-*Summers2004: Don't worry, I'll keep writing I'm having way too much fun to stop.
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A/N: Short Chapter. I think it's crappy, but hey that's just me. I'm sorry for taking so long to update, got into some trouble with the teacher at my school. The notebook that I had everything in has been taken away from me. Err. BUT I decided to update the little I had.
In a totally non-related to anything story. There is a great X-men message board site. Blades of Chaos is also been up there. If you would like a link, just email me.
The Chapter of Confusion
I blinked, what the hell are you suppose to say to something like that? Sammy looked at me hopelessly. I sighed.
"Vanessa," I said.
She turned to look at me. "What?"
"Listen, just hear me out, okay? All these mutants in here they had a life, possibly a family, something that got them out of bed in the morning. You think their family and friends and weren't a upset about them vanishing? Look, at Tianna." I felt really rotten pulling Tianna into this especially when she wasn't even here to step on my foot or anything when things got too personal. "Both her parents got taken, she can barely remember them!"
Vanessa stuck her chin out stubbornly. "They didn't abandon her, though. They didn't leave her behind of their own free will. She did."
That was true. Crud. Vanessa seeing she had gotten her point across began walking toward the door. "Thanks, Jon, but it didn't work!"
I sighed and glanced at Sammy. She shrugged. "I'm gonna go see if I can find the hallway." Sammy faded out and left.
What happened to girl talk? All the feminine stuff that I didn't want to hear about, but they tell me anyway? Couldn't some of that come in handy right about now?
I ran after Vanessa, hoping to keep her out of any more trouble. She was looking at an empty case, my mother.
"I didn't know your mother died," she whispered.
"Yeah," I said. "When I was ten. If I had any wish in the world, I'd want to bring her back. She's been gone for almost half my life, but I still miss her. If you had the chance to have grown up with your mother, would you take it?"
Vanessa stared at the ground. "I don't know, but if I could turn back the clock to that day she left me and rewrite it. I think I would. But life isn't a book and you can't fix the errors in it."
"Hey, Vanessa, ever wonder why it hurts so much?" A new, yet familiar voice asked. We both turned to see Tianna, striding towards us. "It hurts because you love 'em. And you know why you love 'em? Because they loved you first. And it probably hurt her as much as it hurt you to leave you. It wasn't a decent thing to do, and there was probably a better way to settle this, but in the long run, mostly it'll hurt you."
Tianna turned away and began walking to the opposite end of the room. Vanessa needed to be alone, so I followed Tianna.
"How long were you there?" I asked her.
"Long enough to hear your speech," was her reply.
I leaned against the wall, "How did you know what to say?"
Tianna shrugged. "It's what someone told me when I hated everyone because I was left behind."
I blinked. A lot of people had tried to console Tianna when her mother was taken. "You know who said that to me?"
"Who?"
"Your mom."
I nodded, "How did you get out?"
She replied, "Dad teleported." I nodded. "So, um, what are we gonna do while Vanessa decides? Sit here and stare at each other? No offense, but I'd rather do something else."
I grinned, "I haven't seen in so long that I forgot what you looked like either."
"Did Sammy find you guys?"
Ti nodded, "Ya, but it's not doing much good. You have three tries to get the right passcode and if you mess up three times alarms go off. And it's not like we don't have enough trouble as is." She brushed an unruly curl out of her face, but sprang out from behind her ear almost instantly. Ti gave an exasperated sigh.
"Guys?" Vanessa called quietly.
"What?" We chorused.
Vanessa shook her head, "I hate it when you do that. Anyway, I thought about it and decided I'll do it." She heaved a sigh.
"And how come I have a feeling that in the process that you'll give her a big piece of you mind?" Tianna asked.
"Because, I am."
"I was afraid of that."
Vanessa marched over to the case. "What the hell do you do?"
I reached over and spun the dial to "wake" and cocked my head. "Hard, no?"
She gave me a look that said shut up, shut up now.
"Um, shouldn't we, like, wake 'em all up?" Ti asked.
I shrugged and followed her as she began waking all the mutants. There were only about ten and I guessed maybe another ten upstairs, including me.
Tianna flew over to the top of one of the cases. "What are doing?" I asked.
"I wanna see how this thing works," she answered. "Damn, why'd I have to wear these pants?"
