Richard-Raven-Croft: Thanks I also hope to read and reviews BlackRose's work too.
BlackRoseApocalyps: Well she would miss them you have to admit that.
fire inu: Gray skin, I said that in the beginning of the first chapter.
CHAPTER 2: MEET EVERYONE
Jack was finishing up making sure all their thing were separated and put neatly away. Jill on the other hand was bouncing on the bed. "This is going to be sooooo great. First we get to live with Vincent and now your getting a holo-watch so you can hide your gray skin." Said his gray haired twin.
"But it's not really him." He said sadly, fingering the medallion under hi shirt.
Jill stopped and looked sadly at her brother. "Yeah...but it's close enough, I mean he seems a lot like the one we knew...and besides would you want to be anywhere else?" She asked him fingering her own medallion. The twin medallions were really two quarters that were remade into their own personal medallions.
They were a gift from the other Vincent and they always wore it. "Still it seems nice here...and there are other kids here so at least we might have some friends." She offered him. He still stood there fingering the metal not saying a word.
There was a knock on the door and Vincent slowly opened it. "You kids ready for lunch?"
Jill immediately jumped off the bed. "You bet the plane food wasn't that great." Jack merely nodded in agreement.
Vince smiled at them. "Well come on, you can meet everyone else here too." He led the way down the stairs and pointed out whose room was whose on the way, they really only paid attention when he told them what room was his, so they would know where to find him.
They entered a nice medium kitchen. It had everything you needed, it wasn't state of the art but everything functioned, especially thanks to Benny. They saw a group of kids and two adults, well young adults anyway.
He introduced a beautiful woman of about twenty-two with shoulder length blond hair as Mary Jones. She was human and had a four-year old girl with purple hair who was already eating. So far she was just called C, but no one knew why and when asked she only said. "Cause that's my name."
Next was a pair of sisters. A twelve year old girl Lisa Saunders. She had near white long and curly blond hair with gray eyes. But they weren't as dark as Jack and Jill's; also she seemed to have a permanent frown and was standing next to her sister, almost protectively.
Her sister Kate, who looked a lot like her, only with her hair short and smiling was about nine. She seemed friendly and actually waved hello to them. Jill waved back and Jack only nodded.
Next was the oldest boy, Rick Beckin. He was fifteen and although he had an X-gene like the other kids, it wasn't active. He also had a mess of brown hair and seemed nice enough.
The other adult had a grin plastered on his face, and seemed like a guy who liked to have fun. He was Benny Parker, he was about twenty and human but Vince told him, that he was the other friend that he had grown up with along with Mary.
Jack and Jill were still weary of other people ever since the day they were taken. They didn't know these people and were a little shy from them, especially the two adults there.
"Well there is one other person we normally have here her name is Liz Cinder." Vince told the two.
"Actually it's Elizabeth, but only call her that if you want to die." Benny joked but the twins got a little rigid at that. Vince gave Benny a look and he have one back of apology.
"Not literally of course." Vincent said to the two of them. They ate their meal which was a lot better then the stuff on the plane ride after they had finished and Mary and C offered to clean up Vince turned to the kids. "So how about I give you all the tour?"
They both nodded and let him lead the way. "First stop the backyard." He led them to a sliding glass door and opened it. They looked at the backyard and were amazed. To the left there was a large green hedge eight feet high. (I actually have that in my own yard) the other two sides had a white fence the same height too.
There was a flat grass area and in one corner there was a small Japanese rock garden. In the center was a stone with a flat top on it that looked like it was cut that way. Near that was a large square of planks of wood that connected to the deck. The deck itself was under a slight overhang and only was about three feet from the house, but it went alone the whole side.
There were also many bushes and flowers along the fence and even what looked like a small fountain in one area. To the kids it looked kind of like something from a story book, well almost.
"What are those for?" Jill asked pointing to the square and rock garden.
"Well that square is where I either do my training outside or teach the others martial arts if they want to." He told them.
