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I opened my sleepy eyes. My side was killing me, and I had a horrible headache. My eyes focused on Becky's happy face, as well as three faces with F.O.H. patches, that I didn't know.
"Agggghhhhh!" I screamed. I sat up fast and scooted away from them. I ignored the pain in my side as I leapt to my feet. I looked around, and noticed that I was up at the lake. I turned scared eyes back on the surprised F.O.H. members.
"Whoa, slow down were not going to hurt you!" The black girl said. I turned to look at Becky and asked, "What have I missed?!"
"And that's what happened," Becky said, after explaining the whole situation. I was sitting on one of the large boulders beside the lake. I looked at the mutants that stood off to the side, discussing the situation, I was sure. I turned to look at Becky and asked softly, "What are their names?"
She looked a bit confused, and turned to look at the huddled group.
"Well, they called the black girl Oracle, and the they called the red-headed boy Static," she said.
"They must be code names," I murmured. I still was in shock at how close I had come to dying. She said that the black girl saved me. As if she had heard me, 'Oracle' walked over and joined us.
"Do you two have anywhere to go?" she asked. I nodded, but on second thought I shook my head.
"Well, we have somewhere to go, but it's in New York. Bayville to be exact," I said. "My grandmother told us to go to a Charles Xavier. He runs a school for mutants." She nodded, and walked back to the group. I watched them discuss it for a little while before getting up to stretch. I pulled the tension out of the muscles of my arms, but made a hissing sound as my side started to throb. I walked over to the edge of the lake, remembering.
"Don't look back!" she said. 'What about ya'll?" I asked. "Don't worry about us!" How could I not! They were my family, the only people I cared about! Did they expect me to just forget about them? I wonder if they made it out alive…I hope so. I don't think I could forgive myself if they didn't. I wish I knew what happened. If only Becky hadn't dragged me away from Grandma, she might have lived. Or I might have died trying to save her. I guess it was for the best…" I thought. Tears glided down my face and hit the lakes motionless surface, making it ripple. I wiped away the tears though. My grandmother had to be all right. And so were my mom and my brother. I just felt it, a feeling deep in my heart. They were fine, I just knew it. I felt Becky walk beside me and looked at the moon's reflection in the water. I smiled at her.
"Thinking about your mom and your grandmother?" she asked. I nodded. She put a hand on my shoulder.
"I know that they are safe, though," I said. I turned to look her in the eyes. " I can feel it." She smiled, and whispered to the silence, "Thank God."
We both stood in a companionable silence, watching the glimmering reflection of the clear night sky. One of the fake F.O.H people cleared his throat. We turned around, seeing that they broke up their 'meeting'.
"We decided that if you wanted to, you could stay with us for a while. We will try to help you get to New York," Static said.
"I have one question, though," I said.
"Yeah?" Oracle asked.
"What are your names?"
They looked at each other, taken aback by the question. Either that, or unwilling to give up the information.
"We don't use names. Only code names," Static said.
"Then what are your code names?" Becky asked.
"That's Oracle, that's Static, and I'm Nightmare," the joker said in his English accent. "There's a few more on the team, but we'll wait till you meet them." I looked at them, curious.
"Why Nightmare?" I asked. "As a matter of fact, why Static and Oracle?" Oracle sat down on the ground, obviously tired from healing me.
"Well, we have to use them. If one of us gets caught by the F.O.H., he," Oracle glared at Static, who smiled apologetically, " or she can't tell names."
I sat on the boulder, Becky beside me. She sat down on the ground also, and pulled out some crackers from my bag.
"I get that part," I said, feeling a little tired myself. Plus my side hurt a lot. "But I don't understand why you have such weird ones."
"Our names reflect our mutant abilities," Oracle said. "I can heal people, and can see brief flashes of the future." I nodded, and turned to look at Static. I tried to get comfortable by pulling one leg up so I could rest my chin on my knee. "What about you?" I asked.
"I can control electricity. So I was named Static," he said, shrugging his shoulders. I grinned, eyes half closed.
"And what about you?" Becky said. "What can you do?"
Nightmare grinned evilly, and giggled like a madman. I smiled. He reminded me of one of my friends from school.
"I'm an illusionist. I can create your worst nightmares," he said mysteriously. I blinked not sure what to think about that.
"An illusionist, huh?" Becky said. He nodded solemnly and struck a classic Superman position, with his hands on his hips and his face looking off into the distance. I chuckled, and stood up from the sitting on the boulder.
"Now what?" I asked, wondering what to do. We couldn't sit here all night. What's left of the F.O.H. could get a clue and come after us again. There was no doubt in my mind that we could beat them, but it would be a struggle, seeing that three of us are exhausted. I heard movement coming form the forest, and saw how quickly the others sprang into action. They stood ready to attack, when the being bursted through the woods.
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