A Changed Life
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own X-Men or any of its characters. But hey, just think what I could do with all the money I'd make!
Chapter Four
Attacked
(A/N: I haven't exactly been sure when to base this all happening in previous chapters, but that has been fixed. This story is taking place at the beginning of X2, but just pretend that Logan had returned earlier from Alkali Lake, which means the attack on the president has not occurred yet…)
Trinity didn't know how long she had been walking for. The sun was high up in the sky when she had left her old neighborhood and now it was beginning to grow dark. She knew she was miles away from there and without any food or water. What was she going to do now? She had no money, no place to sleep, and no company. Not that she wanted some company, but it would be nice to have someone to talk to.
"Yeah, so they can make fun of me and push me around like I'm some little rag doll." She whispered angrily to herself. Maybe it was better to have no one to talk to. It's too difficult when she meets a person. She always ends up hurt. That was no way to live. Isolation was the key. And so she treaded on the side of the road towards an unknown destination, alone. There was the exception of wild animals of course that lurked in the woods surrounding the road, but other than that, she was alone. At least she thought. There was something nagging her in the back of her mind that made her nervous. It felt like someone was watching her. Then again, maybe there was. None the less, it made her very uncomfortable and so she picked up her pace. This would surely give her great exercise, but soon enough she would miss the comforts of a home. She sighed. Her home.
"No, I have no home. I'll be fine out here by myself. I know how to fend for myself." She gulped. "I think." She glanced in the darkness around her and clutched either of her arms as a slight chill racked her body. She was still just wearing her muscle tee and Capri's and that was not such a great outfit for the nights of early spring. Trinity sighed as a chill ran down her spine and she knew she had to stop and rest somewhere. Her body was tired from walking all day and the coldness was making her bones crack.
Her eyes spotted a rather large ditch on the side of the road between two trees and she began to walk over to it. As she reached the ditch, she made sure that nothing was occupying it and as she concluded there wasn't, she jumped into it and made herself comfortable. She couldn't believe she was actually going to sleep in a ditch on the side of the road. How...very old-fashioned.
"I'm going to get eaten alive out here or something. I just know it." The night was still young and every nocturnal animal was now roused and on the move. As she began to hear the voices of the night, she curled up and wrapped her arms around her body. The mix of coldness and fear was overwhelming for her and she couldn't quite sleep at a time like this. But reassuringly she would get too tired to care and then she would sleep as long as she wanted. She looked forward to the moment.
After many hours of scanning the area around her for movement she grew very tired and soon couldn't keep her eyes open. She fell into a deep sleep, but not a dreamless sleep. Her head jerked back and forth as her dream began to take effect. There was no awareness what so ever in her mind and so she didn't even realize when a dark creature approached her a little while later. It's yellow eyes sparkled in mischief and a smirk rose on the creature's lips. Suddenly, it began to morph into what appeared to be in the shape of a large man and its now jet black eyes gleamed evilly in the moonlight. The creature's smirk widened though as it noticed Trinity to be unaware of its presence and it hopped into the ditch and advanced on her with silent footsteps.
Her heart was racing as she strained her little feet through the open meadow and she glanced behind her to see a dark figure approaching her rather quickly. It was big and gaining on her with every step she took. Her breathing increased as fear overtook her and she could feel the warm tears begin to stream down her face. He was going to get her. This was it. She'd be done for in just a few minutes.
The creature halted as it stood next to Trinity and its head cocked to the side as it stretched its arm out towards her. Just as it was going to grab Trinity's shoulder, the creature halted. It sensed some type of danger coming from this girl's body and then it noticed something unusual. The hairs on her arms were standing straight up, not to mention loose strands of her hair as well. The creature took this into consideration, blaming it on the cold weather, but warily outstretched its hand further anyways. And then...
He almost had her! His hand had taken a swipe at her, but he did not succeed. Trinity realized how close he was to catching her and she knew it would soon be over. She would be worked too hard to be able to survive this one now. It was her final one. Escaping would definitely earn her the harshest punishment. The worst one of all. No! She wouldn't let it happen. She needed to keep running. There was no way she'd ever let him win. But unknown to her, his hand was already stretched out to take a hold of her and then...
...it grabbed her roughly on her shoulder.
Trinity cried out in fear as she felt a hand clasped onto her skin and she snapped her eyes open to see a dark figure standing above her. It was him! Oh no, he found her! She screamed again and grabbed his arm with both of her hands and squeezed it, trying to release herself from his hold. Unknown to her though, she had automatically gathered a large surge of energy to release itself from her palms and the next thing she knew he was flying in the air six feet away from her. He landed a few more feet away and connected with a tree, tearing the trunk in half. Trinity heard the creaking noise as the tree fell opposite of her and her eyes widened in shock. Did she just do what she thought she did? She quickly rose to her feet and peeked over the edge of the ditch to see the dark person lying in front of a stump.
