Mikial simply shook his head.
"You don't think that's odd?"
He shook his head again.
She scowled at him. "All right."
$$$$$
"Mark, we have our first mission together!" Avalon said waving a piece of paper.
"Great! What is it?" I asked eagerly. Hey, just because I didn't believe in hurting pokemon didn't mean I had to be a good little angel.
He gave me the paper. "Someone in Team Rocket is a spy for the DR. We have to find out who. And, to that we're going to have to be spies ourselves and get into the DR HQ."
"Sounds fun." I said looking over the paper.
Avalon smirked. "Yeah, spy work is my favorite." We sat down on the couch. "First we have to figure out how we should change our appearances, just in case the spy knows us. Then we have to make up fake names." He took something out of his pocket: a wallet. He opened it and pulled out an ID card. I looked at it. A woman was pictured at the left with her hair pulled back. She looked like a biker.
"Is that YOU?"
I erupted with laughter when he nodded his head.
"Yes, in my spy life I'm known as Tanya Heart. The DR already knows her. They call her a 'drop in' because I only drop in every so often. They don't suspect that she's a spy at all." He smiled. ". cause I'm good at my work. Sometimes I do stuff for them, but nothing that'll get us Rockets in trouble."
"I don't have to be a girl, do I?"
He chuckled. "No." He tilted his head and looked at me. "Let's see. I'll get you a fake earring, unless you want to get your ear pierced. You can always take the earring out. Hmmmm. we could spike your hair. and. OH! I've got the perfect outfit for you!" He got up and moved the coffee table. Then he rolled the rug away and lifted a few floorboards. He pulled a trunk out, opened it, and began rummaging around in it. Soon he had pulled out a pair of ripped, worn out jeans, a white T-shirt, a black leather vest (figures), and an assortment of silver chains.
"We'll make you a punk kid. I think I have a nose ring in here someplace."
I laughed. "A little obsessed, aren't we?"
He glared at me. "This is serious stuff. You don't want to get caught, right? They do some pretty painful stuff to you if they find out you're a spy. I've seen it happen."
"Yeah, but when does this mission start?"
"Whenever we're ready. but if we take too long Team Rocket might get in big trouble. Who knows what the spy is telling the DR?" He gathered all the stuff he took out of the trunk and replaced the trunk in the floor, covering it back up. "I'd like to get you into the gang by tomorrow night. So. this means we gotta get you a name, where you came from, and a good sob story." He looked at the clothes in his arms. "How about you try this stuff on? I'll fix your hair and stuff."
"Why?"
"I gotta see what I'm working with. How you dress conveys personality and I wouldn't get the same effect from you wearing these clothes compared to someone else. It'll help give us a story too. So just get this stuff on."
He gave me the clothes and I put them on.
"Hmmmm." He held his chin in the "classic" thinking position. "Hunch over just a little. You're low life riffraff now, not a member of Team Rocket."
I snorted at his joke and did what he asked.
"Mmmm hmmm. follow me."
I followed him into the bathroom. He took out a huge comb and hair gel. Objects of torture.
He styled and re-styled my hair about seven times then settled on the first style he did. He combed my hair so it all stood up and then saturated it with hair gel, again.
He grunted with satisfaction then smiled. "You're gonna have fun trying to get that out tonight."
"Great." I said glaring at him in the mirror.
We went back out into the living room and he looked me over again. He picked up some earrings and silver chains that were on the table. He put five earrings on my right ear, one of the chains around my neck (it had a really cool dragon charm on it ^-^), and put one more chain on my belt loop sticking the other end into my back pocket.
"You're supposed to put a wallet on the other end. Do you have one?"
"Yeah it's in my other pants."
He nodded.
"Hm. okay, I got it. You're Tanya's cousin, Adam Heart. You're parents, her aunt and uncle, died when you were 12. You joined up with a gang when they died. It was called The Reigning Fire, but Team Rocket wasted them and you're the only one left. You've come to the DR to get revenge. Sound good?"
