I've decided to stop apologizing for not updating this fiction very often. Its getting old.
Here's the new chapter…not one of my better ones…or atleast I don't think so. But I'm tired and figured I should update anyway cos for atleast this week its really not gonna get any better than this…depressing thought.
Hope you all enjoy…please review…thank you.
Have a nice day (I'm gonna go have a nice nap!)
An even bigger gasp went up from the crowd, so big you could practically feel the air being sucked from the room. Mac crouched on the floor, steadying herself with her hand. She stood up slowly, mentally ticking off the things that hurt. She flicked her now loose hair back from her face and looked up. Gabriel was gone. He had gotten scared and fled when faced with a new feral, Mutant X and the loss of all his minions.
The corner of her mouth turned up and a small laugh escaped from her lips.
Shalimar was the first to move. She had partly realized when the girl was standing on the railing what she was. When she had started her descent to the hard wooden floor below Shal had been certain. She was feral. She walked over to Mac ready to start talking to her. But Shal was cut off by other voices.
'Get out.' The voice rang out across the hall. It was the voice of the principal. She was scared and nervous and angry that these crazy men and women had managed to make it into her school. She had finally gotten together the courage to speak and get rid of them.
Mutant X looked up collectively. They weren't surprised by the reaction. When they had been growing up and unable to control their powers properly, people had said some pretty nasty things about them. They were however surprised that after all the ass kicking they had done to save these peoples lives they should be so ungrateful. But they knew they were fighting a losing battle. It was better to leave as good an impression as possible by not allowing themselves to be baited by people so ignorant.
'Get out of my school, freaks!'
Shalimar's eyes flashed, she couldn't help it; she was pissed. Mac looked up at this. Her eyes were glowing golden. Brennan took Shalimar by the arm; Emma did the same to Mac. They couldn't afford to let the ferals get out of control. In the long run it would just cause them problems.
Alex and Maia, who had been standing the whole time, stepped forward. They stood in front of Mac, staring her straight in the eye.
'Alex, Maia, sit down now,' called out one of the tutors. What were those two thinking of? He knew they were friends with Mac but she wasn't what they had believed her to be. She was a freak…and a dangerous one at that. She could probably hurt them just by looking at them. They needed to stay away from her.
Maia looked at the teacher that had spoken and then started to laugh.
'Would you people please make up your minds,' she called out, loud enough for everyone to hear.
Everyone, including the members of Mutant X and Mac looked at her, the confusion written clearly all over their faces.
'What did you just say?' asked the principal, completely shocked that Maia, always such a polite girl could raise her voice to her teachers of all people. And in such a situation. Hadn't there been enough problems for the day without her causing more?
'Well, first you're telling me to leave and then you're telling me to stay…I'm blonde. This kind of thing is likely to confuse me.' At that Maia turned and stalked out, the doors to the hall swinging shut behind her.
'Alex, sit down,' the principal said wearily. Today was supposed to have been easy what with all the students going home early. But it had turned into a nightmare. And now there were students going awol. The principal sighed and looked at Alex just in time to see him walk through the two doors, a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye.
'Looks like you're not the only high school freak,' Jesse said to Mac, bitterness and anger lacing his voice.
Brennan pulled gently at Shalimar's arm to signal that they should go. Gabriel may have gone already but they had to get back to Sanctuary to try and find out what he was doing there in the first place. Shalimar looked at Brennan. She would have been happy to beat the crap out of every person there. Or atleast, all the ones who were looking at her with disgust in their eyes. Their prejudices made her sick. She turned and walked out of the hall closely followed by Brennan and then Jesse.
Emma was left behind looking at Mac waiting to see what she wanted to do. She refused to read the girl. Apart from being immoral it probably wasn't the right time or place to go searching through what was possibly a scared, confused mind. Mac turned and looked straight into the curious blue eyes of the red haired woman. Mac didn't trust anyone right now; she couldn't. But she needed to get out of this place. She needed to know more and eventually curiosity and the need to feel secure and safe for just a little while overruled those of fear and nervousness. She turned and walked past Emma out into the hallway. Emma followed still sensing the fear in the room behind her. That was a sensation that wouldn't leave for a while.
