Ok, here goes Chapter 2. Sorry about the confusion before but my computer
apparently hates my guts, I`m not even sure if it`s working properly now.
The weird symbols on the previous chapter all stand for inverted commas. So
if you have the patience all you have to do is copy and paste to Microsoft
Word, if you want to read it.
FEEDBACK PLEASE!! Reviews, e-mails and whatever are all more than welcome.
Even more welcome than Hugh Jackman in a towel. well maybe not. hehehehe.
I don`t own any of the Marvel characters, blahblahblah, you all know the
drill. Caitlin Moore is my character so please don`t use her without my
permission. Just read the little note on Chapter one. If you can.
Btw, thank you Burnout!! You were my first reviewer =) There should be
prizes for people like you. You really encouraged me. Thanks again for your
honesty.
On with the story..
**** CHAPTER TWO
SCOTT
Scott walked towards the Professor`s office slowly, having received his psychic message to visit him immediately. All around him he could hear the low voices of different teachers and students coming from various classrooms. Coming from the classroom that used to be taught by Jean was the voice of Storm, speaking in the strange language of Biology. It didn`t used to be so strange, when being taught by Jean, he remembered. Things always had a new, simpler meaning, when Jean explained them. A sharp collision with an overhyperactive Jubilee quickly interrupted his current musings. ``Waaaaaabbbooommm!!`` screeched the excitable teenager as she knocked the wind out of Scott. ``Whoooopsie, Mr Cyclops, didn`t see you there, didn`t see you there, didn`t see you there.`` ``Jube.lee.. candy. banned..two years. give. Oreo`s. me.`` Jubilee clasped her precious sweets to her chest, shrieked ``You`ll never take them alive!`` and raced off. Scott wheezed, straightened up and eventually made his way to the office. ``Ah, Scott,`` said Prof. Xavier as he entered. ``Please have a seat. Make yourself comfortable.`` Scott sat down on a squashy armchair and listened listlessly as the Prof. went on and on about some mission he was about to embark on. What did it matter anyway? The busier he was, the less time he had to think about Jean. Apparently he now had to go rescue some kid who was being abused by her mother because she was a mutant. Not the first time this had happened..
*** BOBBY
``Are you OK?`` asked Bobby Drake to Marie, concern clearly discernible in his voice. Marie looked extremely upset and worried. The Iceman frowned. The only time he had ever seen her like this was when Logan had left the mansion to go to Alkali Lake. Well, she wasn`t exactly being Little Miss Ray Of Sunshine And Happiness lately, and neither him, but today she looked even more dismal than she had been looking these past few weeks. A suspicion began to form in the back of his mind. ``Logan. Logan. hasn't left again, has he?" he asked hesitantly. ``Yes,`` she muttered. She didn`t really feel like talking to Bobby about this right now. She knew what was coming next. ``I - I can`t stand seeing you like this!`` he expostulated. ``Every time he leaves. it`s like your whole life has no more meaning any more. Sometimes I think that you forget that I`ll always be here for you, no matter what. You`re always thinking about that guy. You have feelings for him, I know you do! Don`t you? Don`t ---`` ``No! Why do you keep asking this all the time? I`m so sick of it!`` Marie sobbed. ``Don`t you know how bad I`ve been feeling these past few days? I thought you at least would understand. And now you have to bring this up! Well, I`ve had it! That`s it! One more argument like this, Bobby Drake, and we`re through!`` And with that she turned on her heel and stormed out of the room, crying her heart out. Bobby stood glaring after her. ``Oreo, Bobby?`` chirped a voice from behind him. ``Fuck off, Jubilee!`` ``There`s no need to be friendly, I was only trying to be rude!`` said Jubilee, shocked. Greeeaaat. Jubilee on a sugar high. Just what he needed. Actually. ``Jubilee? Er. Sorry about that. Listen, you`re Rogue`s best friend, right?`` ``I try my best!`` ``And you`re kinda close to Logan, right?`` ``I definitely try my best there!`` ``Well, can you just carry a message to her from me? Just tell her this.``
**** LOGAN
Logan slowly came to a halt in a parking lot right next to a worn out looking diner. In the distance he could see tall, threatening moutains looming up ahead, and if he looked really hard he could even make out a narrow, winding trail. Well, he was quite tired out, and even super healing regenerative mutants with animal instincts needed a break now and then. He entered the diner, beer and a hot square meal on his mind.
