Title: Project: Rapunzel
Chapter: 6
By: Web Spinner
Notes: song is from A walk to remember. When I heard I just thought of this story and had to put it in
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There's a song that inside of my soul.
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again.
I'm awake in
the infinite cold, but you sing to me over and over and over again.
So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours.
I pray to be only yours.
I know now you're my
only hope.
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~ Scott~
I opened my eyes. I had never meant to go to sleep. Jean was asleep in my arms looking at peace. She looked like an angel and it made me want to protect her even more. I was never supposed to get this close. I nudged her gently. Her emerald eyes fluttered open and smiled at me.
"We can't be caught like this," I told her. She nodded and stood up and stretched. She wrapped her hair on the hook and threw the rest down the side.
"I'll come back tonight," I promised her and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around my neck.
"I don't want to be alone again," she whispered into my shirt.
"You never will be again, I promise," I said and climbed out of the window and down the rope of hair. I needed time to come up with a plan. I had come up with dozens of ideas but they seemed impossible. I almost cursed at the professor for assigning me to this assignment. I had never meant to get so close to her and I certainly never meant to fall in love with her.
***Later***
"Do they sit around thinking what crummy jobs they can give us?" complained Cal as he finished sweeping the conference room. I nodded and wrung out the rag I had been washing the windows with.
"Man, you're being more serious then usual. Are you sick?" he asked me.
"No," I said and shook my head. My mind had been filled with parts of plans of how to break Jean out of here.
"Something is bugging you," Cal commented. I raised an eyebrow in annoyance and sighed.
"Do you ever wonder if this whole thing is right?" I asked him. He looked taken aback but he sat down and stared at me thoughtfully.
"It's science, so it has to be right," he said with a shrug.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former," I quoted. Cal looked at me with puzzlement.
"Einstein," came a voice behind me. I stiffened and turned around. A man in his late forties stood before me surrounded by the press and a couple of bodyguards. I nodded.
"Albert Einstein said that after the bombing of Japan. Not all things categorized as science is a good thing for the betterment of the people on this earth," I said.
"Smart lad, you know your history. Do you know who I am?" the man asked me. Of course, everyone knew Senator Kelly. He spoke about Mutant registration. To the Mutant community he was considered as evil or even more so then the Friends of Humanity.
"Yes, Senator Kelly," I said simply. Personally I would've liked to punch in his face but I remained calm as if the guy standing in front of me wasn't some mutant hating idiot.
"Good lad," he said slapping me on the back and currently brushed past me. More and more people began filling in the room.
"Come on Joe, we're going to get in major trouble if the bulldog catches us," warned Cal and pulled on my sleeve.
"No I want to see what's going on," I told him. He shrugged.
"Ok, man it's your own funeral," he said and rushed out the door. I rolled my eyes. Cal defiantly wasn't a kind of guy you'd place your life in his hands.
~ Jean~
Something is going on. I was given a pair of comfortable pair of carpenters pants and a think wool sweater to put on. My hair was also fixed properly. I was almost afraid they were going to cut it but they didn't. Now all I have to do is sit and wait. I hate waiting.
~ Scott~
"...And as you see Senator Kelly the Neutralizer will disengage the gene in the mutant's body," explained the scientist and held up the gun. I frowned at the small gun and shook my head. Everyone around me stood up and applauded. I stood up as well as to not be marked as different. I couldn't believe everyone was actually agreeing to the crap that had been presented. Pure hatred spread though the crowd masked as righteousness. It was almost sickening.
"What are the side affects?" I asked the scientist. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the guards surrounding the conference room move their hands toward their gun belts. Did they really think I was that stupid? The scientist looked blankly at me.
"There are none," said Senator Kelly smiling down from the platform. I sat down to divert attention. Even now Ida was glaring at me from her spot on the platform as well. Senator Kelly walked over to podium.
"Dear people. We are in a new age where unlike our grandfathers we have to worry about the increasing population of mutants among us. We need to find them and tag them. Mostly we need to find out what they do. Some I've heard, have such great powers that when they touch brings death to any human," Kelly stated. The crowd murmured and stirred. "Science is an amazing thing. With the Neutralizer and the new serum X66 that will be given to every highschooler in the country by next year. The mutant's body will let off a reaction against X66 allowing us to pick them. Already we have found and tagged some of the mutants from the school where the serum was first tested. Here is one such girl," said Senator Kelly. The room was very quiet as two guards half dragged Jean into the room. I clinched my teeth and held tightly onto my chair to prevent myself from running to her. The fools had drugged her again. She stared at the crowd with glassy eyes but still struggled weakly against the
guards that held her.
"This thing, good people, has the ability to maneuver items with her mind and is one of the less dangerous mutants out there. She is being healed of her mutation right as I speak," Senator Kelly said and lifted Jean's chin so the crowd could see her face. Jean pulled away from his touch.
"Unhand me now. I was forced here against my will," she yelled at the crowd desperately. She was struggling harder now. Items started suddenly floating in the air. I managed to grasp my glasses before they were ripped from my face. She was in a panic and that usually sent her powers haywire.
