kurt said. "It vos right after you vere born, in the hospital vere they admitted mutants. That is Maria, your mother." Milana stared at the picture, feeling a tear in her eye and then flinging herself at Kurt again, the picture grasped tightly in her hand.
"Thanks dad," she whispered.
"You vill need it sometimes," Kurt replied. "To remember your mother, and me. I had forgotten about it for a long time."
"Thanks," Milana said again, breaking away and wiping her eyes. "Though I'll never forget you, just because I'm moving away doesn't mean I won't be back you know."
"I hope so," Kurt said. "You vill some then, to see me?"
"All the time," Milana said seriously. Then she smiled. "I'd go nuts with just Remy as company." Remy made a little "Oof!" sound, as if someone had hit him, but then laughed, and Kurt and Milana laughed too. Then Milana looked at the door.
"We'd better go, get to New York by dark," she said. Kurt nodded as she turned and opened the door, Remy going out. Right before Milana followed him she caught Kurt's eye and smiled, her picture still in her hand.
"Bye Milana," Kurt called as she walked away.
"Bye daddy," she called back. Remy grinned at her as they walked down the driveway.
"Remy t'ink dis is gonna be intresting," he said. Milana looked at him.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Remy never had a purple girl bein' on his case all de time 'bout keepin his life straight," he said. Milana laughed.
"Well get used to it, you're the one who offered." She said. Just then they both heard a shout, and turning around they saw Kitty, Rogue, and Jubilee on the roof of the mansion, shouting at them.
"G'BYE MILANA!" Kitty screamed, hopping up and down and waving.
"DON'T LET REMY GET INTO TOO MUCH TROUBLE!" Rogue shouted.
"WE'RE COMING OVER TO SEE YOUR APARTMENT AS SOON AS WE GET OUT OF SCHOOL, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!" Jubilee yelled. Milana and Remy started to laugh as the teenagers kept screaming, then they turned and walked away through the gates. Milana looked back at the school, then at Remy, and smiled to herself, Remy was right. This was going to be interesting.
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Lol, ok, so I got three hyper teenagers on a roof, just telling, I didn't push one off or anything so they're all still ok. Now this could be an ending I suppose, but it's NOT! There is going to be one more chapter, and all I will say about it is, there will be a tragedy in it, so don't miss it! But you'll only get it with reviews, and I also wanted to say, THANK YOU SO MUCH REVIEWERS!!! Y'ALL ARE GREAT! Lol, cuz ya are, and I love getting the reviews, so don't forget to review for the next, and *sniff*, last chapter of Milana, Daughter of Mystery.
Thanks again, y'all are de best!
-Ice Lynx
Back in the present Milana looked at the clock, and cursed. The bright red letters flashed 7:34 at her as she bolted out of bed and grabbed her clothes, pulling them on and then rushing out the door, pausing only to grab her bag.
"Whoa, de petite goes fas' now," Milana looked around and smiled, Remy was leaning against the wall in the hall and walked up, shuffling his cards.
"Sorry, overslept." She said. "Common, let's get outta here." Remy arched an eyebrow.
"Wit no food or g'byes?" he said. Milana stared at him.
"You really want me to say goodbye to the whole mansion?" she said. Remy nodded. "But then I'd have to explain why I was leaving and where I was going and who I was going with!"
"Is dat bad?" Remy asked. Milana rolled her eyes.
"No, fine, I'll just go right down and announce that I'm leaving in a few minutes because I still feel like I'm blamed for Mystique and Magneto nearly killing the X Men, including my father, and that instead of staying in the school with the people who saved my life and pulled me out of living hell I'm going to go live in New York city with a man I've barely known a week." She took a breath. "You want me to tell them that?"
"Course not," Remy laughed. "Remy say petite tell de others she goin' t' live with Remy in de Big Apple cause she needs t' move on in de world and den she sits an' eats breakfes', den we leave." Milana stared at Remy, who grinned back and then bent down, grabbing Milana's small bag and marching down the hall.
"Remy! No! Where are you going, you stupid Cajun? Come back!" Milana chased after Remy, who started to run, laughing as he swung her bag around by the handle. Milana chased him all the way down the stairs and another hall, not paying attention to where they were going until she leapt, hitting him in the back with a flying tackle and sending both crashing through a doorway.
"Ak!" Remy shouted, laughing as they rolled to a stop. Milana also chuckled until she looked up and realized the pair had just crashed into the cafeteria, and most of the school was looking at them, mouths open and with startled expressions seemingly frozen on their faces.
"Remy, shut up!" Milana hissed, standing up. Remy was almost giggling as he tossed the bag up to Milana, who grabbed it out of mid air and glared at him.
