NctrnlBst: Okay I get it now, but you got to admit Jubes, and Kitty are
shopping junkies. Can you honestly picture them going somewhere else? Oh
and I'm glad you picked up on the maternal bonding, I have something
planned in the next chapter.
Red Witch: Well I think you'll love what's coming up later, but first a little of her past.
Shadow-Spider: I hope you enjoy this, but be warned this is a dark chapter.
yae yang: Well wait no more, although this is a dark chapter and not vary happy.
BLINK'S NEW LIFE
CHAPTER 6: NIGHTMARES OF THE PAST
Just over two weeks ago...
Clarice had been staying home that day. All week long she had felt horrible. Her head hurt from massive headaches and she was running a fever plus she seemed to ache all the time.
At first her parents though she had the flu or something. But when it lasted for over three days, they were beginning to worry. They had taken her to a doctor and then the hospital and they couldn't find anything in her system to cause this.
She had stayed in the hospital for three days, and with no change her parents took her out of it, since they were doing nothing for their daughter.
It wasn't until in the morning of the eighth day when she woke up feeling like her old self again. She felt better than she had in days and when she got up noticed there were no more headaches or dizziness.
She went to the bathroom that her room was connected to and was going to wash up. She was still a little hazy and didn't notice the different color of her hands right away. When she looked into the mirror she froze in horror.
She saw her face in fact her whole body had changed. Her skin had changed color, her hair too. She had these marks on her face. She reached to touch them. She even started to scratch at them frantically, thinking maybe they would come off.
She was terrified now. She couldn't understand what was happening to her. She thought that she was having a nightmare and actually pinched herself hard in order to wake up. When she didn't she realized that she wasn't dreaming.
She let out a scream and ran from the image and ran into her room. She didn't know what to do, she just sat down against the wall starting to cry.
"Clarice? Clarice what is it are you alright?" She could hear her mother outside the door. She didn't want her to see her like this.
"Mom please don't come in." She begged.
"Clarice what's going on, what's wrong?" Her mother was getting frantic. "I'm coming in."
"Mom don't!" But she didn't listen, and when she opened the door and saw what her daughter looked liked her mother screamed in horror and terror at what had happened to her.
"Mom, please help me." She begged with tears running down her face, she reached out for her, but her mother pulled back in disgust, that was all to apparent in her face.
"DON"T TOUCH ME!" Clarice cringed at her words, and pulled back. "Stay here and don't leave." She commanded her and she slammed the door shut hard. Clarice could hear her mother running.
She could also hear her pick up the phone in the living room nearby but couldn't hake out what she was saying. She didn't know what was going on and was so scared at this point she couldn't think.
She didn't know how long it was, but when her door opened again not only was her mother there, but her father was at too. Apparently she had called him at work. "My God." Was all he could say.
He quickly walked across the room and grabbed her arm and wrenched her from her sitting position and forced her along. His grip was so tight and hard, but when she was about to speak he coldly and furiously told her to shut up.
He led her to the doors to the basement and forced her down the stairs. When they reached the bottom he threw her to the ground at his feet.
"Daddy why-"But was stopped. He had hit her across the face and she fell to the ground covering her face. She was shocked her father had never hit her before.
"Don't you ever call me that! I'm NOT your father, and you are NOT our daughter...not anymore." He said angrily to her. "We will not the parents of some mutie freak." He stormed off upstairs.
Clarice crawled to the far wall and curled up. She didn't understand why her parents were doing this. She could hear them arguing upstairs. They were both members of the FOH and were afraid of what would happen when they found out their daughter was a freak.
They weren't afraid for her though they were afraid for themselves. She could hear them talk about moving and starting over somewhere. Clarice couldn't take it she covered her ears, and felt them different.
Her long hair had covered her ears and as she ran her hand over them she found them shaped like an elf or a Vulcan or something.
She didn't know how long she stayed in the dark of the cellar. She just wanted all of this to be some nightmare that she would wake up from.
