Imaginary by Evanescence
Once again Logan was deemed babysitter while the others found a place to stay. It wasn't too bad. Rogue, Bobby, Kurt and Requel were with him. Though two can't touch the kids, another can't be seen in the light and the fourth can't talk to them, perfect.
It seemed like they were trying to break away. Professor Xavier though Eric was looking to meet just to talk so they didn't need Rogue to get upset while he was around. And the only way to get Rogue to go anywhere she doesn't want to be is to send Bobby there. Likewise, they didn't want Eric to realize they had taken care of the same girl he wanted to kill. Logan was more protection for Requel than a babysitter but god forbid someone tell Requel that.
With little money and no plans, they made their way to Central Park. The kids had already headed in opposite directions, "staying in groups" of course, as Ororo had told them earlier. Bobby and Rogue followed as best as possible. Logan kept his senses on alert while Requel just acted like one of the kids, only worse.
"Get down from there. Logan, come help," Rogue shouted. She was at a playground with a group of the kids, trying to control them.
"I'm not here to make sure the kids are playing nice," Logan replied, believing it as well.
"It's not one of the kids. It's Requel!" Rogue was yelling now and losing control. Logan looked over to see the kids backing off the monkey bars. Above all their heads he found Requel standing on top of the bars.
"What the hell are you doing?" Logan asked. Requel just shrugged. Her feet were steady as she moved along the thin beams. Even she thought it was odd that she didn't need to hold he hands out in a balancing act.
She jumped across from one beam to another and quickly jumped to the ground. Logan thought she had lost her footing but she landed on her feet and walked away like nothing happened.
Kurt laughed underneath his disguise. "It's her ears," he whispered to Logan. "Their big so she has a lot of balance. Bigger parts of her ear, more equilibrium."
"And why would you know that," Logan said quietly as he followed Requel, walking with Kurt.
He just looked forward. "One of the things you pick up when you're bored and only have a church and a library to go to stay."
What the others hadn't heard was the outraged, "What do you mean you told them?" from one of the kids. Requel found that it had come from Jubilee. She was having an argument with a boy her age while her friends and his own circled around them.
"You had no right to do that. You almost got us all killed. Do you know that?" When she saw she was getting more onlookers, she lowered her voice. "I don't even want to look at you anymore." With that she crossed her arms and turned her side to him.
Logan passed Requel who had stopped, seeing it wasn't anything serious. "Who is this?" he asked, not exactly friendly.
"Just a friend," Jubilee replied, looking at the 'friend' from the corner of her eye.
"Where from? I haven't seen him around the school."
"That's because he doesn't go to the school," one of Jubilee's friends blurted out. Jubilee smacked the girl's arm and gave her a I-can't-believe- you-did-that look.
"So this is the guy you've been sneaking off to meet," Rogue added into the fray.
Logan huffed. "So you're more than friends. Does he even know?"
"Know what?" The boy looked from Jubilee to Logan to Rogue and then back to Jubilee.
Jubilee blocked out the others and looked at just Paul. How could he have done this? She thought she had liked him. She though she had loved him. She still did. "You know when I mentioned the others were mutants?" She licked her lips. "I am, too. I am a mutant." Fear tinged with disbelief met her eyes but an "I didn't know" came from his mouth instead.
"Jubilee," he became frantic to explain his case, "I was scared. I had to tell someone. I-"
"Damnit, Paul. Don't you know there are people out there who hate us? They're scared, just like you, and ignorant, too. They try to exterminate the fear instead of just getting over it." Jubilee was obviously still pissed.
"Wait a minute." Logan was starting to put things together. "Are you saying he caused the break in?" His blood was already boiling.
"Run, Paul! Go!" Jubilee shouted and Paul followed the command, not wanting to learn of the man's mutant powers first-hand.
Requel watched from the tree she was leaning on. And they wondered why she never spoke. It just wasn't worth it and actions made her point so much more effectively.