Jack looked up at him. "Can...can you teach us too...I don't want to be taken again, and well, I want to be able to fight them off if they come for us again." Vince could hear the pain in his voice and saw his sister look pretty down at the memory. He also noticed them fingering something under their shirts but left it.
"Sure, but I warn you it's not easy." He told them. "That other thing is called a Japanese rock garden. It's used for meditation and I like to sit on that stone there, the flat one." He pointed to it. "Well at least when it's a nice day out like today, I wouldn't go out into the rain or snow for that." He chucked to himself. He noticed that got a smile out of them, even Jack a little.
"Come on I'll show you the other places." He led them to the living room which was spacious and had a couch, and table in front of a TV with a DVD player with a selection of movies. He went a stack on top of a small shelf. "Now remember the movies up here are either PG-13 or over and I don't want to catch either of you two watching them, or your grounded got it?" He said sternly to them, and they could tell he was deadly serious about it.
They both nodded. "Good." He said to them. He led them to a few other places, down stairs bathroom, and a playroom. It had several toys and he told them that if they bring anything out of this they had to put it back when they were done.
He also showed them the basement. They had expected a cold dark area but it looked like the rest of the house. There were a few doors down there, and there was a large old looking TV against one of the walls and another couch next to it. There were also a couple of chairs and a low table. It had a drop ceiling and deep blue carpeting. "Okay that door leads to the heater, water main and other stuff, so don't go in there."
What he omitted was that there was an old freezer where stuff like meat, and ice cream was hidden, and a fridge where the excess of drinks where. It was also where Vince and Mary kept the beer and they really didn't want to kids in that room.
He pointed to one at the far end. "That's a workshop that Benny mainly uses, there are lots of tools and stuff so your not allowed to go in there unless it's with one of the adults."
"Now this." He said with a smile and opened it. 'Is the in-door training area." Inside it was a square room with a blue mat on the floor, and wood paneling walls. "We use this when we can't go outside."
He led them back up. "So that's about it. Why don't you two look around, I got to check on something." Jack and Jill wondered around and found themselves in the playroom. They found C and Kate already in there. C looked up at the two smiling.
"You guys want to play too?" She asked them.
Jill smiled slightly and nodded slightly and joined them. Jack just went off on his own to one end. After a few minutes he found Kate next to him. "How come your by yourself?"
Jack wasn't sure himself, he was just uncomfortable around new people so he just shrugged. Kate just smiled kindly to him. "We don't bite you know, well C might."
"That was just once and you know it!" She yelled over to her.
Kate just giggled at it. "You really should join us, I mean we're all friends here." Jack didn't say much but him and his sister didn't really trust people and it was hard to let go of it.
She took his hand gently and led him to the group. "Come on, we're most likely going to be living together for awhile anyway."
Jack didn't say anything but he didn't resist either. In fact later on he actually talked a little to the other and so was his sister. Vincent looked in on the kids slightly and grinned. He knew that if any of the kids would be able to get through to the twins those two would be able to.
He made his way to the living room where Mary and Lisa were watching TV. "So how are the two new members of our 'family' coming along?" Mary asked over her shoulder.
Vince smiled slightly. "Well I think they're starting to open up a little, not much but it's a start."
Mary smiled at her long time friend. "You'll help them, you always do help others."
"Yeah I know it's a character flaw I'm working on." He joked.
She just smiled knowing full well he didn't mean it. "I'd hit you but I know it wouldn't do anything to you."
Lisa just snorted. "Get a room already." Flicking through the channels.
"Tried that, didn't work out and we're better off as friends." Vince told the young girl. When he finished she was stunned at that revelation. "What? I thought someone told you that?" He said seeing her surprise.
"No they didn't." Then turned to Mary. "How come you never told me you two used to be an item?" Mary was like the big sister Lisa had never had and really looked up to her.
Mary sighed. "That was a long time ago, it's ancient history." Lisa however didn't let it go at that and kept asking for details, which Vince took that as his cue to leave. He did catch the look Mary sent his way and he knew she would get him back for that later on.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 3: NIGHT TERRORS
BlackRoseApocalyps: Well she would miss them you have to admit that.
fire inu: Gray skin, I said that in the beginning of the first chapter.
