Sorry I haven't written in ages, I have been really busy with coursework
and going to uni open days so I haven't even sat down at the computer!
However this is the next instalment of Signs!
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Max lay tangled in her sheets her mouth twisted in a silent scream. Sweat beaded her body as the white linen wrapped their tendrils around her legs. Her mouth closed, pouting as she frowned eyes clasped tightly in sleep. She ran her hand down her cheek and down her body as she arched her upper body off the bed and fell back down panting, hands clasped the sheets, her nails tearing the material. Her eyes moved under their lids in REM and with a growl she tore herself from sleep eyes flying open, as she lay unblinking in the silky midnight light.
For a moment she thought nothing as she orientated her self in the room, then as the sweat began to cool on her body she sorted through the onslaught of thoughts that invaded her brain. Her skin did not feel feverish so she couldn't be in heat. That knocked the one feasible explanation out of her mind for her dream. It had been indeed hot, her eyes clouded as she thought of the stranger, touching her body, knowing exactly.
She sat up and untangled the sheets from her legs tucking them in at the bottom of the bed. Pulling them straight she plumped her pillows and picked idly at the tears whilst she went over thoughts in her mind. Despite the fact that the dream had been, hot, for want of a better word, she couldn't remember much, not factual information, just sensation. The man had been strong, strong enough for her any way and he'd had a tattoo on his back, so vivid she could remember it to draw in detail, and his eyes had glowed, like a cats caught in headlights. Max sighed in frustration. It was the worst possible time to be caught up in dreams however she'd better draw the picture to show Logan, just in case it meant anything significant with the runes.
She rooted around her small room and came up with a scrap of paper and quickly drew the symbol on it. It was a tattoo of a Chinese character. Max scanned her memory for seeing anything like it but was unable to find a match in her brain. She looked at the clock next to her and watched the numbers flick to 3am. Deciding she had already had enough sleep for one night she got out of bed, stripped and got into the shower, making sure it was cold enough to be noticeable.
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Alec awoke to the feeling of somebody digging their nails into his back. The girl in bed next to him was facing the opposite way and was fast asleep so it couldn't have been her. He looked around the room cautiously to see if anything could have made the sensation in his back. Seeing nothing he sighed and threw back the covers padding quietly into the bathroom. He was unusually sentimental letting that X sleep in his bed tonight. He was missing the feel of something womanly in his bed. Pulling the cord he let light flood the bathroom although he didn't need to. Down his back were four long scratches. He hadn't felt them earlier but maybe the girl in his bed was a bit friskier than he thought. He sighed. Turning away he didn't see the slight discolouration of his skin under the scratches along his shoulders. He pulled the cord and got back into bad unresisting when the woman rolled over and curled up to his back. He wouldn't sleep tonight, but he'd be welcome of the warmth.
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At 8 am the mobile phone lying next to Alec on the bedside cabinet rang. He swiped out an arm and flicked the clasp answering it with a grunt. Despite his prediction he'd managed to fall asleep around 5.
"Yeah?"
"Alec its Logan. There has been some more information revealed on Max's runes. I thought you might like to see?"
"Sure, gimme half and hour." He hung up and rolled into a sitting position. Rubbing his hand over his eyes he rubbed the grit away and slipped his boxer shorts on over the quilt. Jesse the woman he'd shared his bed with last night stretched next to him and let out a sigh that was near purr. She reached out a small hand and ran it over the still open scratches on his back.
"I didn't notice this last night"
Alec smirked; no she wouldn't have, not until after she'd scratched my back.
"How long have you had a tattoo?"
The smirk from Alec's face dropped as he twisted his neck around to see his shoulder. Getting up he ran into the bathroom and indeed the scratches on his back were still there, four pink marks over a large Chinese symbol tattooed upon his shoulder.
He moved quickly pulled a black knit jumper over his shoulders shrugged his legs into back cargo's and pushed his feet into black boots. He didn't stop to tie them up but grabbed his keys before slamming the door behind him, not even noticing that Jesse was still lying in his bed.
