Reliving the Time

AN/ Hi everyone! I am back with my second chapter! I received 9 reviews for this story already! HEHE. Thank you so much everyone! But keep the reviews coming…or else! *Hides evil teddy bear, Mr. Green, behind my back.* Muhahaha!

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Bry

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Chapter 2

Where the Hell Are We?

            Cissy stretched her arms over her head and yawned. What a strange dream. She sat up from the soft bed, and rubbed her tired eyes. And then she let out a shriek. In front of her lay acres of rolling hills. She turned around and was relived to see Tina lying next to her. The young girl's eyes were closed, and her body was stretched across the grass. Cissy placed her hands on the girl's shirt, and began shaking her. "Tina, wake up! Tina." For some reason she said it in a loud whisper.

            Tina stretched and spoke without opening her eyes, "We will go look for food later, Cis, I promise." She placed her head between her arms.

            "Oh, Tina! Get up! We are in the past! Ice's machine worked."

            Tina bolted up. "Oh boy." She glanced around the field. "Where is the time machine?"

            Cissy shrugged. "I don't know. But I think the better question is where the hell we are?" Both girls rose to their feet and began to walk around. "Look at all this grass. Have you ever seen this much grass before, Tina?"

            Tina nodded, "Yeah, when Nighty was tutoring me on transporting, he took out to where the old X Mansion used to be, but everything was burnt back then. Now it looks so fresh…so new!"

            The girls began giggling over the new wonderment of grass. Cissy eyes opened wide. "Do you think we are in Westchester? I mean I don't see any mansion around here."

            Tina shrugged the girls began walking together up the hill. "I dunno. But I guess what we do is find a town, and figure out where we are."

            Cissy nodded, "I wonder what they will do when they see us. Humans I mean. Will they try to kill us?"

            "Nah, Ice told us there was discrimination but compared to our present, it would be like nothing to us."

            Cissy sighed. "Won't it be weird to see Ice in the past? Gosh, he must be around our age."

            Both girls paused to think of their mentor as a teen. "Ekk! Too weird, Tina, that image is too weird!"

            "Remember, we must not recognize him. Back here, he doesn't have a clue of who we are." Tina said as she stepped over a log.

            "Yeah." Cissy said sadly. "Yeah."

            The girls walked in silence up the rest of the small hill. The sun was beginning to set in the west. They turned back on where they walked from and sighed at the distance. No mansion was in sight. But then they looked in the direction they were walking and were in shock.

            "It is so huge." Tina sighed.

            "And so far away." Cissy agreed. They stared at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. The mansion itself was large, and all the grounds where carefully manicured. They stared in envy at all the laughing children playing in the courts. "This is our time now Tina, this is our time. And we better…"

            "Keep it this way!" They finished at the same time.

            Cis turned to her friend with a dare in her eyes. "Bet ya I can I can out run ya to it!"

            Tina accepted the challenge but before they ran off, Cis gripped on to her friend, "No powers!"

            Tina sighed, "Fine!"

            "Go!" They both screamed and ran laughingly down the hill to their future.

            Bobby Drake was trying to convince his girlfriend to play a little one on one with him. "Oh come on Marie, unless you are scared!"

            Rogue shook her head. "I am just scared for you Bobby."

            Love filled his joyful eyes. "I am not so you don't have to be. Come on!"

            "Fine!" Rogue approached him and the launched herself at him. Bobby dribbled the basketball away and tossed it in the hoop. "See! No reason to be scared."

            Rogue let out a sinful smile. "Just you wait, Drake, just you wait!" She bounced the ball away from him and did a lay up. He sent her one of his mischievous smile and took possession of the ball again. Before he made it to the hoop, Rogue snatched the ball and ran to the other side of the court. "Hey!" He yelled and chased after her. His out stretched hand shot out ice and stopped his girlfriend in her tracks.

            "That is so unfair, Drake!"

            He smiled down on her. She tried to shift her feet but they were incased in pure ice. "Alls fair in love and…"

            "Excuse me." A voice came from behind him. He swung around and stared in shock at the two teens. "Where did you come from?"

            The blond haired girl pointed up at the hill. "We walked." Her voice was out of breath and her pale skin was flushed. "Do you know where we could find the Professor?"

            Rogue sent Bobby an odd look. Bobby let go of control of the ice and Rogue walked to the girls. "How do you know the Professor?"

            The blond haired girl stared at Rogue in shock, but the red head answered. "Some one told us about him in New York. We have no where else to go."

            Bobby looked confused, "You walked from the city?"

            "No, no…we caught a ride." The blonde broke from her freeze. "Can we speak with the Professor?" She sent a nervous eye to her friend.

            Bobby looked at Rogue for her opinion. She sent him a slight nod. "Ok, sure…umm just follow me." They started to walk to the entrance when Rogue turned around.

            "My name is Rogue, what are yours?"

            The red haired answered because her friend seemed to have lost her tongue. "My name is Tina. Tina Walkers. This is my friend…"

            "Cecelia Vanders." Cecelia broke from her spell again. "I am called Dehydra."

            "And I am Transporta." Tina butted in.

            Bobby bit his lip. Something seemed off. "Well I am Bobby Drake. I am also known as…"

            "Ice." The Cecelia girl let out. She blushed and looked down.

            "Iceman. How did you know?" Bobby and Rogue were in shock.

            "I uhh... saw what you did to Rogue so I took a stab. Sorry."

            Something felt wrong about that excuse. "Oh."