Logan decided against chasing him. He faced the school, for it was the people, not the building, that made up the school. "We're getting out of here," Logan said after he left. Logan called the others on their communicator as Rogue and Bobby divided the kids. "Have you found anything?" Logan asked over the communicator.
"Nothing. I think one of Stryker's friends has sent our faces around. Every place won't give us business. One even said that they don't serve mutants," Ororo replied, utterly disgusted.
"Here's your group, Angel," Rogue told her, bringing her away from her eavesdropping. Requel turned around to see a group of kids watching her. About ten kids, all different ages were now her responsibility. It was definitely a step up from a refuge. Had she shown them something? Rogue made it more casual by saying, "Don't lose any of 'em." Requel looked at the kids, expressionless. She already had their faces memorized. She recognized Syren within the group. Hopefully, the older one would help her, she though as the older kids wondered how Angel was going to control them without a voice. Rogue was already growing hoarse.
Kurt was called by Rogue away from Requel. "Watch Angel, okay?" They all knew they still couldn't leave her without protection, and Kurt did not miss it either.
"Of course," his chest puffing out. He would probably do anything to protect her considering how highly he thought of her. No matter what the others though of his claim, everything she did proved she was sent to Earth. Kurt walked over to her. She seemed to be having a staring contest with one of the kids. Well, almost everything.
"We have to split up. It seems Stryker's friends know we're here," Logan said.
"It's not you," Kurt reassured Requel. "It's another fight. Different people."
Logan told them where they'd meet up later. Requel grabbed Logan's arm to make him wait them pantomiming the phone. He gave it to her while she tried to figure out its phone number. The closest thing she got to it was its serial number which she jot down quickly and gave the communicator back.
Requel turned around to find the kids had followed her. She was starting to grow wary of them but just headed out of the park, figuring they'd follow her again. Requel saw Jubilee in Rogue's group, which made sense. Even if it was against what Logan would have wanted, Jubilee needed to talk to someone.
All the groups headed in different directions, not knowing where they were going but just trying to burn time and not have anyone killed in the process.
Once again Logan was deemed babysitter while the others found a place to stay. It wasn't too bad. Rogue, Bobby, Kurt and Requel were with him. Though two can't touch the kids, another can't be seen in the light and the fourth can't talk to them, perfect.
It seemed like they were trying to break away. Professor Xavier though Eric was looking to meet just to talk so they didn't need Rogue to get upset while he was around. And the only way to get Rogue to go anywhere she doesn't want to be is to send Bobby there. Likewise, they didn't want Eric to realize they had taken care of the same girl he wanted to kill. Logan was more protection for Requel than a babysitter but god forbid someone tell Requel that.
With little money and no plans, they made their way to Central Park. The kids had already headed in opposite directions, "staying in groups" of course, as Ororo had told them earlier. Bobby and Rogue followed as best as possible. Logan kept his senses on alert while Requel just acted like one of the kids, only worse.
"Get down from there. Logan, come help," Rogue shouted. She was at a playground with a group of the kids, trying to control them.
"I'm not here to make sure the kids are playing nice," Logan replied, believing it as well.
"It's not one of the kids. It's Requel!" Rogue was yelling now and losing control. Logan looked over to see the kids backing off the monkey bars. Above all their heads he found Requel standing on top of the bars.
"What the hell are you doing?" Logan asked. Requel just shrugged. Her feet were steady as she moved along the thin beams. Even she thought it was odd that she didn't need to hold he hands out in a balancing act.
She jumped across from one beam to another and quickly jumped to the ground. Logan thought she had lost her footing but she landed on her feet and walked away like nothing happened.
Kurt laughed underneath his disguise. "It's her ears," he whispered to Logan. "Their big so she has a lot of balance. Bigger parts of her ear, more equilibrium."
"And why would you know that," Logan said quietly as he followed Requel, walking with Kurt.
He just looked forward. "One of the things you pick up when you're bored and only have a church and a library to go to stay."