"Well?" I asked after a few minutes.
Her head peeked over the side and down at me. "Nothing. But I theorize that the fluid is nutrition and is prolly diluted with a highly effective depressant. But that's just a theory."
I just shook my head as she slithered down and landed next to me. There was a slight whooshing sound and one of the cases opened. "Mom!" Tianna shouted joyfully and dashed to Ryann.
You would never guess that Ryann Wagner was any older than twenty. She looked young and then she's got a kind of this charisma around her. She looked kinda surprised to see her daughter.
How come I had a bad feeling about this?
"This is way too easy," I muttered, glancing around.
Vanessa dashed up to us. "Okay there's bad news and there's good news. Which do you want first?"
"Good news," I said.
"Well most of the mutants are awake," she nodded her head a few times. "The bad news they can't use their powers and Agents have found us."
"Oh, that's nice." There was a beeping noise that interrupted the rest of my sarcastic comment.
"Hey, that's the, the, the, the thingy!" Vanessa said snapping her fingers trying to think of the word.
"Brilliant, Ness," Ti sighed. "Why did you bring that?"
Vanessa shrugged, "It was on my night stand. I ain't following you around to who knows where without some link to the rest of the world." She took it out of her pocket and flicked it on.
"What?"
Ya gotta love Vanessa.
"Vanessa? Oh, good!" It was Sammy.
Tianna wrestled the communicators out of her friends grip. "Sammy, where are you?"
"Outside."
"Is everyone out?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'm going to do give you some very hard instructions. Are you ready?"
"Uh-huh."
"Good. Run! Go to the river where we fell in, we'll meet up with you there."
I mumbled, "Yeah. If we can get out of here."
Vanessa and Tianna both elbowed me in the stomach. "Ow." They both ignored me.
One of cases opened. "Gambit got one helluva hangover."
Vanessa's eye twitched. "Did he just speak in the third person?"
"Yeah," Tianna and I answered.
Vanessa sighed. "This is going to be a long day."
-*Ghostie: I thought so. Yeah, I felt bad killing off Jon's mother, but I can't write so many characters. *bows* Thanks
-*Alhandra: Welcome!
-*Zero-0: I always need help! Just keep sending me your ideas. I love 'em.
-*NightGoddess: I know. *hands her gold star* Congrats on them all!
A/N: Short Chapter. I think it's crappy, but hey that's just me. I'm sorry for taking so long to update, got into some trouble with the teacher at my school. The notebook that I had everything in has been taken away from me. Err. BUT I decided to update the little I had.
In a totally non-related to anything story. There is a great X-men message board site. Blades of Chaos is also been up there. If you would like a link, just email me.
The Chapter of Confusion
I blinked, what the hell are you suppose to say to something like that? Sammy looked at me hopelessly. I sighed.
"Vanessa," I said.
She turned to look at me. "What?"
"Listen, just hear me out, okay? All these mutants in here they had a life, possibly a family, something that got them out of bed in the morning. You think their family and friends and weren't a upset about them vanishing? Look, at Tianna." I felt really rotten pulling Tianna into this especially when she wasn't even here to step on my foot or anything when things got too personal. "Both her parents got taken, she can barely remember them!"
Vanessa stuck her chin out stubbornly. "They didn't abandon her, though. They didn't leave her behind of their own free will. She did."
That was true. Crud. Vanessa seeing she had gotten her point across began walking toward the door. "Thanks, Jon, but it didn't work!"
I sighed and glanced at Sammy. She shrugged. "I'm gonna go see if I can find the hallway." Sammy faded out and left.
What happened to girl talk? All the feminine stuff that I didn't want to hear about, but they tell me anyway? Couldn't some of that come in handy right about now?
I ran after Vanessa, hoping to keep her out of any more trouble. She was looking at an empty case, my mother.
"I didn't know your mother died," she whispered.
"Yeah," I said. "When I was ten. If I had any wish in the world, I'd want to bring her back. She's been gone for almost half my life, but I still miss her. If you had the chance to have grown up with your mother, would you take it?"
Vanessa stared at the ground. "I don't know, but if I could turn back the clock to that day she left me and rewrite it. I think I would. But life isn't a book and you can't fix the errors in it."
