Chappie 8
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kelsey stood, looking at herself in the bathroom mirror for the longest time. She sighed and turned on the tap. She splashed her face with the cool water and glared at herself again. Rosa was, at this very moment, telling the scowling Adrian of the morning's events.
"Jour de départ." Kelsey muttered to herself in French. "Day of the start." She had a suspicious feeling that Rosa and Adrian would feature quite heavily in her future Life.
She went back into the quaint little living room. Rosa was sitting on the couch, Calmly sipping out of a little pink mug while Adrian paced the room, having left his hot chocolate untouched.
Kelsey sat next to Rosa and sipped out of her own mug. Since her first shape shift, her senses had all become much stronger. She could smell the cocoa and the sugar and water separately. She could hear the hot chocolate running down Rosa's throat. She could see the sweat coming out of each individual pore on Adrian's face.
"So. you're a mutant, then." Adrian asked Kelsey conversationally.
"Yes." Kelsey replied simply, sipping out of her mug.
"That's nice." Adrian said absent-mindedly. He stared at the wall. Kelsey studied him closely. His hair was very short, but soon it would be a lovely brown. His eyes seemed to change colours in different lights, but they always seemed angry. Except, of course, when he looked at his Grandmother. He clearly doted on the lovely old woman though she seemed happily unaware of his devotion. It was clear in the way that Rosa had patted Adrian's hand comfortingly that she thought the world about him.
"What?" Adrian asked Kelsey. "Huh?" Kelsey replied, jolted out of her stupor.
"You were staring." He didn't need to add the "at me" to the end of the sentence.
"I'm sorry. I was wondering. are you a mutant?" Kelsey blurted. She eyed him as he hesitated over his answer.
"Yes." He finally replied. " I certainly am."
"Can I ask what powers you have?" She raised an eyebrow.
"No." Adrian replied. Rosa nudged him, frowning. He rolled his eyes.
"Fine, alright. Let's say I have a close relationship with the earth." He crossed his arms.
"Example?" Kelsey prompted. Adrian wouldn't answer.
"Alright, you overgrown brat, if you want to sulk that's your problem. But what I'm asking for is a little bit of information. Seeing as you already know all about my powers, and me I thought it would be fair if you told me about yours.
"However, if you want to discredit me by refusing my existence, then I will take my leave." Kelsey snapped, setting her mug down and leaping to her feet.
" It was lovely meeting you, Rosa. I hope that one day we will speak again." And with that, Kelsey marched out of the little house, tugging her school blazer on.
As she was denying the compulsion to cry, Kelsey heard fast footprints along the pavement behind her.
"Wait already!" she heard. Slowly she turned around.
"I'm sorry, ok? I didn't mean to make you angry." Adrian appealed. "It's just. I felt small."
"You felt small?" Kelsey replied. Looking up at him, the last thing anyone would imagine he felt was small. He towered over Kelsey. "Yeah. Today, some deranged mutant attacked the person I love most in the world. The problem is, I wasn't there! I couldn't protect her. You had to save her. That's why I felt small, inadequate." Adrian was looking at the ground.
"You felt. like I was taking your place!" Kelsey realised.
"Yes." Adrian replied sullenly.
"Do you realise just how much Rosa loves you? No-one could ever take your place with her." Kelsey told him softly. Adrian looked up.
"Really?" he perked up.
"Definitely." Kelsey grinned.
The truce having been made, Adrian starting walking with Kelsey.
"Hey, have I got any chance of a demonstration of your powers?" Adrian jokingly asked. Kelsey stiffened, sniffing the air.
"You might just." She murmured, peering around.
"Who is it?" Adrian asked urgently.
"The proper question is, 'What' is it-" Kelsey started to say. A mighty roar filled the air and Kelsey shoved Adrian to the side and sprang into action, transforming into an Adult male Bengal Tiger.
Sabretooth leapt from the rooftop directly above them. Kelsey was on him in a second. He cannot withstand my attack, Kelsey thought overconfidently. However, it was overconfidence that caused her downfall, and Sabretooth soon had the upper hand.
As she lay on the ground with Sabretooth's clawed hands around her neck Kelsey came back into her human body. She was much too weak to re-transform and she was losing life fast.
Then, suddenly, a welcome sight- Adrian was on his knees, hands pressed in the earth.
The ground shook and trembled! Sabretooth snarled as he rolled away from Kelsey, who turned to her side, coughing.
Adrian wasn't finished. Out of the earth came a long sinewy vine tendril. It wrapped around the huge man's left leg and lifted him high into the air.
"Get out of here! Stay away from this town or there will be more of this. And we'll always win!" Adrian yelled up at him. The vine shook about and then tossed the big man onto a far away rooftop.
"Are you alright?" Adrian asked a gasping Kelsey.
