My jaw dropped. No way! She couldn't be my sister! She was my best
friend! That was all! Besides, we had bigger problems.
Gwen, however, decided to pipe up and speak her extremely ticked-off mind. "Excuse me, but I only have one sister," she retorted, "And you killed her when you killed my parents!" At this point, Randy just looked totally lost.
He looked at me. "Did I now? Well then, just so you don't go on completely hating me, I'll prove to you that that's not true, Gwen. Close your eyes and remember your sister."
"I'm not doing anything you tell me to!"
"I don't think you're in much of a position to argue, now are you?"
"Let Rina and Randy go! They have nothing to do with this!"
"Oh but that's where you're wrong, Gweneviere. Randy may be rather insignificant right now, but Rina has just as much, if not more to do with this than you do. You see, as I've already explained to your sister, I'm not here to harm you. I'm here to give you answers."
"Tell you what," said Gwen. I had never seen this side of her before! She was just as steamed as I was for a change! I looked over at her and saw that her eyes were glowing an eerie blue. "Why don't you just take your answers and shove them up your wazoo! Because I don't want to have to see your butt-ugly face unless it's a part of your butt-ugly corpse!" Was this the same Gwen I knew? Holy cow!
"Well now! That wasn't polite!" he said.
"Deal with it!" she snapped.
"Come now, since we're all here together and no one's going anywhere for a while, why don't you just humor me. It's not like you have anything else to do. Close your eyes. And you, Rina. Gwen, I want you to remember everything you can possibly remember about your sister." Neither of us were entirely sure why we obeyed, but we did.
A picture slowly began to take shape in our minds, originating in hers and spreading to mind, just as Magneto described it. "Remember the blazing red hair, the pale face covered with freckles, those big, adorable brown eyes that could belong only to such a small carefree child. Now imagine that little girl a year later. She's grown up a bit, hasn't she? Now five years later, and now ten. Now thirteen. See what she's become? She's taller. She is no longer a cute little toddler, but a beautiful young woman. Her eyes are no longer wide with joy and innocence like that of a young girl, but have been filled with pain. She bears many scars from her dark, shadowy past, and yet she lives on, too determined to let herself be destroyed by it. Yes, she is hurt every now and then, but comes through stronger for it. Do you have a clear picture in your mind of this person?"
We did. I watched as the girl grew up and lost her innocence about thrice as fast as most kids, until she had reached the stage she was at now.
"Good. Now open your eyes, and Gwen, look at Rina, and I guarantee you that all your doubts in my words will be gone."
We each did so, and the expression on her face as she looked at me was burned into my memory forever.
Gwen, however, decided to pipe up and speak her extremely ticked-off mind. "Excuse me, but I only have one sister," she retorted, "And you killed her when you killed my parents!" At this point, Randy just looked totally lost.
He looked at me. "Did I now? Well then, just so you don't go on completely hating me, I'll prove to you that that's not true, Gwen. Close your eyes and remember your sister."
"I'm not doing anything you tell me to!"
"I don't think you're in much of a position to argue, now are you?"
"Let Rina and Randy go! They have nothing to do with this!"
"Oh but that's where you're wrong, Gweneviere. Randy may be rather insignificant right now, but Rina has just as much, if not more to do with this than you do. You see, as I've already explained to your sister, I'm not here to harm you. I'm here to give you answers."
"Tell you what," said Gwen. I had never seen this side of her before! She was just as steamed as I was for a change! I looked over at her and saw that her eyes were glowing an eerie blue. "Why don't you just take your answers and shove them up your wazoo! Because I don't want to have to see your butt-ugly face unless it's a part of your butt-ugly corpse!" Was this the same Gwen I knew? Holy cow!
"Well now! That wasn't polite!" he said.
"Deal with it!" she snapped.
"Come now, since we're all here together and no one's going anywhere for a while, why don't you just humor me. It's not like you have anything else to do. Close your eyes. And you, Rina. Gwen, I want you to remember everything you can possibly remember about your sister." Neither of us were entirely sure why we obeyed, but we did.
A picture slowly began to take shape in our minds, originating in hers and spreading to mind, just as Magneto described it. "Remember the blazing red hair, the pale face covered with freckles, those big, adorable brown eyes that could belong only to such a small carefree child. Now imagine that little girl a year later. She's grown up a bit, hasn't she? Now five years later, and now ten. Now thirteen. See what she's become? She's taller. She is no longer a cute little toddler, but a beautiful young woman. Her eyes are no longer wide with joy and innocence like that of a young girl, but have been filled with pain. She bears many scars from her dark, shadowy past, and yet she lives on, too determined to let herself be destroyed by it. Yes, she is hurt every now and then, but comes through stronger for it. Do you have a clear picture in your mind of this person?"
We did. I watched as the girl grew up and lost her innocence about thrice as fast as most kids, until she had reached the stage she was at now.
"Good. Now open your eyes, and Gwen, look at Rina, and I guarantee you that all your doubts in my words will be gone."
We each did so, and the expression on her face as she looked at me was burned into my memory forever.