"Restrain her!" yelled Ida through the chaos. A guard hit Jean on the back of the head with the hilt of his gun. Jean crumbled to the floor and the things floating in the air dropped as well.
"Hello Scott" said the professor as he picked up the phone. I frowned. I hated when the professor did that, it still freaked me out a bit.
"Did you get the serum?" I asked him.
"In fact I did and had it tested. It's very interesting, it speeds along the mutation process," Charles answered.
"She's addicted to it. Jean went into seizures one day when she wasn't injected with it."
"I figured as much. It will make your job harder unless she can break it. Her body will crave the drug and she might do anything even go back to the Friends of Humanity to get the next quick fix," the professor said calmly. I gritted my teeth, I had been afraid of that but never wanted to admit it.
"Who's there?" I asked.
"Where there is only Kitty and Tabby," he replied. Only two? That will make this even harder.
"Send them here, we're breaking her out tomorrow night," I said and hung up the phone. I glanced at the cheap motel clock. It was 2 am.
~Jean~
My body is numb with pain. It hurts almost so bad that I cannot even sleep. I don't want to sleep for Joseph is coming tonight again. I spotted him out in the crowd. He's hard to miss with his usual red tinted sunglasses. I had been reprimanded for my conduct of course. I knew I would be, but I never thought they would've beaten me this much. I think one of my ribs was cracked. I walked over to my window and looked at the shadows the distorted the whiteness of my prison.
"Jean!" came a voice below. I lowered my hair and waited for him to climb up. "Joseph," I greeted him with a kiss. He stroked my cheek with his thumb.
"I am so sorry," he apologized.
"It looks worse then it is," I mumbled. He took me in his arms and I felt so safe. He just held me for a couple of minutes saying nothing.
"I'm getting you out of here tomorrow night. Understand? You don't have to be afraid of them anymore," he told me. My heart nearly burst as emotion engulfed me like a wave.
"Thank you," I said and kissed him again. I didn't know what I would do with out my Joseph.my Scott.
~ Cal~
"You were right." I looked up and swallowed hard. Joseph was a traitor. He was helping the mutant...in fact he was in love with her. Even now the couple was kissing in the tower in plain view.
"And this happens every night?" Ida asked.
"It just recently started happening to my knowledge," I managed to say. I swallowed again as the main scientist bored her eyes into me.
"I will deal with it then," Ida said with a small smile on her face. She pressed the money into my hand.
"Go spend it on drugs, beer and women if you'd like. You've earned it," she sneered at me. I nodded and stuffed the money into my pocket. I glanced one last time at the happy couple. I felt like such a Judas.
Chapter: 6
By: Web Spinner
Notes: song is from A walk to remember. When I heard I just thought of this story and had to put it in
________________________________________________________________________
There's a song that inside of my soul.
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again.
I'm awake in
the infinite cold, but you sing to me over and over and over again.
So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours.
I pray to be only yours.
I know now you're my
only hope.
________________________________________________________________________
~ Scott~
I opened my eyes. I had never meant to go to sleep. Jean was asleep in my arms looking at peace. She looked like an angel and it made me want to protect her even more. I was never supposed to get this close. I nudged her gently. Her emerald eyes fluttered open and smiled at me.
"We can't be caught like this," I told her. She nodded and stood up and stretched. She wrapped her hair on the hook and threw the rest down the side.
"I'll come back tonight," I promised her and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around my neck.
"I don't want to be alone again," she whispered into my shirt.
"You never will be again, I promise," I said and climbed out of the window and down the rope of hair. I needed time to come up with a plan. I had come up with dozens of ideas but they seemed impossible. I almost cursed at the professor for assigning me to this assignment. I had never meant to get so close to her and I certainly never meant to fall in love with her.
***Later***
"Do they sit around thinking what crummy jobs they can give us?" complained Cal as he finished sweeping the conference room. I nodded and wrung out the rag I had been washing the windows with.
"Man, you're being more serious then usual. Are you sick?" he asked me.
"No," I said and shook my head. My mind had been filled with parts of plans of how to break Jean out of here.
"Something is bugging you," Cal commented. I raised an eyebrow in annoyance and sighed.
"Do you ever wonder if this whole thing is right?" I asked him. He looked taken aback but he sat down and stared at me thoughtfully.
"It's science, so it has to be right," he said with a shrug.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former," I quoted. Cal looked at me with puzzlement.
"Einstein," came a voice behind me. I stiffened and turned around. A man in his late forties stood before me surrounded by the press and a couple of bodyguards. I nodded.
"Albert Einstein said that after the bombing of Japan. Not all things categorized as science is a good thing for the betterment of the people on this earth," I said.
"Smart lad, you know your history. Do you know who I am?" the man asked me. Of course, everyone knew Senator Kelly. He spoke about Mutant registration. To the Mutant community he was considered as evil or even more so then the Friends of Humanity.
"Yes, Senator Kelly," I said simply. Personally I would've liked to punch in his face but I remained calm as if the guy standing in front of me wasn't some mutant hating idiot.
"Good lad," he said slapping me on the back and currently brushed past me. More and more people began filling in the room.
