Eli: Hello. Yes, I know. I took way too long. *pauses for scolding* I have
been having S.A.T's at school and wanted to wait till they were done to
write. But the muses got very angry. And they like pointy things. Very
pointy things. Ouch! Okay, me shutting up. Here's more story! Enjoy!
By the time X-Men Evolution was over, Eli's sugar rush had kicked in. She began running around the room, screaming at the top of her lungs that a dragon was chasing her. She dove onto the couch, grabbing pillows for protection against her invisible foe.
Ian tried desperately to calm her down and he didn't know how much he could take. "Eli, please calm d-, ELI!"
Eli had jumped over the back of the couch and had scrambled over to the wall and grabbed a very ancient sword that was hanging on the wall. She began swinging it around at the 'dragon'.
"Take that! And that!" She said as she ran, Ian trying to get close enough to her to get the sword without being hit. "And this, and that, and OUCH!" She screamed as she swung too hard and cut slightly into her knee.
Ian grabbed the sword from her. She sunk to the ground crying. "Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Ian grimaced at the sound. He wanted to cover his ears and run far, far away rather than deal with it. He put the sword on a table and kneeled down to her level. "Eli, please do not cry." He begged her.
She looked at him teary eyed and with a look that just made him melt. "It hurts." She sobbed out. He touched her shoulder gently out of comfort. Eli reacted by reaching over and hugging him. Ian almost fell over out of shock alone. He wasn't quite sure how to proceed.
Eli just continued to cry and hug him awkwardly. Then he remembered her knee and saw that it was bleeding. That needed to get taken cared of. He picked her up and she clung to him even closer.
He took her to the closest bathroom and placed her on the counter. She was still sniffling, but it was not nearly as loud as the earth shattering screams she was letting out earlier. He got out a first aid kit and a towel. He washed her knee of all the blood and dust. Then he used alcohol. Eli let out a whimper when he did. He wished so much that she hadn't injured herself, or he had grabbed the sword in time.
He bound her knee in light wrappings since the cut was not that deep. He looked at her and she was still crying, but very quiet. "Hey, stop crying now, it is all better."
She pouted. "It doesn't feel all better." She said as she wiped at her eyes roughly. Ian handed her a tissue and she blew her nose. She tossed it at the garbage can by the counter.
"Hit." She said as she smiled through her tears.
"Very good." He replied. "I will take you to your room so you can change, and then you may do what ever you please."
She nodded. Ian helped her to the floor. "Can you walk?" He asked.
"Uh huh." He took her to the room. She turned and looked at him before he closed her door. "Thank-you, Ian." The whole sincerity made him feel good.
"Your welcome." He said as he shut the door. She went over to her bags, slightly limping because of her knee. She looked through her bags for something to wear. She came to a certain outfit and smiled.
Ian waited for her outside her room. When she came out, he tried hard not to laugh. Eli had mimicked his dress style and had put on a girly version of what he was wearing.
"Now," She said with a smirk, the pain in her knee forgotten, "Let's go play!" Eli watched as Ian was about ready to explode with laughter. She looked down at her outfit an shrugged.
She liked her current outfit. Black shirt with only a little lace on the collar. Black capri's that had flower designs near the bottom. And black Mary Janes with black socks.
"What?" She asked. He shook his head.
"It is nothing." He said as seriously as possible. Eli looked down the hall out the window. It was partly sunny.
"Can we go outside to play?" She asked.
"Yes, we can." He took her by the hand to lead her out of the large mansion. When they were out the front door, she let go of his hand and jumped down the stairs. When she got to the ground, she began running around.
Ian had to chase her all over. Her sugar rush had returned and he was having a hard time keeping her out of trouble. She almost stepped in the thousand dollar flower beds. She almost made a sandbox of the Zen garden. And she almost broke a window in the greenhouse. Snd she was no where near tired yet.
"C'mon Ian, try and catch me." She taunted as she began running around rampant among some trees. He had to chase her past the trees till there was this huge hill of grass. Eli stopped running and grinned. She sat down and started rolling down the hill sideways, laughing the whole time.
