A Love Found
** I do not own the X-Men or have anything to do with them. This is purely for fun.**
Underlines = thoughts in a person's head Bold = the Professor transmitting thoughts
It was a dark and rainy night. Lighting flashed overhead and the rain was coming down in torrents. The lightning flashed onto a patch of wet blonde hair. The hair belonged to a 16 year old girl who was walking, shivering, in the rain. She had run away from her captors and was now regretting it. No, she told herself. They did horrible things to you.
Well, at least they fed me, a small voice in her head said.
Stop it! They tortured you! How can you forget that? No, never forget that. Remember Allison? Yea, you remember her.........they killed her! THEY KILLED HER, YOU IDIOT! THEY KILLED HER! THEY KILLED HER!
The girl fell down in the cold mud, screaming, "THEY KILLED HER! THEY KILLED HER! ALLISON! NO! THEY KILLED HER!" She fell down sobbing into the mud, crying softly, "They killed her...they killed her..." They did this to me. I'll never forget them. I'll kill them......I'll kill them all......They'll pay for what they did to me......for......this......
She held up a hand that was beginning to cover itself in golden fur. A faint black circle was showing on the center of her hand. She didn't like this. She hated getting covered in fur......although...... it was beautiful......beautiful, golden, silky, luxurious, spotted fur......she had made a full transformation before, but it didn't go well......No, not now, she wouldn't cover herself in fur, not when she was on the highway.
She got up slowly, like a person without hope, and stumbled on toward wherever she was going.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Kurt Wagner was tossing and turning in his bed. In his dreams, he was walking alone in the forest along a distant highway, in the pouring rain. He heard someone sobbing to his right. He turned and slowly made his way deeper into the forest, away from the road. He came upon a girl screaming up to the heavens, "THEY KILLED HER, YOU IDIOT! THEY KILLED HER! THEY KILLED HER!"
"KURT!"
Kurt sat up in bed screaming, "THEY KILLED HER!" Tears were pouring down his face. He looked around wildly. Two strong hands were placed on his shoulders. He turned to find Logan sitting on his bed. "It's okay now...it's okay..."
Kurt took a deep shuddering breath and slowly calmed down. "Oh, man. Vat happened?"
"You were having a nightmare. You were screaming they killed her they killed her. What were you dreaming about?" asked Logan.
Yes, Kurt, what were you dreaming about?
"Professor?" Kurt asked puzzled.
Logan, you and Kurt come into the living room now.
"Let's go, elf. Can't keep the Professor waitin'," said Logan. Kurt nodded and slowly climbed out of bed. They both made their way down the stairs into the living room. Kurt kept thinking about his dream. Who vas that girl? Vat vas she doing in ze rain, crying like dat?
They sat down on two chairs and soon the Professor wheeled into the room. He folded his hands and said, "Kurt, what were you dreaming about? It certainly must be something important if you were yelling in your sleep."
"Ja, Professor. I vas dreaming zat I vas walking in ze woods in ze rain. I couldn't really tell vhere I vas, because it vas dark and raining. There vas a highway close by, I could just tell. I heard zis crying in ze forest, so I went to take a closer look, ja?"
The Professor nodded to tell him to keep going.
"Vell, I saw zis girl, lying in ze mud and sobbing. She vas screaming to ze sky they killed her they killed her. She said something about a person named Allison and that they killed her."
"Any idea who 'they' might be?" the Professor asked.
Kurt shook his head. "No, sir, I have no idea."
"Hmm..." the Professor put his touching fingertips to his lips in thought. Suddenly, the Professor asked, "Would you mind if I looked?"
It took a minute to understand what he was talking about, but then Kurt realized he meant to see the dream in his head, so he agreed. The Professor nodded and said, "Think about the dream. Think about details and such. It will help me get a feel for how this goes."
Kurt relaxed and thought about the very beginning of the dream, when he was walking in the woods by the road. The Professor entered his head veeeeery slowly. He didn't want to hurt Kurt. No, that was the last thing the Professor wanted was to hurt him.
The Professor saw dark and stormy woods. He heard a soft crying in the woods. He went to take a closer look and suddenly came upon a girl. She began screaming to the sky "THEY KILLED HER! NO! THEY KILLED HER!" She was screaming it over and over. Both Kurt and the Professor saw something they had never seen before...... her hands were covered in golden fur and a faint black spot was on them. Maybe it was mud......and maybe it wasn't...... Kurt shuddered and snapped out of the dream. He looked at the Professor and asked, "So? Who is she?"
