Disclaimer: Not mine. I did this last chapter, don't really know why I did it this chapter. *sigh* So unhappy! :(
I'm not really going to get into what happened to Rogue in this chapter, but plan to in the next. So, kinda use your imagination in this one, and see how close you are to getting it right. ;)
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FREAKS
CHAPTER TWO: WHAT HAPPENED
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\\indicate flashback//
Could he possibly feel any lower?
Of everything that had ever happened to him, today had been the worst.
Duncan Mathews was such a dick! He had no right to grab up on him like he did. Sure, he was used to Duncan picking on him and pushing him, but today, he almost got it. For no apparent reason too.
\\By now, Todd Tolenksy was running down the hallways. Why did he agree with Lance to come back to school? Just so he could go through the same old shit that he had gone through before. The teasing, taunting, but most of all, the beatings.
Sure, Lance was usually there to back him up, but he was busy in the office at that moment. He needed him now.
'C'mon, he's getting away!'
Currently, Todd was being chased by half of the brainless masses of the Lacrosse team.
Usually, when presented with this sort of obstical, he would just slime the morons. If he used his power though, he would be kicked out.
In front of him the doorway to his math class came into view.
'Almost there!' His mind chanted and cheered him on.
Five feet...........
Four feet............
Three feet............
'Uh oh!'
Out of complete nowhere, Duncan appeared.
'STOP! STOP!' His mind screamed. His feet however were not listening.
BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He had crashed head first into Duncan, and now found himself slammed up against the lockers, Duncan's fist ready to break his nose.
It turned out that Duncan would be the one to walk away with the broken nose though. That came curtsey of Rogue.//
'Why' He thought as he threw his bookbag on the floor and started up the stairs.
'Why did she help me?'
It just didn't make sense. They were supposed to be enemies, but she had stood up for him. Maybe all that time she had spent with the Brotherhood had stayed with her. Maybe deep down, she knew that she was still a part of their family. Whatever the reason was, he was grateful.
Letting out a confused sigh, he turned into the bathroom and switched on the light.
That's when he saw her.
Huddled in the back of thier bath-tub was Rogue. She had filled it with an inch or so of water and was now shivering. Her arms were all cut up and her face was black and blue. Her beautiful hair had all but been chopped off. The clothes on her back now filthy and torn.
At the mere sight of her, Todd's blood ran cold.
Walking nervously into the bathroom, he somehow managed to find his voice.
'Rogue?'
She didn't look up at him though, just continued to stare and shake. He went totally unseen, and unheard by the terrified southerner.
By now, Todd Tolensky was scared.
Rogue was so strong, hardly unbreakable. Never in the whole time that he had known her, had he seen her so vulnerable. That in it's whole was the true thing that unerved him.
Turning around, he ran out of the bathroom. He only stopped when he came to the top of the stairs. Rogue needed more help than just his.
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Sitting at the kitchen table, Lance Alvers was looking over numerous papers.
Ever since principal Kelly had allowed them to come back to school, all he had been doing was looking at papers. Kelly had wanted him and the other members of the household to sign all these agreements and terms just so they could graduate. If they even messed up in the slightest, they were out. This WAS they're last chance.
Just as he was finishing the last paragrph of the last paper, he heard Todd.
'Yo Lance!'
'Shit!' he thought, 'I lost my place!'
'WHAT!'
He shouted with an annoyed grunt. It was going to take forever for him to read that damn paper again.
'Ya better come up here man!'
Slamming the paper down on the table, he got up to stand at the bottom of the steps. From where he was, he could see Todd. He looked weird. Well, he always looked weird, but there was something different.
'Todd, what is it? I'm busy.'
He was definatly not prepared for what Todd said next.
'It's Rogue, man! She's here!'
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This one is kinda dark, and I think the next one is gonna get worse. There is no way that I can go into what happened to Rogue and not be slightly morbid. It won't be terribly bad, but it will be graphic. So, fair warning before hand. I would really like to explore more with the Todd/Rogue friendship with that experience. We'll see how it goes.
Please tell me what you think of this. I really would like to know. This is my first attempt at something really deep, and I need input so I can do it right and make it the best that I can. So, please review.