I nodded. "Sounds convincing enough."
$$$$$
A bright light shone in my eyes. It felt like someone had stuck a red-hot stick of metal through each of my eyes. My head hurt immensely. Silhouettes of people stood around me.
"Avyrian Onan." A voice called. It seemed distant, and it made my head rattle.
"Who are you? Who is this Avyrian Onan? What happened?"
"You are Avyrian Onan."
"What? There must be some mistake. My name is Vynianan Larof."
"You ARE Avyrian Onan. There is NO mistake. You suit the description perfectly. Are you not a psychic?"
"I am, but. WHAT is this Avyrian Onan?"
"A super human. THE super human. YOU."
"I don't understand." My world went black. and I could remember nothing.
$$$$$
"OH MY.!" I gasped. "Tanya Heart" now stood in front of me. Black hair in a pony tail, short black tube top, black leather vest, black leather mini skirt, high heeled black leather boots, black leather gloves that went up to her elbows, black lip stick and eye shadow. It was EXTREMELY hard to believe that this was Avalon standing in front of me. This girl (ahem) is hot!
"Convincing, no?" There was no way this was actually Avalon. That was a female voice.
I gaped at him. I was absolutely speechless. He/she came toward me.
Oh my. he's even got the walk?! I thought.
I started backing away. "Okay! I'm officially creeped out!"
"Did a good job, didn't I?" He said in his actual voice. That sort of made me feel better. "My earlier partner posed as my 'boyfriend.' I'll have to tell the guys there I broke up with him." He thought about that a second. ". then again maybe I won't."
"Why not?"
He sweat-dropped. "They already hit on me enough."
I tried to contain my laughter but failed.
Avalon looked un-amused. "I'm not kidding. You'll see when we get there."
I got dressed and he fixed my hair. Then we went to the Special Forces hangar, where we got a motorcycle. We got to the DR quarters in about 20 minutes.
"Remember to call me Tanya or cuz." He whispered as we went inside.
Just inside was a nice little lobby with a reception desk. There was a man at the desk he looked up when we came inside.
"Hey! If it ain't Tanya!" He said rather loudly.
Four other men scurried into the room, trying not to look eager to get a peek at her.
"Hi Benny." Avalon said, in his to-good-to-be-true female voice.
"Who's this tough little squirt ya got with ya?" He asked eyeing me.
"This is my cousin, Adam. He's lookin to join up."
"Ahhhh." He said, raising his eyebrows. "So, you're looking to see the boss. I'll warn ya, he ain't too happy today."
Avalon snorted. "That guy ain't never happy, if I know anything." He started for a hallway. I followed.
"I'm sure he'll be happy to see you though!" Benny called after us.
Avalon stopped at a door. "You let me do the talking unless he talks directly to you, okay?"
"Got it."
He knocked on the door.
"WHAT!?" Came an angry voice from inside.
"It's Tanya Heart, hon. Won't you let me inside? I got some fresh blood for ya."
The door whipped open in an instant. "Tanya?!" The man smiled when he saw her. "Come in, come in!"
We went into his office and sat down in the two chairs in front of the desk.
"Fresh blood is always welcome, but you know we got check things, right? So what's the story behind this kid?"
Avalon nodded. "His name's Adam. Adam Heart. He's my cousin. His parents, my aunt and uncle, died when the little guy was only 12." He looked over at me. I pretended to look depressed.
"He didn't have anywhere to go since he didn't really know me or my parents, I mean, really great coincidence that we ran into each other. Anyway, he had joined up with a little gang. called. what was it? The Reigning Fire?"
I nodded, still looking depressed.
"But, Team Rocket wasted them and he was the only one to survive."
I nodded again. "I'm looking to join up here to get my revenge. I hear that you're their biggest rival."
The man smirked. "That we are. You've come to the right place little guy."
$$$$$
My eyes slowly focused. but they never seemed to focus correctly. Everything still looked fuzzy and. green? What the heck is going on? I looked down.
