© Autumn Raine

A/N: I have no idea what motivated me to write this, but, tell me if I should continue. There are PLENTY of made-up/original characters, and some comic mutants, whom their powers I liked, that I squeezed in here. So, I'm sorry if you don't like that, but I just tryed to mix it up a bit. So, R+R and tell me if I should make this an...epic, or interactive fic, that seems to be the trend...interactive-ness....;

Disclaimer: So far, these ideas and chars are ©Me! :D! But, once I get into the Evo. chars and stuff...they're Marvels. So...no, I'm not that good.


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Prelude:
Why don't you come down to the farm?







"What are you doing?!" A voice hissed.

"Shut yer trap!" The shadow called back in a harsh whisper, it's slender phsyique then emerging from the darkened corner. "It's becuz of you Ah can't git outta here!" Lean, slender arms grabbed the voice by the neck; bringing it's face to hers.

"Get your dirty hands off of me." The voice demanded, and was then dropped to the ground; hands wiping at her pants to dust of the dampness and grime from the floor.

Dark, black-coloured eyes with shimmering plum streaks running through the iris poked out of the shadows and into the dim yellow light from the dangling blub above. Almond shaped lids narrowed, and her sleek, pale facal features were illuminated from the light. "Yer jus' upset that you got caught. Ya'll know that any'ne that's 'round 'ere all alone 'll be put here." Strands of snow white fell over the sides of her cheeks and down her shoulders that were bare until a tight turquiose tank with thin straps, passing by her barcoded neck. Matching turquoise capris that were loose and made of linen fell over her thin adolencent, long legs with white socks and sneakers adorn her feet. "Mm..N' once they give ya yer new outfit, you'd be beggin' you stayed inside yer nice house, huh?"

"Well, I'll be making my excape too." She pursed her lips, hands going to her waist. She was the typical "rich" daddy's little girl; Prada, Guicci, and Tiffany's to the tee.

"Sure ya are." Eyes rolled and she dissapeared once more into the shadows, reappearing near the steel doors with small, tinted windows that encased her in. Bright, flourencent lights beamed outside the room....only infront of thier room.

"Can't you just slip out the door?" She said a bit timidly, the bracelet's about her wrists dangling.

"Ah can't. Ya see them lights? Ah need shadows. Damn power's nothin' if ya ask me. Worth shit."

The girl gasped, a hand covering her lips.

"What? Shit?" She mocked, raising a brow.

"What manners you have, Alana." She then stuck out her tongue, and clasped her hands together. A dim glow shined from her hands as a smirk slid over her pink lips. Giggling, she tossed out a 'card' of pure light engery that she tried to absorb throughly from the air onto the ground; fizzling once it contacted the damp ground.

"Now ya know why the ground's damp too. They know ya can't blow up things when it's a little wet, Shuga." Alana had her body into the shadows, and reappeared on the other side of the girl.

"Ugh. Don't call me "Shuga". Call me Sue for God's sake." Blue eyes rolled as she sent her hands to her waist again.

"Fine, Sue." Alana slumped down upon her matress against the wall, bringing her pillow into her lap.

Sue had her seat as well on the small matress next to hers, and she looked to Alana. "...So..How long you've been here?"

"A loooong time. As long as Ah can rememba. Almost feels like home, but, Ah still wonder if this is how they really treat us."

"Us?"

"Mutants...ya know. What we are....Jus' imagine bein' normal...Kinda silly when ya think about the weirdos who come here to look at us." Alana gazed up to the ceiling.

"Wait. People come here....and look...at us?" She raised a brow.

"Yeah. I guess we're almost like a pound, ya know? Some people take us out to 'play'. Ya gotta be careful, though. Those are the ones that like to try n' hurt'cha, for their own "good time". They'd do anythin' as long as they don't hurt their own hide. When Good Ol' Mr. Petrakus tried to use his power to try n' brain wash this guy to stop beatin' him; he got caught. You wouldn't believe what they did to him..."

Wide eyes blinked, "What happened?"

Her voice became nothing but a whisper as her image faded into the shadows. "They killed him...It was somethin' that yer purty lil' eyes and stomach probably could not handle. They locked him in a room, called "The Pit." And...well...let's just say we all hadda watch it and it wasn't too purty."

"...Would you continue?" Sue had a bit of interest, and she looked curiously about the shadows in the room; wondering where Alana had wandered off to in the room. An idea struck her due to her silence, and she generated a weak 'sheet' of energy the size of her palm. Tossing it out to a random shadowed corner; Alana's image fuzzed over from the backround. The light had caught her.

"..Ah hate yew and yer light thang...." She grummbled. "Do you really wanna know?" Her eyes went a cold black, and she slowly levitated above the ground; using another one of her powers. Levitation and shadow movement....No wonder her nickname on the Farm was Floating Darkness.

Sue nodded, holding her pillow beneath her head as she lied down on her spring fulled matress.

"...In the Pit, there're objects that fly out from every corner; no matter what yer ability, they'll wear ya down. And soon, sharp, spinning metal blades're thrown at ya from angles; cutting raight through yer bones. It could take off a whole arm, or leg. That's what happened to 'im. Sliced 'im to pieces."

"Oh my God..." She gasped, hands holding her pillow tight; eyes swelling with fearful tears.

"Sooner or later, ya won't believe in that God of yers..." Alana trailed off, her levitated image fading back into the shadows once more...Shadows were safe...Or so she always thought...


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A/N: So, you like? Please R+R and tell me if you do. I know it was really short, but it's only a pre-chapter into a whole big one I'll write if people begin to like it and if they want to have their char in this fic.

If you are interested in giving me your char to put in this fic, I wanna tell you that he/she is mine; but you get credit. I'll develop her/him into the story, which you can give me some ideas how, but, he/she'll be mine. Hehe. I'm greedy. xD Just kidding. Anyway...here's a little App you can fill out if your interested. It's the next "chapter".