* * * * * * * * * * * * "That was quick!" Max looked at the door seeing a dishevelled and rain sodden Alec. His hair was soaked and lay across his forehead, dark, nearly black. Rain dripped from it onto his nose and there was a tiny drip of water rested on the tip of his nose. Max felt an incurable itch to lick it off. Widening her eyes at the thought she turned back to the computer leaning over it. Logan had gone to get a drink so she looked at the screen thinking about what the image translated from her dream meant.
Alec came up behind her. Max could feel his presence their tingling along her spine. It was weird. Alec had always affected her, she had always admitted that, but once she'd stopped driving the feeling into antagonism it was more powerful, more, sensual. Much as she hated to admit it.
"Do you know what that means?" She asked without turning to look at him so she missed the widening of his eyes and the gulp in his throat. The translation was on another page so just the symbol glared back at the two X- 5's.
"Cat or Feline" Alec murmured his voice sounding dangerously close to Max's ear.
"Well done." Max turned her head to see Logan standing a little away from her. She hadn't even noticed him. Alec stood slowly and sank into the chair that Max had sat in the day before. Logan threw him a towel and Alec muttered his thanks and turned to look at the computer screen.
"What's it supposed to mean?"
"Well." Logan started. "I discovered that the runes on Max's back are a prophecy. That she is the one and that her powers won't be discovered until a marked cat walks in her dreams and holds her heart. I am still not sure what this means but this is the symbol. Max dreamt of a man with a tattoo of this character. We're taking it that this man is the cat."
Max hadn't mentioned what this man was doing in her dream to Logan but her cheeks burned at the memory.
"That symbol, that very same symbol?" Logan nodded. "So why invite me here to talk about this?" Alec frowned.
Max answered. "You're my second. You have to know about things like this." Alec didn't miss the reference to the day before and nodded, his lips twitching slightly.
"What is it that this man is supposed to do exactly?" Alec asked.
"From the translation it's assumed that he will help Max realise her powers. We're not sure how he's supposed to do this"
Alec nodded. "Well, I guess before I go I have some news of my own to impart."
He uncurled himself from the chair and stood. He walked over to Max so that he stood just a few feet in front of her. Crossing his arms at the bottom of his damp jumper he caught the ends and pulled it up and over his head letting it fall at his feet. Max stared at Alec, caught by something in his eyes, the sheen on his skin. Then he turned and Logan's eyes narrowed until Alec's back was facing Max. Max wondered exactly what was so important that Alec must take his shirt off for. Then she noticed the blemished shoulder blade. Max had seen Alec shirtless enough times to know that he didn't have a tattoo. Had in fact seen it two days ago in training practice. There was no scabs or scar to indicate that he'd just had it done. A tattoo. The exact tattoo that Max had dreamt of.
Max's eyes focused on the four weals in his skin. Fingernail marks. Without thinking she raised her hand and placed her fingers against the marks. A perfect match. Even, Max could see with her enhanced sight, the gouges matched the length of her fingernails. She smothered a laugh and shrugged off the thought. She knew that she hadn't scratched Alec, not even in training.
"Someone get a little too rough with you Alec?"
She almost felt his grin. "You could say that."
"Err, lets not get distracted. How is it Alec that you seem to have a tattoo of Max's dream on your shoulder?" Logan was still staring at Alec.
"I don't know. It was pointed out to me a little over twenty minutes ago." Alec bent to pick up his jumper from the floor. Max watched the muscles ripple in his back and thought idly who'd told him about the tattoo.
"Could I get a copy of the prophecy?"
Logan moved over to the computer and Max stepped out of the way. She saw Logan's forehead wrinkle but didn't care. She was still too shocked about Alec. He was the one in her dream. Putting a face to the body had done nothing to ease the feeling of heat running through her body. Even worse, she knew exactly what she and Alec had to do to release her powers.
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Ok that's it. The next chapter. I even have the next chapter ready but I am going to wait to post that one. Maybe later hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! Hope you like it. If u wanna email me, please do so on sandwhedchez@hotmail.com. Xxx Lucy.