"Come on Joe, we're going to get in major trouble if the bulldog catches us," warned Cal and pulled on my sleeve.
"No I want to see what's going on," I told him. He shrugged.
"Ok, man it's your own funeral," he said and rushed out the door. I rolled my eyes. Cal defiantly wasn't a kind of guy you'd place your life in his hands.
~ Jean~
Something is going on. I was given a pair of comfortable pair of carpenters pants and a think wool sweater to put on. My hair was also fixed properly. I was almost afraid they were going to cut it but they didn't. Now all I have to do is sit and wait. I hate waiting.
~ Scott~
"...And as you see Senator Kelly the Neutralizer will disengage the gene in the mutant's body," explained the scientist and held up the gun. I frowned at the small gun and shook my head. Everyone around me stood up and applauded. I stood up as well as to not be marked as different. I couldn't believe everyone was actually agreeing to the crap that had been presented. Pure hatred spread though the crowd masked as righteousness. It was almost sickening.
"What are the side affects?" I asked the scientist. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the guards surrounding the conference room move their hands toward their gun belts. Did they really think I was that stupid? The scientist looked blankly at me.
"There are none," said Senator Kelly smiling down from the platform. I sat down to divert attention. Even now Ida was glaring at me from her spot on the platform as well. Senator Kelly walked over to podium.
"Dear people. We are in a new age where unlike our grandfathers we have to worry about the increasing population of mutants among us. We need to find them and tag them. Mostly we need to find out what they do. Some I've heard, have such great powers that when they touch brings death to any human," Kelly stated. The crowd murmured and stirred. "Science is an amazing thing. With the Neutralizer and the new serum X66 that will be given to every highschooler in the country by next year. The mutant's body will let off a reaction against X66 allowing us to pick them. Already we have found and tagged some of the mutants from the school where the serum was first tested. Here is one such girl," said Senator Kelly. The room was very quiet as two guards half dragged Jean into the room. I clinched my teeth and held tightly onto my chair to prevent myself from running to her. The fools had drugged her again. She stared at the crowd with glassy eyes but still struggled weakly against the
guards that held her.
"This thing, good people, has the ability to maneuver items with her mind and is one of the less dangerous mutants out there. She is being healed of her mutation right as I speak," Senator Kelly said and lifted Jean's chin so the crowd could see her face. Jean pulled away from his touch.
"Unhand me now. I was forced here against my will," she yelled at the crowd desperately. She was struggling harder now. Items started suddenly floating in the air. I managed to grasp my glasses before they were ripped from my face. She was in a panic and that usually sent her powers haywire.
"Restrain her!" yelled Ida through the chaos. A guard hit Jean on the back of the head with the hilt of his gun. Jean crumbled to the floor and the things floating in the air dropped as well.
"Hello Scott" said the professor as he picked up the phone. I frowned. I hated when the professor did that, it still freaked me out a bit.
"Did you get the serum?" I asked him.
"In fact I did and had it tested. It's very interesting, it speeds along the mutation process," Charles answered.
"She's addicted to it. Jean went into seizures one day when she wasn't injected with it."
"I figured as much. It will make your job harder unless she can break it. Her body will crave the drug and she might do anything even go back to the Friends of Humanity to get the next quick fix," the professor said calmly. I gritted my teeth, I had been afraid of that but never wanted to admit it.
"Who's there?" I asked.
"Where there is only Kitty and Tabby," he replied. Only two? That will make this even harder.
"Send them here, we're breaking her out tomorrow night," I said and hung up the phone. I glanced at the cheap motel clock. It was 2 am.
~Jean~
My body is numb with pain. It hurts almost so bad that I cannot even sleep. I don't want to sleep for Joseph is coming tonight again. I spotted him out in the crowd. He's hard to miss with his usual red tinted sunglasses. I had been reprimanded for my conduct of course. I knew I would be, but I never thought they would've beaten me this much. I think one of my ribs was cracked. I walked over to my window and looked at the shadows the distorted the whiteness of my prison.
"Jean!" came a voice below. I lowered my hair and waited for him to climb up. "Joseph," I greeted him with a kiss. He stroked my cheek with his thumb.
"I am so sorry," he apologized.
"It looks worse then it is," I mumbled. He took me in his arms and I felt so safe. He just held me for a couple of minutes saying nothing.
"I'm getting you out of here tomorrow night. Understand? You don't have to be afraid of them anymore," he told me. My heart nearly burst as emotion engulfed me like a wave.
"Thank you," I said and kissed him again. I didn't know what I would do with out my Joseph.my Scott.
~ Cal~
"You were right." I looked up and swallowed hard. Joseph was a traitor. He was helping the mutant...in fact he was in love with her. Even now the couple was kissing in the tower in plain view.
"And this happens every night?" Ida asked.
"It just recently started happening to my knowledge," I managed to say. I swallowed again as the main scientist bored her eyes into me.
"I will deal with it then," Ida said with a small smile on her face. She pressed the money into my hand.
"Go spend it on drugs, beer and women if you'd like. You've earned it," she sneered at me. I nodded and stuffed the money into my pocket. I glanced one last time at the happy couple. I felt like such a Judas.