I'm not really going to get into what happened to Rogue in this chapter, but plan to in the next. So, kinda use your imagination in this one, and see how close you are to getting it right. ;)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FREAKS
CHAPTER TWO: WHAT HAPPENED
================
\\indicate flashback//
Could he possibly feel any lower?
Of everything that had ever happened to him, today had been the worst.
Duncan Mathews was such a dick! He had no right to grab up on him like he did. Sure, he was used to Duncan picking on him and pushing him, but today, he almost got it. For no apparent reason too.
\\By now, Todd Tolenksy was running down the hallways. Why did he agree with Lance to come back to school? Just so he could go through the same old shit that he had gone through before. The teasing, taunting, but most of all, the beatings.
Sure, Lance was usually there to back him up, but he was busy in the office at that moment. He needed him now.
'C'mon, he's getting away!'
Currently, Todd was being chased by half of the brainless masses of the Lacrosse team.
Usually, when presented with this sort of obstical, he would just slime the morons. If he used his power though, he would be kicked out.
In front of him the doorway to his math class came into view.
'Almost there!' His mind chanted and cheered him on.
Five feet...........
Four feet............
Three feet............
'Uh oh!'
Out of complete nowhere, Duncan appeared.
'STOP! STOP!' His mind screamed. His feet however were not listening.
BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He had crashed head first into Duncan, and now found himself slammed up against the lockers, Duncan's fist ready to break his nose.
It turned out that Duncan would be the one to walk away with the broken nose though. That came curtsey of Rogue.//
'Why' He thought as he threw his bookbag on the floor and started up the stairs.
'Why did she help me?'
It just didn't make sense. They were supposed to be enemies, but she had stood up for him. Maybe all that time she had spent with the Brotherhood had stayed with her. Maybe deep down, she knew that she was still a part of their family. Whatever the reason was, he was grateful.
Letting out a confused sigh, he turned into the bathroom and switched on the light.
That's when he saw her.
Huddled in the back of thier bath-tub was Rogue. She had filled it with an inch or so of water and was now shivering. Her arms were all cut up and her face was black and blue. Her beautiful hair had all but been chopped off. The clothes on her back now filthy and torn.
At the mere sight of her, Todd's blood ran cold.
Walking nervously into the bathroom, he somehow managed to find his voice.
'Rogue?'
She didn't look up at him though, just continued to stare and shake. He went totally unseen, and unheard by the terrified southerner.
By now, Todd Tolensky was scared.
Rogue was so strong, hardly unbreakable. Never in the whole time that he had known her, had he seen her so vulnerable. That in it's whole was the true thing that unerved him.
Turning around, he ran out of the bathroom. He only stopped when he came to the top of the stairs. Rogue needed more help than just his.
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Sitting at the kitchen table, Lance Alvers was looking over numerous papers.
Ever since principal Kelly had allowed them to come back to school, all he had been doing was looking at papers. Kelly had wanted him and the other members of the household to sign all these agreements and terms just so they could graduate. If they even messed up in the slightest, they were out. This WAS they're last chance.
Just as he was finishing the last paragrph of the last paper, he heard Todd.
'Yo Lance!'
'Shit!' he thought, 'I lost my place!'
'WHAT!'
He shouted with an annoyed grunt. It was going to take forever for him to read that damn paper again.
'Ya better come up here man!'
Slamming the paper down on the table, he got up to stand at the bottom of the steps. From where he was, he could see Todd. He looked weird. Well, he always looked weird, but there was something different.
'Todd, what is it? I'm busy.'
He was definatly not prepared for what Todd said next.
'It's Rogue, man! She's here!'
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This one is kinda dark, and I think the next one is gonna get worse. There is no way that I can go into what happened to Rogue and not be slightly morbid. It won't be terribly bad, but it will be graphic. So, fair warning before hand. I would really like to explore more with the Todd/Rogue friendship with that experience. We'll see how it goes.
Please tell me what you think of this. I really would like to know. This is my first attempt at something really deep, and I need input so I can do it right and make it the best that I can. So, please review.