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Max lay tangled in her sheets her mouth twisted in a silent scream. Sweat beaded her body as the white linen wrapped their tendrils around her legs. Her mouth closed, pouting as she frowned eyes clasped tightly in sleep. She ran her hand down her cheek and down her body as she arched her upper body off the bed and fell back down panting, hands clasped the sheets, her nails tearing the material. Her eyes moved under their lids in REM and with a growl she tore herself from sleep eyes flying open, as she lay unblinking in the silky midnight light.
For a moment she thought nothing as she orientated her self in the room, then as the sweat began to cool on her body she sorted through the onslaught of thoughts that invaded her brain. Her skin did not feel feverish so she couldn't be in heat. That knocked the one feasible explanation out of her mind for her dream. It had been indeed hot, her eyes clouded as she thought of the stranger, touching her body, knowing exactly.
She sat up and untangled the sheets from her legs tucking them in at the bottom of the bed. Pulling them straight she plumped her pillows and picked idly at the tears whilst she went over thoughts in her mind. Despite the fact that the dream had been, hot, for want of a better word, she couldn't remember much, not factual information, just sensation. The man had been strong, strong enough for her any way and he'd had a tattoo on his back, so vivid she could remember it to draw in detail, and his eyes had glowed, like a cats caught in headlights. Max sighed in frustration. It was the worst possible time to be caught up in dreams however she'd better draw the picture to show Logan, just in case it meant anything significant with the runes.
She rooted around her small room and came up with a scrap of paper and quickly drew the symbol on it. It was a tattoo of a Chinese character. Max scanned her memory for seeing anything like it but was unable to find a match in her brain. She looked at the clock next to her and watched the numbers flick to 3am. Deciding she had already had enough sleep for one night she got out of bed, stripped and got into the shower, making sure it was cold enough to be noticeable.
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Alec awoke to the feeling of somebody digging their nails into his back. The girl in bed next to him was facing the opposite way and was fast asleep so it couldn't have been her. He looked around the room cautiously to see if anything could have made the sensation in his back. Seeing nothing he sighed and threw back the covers padding quietly into the bathroom. He was unusually sentimental letting that X sleep in his bed tonight. He was missing the feel of something womanly in his bed. Pulling the cord he let light flood the bathroom although he didn't need to. Down his back were four long scratches. He hadn't felt them earlier but maybe the girl in his bed was a bit friskier than he thought. He sighed. Turning away he didn't see the slight discolouration of his skin under the scratches along his shoulders. He pulled the cord and got back into bad unresisting when the woman rolled over and curled up to his back. He wouldn't sleep tonight, but he'd be welcome of the warmth.
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At 8 am the mobile phone lying next to Alec on the bedside cabinet rang. He swiped out an arm and flicked the clasp answering it with a grunt. Despite his prediction he'd managed to fall asleep around 5.
"Yeah?"
"Alec its Logan. There has been some more information revealed on Max's runes. I thought you might like to see?"
"Sure, gimme half and hour." He hung up and rolled into a sitting position. Rubbing his hand over his eyes he rubbed the grit away and slipped his boxer shorts on over the quilt. Jesse the woman he'd shared his bed with last night stretched next to him and let out a sigh that was near purr. She reached out a small hand and ran it over the still open scratches on his back.
"I didn't notice this last night"
Alec smirked; no she wouldn't have, not until after she'd scratched my back.
"How long have you had a tattoo?"
The smirk from Alec's face dropped as he twisted his neck around to see his shoulder. Getting up he ran into the bathroom and indeed the scratches on his back were still there, four pink marks over a large Chinese symbol tattooed upon his shoulder.
He moved quickly pulled a black knit jumper over his shoulders shrugged his legs into back cargo's and pushed his feet into black boots. He didn't stop to tie them up but grabbed his keys before slamming the door behind him, not even noticing that Jesse was still lying in his bed.
