Chapter 9
Serpent stayed in her room for the next few days, not wanting to talk to anyone at all. She even managed to block out all of her voices from her thoughts.
Lisa, on the other hand, was doing quite well in her classes; she always hung around Rogue during her spare time because Serpent didn't want to. But what she wasn't admitting, was that Carol Danvers, who had seen her scales when she was in the Danger Room her first day, was constantly harassing her.
"Hey Lisa, how's it going?" Carol asked calmly as she leaned onto Lisa's desk before Science, too calmly for Lisa's liking, her tail agreed with her.
"Good, I guess." Lisa replied quietly, her tail swatted Carol away and "hissed" at her.
"You better learn to control that thing, Scales, or else you're going to get it." Carol went to sit down at her seat because Rogue just entered the room. Lisa tried to look calm and focused, but couldn't concentrate at all.
"What am I going to do?" Lisa asked herself, walking down the hallway after Science towards Math. She was so absorbed in her thoughts; her tail began to get agitated about not getting any attention, so it tripped the next person who walked past them… which happened only two seconds later.
"Oh my gosh, I am so, so sorry!" Lisa exclaimed, dropping her own things and bending down to help her fallen classmate retrieve his things.
"It's alright, I didn't know there were any steps in this hallway though." He replied, feeling around for his books. Lisa took that time to look him over; he had chin length dark blue hair a muscular build to him and he was wearing normal blue jeans and a baggy black sweatshirt with dark sunglasses covering his eyes. He was really pale and it looked like his lips were permanently purple.
"I'm Lisa, what's your name? I don't think I've seen you around here before." Lisa said, trying to make small talk before class started. The boy had all of his books and a pencil in hand as he stood up.
"I'm Adrian, and you haven't seen me here because I take the later classes. I'm blind you see." Lisa covered her mouth with her hand and her tail smacked her in the side of the head. "But I can see sound waves. I'm an ice mutant – well more like elemental – what's your mutation?"
"I – umm – well, look at the time, I need to go to class. You should hang out with Rogue and me after classes today, we'll meet you in the front hall. I'm so sorry for tripping you; I have a tail and no control over it. See ya later!" Lisa called as she walked briskly down the hall towards her math class, mentally cussing her tail out.
Inside Serpent's bedroom later that day…You can't block me out forever! I will get out sooner or later… you want to listen to some music, I feel like dancing! Elect stated, getting distracted easily. Normally, that would have made Serpent laugh, but not today.
Hey Serpent, it is nearly the end of the month, you will need to write about what has happened during this time in your diary soon. Hope said quietly. Serpent sighed and slowly got out of bed.
Oh and take a shower, you need it. Ani stated, wrinkling her nose. Kiya jumped up onto Serpent's lap, who began to slowly stroke her soft fur.
"Shut up Ani, how's my little Kiya been?" Serpent asked.
Great! I've met this really nice mutant; he can understand animals too! Kiya replied, jumping off again.
Serpent laughed and whipped away a few stray tears that had escaped her eyes. "I'll take a shower, then go for a walk I guess, maybe a small flight before lunch or something like that…"
FINALLY! Frost yelled as Elect played with her hair, she always loved flying.
"Sush it Frost, I said maybe."
Yes, but it's better than a flat out 'no' now isn't it? Ty asked, smirking as she played poker with Blaze and Visi.
Serpent rolled her eyes and shook her head as she laughed lightly.
"I wonder what's been wrong with Lisa lately, she's been really quiet and stuff."
Are you sure she's not being bullied or something like that? You know how she can't handle teasing and harassment about her scales or stuff like that. Blaze stated; she had been in a much better mood ever since she met Rogue.
"She's probably just getting used to the workload and people around here." The voices all murmured in agreement and went back to their tasks. Kiya wasn't convinced though.
I'll prove it that Lisa isn't being normal. She stated after Serpent went into the bathroom to have a shower.
Kiya walked over to the door and quietly went out and into the hallway after closing the door after her.
"So, do we have a deal?" a male voice asked.
Kiya stopped outside a doorway, she understood it though, Serpent had copied and pasted the English language into her head awhile ago.
"Got the money and you've got one less mutant to worry about messing with your plans." A female replied in a quiet voice. A rustle of paper signaled to Kiya that whoever it was, got their money and someone was in danger.
"A pleasure doing business with you, Mr. DeVega." The female said. Kiya nearly stopped breathing, she remembered Serpent telling her once that it was the DeVega family that was always trying to kill her! The little Lynx bolted back down the hallway towards Serpent and Lisa's room.
Serpent! Serpent, I've got bad news! Kiya meowed out loudly as she burst into the bedroom, but Serpent wasn't there and a note was left on her bed: Went to get some fresh air, sorry I haven't been very upbeat this past week. TTYL! Serpent.
Curse it! Kiya yelled, dashing out of the room and ran around to try and find Serpent before she left.
The Danger Room…
Lisa was taking a longer time to change out of her workout clothes because she didn't want to have to meet up with Carol again.
"Hurry up Lisa, I need to lock it up." Logan called. Lisa sighed and grabbed her things before leaving the room and walking slowly down the hallway.
"Well, look who it is." Lisa's heart skipped a beat; it was Carol's voice. She was in a busy part of the hallway and a circle formed around the two mutants.
"W-what do y-you want?" Lisa stuttered, clutching her backpack's strap in her hand tightly. Her tail twitched with agitation and flicked behind her, making a cracking sound.
"Why don't you show everyone what you really look like?" Carol's words cut through her like a knife.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Lisa defended herself, taking a step backwards as Carol took a step forwards. Lisa was about to run in the opposite direction, but Carol was too quick for her as she dove and grabbed the watch off of Lisa's slim wrist. The hologram was quickly demolished to nothing and her scales, claws, webbed fingers and long fangs were visible once more.
"Oh my gosh!" one of the student screamed, running in the opposite direction. Lisa's usual bright golden eyes were now sad and brimming with tears. She turned to Carol in a fit of rage and scratched her across the face with her sharp claws before running to her room.
"What am I going to do now?" Lisa sobbed into her pillow after locking the door and diving onto her green sheeted bed. Her tail rubbed against her cheek comfortably. She looked over to Serpent's bed, only to find it empty.
"Great, the one time I really need her, she's gone!" