Wheee! 12th chapter... I'm spouting these out cause my muse is hyper, so
their not particularly well written, but they get the point across. I'm now
introducing Connor cause' he's an awesome character. XD I'm also
introducing Lucea, Gaudi, Cat (though they've been kidnapped) and Alyx
cause' they all rock too, it's just this chapter is annoyingly mostly about
Connor.
Connor and Lucea © Callie, Alyx and Gaudi © Gracie, Cat © Hannah.
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The damage seemed substantial. All the glass in the front windows was gone from the intruders exit. One back wall in the last stretch of dorm rooms had been blown out. The main staircase had exploded when a shot-bomb was placed to stop students escaping. Kurt was standing at all times at the bottom to bamf children up to make classes.
Despite the damage and the sorrow for those missing, Xavier had ordered that everyone continue classes. On that, they were taught without teachers, just basic study periods when rumors could spread. All the X-Men were busy trying to locate Magneto.
As far as rumors went, Simon had been proclaimed the main hero. Add and Cyclops seemed to stand in the sidelines. That seemed apparent. People seemed to pay more attention to him when he spoke, and gave him more respect. It made Chiara feel sick.
It had been two days since the raid on the mansion. She hadn't been used to sleeping in an empty room for many months, so she, Alyx, Twist and Streak had all moved into one.
Twist seemed to be taking a turn for the worst. With Silence missing she refused to speak or leave the dorm. She felt guilty for leaving him to be captured. She blamed the rest of them for holding her back. She rarely ate and she skipped classes. Even though 'classes' were currently social hours, they were still being graded on attendance.
That evening when Twist had forbidden them all from the dorm in a fury, Chiara made her way downstairs to the front hall. Kurt was transporting last minute conference students up the chasm that used to be the staircase.
She watched him for a while, studying the way his body seemed to liquefy into a puff of blue smoke and then reappear from thin air. She wondered what it felt like and how much concentration it took.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door that awoke her from her thoughtfulness. She looked over towards the heavy oak doors, wondering who it could be. They'd all been given guidelines on welcoming people into the mansion, specifically new students. No one else in the hall seemed to hear. Chiara cautiously reached for the handle and pulled it open.
"Can I-"she started, but then she realized who was standing in the doorway and stopped. "-help you?" she finished, more quietly.
A young man was standing in the window of light that filtered into the dark, and still smoke-smelling hall. He wasn't much taller than Chiara, but she still had to look up to meet his bright green eyes. He was carrying a bag over one shoulder, but it looked to small to mean he was staying long. Chiara felt her stomach drop.
"Yeah, is this the Xavier School?" he asked, trying to look past her at the damage.
"Er..." Chiara said, words seemed to have stop temporarily so her brain could unscramble. Was is the Xavier School? Of course it's the Xavier School, you twat, she told herself, that's what it says on the fucking sign outside! She glanced back at the damage behind her, and opened the door a little wider. "It used to be."
The young man looked impressed by the lack of something smoldering in the room. Of course, he hadn't known it used to be double staircase.
"Oh..." he said. "Okay... can you let me in, I need to speak to someone." He said, trying to move in past her. Chiara half-tripped over trying to fail his entry.
"Who're you visiting?" she asked, "You have to be a-"she started, but her vision dropped from his as she tried to think of the right words.
"A?" he asked. "Oh... right." He flashed her a white smile. "I'm a hypnotist." He said. Chiara wouldn't be able to guess anything less with those eyes. "I'm here to see Twist Kain." He said. "She is here?"
"In physical form, yes..." Chiara sighed. "You're... Connor, right?" she remembered that Twist had written to a friend and that he could be coming to visit.
"Yeah." He said. "That's me. Can I come in now?" Chiara nodded and let him in. She watched him walk over to Kurt and begin to ask him what had happened. She lent on the door, which shut.
Suddenly Alyx was beside her, smiling slightly.
"Who's that?" she asked, smiled broadening.
"Twist's friend, Connor." Chiara said in monotone.
"He's h-" Alyx started.
"I know." She replied in the same tone.
"Go talk to him." Alyx grinned, scratching a crystal-encrusted arm.
"What! No!" Chiara said. "I just answered the door for him like some total retard. What am I supposed to say? 'Hi. My name's Chiara and I'll be your mentally slow door-opener any day'?" Alyx laughed.
"Just go!"
"You go." Chiara said. "You can actually have a relationship."
"No. You go." Alyx insisted. "You don't have to touch him!"
Chiara threw her a look. She sighed and began to walk. As soon as she did, Connor placed a hand on Kurt's shoulder and the two of them were transported up to the level above. Connor said what looked like a thank you and started off down the burnt corridor towards the dorms.
Chiara looked back at Alyx and glared. Alyx's attention was diverted somewhere else. She was looking at something on the ground. She bent and picked it up.
"Look." She said as Chiara came next to her. It was a piece of paper, folded and crinkled from being looked at many times. On it were written the names,
sub. 1: Erickson, Simon, sub 2: Goeth, Gaudi Von, sub. 3: Kain, Feannan, sub. 4: Koussa, Trinity, sub. 5: Michaels, Boyd, sub.6: Myste, Chiara, sub. 7: Windle, Lucea, sub. 8: Wood, Cathrine, sub. 9: Yuako Chanda, Mingmei.
"That blonde kid." Alyx interrupted Chiara's reading suddenly.
"What?" Chiara asked, eyes still following the names and room numbers on the paper.