-That was an interesting way to make an entrance,- Milana heard the professor also laugh, and the others in the cafeteria also started to chuckle.
"Starting the day off with a bang then?" one boy shouted. Milana sighed and glared at Remy, who also stood up.
"Remy t'ink we be eattin now," he said, going to the large table and grabbing two seats, patting one and sitting in the other. Milana blushed, though it was unnoticed, and sat down, muttering under her breath.
"I will kill you," she said. "As soon as we leave." But Remy ignored the statement and passed Milana a plate of pancakes, which she refused.
"Hey Mil, what's up?" Rogue asked from across the table. It was clear she was trying to make conversation, but Milana didn't respond, letting Jubilee, who sat to Rogue's left, speak up.
"Nothin, she's down killing Remy," Jubilee laughed. Kitty and Rogue also laughed, and Remy grinned.
"No one killin Remy, chere," the Cajun said. "Remy livin t' find himself de meanin' of life."
"Sex," Kitty said, grabbing a pitcher of orange juice. Everyone stared at her and she turned red. "Well, that's what some researchers think! Not my fault Jean made us watch those dumb 'Why Sex?' movies!" Remy, Jubilee, and Rogue started to laugh.
"No, really! The whole meaning for us to be here is to pass our genes onto offspring and help the survival of the species." Kitty said, returning to her drink. A bit down the table Logan grunted.
"If I were you I'd shut up before I said somethin really stupid half-pint," he said. Kitty scowled at him and the others laughed, except Milana, who was staring at her empty plate.
-Remy's right, you should tell the others you are leaving today,- Xavier said in Milana's head.
-Good morning professor, thanks for the inducer.- she replied.
-Milana.- He only said her name, but it was full of meaning.
-I can't, what would I say?-
-The truth,- Xavier said. Then he felt Milana's frustration and slight agitation in a wave, then she pulled herself together to answer.
-I can't, it'll be easier to just leave and be done with it.- Milana glanced up the table and then saw Xavier, he was sitting at the head and looking directly at her, hands folded in front of him.
-Easier for you, but what am I to tell them? What is your father going to say?- Xavier asked. -Running is easiest for the runner, who is most blind to it's effects.-
-I'm not- Milana stopped. -Fine then, I'm a runner. So what? If someone were allergic to tenseness they'd never be able to live here, or be in the same room as me. It will be easier for everyone when I go, no one will worry about blowing blown up when they see me coming or fear entering a room I exit. It's the best way to fix this.-
-Is it?- Xavier asked. -What of Kurt? Do you think it will be easier on him?- Milana shifted uncomfortably as Remy and her old friends continued to talk.
-He, he's one.- she said.
-And you think I will not miss you? Your friends? The other X Men?-
-Logan won't miss me,- Milana said. -Neither will Scott. The one thing they agree on.- Xavier sighed.
-Logan apologized to you, he feels bad about his actions. So has Scott, who is embarrassed about doubting you at all.- Xavier said. Then he picked up a thought about the night before with Logan. -No, I only told him to take the image inducer to you. He didn't know what it was, he apologized on his own.- Milana sighed, realizing the professor was right.
-I'll tell my friends,- she said. Down the table Xavier nodded at her, then closed the link. Milana looked at her three friends and cleared her throat quietly.
"Um, I've got to tell you something, but you have to keep it quiet for now," she said. All three teenagers and Remy looked at her and smiled, Remy arching an eyebrow.
"Yeah?" Rogue asked. Milana looked at them.
"I'm leaving," she said. "Leaving the school. I'm going to go live with Remy in the city after breakfast is over, providing it doesn't take all day," she said, eyeing Remy's plate which was stacked high with food. Her friends gaped at her until one of them found her voice.
"YOU'RE LEAVING?! TODAY?!" Kitty screeched.
"Shut up!" Milana hissed. But it was too late, every head at the table turned towards her and she glowered at Kitty, who was still staring at her. Milana looked up and saw Xavier looking at her.
-I hope you're happy,- she said.
-Explain to them, it's the only way Milana.- he replied.
-Oh yeah, the only way. Great choice.- she thought-growled. Xavier smiled at her as she nodded. "Yes, I'm leaving." She said.
"What are you talking bout now?" Logan asked, looking up.
"I'm leaving, I'm going to the city," Milana said loudly, looking at him. "Is it a crime? Should I live out my life here?"
"It's because of what happened, isn't it?" Rogue demanded. "You think we don't-" she stopped at the look Milana was giving her.
"Well is it true?" Jubilee demanded. Milana glared at her next.
