Twisted Shadows
Chapter One - Memories Of A Forgotten Past
Screams of pain, anguish, and distress come from the familiar hospital wing of the X-Men's home. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
The screams belonged to a caramel colored woman with white hair, named Storm. She was finishing giving birth to her first child, the child she shared with Nightcrawler.
Storm's screams subsided and a newborn was held in the hands of a doctor the professor had brought in for his particular occasion.
The newborn's screams rang throughout the room, making the other occupant, Kurt Wagner, who was holding Storm's hand, look up and smile.
The doctor handed the baby to his nurse and she cleaned off the baby, causing it to soften it's sobs into snifles. The nurse wrapped a blanket around the baby and handed it to Storm, who took the bundle and smiled, warmly, down at it.
"Do you have a name for your baby girl?" The doctor asked, making Storm look up.
"Elissa Jade." Storm said to the doctor, who nodded in return and walked out.
Storm looked up at her husband, Kurt, who she saw smiling down at the baby, so lovingly. She smiled at him and he looked into her eyes.
"Our beautiful baby girl." Kurt said, making Storm nod. "She has your eyes."
Storm looked back down at the bundle in her arms and found the the little girl did, indeed, have Storm's chocolate brown eyes.
(A/N - When there are three spaces in between a paragraph, it means a change in scenery or time. Just to let you know.)
In a darkened building, not far from the institute, two occupants, swiftly, make their way through a narrow hallway,
even more silent than mice.
One was a male, brandishing metaloid claws coming out of his knuckles and a glare that could kill just about anyone,
except his young friend. He had long, dark brown hair and menacing dark brown eyes that could easily have been mistaken for black when he was enraged or on an adrenaline rush, like he was now.
The second was a scared female, with pure coal black skin and bright yellow eyes. She had long black hair, up in a high ponytail, and rows of pearly whites that could saw through bone. She was a frightened, broken teenager with no one, but this one male to turn to.
Suddenly, the boy stepped on a magnetic tile that changed aqua marine in color, holding him in place, while neutralizing his powers and energy.
"Tommy!" The girl said in surprise, stopping her running.
"Go, Nightshade! Don't worry about me!" He replied trying his hardest to get out of the force field around him.
"No! I won't leave you!" Nightshade replied, her body fading into shadow.
The girl's body faded and started for the force field, easily slipping through it. Nightshade grabbed onto the boy and he became a shadow just as she did and Nightshade ran out of the aqua marine light, the boy in tow.
They phased back into their original forms and began to run again, dodging random lasers that were shooting at them.
"I guess I need to thank you before I get toasted." Tommy said and the girl looked toward him, to her immediate left.
"You won't get toasted, you'll just get a new hair-do." Nightshade said, smirking and the boy looked at the girl funny.
Nightshade shot u her arms and grabbed onto one of those circular mirrors that they hide cameras in, in the stores,
and used it to deflect a laser attack directed at her, which, in turn, hit Tommy's hair.
"Told ya, short hair." She said, and the boy reached up, feeling his newer, shorter haircut.
"I'm gonna get you for that." Tommy warned and the girl smirked insanely.
Suddenly, four guards appeared in front of the two teenagers, making them stop in their tracks. Nightshade, immediately, whimpered, not liking confrontations.
"Come on, it'll be okay." Tommy encouraged her, making her hopes rise a bit.
Nightshade's expression darkened and she phased into shadow-form, being shot at, but never being hit, not once.
The girl seemed to disappear into the shadows of the darkened hallway, slipping closer and closer to the wary men.
Tommy, however, was being hit, but not many times as he charged towards the men, moving his clawed hands upward, hitting two men at the same time, getting one in the throat and the other in the gut.
Both the men fell to the ground, already dead. The other two men, were shooting at the movements on the walls and floor, panicking.
Suddenly, a long, thin, whip-like tail had run itself through the two men's bodies, running through their lungs, killing them.
The tail pulled out and the rest of Nightshade's body appeared out of the shadows, still looking frightened.
"Come on!" Tommy said and the girl started up running down another hall, following the boy.
The two mutants ran out of the building, never stopping, never turning back.
Chapter One - Memories Of A Forgotten Past
Screams of pain, anguish, and distress come from the familiar hospital wing of the X-Men's home. Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
The screams belonged to a caramel colored woman with white hair, named Storm. She was finishing giving birth to her first child, the child she shared with Nightcrawler.
Storm's screams subsided and a newborn was held in the hands of a doctor the professor had brought in for his particular occasion.
The newborn's screams rang throughout the room, making the other occupant, Kurt Wagner, who was holding Storm's hand, look up and smile.
The doctor handed the baby to his nurse and she cleaned off the baby, causing it to soften it's sobs into snifles. The nurse wrapped a blanket around the baby and handed it to Storm, who took the bundle and smiled, warmly, down at it.
"Do you have a name for your baby girl?" The doctor asked, making Storm look up.
"Elissa Jade." Storm said to the doctor, who nodded in return and walked out.
Storm looked up at her husband, Kurt, who she saw smiling down at the baby, so lovingly. She smiled at him and he looked into her eyes.
"Our beautiful baby girl." Kurt said, making Storm nod. "She has your eyes."
Storm looked back down at the bundle in her arms and found the the little girl did, indeed, have Storm's chocolate brown eyes.
(A/N - When there are three spaces in between a paragraph, it means a change in scenery or time. Just to let you know.)
In a darkened building, not far from the institute, two occupants, swiftly, make their way through a narrow hallway,
even more silent than mice.
One was a male, brandishing metaloid claws coming out of his knuckles and a glare that could kill just about anyone,
except his young friend. He had long, dark brown hair and menacing dark brown eyes that could easily have been mistaken for black when he was enraged or on an adrenaline rush, like he was now.
The second was a scared female, with pure coal black skin and bright yellow eyes. She had long black hair, up in a high ponytail, and rows of pearly whites that could saw through bone. She was a frightened, broken teenager with no one, but this one male to turn to.
Suddenly, the boy stepped on a magnetic tile that changed aqua marine in color, holding him in place, while neutralizing his powers and energy.
"Tommy!" The girl said in surprise, stopping her running.
"Go, Nightshade! Don't worry about me!" He replied trying his hardest to get out of the force field around him.
"No! I won't leave you!" Nightshade replied, her body fading into shadow.
The girl's body faded and started for the force field, easily slipping through it. Nightshade grabbed onto the boy and he became a shadow just as she did and Nightshade ran out of the aqua marine light, the boy in tow.
They phased back into their original forms and began to run again, dodging random lasers that were shooting at them.
"I guess I need to thank you before I get toasted." Tommy said and the girl looked toward him, to her immediate left.
"You won't get toasted, you'll just get a new hair-do." Nightshade said, smirking and the boy looked at the girl funny.
Nightshade shot u her arms and grabbed onto one of those circular mirrors that they hide cameras in, in the stores,
and used it to deflect a laser attack directed at her, which, in turn, hit Tommy's hair.
"Told ya, short hair." She said, and the boy reached up, feeling his newer, shorter haircut.
"I'm gonna get you for that." Tommy warned and the girl smirked insanely.
Suddenly, four guards appeared in front of the two teenagers, making them stop in their tracks. Nightshade, immediately, whimpered, not liking confrontations.
"Come on, it'll be okay." Tommy encouraged her, making her hopes rise a bit.
Nightshade's expression darkened and she phased into shadow-form, being shot at, but never being hit, not once.
The girl seemed to disappear into the shadows of the darkened hallway, slipping closer and closer to the wary men.
Tommy, however, was being hit, but not many times as he charged towards the men, moving his clawed hands upward, hitting two men at the same time, getting one in the throat and the other in the gut.
Both the men fell to the ground, already dead. The other two men, were shooting at the movements on the walls and floor, panicking.
Suddenly, a long, thin, whip-like tail had run itself through the two men's bodies, running through their lungs, killing them.
The tail pulled out and the rest of Nightshade's body appeared out of the shadows, still looking frightened.
"Come on!" Tommy said and the girl started up running down another hall, following the boy.
The two mutants ran out of the building, never stopping, never turning back.