The Professor rubbed his temples. "I don't know, Kurt. But I can find out."
Chapter 2
The rain had finally stopped. She was soaked and freezing. The girl stepped out onto the highway to find there was a city in the distance. It wasn't a very big city, but it was a city nonetheless. She began to walk towards it, slowly, not really caring if she reached it. It was just a goal to set, that was all. She was dressed only in her asylum clothes, with no shoes or jacket. She was utterly frozen.
Finally, two hours later, the girl reached the city. She began walking along the sidewalks, toward somewhere. People were giving her odd looks, but she didn't care. She looked in the shop window at her faint reflection. It showed a thin girl with filthy clothes and hair. Her eyes were a stunning blue, and they gazed back at her with the years of the asylum filled in them. She looked to her right and saw there was a small hotel about a block ahead. She turned and took a step off the street.
SCCRRREEEEEEEEEEECH!!!!!
She jumped out of the way, cat-like reflexes at the max. A taxi had almost hit her, the driver panting behind the steering wheel. He shook his fist at her and rolled down the window. "Watch it, ya little street girl!" She looked at him, and she shuddered and closed her eyes. When she opened them, they were instead of a stunning blue, a pure gold color, with cat- like slits for pupils. She closed them again and when she opened them, they were back to the same blue. The driver gawked and shook his head. He was imagining things. He drove off and the girl stared after it. She shuddered and looked around her. People had stopped to stare because they had heard the screech of the tires. She started to walk down toward the hotel again. The people slowly resumed their continuous pace along the busy sidewalks, the attraction over.
She reached the hotel and paused at the door. She looked at the sign. It read, "Puss N' Boots Hotel". She smiled and opened the door. She walked up to the front desk and stopped. She saw a woman reading a book called My Troubles Keep Comin'. The girl cleared her throat politely and the woman looked up. She smiled briefly and closed the book. She was a medium-sized woman of about 30, with red hair and green eyes. Alexandra smelled the air and smelled a sweet perfume. She smelled like apples, fresh, sweet apples. The woman smiled at the girl and said, "Yes, honey. Can I help you?" The girl smiled softly and asked, "Could I get a vroom, bitte*?" She had an accent, but the woman couldn't tell where she was from. "How are you planning on paying?" the woman asked. Alexandra's face fell. She had no money. She hadn't had any money for 5 years........ The woman smiled. "It's okay, love. You can have the room for free." She asked the girl for her name and the girl said, "Alexandra...Alexandra Catrinan." The woman wrote down her name and gave her a key. "Room 47, love," the woman said. Alexandra nodded her thanks and went to Room 47.
She opened the door to find a modest room, with a bed and a bathroom. The first thing she did after she locked the door was to get in the shower. She turned on the hot water, then cooled it down a bit, then stepped in. Alexandra gasped with pleasure. They took showers at the asylum, but they were always cold and the water was pressurized. You would get bruises if you didn't take a quick shower. She saw some shampoo on the sink and grabbed it. She washed her hair and body and stepped out. She dried herself and wrapped her hair in a towel and put on a robe. She had no other clothes with her, and her asylum clothes were filthy and brought back bad memories.
She flopped on the bed and turned on the T.V. The screen flickered and the discovery channel came on. They were talking about big cats in the wild and in captivity. Alexandra shuddered. Ever since they did the experiment on her and she recovered, she always had a sense of fear of being in an enclosure, but she didn't know why until later, when she discovered what they did to her...
No, she wouldn't think about that. She was gone from there and she would never go back, not ever. Suddenly, a breaking news bulletin popped up on the screen. There was a huge fire down at a lumber factory. Apparently, one of the workers had been smoking and some of his embers caught onto the dry wood. The building was ablaze in minutes. Alexandra stared at the screen in horror, her mind flashing back to before the asylum. She remembered the heat, the smoke, and the people and fire trucks down below. She remembered she was up there with...tears came to her eyes. No! He's dead, Alexandra Catrinan! He's dead and there was nothing you cud do about it. He's dead......he's dead......he's dead...... She started to cry. She cried about her past. She cried about her present. She cried about that horrible day and all she had gone through since then. Mein Gott, why do you punish me? What haff I done wrong? What haff I done to be forsaken?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kurt was lounging in his bedroom, watching T.V. The discovery channel, actually. They were doing a program about big cats. Suddenly, a breaking news bulletin popped up. A man had been smoking and a lumber factory had caught fire. The news people were showing the fire. He stared at the screen. The fire...the fire...it brought back memories...memories of when he was still in Germany. The heat, the smoke and the fire trucks down below... he remembered telling her to jump... He shuddered and shook his head.