WHAT THE HECK??? I'm FLOATING??? And. I'm naked? I thought, sweat- dropping. What are all these wires and suction pads stuck to me? I waved my arms around in attempt to get them off. The air seemed unusually thick. A strand of bubbles went by.
Bubbles? Wait a second. I put my hands out in front of me. They touched a smooth surface. Glass? I'm in a TANK? LET ME OUT OF HERE!
/Hello. /
Huh? A voice in my head? Those weren't psychic waves.
/Correct. /
WHO are you?
/I am Dr. Redwood. Your researcher. /
What do I need a researcher for?
/You are quite a masterpiece, Avyrian. My team and I want to figure how you are able to have such strength and power. You're quite fascinating to us. /
I told you already! I AM NOT this Avyrian guy! And, I'm NOT a goldfish! LET ME OUT OF HERE! I felt something crawl up my spine and erupt with pain. It came in waves and fanned out through my entire body. I screamed, but in the water, or whatever this stuff was, it only sounded like gurgling.
/Tisk, tisk now. You're not in a good position to be demanding things. Just cooperate and you should be fine. /
I twitched.
/Now, then. Why don't you show us your awesome power and shatter the prison that beholds you? /
I can't. I told you I'm not who you think I am. GAAHHHHHH!!! My body convulsed with the electric shock. I could feel it moving within me, burning me from the inside out. I was being cooked alive. at least that's what it felt like.
$$$$$
"Sir! I think you should see this!" A woman called from a glowing computer monitor. Redwood joined her. She pointed to the screen.
"His brain waves appear weaker than the ones in the file."
Redwood snorted. "He's suppressing them. Thinking he can fool us." He turned to another man at a control panel. "Increase the power!"
$$$$$
"Man, that was way too easy."
"Yeah, I know. They'll probably be watching us for a while."
"This is a nice room though." I said, looking in the mirror. "You know, I kinda like this look."
Avalon sat on the bed in his boxers and a t-shirt, combing his wet hair; he'd just gotten out of the shower. "It does look good on you, but I'm kinda biased by the black leather." He snorted. "Anyone in black leather appeals to me, unless they really look horrendous."
We laughed.
"Do you think anyone is watching us now?"
"Nah, I already scoped out the room. They haven't bugged it or anything. I'll put up a sound barrier just incase."
"A sound barrier?"
"Yeah, it's basically just a barrier. I figured out I could use it to block sound when somebody tried to talk to me and I didn't want to listen. All you have to do is make it so it blocks any frequency of wave to a certain point. If you go higher than that you can block light waves. If you get really good at it, you can make it so you only block one type of ray, like ultra violet. Then you wouldn't have to use sunscreen."
"Sounds cool."
He nodded.
"So I can call you by your real name now right?"
"Sure."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead."
"Where did you get those boobs?"
"Huh? OH! Well. that's a secret!" He sweat-dropped.
I squinted at him. "You said yourself that this was all about secrets."
"No, I said secrets were MY business."
I glared at him.
"All right, fine. I have the power to transform. That's why I looked so different. But, it's not like I can turn into a cat or something. I can only modify my body."
"Man, you're just full of awesome tricks, huh?"
He snorted. "Sure."
He crawled under the covers of the bed. "You don't mind that we have to sleep in the same bed, do you?"
"No." I said, shrugging my shoulders. "What are you gonna do? Rape me?" I climbed in bed with him. "I mean, we're pretty much brothers, right?"
"Right." He said, nodding his head.
He rolled over in the bed and looked at me for a while.
"There's something I need to tell you." He sighed.
"I'm listening." I said, looking concerned.
$$$$$
Finally. They took me out of that tank. now that I was practically dead. They had me stretched out on a table since I couldn't stand.
"You shouldn't defy us, Avyrian."
"I'm not Avyrian for the fiftieth time!"
CRACK!
I gasped. The left side of my chest burned with pain. That guy had a whip.
"How old are you?"
"Thirty-five, six in a few weeks." I whispered.
