CHAPTER 2- A REVALATION
Wow...is anybody still here? Cool! So, anybody wondering where the boys are?...anybody care? (besides kay and kym?) Anybody wondering what the creepy voice was? Well tough! None of these questions will be answered anytime soon...unless I decide otherwise. So...needless to say I don't own Mutant X (le sigh) but I'm loving writing about them. So....where were we.... .......................................
"Cat...Cat, come on. Wake up!" Some one was shaking me gently. "Please, Cat. You can't do this to me. Please wake up." Slowly, Beth's concerned face swam into focus. Gently, she helped me sit up, supporting my exhausted body as much as possible.
"Where... where are we going?" We were in an SUV of some sort. The redhead I'd noticed earlier and a blonde that almost seemed familiar were in the front two seats talking quietly. I groaned as even that little movement brought a spiking pain in my head. "Oh... Migraine. Lots of Migraine."
The redhead turned to face me from the passenger's seat. "Hey, you're awake. How're you feeling?" Her blue eyes actually held genuine concern. That, more than anything else, frightened me. I stuttered a little as I answered, finding it hard to meet her eyes.
"I..I'm fine. I j-just have a headache. That's all." To my surprise, she didn't look at all shocked by my nervousness or my ails.
She smiled a little. "Don't worry too much about the Migraine. It should go away eventually. That just happens when we psionics overstretch ourselves." She smiled again, as if anticipating my next question.
The expectation and the knowing was making me uncomfortable and I was harsher than I meant to be demanding, "What the hell are psionics? And what the hell do you mean ourselves?" I regretted the words as soon as I'd said them, ducking my head as Beth stared at me as if I'd grown another head. I hated dealing with new people, especially if they 'meant well.' Their intentions rarely did me any good. I shook my head angrily. I would have expected Beth to realize that by now. I looked back up again to glare at the redhead.
She was looking at me, as if patiently waiting for me to accept her. I swallowed. Even I wasn't this good at reading people. Slowly, she smiled again, and answered my questions. "I'm Emma, and like you... I'm a psionic. I've got gifts that are...mentally based I guess you can say. Though unlike you, I'm not a telepath or a telekinetic. I'm an empath." She clarified at my confused glance. "I read emotions the way you do thoughts." Beth broke in, pulling my attention back to her. "She and Shal saved us, Cat! You can't actually think they're untrustworthy, can you?" She turned her attention to Emma and the blonde driver. "Sorry guys, I forgot she gets like this. I guess I should have warned her about you." My mind reeled at that last statement. Beth knew these women? Knew about this psionic stuff? And had never told me? "Beth," I kept my voice carefully calm, "what's going on? Who are these people?" I didn't look at my friend. I didn't think I could. I was too angry at her. "Where exactly are we going?" Beth winced at my tone. "Umm...Cat... I'd like you to meet Emma deLauro and Shalimar Fox. They're friends of Brennan, my brother." ..................................... Ok....I know not a lot actually happened in this chapter but it needed to be here to start setting up some of the angst between Cat and Beth. NEWAY...please read and respond. Thank you!
Wow...is anybody still here? Cool! So, anybody wondering where the boys are?...anybody care? (besides kay and kym?) Anybody wondering what the creepy voice was? Well tough! None of these questions will be answered anytime soon...unless I decide otherwise. So...needless to say I don't own Mutant X (le sigh) but I'm loving writing about them. So....where were we.... .......................................
"Cat...Cat, come on. Wake up!" Some one was shaking me gently. "Please, Cat. You can't do this to me. Please wake up." Slowly, Beth's concerned face swam into focus. Gently, she helped me sit up, supporting my exhausted body as much as possible.
"Where... where are we going?" We were in an SUV of some sort. The redhead I'd noticed earlier and a blonde that almost seemed familiar were in the front two seats talking quietly. I groaned as even that little movement brought a spiking pain in my head. "Oh... Migraine. Lots of Migraine."
The redhead turned to face me from the passenger's seat. "Hey, you're awake. How're you feeling?" Her blue eyes actually held genuine concern. That, more than anything else, frightened me. I stuttered a little as I answered, finding it hard to meet her eyes.
"I..I'm fine. I j-just have a headache. That's all." To my surprise, she didn't look at all shocked by my nervousness or my ails.
She smiled a little. "Don't worry too much about the Migraine. It should go away eventually. That just happens when we psionics overstretch ourselves." She smiled again, as if anticipating my next question.
The expectation and the knowing was making me uncomfortable and I was harsher than I meant to be demanding, "What the hell are psionics? And what the hell do you mean ourselves?" I regretted the words as soon as I'd said them, ducking my head as Beth stared at me as if I'd grown another head. I hated dealing with new people, especially if they 'meant well.' Their intentions rarely did me any good. I shook my head angrily. I would have expected Beth to realize that by now. I looked back up again to glare at the redhead.
She was looking at me, as if patiently waiting for me to accept her. I swallowed. Even I wasn't this good at reading people. Slowly, she smiled again, and answered my questions. "I'm Emma, and like you... I'm a psionic. I've got gifts that are...mentally based I guess you can say. Though unlike you, I'm not a telepath or a telekinetic. I'm an empath." She clarified at my confused glance. "I read emotions the way you do thoughts." Beth broke in, pulling my attention back to her. "She and Shal saved us, Cat! You can't actually think they're untrustworthy, can you?" She turned her attention to Emma and the blonde driver. "Sorry guys, I forgot she gets like this. I guess I should have warned her about you." My mind reeled at that last statement. Beth knew these women? Knew about this psionic stuff? And had never told me? "Beth," I kept my voice carefully calm, "what's going on? Who are these people?" I didn't look at my friend. I didn't think I could. I was too angry at her. "Where exactly are we going?" Beth winced at my tone. "Umm...Cat... I'd like you to meet Emma deLauro and Shalimar Fox. They're friends of Brennan, my brother." ..................................... Ok....I know not a lot actually happened in this chapter but it needed to be here to start setting up some of the angst between Cat and Beth. NEWAY...please read and respond. Thank you!