He watched horrified from the top, hoping she wouldn't run into a rock or tree or do one of the hundreds of other things that could cause injury. She finally stopped rolling when she got to the bottom. She ran back up the hill, a little loopsy from rolling.
"I wanna do that again." She announced. He grabbed her shoulder.
"No, you are not." She pouted up at him.
"Please?"
"No." He told her. She stomped away toward one of the trees. She smiled again and began climbing. She sat down on a branch fifteen feet up.
"Hey, look! I'm gonna be like Batman!" Ian stood next to the tree looking up at her.
'What does she mean by that?' He wondered. Then she answered by trying to jump down. He caught her before she hit the ground. But since they were slightly tilting, Ian fell onto his ass as he caught her.
"Why did you stop my landing?" She asked seriously. He shook his head.
"I believe we have been out here too long." He told her as he set her on her feet. "We should return inside now."
She groaned as he took her hand to take her back to the house. She was quiet till they were about half way to the house.
"My feet hurt. Can I have a piggy back ride?" She asked. He looked down confused.
"What is that?" He asked. She grinned.
"Kneel down, please." She told him. Cautiously, he did as she asked. He was surprised as she got behind him and climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Now you stand up and we go back to the house."
He stood up with her on his back and she squealed with delight. He started walking slowly. A piggy back ride, he decided, was when someone took a ride on your back. He put his arms under her legs to keep her from slipping.
As they headed back toward the mansion, she started singing.
"Let's get down to business - to defeat the Huns
Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?
You're the saddest bunch I've ever met
But you can bet before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man out of you
Tranquil as a forest
But on fire within
Once you find your center
You are sure to win
You're a spineless, pale pathetic lot
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a man out of you
I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym
This guy's got 'em scared to death
Hope he doesn't see right through me
Now I really wish that I knew how to swim
Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
Time is racing toward us till the Huns arrive
Heed my every order and you might survive
You're unsuited for the rage of war
So pack up, go home you're through
How could I make a man out of you?
Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon"
They had reached the front door by now. Ian was surprised to see someone by the door waiting for him.
"Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon"
By the time X-Men Evolution was over, Eli's sugar rush had kicked in. She began running around the room, screaming at the top of her lungs that a dragon was chasing her. She dove onto the couch, grabbing pillows for protection against her invisible foe.
Ian tried desperately to calm her down and he didn't know how much he could take. "Eli, please calm d-, ELI!"
Eli had jumped over the back of the couch and had scrambled over to the wall and grabbed a very ancient sword that was hanging on the wall. She began swinging it around at the 'dragon'.
"Take that! And that!" She said as she ran, Ian trying to get close enough to her to get the sword without being hit. "And this, and that, and OUCH!" She screamed as she swung too hard and cut slightly into her knee.
Ian grabbed the sword from her. She sunk to the ground crying. "Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Ian grimaced at the sound. He wanted to cover his ears and run far, far away rather than deal with it. He put the sword on a table and kneeled down to her level. "Eli, please do not cry." He begged her.
She looked at him teary eyed and with a look that just made him melt. "It hurts." She sobbed out. He touched her shoulder gently out of comfort. Eli reacted by reaching over and hugging him. Ian almost fell over out of shock alone. He wasn't quite sure how to proceed.
Eli just continued to cry and hug him awkwardly. Then he remembered her knee and saw that it was bleeding. That needed to get taken cared of. He picked her up and she clung to him even closer.
He took her to the closest bathroom and placed her on the counter. She was still sniffling, but it was not nearly as loud as the earth shattering screams she was letting out earlier. He got out a first aid kit and a towel. He washed her knee of all the blood and dust. Then he used alcohol. Eli let out a whimper when he did. He wished so much that she hadn't injured herself, or he had grabbed the sword in time.
He bound her knee in light wrappings since the cut was not that deep. He looked at her and she was still crying, but very quiet. "Hey, stop crying now, it is all better."
She pouted. "It doesn't feel all better." She said as she wiped at her eyes roughly. Ian handed her a tissue and she blew her nose. She tossed it at the garbage can by the counter.