What the others hadn't heard was the outraged, "What do you mean you told them?" from one of the kids. Requel found that it had come from Jubilee. She was having an argument with a boy her age while her friends and his own circled around them.
"You had no right to do that. You almost got us all killed. Do you know that?" When she saw she was getting more onlookers, she lowered her voice. "I don't even want to look at you anymore." With that she crossed her arms and turned her side to him.
Logan passed Requel who had stopped, seeing it wasn't anything serious. "Who is this?" he asked, not exactly friendly.
"Just a friend," Jubilee replied, looking at the 'friend' from the corner of her eye.
"Where from? I haven't seen him around the school."
"That's because he doesn't go to the school," one of Jubilee's friends blurted out. Jubilee smacked the girl's arm and gave her a I-can't-believe- you-did-that look.
"So this is the guy you've been sneaking off to meet," Rogue added into the fray.
Logan huffed. "So you're more than friends. Does he even know?"
"Know what?" The boy looked from Jubilee to Logan to Rogue and then back to Jubilee.
Jubilee blocked out the others and looked at just Paul. How could he have done this? She thought she had liked him. She though she had loved him. She still did. "You know when I mentioned the others were mutants?" She licked her lips. "I am, too. I am a mutant." Fear tinged with disbelief met her eyes but an "I didn't know" came from his mouth instead.
"Jubilee," he became frantic to explain his case, "I was scared. I had to tell someone. I-"
"Damnit, Paul. Don't you know there are people out there who hate us? They're scared, just like you, and ignorant, too. They try to exterminate the fear instead of just getting over it." Jubilee was obviously still pissed.
"Wait a minute." Logan was starting to put things together. "Are you saying he caused the break in?" His blood was already boiling.
"Run, Paul! Go!" Jubilee shouted and Paul followed the command, not wanting to learn of the man's mutant powers first-hand.
Requel watched from the tree she was leaning on. And they wondered why she never spoke. It just wasn't worth it and actions made her point so much more effectively.
Logan decided against chasing him. He faced the school, for it was the people, not the building, that made up the school. "We're getting out of here," Logan said after he left. Logan called the others on their communicator as Rogue and Bobby divided the kids. "Have you found anything?" Logan asked over the communicator.
"Nothing. I think one of Stryker's friends has sent our faces around. Every place won't give us business. One even said that they don't serve mutants," Ororo replied, utterly disgusted.
"Here's your group, Angel," Rogue told her, bringing her away from her eavesdropping. Requel turned around to see a group of kids watching her. About ten kids, all different ages were now her responsibility. It was definitely a step up from a refuge. Had she shown them something? Rogue made it more casual by saying, "Don't lose any of 'em." Requel looked at the kids, expressionless. She already had their faces memorized. She recognized Syren within the group. Hopefully, the older one would help her, she though as the older kids wondered how Angel was going to control them without a voice. Rogue was already growing hoarse.
Kurt was called by Rogue away from Requel. "Watch Angel, okay?" They all knew they still couldn't leave her without protection, and Kurt did not miss it either.
"Of course," his chest puffing out. He would probably do anything to protect her considering how highly he thought of her. No matter what the others though of his claim, everything she did proved she was sent to Earth. Kurt walked over to her. She seemed to be having a staring contest with one of the kids. Well, almost everything.
"We have to split up. It seems Stryker's friends know we're here," Logan said.
"It's not you," Kurt reassured Requel. "It's another fight. Different people."
Logan told them where they'd meet up later. Requel grabbed Logan's arm to make him wait them pantomiming the phone. He gave it to her while she tried to figure out its phone number. The closest thing she got to it was its serial number which she jot down quickly and gave the communicator back.
Requel turned around to find the kids had followed her. She was starting to grow wary of them but just headed out of the park, figuring they'd follow her again. Requel saw Jubilee in Rogue's group, which made sense. Even if it was against what Logan would have wanted, Jubilee needed to talk to someone.
All the groups headed in different directions, not knowing where they were going but just trying to burn time and not have anyone killed in the process.