Then the door opened and there were several men she didn't recognize. They all had on FOH jackets. They grabbed her without a word, she tried to struggle but one punched her in the gut.
She felt the wind being knocked out of her and she was hauled upstairs. She could see it was night. See could also see more people packing things up into boxes. Then she saw her parents, she cried out to them.
But they just ignored her. The men continued to carry her away outside. She was thrown into a van, and felt something prick her. She looked to see a needle being pulled out, and she felt the world spinning.
She fell to the floor of the van, the last image she had before the door was closed was of her parents talking to someone. She couldn't make everything out except for the most horrible thing she heard her mother say.
"We don't care what happens to that-that THING. We just lost our daughter, so I don't care what you do to it. From now on we have no daughter."
When she woke up later she was in the cell in Trask's facility. She it was there she learned of her powers and there where she thought she would die, alone, unloved and that even if she got out, she had nothing left in her life.
No home, no family, nothing.
Clarice woke up in her room that she shared with Amanda the dream, no the nightmare that had plagued her since that day was still fresh.
She felt all the pain of that day come rushing in. She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them close, she felt the tears coming and soon she was crying and sobbing uncontrollably.
She was so wrapped up in her pain, she didn't notice she had woken up Amanda, or that she turned on her lamp next to her bead.
"Blink, are you alright?" Amada sleepily asked. She didn't get a response and Amanda not a little more awake noticed she was crying. She threw off her covers and went to her.
"Clarice are you alright?" She asked more urgently, but she was still unresponsive. Amanda just held her, and soon Blink had shifted enough so she was crying on Amanda's shoulder.
"Why-why...did...did...they get-get ride of me? Th-They were...my parents I-I thought they loved me." She managed to get out between her sobs.
Amanda had no answer for her. She knew her story from when she told it when they were in that cell with the others. But knowing what she went through and experiencing it were two different things.
Amanda could only hold her and comfort her trying her best to sooth her. She could see and feel that Blink was in so much pain. Soon Amada could feel the tears on her own cheeks. She didn't understand how they could just abandon their daughter like that.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 7: SUMMER AFTERNOON
Red Witch: Well I think you'll love what's coming up later, but first a little of her past.
Shadow-Spider: I hope you enjoy this, but be warned this is a dark chapter.
yae yang: Well wait no more, although this is a dark chapter and not vary happy.
BLINK'S NEW LIFE
CHAPTER 6: NIGHTMARES OF THE PAST
Just over two weeks ago...
Clarice had been staying home that day. All week long she had felt horrible. Her head hurt from massive headaches and she was running a fever plus she seemed to ache all the time.
At first her parents though she had the flu or something. But when it lasted for over three days, they were beginning to worry. They had taken her to a doctor and then the hospital and they couldn't find anything in her system to cause this.
She had stayed in the hospital for three days, and with no change her parents took her out of it, since they were doing nothing for their daughter.
It wasn't until in the morning of the eighth day when she woke up feeling like her old self again. She felt better than she had in days and when she got up noticed there were no more headaches or dizziness.
She went to the bathroom that her room was connected to and was going to wash up. She was still a little hazy and didn't notice the different color of her hands right away. When she looked into the mirror she froze in horror.
She saw her face in fact her whole body had changed. Her skin had changed color, her hair too. She had these marks on her face. She reached to touch them. She even started to scratch at them frantically, thinking maybe they would come off.
She was terrified now. She couldn't understand what was happening to her. She thought that she was having a nightmare and actually pinched herself hard in order to wake up. When she didn't she realized that she wasn't dreaming.
She let out a scream and ran from the image and ran into her room. She didn't know what to do, she just sat down against the wall starting to cry.
"Clarice? Clarice what is it are you alright?" She could hear her mother outside the door. She didn't want her to see her like this.
"Mom please don't come in." She begged.
"Clarice what's going on, what's wrong?" Her mother was getting frantic. "I'm coming in."
