Hey thanx to all my reviews, you are great!
Wow... five on my first chapter... it's compelled me to continue the story...
Anyway: I'm soooooo sorry for the late update, Interschool Skiing was on so I was away all week... and yes, writers block set in early. Sorry for all the confusement in the chapter, hopefully this one will set it all straight.
And I don't know who you were referring to when you said Jean was back... but yes she is back because I can't write a story without her.
But the dying p.o.v wasn't her.
Chapter Two – Birth of Eos
It was raining, hard. Bobby and Rouge were sitting together on a bright red, squishy couch watching cartoons with several small children. In her hand Rouge clasped her homework, about half an essay for history about the First and Second World Wars.
It was incredibly boring, hence her captivation with the TV screen. Bobby was staring out the window, wishing the rain would stop.
Either way, both were incredibly bored a wished someone or something would save them. In the end relief came in the form of Logan.
"You two, Bobby, Rouge. Danger Room. Now." he yelled as he walked past. They both jumped a metre, quickly gathering their things and heading down to the underground levels.
Logan was waiting for them, along with Kitty, Jubilee, Piotr and Maggie, a kid Rouge only vaguely knew. Logan viewed the group for a moment, quickly deciding who to put with who.
"Right," he barked, bring the conversations to a sudden close. "The Professor wished for me to, er, evaluate your fighting skills, instincts and teamwork in a little test I have prepared. Here's the situation, you are alone in an unknown place, you only have yourselves and you are being pursued by six armed men. To positives: You can use your powers, but the negatives are that there are normal people around, they're the ones glowing green. Don't let them see yours little tricks. Points and marks are added at the end. You have twenty minutes to dispatch the Government ass-wipes to hell."
"Logan I don't believe your complimentary language is entirely appropriate." Ororo said as she walked gracefully into the observation room. The group of students shifted nervously, they all knew Ororo marked hard. Logan snorted, switching on the computer and flicking a few dials.
"Alright kiddies, Piotr here is your team leader, and yes Maggie, that means you have to listen to him, and your time starts... now."
The room transferred into a crowed street, everywhere glowing green spectres walked. Piotr quickly surveyed the area, noticing six men walking towards the group.
"Ok everyone, see those men there coming towards us," he pointed. "That's them, follow me." He darted away from the crowds into a side alley. The group followed, fanning out once they were all out of sight.
"Good," Piotr said, watching the alley entrance. A few moments later the six men came running in, catching sight of only Piotr and Bobby. The leader gave them a malicious grin and ran forward, followed by three other. Piotr quickly brought up his metal skin, giving the first man a hard punch in the head. he went down, and stayed down.
Bobby dodged another, letting him slam into Jubilee, who gave him a shock from her hand. Rouge emerged and slammed her fist into his temple.
Another down.
The remaining four were on their guard, approaching the mutant group warily. Kitty phased through a bin on one's right, then phased right through him again, converting his attention to Maggie with a large metal rod swinging at his head.
With the others distracted Piotr leaped forward and grabbed two men, bring the skulls together with a sickening crack.
"Mission complete." a computerized voice announced, and the alley faded back into the Danger Room. Piotr smiled.
"Well done guys," he said as Logan came back in. He leaned against the door, letting his gaze sweep over the group.
"Well," he said, folding his arms. "That was... impressive. Where did you learn all that? It took you only about five minutes to knock them all out. And Maggie, that pole was a little unorthodox, don't you think. I don't believe I've ever taught that particular method in class."
Maggie gave a nervous smile, blushing fiercely.
Rouge grinned at Logan.
"I guess we payed more attention in class than you gave us credit it for."
Logan sighed.
"Well then, I guess you're free to go. Don't let this get to your heads though." he growled, stepping aside to let them past.
It had stopped raining when they got back to the lounge room, and Bobby and Piotr disappeared outside somewhere. Rouge collapsed on the couch, followed shortly by Kitty.