"According to this report Avyrian should be 36 soon, too. Who were your parents?"
"Lyle and Jenna Larof."
CRACK! CRACK!
I squeaked, trying not to scream. The other side of my chest and stomach now flamed.
"Wrong answer. They were Levi and Gina Leriv. Were you not tortured and teased in school because of your PURPLE EYES and small size?"
"Its just coincidence."
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! (Hmmmm. do I see a pattern?)
I couldn't hold it in any longer. I screamed. My chest, stomach, and thighs were on fire.
"You can't deny it! It's all here in black and white."
"I AM NOT AVYRIAN ONAN!" I screamed. The room was silent, except for my heavy breathing.
Redwood stared at me, expressionless. "Give it to him."
$$$$$
He swallowed. "I'm bi-sexual." He said. He wouldn't look me in the eyes.
I stared at him. "So?"
He blinked at me. "Yi.you don't mind? Tell me the truth. I respect your opinion."
"I don't care. I mean, I kinda figured you were. Why else would you dress like a girl?"
He blinked some more. "Well! That's cool. I wasn't expecting such a. laidback reaction. heh. I thought you were gonna freak out." He sounded genuinely surprised. "That saves me a whole lot of trouble and embarrassment. yeah. that would have been really bad if you'd walked in on me sometime in the future and didn't know. You really don't care?"
I laughed at him. "Really, Avalon, I don't care. But, this doesn't mean-
"Yeah, yeah. I know. I won't touch you. That could interfere with work. and my girlfriend."
"Does she know?"
"I haven't told her, but she might have found out from somebody else."
$$$$$
"Mikial, it's been three days! Has he ever been gone this long before?" Sabrina inquired.
Mikial was even beginning to get worried. "Not since he ran away when we were kids."
"Do you think something happened to him?"
"I certainly hope not." He sighed and looked out the window. "I should have gone with him. he asked." He put one foot on a nearby chair and rested his elbow on his knee. He put his hand in his hair and continued to stare out the window.
Sabrina stared at him. My friends are disappearing one by one. Hmmmm. Mikial really cares for his brother, but it seems like he has a hard time conveying it in a way his brother understands.
Sabrina touched Mikial's shoulder. He looked up at her. For the first time, she noticed just how handsome he looked (of course that could have been because at the time he had his shirt off ^-^). She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She just stared, and found that his face was slowly closing in on hers. He closed his eyes, and just when his lips were about to touch hers, she pulled away. Mikial opened his eyes and turned away, looking rejected.
What the heck was that? He almost kissed me and I was letting him. Where is Mark? Where is Vynan? If I stay here too long with Mikial I might end up liking him. She thought.
Sabrina went upstairs and let herself fall onto the bed. She called out.
$$$$$
Mark sat bolt upright in the bed. Did I just hear Sabrina? OH! Sabrina! I forgot all about her!
He looked to Avalon. He was sound asleep.
Sabrina?
MARK! Is it really you? Are you okay?
I'm fine and yes it's me. What's the matter? You sound surprised that I'm even alive.
I kept calling out to you, but you wouldn't answer for the longest time.
Oh yeah. my dad took away my powers as punishment for a while. Actually, I can only talk and read minds right now. I'm really sorry. Is everything okay over there?
Not really. Rather depressing really. Vynan's disappeared and has been gone for three days about. It's really starting to get to Mikial. I tried to help him, but.
What?
He tried to kiss me. and I almost let him.
Mark raised an eyebrow even though he knew she couldn't see him.
Neither one said anything for a while. Mark broke the silence.
Maybe he came looking for me! Oh man. I hope he didn't!
What? She had obviously been preoccupied with something.
Vynan. What if he went looking for the Rocket headquarters and got caught?
$$$$$
Two?
Yes?
I don't feel so well.
What is wrong?
I don't know.
Are.?
I don't think so. Sheba made a face.
Do not move.
Maybe you should get Sycamore.
I doubt they will make the situation any better.