A knock on his door startled him and he turned off the T.V. Kitty Pryde, a friend of his, walked into his room. She looked around then up at the ceiling. She grinned. He was hanging upside down again. "Like, come on, Kurt. It's time for school." He forced a smile. He bamfed from the ceiling and reappeared behind her. "Ja, let's go."
As they walked down the hall to Scott's car, Kitty noticed her friend wasn't acting his usual self. He was really quiet and seemed to be...oddly enough...thinking. She slowly said, "Kurt?" He slowly glanced at Kitty. "Ja?" Kitty looked down, nervous. "Um...are you okay? I mean, you're not...being...your normal self..." He forced a smile. "Ja, I am alright. I'm just...thinking, that's all." Kitty smiled and ruffled his hair. "Well, that's a change for you, isn't it?"
All day, Kurt had been thinking about that fire. He kept thinking about her and her beautiful face... he bent his head down and his eyes welled up with tears. He got up and left the classroom, claiming he needed to go to the nurse's office. Instead, he bamfed back to the Institute and sat down on his bed. He put his head in his hands and sobbed. Gott in Heimel, how he missed her. He missed her so much. And he didn't even get to say goodbye...
"Kurt?"
Kurt glanced up, startled, to find the Professor had wheeled into his room. Tears were still pouring down his face. "Professor...I'm sorry...I...I just couldn't stay at school any more...I..." The Professor placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's alright, Kurt. Tell me, why are you so upset?" Kurt looked away, choking on a sob. He took a deep breath and began...
Chapter 3
Alexandra woke up to find herself in a strange place. She bolted upright, glancing around wildly. Slowly, things came into focus and she began to remember where she was. She remembered the hotel and the room and the shower...everything was coming back now. She calmed down and found herself still in a bathrobe and towel. She smiled and got out of bed. She knelt down and said her morning prayers, making sure to include the nice woman at the front desk.
She stood up and very quietly, opened the door to her room, thinking to go down to the breakfast area to steal some food. She saw a parcel for her in front of the door. She bent down and picked it up. It smelled of the woman at the front desk. She went back into her room and perched on the bed. Deftly, she tore open the parcel to find some clothes. On top of them was a note that read,
Alexandra,
I found some of these old clothes of my daughters. Thought you could use 'em, love.
Mrs. Susan Clark
Alexandra set the note down and picked up a shirt. It was just a t- shirt, but it would be useful. She also found some jeans and a plain white sweatshirt. She tried all the clothes on and the fit her perfectly. Alexandra was long and lithe, with an even golden tan all over her. She had wondered about that tan, because before the procedure, she had been a bit paler. She liked this new tan of hers, but she loved most of all her transformation. Determined, she got off the bed and closed her eyes. She seemed to almost fall asleep, but then her transformation began. It started out like her body was rippling. Her very skin seemed to move. Then it began to cover itself in golden fur with spots. Suddenly, her body hunched over and her muscles began to move and shift and finally, she was her full leopard form. Her transformation was complete.
She sniffed the air and recoiled. Her senses were sharp when she was human, but they were even sharper now that she was a cat. She smelled all the pollution in the air and the garbage. She didn't like it. She remembered back at her old home, there was a hill where she would climb and watch the clouds float in the sky. It always smelled like fresh grass and wildflowers. Alexandra tried to picture that hill now, but it was so distant in her memory, she couldn't even recall the smell of the wildflowers.
BOOM!
She glanced up, startled. It had begun to rain outside again. "Is it always raining here?" she wondered. Alexandra returned to her human form and put the clothes on. She had overstayed her welcome. It was time for her to go again. She put on a black t-shirt with a band on it and a pair of slightly worn jeans with holes in the knees. She crept out of the room and silently closed the door. It was late, she knew. She looked at a clock in the front room. It read approximately 11:30 p.m.
