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Marvel.
A/N: *READ THIS* Thanks to all those who put up with my spelling and made
it this far. I'll be using the title 'From One World to the Next' to focus
on Blink's side of the story, but don't worry for those of you who are
Sabretooth fans I'm starting a new story where Victor and Logan team up and
head to Canada to take on Sabretooth. Now enjoy the story you crazy kids.
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Part Fourteen
Clarice Ferguson sat alone in front of her chemistry textbook trying to learn stoichiometry to no avail. Her mind kept wandering off and made homework seems hopeless. It had been a rainy week in Snow Valley and made everything in view give an eerie depressing view. Or maybe she was just homesick.
She had been a member of Generation X for six days and counting. As her mind trailed off again she thought about what her problem was. It's not that no one liked her, quite the opposite she had been welcomed with open arms, Paige was almost frighteningly friendly. Monet gave Clarice her distance, she figured she'd talk when she felt like it. Angelo was the only one she really opened up towards, the only who's come close to seeing the things she seen. Maybe that was the problem, she never had a real childhood. She never received dolls like normal and girls, no, she learned to play poker and dominos. 'Thanks a lot, Mr. Creed.' She thought to her self, reverting her attention back on her chemistry work.
'Ha, homesick.' She scoffed herself as she threw her pencil into her homework and walked towards the window. 'Homesick for the usual misery instead of this kind.' She could hear the window howl as it banged huge drops of rain on to the window and the loud thud the droplets made as it did so. All of a sudden there was a knock at the door. 'Strange, Monet would never knock on her own door.' She moved closer quietly, instinctively. "Who is it?" She called out in mock calmness.
"Hey Clarice, open up, it's me Ange." He brought his hand to the door to knock again but it opened quickly. "Whatcha doin' in here all alone, chica?" He eyed her suspiciously as she leaned against the door handle.
"Trying to understand my chemistry work, what are you doing in the girls dorm?" She raised her eyebrow.
"Me and Jono made a video run, we rented every Holloween movie known to man. We're talkin' six hours of horror." He put on a scared face that made Clarice giggle. "So join us or die."
"As much as I'd like to I can't, I gotta turn all that work in tomorrow and I haven't even started yet." She walked back to her desk and thumbed through the pages she had to go through.
"Don't worry I haven't turn mine in either, we're in this together, chica." He held out his hand. "Last offer." His eyes pleaded with her.
"Alright already," She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ms. Frost is gonna kill me." She closed her book and opened a portal to the TV room.
"Instant transmission. Cool." Angelo walked through the black void, with Blink close behind, and into the living room where Jono, Jubilee, and Everett were waiting for them.
"You finally dragged her out of her room, eh Ange." Jubilee was first to say. "We were getting worried about ya, hardly see you outside of class period, it's like you disappear for hours. Thats no way for an ex-X-Man to act, ya know when I was with the X-Men..."
*Enough dammit, bloody 'ell if ya keep talking I'm gonna lock myself in my room.* Jono threw popcorn at her for added emphases. He moved over on the couch and handed Angelo the VCR remote control. That's when Headmaster Cassidy came in to check on his students.
"Alright, it's 7:00 now, I want all of ye in bed at a descent hour now. That goes double for you two." He said looking at Angelo and Jubilee. "I don't want ye ta watch every movie tonight, okay." He looked at the two foot pile of movie and sighed before turning around and leaving.
Everett got up from the lounge chair and put the first movie into the VCR and tried to return to his seat but found it to be occupied by Jubilee who sprawled herself over both arms of the chair. He sighed and went to the kitchen to get more popcorn while the previews came on. Blink stood behind the couch where Angelo was sitting and reached threw a tiny portal she made and grabbed a handful of popcorn. "So where are Monet and Paige." She asked while throwing popcorn into the air and caching it in her mouth.
