Reliving the Time
AN/ I am fighting the writers block! EHHH! Thank you for all the reviews! 65 is a great number! And never worry, no review can be too long! Great guesses for the future but you have to wait and see!
Love all my wonderful reviewers,
Bry
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Chapter 6
Terrible Alliance
*Wamf*
Cissy turned her head as she the smell of brimstone wafted to her nose. Trails of black smoke curled in air of the hallway.
"What was that?"
Cissy turned back and looked at John. His hair was slicked back, he carried his books loosely. He looked a bit wild and it made her heart go pitter patter. John was the perfect companion for a girl trying to overthrow the future. He was wild, he was dangerous, and he did not like playing by the rules. He was perfect.
"I think it was Tina." She played with her blue hair tips, trying to fight the feelings of guilt concerning her old friend. She had to do what was best for the greater good of the world even if that meant leaving her best friend behind. "She was following us."
"Why would she be doing that?" John turned down a corridor and led her to the outside terrace.
"I am not sure…I am not sure." She stepped onto the old slate flooring. She looked up at the big blue sky and sighed. This time was so much more peaceful than the future. "She has been acting more strangely everyday she is here. It is almost like she doesn't need me anymore." She looked down.
John leaned against a pillar and began to flick his lighter absentmindedly. "Xavier's does that to a mutant." He laughed at her shocked expression. "Oh come on. Independence isn't that bad."
Cissy began to walk in circles. "Of course it isn't bad. It's just we have relied on each other for so long. The separation hurts, but all she cares about is enjoying the now. She doesn't worry about the future."
"And you do?" He toyed with the flame.
"Yes," she said softly, "I worry about it very much."
John looked out at the landscape, trying to figure out what to say. Ever since he caught her hacking away the professor's computer, he knew something was odd about her. And he was going to find out what. But just one quick glance at her withdrawn face, he knew he shouldn't push it. At least not obviously. "Hopefully we have a future."
She looked startled. "Why would you say that?"
The flame burned brighter. "Don't be naïve. Before the attack at Liberty Island, talks about Registration Act was the most common debate. Now that Nightcrawler attacked the President, do you think they will let us stand by in our private school? Do you think they will let us live in peace? You weren't here for when they ripped this school apart! Blood spilled over the floors! Kids dragged out of bed, fleeing like prisoners from our supposedly safe haven" He began manipulating the flame violently through his fingers as his voice became louder and louder. "We almost died because of Stryker!" His voice suddenly was deadly calm as it cooled to ice. "Do you think we will ever be the same again?"
"No." Cissy whispered as the conflicting emotions filed her throat. "That's why I need your help." She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"My help?" He was intrigued. "Doing what?"
Everything inside her screamed for her to stop but the words began to pure out. "Preventing the passing of the Registration Act! If it passes in the spring, mutant kind is dead!" She bit her lip. "The professor will die."
His eyes darkened. "How do you know that? Are you some fortune teller?"
Can she trust him? He was understanding, and he was the only one that seemed to understand. Tina didn't even care. Give her Nighty and nothing else mattered. "I am from the future." She wanted to take those words back when she saw the look on his face.
"You're shitting me right? How can you be from the future?"
Ice, she thought. But she couldn't tell him about Ice. She began fidgeting with her gloves. "It doesn't matter how, but will you help me? You are the only one that can."
John looked shocked at her faith in him. No one had faith in him. Well except for… He pushed the thought away. He walked over to her with a plan already forming in his head. He took her gloved hand. It reminded him of Rogue. Yes, Rogue. The girl who ditched him for Ice boy! His feelings towards the couple were still raw, but with Cissy, he knew he could make it right.
He looked into her bottle green eyes. "I am at your command. I will help you stop the Act, no matter what." Cissy didn't see the gleam in his eye as she hugged him. "No matter what." he whispered.
AN/ Uh oh! What is John planning! Review and find out!
Love to all reviewers,
Bry
sumerstormes@aol.com *talk to moi!*
Thanks Swhart for helping moi!
PS: yes the school did get raided! X2 is mortified for my story since John didn't go away!! Lol I have a reason for my madness!
