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She left me standing in the middle of the living room with a book in my hands and my jaw dropped open. I lick my lips, and the book falls to the floor as I race to the door and swing it open. The hallways empty, a car starts up somewhere in the parking lot and I'm running again. By the time I make it to the parking lot, her little black car is driving down the street and my bare feet strike something sharp and begin to bleed. Bloody footprints run after my shadow as I chase after her car.
The world's a blur to me, and all I can think about is what happened earlier…
She glared at me smiling bitterly, "I need to go back," She swallowed and wiped at her tearing eyes, "He needs me."
"Like hell he needs you!" I snapped, she had told me the day after Sam's funeral why she left Cage, "I can't let you go back to that bastard. I can't let you go back there and let him hurt you!"
"I'm sorry," She whispered handing me the book in her hands, "You can keep this."
I frown refusing to take the book, "Why are you doing this? Why would you go back to someone who hits you?"
She presses her lips together in a grim line, "I have too."
"You don't have to do anything."
"Yes, I do." She handed me the book again, this time I take it and glance at the cover.
'X-men: Evolution'
"Rip-" She suddenly kissed me silencing me.
"I need too." She repeated then turned around and left the apartment, left me standing in the middle of the living room, and left me stunned.
I stumble and nearly fall from the pain in my feet; her car turns around a corner followed by a sickening crash, time slows down for a moment as metal grinds against metal and glass shatters, spraying onto the concrete road.
I stop and slowly round the corner finding a mess of tangled up cars and a crowd of people gaping at the scene.
"No…" I gasp, slowly walking up to the crowd.
There's a spark and a fire suddenly starts, everyone starts
to panic and race away from the cars. Someone pulls out a cell phone and calls
the police; the other driver limps away from his car and falls onto the
sidewalk. The fire grows as I race to Ripley's car and try to open her door,
it's jammed.
She's awake and stars at me wide eyed
in fear, "Help me!" She screams then starts to cough on the smoke filling her
car.
I try the door again, why isn't anyone helping?
A fire truck and ambulance pulls up, I unsheathed my claws and sliced open the car door and pull Ripley out. The cars explode into flames as I turn around; the heat from it scorches my back and I black out from the pain.
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