"I did not just do that..." she whispered and then she glanced from the stump to the person to her hands. What exactly just happened? She didn't think she just tore his hand from her and threw him into a tree and broke it. No, she wasn't that strong. There was more to her new powers than what she thought. Her eyes gazed at her hands intensely, trying to find anything that seemed unusual. Nothing. How did her powers work then? There had to be some sign or mark left on her body from using such powerful abilities. There had to be. She sighed in disappointment and glanced back up to look at the tree, but she gasped as she saw something shocking happen. The person she had somehow thrown into the tree was rising to his feet like he had just been pushed to the ground by a little girl instead of almost killed. That was no way the man she thought it was. This thing was something else.
As she dwelled on the fact that this was probably a psycho on the loose, she didn't grasp the fact that this creature was now staring at her and slowly making his way over to her. Trinity heard him growl under his breath and she whimpered in fear as she jumped back and clumsily climbed out of the ditch on the opposite side of the dark creature. He probably wanted to kill her or something! She needed to get out of there, now! Quickly she gathered all of her energy and began running into the woods. It was still a little dark in there, but dawn had almost arrived and so Trinity could at least recognize different objects. She dodged trees and shrubs and the quick pounding of her heart kept her pace strong. If she wanted to stay alive, then by god she would run for her life. She could hear the sound of heavy footsteps behind her and she glanced back to see nothing. If she heard the footsteps then where...
Suddenly a loud growl flowed through her ears and she screamed as she felt herself being pinned between two large arms. She looked up to see the creature above her, his raven eyes piercing her gaze. He bared his overly sharp teeth and roared in success, making her scream in fear. There was no way her life would end here! Not now! Not by this thing! Quickly she devised a plan to escape from his treacherous hold. Right before he was about to throw her over his shoulder, she brought her leg up from below her and used all of the force she could muster to kick him. As soon as her foot connected with his body, he cried out in pain and she felt his grip loosen on her. Nice shot to the groin! It was just enough for her to wiggle through too and soon she had escaped from his arms.
Immediately she began running, faster than ever before! He was likely not too far behind her and pissed as hell too! That was what gave her the strength to move on. If he was angry with her, then she knew she was a dead girl for sure. She had to move fast! Her legs quickened their pace until they were just below the out of control mark and soon she came upon an open area. Oh thank god. She had finally made it out of the woods and into a clearing. Maybe now she could hide behind a tree and he won't see her and run right by her. Yeah! It had to work.
Quickly she ran behind a big fat tree with lots of branches and leaves and waited for him to come. After a few seconds, she had control of her breathing and watched for any sign of the hideous beast. A minute passed. Nothing. Three minutes. Nothing. Five minutes. Nothing. Where was he? Maybe he had given up or gotten lost! Hopefully. She stayed in her hiding place for a few more seconds until she decided to run in a different direction. She was heading towards another part of the woods until she felt a hand cover her mouth and smother her screams. The hand cupped the sides of her mouth and whipped her head around to see her attackers face. Her eyes widened as soon as she saw two swirling pools of cold blackness and she recognized the creature. It was the beast! She screamed and screamed, hoping that someone might hear her, but there was no chance. There was nothing but woods surrounding her. No one out of their right mind would just happen to walk by in the middle of the woods.
That is at least what she thought until she glanced beside her and saw a red light heading their way. It hit the creature right in his side and before she knew it she was lying beneath him. She growled as she felt his weight on top of her and her body was straining to escape, but she wasn't strong enough. Thankfully, he must have heard her prayers because then he lifted himself from her, but not before grabbing her as well. He threw her over his shoulder and quickly began running in the opposite direction of where that red laser light thingy came from. She was struggling to breathe and squirming all around to try and escape, but it was no use. He had a firm grip on her. She was going to die now and for what? Because a weird, not to mention hairy guy she noticed came along and decided to try and kill her? Oh no. Not today. Her teeth clenched together as she beat his back repetitively and she screamed in frustration.
"Let me go!" She cried out in pain as she felt his hold on her tighten and his nails dig into her lower back. Warm liquid trickled down her sides and she knew he had left a big mark. There was no way he would get away with that! Weren't there enough scars on her body? Her eyes shifted to his long golden locks and she took a handful of them and pulled with all of her might. The beast roared in pain and brought his free hand to hers and grabbed hold of it, squeezing it roughly. Trinity yelled as she felt her bones cracking under his grip and she released his hair before he broke her hand.