"Well that was fun," Kitty said, grabbing the remote from the floor. She flicked idly through the channels, stopping once she found the cartoons.
"Not cartoons again." Rouge groaned, pulling her feet up onto the couch.
"Yes again," Kitty giggled. "They're funny, and besides, there's nothing better on."
Rouge snorted disbelievingly, but settled down to watch them anyway.
Helios lead the two horses to a camp of some sorts. Three log cabins were situated in a clearing, people milling around as the light faded rapidly from the sky. Helios was greeted by an albino girl, who took on of the horse's ropes.
"Will she be alright?" she whispered fearfully, eyeing the still form.
"Oh course, we must wait for Moonrise until she comes back though."
The albino nodded, tying the horse to a log. Helios did the same.
"Who is the other?" she asked, indicating the cloaked form. Helios shrugged.
"We must wait for her to tell us, and Artemis," he added, grabbing her arm. "Don't tell the others yet."
Artemis nodded before running back into a cabin.
Selene,
The girl stirred, waking to the power.
Selene it is time.
Her eyes fluttered open, she heaved as the power flooded through her.
Anaiyah u choi sui, ka fornei. Anaiyah.
She sighed, hearing the words that she so desperately need to hear. She felt the moon begin to heal, slowly bringing her back to the living world.
Helios leant back, removing his hands from her face.
"She will live," he murmured. Artemis sighed with relief, covering Selene with a blanket. Above them the moon glinted brightly, as if it knew its daughter was below.
"Well of course, we knew she would live." she said, brushing past Helios. "But the pressing problem is, what shall we do with her ward?"
Helios shrugged, still on the ground.
"Selene will know, she was the one who found her."
Artemis watched her sleep, hands on hips. Her long white hair was tied back in a loose plait, bright red eyes almost glowing in the dark.
Helios stood up.
"She will come out when she wakes," he said softly, then left.
Rouge sat in History, eyelids slowly drooping lower as the seconds ticked past. On her left Kitty wasn't much better, but she was at least taking down some form of note.
Rouge was playing with her pencil, twirling it between her fingers, seeing how many times she could do it without it falling.
The mood that circulated around the classroom was definitely not energetic. It never was on the last period on a Friday afternoon. Even Ms Munroe at the whiteboard was only half-heartily writing notes on the French Revolution.
For the last ten minutes Jubilee's eyes had never left the clock that hung above the doorframe.
Ororo scanned the class, sighing as she put down her pen.
"Alright, everyone. I want your answers to questions three and four from the textbook on Monday."
There was a shuffle of paper and feet as everyone stood up, Rouge winced as her chair scraped against the floor with a screech. Kitty walked past her in a daze, Jubilee had disappeared out the door, probably anxious to get off campus and to the shopping centre, Rouge didn't blame her. That's all she felt like doing too, but instead of clothes she was hanging out for a strawberry ice-cream.
"Kitty," she said, catching up to her friend. "Do you want to come shopping with me? We might see Jubilee and some others at the mall."
Kitty smiled, heading back to her room.
"Yeh sure, there's nothing better to do. But you promise that you will help me with my science homework tonight?"
Rouge nodded, following her.
"After dinner, I promise." She said. Kitty's smile widened as she opened the door into the door that she shared with Rouge.
"Oh my God! Kitty! What did you do this morning!" Rouge exclaimed when she said the state of their room. Kitty blushed, putting her work down on a table.
"Well, I couldn't find my maths book, and I was running late for class. But anyway, lets just go. We can clean it up later."
Rouge nodded, grabbing a pink scarf that was hanging on the wall before they left.
Jubilee stared boredly around the mall. She has expected at least someone she knew to be there, but there were only a few geeks from her calculus class in the home wares store. She sighed, sitting down at a small café table with her three bags full of new clothes.
She shifted through the assortment. A new pair of jeans, a skirt, lots of tops. a pair of shoes? Why did she buys those? Oh right, the disco in a few weeks. Sight shoved everything back into the bags.
She was going to have to work overtime everyday to pay for everything she bought.
Her fingers tapped lightly on the table, eyes scanning the area. She saw Rouge and Kitty come in, and waved them over.
"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" she asked. Kitty dived excitedly into Jubilee's bags, admiring or discarding the clothes she had bought. Rouge pointed to the Ice Creamery.
"Strawberry ice-cream, I've got this weird craving. Then me and Kitty are going to get a new top for her for that disco thing coming up."
"Mm, yeh. I've just been shopping for that, and got a few other things as well."
"Oh my god!" Kitty exclaimed, as if on cue. "Jubes, how did you get the money to buy this?"
She pulled out a sparkly purple top, covered in sequins. Jubilee shrugged.
"I work over time, and you can tell by my grades. I'm saving up for a car."
"Nice saving," Rouge muttered, glancing at the top. "Well Kitty and I have some shopping to do, in the strawberry variety, then I have you help her with her science."
"Hey mind if I come?" Jubes asked. "But I'll probably only be able to afford a kiddie cone," she muttered, glancing at her very empty wallet. Kitty laughed.
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure we can fork out some money for you to borrow."
When Selene awoke, it was dawn. The pale, early sunlight filtered through the small window in her cabin. She sat up immediately, wincing slightly when she felt her stiff limbs slowly obey. Her long, black hair was loose, covering her shoulders and halfway down her back. She blinked, slowly getting use to the light that she hadn't seen for a long time.
Her dark green eyes flickered over to where the covered figure lay, looking as if she had only fallen asleep.
A small smile appeared on her lips. She stood, slowly, making her way over to the door. She was afraid to go out, afraid of what everyone would think. If they would accept her survivor. She turned back, deciding it was better to let her wake up first.
She quickly shed the heavy cloak that Helios had donned on the girl... woman really. Selene smiled, she had wanted a sister ever since she had arrived. Someone to shared her secret thoughts with, and some things you could just not share with your brother.
Speaking was still too much of an effort, but she didn't know how to talk to the woman.
Hello
She said tentatively, not sure whether she was talking to the woman or Helios, who she knew was standing outside. To her surprise the woman responded, opening her eyes. They were green, much like her own, but unlike her the woman's hair was the colour of fire, like the dawn which she so much loved.
Helios!
She cried, jumping up. The man burst through the door, hugging the still weak Selene in his arms.
"I knew you'd come back, but you are still in a lot of trouble for leaving. Ah, but it looks like your ward has awoken."
Selene nodded, pride shining on her face.
Sister
She said to him.
"And so I thought, but even sisters must have names."
Yes
She sat down next to the woman, who was now sitting up, watching them. Helios sat down gracefully next to Selene.
"Hello," he said, eyeing her. "I am Helios, and this is my sister Selene. What is your name?"
Name?
Echoed Selene, eager to know. She woman shook her head, touching her lips lightly with her fingers.
"So it shall be," Helios sighed, standing up again. "I will leave you two to work a few things out. Selene," he said, before leaving. "Artemis wished to see you, and so does Jezi."
Selene's eyes lit up at the names, but her attention was still on the woman.
So you are Selene?
She mind-spoke to her, surprising Selene again.
Yes, I am.
Selene answered.
What is your name?
The woman shrugged.
I cannot remember, or I do not wish to remember. All I recall from before... that, is pain and confusion. I do not wish to be reminded of such things.
Selene smiled again, watching as the sun's light played with her fiery hair.
Eos,
She said, pulling a strand.
Eos for the Dawn.
And so ends another chapter! Hopefully you all liked and the next one will be updated soon.
Once again, I am soo sorry for the late update... blame the snow and no internet connection.
If any more confusment lingers or more confusement came up, just state in review and I'll try and sort it all out!
Ooo, Toaster (love your name!) I live in Australia too! Yay! Do you ski?