A/N; well this is interesting, only 5 reviews? Well, cause I like writing
this I'm going to continue, but I will need more reviews to keep going.
Strange-Angel, where are you? Well, here are a few replies.
giveGodtheGlory; you continue to be a very loyal reviewer, I luv reading your reviews, and I'm glad you read this one. I'm not quite sure about the black smoke inside, but that does give me an idea... You're Paige's bro right?
Paige Guthrie; You are also reviewing lots of my work, tell me the story you want me to finish and I promise I'll try to get it going if I've stopped. I get tons of writers blocks, but I bet if I really focused on one I could overcome it. Thank you so much for all of your reviews!
Angelofdragons; whoa, cool sn! Glad you liked the story, I hope I hear from you again soon!
And people, I'd like to make an announcement. As of today, August 16, 2003, I have reached a great goal of 200 reviews for all of my stories! Yay! And guess who submitted that 200th review? Drum roll please... *drum roll starts*, step forward PAIGE GUTHRIE!!!! You great gal! I'd send you a pizza, but I don't have the money right now ;).
I am so happy to announce that, thank you all reviewers who helped me reach that goal!!!
Well, enough banter from me, here's chapter 4!!!
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Ink woke up with an extremely sore head and Ben bouncing on his stomach.
"Yay! Ink woke up! Hak! He woke up!" the little boy cried, a huge grin plastered on his face.
"Ugh, Ben, get offa me!" Ink groaned, pushing the boy away and sitting up. Slowly he realized he was in a room, and there were no other children there. This last fact woke him up faster and he looked around with wide eyes. She saw a man in a white lab coat holding a clipboard and smiling at her. He was large, very large, and had blue fur, like the other man's in the woods.
"Where am I?" Ink demanded. "Where are my brothers and sisters?"
"Sleeping I suppose, but little Benjamin here woke and came down here, you've been out all afternoon." He said. Then he stuck out a large blue hand. "I am Doctor Henry McCoy, though most people call me Hank."
"Hak gave me chocolate!" Ben said, grinning. Hank laughed.
"Gave some, got robbed of the rest, little felon," he said. Ink looked at his hand and then back up at him, and slowly shook it.
"Where am I?" he repeated.
"You are in the medical bay of Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters," Hank said, looking down at his clipboard and making a note. "And take it easy, I'm still not sure why you blacked out the way you did in the forest. I wouldn't advise getting up-" but when he looked up he saw Ink standing and picking up his little brother.
"I'm fine, that just happens sometimes." Ink said, looking around him again.
"Still," Hank said, but Ink cut him off.
"I'm fine," he insisted. "Can I see my siblings?" Hank sighed and nodded, putting down the clipboard and walking towards the door, which slid open automatically. Ink followed him, still carrying Ben.
"So, how old are you?" Hank asked as they walked through the halls.
"Fifteen," Ink replied, hoisting his brother a little higher he followed the big man.
"Do you have any legal guardian we can contact?" He asked.
"I am the guardian of us," Ink said coldly, "and there's nothing legal about me."
"Here we are," Hank said, raising an eye brow at his last comment. He opened the wooden door to reveal a bedroom with two large beds in it. In the beds were all eleven of the kids who had not greeted Ink in the med bay. Ink's eyebrows shot up as he saw that each was clean and in new cloths, mostly T-shirts and jeans. Just then Ink noticed that Ben was also in new cloths, and there was no dirt on his face, in his hair, or anywhere on him.
"What?" he said.
"Hak gimmie food, but Roro gave me a bath, did like that much," the little boy said sadly. Hank laughed.
"All of the younger ones seem adamant on not calling us by our rightful names," he laughed. Ink still looked confused, but walked into the room and found a bare spot on one of the beds, placed Ben on it, and told him to sleep. He then went back to the door and closed it, looking at Hank.
"Why are you doing this? What do you want?" he said.
"We want you and your family to be safe, Ink, that's all. You're welcome to stay or go whenever you like, you are not prisoners here or anything like that." Hank replied. "Now, are you hungry?" Ink nodded and once again he followed the large man down several hallways.
