Unlikely

Chapter Five: Super Xero

She sat under the brush of some trees by herself.  A group of Sophomores and Juniors not far away from her listening to a large portable CD player.  With speakers connected to it, and the volume turned all the way up, Mia didn't even have to strain to hear the music.

"What do I do to ignore what's behind me?

Do I follow my fate to escape blindly?"

It was strange, but she had to admit, she asked herself these questions all the time.

"Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams

And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?"

Her questions never had answers though.

"Do I let it go and try to stand it?

Or do I try to catch them red-handed?"

Yet she did have her suspicions.

"Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness

Or do I trust none and live in loneliness?"

This question she never needed to ask.  She trusted no one.

"Sunlight burns the skin of sleeping men

I make the right moves but I'm lost within

I put on my daily facade but then

I just end up getting hurt again"

How true.

"By myself (myself)

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself

(Myself)

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself

I can't hold on

To what I want when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't hold on

To anything watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in"

She didn't want to believe these lyrics.

"If I

Turn my back I'm defenseless

And to give into fate seems senseless

If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they'll

Take from me till everything is gone

If I let them go I'll be outdone

But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun

If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer

Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer"

It tormented her.  These simple lyrics dug into her very soul she'd tried so hard to guard from outsiders.

"By myself (myself)

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself

(Myself)

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself

I can't hold on

To what I want when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't hold on

To anything watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in"

The very meaning of failure.  Mia considered herself that.

"How do you think, that I've lost so much

Always afraid, that I'm out of touch

How do you expect, I will know what to do

When all I know, is what you tell me to"

At this moment she hated Linkin Park.  They were liars.  Never having experienced any of the emotions they manipulated with these lyrics.

"Don't you (know)

I can't tell you how to make it (go)

No matter what I do how hard I (try)

I can't seem to convince myself (why)

I'm stuck on the outside"

Trapped.

"Don't you (know)

I can't tell you how to make it (go)

No matter what I do how hard I (try)

I can't seem to convince myself (why)

I'm stuck on the outside"

She was trapped inside.

"I can't hold on

To what I want when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't hold on

To anything watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in"

Yet all the lyrics made sense.  She couldn't hate Linkin Park for being accurate.  Heck, she didn't know how to hate.

"I can't hold on

To what I want when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't hold on

To anything watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure from with"

The song ended and Mia was left buried in her confused thoughts.  She didn't even sense the eyes watching her.  But had she, she wouldn't have cared.

Author's note: Yay!  A long chapter… okay it's kind of short and the only reason its long is because of the spacing… but I'm just negative so feel free to correct me!

Preview of Chapter Six: Unique

Pietro grunted and turned over and was surprised to see the girl he had just been targeting to play a prank on, standing up off of him and brushing her front off with a disgusted expression.

"What was that for?"

Disclaimer: I don't own Super Xero, because Linkin Park made up the lyrics… (at least that's what they want us to think).  And of course I don't own X-Men: Evolution.  But to look on the brighter side of things, I do own this plot and all of my original characters!