"Hey, Vanessa, ever wonder why it hurts so much?" A new, yet familiar voice asked. We both turned to see Tianna, striding towards us. "It hurts because you love 'em. And you know why you love 'em? Because they loved you first. And it probably hurt her as much as it hurt you to leave you. It wasn't a decent thing to do, and there was probably a better way to settle this, but in the long run, mostly it'll hurt you."
Tianna turned away and began walking to the opposite end of the room. Vanessa needed to be alone, so I followed Tianna.
"How long were you there?" I asked her.
"Long enough to hear your speech," was her reply.
I leaned against the wall, "How did you know what to say?"
Tianna shrugged. "It's what someone told me when I hated everyone because I was left behind."
I blinked. A lot of people had tried to console Tianna when her mother was taken. "You know who said that to me?"
"Who?"
"Your mom."
I nodded, "How did you get out?"
She replied, "Dad teleported." I nodded. "So, um, what are we gonna do while Vanessa decides? Sit here and stare at each other? No offense, but I'd rather do something else."
I grinned, "I haven't seen in so long that I forgot what you looked like either."
"Did Sammy find you guys?"
Ti nodded, "Ya, but it's not doing much good. You have three tries to get the right passcode and if you mess up three times alarms go off. And it's not like we don't have enough trouble as is." She brushed an unruly curl out of her face, but sprang out from behind her ear almost instantly. Ti gave an exasperated sigh.
"Guys?" Vanessa called quietly.
"What?" We chorused.
Vanessa shook her head, "I hate it when you do that. Anyway, I thought about it and decided I'll do it." She heaved a sigh.
"And how come I have a feeling that in the process that you'll give her a big piece of you mind?" Tianna asked.
"Because, I am."
"I was afraid of that."
Vanessa marched over to the case. "What the hell do you do?"
I reached over and spun the dial to "wake" and cocked my head. "Hard, no?"
She gave me a look that said shut up, shut up now.
"Um, shouldn't we, like, wake 'em all up?" Ti asked.
I shrugged and followed her as she began waking all the mutants. There were only about ten and I guessed maybe another ten upstairs, including me.
Tianna flew over to the top of one of the cases. "What are doing?" I asked.
"I wanna see how this thing works," she answered. "Damn, why'd I have to wear these pants?"
"Well?" I asked after a few minutes.
Her head peeked over the side and down at me. "Nothing. But I theorize that the fluid is nutrition and is prolly diluted with a highly effective depressant. But that's just a theory."
I just shook my head as she slithered down and landed next to me. There was a slight whooshing sound and one of the cases opened. "Mom!" Tianna shouted joyfully and dashed to Ryann.
You would never guess that Ryann Wagner was any older than twenty. She looked young and then she's got a kind of this charisma around her. She looked kinda surprised to see her daughter.
How come I had a bad feeling about this?
"This is way too easy," I muttered, glancing around.
Vanessa dashed up to us. "Okay there's bad news and there's good news. Which do you want first?"
"Good news," I said.
"Well most of the mutants are awake," she nodded her head a few times. "The bad news they can't use their powers and Agents have found us."
"Oh, that's nice." There was a beeping noise that interrupted the rest of my sarcastic comment.
"Hey, that's the, the, the, the thingy!" Vanessa said snapping her fingers trying to think of the word.
"Brilliant, Ness," Ti sighed. "Why did you bring that?"
Vanessa shrugged, "It was on my night stand. I ain't following you around to who knows where without some link to the rest of the world." She took it out of her pocket and flicked it on.
"What?"
Ya gotta love Vanessa.
"Vanessa? Oh, good!" It was Sammy.
Tianna wrestled the communicators out of her friends grip. "Sammy, where are you?"
"Outside."
"Is everyone out?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'm going to do give you some very hard instructions. Are you ready?"
"Uh-huh."
"Good. Run! Go to the river where we fell in, we'll meet up with you there."
I mumbled, "Yeah. If we can get out of here."
Vanessa and Tianna both elbowed me in the stomach. "Ow." They both ignored me.
One of cases opened. "Gambit got one helluva hangover."
Vanessa's eye twitched. "Did he just speak in the third person?"
"Yeah," Tianna and I answered.
Vanessa sighed. "This is going to be a long day."