** I do not own the X-Men or have anything to do with them. This is purely for fun.**
Underlines = thoughts in a person's head Bold = the Professor transmitting thoughts
It was a dark and rainy night. Lighting flashed overhead and the rain was coming down in torrents. The lightning flashed onto a patch of wet blonde hair. The hair belonged to a 16 year old girl who was walking, shivering, in the rain. She had run away from her captors and was now regretting it. No, she told herself. They did horrible things to you.
Well, at least they fed me, a small voice in her head said.
Stop it! They tortured you! How can you forget that? No, never forget that. Remember Allison? Yea, you remember her.........they killed her! THEY KILLED HER, YOU IDIOT! THEY KILLED HER! THEY KILLED HER!
The girl fell down in the cold mud, screaming, "THEY KILLED HER! THEY KILLED HER! ALLISON! NO! THEY KILLED HER!" She fell down sobbing into the mud, crying softly, "They killed her...they killed her..." They did this to me. I'll never forget them. I'll kill them......I'll kill them all......They'll pay for what they did to me......for......this......
She held up a hand that was beginning to cover itself in golden fur. A faint black circle was showing on the center of her hand. She didn't like this. She hated getting covered in fur......although...... it was beautiful......beautiful, golden, silky, luxurious, spotted fur......she had made a full transformation before, but it didn't go well......No, not now, she wouldn't cover herself in fur, not when she was on the highway.
She got up slowly, like a person without hope, and stumbled on toward wherever she was going.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Kurt Wagner was tossing and turning in his bed. In his dreams, he was walking alone in the forest along a distant highway, in the pouring rain. He heard someone sobbing to his right. He turned and slowly made his way deeper into the forest, away from the road. He came upon a girl screaming up to the heavens, "THEY KILLED HER, YOU IDIOT! THEY KILLED HER! THEY KILLED HER!"
"KURT!"
Kurt sat up in bed screaming, "THEY KILLED HER!" Tears were pouring down his face. He looked around wildly. Two strong hands were placed on his shoulders. He turned to find Logan sitting on his bed. "It's okay now...it's okay..."
Kurt took a deep shuddering breath and slowly calmed down. "Oh, man. Vat happened?"
"You were having a nightmare. You were screaming they killed her they killed her. What were you dreaming about?" asked Logan.
Yes, Kurt, what were you dreaming about?
"Professor?" Kurt asked puzzled.
Logan, you and Kurt come into the living room now.
"Let's go, elf. Can't keep the Professor waitin'," said Logan. Kurt nodded and slowly climbed out of bed. They both made their way down the stairs into the living room. Kurt kept thinking about his dream. Who vas that girl? Vat vas she doing in ze rain, crying like dat?
They sat down on two chairs and soon the Professor wheeled into the room. He folded his hands and said, "Kurt, what were you dreaming about? It certainly must be something important if you were yelling in your sleep."
"Ja, Professor. I vas dreaming zat I vas walking in ze woods in ze rain. I couldn't really tell vhere I vas, because it vas dark and raining. There vas a highway close by, I could just tell. I heard zis crying in ze forest, so I went to take a closer look, ja?"
The Professor nodded to tell him to keep going.
"Vell, I saw zis girl, lying in ze mud and sobbing. She vas screaming to ze sky they killed her they killed her. She said something about a person named Allison and that they killed her."
"Any idea who 'they' might be?" the Professor asked.
Kurt shook his head. "No, sir, I have no idea."
"Hmm..." the Professor put his touching fingertips to his lips in thought. Suddenly, the Professor asked, "Would you mind if I looked?"
It took a minute to understand what he was talking about, but then Kurt realized he meant to see the dream in his head, so he agreed. The Professor nodded and said, "Think about the dream. Think about details and such. It will help me get a feel for how this goes."
Kurt relaxed and thought about the very beginning of the dream, when he was walking in the woods by the road. The Professor entered his head veeeeery slowly. He didn't want to hurt Kurt. No, that was the last thing the Professor wanted was to hurt him.
The Professor saw dark and stormy woods. He heard a soft crying in the woods. He went to take a closer look and suddenly came upon a girl. She began screaming to the sky "THEY KILLED HER! NO! THEY KILLED HER!" She was screaming it over and over. Both Kurt and the Professor saw something they had never seen before...... her hands were covered in golden fur and a faint black spot was on them. Maybe it was mud......and maybe it wasn't...... Kurt shuddered and snapped out of the dream. He looked at the Professor and asked, "So? Who is she?"