Walking down Ink searched his pockets, and to his immense relief found his knife, as sharp and deadly as ever. A minute later they turned a corner and Ink found himself in a large kitchen. Ink recognized Logan, who was sitting in it and sipping a beer, and there was the other blue man with the tail and yellow eyes, and the white haired woman he was sure was called Ororo. They looked up and the blue man and Ororo smiled, Logan grunted and seemed intent on ignoring him.
"Hello Ink," Ororo said. "Hungry? We've got some dinner stuff left over, let's see, salad, here some chicken," she said, turning around and rummaging through the huge refrigerator.
"Uh, sure," Ink said.
"Velcome to ze school," the blue man said. "My name iz Kurt Wagner." He stuck out his hand, and Ink found himself shaking it despite himself. Ororo passed him a plate of food and he looked down at it, never have expecting this kind of treatment.
"Is something wrong kid?" Logan said, noticing Ink's discomfort, and the way the kid was just gaping at the food.
"Uh," was all Ink could get out. Hank went to the refrigerator and got out some food for himself and then sat at the table in the middle of the room, then pulled out a chair next to him.
"Come sit, you look like you can use some food," he said.
"No, I'm not, uh," Ink seemed to be searching for the words, but the X Men looked at him strangely.
"What's wrong?" Ororo asked.
"This isn't right," Ink said.
"Huh?" Hank said.
"Vot's not right?" Kurt asked. Ink put the food on the table and stared at it.
"My brothers and sisters and I, we don't belong here, this place is for rich kids. In the morning we're leaving, we're not gonna take anyone's charity," Ink said, then he turned and stalked out of the room, leaving Ororo, Kurt, and Hank speechless. Logan however took a bite of Ink's food and chewed it thoughtfully.
"That kid's gonna get his whole family killed," he said at last. "Those little ones of his were half starved when they came in here, does he think he can take care of them all?"
"Well," Ororo said slowly. "The little boy Ben said that Ink was taking care of him since their father left, I don't know, maybe we should try and talk with him."
"I think talking with the girl Belle would be a more efficient use of our time," Hank replied. "She seems to be second in command, and willing to listen to reason. I agree with Logan, Ink cannot take care of all twelve children alone, he's only fifteen."
"Only fifteen?" Kurt repeated. "I thought he vos seventeen, at least." Ororo nodded.
"Then we shall talk to Belle before they leave, tonight even. Perhaps if we can convincer her to stay, the other children will also, and then Ink will stay. Kurt, will you go wake her?" she asked. Kurt nodded in agreement, and with a 'bamf' and cloud of smoke he vanished. Five minutes later he reappeared with the twelve year old girl, who looked both startled and sleepy at the same time.
"What's going on?" she asked, looking around at the four mutants.
"Hello Belle, I hope you don't mind us waking you," Ororo said. Belle shrugged.
"No problem," she said.
"Vould you like to have a seat?" Kurt asked, pulling out a chair. The young girl nodded and sat down, and Kurt and Ororo also took seats. They looked at Hank and motioned for him to start.
"Um, how long has Ink been taking care of you?" Hank asked. Belle thought for a moment.
"Um, when Betty was born our mom died, then when Ink found out she was a mutant out dad left, so about four years. She does a good job-"
"Who, she?" Logan said, putting his hands up. Belle looked bewildered for a moment, but then her eyes went wide and she clamped a hand over her mouth.
"No, I meant, uh, no! Ink's a boy! I meant he, I did!" she said in a rush. By now all four adults were looking very startled.
"You mean, Ink is a girl?" Ororo asked.
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0_o, plot twist! Ok, ok, ok, so I hadn't even expecting myself to do that, but oh well I thought of an ending but you know, well, the story just turned this way. Lmao, hopefully I didn't turn anyone off, besides, I can't write a boy, maybe cause I don't have the motivation yet. You'll see me doing characters like Logan and Kurt and others fine, but I just cant get a OC boy, I'm afraid I'll screw him up and make him more like a gild, :P. This is for the good of all ya boys out there! Lmao. Review, you know the drill.
giveGodtheGlory; you continue to be a very loyal reviewer, I luv reading your reviews, and I'm glad you read this one. I'm not quite sure about the black smoke inside, but that does give me an idea... You're Paige's bro right?
Paige Guthrie; You are also reviewing lots of my work, tell me the story you want me to finish and I promise I'll try to get it going if I've stopped. I get tons of writers blocks, but I bet if I really focused on one I could overcome it. Thank you so much for all of your reviews!
Angelofdragons; whoa, cool sn! Glad you liked the story, I hope I hear from you again soon!
And people, I'd like to make an announcement. As of today, August 16, 2003, I have reached a great goal of 200 reviews for all of my stories! Yay! And guess who submitted that 200th review? Drum roll please... *drum roll starts*, step forward PAIGE GUTHRIE!!!! You great gal! I'd send you a pizza, but I don't have the money right now ;).
I am so happy to announce that, thank you all reviewers who helped me reach that goal!!!
Well, enough banter from me, here's chapter 4!!!
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Ink woke up with an extremely sore head and Ben bouncing on his stomach.
"Yay! Ink woke up! Hak! He woke up!" the little boy cried, a huge grin plastered on his face.
"Ugh, Ben, get offa me!" Ink groaned, pushing the boy away and sitting up. Slowly he realized he was in a room, and there were no other children there. This last fact woke him up faster and he looked around with wide eyes. She saw a man in a white lab coat holding a clipboard and smiling at her. He was large, very large, and had blue fur, like the other man's in the woods.
"Where am I?" Ink demanded. "Where are my brothers and sisters?"
"Sleeping I suppose, but little Benjamin here woke and came down here, you've been out all afternoon." He said. Then he stuck out a large blue hand. "I am Doctor Henry McCoy, though most people call me Hank."
"Hak gave me chocolate!" Ben said, grinning. Hank laughed.
"Gave some, got robbed of the rest, little felon," he said. Ink looked at his hand and then back up at him, and slowly shook it.
"Where am I?" he repeated.
"You are in the medical bay of Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters," Hank said, looking down at his clipboard and making a note. "And take it easy, I'm still not sure why you blacked out the way you did in the forest. I wouldn't advise getting up-" but when he looked up he saw Ink standing and picking up his little brother.
"I'm fine, that just happens sometimes." Ink said, looking around him again.
"Still," Hank said, but Ink cut him off.
"I'm fine," he insisted. "Can I see my siblings?" Hank sighed and nodded, putting down the clipboard and walking towards the door, which slid open automatically. Ink followed him, still carrying Ben.
"So, how old are you?" Hank asked as they walked through the halls.
"Fifteen," Ink replied, hoisting his brother a little higher he followed the big man.
"Do you have any legal guardian we can contact?" He asked.
"I am the guardian of us," Ink said coldly, "and there's nothing legal about me."
"Here we are," Hank said, raising an eye brow at his last comment. He opened the wooden door to reveal a bedroom with two large beds in it. In the beds were all eleven of the kids who had not greeted Ink in the med bay. Ink's eyebrows shot up as he saw that each was clean and in new cloths, mostly T-shirts and jeans. Just then Ink noticed that Ben was also in new cloths, and there was no dirt on his face, in his hair, or anywhere on him.
"What?" he said.
"Hak gimmie food, but Roro gave me a bath, did like that much," the little boy said sadly. Hank laughed.
"All of the younger ones seem adamant on not calling us by our rightful names," he laughed. Ink still looked confused, but walked into the room and found a bare spot on one of the beds, placed Ben on it, and told him to sleep. He then went back to the door and closed it, looking at Hank.
"Why are you doing this? What do you want?" he said.
"We want you and your family to be safe, Ink, that's all. You're welcome to stay or go whenever you like, you are not prisoners here or anything like that." Hank replied. "Now, are you hungry?" Ink nodded and once again he followed the large man down several hallways.