"Yes," She wheezed. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it." Adrian replied, grinning. He helped her to her feet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kelsey stood, looking at herself in the bathroom mirror for the longest time. She sighed and turned on the tap. She splashed her face with the cool water and glared at herself again. Rosa was, at this very moment, telling the scowling Adrian of the morning's events.
"Jour de départ." Kelsey muttered to herself in French. "Day of the start." She had a suspicious feeling that Rosa and Adrian would feature quite heavily in her future Life.
She went back into the quaint little living room. Rosa was sitting on the couch, Calmly sipping out of a little pink mug while Adrian paced the room, having left his hot chocolate untouched.
Kelsey sat next to Rosa and sipped out of her own mug. Since her first shape shift, her senses had all become much stronger. She could smell the cocoa and the sugar and water separately. She could hear the hot chocolate running down Rosa's throat. She could see the sweat coming out of each individual pore on Adrian's face.
"So. you're a mutant, then." Adrian asked Kelsey conversationally.
"Yes." Kelsey replied simply, sipping out of her mug.
"That's nice." Adrian said absent-mindedly. He stared at the wall. Kelsey studied him closely. His hair was very short, but soon it would be a lovely brown. His eyes seemed to change colours in different lights, but they always seemed angry. Except, of course, when he looked at his Grandmother. He clearly doted on the lovely old woman though she seemed happily unaware of his devotion. It was clear in the way that Rosa had patted Adrian's hand comfortingly that she thought the world about him.
"What?" Adrian asked Kelsey. "Huh?" Kelsey replied, jolted out of her stupor.
"You were staring." He didn't need to add the "at me" to the end of the sentence.
"I'm sorry. I was wondering. are you a mutant?" Kelsey blurted. She eyed him as he hesitated over his answer.
"Yes." He finally replied. " I certainly am."
"Can I ask what powers you have?" She raised an eyebrow.
"No." Adrian replied. Rosa nudged him, frowning. He rolled his eyes.
"Fine, alright. Let's say I have a close relationship with the earth." He crossed his arms.
"Example?" Kelsey prompted. Adrian wouldn't answer.
"Alright, you overgrown brat, if you want to sulk that's your problem. But what I'm asking for is a little bit of information. Seeing as you already know all about my powers, and me I thought it would be fair if you told me about yours.
"However, if you want to discredit me by refusing my existence, then I will take my leave." Kelsey snapped, setting her mug down and leaping to her feet.
" It was lovely meeting you, Rosa. I hope that one day we will speak again." And with that, Kelsey marched out of the little house, tugging her school blazer on.
As she was denying the compulsion to cry, Kelsey heard fast footprints along the pavement behind her.
"Wait already!" she heard. Slowly she turned around.
"I'm sorry, ok? I didn't mean to make you angry." Adrian appealed. "It's just. I felt small."
"You felt small?" Kelsey replied. Looking up at him, the last thing anyone would imagine he felt was small. He towered over Kelsey. "Yeah. Today, some deranged mutant attacked the person I love most in the world. The problem is, I wasn't there! I couldn't protect her. You had to save her. That's why I felt small, inadequate." Adrian was looking at the ground.
"You felt. like I was taking your place!" Kelsey realised.
"Yes." Adrian replied sullenly.
"Do you realise just how much Rosa loves you? No-one could ever take your place with her." Kelsey told him softly. Adrian looked up.
"Really?" he perked up.
"Definitely." Kelsey grinned.
The truce having been made, Adrian starting walking with Kelsey.
"Hey, have I got any chance of a demonstration of your powers?" Adrian jokingly asked. Kelsey stiffened, sniffing the air.
"You might just." She murmured, peering around.
"Who is it?" Adrian asked urgently.
"The proper question is, 'What' is it-" Kelsey started to say. A mighty roar filled the air and Kelsey shoved Adrian to the side and sprang into action, transforming into an Adult male Bengal Tiger.
Sabretooth leapt from the rooftop directly above them. Kelsey was on him in a second. He cannot withstand my attack, Kelsey thought overconfidently. However, it was overconfidence that caused her downfall, and Sabretooth soon had the upper hand.
As she lay on the ground with Sabretooth's clawed hands around her neck Kelsey came back into her human body. She was much too weak to re-transform and she was losing life fast.
Then, suddenly, a welcome sight- Adrian was on his knees, hands pressed in the earth.
The ground shook and trembled! Sabretooth snarled as he rolled away from Kelsey, who turned to her side, coughing.
Adrian wasn't finished. Out of the earth came a long sinewy vine tendril. It wrapped around the huge man's left leg and lifted him high into the air.
"Get out of here! Stay away from this town or there will be more of this. And we'll always win!" Adrian yelled up at him. The vine shook about and then tossed the big man onto a far away rooftop.
"Are you alright?" Adrian asked a gasping Kelsey.
"Yes," She wheezed. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it." Adrian replied, grinning. He helped her to her feet.