United We Stand
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YIN: We do not own any of these characters, we're not wholly sure who does, but it's not us.
YANG: Unless my alter-ego is doing that thing again (looks worried) All unknown charas are made by various other authors who we luv and are our friends. We are using them with permission. Strong m/m content will be contained in later chapters, as well as violence and strong language. U no like, u adios, okay. Do NOT blame us if u can't stomach it, we warned u.
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A man stood, enshrouded in a normal grey trench coat and loaded with flyers. As the wind began to pick up, he let go of them, sending them scattering through the air like released doves. Paper fluttered and spun, being carried away to who knows where by the air currents. The man smiled. Now lots of people would know about his cause… he had to go and prepare.
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A skinny arm clad in leather snatched a flyer out of the air before it hit the ground. The owner of the arm leant back against the building behind him as he read it through once, then read it again.
EQUAL CHANCES!
EQUAL RIGHTS!
Are you tired of being abused and tormented by those around you too close-minded to understand who you are? What you are?
Show them that we aren't freaks. Join us in the re-education of the public and the education of ourselves to learn better how to control the gifts that we were given at birth.
Friday, 18th October,
9.45 pm,
The Glit
Chestnut Ave,
Diego Vatusia sighed as he sucked on a cigarette. Hmmm. He might try that. It was the only thing he had left after all.
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A tall tanned woman, about 5'8" with blood red hair and gold eyes paused outside a wide three-story brick building. Inside it held a number of halls of various conventions, the one she was looking for was in the main hall and was anything but a regular convention. As she looked up she felt the feeling in the pit of her stomach return with a vengeance. She told herself to stop worrying, that everyone else here was just like them and they weren't going to be persecuted. She turned to the boy next to her. He was pale skinned, but his hair and eyes were black and he only reached 5'7". Her brother, Kevin. He smiled at her reassuringly. She knew it would be safe here, but she had never been pro admitting what they were. She had always been perfectly happy living the quiet life. No-one had to know that they could do things that normal people couldn't; it wasn't any of their business anyway.
Kevin seemed really excited about this. He bounced ahead, into the hall. She sighed and walked quickly to catch up with him. He was looking around the large hall filled with other mutants of a verity of different shapes, sizes and colours in amazement.
Diego entered the building from the side, used to sneaking in, in order to avoid drawing attention. He realised that he needn't have bothered as soon as he entered. Mutants of all types, with wings to claws to luminous hair were here. He turned to see the mutants entering from behind him, then turned forward again, seeing the large amount of people in front. There were so many of them… loads and loads, enough so that the hall was dangerously close to filling. He started to feel panic, a tightening in his throat and an icy feeling in his stomach. His vision started greying and he couldn't breathe properly. He swayed and blacked out for a minute, until he fell forward into someone, the contact with another person grounding him and bringing him out of his panic slightly. He just hoped that they wouldn't be too angry with him for falling into them like that. He then didn't have to worry at all as he totally passed out.
The red head, commonly know as Meddie, stumbled forward as someone fell into her. As soon as she had recovered her balance, she reached out to catch the person slumped against her. It was a small figure, with long loose black hair that had fallen over the persons face so that it was impossible to tell how old or what gender the person was. Kevin and Meddie were left to assume that it was a young girl. They tried to roll her over, but they could not, and they did not want her to fall so in the end Kevin lifted her up, holding her under her knees and supporting her mid-back. Her head started to loll back so Kevin readjusted her slightly so that she rested against his chest. Meddie brushed the girl's hair out of her face so that it would be easier for her to breathe.
Then she got a good look at the supposed girl's face. While it did have a rather feminine look to it, there was also a distinct masculinity about the girl too. She glanced at Kevin who seemed to be questioning the same thing. She just shrugged. It didn't really matter what the gender of the kid was anyway. The person stirred, and they both looked down again as its eyes started to open slowly.
As Diego came to, he was panicked to find himself being held by a strange boy. He froze sharply then began to struggle to get away.
He noticed a red haired girl standing over him and stilled again, knowing that he was caught and waiting to see what their reaction to his vivid red eyes would be.
Kevin was shocked when the kid started to struggle, and had a job trying not to drop him. He glanced at Medusa in desperation. The kid seemed to notice her at the same time and stilled, but still looked scared. Medusa smiled at him trying to appear as harmless as possible.
"Are you okay kid?" She asked.
Diego, frozen in fear, nodded stiffly. He swallowed nervously, waiting to see what would happen.
Medusa and Kevin exchanged worried looks; the kid seemed to be scared. They weren't totally sure why he was frightened of them, but Kevin wasn't going to hold the kid against his will and desperate to put the kid at ease he set him down on his feet.
"Are you sure?" Kevin asked disbelieving. "Are you here by yourself."
Diego looked at the pair warily, not sure what they wanted now. He couldn't bolt as there were too many people around and they seemed nice enough. They hadn't wigged out over his strange eyes anyway, and that could only be good. He decided to grace them with a verbal answer.
"Yeah, I am." He said quietly. "Got the flyer'n came round. How 'bout you?"
"It's just us. I'm Kevin by the way, and this is my sister Meddie. I found one of the flyers too, and just kinda dragged Meddie here." Kevin answered. "What's your name anyway?"
"Diego Vatusia."
Kevin was about to say something more when they heard the Speaker come to life letting everyone in the vicinity know that the speaker would be starting in the next few minutes. He turned to Diego and asked the kid if he wanted to come with them to hear the speech, it was only fair since the kid was here alone.
Diego thought about it for a second and, knowing that he had no one else to talk to and that it might be nice to have some company for a change, said yes.
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"We have to realise that mutants aren't our enemies. Some of them have powers that can be trained to help us. By positive reinforcement, these people can be persuaded to come out and use their natural talents for the benefit of everyone. With institutes like the one run by Charles Xavier in Bayville, mutant children can be given guidance and help in their studies as well as training in their powers."
The doors were suddenly kicked in and men and women in grey and red uniforms stormed the place.
"WE ARE THE FRIENDS OF HUMANITY!" A man with a loudspeaker stated. "EVERYBODY PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE GROUND AND STAY STILL."
The man at the front yelled into the microphone. "Run everybody! Escape! Those who can, help the children! Help the child…"
There were screams from the youngest as he was shot. He fell forward over the podium and his blood spilled over the edge. Diego stared at it, transfixed by the sight, running liquid and crimson across the floor. He felt a strange stirring inside him until a strange, feathered woman grabbed his arm. He was lifted up and out of a hole in the roof and placed in an alley a fair way away.
"Run kid. And stay away from those people, they're nothing but trouble."
He stood there in shock until she yelled at him to move before lifting into the air, probably to save some more children.
Diego forgot about his newfound friends, forgot about his current problems and ran for his life.
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YANG: Oh Yeah! That's it for that chapter. Oooo, blood! 0_o Anyway, the next chapter brings thrills and spills. Well, actually, it doesn't. It brings Kevin to Bayville though. STAY TUNED FOR MORE, TALES FROM THE KOOKY ONES!!!
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