The Professor rubbed his temples. "I don't know, Kurt. But I can find out."
Chapter 2
The rain had finally stopped. She was soaked and freezing. The girl stepped out onto the highway to find there was a city in the distance. It wasn't a very big city, but it was a city nonetheless. She began to walk towards it, slowly, not really caring if she reached it. It was just a goal to set, that was all. She was dressed only in her asylum clothes, with no shoes or jacket. She was utterly frozen.
Finally, two hours later, the girl reached the city. She began walking along the sidewalks, toward somewhere. People were giving her odd looks, but she didn't care. She looked in the shop window at her faint reflection. It showed a thin girl with filthy clothes and hair. Her eyes were a stunning blue, and they gazed back at her with the years of the asylum filled in them. She looked to her right and saw there was a small hotel about a block ahead. She turned and took a step off the street.
SCCRRREEEEEEEEEEECH!!!!!
She jumped out of the way, cat-like reflexes at the max. A taxi had almost hit her, the driver panting behind the steering wheel. He shook his fist at her and rolled down the window. "Watch it, ya little street girl!" She looked at him, and she shuddered and closed her eyes. When she opened them, they were instead of a stunning blue, a pure gold color, with cat- like slits for pupils. She closed them again and when she opened them, they were back to the same blue. The driver gawked and shook his head. He was imagining things. He drove off and the girl stared after it. She shuddered and looked around her. People had stopped to stare because they had heard the screech of the tires. She started to walk down toward the hotel again. The people slowly resumed their continuous pace along the busy sidewalks, the attraction over.
She reached the hotel and paused at the door. She looked at the sign. It read, "Puss N' Boots Hotel". She smiled and opened the door. She walked up to the front desk and stopped. She saw a woman reading a book called My Troubles Keep Comin'. The girl cleared her throat politely and the woman looked up. She smiled briefly and closed the book. She was a medium-sized woman of about 30, with red hair and green eyes. Alexandra smelled the air and smelled a sweet perfume. She smelled like apples, fresh, sweet apples. The woman smiled at the girl and said, "Yes, honey. Can I help you?" The girl smiled softly and asked, "Could I get a vroom, bitte*?" She had an accent, but the woman couldn't tell where she was from. "How are you planning on paying?" the woman asked. Alexandra's face fell. She had no money. She hadn't had any money for 5 years........ The woman smiled. "It's okay, love. You can have the room for free." She asked the girl for her name and the girl said, "Alexandra...Alexandra Catrinan." The woman wrote down her name and gave her a key. "Room 47, love," the woman said. Alexandra nodded her thanks and went to Room 47.
She opened the door to find a modest room, with a bed and a bathroom. The first thing she did after she locked the door was to get in the shower. She turned on the hot water, then cooled it down a bit, then stepped in. Alexandra gasped with pleasure. They took showers at the asylum, but they were always cold and the water was pressurized. You would get bruises if you didn't take a quick shower. She saw some shampoo on the sink and grabbed it. She washed her hair and body and stepped out. She dried herself and wrapped her hair in a towel and put on a robe. She had no other clothes with her, and her asylum clothes were filthy and brought back bad memories.
She flopped on the bed and turned on the T.V. The screen flickered and the discovery channel came on. They were talking about big cats in the wild and in captivity. Alexandra shuddered. Ever since they did the experiment on her and she recovered, she always had a sense of fear of being in an enclosure, but she didn't know why until later, when she discovered what they did to her...
No, she wouldn't think about that. She was gone from there and she would never go back, not ever. Suddenly, a breaking news bulletin popped up on the screen. There was a huge fire down at a lumber factory. Apparently, one of the workers had been smoking and some of his embers caught onto the dry wood. The building was ablaze in minutes. Alexandra stared at the screen in horror, her mind flashing back to before the asylum. She remembered the heat, the smoke, and the people and fire trucks down below. She remembered she was up there with...tears came to her eyes. No! He's dead, Alexandra Catrinan! He's dead and there was nothing you cud do about it. He's dead......he's dead......he's dead...... She started to cry. She cried about her past. She cried about her present. She cried about that horrible day and all she had gone through since then. Mein Gott, why do you punish me? What haff I done wrong? What haff I done to be forsaken?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kurt was lounging in his bedroom, watching T.V. The discovery channel, actually. They were doing a program about big cats. Suddenly, a breaking news bulletin popped up. A man had been smoking and a lumber factory had caught fire. The news people were showing the fire. He stared at the screen. The fire...the fire...it brought back memories...memories of when he was still in Germany. The heat, the smoke and the fire trucks down below... he remembered telling her to jump... He shuddered and shook his head.
