CHAPTER 6
Pirate knew she was unconscious. She had blacked out while Richard was beating her. That was the odd thing about this dream, if one could call it that. She was aware that she was dreaming and aware of what had gone on before she blacked out. Usually, in her dreams she couldn't think outside of the dream, it was as if reality didn't exist. She so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice the figure approaching her. "Hello Alix." the figure, which Pirate had identified as a young woman no older than eighteen, said. Her voice was so soft and gentle; it was like touching velvet every time she spoke. "Wait a minute," Pirate said. "How did you know my name?"
The woman smiled. "I am Artemis." she explained.
"Artemis as in the Goddess?" Pirate asked, amazed.
"Do you know any anyone else named Artemis?" the Goddess asked cockily.
"Well, no but…" Pirate stammered.
"It's okay. I'm here to help you. Now, your favorite movie is X-men. Am I right?"
"Um, yeah…" Pirate replied quite confused.
"You were born to the King and Queen of Atlantis, which is a mutant society. Your parents loved you very much. They did not give you up, you were kidnapped. You see, just like in X-men the movie, humans don't like mutants and a secret army is trying to destroy them. The humans consulted the oracle of Delphi to see if they would succeed. The oracle told them that they would be stopped by an Atlantian girl, the first child of Queen Susan and King Thomas. They are your parents."
"B-but X-men is just a comic book and a movie! Mutants don't really exist!"
"You didn't let me finish." Artemis explained.
"When they found out that you would be their ruin, they snatched you away from your parents and used some kind of weird device to send you to a dimension where X-men and mutants were only fantasy. They have also developed some type of mind control and are capturing all of the Atlantians, including your parents and turning them all into weapons to be used against mutants. You must stop them."
"How?" Pirate asked.
"Don't worry. I'll be there to guide you. Oh, and by the way, the secret army is being led by a guy named William Stryker." She said before she disappeared.
"Stryker." Pirate thought. "Why does that name sound so familiar?..."