Walking down Ink searched his pockets, and to his immense relief found his knife, as sharp and deadly as ever. A minute later they turned a corner and Ink found himself in a large kitchen. Ink recognized Logan, who was sitting in it and sipping a beer, and there was the other blue man with the tail and yellow eyes, and the white haired woman he was sure was called Ororo. They looked up and the blue man and Ororo smiled, Logan grunted and seemed intent on ignoring him.
"Hello Ink," Ororo said. "Hungry? We've got some dinner stuff left over, let's see, salad, here some chicken," she said, turning around and rummaging through the huge refrigerator.
"Uh, sure," Ink said.
"Velcome to ze school," the blue man said. "My name iz Kurt Wagner." He stuck out his hand, and Ink found himself shaking it despite himself. Ororo passed him a plate of food and he looked down at it, never have expecting this kind of treatment.
"Is something wrong kid?" Logan said, noticing Ink's discomfort, and the way the kid was just gaping at the food.
"Uh," was all Ink could get out. Hank went to the refrigerator and got out some food for himself and then sat at the table in the middle of the room, then pulled out a chair next to him.
"Come sit, you look like you can use some food," he said.
"No, I'm not, uh," Ink seemed to be searching for the words, but the X Men looked at him strangely.
"What's wrong?" Ororo asked.
"This isn't right," Ink said.
"Huh?" Hank said.
"Vot's not right?" Kurt asked. Ink put the food on the table and stared at it.
"My brothers and sisters and I, we don't belong here, this place is for rich kids. In the morning we're leaving, we're not gonna take anyone's charity," Ink said, then he turned and stalked out of the room, leaving Ororo, Kurt, and Hank speechless. Logan however took a bite of Ink's food and chewed it thoughtfully.
"That kid's gonna get his whole family killed," he said at last. "Those little ones of his were half starved when they came in here, does he think he can take care of them all?"
"Well," Ororo said slowly. "The little boy Ben said that Ink was taking care of him since their father left, I don't know, maybe we should try and talk with him."
"I think talking with the girl Belle would be a more efficient use of our time," Hank replied. "She seems to be second in command, and willing to listen to reason. I agree with Logan, Ink cannot take care of all twelve children alone, he's only fifteen."
"Only fifteen?" Kurt repeated. "I thought he vos seventeen, at least." Ororo nodded.
"Then we shall talk to Belle before they leave, tonight even. Perhaps if we can convincer her to stay, the other children will also, and then Ink will stay. Kurt, will you go wake her?" she asked. Kurt nodded in agreement, and with a 'bamf' and cloud of smoke he vanished. Five minutes later he reappeared with the twelve year old girl, who looked both startled and sleepy at the same time.
"What's going on?" she asked, looking around at the four mutants.
"Hello Belle, I hope you don't mind us waking you," Ororo said. Belle shrugged.
"No problem," she said.
"Vould you like to have a seat?" Kurt asked, pulling out a chair. The young girl nodded and sat down, and Kurt and Ororo also took seats. They looked at Hank and motioned for him to start.
"Um, how long has Ink been taking care of you?" Hank asked. Belle thought for a moment.
"Um, when Betty was born our mom died, then when Ink found out she was a mutant out dad left, so about four years. She does a good job-"
"Who, she?" Logan said, putting his hands up. Belle looked bewildered for a moment, but then her eyes went wide and she clamped a hand over her mouth.
"No, I meant, uh, no! Ink's a boy! I meant he, I did!" she said in a rush. By now all four adults were looking very startled.
"You mean, Ink is a girl?" Ororo asked.
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0_o, plot twist! Ok, ok, ok, so I hadn't even expecting myself to do that, but oh well I thought of an ending but you know, well, the story just turned this way. Lmao, hopefully I didn't turn anyone off, besides, I can't write a boy, maybe cause I don't have the motivation yet. You'll see me doing characters like Logan and Kurt and others fine, but I just cant get a OC boy, I'm afraid I'll screw him up and make him more like a gild, :P. This is for the good of all ya boys out there! Lmao. Review, you know the drill.