It was actually quite empty. Only a few people were sitting around talking and eating. They looked quite respectable, a sight that Logan was not used to seeing when he walked into such places. However there appeared to be nobody present to run the diner, only a pretty black girl with dark glasses sitting near the counter. Logan sat near her, and after a quite a while he became annoyed. ``Hey ,isn`t there anyone here to, y'know, take care of customers?`` he asked the girl quite irritably.
She jumped. ``Oh! I`m sorry. I didn`t know you were here! You should have told me. I `ll take your orders right away. er. sir?``
Logan was nonplussed. `` First off, if I`ve been sitting next to you all this time, how could you not know I was here? Secondly, If you`re in charge of this place, you should be behind the counter, not in front of it. Thirdly, I am a sir. Why the hell did you ask that?``
``Around here, you can never be sure,`` said the girl darkly. ``And to answer your first two questions, well the owner is away, and I'm in charge for a bit. And the reason I didn`t see you, and can probably never see you or anyone ever again, is because I'm blind.`` She waved a long white walking stick around aimlessly. Logan had the decency to look abashed, and since in this case it was not sufficient, he mumbled ``sorry``.
``That`s OK,`` said the girl cheerfully. ``Well, what can I get you? I`m Terri, by the way,`` she added. ``Who are you?`` ``I`ll just have a beer.`` If you know what it actually looks like, he added mentally. He decided to skip the meal, naturally suspicious of a blind person's ability to cook. ``I don't know what what a beer looks like, but I sure know how to serve one,`` said Terri calmly as she took one out of a cupboard close to her and plunked it in front of him.
Logan blinked. ``Huh?`` ``It`s Ok,`` said Terri. ``I know what you are. I`m one as well. A mutant. They all are, in fact,`` she said, gesturing vaguely towards the occupants of the diner. ``That`s what this place is meant for, a place where mutants can take it easy without cops breathing over our necks all the time.``
``So. I take it you`re telepathic, right?`` said Logan slowly. ```Sure. It comes in handy, too. But I haven`t really learnt how to control it yet. If I did, I would`ve realised you were here ages ago,`` she remarked sadly. ``You must know a telepath, judging by your reaction.`` Logan winced. ``Used to know one.`` Jean, he thought sadly. The professor didn`t count. He was too annoying. ``Ah.`` Terri realised she had hit a raw spot, and quicly changed the subject. ``Hey, you haven`t told me your name yet.`` He sighed. `` Logan,`` he said, ``It`s Logan.`` He took a quick swig of the beer, and immediately spat it out. ``Hey, this is disgusting!`` ``Yes, I know,`` said Terri apologetically. ``Caitlin`s never been especially good at the catering business, even though she`s got a Masters in Chemistry and Biology.`` ``Who the hell is Caitlin?`` ``She`s the owner, but she`s away right now,`` explained Terri. ``She left yesterday. Said she wouldn`t be back for about a week.`` ``Where did she go?`` Terri gave him a mysterious look. `` Not gonna tell you. It`s secret, it is.`` Logan said nothing. A suspicion began to form in his mind as to who this Caitlin was, but he didn`t choose to voice it. After buying a bottle of water- nobody could get water wrong, surely- he said goodbye to Terri, gunned his motor bike and continued on his journey.
******
END OF CHAPTER TWO!!