            Tina looked at Rogue with interest as they walked into the building. "That's her right, Cis?" Tina mumbled to her friend.

            Bobby caught Cecelia playing with her gloves as she whispered back. "Yeah that's her."

            They walked to the Professor's study and Bobby kept sneaking glances back at the pair. Something was off. Rogue knocked on the door and his voice beckoned them in.

            "Professor we have…"

            "Some visitors…yes I know." He smiled at the pair.

            "Cissy and Tina. How is the repair shop in New York?" He sent them a knowing smile.

            "Uhh... wonderful. Um... R sends his regrets that he couldn't come escort us, but he thought it would be better for us to go on our own." Tina blurted out. Both girls looked shocked but Bobby guessed they didn't realize he was a mind reader.

            "That's good. Bobby, Rogue, would you please excuse us? I have to have a talk with these young ladies. I know Rogue has to finish beating you at basketball."

            They nodded to the Professor but before they could walk out, he said, "Oh Rogue, would you tell Storm to ready the spare beds in your room. You and Jubilee now have two new roommates!"

            "You were not supposed to know!" Cissy shrieked at the Professor. "Ice told us that you couldn't know!"

            "No, the Bobby of the future new the second you entered this time that I would know. I bet he was counting on it. All he needed to do was send one person here and I would know. Hopefully I could prevent that world from happening." He looked gently at the girls. "You both know why he sent you two. He wanted you to have a better future; he thought he owed you a better future."

            "He owed me nothing." Cissy said with tears in her eyes. "He knew that."

            "Well whatever the case you are here now and I hope you both will be satisfied."

            Tina spoke for her friend. "I am sure we will be."

            Xavier looked at Cissy's gloves. "If you ask, I am sure Rogue would give you a pair."

            Cissy looked shocked. She rubbed the dirty worn white gloves. "I don't know. My father gave them to me as a child. He said they were family heirlooms." She bit her lip.

"But I guess I could use another pair."

            "Have you found away to control your power?"

            "Almost, yes. I have control of my face and body but my hands are still dangerous." 

            Tina laughed. "Eating would not be your favorite past time if all you were able to eat are raisins!"

            Xavier laughed along with the pair. "Well, would you like a tour?"

            The girls nodded, and he wheeled himself from under his desk. "If you will follow me."

            The girls gasped as they looked at the wonderful things the building held. Xavier led them through the school and introduced the pair to some of his students. The girls tried to contain their squeals as the met the mutants that Ice had bragged about. They giggled over Cyclops and chuckled over Wolverine. But when Tina saw Kurt Wagner, she let out a silent sigh. Nighty was back.

            Cissy was happy to be in a place filled with learning instead of fear. But homesickness filled her heart, and she missed Ice too much too soon. The Professor led them to their room and both girls squealed with joy. Even though four people were to stay there, it was larger than any room Tina and Cissy had stayed in a long time. Xavier left them to their roommates and told them he would see them at supper.

            Jubilee lent Tina some cloths but since the girl was so much taller than Cissy, Cissy had to wait for her clothes. Rogue entered the room as Jubilee left to show Tina to the shower. Cissy sat on her bed playing with her gloves, sighing.

            Rogue looked at the sad girl and sat down. "Hey."

            Cissy sent her a small smile. "Hello."

            "Why don't you go get ready for supper?" Rogue asked.

            "My showering will be an interesting test." Rogue sent her a puzzled look.

            Cissy sat up from her bed and walked out to the balcony. She plucked a rose from the wall and prepared a demonstration.

            "When I hit puberty, I became unable to touch any one."

            Rogue nodded. "Me too, but what does this have to do with a shower?"

            Cissy pulled off one of her gloves and placed her hand above the bloom. "The reason I am named Dehydra is because of this." One finger touched the flower and the dewy flower became withered and dry. "My hands take all the water from any source. If I hold on to a human first, comes chapped skin and then comes dehydration, and then finally mummification." She recovered her hand. "Not a pleasant way to go. But if I collect enough water, this happens." Cissy out stretched her hands and out the one hole came a tiny stream of water. "I can't keep all the extra water within me so it seeps out my pores."

            Rogue looked shocked. "Gosh, that sounds kind of like me. If I touch another living being, I steal their life energy, and their powers."

            Cissy pretended to look shocked. "Amazing. I guess that is why the Professor told me to ask you for a pair of gloves. Mine are old and ragged." She held them out as if to demonstrate.

            "Yes, I see. Well I have many pairs." Rogue walked over to her dresser and opened a drawer. She took out a black pair that was on top of Bobby's grandmother's Opera gloves. Rogue stroked the satin quickly and closed the drawer. "Do you need anything else?"

            Cissy was to busy staring at the girl to hear. This was Ice's Marie. Marie.

Rogue tossed a pillow at Cissy and she came back from her daytrip. "Sorry, you just remind me of someone." She looked down at her ratty clothes. "I could use an outfit. Mine has been through the worst of wear!"

            Rogue nodded as she walked to the closet. "Yes, but it is your good luck that is looks like we are the same size." Rogue threw the tee-shirt and jeans at Cissy. "Do you still want to try that shower?"

            Cissy smiled at the woman. "Might as well."

            "Great. Follow me and I will show you the bathroom. Then we will go down to supper and you can meet more people. Boy I remember my first days here I got so lost…."

            Cissy let her ramble. So this is what the past is like. Not to shabby.

TBC

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Love to all reviewers

Bry

Sumerstormes@aol.com