Chapter 13 : The Other Side
Date : August 16, 2003
A/N: Yay! My computer is rid of that friggin virus. It's not restarting on me when I'm typing! ^_^ But if it isn't one thing, it's another. Like, for instance, my monitor. Everything has a yellowish-greenish tint to it, and all the colors are screwed up. V_V Oh, some reviewer pointed out that I was typing Kurt's accent all wrong. From now on, I'll just type normal for him. I'm not good at accents. Haha. But anyway. I uploaded those drawings. They came out alright, I guess. Except you can see the creases from where they were folded. But other than that, they look awesome. Kalli - www. geocities.com/ tootall2bshort06/ kalli.gif (make sure you backspace where the spaces are..stupid ff.net). Hanna - www. geocities.com/ tootall2bshort06/ hanna.gif (again, get rid of the spaces).
DISCLAIMER: Marvel owns all original X-Men characters. And I own mine (Kalli, Hanna, Avari, and Idget).
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Logan tinkered away on the engine of his motorcycle as Avari sat up the seat, humming softly to herself. Logan finally sat up with a pleased look on his face. "Alrighty, this baby should be working fine now," Avari looked up at him as he stood up and turned to her. "Ya mind gettin' up for a sec?" Avari sighed and nodded, standing up and swinging her leg off the bike. Logan made himself comfortable and pressed a button. The engine roared as Logan revved it. A silly grin spread on his face and stared up at her. He patted the space behind him to her, as thought offering her a ride.
Avari looked hesitant and nervous before climbing on behind him. Logan handed her a helmet, and allowed her time to put it and strap it on. When she finished, she put her arms around his waist. Logan revved the engine once more and they headed off out of the garage. And out of the driveway. Avari did not notice the other motorcycle parked outside of the manor.
Kalli paused at the front door, her hand raised in hesitation over the handle. She couldn't believe what she was finally getting to do. She was going to meet her mother for the very first time. But she had this uncanny feeling that something might go wrong with the visit from Avari. Kalli bit her lip at this thought. She felt someone rub her shoulder gently. She turned, her hand falling to her side, and met a pair of familiar red-on-black eyes, a smile of reassurance meeting them.
"Vous can do 'dis, Kalli,"
Kalli nodded and turned back to the door. She exhaled deeply and reached towards the handle again, pulling it open. Remy held it open for her as she stepped inside the foyer as Remy closed the door behind him. It hadn't changed a bit. The same old paintings and portraits hung on the halls, the little table with bowl of fruit at the opening of the left hallway. Kalli self-consciously combed her fingers through her hair. She had the jitters, but Remy's presence made her slightly calm.
Kalli cleared her throat. "Hello?" she yelled out. She listened as her voice echoed. "Anyone home?" She bit her lip.
"Kalli?" a familar German voice came from her right. Kalli turned and saw Kurt peering out from behind a door. He closed the door and strided over to them. He was in his human form.
Kalli smiled and chuckled nervously. "Heh-heh..hey, Kurt," Her hand flew up to the back of her head and scratch it self-consciously. Kurt smiled sweetly back at her, but it faltered as he took in Remy's presence. Kalli noticed this and added, "Oh, uh, Kurt. This is Remy. Remy this is Kurt,"
Remy nodded. Kurt's jaw was locked, so he did not return the gesture. There was an awkward silence in the main entrance as Kurt looked daggers with Remy. Kalli bit her lip again, drawing a small amount of blood.
"Welcome back, Kalli," said a kind voice spoke up from behind Kurt. Kalli looked up and saw Xavier approaching them, followed by Jean and Ororo.
"Hey, Prof!" Kalli said excitedly. She pushed herself past Kurt towards the professor. She stood before him. She, then, smiled up at Jean and Ororo. "Where's my mother?"
"Where is it exactly are we going?" Avari yelled. Logan shook his head in reply. Avari rolled her eyes. The wind whipped through her hair, and ruffled her clothing. She began to get goose bumps from the cold wind. She sighed to herself, pressing her cheek to Logan's back, and watched as the scenery flew by them.
The shades were pulled down and curtains shut to block the evening sun. But the lights were off, except for the lamp on the side table in the corner. A man in a white undershirt and green polka-dot boxers sat in a recliner, a bottle of beer in one hand. The other hand was balled in a fist, nails digging into his palm. His face was unshaven and dark circles under his eyes showed his lack of sleep. His eyes were slightly bloodshot. A scowl upon his face as ugly memories replayed in his head. A picture caught his eye from across the room. Emmet growled deeply at the woman in it. Hatred was all he felt ever since his wife left him, 15 years ago. She was stupid enough to leave her -their- daughter behind. Emmet snorted slightly. She should've seen it before; She should've known that he would take his anger out on their kid. If Kalli meant that much to her, why did she leave her behind? Emmet was never really good at the parent-job. Blaze knew that. But what angered him more was that she left on such short notice. She could've been blown to oblivian for all her cared.
Emmet's eyes shifted to the picture beside it, Kalli's recent school picture. Now, a week ago, Kalli leaves. Over some silly little fight between each other. He took a swig from his beer bottle, his eyes still fixed on the picture on the wall, and continued to ponder. Where she went, he wasn't sure. His brow furrowed. He would make sure that he find her. God so help him.
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A/N: Short. Yah. I knoo. But I included somethin' extra. Somethin' that'll make the story more interestin'. Oh, and guess what. This is one day's worth of typing. I usually don't type one chapter in one day. I have to keep coming back and try to add stuff in. Anyways. Yah, here it is. To make up for my *cough* long absence before the previous chapter. Oh. And tell me what ya think of those drawings.