Ok.. Phew. *slumps forward and bangs her head on the keyboard, and doesn`t regain consciousness for a long, long, time.* That's Chapter 2 done! Sorry I didn`t really answer many of your questions and I probably didn`t make this story any clearer, but Chapter 3 will be better, I promise. You`ll get to meet Caitlin and. most importantly. the PLOT!!! Lol. Terri is MY character by the way, no permisson, no use. Anyway, until next time, then. Don`t forget to review, Ok???
On with the story..
**** CHAPTER TWO
SCOTT
Scott walked towards the Professor`s office slowly, having received his psychic message to visit him immediately. All around him he could hear the low voices of different teachers and students coming from various classrooms. Coming from the classroom that used to be taught by Jean was the voice of Storm, speaking in the strange language of Biology. It didn`t used to be so strange, when being taught by Jean, he remembered. Things always had a new, simpler meaning, when Jean explained them. A sharp collision with an overhyperactive Jubilee quickly interrupted his current musings. ``Waaaaaabbbooommm!!`` screeched the excitable teenager as she knocked the wind out of Scott. ``Whoooopsie, Mr Cyclops, didn`t see you there, didn`t see you there, didn`t see you there.`` ``Jube.lee.. candy. banned..two years. give. Oreo`s. me.`` Jubilee clasped her precious sweets to her chest, shrieked ``You`ll never take them alive!`` and raced off. Scott wheezed, straightened up and eventually made his way to the office. ``Ah, Scott,`` said Prof. Xavier as he entered. ``Please have a seat. Make yourself comfortable.`` Scott sat down on a squashy armchair and listened listlessly as the Prof. went on and on about some mission he was about to embark on. What did it matter anyway? The busier he was, the less time he had to think about Jean. Apparently he now had to go rescue some kid who was being abused by her mother because she was a mutant. Not the first time this had happened..
*** BOBBY
``Are you OK?`` asked Bobby Drake to Marie, concern clearly discernible in his voice. Marie looked extremely upset and worried. The Iceman frowned. The only time he had ever seen her like this was when Logan had left the mansion to go to Alkali Lake. Well, she wasn`t exactly being Little Miss Ray Of Sunshine And Happiness lately, and neither him, but today she looked even more dismal than she had been looking these past few weeks. A suspicion began to form in the back of his mind. ``Logan. Logan. hasn't left again, has he?" he asked hesitantly. ``Yes,`` she muttered. She didn`t really feel like talking to Bobby about this right now. She knew what was coming next. ``I - I can`t stand seeing you like this!`` he expostulated. ``Every time he leaves. it`s like your whole life has no more meaning any more. Sometimes I think that you forget that I`ll always be here for you, no matter what. You`re always thinking about that guy. You have feelings for him, I know you do! Don`t you? Don`t ---`` ``No! Why do you keep asking this all the time? I`m so sick of it!`` Marie sobbed. ``Don`t you know how bad I`ve been feeling these past few days? I thought you at least would understand. And now you have to bring this up! Well, I`ve had it! That`s it! One more argument like this, Bobby Drake, and we`re through!`` And with that she turned on her heel and stormed out of the room, crying her heart out. Bobby stood glaring after her. ``Oreo, Bobby?`` chirped a voice from behind him. ``Fuck off, Jubilee!`` ``There`s no need to be friendly, I was only trying to be rude!`` said Jubilee, shocked. Greeeaaat. Jubilee on a sugar high. Just what he needed. Actually. ``Jubilee? Er. Sorry about that. Listen, you`re Rogue`s best friend, right?`` ``I try my best!`` ``And you`re kinda close to Logan, right?`` ``I definitely try my best there!`` ``Well, can you just carry a message to her from me? Just tell her this.``
**** LOGAN
Logan slowly came to a halt in a parking lot right next to a worn out looking diner. In the distance he could see tall, threatening moutains looming up ahead, and if he looked really hard he could even make out a narrow, winding trail. Well, he was quite tired out, and even super healing regenerative mutants with animal instincts needed a break now and then. He entered the diner, beer and a hot square meal on his mind.