Sheba shut her eyes. I'm scared.
"You don't think that's odd?"
He shook his head again.
She scowled at him. "All right."
$$$$$
"Mark, we have our first mission together!" Avalon said waving a piece of paper.
"Great! What is it?" I asked eagerly. Hey, just because I didn't believe in hurting pokemon didn't mean I had to be a good little angel.
He gave me the paper. "Someone in Team Rocket is a spy for the DR. We have to find out who. And, to that we're going to have to be spies ourselves and get into the DR HQ."
"Sounds fun." I said looking over the paper.
Avalon smirked. "Yeah, spy work is my favorite." We sat down on the couch. "First we have to figure out how we should change our appearances, just in case the spy knows us. Then we have to make up fake names." He took something out of his pocket: a wallet. He opened it and pulled out an ID card. I looked at it. A woman was pictured at the left with her hair pulled back. She looked like a biker.
"Is that YOU?"
I erupted with laughter when he nodded his head.
"Yes, in my spy life I'm known as Tanya Heart. The DR already knows her. They call her a 'drop in' because I only drop in every so often. They don't suspect that she's a spy at all." He smiled. ". cause I'm good at my work. Sometimes I do stuff for them, but nothing that'll get us Rockets in trouble."
"I don't have to be a girl, do I?"
He chuckled. "No." He tilted his head and looked at me. "Let's see. I'll get you a fake earring, unless you want to get your ear pierced. You can always take the earring out. Hmmmm. we could spike your hair. and. OH! I've got the perfect outfit for you!" He got up and moved the coffee table. Then he rolled the rug away and lifted a few floorboards. He pulled a trunk out, opened it, and began rummaging around in it. Soon he had pulled out a pair of ripped, worn out jeans, a white T-shirt, a black leather vest (figures), and an assortment of silver chains.
"We'll make you a punk kid. I think I have a nose ring in here someplace."
I laughed. "A little obsessed, aren't we?"
He glared at me. "This is serious stuff. You don't want to get caught, right? They do some pretty painful stuff to you if they find out you're a spy. I've seen it happen."
"Yeah, but when does this mission start?"
"Whenever we're ready. but if we take too long Team Rocket might get in big trouble. Who knows what the spy is telling the DR?" He gathered all the stuff he took out of the trunk and replaced the trunk in the floor, covering it back up. "I'd like to get you into the gang by tomorrow night. So. this means we gotta get you a name, where you came from, and a good sob story." He looked at the clothes in his arms. "How about you try this stuff on? I'll fix your hair and stuff."
"Why?"
"I gotta see what I'm working with. How you dress conveys personality and I wouldn't get the same effect from you wearing these clothes compared to someone else. It'll help give us a story too. So just get this stuff on."
He gave me the clothes and I put them on.
"Hmmmm." He held his chin in the "classic" thinking position. "Hunch over just a little. You're low life riffraff now, not a member of Team Rocket."
I snorted at his joke and did what he asked.
"Mmmm hmmm. follow me."
I followed him into the bathroom. He took out a huge comb and hair gel. Objects of torture.
He styled and re-styled my hair about seven times then settled on the first style he did. He combed my hair so it all stood up and then saturated it with hair gel, again.
He grunted with satisfaction then smiled. "You're gonna have fun trying to get that out tonight."
"Great." I said glaring at him in the mirror.
We went back out into the living room and he looked me over again. He picked up some earrings and silver chains that were on the table. He put five earrings on my right ear, one of the chains around my neck (it had a really cool dragon charm on it ^-^), and put one more chain on my belt loop sticking the other end into my back pocket.
"You're supposed to put a wallet on the other end. Do you have one?"
"Yeah it's in my other pants."
He nodded.
"Hm. okay, I got it. You're Tanya's cousin, Adam Heart. You're parents, her aunt and uncle, died when you were 12. You joined up with a gang when they died. It was called The Reigning Fire, but Team Rocket wasted them and you're the only one left. You've come to the DR to get revenge. Sound good?"