CHAPTER 2: MEET EVERYONE
Jack was finishing up making sure all their thing were separated and put neatly away. Jill on the other hand was bouncing on the bed. "This is going to be sooooo great. First we get to live with Vincent and now your getting a holo-watch so you can hide your gray skin." Said his gray haired twin.
"But it's not really him." He said sadly, fingering the medallion under hi shirt.
Jill stopped and looked sadly at her brother. "Yeah...but it's close enough, I mean he seems a lot like the one we knew...and besides would you want to be anywhere else?" She asked him fingering her own medallion. The twin medallions were really two quarters that were remade into their own personal medallions.
They were a gift from the other Vincent and they always wore it. "Still it seems nice here...and there are other kids here so at least we might have some friends." She offered him. He still stood there fingering the metal not saying a word.
There was a knock on the door and Vincent slowly opened it. "You kids ready for lunch?"
Jill immediately jumped off the bed. "You bet the plane food wasn't that great." Jack merely nodded in agreement.
Vince smiled at them. "Well come on, you can meet everyone else here too." He led the way down the stairs and pointed out whose room was whose on the way, they really only paid attention when he told them what room was his, so they would know where to find him.
They entered a nice medium kitchen. It had everything you needed, it wasn't state of the art but everything functioned, especially thanks to Benny. They saw a group of kids and two adults, well young adults anyway.
He introduced a beautiful woman of about twenty-two with shoulder length blond hair as Mary Jones. She was human and had a four-year old girl with purple hair who was already eating. So far she was just called C, but no one knew why and when asked she only said. "Cause that's my name."
Next was a pair of sisters. A twelve year old girl Lisa Saunders. She had near white long and curly blond hair with gray eyes. But they weren't as dark as Jack and Jill's; also she seemed to have a permanent frown and was standing next to her sister, almost protectively.
Her sister Kate, who looked a lot like her, only with her hair short and smiling was about nine. She seemed friendly and actually waved hello to them. Jill waved back and Jack only nodded.
Next was the oldest boy, Rick Beckin. He was fifteen and although he had an X-gene like the other kids, it wasn't active. He also had a mess of brown hair and seemed nice enough.
The other adult had a grin plastered on his face, and seemed like a guy who liked to have fun. He was Benny Parker, he was about twenty and human but Vince told him, that he was the other friend that he had grown up with along with Mary.
Jack and Jill were still weary of other people ever since the day they were taken. They didn't know these people and were a little shy from them, especially the two adults there.
"Well there is one other person we normally have here her name is Liz Cinder." Vince told the two.
"Actually it's Elizabeth, but only call her that if you want to die." Benny joked but the twins got a little rigid at that. Vince gave Benny a look and he have one back of apology.
"Not literally of course." Vincent said to the two of them. They ate their meal which was a lot better then the stuff on the plane ride after they had finished and Mary and C offered to clean up Vince turned to the kids. "So how about I give you all the tour?"
They both nodded and let him lead the way. "First stop the backyard." He led them to a sliding glass door and opened it. They looked at the backyard and were amazed. To the left there was a large green hedge eight feet high. (I actually have that in my own yard) the other two sides had a white fence the same height too.
There was a flat grass area and in one corner there was a small Japanese rock garden. In the center was a stone with a flat top on it that looked like it was cut that way. Near that was a large square of planks of wood that connected to the deck. The deck itself was under a slight overhang and only was about three feet from the house, but it went alone the whole side.
There were also many bushes and flowers along the fence and even what looked like a small fountain in one area. To the kids it looked kind of like something from a story book, well almost.
"What are those for?" Jill asked pointing to the square and rock garden.
"Well that square is where I either do my training outside or teach the others martial arts if they want to." He told them.