"Mom don't!" But she didn't listen, and when she opened the door and saw what her daughter looked liked her mother screamed in horror and terror at what had happened to her.
"Mom, please help me." She begged with tears running down her face, she reached out for her, but her mother pulled back in disgust, that was all to apparent in her face.
"DON"T TOUCH ME!" Clarice cringed at her words, and pulled back. "Stay here and don't leave." She commanded her and she slammed the door shut hard. Clarice could hear her mother running.
She could also hear her pick up the phone in the living room nearby but couldn't hake out what she was saying. She didn't know what was going on and was so scared at this point she couldn't think.
She didn't know how long it was, but when her door opened again not only was her mother there, but her father was at too. Apparently she had called him at work. "My God." Was all he could say.
He quickly walked across the room and grabbed her arm and wrenched her from her sitting position and forced her along. His grip was so tight and hard, but when she was about to speak he coldly and furiously told her to shut up.
He led her to the doors to the basement and forced her down the stairs. When they reached the bottom he threw her to the ground at his feet.
"Daddy why-"But was stopped. He had hit her across the face and she fell to the ground covering her face. She was shocked her father had never hit her before.
"Don't you ever call me that! I'm NOT your father, and you are NOT our daughter...not anymore." He said angrily to her. "We will not the parents of some mutie freak." He stormed off upstairs.
Clarice crawled to the far wall and curled up. She didn't understand why her parents were doing this. She could hear them arguing upstairs. They were both members of the FOH and were afraid of what would happen when they found out their daughter was a freak.
They weren't afraid for her though they were afraid for themselves. She could hear them talk about moving and starting over somewhere. Clarice couldn't take it she covered her ears, and felt them different.
Her long hair had covered her ears and as she ran her hand over them she found them shaped like an elf or a Vulcan or something.
She didn't know how long she stayed in the dark of the cellar. She just wanted all of this to be some nightmare that she would wake up from.
Then the door opened and there were several men she didn't recognize. They all had on FOH jackets. They grabbed her without a word, she tried to struggle but one punched her in the gut.
She felt the wind being knocked out of her and she was hauled upstairs. She could see it was night. See could also see more people packing things up into boxes. Then she saw her parents, she cried out to them.
But they just ignored her. The men continued to carry her away outside. She was thrown into a van, and felt something prick her. She looked to see a needle being pulled out, and she felt the world spinning.
She fell to the floor of the van, the last image she had before the door was closed was of her parents talking to someone. She couldn't make everything out except for the most horrible thing she heard her mother say.
"We don't care what happens to that-that THING. We just lost our daughter, so I don't care what you do to it. From now on we have no daughter."
When she woke up later she was in the cell in Trask's facility. She it was there she learned of her powers and there where she thought she would die, alone, unloved and that even if she got out, she had nothing left in her life.
No home, no family, nothing.
Clarice woke up in her room that she shared with Amanda the dream, no the nightmare that had plagued her since that day was still fresh.
She felt all the pain of that day come rushing in. She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them close, she felt the tears coming and soon she was crying and sobbing uncontrollably.
She was so wrapped up in her pain, she didn't notice she had woken up Amanda, or that she turned on her lamp next to her bead.
"Blink, are you alright?" Amada sleepily asked. She didn't get a response and Amanda not a little more awake noticed she was crying. She threw off her covers and went to her.
"Clarice are you alright?" She asked more urgently, but she was still unresponsive. Amanda just held her, and soon Blink had shifted enough so she was crying on Amanda's shoulder.
"Why-why...did...did...they get-get ride of me? Th-They were...my parents I-I thought they loved me." She managed to get out between her sobs.
Amanda had no answer for her. She knew her story from when she told it when they were in that cell with the others. But knowing what she went through and experiencing it were two different things.
Amanda could only hold her and comfort her trying her best to sooth her. She could see and feel that Blink was in so much pain. Soon Amada could feel the tears on her own cheeks. She didn't understand how they could just abandon their daughter like that.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 7: SUMMER AFTERNOON