"There was a little blonde girl, she asked where Twist and Cat and I's dorm was." Alyx said. Chiara nodded.
"She asked me where Silence's was too." The puzzle pieces were beginning to fit together. "We should tell the Professor." Alyx nodded and the two of them started for Kurt.
The damage seemed substantial. All the glass in the front windows was gone from the intruders exit. One back wall in the last stretch of dorm rooms had been blown out. The main staircase had exploded when a shot-bomb was placed to stop students escaping. Kurt was standing at all times at the bottom to bamf children up to make classes.
Despite the damage and the sorrow for those missing, Xavier had ordered that everyone continue classes. On that, they were taught without teachers, just basic study periods when rumors could spread. All the X-Men were busy trying to locate Magneto.
As far as rumors went, Simon had been proclaimed the main hero. Add and Cyclops seemed to stand in the sidelines. That seemed apparent. People seemed to pay more attention to him when he spoke, and gave him more respect. It made Chiara feel sick.
It had been two days since the raid on the mansion. She hadn't been used to sleeping in an empty room for many months, so she, Alyx, Twist and Streak had all moved into one.
Twist seemed to be taking a turn for the worst. With Silence missing she refused to speak or leave the dorm. She felt guilty for leaving him to be captured. She blamed the rest of them for holding her back. She rarely ate and she skipped classes. Even though 'classes' were currently social hours, they were still being graded on attendance.
That evening when Twist had forbidden them all from the dorm in a fury, Chiara made her way downstairs to the front hall. Kurt was transporting last minute conference students up the chasm that used to be the staircase.
She watched him for a while, studying the way his body seemed to liquefy into a puff of blue smoke and then reappear from thin air. She wondered what it felt like and how much concentration it took.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door that awoke her from her thoughtfulness. She looked over towards the heavy oak doors, wondering who it could be. They'd all been given guidelines on welcoming people into the mansion, specifically new students. No one else in the hall seemed to hear. Chiara cautiously reached for the handle and pulled it open.
"Can I-"she started, but then she realized who was standing in the doorway and stopped. "-help you?" she finished, more quietly.
A young man was standing in the window of light that filtered into the dark, and still smoke-smelling hall. He wasn't much taller than Chiara, but she still had to look up to meet his bright green eyes. He was carrying a bag over one shoulder, but it looked to small to mean he was staying long. Chiara felt her stomach drop.
"Yeah, is this the Xavier School?" he asked, trying to look past her at the damage.
"Er..." Chiara said, words seemed to have stop temporarily so her brain could unscramble. Was is the Xavier School? Of course it's the Xavier School, you twat, she told herself, that's what it says on the fucking sign outside! She glanced back at the damage behind her, and opened the door a little wider. "It used to be."
The young man looked impressed by the lack of something smoldering in the room. Of course, he hadn't known it used to be double staircase.
"Oh..." he said. "Okay... can you let me in, I need to speak to someone." He said, trying to move in past her. Chiara half-tripped over trying to fail his entry.
"Who're you visiting?" she asked, "You have to be a-"she started, but her vision dropped from his as she tried to think of the right words.
"A?" he asked. "Oh... right." He flashed her a white smile. "I'm a hypnotist." He said. Chiara wouldn't be able to guess anything less with those eyes. "I'm here to see Twist Kain." He said. "She is here?"
"In physical form, yes..." Chiara sighed. "You're... Connor, right?" she remembered that Twist had written to a friend and that he could be coming to visit.
"Yeah." He said. "That's me. Can I come in now?" Chiara nodded and let him in. She watched him walk over to Kurt and begin to ask him what had happened. She lent on the door, which shut.
Suddenly Alyx was beside her, smiling slightly.
"Who's that?" she asked, smiled broadening.
"Twist's friend, Connor." Chiara said in monotone.
"He's h-" Alyx started.
"I know." She replied in the same tone.
"Go talk to him." Alyx grinned, scratching a crystal-encrusted arm.
"What! No!" Chiara said. "I just answered the door for him like some total retard. What am I supposed to say? 'Hi. My name's Chiara and I'll be your mentally slow door-opener any day'?" Alyx laughed.
"Just go!"
"You go." Chiara said. "You can actually have a relationship."
"No. You go." Alyx insisted. "You don't have to touch him!"
Chiara threw her a look. She sighed and began to walk. As soon as she did, Connor placed a hand on Kurt's shoulder and the two of them were transported up to the level above. Connor said what looked like a thank you and started off down the burnt corridor towards the dorms.
Chiara looked back at Alyx and glared. Alyx's attention was diverted somewhere else. She was looking at something on the ground. She bent and picked it up.
"Look." She said as Chiara came next to her. It was a piece of paper, folded and crinkled from being looked at many times. On it were written the names,
sub. 1: Erickson, Simon, sub 2: Goeth, Gaudi Von, sub. 3: Kain, Feannan, sub. 4: Koussa, Trinity, sub. 5: Michaels, Boyd, sub.6: Myste, Chiara, sub. 7: Windle, Lucea, sub. 8: Wood, Cathrine, sub. 9: Yuako Chanda, Mingmei.
"That blonde kid." Alyx interrupted Chiara's reading suddenly.
"What?" Chiara asked, eyes still following the names and room numbers on the paper.
"There was a little blonde girl, she asked where Twist and Cat and I's dorm was." Alyx said. Chiara nodded.
"She asked me where Silence's was too." The puzzle pieces were beginning to fit together. "We should tell the Professor." Alyx nodded and the two of them started for Kurt.