It was actually quite empty. Only a few people were sitting around talking and eating. They looked quite respectable, a sight that Logan was not used to seeing when he walked into such places. However there appeared to be nobody present to run the diner, only a pretty black girl with dark glasses sitting near the counter. Logan sat near her, and after a quite a while he became annoyed. ``Hey ,isn`t there anyone here to, y'know, take care of customers?`` he asked the girl quite irritably.
She jumped. ``Oh! I`m sorry. I didn`t know you were here! You should have told me. I `ll take your orders right away. er. sir?``
Logan was nonplussed. `` First off, if I`ve been sitting next to you all this time, how could you not know I was here? Secondly, If you`re in charge of this place, you should be behind the counter, not in front of it. Thirdly, I am a sir. Why the hell did you ask that?``
``Around here, you can never be sure,`` said the girl darkly. ``And to answer your first two questions, well the owner is away, and I'm in charge for a bit. And the reason I didn`t see you, and can probably never see you or anyone ever again, is because I'm blind.`` She waved a long white walking stick around aimlessly. Logan had the decency to look abashed, and since in this case it was not sufficient, he mumbled ``sorry``.
``That`s OK,`` said the girl cheerfully. ``Well, what can I get you? I`m Terri, by the way,`` she added. ``Who are you?`` ``I`ll just have a beer.`` If you know what it actually looks like, he added mentally. He decided to skip the meal, naturally suspicious of a blind person's ability to cook. ``I don't know what what a beer looks like, but I sure know how to serve one,`` said Terri calmly as she took one out of a cupboard close to her and plunked it in front of him.
Logan blinked. ``Huh?`` ``It`s Ok,`` said Terri. ``I know what you are. I`m one as well. A mutant. They all are, in fact,`` she said, gesturing vaguely towards the occupants of the diner. ``That`s what this place is meant for, a place where mutants can take it easy without cops breathing over our necks all the time.``
``So. I take it you`re telepathic, right?`` said Logan slowly. ```Sure. It comes in handy, too. But I haven`t really learnt how to control it yet. If I did, I would`ve realised you were here ages ago,`` she remarked sadly. ``You must know a telepath, judging by your reaction.`` Logan winced. ``Used to know one.`` Jean, he thought sadly. The professor didn`t count. He was too annoying. ``Ah.`` Terri realised she had hit a raw spot, and quicly changed the subject. ``Hey, you haven`t told me your name yet.`` He sighed. `` Logan,`` he said, ``It`s Logan.`` He took a quick swig of the beer, and immediately spat it out. ``Hey, this is disgusting!`` ``Yes, I know,`` said Terri apologetically. ``Caitlin`s never been especially good at the catering business, even though she`s got a Masters in Chemistry and Biology.`` ``Who the hell is Caitlin?`` ``She`s the owner, but she`s away right now,`` explained Terri. ``She left yesterday. Said she wouldn`t be back for about a week.`` ``Where did she go?`` Terri gave him a mysterious look. `` Not gonna tell you. It`s secret, it is.`` Logan said nothing. A suspicion began to form in his mind as to who this Caitlin was, but he didn`t choose to voice it. After buying a bottle of water- nobody could get water wrong, surely- he said goodbye to Terri, gunned his motor bike and continued on his journey.
******
END OF CHAPTER TWO!!
Ok.. Phew. *slumps forward and bangs her head on the keyboard, and doesn`t regain consciousness for a long, long, time.* That's Chapter 2 done! Sorry I didn`t really answer many of your questions and I probably didn`t make this story any clearer, but Chapter 3 will be better, I promise. You`ll get to meet Caitlin and. most importantly. the PLOT!!! Lol. Terri is MY character by the way, no permisson, no use. Anyway, until next time, then. Don`t forget to review, Ok???
