BlackRoseApocalyps: Oh yeah it is, and believe me when he hears about how he knows about it, it should be interesting to see.
CHAPTER 6: GETTING TO KNOW SHADOW
Shadow groaned as he held his head. He had a major headache and his skull felt like someone had tap-danced on his head, with cleats. He looked around and he seemed to be in a basement room on a couch.
He felt something on his skull it felt like a bandage. He also saw his coat on a chair nearby. The last thing he remembered was the fight, then some punk got a lucky shot in then, it got a little hazy.
Then he remembered that face and he dismissed it as a dream. There was no way his luck was THAT bad. He heard a door open and then the blond from last night came walking down the stairs. 'Maybe I got some good luck after all.' He thought to himself as she walked towards him.
"So your up, that's good at least." She said. She walked over to him and checked his wound. "Looks like it's not infected good thing Liz was back, she does good work."
"So what's your name anyway, since I have you to thank for this a presume." Shadow said flashing his grin at her.
"My name's Mary and you are?"
"Just call me Shadow." He said simply.
"I take it you call yourself because of those shadow things you made." She said redressing his wound.
"Uh...you saw that?" He asked slightly nervous.
"Don't worry we're Underground." Mary said to him. "So you don't have to worry about being a mutant, in fact we got two who are in charge of this place. Liz the one who patched you up and Vincent who was with me and Benny at that club."
Shadow jerked at the familiar name. "So you do know him." She said to him seeing his reaction.
"Oh no...I can't be him." Shadow muttered to himself.
"Well this should be interesting to hear." Vincent said coming down the stairs. "Since I don't ever remember meeting you and I got a photographic memory." Shadow looked at him and was confused. The one he knew was still a teenager, and he was in his early twenties at least. Then it hit him. This was his reality's version of him.
"Ah crap, there is one of you in this world." He said seeing him.
Vince blinked a few times then threw his hands up into the air. "Has everyone on this planet met that guy but me?" He said exasperated. "First Marianne and Michael and now him."
"Wait those two were here?" Shadow asked.
"I think this is going to take a little while." Mary said. All three talked and compared notes. After about an hour of talking and questions, certain ones that Shadow avoided like how exactly he knew the other Vincent. He did ask what had happened to his bike, and Vince told him after searching for some ID, which he didn't seem to have, he found his keys and after a few tries took it back with them
He had it in the garage next to his own, and Shadow was relieved at that. He had that bike for years and he didn't want to lose it.
"Well...this has been informative to say the least." Vincent said running a hand through his hair after their discussion.
"No matter how much I hear about another version of you, it's still weird." Mary said shaking her head. "I kind of wished I met him too, it would have been interesting, plus I would have loved to see how me and Benny were in like in his world too."
Shadow tried to get up but suddenly got dizzy and fell back onto the couch. "Easy there big guy." Mary said going over to him. "You got brained good on that head of yours."
Shadow couldn't help but smile. "Well if it gets you as my nurse I'm all for it."
Vince gaze the man a glare and Mary stood up and put her hands on her hips. "Please, like lines like that would work on me." There was a loud thump from upstairs. Mary and Vincent sighed. "Guess we should see what happened." She said.
Vince turned to Shadow not really sure if he even liked the guy yet. "Well there's a TV down here, the remote is by the couch. Liz will be down later on to check on you."
"Thanks man, and I guess I own you one for the save back there." Shadow had to admit. He hated the fact he owed this guy one. First an alternate and younger version of him kicks his ass, now the one in this world save his ass. 'The universe hates me.' He concluded to himself.
Vince smirked. "Not a problem, even if it was stupid to take on all those guys, but it was a good thing to save that girl too." With that he left him alone in the basement. Shadow shrugged and turned on the TV.
"I wonder what channels they get up here?" He said to himself reaching to the remote and started to flick through the channels.
A few hours past and Liz came down and changed his dressing, after spending fifteen minutes she figured it was fourteen minutes too much with that man. After a while Shadow got bored of just sitting on his butt all day watching TV and decided to see the rest of the house for himself, since he had no idea how long he would be staying.
He carefully rose up off the couch and made his why up the stairs. He was a little dizzy but staying in that basement was driving him nuts. When he finally made it up to the main floor he looked around.
It looked normal enough and he also noticed the sun was down. "Hi." He jumped at the sudden sound a looked to see a little purple haired girl. "I'm C, who are you?"
Shadow thought about the name it seemed familiar. "I'm Shadow, wait a minute didn't Marianne take care of you at one point?"
C brighten up. "You knew mommy?" She asked happily.
"C what are you doing? You should be getting ready for bed." Mary said coming towards them. C pouted but a stern look from Mary and the girl marked off to her room. Then Mary turned to face Shadow and walked up to him.
"And are you nuts?" She said poking him in the chest. "You should stay off your feet."
Shadow couldn't help but smile. She was a strong and independent woman, kind of like someone else he knew, only that she was a lot more of a looker. Okay he admitted to himself this Mary girl was beautiful.
He moved closer to her and grinned. "Are you going to tuck me in if I do?"
She smiled back, moved right up to him and then kneed him in the crotch. He went down to his knees in pain. "First off I was trained to fight and I do it well so you should know if you don't get back down there, injuries or no injuries I'll kick your ass back down there, and I can do it too."
"Alright, alright I'll go." He said through gritted teeth. 'Well maybe not exactly like the other girl I know then.' He thought as he crawled back to the door. Going down the stairs was much easier then going up and he was actually glad to get on the couch.
'Okay so let's review. Ass kicked by a teenager from another reality, ass saved by the same person of this world, and just got my ass kicked by his friend...yeah someone definitely hates me.'
He tried to get to sleep but couldn't, he was too restless not to mention thirsty. 'I wonder if there's anything to drink down here?' He wondered. He would go upstairs but didn't want to run into Mary again, or worse Vince. One butt kicking was enough thank you very much.
He checked out the other rooms and found a fridge in one room. He went over to it and found it stocked with a few cases of soda and the rest was beer. Canadian brand too. He had been in Canada long enough to know all the hype about the beer to be true.
"Well a few couldn't hurt." He said grabbing a few beers to start himself off. "Hope they don't mind, but it's not like I'm on medication or anything." He said to himself closing the fridge door with his foot while his arms were full of beer bottles.
He went back to the couch and decided if he could see if there was a late movie on or something.
OUTSIDE
A black van rolled on by across the street. Two men in plain clothing looked at the house. "So did they say which one they wanted?" The driver asked.
The other one shook his head. "They haven't decided yet, but we're just to watch and make sure no one warns them and they bolt before the operation goes into effect."
"Shouldn't be long now anyway, but what about the mutants?" The driver asked.
The other one took his eyes off the house. "Well the girl should be no problem but the guy could prove to be trouble."
"That and there's that new guy they picked up, the surveillance team said he had powers."
"Guess the higher ups will have to do a little digging on that one."
"So I guess that will push back the time for the operation back a little then." The driver said. "We should get going anyway, we don't want to tip them off."
The van started up and slowly made their way off into the night, before anyone noticed it.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 7: SHADOW & MARY
CHAPTER 6: GETTING TO KNOW SHADOW
Shadow groaned as he held his head. He had a major headache and his skull felt like someone had tap-danced on his head, with cleats. He looked around and he seemed to be in a basement room on a couch.
He felt something on his skull it felt like a bandage. He also saw his coat on a chair nearby. The last thing he remembered was the fight, then some punk got a lucky shot in then, it got a little hazy.
Then he remembered that face and he dismissed it as a dream. There was no way his luck was THAT bad. He heard a door open and then the blond from last night came walking down the stairs. 'Maybe I got some good luck after all.' He thought to himself as she walked towards him.
"So your up, that's good at least." She said. She walked over to him and checked his wound. "Looks like it's not infected good thing Liz was back, she does good work."
"So what's your name anyway, since I have you to thank for this a presume." Shadow said flashing his grin at her.
"My name's Mary and you are?"
"Just call me Shadow." He said simply.
"I take it you call yourself because of those shadow things you made." She said redressing his wound.
"Uh...you saw that?" He asked slightly nervous.
"Don't worry we're Underground." Mary said to him. "So you don't have to worry about being a mutant, in fact we got two who are in charge of this place. Liz the one who patched you up and Vincent who was with me and Benny at that club."
Shadow jerked at the familiar name. "So you do know him." She said to him seeing his reaction.
"Oh no...I can't be him." Shadow muttered to himself.
"Well this should be interesting to hear." Vincent said coming down the stairs. "Since I don't ever remember meeting you and I got a photographic memory." Shadow looked at him and was confused. The one he knew was still a teenager, and he was in his early twenties at least. Then it hit him. This was his reality's version of him.
"Ah crap, there is one of you in this world." He said seeing him.
Vince blinked a few times then threw his hands up into the air. "Has everyone on this planet met that guy but me?" He said exasperated. "First Marianne and Michael and now him."
"Wait those two were here?" Shadow asked.
"I think this is going to take a little while." Mary said. All three talked and compared notes. After about an hour of talking and questions, certain ones that Shadow avoided like how exactly he knew the other Vincent. He did ask what had happened to his bike, and Vince told him after searching for some ID, which he didn't seem to have, he found his keys and after a few tries took it back with them
He had it in the garage next to his own, and Shadow was relieved at that. He had that bike for years and he didn't want to lose it.
"Well...this has been informative to say the least." Vincent said running a hand through his hair after their discussion.
"No matter how much I hear about another version of you, it's still weird." Mary said shaking her head. "I kind of wished I met him too, it would have been interesting, plus I would have loved to see how me and Benny were in like in his world too."
Shadow tried to get up but suddenly got dizzy and fell back onto the couch. "Easy there big guy." Mary said going over to him. "You got brained good on that head of yours."
Shadow couldn't help but smile. "Well if it gets you as my nurse I'm all for it."
Vince gaze the man a glare and Mary stood up and put her hands on her hips. "Please, like lines like that would work on me." There was a loud thump from upstairs. Mary and Vincent sighed. "Guess we should see what happened." She said.
Vince turned to Shadow not really sure if he even liked the guy yet. "Well there's a TV down here, the remote is by the couch. Liz will be down later on to check on you."
"Thanks man, and I guess I own you one for the save back there." Shadow had to admit. He hated the fact he owed this guy one. First an alternate and younger version of him kicks his ass, now the one in this world save his ass. 'The universe hates me.' He concluded to himself.
Vince smirked. "Not a problem, even if it was stupid to take on all those guys, but it was a good thing to save that girl too." With that he left him alone in the basement. Shadow shrugged and turned on the TV.
"I wonder what channels they get up here?" He said to himself reaching to the remote and started to flick through the channels.
A few hours past and Liz came down and changed his dressing, after spending fifteen minutes she figured it was fourteen minutes too much with that man. After a while Shadow got bored of just sitting on his butt all day watching TV and decided to see the rest of the house for himself, since he had no idea how long he would be staying.
He carefully rose up off the couch and made his why up the stairs. He was a little dizzy but staying in that basement was driving him nuts. When he finally made it up to the main floor he looked around.
It looked normal enough and he also noticed the sun was down. "Hi." He jumped at the sudden sound a looked to see a little purple haired girl. "I'm C, who are you?"
Shadow thought about the name it seemed familiar. "I'm Shadow, wait a minute didn't Marianne take care of you at one point?"
C brighten up. "You knew mommy?" She asked happily.
"C what are you doing? You should be getting ready for bed." Mary said coming towards them. C pouted but a stern look from Mary and the girl marked off to her room. Then Mary turned to face Shadow and walked up to him.
"And are you nuts?" She said poking him in the chest. "You should stay off your feet."
Shadow couldn't help but smile. She was a strong and independent woman, kind of like someone else he knew, only that she was a lot more of a looker. Okay he admitted to himself this Mary girl was beautiful.
He moved closer to her and grinned. "Are you going to tuck me in if I do?"
She smiled back, moved right up to him and then kneed him in the crotch. He went down to his knees in pain. "First off I was trained to fight and I do it well so you should know if you don't get back down there, injuries or no injuries I'll kick your ass back down there, and I can do it too."
"Alright, alright I'll go." He said through gritted teeth. 'Well maybe not exactly like the other girl I know then.' He thought as he crawled back to the door. Going down the stairs was much easier then going up and he was actually glad to get on the couch.
'Okay so let's review. Ass kicked by a teenager from another reality, ass saved by the same person of this world, and just got my ass kicked by his friend...yeah someone definitely hates me.'
He tried to get to sleep but couldn't, he was too restless not to mention thirsty. 'I wonder if there's anything to drink down here?' He wondered. He would go upstairs but didn't want to run into Mary again, or worse Vince. One butt kicking was enough thank you very much.
He checked out the other rooms and found a fridge in one room. He went over to it and found it stocked with a few cases of soda and the rest was beer. Canadian brand too. He had been in Canada long enough to know all the hype about the beer to be true.
"Well a few couldn't hurt." He said grabbing a few beers to start himself off. "Hope they don't mind, but it's not like I'm on medication or anything." He said to himself closing the fridge door with his foot while his arms were full of beer bottles.
He went back to the couch and decided if he could see if there was a late movie on or something.
OUTSIDE
A black van rolled on by across the street. Two men in plain clothing looked at the house. "So did they say which one they wanted?" The driver asked.
The other one shook his head. "They haven't decided yet, but we're just to watch and make sure no one warns them and they bolt before the operation goes into effect."
"Shouldn't be long now anyway, but what about the mutants?" The driver asked.
The other one took his eyes off the house. "Well the girl should be no problem but the guy could prove to be trouble."
"That and there's that new guy they picked up, the surveillance team said he had powers."
"Guess the higher ups will have to do a little digging on that one."
"So I guess that will push back the time for the operation back a little then." The driver said. "We should get going anyway, we don't want to tip them off."
The van started up and slowly made their way off into the night, before anyone noticed it.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 7: SHADOW & MARY