I nodded. "Sounds convincing enough."
$$$$$
A bright light shone in my eyes. It felt like someone had stuck a red-hot stick of metal through each of my eyes. My head hurt immensely. Silhouettes of people stood around me.
"Avyrian Onan." A voice called. It seemed distant, and it made my head rattle.
"Who are you? Who is this Avyrian Onan? What happened?"
"You are Avyrian Onan."
"What? There must be some mistake. My name is Vynianan Larof."
"You ARE Avyrian Onan. There is NO mistake. You suit the description perfectly. Are you not a psychic?"
"I am, but. WHAT is this Avyrian Onan?"
"A super human. THE super human. YOU."
"I don't understand." My world went black. and I could remember nothing.
$$$$$
"OH MY.!" I gasped. "Tanya Heart" now stood in front of me. Black hair in a pony tail, short black tube top, black leather vest, black leather mini skirt, high heeled black leather boots, black leather gloves that went up to her elbows, black lip stick and eye shadow. It was EXTREMELY hard to believe that this was Avalon standing in front of me. This girl (ahem) is hot!
"Convincing, no?" There was no way this was actually Avalon. That was a female voice.
I gaped at him. I was absolutely speechless. He/she came toward me.
Oh my. he's even got the walk?! I thought.
I started backing away. "Okay! I'm officially creeped out!"
"Did a good job, didn't I?" He said in his actual voice. That sort of made me feel better. "My earlier partner posed as my 'boyfriend.' I'll have to tell the guys there I broke up with him." He thought about that a second. ". then again maybe I won't."
"Why not?"
He sweat-dropped. "They already hit on me enough."
I tried to contain my laughter but failed.
Avalon looked un-amused. "I'm not kidding. You'll see when we get there."
I got dressed and he fixed my hair. Then we went to the Special Forces hangar, where we got a motorcycle. We got to the DR quarters in about 20 minutes.
"Remember to call me Tanya or cuz." He whispered as we went inside.
Just inside was a nice little lobby with a reception desk. There was a man at the desk he looked up when we came inside.
"Hey! If it ain't Tanya!" He said rather loudly.
Four other men scurried into the room, trying not to look eager to get a peek at her.
"Hi Benny." Avalon said, in his to-good-to-be-true female voice.
"Who's this tough little squirt ya got with ya?" He asked eyeing me.
"This is my cousin, Adam. He's lookin to join up."
"Ahhhh." He said, raising his eyebrows. "So, you're looking to see the boss. I'll warn ya, he ain't too happy today."
Avalon snorted. "That guy ain't never happy, if I know anything." He started for a hallway. I followed.
"I'm sure he'll be happy to see you though!" Benny called after us.
Avalon stopped at a door. "You let me do the talking unless he talks directly to you, okay?"
"Got it."
He knocked on the door.
"WHAT!?" Came an angry voice from inside.
"It's Tanya Heart, hon. Won't you let me inside? I got some fresh blood for ya."
The door whipped open in an instant. "Tanya?!" The man smiled when he saw her. "Come in, come in!"
We went into his office and sat down in the two chairs in front of the desk.
"Fresh blood is always welcome, but you know we got check things, right? So what's the story behind this kid?"
Avalon nodded. "His name's Adam. Adam Heart. He's my cousin. His parents, my aunt and uncle, died when the little guy was only 12." He looked over at me. I pretended to look depressed.
"He didn't have anywhere to go since he didn't really know me or my parents, I mean, really great coincidence that we ran into each other. Anyway, he had joined up with a little gang. called. what was it? The Reigning Fire?"
I nodded, still looking depressed.
"But, Team Rocket wasted them and he was the only one to survive."
I nodded again. "I'm looking to join up here to get my revenge. I hear that you're their biggest rival."
The man smirked. "That we are. You've come to the right place little guy."
$$$$$
My eyes slowly focused. but they never seemed to focus correctly. Everything still looked fuzzy and. green? What the heck is going on? I looked down.
WHAT THE HECK??? I'm FLOATING??? And. I'm naked? I thought, sweat- dropping. What are all these wires and suction pads stuck to me? I waved my arms around in attempt to get them off. The air seemed unusually thick. A strand of bubbles went by.
Bubbles? Wait a second. I put my hands out in front of me. They touched a smooth surface. Glass? I'm in a TANK? LET ME OUT OF HERE!
/Hello. /
Huh? A voice in my head? Those weren't psychic waves.
/Correct. /
WHO are you?
/I am Dr. Redwood. Your researcher. /
What do I need a researcher for?
/You are quite a masterpiece, Avyrian. My team and I want to figure how you are able to have such strength and power. You're quite fascinating to us. /
I told you already! I AM NOT this Avyrian guy! And, I'm NOT a goldfish! LET ME OUT OF HERE! I felt something crawl up my spine and erupt with pain. It came in waves and fanned out through my entire body. I screamed, but in the water, or whatever this stuff was, it only sounded like gurgling.
/Tisk, tisk now. You're not in a good position to be demanding things. Just cooperate and you should be fine. /
I twitched.
/Now, then. Why don't you show us your awesome power and shatter the prison that beholds you? /
I can't. I told you I'm not who you think I am. GAAHHHHHH!!! My body convulsed with the electric shock. I could feel it moving within me, burning me from the inside out. I was being cooked alive. at least that's what it felt like.
$$$$$
"Sir! I think you should see this!" A woman called from a glowing computer monitor. Redwood joined her. She pointed to the screen.
"His brain waves appear weaker than the ones in the file."
Redwood snorted. "He's suppressing them. Thinking he can fool us." He turned to another man at a control panel. "Increase the power!"
$$$$$
"Man, that was way too easy."
"Yeah, I know. They'll probably be watching us for a while."
"This is a nice room though." I said, looking in the mirror. "You know, I kinda like this look."
Avalon sat on the bed in his boxers and a t-shirt, combing his wet hair; he'd just gotten out of the shower. "It does look good on you, but I'm kinda biased by the black leather." He snorted. "Anyone in black leather appeals to me, unless they really look horrendous."
We laughed.
"Do you think anyone is watching us now?"
"Nah, I already scoped out the room. They haven't bugged it or anything. I'll put up a sound barrier just incase."
"A sound barrier?"
"Yeah, it's basically just a barrier. I figured out I could use it to block sound when somebody tried to talk to me and I didn't want to listen. All you have to do is make it so it blocks any frequency of wave to a certain point. If you go higher than that you can block light waves. If you get really good at it, you can make it so you only block one type of ray, like ultra violet. Then you wouldn't have to use sunscreen."
"Sounds cool."
He nodded.
"So I can call you by your real name now right?"
"Sure."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead."
"Where did you get those boobs?"
"Huh? OH! Well. that's a secret!" He sweat-dropped.
I squinted at him. "You said yourself that this was all about secrets."
"No, I said secrets were MY business."
I glared at him.
"All right, fine. I have the power to transform. That's why I looked so different. But, it's not like I can turn into a cat or something. I can only modify my body."
"Man, you're just full of awesome tricks, huh?"
He snorted. "Sure."
He crawled under the covers of the bed. "You don't mind that we have to sleep in the same bed, do you?"
"No." I said, shrugging my shoulders. "What are you gonna do? Rape me?" I climbed in bed with him. "I mean, we're pretty much brothers, right?"
"Right." He said, nodding his head.
He rolled over in the bed and looked at me for a while.
"There's something I need to tell you." He sighed.
"I'm listening." I said, looking concerned.
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Finally. They took me out of that tank. now that I was practically dead. They had me stretched out on a table since I couldn't stand.
"You shouldn't defy us, Avyrian."
"I'm not Avyrian for the fiftieth time!"
CRACK!
I gasped. The left side of my chest burned with pain. That guy had a whip.
"How old are you?"
"Thirty-five, six in a few weeks." I whispered.
"According to this report Avyrian should be 36 soon, too. Who were your parents?"
"Lyle and Jenna Larof."
CRACK! CRACK!
I squeaked, trying not to scream. The other side of my chest and stomach now flamed.
"Wrong answer. They were Levi and Gina Leriv. Were you not tortured and teased in school because of your PURPLE EYES and small size?"
"Its just coincidence."
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! (Hmmmm. do I see a pattern?)
I couldn't hold it in any longer. I screamed. My chest, stomach, and thighs were on fire.
"You can't deny it! It's all here in black and white."
"I AM NOT AVYRIAN ONAN!" I screamed. The room was silent, except for my heavy breathing.
Redwood stared at me, expressionless. "Give it to him."
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He swallowed. "I'm bi-sexual." He said. He wouldn't look me in the eyes.
I stared at him. "So?"
He blinked at me. "Yi.you don't mind? Tell me the truth. I respect your opinion."
"I don't care. I mean, I kinda figured you were. Why else would you dress like a girl?"
He blinked some more. "Well! That's cool. I wasn't expecting such a. laidback reaction. heh. I thought you were gonna freak out." He sounded genuinely surprised. "That saves me a whole lot of trouble and embarrassment. yeah. that would have been really bad if you'd walked in on me sometime in the future and didn't know. You really don't care?"
I laughed at him. "Really, Avalon, I don't care. But, this doesn't mean-
"Yeah, yeah. I know. I won't touch you. That could interfere with work. and my girlfriend."
"Does she know?"
"I haven't told her, but she might have found out from somebody else."
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"Mikial, it's been three days! Has he ever been gone this long before?" Sabrina inquired.
Mikial was even beginning to get worried. "Not since he ran away when we were kids."
"Do you think something happened to him?"
"I certainly hope not." He sighed and looked out the window. "I should have gone with him. he asked." He put one foot on a nearby chair and rested his elbow on his knee. He put his hand in his hair and continued to stare out the window.
Sabrina stared at him. My friends are disappearing one by one. Hmmmm. Mikial really cares for his brother, but it seems like he has a hard time conveying it in a way his brother understands.
Sabrina touched Mikial's shoulder. He looked up at her. For the first time, she noticed just how handsome he looked (of course that could have been because at the time he had his shirt off ^-^). She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She just stared, and found that his face was slowly closing in on hers. He closed his eyes, and just when his lips were about to touch hers, she pulled away. Mikial opened his eyes and turned away, looking rejected.
What the heck was that? He almost kissed me and I was letting him. Where is Mark? Where is Vynan? If I stay here too long with Mikial I might end up liking him. She thought.
Sabrina went upstairs and let herself fall onto the bed. She called out.
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Mark sat bolt upright in the bed. Did I just hear Sabrina? OH! Sabrina! I forgot all about her!
He looked to Avalon. He was sound asleep.
Sabrina?
MARK! Is it really you? Are you okay?
I'm fine and yes it's me. What's the matter? You sound surprised that I'm even alive.
I kept calling out to you, but you wouldn't answer for the longest time.
Oh yeah. my dad took away my powers as punishment for a while. Actually, I can only talk and read minds right now. I'm really sorry. Is everything okay over there?
Not really. Rather depressing really. Vynan's disappeared and has been gone for three days about. It's really starting to get to Mikial. I tried to help him, but.
What?
He tried to kiss me. and I almost let him.
Mark raised an eyebrow even though he knew she couldn't see him.
Neither one said anything for a while. Mark broke the silence.
Maybe he came looking for me! Oh man. I hope he didn't!
What? She had obviously been preoccupied with something.
Vynan. What if he went looking for the Rocket headquarters and got caught?
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Two?
Yes?
I don't feel so well.
What is wrong?
I don't know.
Are.?
I don't think so. Sheba made a face.
Do not move.
Maybe you should get Sycamore.
I doubt they will make the situation any better.
Sheba shut her eyes. I'm scared.