"Monet didn't wanna be bothered watchin such a childish movie or somethin' like that and I couldn't grag Paige away from this book she's reading." Angelo said turning around to face Clarice. "Here, sit over here." He kicked Jono further down the couch and patted at the seat next to him. She shrugged and hopped over the back of the couch and took a seat next to him.
1:35 p.m. They had watched about five of them and still had a couple to go. Jono gave up and dragged himself back to his basement at around 11:00 and Blink who had got freaked out during the first one and clinged onto Angelo for the last four hours before falling asleep on his chest. Everett, who had tried to be a trooper dozed off about five minutes ago and sunk to the floor snoring. Leaving only the strong to survive or in this case Angelo and Jubilee.
Jubilee through a haze of sleepiness managed to roll her head over and survey the sleeping bodies. "Ange... you still awake?" She called out quietly thinking she was the only one left.
"Yeah, I'm withcha." He said tiredly as he unconsciously stroked Clarice's hair. The jester didn't go unnoticed by Jubes.
"You gotta thing for her?" She said, too tired to really pick or nag at him about it. He didn't answer for a while as the dialogue played on the TV in front of them. They had both zoned out of Mike Myers killing spree a long time ago and were just fighting insomnia.
"Wha..." He said not understanding Jubilee's question but let his eyes drift to his hand that rested on the back of her neck. "oh... no, well not really. Not entirely anyway." He tried to give Jubilee a convincing look but failed miserably.
"Whatever, it's none of my business anyway." She pulled herself to her feet. "Just between you and me, I think you two look good together." She smiled and started walking towards the girls dorm. "Last person awake cleans up." She giggled and ran out of the room leaving Angelo to think about Jubes said.
He brought his hand to her shoulder and gave her a little shake to see if she was awake.
'Still sleep.'
He figured he wouldn't wake her just yet. Looking over the room he could see empty soda can strewn across the floor and chips and popcorn in between the folds of the couch but for some reason all that seemed less important to him as he brought his eyes back to the sleeping girl in his arms. They all knew so little about her, even him and she opened up to him. He brought the hair from in front of her face with his long fingers and looked at her soft face and listened her even breathing.
There is no way she could of been through all those things she said. She too innocent, too beautiful. He pushed those thoughts aside and leaned his head against the back of the couch and drifted into a sound sleep.
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Part Fourteen
Clarice Ferguson sat alone in front of her chemistry textbook trying to learn stoichiometry to no avail. Her mind kept wandering off and made homework seems hopeless. It had been a rainy week in Snow Valley and made everything in view give an eerie depressing view. Or maybe she was just homesick.
She had been a member of Generation X for six days and counting. As her mind trailed off again she thought about what her problem was. It's not that no one liked her, quite the opposite she had been welcomed with open arms, Paige was almost frighteningly friendly. Monet gave Clarice her distance, she figured she'd talk when she felt like it. Angelo was the only one she really opened up towards, the only who's come close to seeing the things she seen. Maybe that was the problem, she never had a real childhood. She never received dolls like normal and girls, no, she learned to play poker and dominos. 'Thanks a lot, Mr. Creed.' She thought to her self, reverting her attention back on her chemistry work.
'Ha, homesick.' She scoffed herself as she threw her pencil into her homework and walked towards the window. 'Homesick for the usual misery instead of this kind.' She could hear the window howl as it banged huge drops of rain on to the window and the loud thud the droplets made as it did so. All of a sudden there was a knock at the door. 'Strange, Monet would never knock on her own door.' She moved closer quietly, instinctively. "Who is it?" She called out in mock calmness.
"Hey Clarice, open up, it's me Ange." He brought his hand to the door to knock again but it opened quickly. "Whatcha doin' in here all alone, chica?" He eyed her suspiciously as she leaned against the door handle.
"Trying to understand my chemistry work, what are you doing in the girls dorm?" She raised her eyebrow.
"Me and Jono made a video run, we rented every Holloween movie known to man. We're talkin' six hours of horror." He put on a scared face that made Clarice giggle. "So join us or die."
"As much as I'd like to I can't, I gotta turn all that work in tomorrow and I haven't even started yet." She walked back to her desk and thumbed through the pages she had to go through.
"Don't worry I haven't turn mine in either, we're in this together, chica." He held out his hand. "Last offer." His eyes pleaded with her.
"Alright already," She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Ms. Frost is gonna kill me." She closed her book and opened a portal to the TV room.
"Instant transmission. Cool." Angelo walked through the black void, with Blink close behind, and into the living room where Jono, Jubilee, and Everett were waiting for them.
"You finally dragged her out of her room, eh Ange." Jubilee was first to say. "We were getting worried about ya, hardly see you outside of class period, it's like you disappear for hours. Thats no way for an ex-X-Man to act, ya know when I was with the X-Men..."
*Enough dammit, bloody 'ell if ya keep talking I'm gonna lock myself in my room.* Jono threw popcorn at her for added emphases. He moved over on the couch and handed Angelo the VCR remote control. That's when Headmaster Cassidy came in to check on his students.
"Alright, it's 7:00 now, I want all of ye in bed at a descent hour now. That goes double for you two." He said looking at Angelo and Jubilee. "I don't want ye ta watch every movie tonight, okay." He looked at the two foot pile of movie and sighed before turning around and leaving.
Everett got up from the lounge chair and put the first movie into the VCR and tried to return to his seat but found it to be occupied by Jubilee who sprawled herself over both arms of the chair. He sighed and went to the kitchen to get more popcorn while the previews came on. Blink stood behind the couch where Angelo was sitting and reached threw a tiny portal she made and grabbed a handful of popcorn. "So where are Monet and Paige." She asked while throwing popcorn into the air and caching it in her mouth.
"Monet didn't wanna be bothered watchin such a childish movie or somethin' like that and I couldn't grag Paige away from this book she's reading." Angelo said turning around to face Clarice. "Here, sit over here." He kicked Jono further down the couch and patted at the seat next to him. She shrugged and hopped over the back of the couch and took a seat next to him.
1:35 p.m. They had watched about five of them and still had a couple to go. Jono gave up and dragged himself back to his basement at around 11:00 and Blink who had got freaked out during the first one and clinged onto Angelo for the last four hours before falling asleep on his chest. Everett, who had tried to be a trooper dozed off about five minutes ago and sunk to the floor snoring. Leaving only the strong to survive or in this case Angelo and Jubilee.
Jubilee through a haze of sleepiness managed to roll her head over and survey the sleeping bodies. "Ange... you still awake?" She called out quietly thinking she was the only one left.
"Yeah, I'm withcha." He said tiredly as he unconsciously stroked Clarice's hair. The jester didn't go unnoticed by Jubes.
"You gotta thing for her?" She said, too tired to really pick or nag at him about it. He didn't answer for a while as the dialogue played on the TV in front of them. They had both zoned out of Mike Myers killing spree a long time ago and were just fighting insomnia.
"Wha..." He said not understanding Jubilee's question but let his eyes drift to his hand that rested on the back of her neck. "oh... no, well not really. Not entirely anyway." He tried to give Jubilee a convincing look but failed miserably.
"Whatever, it's none of my business anyway." She pulled herself to her feet. "Just between you and me, I think you two look good together." She smiled and started walking towards the girls dorm. "Last person awake cleans up." She giggled and ran out of the room leaving Angelo to think about Jubes said.
He brought his hand to her shoulder and gave her a little shake to see if she was awake.
'Still sleep.'
He figured he wouldn't wake her just yet. Looking over the room he could see empty soda can strewn across the floor and chips and popcorn in between the folds of the couch but for some reason all that seemed less important to him as he brought his eyes back to the sleeping girl in his arms. They all knew so little about her, even him and she opened up to him. He brought the hair from in front of her face with his long fingers and looked at her soft face and listened her even breathing.
There is no way she could of been through all those things she said. She too innocent, too beautiful. He pushed those thoughts aside and leaned his head against the back of the couch and drifted into a sound sleep.