"Hit." She said as she smiled through her tears.
"Very good." He replied. "I will take you to your room so you can change, and then you may do what ever you please."
She nodded. Ian helped her to the floor. "Can you walk?" He asked.
"Uh huh." He took her to the room. She turned and looked at him before he closed her door. "Thank-you, Ian." The whole sincerity made him feel good.
"Your welcome." He said as he shut the door. She went over to her bags, slightly limping because of her knee. She looked through her bags for something to wear. She came to a certain outfit and smiled.
Ian waited for her outside her room. When she came out, he tried hard not to laugh. Eli had mimicked his dress style and had put on a girly version of what he was wearing.
"Now," She said with a smirk, the pain in her knee forgotten, "Let's go play!" Eli watched as Ian was about ready to explode with laughter. She looked down at her outfit an shrugged.
She liked her current outfit. Black shirt with only a little lace on the collar. Black capri's that had flower designs near the bottom. And black Mary Janes with black socks.
"What?" She asked. He shook his head.
"It is nothing." He said as seriously as possible. Eli looked down the hall out the window. It was partly sunny.
"Can we go outside to play?" She asked.
"Yes, we can." He took her by the hand to lead her out of the large mansion. When they were out the front door, she let go of his hand and jumped down the stairs. When she got to the ground, she began running around.
Ian had to chase her all over. Her sugar rush had returned and he was having a hard time keeping her out of trouble. She almost stepped in the thousand dollar flower beds. She almost made a sandbox of the Zen garden. And she almost broke a window in the greenhouse. Snd she was no where near tired yet.
"C'mon Ian, try and catch me." She taunted as she began running around rampant among some trees. He had to chase her past the trees till there was this huge hill of grass. Eli stopped running and grinned. She sat down and started rolling down the hill sideways, laughing the whole time.
He watched horrified from the top, hoping she wouldn't run into a rock or tree or do one of the hundreds of other things that could cause injury. She finally stopped rolling when she got to the bottom. She ran back up the hill, a little loopsy from rolling.
"I wanna do that again." She announced. He grabbed her shoulder.
"No, you are not." She pouted up at him.
"Please?"
"No." He told her. She stomped away toward one of the trees. She smiled again and began climbing. She sat down on a branch fifteen feet up.
"Hey, look! I'm gonna be like Batman!" Ian stood next to the tree looking up at her.
'What does she mean by that?' He wondered. Then she answered by trying to jump down. He caught her before she hit the ground. But since they were slightly tilting, Ian fell onto his ass as he caught her.
"Why did you stop my landing?" She asked seriously. He shook his head.
"I believe we have been out here too long." He told her as he set her on her feet. "We should return inside now."
She groaned as he took her hand to take her back to the house. She was quiet till they were about half way to the house.
"My feet hurt. Can I have a piggy back ride?" She asked. He looked down confused.
"What is that?" He asked. She grinned.
"Kneel down, please." She told him. Cautiously, he did as she asked. He was surprised as she got behind him and climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Now you stand up and we go back to the house."
He stood up with her on his back and she squealed with delight. He started walking slowly. A piggy back ride, he decided, was when someone took a ride on your back. He put his arms under her legs to keep her from slipping.
As they headed back toward the mansion, she started singing.
"Let's get down to business - to defeat the Huns
Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?
You're the saddest bunch I've ever met
But you can bet before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man out of you
Tranquil as a forest
But on fire within
Once you find your center
You are sure to win
You're a spineless, pale pathetic lot
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a man out of you
I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym
This guy's got 'em scared to death
Hope he doesn't see right through me
Now I really wish that I knew how to swim
Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
Time is racing toward us till the Huns arrive
Heed my every order and you might survive
You're unsuited for the rage of war
So pack up, go home you're through
How could I make a man out of you?
Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon"
They had reached the front door by now. Ian was surprised to see someone by the door waiting for him.
"Be a man
We must be swift as the coursing river
Be a man
With all the force of a great typhoon
Be a man
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon"