CATASTROPHE!
"Come on!" Revolution yelled.
Jesse looked at Emma who nodded. They ran into the burning building, Revolution using her telekinesis to spread the fire out and away from them.
"Where would she be?!" asked Emma.
"Quickly," hissed Revolution "I can only hold this back for so long." The ground was hot to the touch, so Revolution turned the sprinklers on.
The sprinklers rained on them, but seemed to be useless against the bluish fire that surrounded every object in the house. The heat was increasing exponentially and Revolution already showed the impact of the extreme effort of blocking off the fire. The blue light was stronger in the bedroom. Jesse and Emma ran through the door, Jesse leading the way. As soon as he saw what was inside, he turned around and stopped the young psionic in her tracks.
"It's too late!"
"Lets get outta here!" Yelled Revolution. "I can't keep it up any longer!"
Jesse grabbed both girls in his arms and phased down the floor to the ground. They ran out of the burning building as the heat intensified to a point where all the things inside burst out in a raging fire that promptly engulfed the whole second floor and smoke started to spiral upwards to the cloudless sky.
Revolution could feel the burns on her face as Jesse laid her gently on the back seat of the SUV. "Did we..." she started to ask. Jesse shook his head sadly. "Damnit!" she whispered.
She didn't dare look at the other women, she felt like she had let her down somehow.
They didn't see the body but one look at Emma and they knew. Jesse swore under his breath as Emma held on tightly to the sobbing Angela. Revolution felt sick. She slid out of the SUV and ran to a patch of grass where she commenced to empty the lunch she had eaten onto the ground.
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The dark colored woman saw them as they entered the building. Her heart was beating uncontrollably in her chest, it seemed it would jump out of her mouth. The wait wasn't long. With her eagle eyes, she saw them as soon as they came running out of the bonfire, now in full rage. Jesse and Emma ran to the woman, managing to evade the firemen and bystanders now starting to crowd the place. The girl Revolution was cradled in Jesse's arms, her face red from the heat. Jesse laid her in the back and, in my shock, she heard her ask, "Did we..." and he slowly shook his head. The ugly woman's hands started to shake, then her shoulders, then her whole body was shaking and a cry of pure grief shot out of her throat as the tears poured out of her eyes. "Allison was my friend, my partner, my companion, the one person who loved me no matter how ugly I was," she sobbed and howled her pain to the sky as she felt Emma's arms around her and she knew that the telempath felt every ounce of hurt that tore at her soul. And Allison was Emma's friend, too. They cried together for a long time.
Revolution stood up and was immediately enveloped into Jesse's arms. "You all right?" he asked.
"Yes," she whispered pushing him away "Come on, we got to get them back to Sanctuary."
Taking his hand, she walked slowly to the others. "I don't mean to sound heartless," she said "But we need to get outta here."
Emma wiped her eyes and nodded. "Come on, Angela," she whispered gently.
The ride back to Sanctuary was silent and gloomy. Moods so high just a little while ago came crashing down. Jesse drove, Riley looked through the window and Angela cried, curled up in the back seat, with Emma's arms around her. The tidal wave of grief and sorrow emanating from the hunchback was almost more than she could bear. Angela had lost more than a friend, she had lost the love of her life.
As soon as the majestic Stormking mountain came into view, Emma sensed Angela tense as the feral whipped her head up, emotions at a breaking point raging within her body. Angela's claustrophobia, already put to the test in the confined space of the airplane's cabin, was reaching a maddening level, making the winged woman restless at the sight of the mountain.
"Stop the car, please, Jesse." Emma asked softly.
"Why? What's wrong, Em?" alarm ringing in the molecular's voice.
Angela couldn't stand it any more. "Just do it!" she cried.
Jesse hit the brakes hard.
Opening the door in a storm, Angela kicked off her boots showing her strange feet and stepped out and ran shedding her coat. Her wings unfurled to it's full extent and, with a leap, she was flying higher and higher.
"Oh, my God, look at her!" Exclaimed a startled Revolution, craning her neck to the creature already almost out of sight. "What was that?"
"Angela is an Avian feral, the only one Adam knows about. She wasn't even listed in his databanks." Explained Emma. "When her mother died, her father called him and he went to Brazil to bring her here. She was the only mutant in that country."
"Jesus, we feel lonely here, where there are some of us," said Revolution.
"Imagine what it would feel like to be the only one in a whole country," added Jesse, draping his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder.
"Come on!" Revolution yelled.
Jesse looked at Emma who nodded. They ran into the burning building, Revolution using her telekinesis to spread the fire out and away from them.
"Where would she be?!" asked Emma.
"Quickly," hissed Revolution "I can only hold this back for so long." The ground was hot to the touch, so Revolution turned the sprinklers on.
The sprinklers rained on them, but seemed to be useless against the bluish fire that surrounded every object in the house. The heat was increasing exponentially and Revolution already showed the impact of the extreme effort of blocking off the fire. The blue light was stronger in the bedroom. Jesse and Emma ran through the door, Jesse leading the way. As soon as he saw what was inside, he turned around and stopped the young psionic in her tracks.
"It's too late!"
"Lets get outta here!" Yelled Revolution. "I can't keep it up any longer!"
Jesse grabbed both girls in his arms and phased down the floor to the ground. They ran out of the burning building as the heat intensified to a point where all the things inside burst out in a raging fire that promptly engulfed the whole second floor and smoke started to spiral upwards to the cloudless sky.
Revolution could feel the burns on her face as Jesse laid her gently on the back seat of the SUV. "Did we..." she started to ask. Jesse shook his head sadly. "Damnit!" she whispered.
She didn't dare look at the other women, she felt like she had let her down somehow.
They didn't see the body but one look at Emma and they knew. Jesse swore under his breath as Emma held on tightly to the sobbing Angela. Revolution felt sick. She slid out of the SUV and ran to a patch of grass where she commenced to empty the lunch she had eaten onto the ground.
&&&
The dark colored woman saw them as they entered the building. Her heart was beating uncontrollably in her chest, it seemed it would jump out of her mouth. The wait wasn't long. With her eagle eyes, she saw them as soon as they came running out of the bonfire, now in full rage. Jesse and Emma ran to the woman, managing to evade the firemen and bystanders now starting to crowd the place. The girl Revolution was cradled in Jesse's arms, her face red from the heat. Jesse laid her in the back and, in my shock, she heard her ask, "Did we..." and he slowly shook his head. The ugly woman's hands started to shake, then her shoulders, then her whole body was shaking and a cry of pure grief shot out of her throat as the tears poured out of her eyes. "Allison was my friend, my partner, my companion, the one person who loved me no matter how ugly I was," she sobbed and howled her pain to the sky as she felt Emma's arms around her and she knew that the telempath felt every ounce of hurt that tore at her soul. And Allison was Emma's friend, too. They cried together for a long time.
Revolution stood up and was immediately enveloped into Jesse's arms. "You all right?" he asked.
"Yes," she whispered pushing him away "Come on, we got to get them back to Sanctuary."
Taking his hand, she walked slowly to the others. "I don't mean to sound heartless," she said "But we need to get outta here."
Emma wiped her eyes and nodded. "Come on, Angela," she whispered gently.
The ride back to Sanctuary was silent and gloomy. Moods so high just a little while ago came crashing down. Jesse drove, Riley looked through the window and Angela cried, curled up in the back seat, with Emma's arms around her. The tidal wave of grief and sorrow emanating from the hunchback was almost more than she could bear. Angela had lost more than a friend, she had lost the love of her life.
As soon as the majestic Stormking mountain came into view, Emma sensed Angela tense as the feral whipped her head up, emotions at a breaking point raging within her body. Angela's claustrophobia, already put to the test in the confined space of the airplane's cabin, was reaching a maddening level, making the winged woman restless at the sight of the mountain.
"Stop the car, please, Jesse." Emma asked softly.
"Why? What's wrong, Em?" alarm ringing in the molecular's voice.
Angela couldn't stand it any more. "Just do it!" she cried.
Jesse hit the brakes hard.
Opening the door in a storm, Angela kicked off her boots showing her strange feet and stepped out and ran shedding her coat. Her wings unfurled to it's full extent and, with a leap, she was flying higher and higher.
"Oh, my God, look at her!" Exclaimed a startled Revolution, craning her neck to the creature already almost out of sight. "What was that?"
"Angela is an Avian feral, the only one Adam knows about. She wasn't even listed in his databanks." Explained Emma. "When her mother died, her father called him and he went to Brazil to bring her here. She was the only mutant in that country."
"Jesus, we feel lonely here, where there are some of us," said Revolution.
"Imagine what it would feel like to be the only one in a whole country," added Jesse, draping his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder.