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Chapter 2:
New Mutants
Jennifer Freeze ran down the dark alley away from the X-Men, questions burning inside her head. 'Who was that guy? Why did he change when I took his watch off? And what on earth did he turn into?!?!'
Jennifer still hadn't come up with answers by the time she reached her home. Okay, so it wasn't really a home, nor was it just hers. She unlocked the door of the abandoned warehouse that she shared with a fellow mutant, Andrew Joyner a.k.a. Nightmare.
"Hey Andrew! You'll never believe what I just saw!" she called as she took the creaky stairs two at a time to reach the second floor.
"Did you bring me any goods my pet?" asked a sinister voice at the top of the stairs.
Jennifer hesitated. Though she would never admit it, she had always been afraid of Andrew. Its not just because of his power, the ability to enter peoples' dreams and murder them, not that that wasn't scary enough! But there was something else about the man that just creeped her out.
The shadow of Nightmare's huge frame enveloped Jennifer. His red eyes bored holes into her as she slowly made her way up the remainder of the stairs.
"Is that chili I smell?" Jennifer asked cheerfully. "I'm starved!"
"You can tell me about your findings over dinner," Andrew told her, his voice low and raspy.
Jennifer winced slightly as she walked past him into their 'dining room.' She sat down at the grimy table and helped herself to a heaping portion of the spicy beans and dug in furiously.
Nightmare leaned against one of the bare walls, waiting patiently through Jennifer's second and third helpings before asking:
"So what did you see?"
Jennifer swallowed the last mouthful of her chili and coughed slightly before answering.
"I saw a demon," she replied quietly, staring at her empty plate.
"You saw what?" Andrew hissed, leaning in closer.
"A demon," Jennifer repeated, still not meeting his eyes.
"Where?"
"In the alley outside of the cinema."
"Whats the matter, did you try to rob him?" Andrew snickered, convinced that she was worked up over nothing.
"Actually I did."
Andrew was actually laughing now.
"You poor stupid girl," he rasped.
"No! He wasn't a demon the whole time!" Jennifer retorted, exasperated that he didn't believe her.
"Oh?" Andrew raised his eyebrows, quite amused.
"No, he was an ordinary boy at first," Jennifer replied.
Nightmare waited patiently for her to go on.
"I froze him and looted his pockets, then I took off his watch and he turned into a demon!" Jennifer explained, looking up at him with pleading blue eyes.
"Do you still have the watch?" Andrew asked excitedly.
Jennifer hung her head shamefully.
"No. I dropped it," she muttered, fiddling with her dirty fork.
"You stupid stupid girl!" Andrew fumed, storming around the room. "There was probably something in that watch that gave him the appearance of a normal kid! God, you're so stupid girl!"
Jennifer took this as her clue to leave and stood up and ran out of the room.
Chapter 2:
New Mutants
Jennifer Freeze ran down the dark alley away from the X-Men, questions burning inside her head. 'Who was that guy? Why did he change when I took his watch off? And what on earth did he turn into?!?!'
Jennifer still hadn't come up with answers by the time she reached her home. Okay, so it wasn't really a home, nor was it just hers. She unlocked the door of the abandoned warehouse that she shared with a fellow mutant, Andrew Joyner a.k.a. Nightmare.
"Hey Andrew! You'll never believe what I just saw!" she called as she took the creaky stairs two at a time to reach the second floor.
"Did you bring me any goods my pet?" asked a sinister voice at the top of the stairs.
Jennifer hesitated. Though she would never admit it, she had always been afraid of Andrew. Its not just because of his power, the ability to enter peoples' dreams and murder them, not that that wasn't scary enough! But there was something else about the man that just creeped her out.
The shadow of Nightmare's huge frame enveloped Jennifer. His red eyes bored holes into her as she slowly made her way up the remainder of the stairs.
"Is that chili I smell?" Jennifer asked cheerfully. "I'm starved!"
"You can tell me about your findings over dinner," Andrew told her, his voice low and raspy.
Jennifer winced slightly as she walked past him into their 'dining room.' She sat down at the grimy table and helped herself to a heaping portion of the spicy beans and dug in furiously.
Nightmare leaned against one of the bare walls, waiting patiently through Jennifer's second and third helpings before asking:
"So what did you see?"
Jennifer swallowed the last mouthful of her chili and coughed slightly before answering.
"I saw a demon," she replied quietly, staring at her empty plate.
"You saw what?" Andrew hissed, leaning in closer.
"A demon," Jennifer repeated, still not meeting his eyes.
"Where?"
"In the alley outside of the cinema."
"Whats the matter, did you try to rob him?" Andrew snickered, convinced that she was worked up over nothing.
"Actually I did."
Andrew was actually laughing now.
"You poor stupid girl," he rasped.
"No! He wasn't a demon the whole time!" Jennifer retorted, exasperated that he didn't believe her.
"Oh?" Andrew raised his eyebrows, quite amused.
"No, he was an ordinary boy at first," Jennifer replied.
Nightmare waited patiently for her to go on.
"I froze him and looted his pockets, then I took off his watch and he turned into a demon!" Jennifer explained, looking up at him with pleading blue eyes.
"Do you still have the watch?" Andrew asked excitedly.
Jennifer hung her head shamefully.
"No. I dropped it," she muttered, fiddling with her dirty fork.
"You stupid stupid girl!" Andrew fumed, storming around the room. "There was probably something in that watch that gave him the appearance of a normal kid! God, you're so stupid girl!"
Jennifer took this as her clue to leave and stood up and ran out of the room.