"I don't feel good here," she said. "And I'm leaving. I'll come back to see Dad and you but there is no way I can stand staying here anymore." She stood up, grabbed her bag, and walked out, Remy springing up to chase after her when Logan grabbed his trench coat sleeve.
"Listen Cajun," the Canadian growled. "If you ever hurt her or let anything happen to her, you'll have me and her father t' deal with, got it?" Remy scowled at him and pulled away, looking at him with narrowed eyes.
"Remy take care o' Lan better den anyone here," he said through gritted teeth. Then he turned and stalked out, leaving behind a very quiet cafeteria.
"I shouldn't have done that, no, I should have just left, Remy, we should have just left and avoided all of them!" Milana said, pacing in front of the front door as Remy hurried up.
"Petite-" Remy tried to interrupt Milana's rapid talk, but failed.
"I told you!" she said again, looking at him. "It was a bad idea going in there, it was your idea! I told you-"
"Lan!" Remy said loudly, grabbing her wrist and spinning her around to face him. "Calm down! You makin' Remy nervous!" Milana closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm down.
"I'm sorry Rem," she said. "Just not the way I wanted to leave here."
"Milana! Vait!" Milana and Remy turned around to see Kurt hurrying down the hall, something clutched in his hand.
"Dad?" Milana said. Oh man, definitely not the way I wanted to leave, she thought. But as Kurt caught up he wrapped his arms around Milana and hugged her tightly.
"I didn't vont to be too late," he said, releasing her but not taking his arms off her shoulders. "To say goodbye." Milana looked at him as he pressed something into her hand.
"What's this?" she asked, looking at it. Turning it over she saw it was a photograph of a woman, with blonde hair and a beautiful face, soft gray eyes looking down at a bundle of blankets from which a tiny purple face was visible. The woman was sitting in a hospital bed, and an obviously younger Kurt was sitting by her, an arm around the young woman's shoulder. He was laughing and also looking at the baby, a moment right after it was born, right after Milana was born.
"I found it last night," Kurt said. "It vos right after you vere born, in the hospital vere they admitted mutants. That is Maria, your mother." Milana stared at the picture, feeling a tear in her eye and then flinging herself at Kurt again, the picture grasped tightly in her hand.
"Thanks dad," she whispered.
"You vill need it sometimes," Kurt replied. "To remember your mother, and me. I had forgotten about it for a long time."
"Thanks," Milana said again, breaking away and wiping her eyes. "Though I'll never forget you, just because I'm moving away doesn't mean I won't be back you know."
"I hope so," Kurt said. "You vill some then, to see me?"
"All the time," Milana said seriously. Then she smiled. "I'd go nuts with just Remy as company." Remy made a little "Oof!" sound, as if someone had hit him, but then laughed, and Kurt and Milana laughed too. Then Milana looked at the door.
"We'd better go, get to New York by dark," she said. Kurt nodded as she turned and opened the door, Remy going out. Right before Milana followed him she caught Kurt's eye and smiled, her picture still in her hand.
"Bye Milana," Kurt called as she walked away.
"Bye daddy," she called back. Remy grinned at her as they walked down the driveway.
"Remy t'ink dis is gonna be intresting," he said. Milana looked at him.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Remy never had a purple girl bein' on his case all de time 'bout keepin his life straight," he said. Milana laughed.
"Well get used to it, you're the one who offered." She said. Just then they both heard a shout, and turning around they saw Kitty, Rogue, and Jubilee on the roof of the mansion, shouting at them.
"G'BYE MILANA!" Kitty screamed, hopping up and down and waving.
"DON'T LET REMY GET INTO TOO MUCH TROUBLE!" Rogue shouted.
"WE'RE COMING OVER TO SEE YOUR APARTMENT AS SOON AS WE GET OUT OF SCHOOL, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!" Jubilee yelled. Milana and Remy started to laugh as the teenagers kept screaming, then they turned and walked away through the gates. Milana looked back at the school, then at Remy, and smiled to herself, Remy was right. This was going to be interesting.
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Lol, ok, so I got three hyper teenagers on a roof, just telling, I didn't push one off or anything so they're all still ok. Now this could be an ending I suppose, but it's NOT! There is going to be one more chapter, and all I will say about it is, there will be a tragedy in it, so don't miss it! But you'll only get it with reviews, and I also wanted to say, THANK YOU SO MUCH REVIEWERS!!! Y'ALL ARE GREAT! Lol, cuz ya are, and I love getting the reviews, so don't forget to review for the next, and *sniff*, last chapter of Milana, Daughter of Mystery.
Thanks again, y'all are de best!
-Ice Lynx