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Timeframe: After X-2. May be logical to some and not to others. I don't know, I've only seen the second movie and loved it a lot. So here we go.
…:::2.1:::…
Leu was a runner, as they called them in Chicago. A street kid. Her dad was dead and her mom was an alcoholic and on drugs. The last time she'd seen her dad was seven years ago, when she was six. Now she was thirteen and things were different.
As soon as she'd realized her mom wasn't going to care for her anymore, she left. Her mother was affectionate and all, but only when she wasn't stoned. During her hangovers her temper tantrums were unbearable, and Leu soon learned to stay out of her way. And now she was on her own. It wasn't hard. Every now and then she'd get picked on. It was no trouble. No trouble at all. Most of the other street kids feared her, now. They used to tease her, call her Illusion instead of her real name, Aleusia, and pretend that they'd heard her wrong. They accused her of being a dreamer, something she really couldn't quite deny. And whenever she got in trouble with the police for stealing or sleeping on someone's porch while they were on vacation, then she changed. They never noticed, nor did anyone else. She was careful.
She never really knew her dad, but she really wish she did. As soon as her powers started evolving, she didn't know what to do -- she had no one to tell. And day by day they were growing stronger. She just felt that it might have been genetic, but she didn't really know much about the subject.
Before her powers came out, Leu had had to survive by herself, with no family members, a mother, a father, or even a proper home. It wasn't a good way to grow up. In addition to being very fast and being able to think on her feet, Leu had a lot of combat abilities and could win a fight with almost any weapon she found on the street, whether it be a gun, broken beer bottle, or a piece of rusty barbed wire. She'd had a lot of experience. But living on the streets gave you some bad qualities, too. Leu was reluctant to trust anyone, and she'd only trust you if you've proved yourself. She tended to be a kleptomaniac, and she was forced to, never knowing when her next meal was going to be. But, as if by the fates, she always survived. Unlike other street kids, she was not malnourished, she did not lack sleep even though it usually only lasted for two hours at most, and she never gave up. There was an inner determination in her that no one else had -- it was the motivation to make something of yourself.
…:::2.2:::…
Shedding her disguise for the time being, Leu morphed back into her natural state; curly blonde hair, dirty face, almost full figure, and eyes as blue as the lake itself.
She spotted Benny up ahead. He was greedily clutching a palm pilot and throwing dirty looks at anyone who looked at him twice. He smiled his horribly yellow teeth at Leu, who squinched up her nose and ignored the foul scent as he walked past. She heard him whispering to himself, and the thought made her squirm. Walking past, she noticed that the palm was open to a global positioning / tracking system, and the thought made her alarmed. Either Benny had been paid to track someone (something in her opinion far beyond his brainpower) or someone was tracking their palm pilot, which he most likely stole. If the latter was true, Leu felt that she needed to get out of there pretty quickly. She didn't want to be involved in any police chase. She couldn't risk it.
The small alleyway was cluttered with other people, too, most huddled around bonfires or hiding under raggedy blankets. Someone could easily be cornered by the police in this place, she didn't know why they'd chosen it. She was only coming through on the way to her mother, who she might be able to trick out of some money.
"Now," Benny whispered, and Leu quickened her pace. Almost as she was about to step out onto the sunny street again, where cars were parked and life began again, a car exploded in front of her with a massive fireball.
"Hell," she whispered under her breath and ran the other way, bumping into Benny. People were clear of the alley now. Benny flashed his eyes at her because she'd caused him to drop his precious palm. Leu gasped, his eyes had been yellow for a minute, but now they were a dusty, mischevious brown.
People were screaming in the street, many were yelling about another terrorist attack. But no one had gotten hurt, it seemed like the spontaneous combustion was controlled. It hadn't hurt anyone besides the car, and possibly the owner if they realized their 2002 Mercedes had just burst into flame.
She ran to the fence, but before she could help it, the fence was torn aside by and invisible force, and a man stood quietly behind it. Leu backed up uneasily, running into Benny, who was now someone different.
Leu gasped. Benny was now a girl… obviously. She was blue and scaled and hideous looking. And she was a shape shifter. Uh oh. So there were others… but they were here! What did they want? And why?
The man spoke. "Hello Illusion. I assume that's your name, right?"
Timeframe: After X-2. May be logical to some and not to others. I don't know, I've only seen the second movie and loved it a lot. So here we go.
…:::2.1:::…
Leu was a runner, as they called them in Chicago. A street kid. Her dad was dead and her mom was an alcoholic and on drugs. The last time she'd seen her dad was seven years ago, when she was six. Now she was thirteen and things were different.
As soon as she'd realized her mom wasn't going to care for her anymore, she left. Her mother was affectionate and all, but only when she wasn't stoned. During her hangovers her temper tantrums were unbearable, and Leu soon learned to stay out of her way. And now she was on her own. It wasn't hard. Every now and then she'd get picked on. It was no trouble. No trouble at all. Most of the other street kids feared her, now. They used to tease her, call her Illusion instead of her real name, Aleusia, and pretend that they'd heard her wrong. They accused her of being a dreamer, something she really couldn't quite deny. And whenever she got in trouble with the police for stealing or sleeping on someone's porch while they were on vacation, then she changed. They never noticed, nor did anyone else. She was careful.
She never really knew her dad, but she really wish she did. As soon as her powers started evolving, she didn't know what to do -- she had no one to tell. And day by day they were growing stronger. She just felt that it might have been genetic, but she didn't really know much about the subject.
Before her powers came out, Leu had had to survive by herself, with no family members, a mother, a father, or even a proper home. It wasn't a good way to grow up. In addition to being very fast and being able to think on her feet, Leu had a lot of combat abilities and could win a fight with almost any weapon she found on the street, whether it be a gun, broken beer bottle, or a piece of rusty barbed wire. She'd had a lot of experience. But living on the streets gave you some bad qualities, too. Leu was reluctant to trust anyone, and she'd only trust you if you've proved yourself. She tended to be a kleptomaniac, and she was forced to, never knowing when her next meal was going to be. But, as if by the fates, she always survived. Unlike other street kids, she was not malnourished, she did not lack sleep even though it usually only lasted for two hours at most, and she never gave up. There was an inner determination in her that no one else had -- it was the motivation to make something of yourself.
…:::2.2:::…
Shedding her disguise for the time being, Leu morphed back into her natural state; curly blonde hair, dirty face, almost full figure, and eyes as blue as the lake itself.
She spotted Benny up ahead. He was greedily clutching a palm pilot and throwing dirty looks at anyone who looked at him twice. He smiled his horribly yellow teeth at Leu, who squinched up her nose and ignored the foul scent as he walked past. She heard him whispering to himself, and the thought made her squirm. Walking past, she noticed that the palm was open to a global positioning / tracking system, and the thought made her alarmed. Either Benny had been paid to track someone (something in her opinion far beyond his brainpower) or someone was tracking their palm pilot, which he most likely stole. If the latter was true, Leu felt that she needed to get out of there pretty quickly. She didn't want to be involved in any police chase. She couldn't risk it.
The small alleyway was cluttered with other people, too, most huddled around bonfires or hiding under raggedy blankets. Someone could easily be cornered by the police in this place, she didn't know why they'd chosen it. She was only coming through on the way to her mother, who she might be able to trick out of some money.
"Now," Benny whispered, and Leu quickened her pace. Almost as she was about to step out onto the sunny street again, where cars were parked and life began again, a car exploded in front of her with a massive fireball.
"Hell," she whispered under her breath and ran the other way, bumping into Benny. People were clear of the alley now. Benny flashed his eyes at her because she'd caused him to drop his precious palm. Leu gasped, his eyes had been yellow for a minute, but now they were a dusty, mischevious brown.
People were screaming in the street, many were yelling about another terrorist attack. But no one had gotten hurt, it seemed like the spontaneous combustion was controlled. It hadn't hurt anyone besides the car, and possibly the owner if they realized their 2002 Mercedes had just burst into flame.
She ran to the fence, but before she could help it, the fence was torn aside by and invisible force, and a man stood quietly behind it. Leu backed up uneasily, running into Benny, who was now someone different.
Leu gasped. Benny was now a girl… obviously. She was blue and scaled and hideous looking. And she was a shape shifter. Uh oh. So there were others… but they were here! What did they want? And why?
The man spoke. "Hello Illusion. I assume that's your name, right?"