Twisted Shadows
Chapter Three - Unwanted Confrontations
Nightshade sat up straight, panting heavily. Her nightmare was the memory of the day they inserted the anti-defiance chip in her neck.
She shuddered at a cool breeze and reached up a hand, grabbing onto the cross around her neck.
She sighed, feeling the weight of the cross around her neck was comforting, but not so, all at the same time.
That cross was the last thing giving to her by her parents before she was taken away. It meant so much to her and she always kept it close.
Nightshade let out a breath that she didn't realize she had been holding. She galnced down and saw Tommy curled up in the corner, in a ball, fast asleep.
'Must be exhausted from all the running. I know I am.' Nightshade thought, frowning slightly.
Her sensitive hearing picked up the sound of an aircraft landing and shutting down. She shrugged it off, though.
Tommy began to stir and looked up at the coal-skinned girl in the rafters, whose long tail was hanging limp beneath her as she looked out the window.
Suddenly, the doors opened and Tommy got up, fast, slipping into the shadows.
Nightshade just looked toward the doors, scared once more.
"Hello? Is anyone in here?" She heard a female voice call out, as four people walked in.
Nightshade teleported herself closer, but the people stopped when they heard it.
"Did you hear that?" Asked a different female voice.
"Sounded like one of 'em teleported." Said a gruff male voice, similar to Tommy's.
"Please come out. We just want to help you." Said the fourth person, who had an accented voice.
"We don't need any help! We're just fine!" Came Tommy's voice and Nightshade looked in the general direction, not knowing where exactly where he was.
"Can you come down from there?" Asked one of the females and Nightshade looked down, seeing a woman with long pure white hair and caramel skin looking up at her.
The woman gasped and looked to the man beside her, who had dark blue skin and black hair, swishing a long tail behind him.
"Please come down.We just want to help you." Said the other female, who had long, dark brown hair with white streaks in front.
"I'm not coming down!" Nightshade replied, starting to phase into the shadows.
The brown-haired girl walked over to the blue-skinned man and they started whispering.
Nightshade looked down at them from her shadowed form, but was amazed when the two disappeared when they hugged.
"Amazing!" Someone gasped and she turned her head just in time to have the bare fingertips of the brown-haired girl connect with her skin.
Nightshade gasped as she felt the life being sucked out of her. She was forced to phase back into mutant form, gasping for breath.
"No!" She heard Tommy yell just as she lost her balance and fell from the rafters, her vision turning black.
"Tommy." She whispered as she felt herself being caught.
Chapter Three - Unwanted Confrontations
Nightshade sat up straight, panting heavily. Her nightmare was the memory of the day they inserted the anti-defiance chip in her neck.
She shuddered at a cool breeze and reached up a hand, grabbing onto the cross around her neck.
She sighed, feeling the weight of the cross around her neck was comforting, but not so, all at the same time.
That cross was the last thing giving to her by her parents before she was taken away. It meant so much to her and she always kept it close.
Nightshade let out a breath that she didn't realize she had been holding. She galnced down and saw Tommy curled up in the corner, in a ball, fast asleep.
'Must be exhausted from all the running. I know I am.' Nightshade thought, frowning slightly.
Her sensitive hearing picked up the sound of an aircraft landing and shutting down. She shrugged it off, though.
Tommy began to stir and looked up at the coal-skinned girl in the rafters, whose long tail was hanging limp beneath her as she looked out the window.
Suddenly, the doors opened and Tommy got up, fast, slipping into the shadows.
Nightshade just looked toward the doors, scared once more.
"Hello? Is anyone in here?" She heard a female voice call out, as four people walked in.
Nightshade teleported herself closer, but the people stopped when they heard it.
"Did you hear that?" Asked a different female voice.
"Sounded like one of 'em teleported." Said a gruff male voice, similar to Tommy's.
"Please come out. We just want to help you." Said the fourth person, who had an accented voice.
"We don't need any help! We're just fine!" Came Tommy's voice and Nightshade looked in the general direction, not knowing where exactly where he was.
"Can you come down from there?" Asked one of the females and Nightshade looked down, seeing a woman with long pure white hair and caramel skin looking up at her.
The woman gasped and looked to the man beside her, who had dark blue skin and black hair, swishing a long tail behind him.
"Please come down.We just want to help you." Said the other female, who had long, dark brown hair with white streaks in front.
"I'm not coming down!" Nightshade replied, starting to phase into the shadows.
The brown-haired girl walked over to the blue-skinned man and they started whispering.
Nightshade looked down at them from her shadowed form, but was amazed when the two disappeared when they hugged.
"Amazing!" Someone gasped and she turned her head just in time to have the bare fingertips of the brown-haired girl connect with her skin.
Nightshade gasped as she felt the life being sucked out of her. She was forced to phase back into mutant form, gasping for breath.
"No!" She heard Tommy yell just as she lost her balance and fell from the rafters, her vision turning black.
"Tommy." She whispered as she felt herself being caught.