A knock on his door startled him and he turned off the T.V. Kitty Pryde, a friend of his, walked into his room. She looked around then up at the ceiling. She grinned. He was hanging upside down again. "Like, come on, Kurt. It's time for school." He forced a smile. He bamfed from the ceiling and reappeared behind her. "Ja, let's go."
As they walked down the hall to Scott's car, Kitty noticed her friend wasn't acting his usual self. He was really quiet and seemed to be...oddly enough...thinking. She slowly said, "Kurt?" He slowly glanced at Kitty. "Ja?" Kitty looked down, nervous. "Um...are you okay? I mean, you're not...being...your normal self..." He forced a smile. "Ja, I am alright. I'm just...thinking, that's all." Kitty smiled and ruffled his hair. "Well, that's a change for you, isn't it?"
All day, Kurt had been thinking about that fire. He kept thinking about her and her beautiful face... he bent his head down and his eyes welled up with tears. He got up and left the classroom, claiming he needed to go to the nurse's office. Instead, he bamfed back to the Institute and sat down on his bed. He put his head in his hands and sobbed. Gott in Heimel, how he missed her. He missed her so much. And he didn't even get to say goodbye...
"Kurt?"
Kurt glanced up, startled, to find the Professor had wheeled into his room. Tears were still pouring down his face. "Professor...I'm sorry...I...I just couldn't stay at school any more...I..." The Professor placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's alright, Kurt. Tell me, why are you so upset?" Kurt looked away, choking on a sob. He took a deep breath and began...
Chapter 3
Alexandra woke up to find herself in a strange place. She bolted upright, glancing around wildly. Slowly, things came into focus and she began to remember where she was. She remembered the hotel and the room and the shower...everything was coming back now. She calmed down and found herself still in a bathrobe and towel. She smiled and got out of bed. She knelt down and said her morning prayers, making sure to include the nice woman at the front desk.
She stood up and very quietly, opened the door to her room, thinking to go down to the breakfast area to steal some food. She saw a parcel for her in front of the door. She bent down and picked it up. It smelled of the woman at the front desk. She went back into her room and perched on the bed. Deftly, she tore open the parcel to find some clothes. On top of them was a note that read,
Alexandra,
I found some of these old clothes of my daughters. Thought you could use 'em, love.
Mrs. Susan Clark
Alexandra set the note down and picked up a shirt. It was just a t- shirt, but it would be useful. She also found some jeans and a plain white sweatshirt. She tried all the clothes on and the fit her perfectly. Alexandra was long and lithe, with an even golden tan all over her. She had wondered about that tan, because before the procedure, she had been a bit paler. She liked this new tan of hers, but she loved most of all her transformation. Determined, she got off the bed and closed her eyes. She seemed to almost fall asleep, but then her transformation began. It started out like her body was rippling. Her very skin seemed to move. Then it began to cover itself in golden fur with spots. Suddenly, her body hunched over and her muscles began to move and shift and finally, she was her full leopard form. Her transformation was complete.
She sniffed the air and recoiled. Her senses were sharp when she was human, but they were even sharper now that she was a cat. She smelled all the pollution in the air and the garbage. She didn't like it. She remembered back at her old home, there was a hill where she would climb and watch the clouds float in the sky. It always smelled like fresh grass and wildflowers. Alexandra tried to picture that hill now, but it was so distant in her memory, she couldn't even recall the smell of the wildflowers.
BOOM!
She glanced up, startled. It had begun to rain outside again. "Is it always raining here?" she wondered. Alexandra returned to her human form and put the clothes on. She had overstayed her welcome. It was time for her to go again. She put on a black t-shirt with a band on it and a pair of slightly worn jeans with holes in the knees. She crept out of the room and silently closed the door. It was late, she knew. She looked at a clock in the front room. It read approximately 11:30 p.m.