Galla smiled at the tall man standing over her. "Hello little one." He said in a voice that held the image of light, warmth, love and everything in-between.
"Hello." Galla replied. She felt surprisingly calm even though she knew who this man was. "Where am I?" Though she already knew the answer Galla wanted to check.
"Exactly where you think you are Galanna. But you can't stay. It's not your time child. You still have many things to achieve, and a love to find."
"But there's nothing back there for me. What have I ever done that I deserve to go back, or even to be here. I should be hell." Galla murmured the last few words.
"That's for me to decide not you." He said kindly. "Now it's time for you go. Tell your sister the truth, she loves you and so does a certain, rather handsome, young man. Good bye little one, I hope to see you again." He gave her a hearty wink.
Hmm I always thought that God would be a little more awing rather than… well… so human. OH well I'm heading back.
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Galla opened her eyes to a very white room with flourescent lighting. She squinted until her eyes adjusted to the light. Looking around the room she saw Aurora sitting in a chair gently snoring in a peaceful sleep on one side of the room, a few feet away her was another bed that held a sleeping Kitty. Thank God she made it through she thought, breathing a sigh of relief. But as she turned to the other side of the room Galla's breath caught in her throat. Sitting next to her bed was Alex and he was staring straight at her. She looked down. "I'm sorry." She whispered. "For running, for not telling the truth, and for what I am, a murderer. If you don't want to forgive me I understand." Her eyes were welling with tears even though she didn't want them to. She clenched her eyes to stop the salty tears.
She felt a soft hand touch her arm and she looked up into sad, but eager eyes. "Why did you run?" Galla sighed. This was the last question she wanted to answer right now.
"If I'm going to tell you I might as well call the others." Calling gently with her mind she spoke. I'm up. Galla would have giggled at all the racket that was made as they all rushed to come down, but she was about to tell something entirely to serious. Kirk appeared instantly with his *Bamp* sound, while the Professor and the rest took the conventional way. In the room Aurora woke up and rushed over while Kitty sat up in her bed smiling weakly.
The room was a pit of havoc as everyone started speaking at once, most of them being apologies from Scott and the rest for their earlier treatment of her. When Galla felt like her head was about to explode she scream in her head SHUT UP! The room fell instantly quiet. "I have something to tell you all. But first off I should start with an apology. I never told you all I should have and because of me making the same stupid mistake I have made once before in my past, one you died.
"When I was around nine or ten I was living with a family that also had another foster daughter who was ten months old. One night during my change, which is what you experienced last night, I managed to escape my room. When I woke in the morning I went into my bathroom and wiped blood off of my mouth thinking it was my own. I didn't remember anything that had happened the night before, as usual. But I killed a person, and innocent little baby, and I couldn't even remember doing it.
"Now I didn't tell you and history repeated itself. I'm a murderer, plain and through. I shouldn't deserve to live but I'm hear and I vow to myself to find away to make for all the bad things I've done in only thirteen years of living." Everyone was deathly quiet. Galla looked at all of there faces trying to tell what they were thinking. She could read there minds but she wasn't sure she wanted to hear their thoughts at the moment.
Alex was the first one to speak. "But why did you run from me?" He asked barely above whisper. Galla sighed.
"Well... because of this," She leaned forward to show her lower back. On the perfect white skin was the most hideous scar any of them had ever seen. It was a purplish-green color shaped like an "X". "No that isn't a surgery scar. It's from the man that I killed. They raped us when we were there. IT didn't start until I was about five, but it did happen. I was the lead guys favorite. Every night the same thing. Finally one night I got sick of it and told him no. He flung me down and took the fire poker, heating it in the fire. Before I could get up her struck me once. I was so blinded by pain that I couldn't move in time before he struck me again, making a perfect "X". He said it now meant I was his, so when I killed him a vowed to never be anyone's again. We escaped a week later when I found out he had taken a liking to Malaya."
Everyone was very quiet, not moving, until Logan awkwardly cleared his throat. "Kids back upstairs you have a danger room session to finish." He said gruffly. They quietly followed him not looking back, everyone except Alex. He didn't move an inch. Rorey looked as to make him leave but Galla intervened. Let him stay Aurora sighed in her head.
You know he refused to leave your side for all three days you've been down here.
Galla smiled. All the more reason for us to not make him leave.
Professor Xavier made as if to speak but Galla interrupted him. "No Professor I do not wish to talk about I've done enough talking already to day. And yes I would enjoy a session in the danger room this afternoon cuz I feel very lazy. I have not worked out in like a week and pretty soon I'll get used to it which would not be a good thing. Now you might wanna get upstairs because I believe that the team is about to start." The Professor sighed. Galla could tell he wasn't used to people reading his thoughts. He opened his mouth once again to speak. "And yes we can go over the ground rules for reading minds after that." Xavier shook his head and wheeled his way out of the infirmary. Rorey crank her neck at Alex subtly then strode after the Professor, correctly guessing that the two teens wanted to be alone.
"Alex I'm sorry." Galla whispered. "DO you ever think you could like, maybe even someday love a murderer?" Alex smiled.
"I think I already do." He leaned forward and kissed her softly. Galla pulled back a little startled, then smiled.
"That was nice." She whispered. Alex was just leaning in to give her another one when they were interrupted.
Galla the danger room is free. Get dressed and come meet me outside the control room. Galla growled.
Ya know Professor you have spectacular timing. She answered back sarcastically. Getting up she walked slowly out the door and to the elevator with Alex behind her.
A drowsy Kitty smiled softly from the remaining bed in the infirmary, she wouldn't tell anyone about what she had seen. At least not until she had milked every last inch of black male out of the incident.
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Hey I finally finished! Of course like any of you are reading this still! If you are reading it I'd love reviews. And I know it's crappy ending but I had writers block and I need to finish this one before I got started on another one! Anyway thanks to you who read this. ¡Adíos!
-Sk
