Chapter 3
Mike walked up the stairs looking for his friend. Stacey was sitting on a ledge leaning against the wall. Normally if someone he cared about was sitting on a ledge high up he would be worried but since Stacey could land on her feet anytime he wasn't worried. But he did want to know the reason behind her reaction to Brennan.
"Stace?"
"Ya."
"What was up with that reaction to Brennan?"
Stacey sighed knowing this question would come.
"When I was little me and my older brother were alone. Both new mutants. Both scared and both orphans. Our parents died in a car accident. We lived in an abandoned warehouse feeding off of whatever we could find in the streets. My brother didn't want me to live that kind of life so he dropped me off at the orphanage promising me he would come back. He never did. I was left at this family's home until they gave me up to the GSA. You're probably wondering what this has to do with anything but Brennan. He's my brother"
"Oh Stace" Mike sympathized, gently embracing her in a hug.
"It's no big deal" Stacey replied shaking off his sympathy but she let herself melt in his strong arms.
They were like that for quite some time until they both heard footsteps coming towards them. Breaking apart to find Brennan standing there awkwardly.
"Sorry did I interrupt anything?"
"No. We were just talking" Stacey replied coldly. If her voice was cold though it was nothing compared to her eyes which were icy planks of green.
"Um. . . Stace I think I should go get something to eat I'll be back in awhile ok?"
Stacey glared at him knowing what he was up to but all the same she nodded. As Mike walked by, Brennan whispered a thank you to him. Brennan leaned up against the ledge next to Stacey. Neither spoke for quite some time until Stacey broke the silence.
"Are you going to sit there all day or did you come to say something?"
"Look Stacey. Brennan began but she wouldn't let him finish. "Why did you never come back for me?"
"Stacey I was living the life of a criminal. I didn't want you to live that. I did what I thought was best for you."
"Brennan I was given to a family. They wouldn't accept me for who I was. For what I was. They thought they could beat the feral out of me. I got beat every day. Then when they realized it wouldn't be beaten out of me they gave me up to the GSA. I was in labs everyday. The only good that is in my life now is Mike."
"Oh Stace I'm so sorry. If I knew that was happening I would have come back".
"The whole time I was getting beat and getting experimented on I only had one thought in my mind. 'He promised he would come back. He will come back.' You never did. It wasn't until I was 15 did I give up hope"
"Stace. . ." Brennan began but she ignored him. Leaping off the edge she landed on her feet on the main floor. Looking once back up at him she walked off into her room.
Jesse and Shalimar stood on the bottom looking shocked that a girl just appeared in front of them. Recovering from his shock Jesse jokingly said "Shal man even you can't do that. A 17 year old just beat you in that department." Shal glared at him and hit him.
Mike walked up the stairs looking for his friend. Stacey was sitting on a ledge leaning against the wall. Normally if someone he cared about was sitting on a ledge high up he would be worried but since Stacey could land on her feet anytime he wasn't worried. But he did want to know the reason behind her reaction to Brennan.
"Stace?"
"Ya."
"What was up with that reaction to Brennan?"
Stacey sighed knowing this question would come.
"When I was little me and my older brother were alone. Both new mutants. Both scared and both orphans. Our parents died in a car accident. We lived in an abandoned warehouse feeding off of whatever we could find in the streets. My brother didn't want me to live that kind of life so he dropped me off at the orphanage promising me he would come back. He never did. I was left at this family's home until they gave me up to the GSA. You're probably wondering what this has to do with anything but Brennan. He's my brother"
"Oh Stace" Mike sympathized, gently embracing her in a hug.
"It's no big deal" Stacey replied shaking off his sympathy but she let herself melt in his strong arms.
They were like that for quite some time until they both heard footsteps coming towards them. Breaking apart to find Brennan standing there awkwardly.
"Sorry did I interrupt anything?"
"No. We were just talking" Stacey replied coldly. If her voice was cold though it was nothing compared to her eyes which were icy planks of green.
"Um. . . Stace I think I should go get something to eat I'll be back in awhile ok?"
Stacey glared at him knowing what he was up to but all the same she nodded. As Mike walked by, Brennan whispered a thank you to him. Brennan leaned up against the ledge next to Stacey. Neither spoke for quite some time until Stacey broke the silence.
"Are you going to sit there all day or did you come to say something?"
"Look Stacey. Brennan began but she wouldn't let him finish. "Why did you never come back for me?"
"Stacey I was living the life of a criminal. I didn't want you to live that. I did what I thought was best for you."
"Brennan I was given to a family. They wouldn't accept me for who I was. For what I was. They thought they could beat the feral out of me. I got beat every day. Then when they realized it wouldn't be beaten out of me they gave me up to the GSA. I was in labs everyday. The only good that is in my life now is Mike."
"Oh Stace I'm so sorry. If I knew that was happening I would have come back".
"The whole time I was getting beat and getting experimented on I only had one thought in my mind. 'He promised he would come back. He will come back.' You never did. It wasn't until I was 15 did I give up hope"
"Stace. . ." Brennan began but she ignored him. Leaping off the edge she landed on her feet on the main floor. Looking once back up at him she walked off into her room.
Jesse and Shalimar stood on the bottom looking shocked that a girl just appeared in front of them. Recovering from his shock Jesse jokingly said "Shal man even you can't do that. A 17 year old just beat you in that department." Shal glared at him and hit him.