Jack looked up at him. "Can...can you teach us too...I don't want to be taken again, and well, I want to be able to fight them off if they come for us again." Vince could hear the pain in his voice and saw his sister look pretty down at the memory. He also noticed them fingering something under their shirts but left it.
"Sure, but I warn you it's not easy." He told them. "That other thing is called a Japanese rock garden. It's used for meditation and I like to sit on that stone there, the flat one." He pointed to it. "Well at least when it's a nice day out like today, I wouldn't go out into the rain or snow for that." He chucked to himself. He noticed that got a smile out of them, even Jack a little.
"Come on I'll show you the other places." He led them to the living room which was spacious and had a couch, and table in front of a TV with a DVD player with a selection of movies. He went a stack on top of a small shelf. "Now remember the movies up here are either PG-13 or over and I don't want to catch either of you two watching them, or your grounded got it?" He said sternly to them, and they could tell he was deadly serious about it.
They both nodded. "Good." He said to them. He led them to a few other places, down stairs bathroom, and a playroom. It had several toys and he told them that if they bring anything out of this they had to put it back when they were done.
He also showed them the basement. They had expected a cold dark area but it looked like the rest of the house. There were a few doors down there, and there was a large old looking TV against one of the walls and another couch next to it. There were also a couple of chairs and a low table. It had a drop ceiling and deep blue carpeting. "Okay that door leads to the heater, water main and other stuff, so don't go in there."
What he omitted was that there was an old freezer where stuff like meat, and ice cream was hidden, and a fridge where the excess of drinks where. It was also where Vince and Mary kept the beer and they really didn't want to kids in that room.
He pointed to one at the far end. "That's a workshop that Benny mainly uses, there are lots of tools and stuff so your not allowed to go in there unless it's with one of the adults."
"Now this." He said with a smile and opened it. 'Is the in-door training area." Inside it was a square room with a blue mat on the floor, and wood paneling walls. "We use this when we can't go outside."
He led them back up. "So that's about it. Why don't you two look around, I got to check on something." Jack and Jill wondered around and found themselves in the playroom. They found C and Kate already in there. C looked up at the two smiling.
"You guys want to play too?" She asked them.
Jill smiled slightly and nodded slightly and joined them. Jack just went off on his own to one end. After a few minutes he found Kate next to him. "How come your by yourself?"
Jack wasn't sure himself, he was just uncomfortable around new people so he just shrugged. Kate just smiled kindly to him. "We don't bite you know, well C might."
"That was just once and you know it!" She yelled over to her.
Kate just giggled at it. "You really should join us, I mean we're all friends here." Jack didn't say much but him and his sister didn't really trust people and it was hard to let go of it.
She took his hand gently and led him to the group. "Come on, we're most likely going to be living together for awhile anyway."
Jack didn't say anything but he didn't resist either. In fact later on he actually talked a little to the other and so was his sister. Vincent looked in on the kids slightly and grinned. He knew that if any of the kids would be able to get through to the twins those two would be able to.
He made his way to the living room where Mary and Lisa were watching TV. "So how are the two new members of our 'family' coming along?" Mary asked over her shoulder.
Vince smiled slightly. "Well I think they're starting to open up a little, not much but it's a start."
Mary smiled at her long time friend. "You'll help them, you always do help others."
"Yeah I know it's a character flaw I'm working on." He joked.
She just smiled knowing full well he didn't mean it. "I'd hit you but I know it wouldn't do anything to you."
Lisa just snorted. "Get a room already." Flicking through the channels.
"Tried that, didn't work out and we're better off as friends." Vince told the young girl. When he finished she was stunned at that revelation. "What? I thought someone told you that?" He said seeing her surprise.
"No they didn't." Then turned to Mary. "How come you never told me you two used to be an item?" Mary was like the big sister Lisa had never had and really looked up to her.
Mary sighed. "That was a long time ago, it's ancient history." Lisa however didn't let it go at that and kept asking for details, which Vince took that as his cue to leave. He did catch the look Mary sent his way and he knew she would get him back for that later on.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 3: NIGHT TERRORS