"Don't do that again!" He angrily remarked for the first time and Trinity's mouth went agape. He knew how to speak! She was just about to comment on it until he readjusted her weight on his shoulder. What was she, a sack of potatoes? He continued on his way while glancing behind himself every couple of seconds. Meanwhile, Trinity suddenly got over the shock that he could speak and remembered her hand. She cupped her hand in her other one and whimpered as she felt a pulsating pain flow through her muscles. He had almost broken her hand! That animal! She growled as she kept struggling and then decided to give up. He was just too strong for her. She couldn't do anything to save herself. She sighed while propping her elbows on his back and resting her chin in her one hand. Her gaze lingered in the woods in front of her and she froze as she swore she saw something dart across the path she was on. She lifted her head and propped her hands on the creature's back and attempted to lift herself up so she could have a better look, but the beast pushed her back down.
Trinity growled under her breath and took it upon herself to kick him, wherever that might be, and she kicked him in his thigh. Thus he grabbed her legs with his other hand and held onto her tightly. She screamed as she fought him and wiggled around in his hold, and she knew he had practically had enough of her. He was about to do something else to her to fix that problem until something rammed him and they fell to the ground. Trinity rolled over the bumpy ground and moaned as she felt pain all over her body. She must have hit a couple of roots or something. Her hands lifted the rest of her body up and she rose to her hands and knees. She shook her head and allowed her gaze to travel upwards and it was then that she saw two people battling each other. It was a weird, scaled, feminine blue creature and a man with...metal claws? Where did that big guy go?
Trinity knitted her forehead as she saw these new characters and she wondered who they were. Was one of them the one who shot off the red laser thing? She wondered this and then attempted to stand, until out of the corner of her eye she saw a hand outstretched towards her. She gasped in fright and fell on her butt while eyeing the mystery person who was supposedly trying to help her. It was a tall man with light brown hair and a weird red visor covering his eyes. He was wearing a tight leather jumpsuit and a reassuring smile was planted on his face. Trinity gulped while crawling away from this man, but he just kept coming towards her.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just here to help." Trinity stopped crawling as she listened to him speak and then glanced over towards the other two fighting people. Who were these people? Why were they here? Trinity didn't know, but she knew she had to go with one of them. She knew they wouldn't just leave her here. They were fighting over her for goodness sakes! Even if she didn't go with this guy, one of the others would take her and she wasn't sure whom was the best choice. This guy was her best bet for now.
She hesitated before raising her hand and clasping it with his. He pulled her to her feet and she winced as she felt her gashes throbbing. The man looked at her worriedly as he heard her wince and he scanned her body for any wounds.
"Are you hurt?" Trinity was about to tell him what happened until the man was thrown off of her and into a tree and the next thing she knew she was on the beast's shoulder again. He just came out of the blue. She screamed as she felt his hand upon her wounds and she beat her hands against his back in anger.
"Put me down! Help! Someone!" She looked up to see the clawed guy picking himself up from the snow where he and that blue woman had just fought and she was no where to be seen. Where did she go now?
The clawed guy looked up at her as he heard her call for help and Trinity watched as the guy with the red visor came running over to him and nodding at him and then they both began running after her. They must have been working together. And for some unknown reason, she felt relieved knowing that. That brown haired guy wasn't so bad and to know that someone was on his side, well it was a lot better than this creature that was currently carrying her.
They were running pretty fast and it was a miracle that the two behind her were catching up to them. As soon as the brown haired guy got close enough, he shot another red light from his visor and it hit the creature in his leg, injuring him. He roared in pain and dropped Trinity to the ground. She went flying until finally she landed hard on the ground and her head connected with a sharp rock. The last thing she remembered was seeing a bright red flash and then darkness.
A/N: How I love the suspense! Anyways, I would like to thank all of my reviewers for giving me such great and kind reviews. Thanks a lot! And now feedback time...
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ShadowStar21: Thanks for the review and your welcome for your update! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Mayrana: Thanks for reviewing! How observant you are, but that is only part of it. You will see the extent of her powers in later chapters of course. I'm glad you liked the chapter and thanks for the advice about the book writing. I'll be sure to remember it if I ever do write a book! I'll update soon, I promise! The puppy dog eyes are just too strong for anyone to resist, I swear! Lol.
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GMUXMenSoaps: Thank you once again for reviewing! You know what, your idea wasn't that bad. I might just think about that one for later. Thanks! And I have made Trinity strong for a reason. Not just because she's a girl and a main character, but there is a reason I assure you.
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