* * * * * * * * * * * * "That was quick!" Max looked at the door seeing a dishevelled and rain sodden Alec. His hair was soaked and lay across his forehead, dark, nearly black. Rain dripped from it onto his nose and there was a tiny drip of water rested on the tip of his nose. Max felt an incurable itch to lick it off. Widening her eyes at the thought she turned back to the computer leaning over it. Logan had gone to get a drink so she looked at the screen thinking about what the image translated from her dream meant.
Alec came up behind her. Max could feel his presence their tingling along her spine. It was weird. Alec had always affected her, she had always admitted that, but once she'd stopped driving the feeling into antagonism it was more powerful, more, sensual. Much as she hated to admit it.
"Do you know what that means?" She asked without turning to look at him so she missed the widening of his eyes and the gulp in his throat. The translation was on another page so just the symbol glared back at the two X- 5's.
"Cat or Feline" Alec murmured his voice sounding dangerously close to Max's ear.
"Well done." Max turned her head to see Logan standing a little away from her. She hadn't even noticed him. Alec stood slowly and sank into the chair that Max had sat in the day before. Logan threw him a towel and Alec muttered his thanks and turned to look at the computer screen.
"What's it supposed to mean?"
"Well." Logan started. "I discovered that the runes on Max's back are a prophecy. That she is the one and that her powers won't be discovered until a marked cat walks in her dreams and holds her heart. I am still not sure what this means but this is the symbol. Max dreamt of a man with a tattoo of this character. We're taking it that this man is the cat."
Max hadn't mentioned what this man was doing in her dream to Logan but her cheeks burned at the memory.
"That symbol, that very same symbol?" Logan nodded. "So why invite me here to talk about this?" Alec frowned.
Max answered. "You're my second. You have to know about things like this." Alec didn't miss the reference to the day before and nodded, his lips twitching slightly.
"What is it that this man is supposed to do exactly?" Alec asked.
"From the translation it's assumed that he will help Max realise her powers. We're not sure how he's supposed to do this"
Alec nodded. "Well, I guess before I go I have some news of my own to impart."
He uncurled himself from the chair and stood. He walked over to Max so that he stood just a few feet in front of her. Crossing his arms at the bottom of his damp jumper he caught the ends and pulled it up and over his head letting it fall at his feet. Max stared at Alec, caught by something in his eyes, the sheen on his skin. Then he turned and Logan's eyes narrowed until Alec's back was facing Max. Max wondered exactly what was so important that Alec must take his shirt off for. Then she noticed the blemished shoulder blade. Max had seen Alec shirtless enough times to know that he didn't have a tattoo. Had in fact seen it two days ago in training practice. There was no scabs or scar to indicate that he'd just had it done. A tattoo. The exact tattoo that Max had dreamt of.
Max's eyes focused on the four weals in his skin. Fingernail marks. Without thinking she raised her hand and placed her fingers against the marks. A perfect match. Even, Max could see with her enhanced sight, the gouges matched the length of her fingernails. She smothered a laugh and shrugged off the thought. She knew that she hadn't scratched Alec, not even in training.
"Someone get a little too rough with you Alec?"
She almost felt his grin. "You could say that."
"Err, lets not get distracted. How is it Alec that you seem to have a tattoo of Max's dream on your shoulder?" Logan was still staring at Alec.
"I don't know. It was pointed out to me a little over twenty minutes ago." Alec bent to pick up his jumper from the floor. Max watched the muscles ripple in his back and thought idly who'd told him about the tattoo.
"Could I get a copy of the prophecy?"
Logan moved over to the computer and Max stepped out of the way. She saw Logan's forehead wrinkle but didn't care. She was still too shocked about Alec. He was the one in her dream. Putting a face to the body had done nothing to ease the feeling of heat running through her body. Even worse, she knew exactly what she and Alec had to do to release her powers.
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Ok that's it. The next chapter. I even have the next chapter ready but I am going to wait to post that one. Maybe later hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! Hope you like it. If u wanna email me, please do so on sandwhedchez@hotmail.com. Xxx Lucy.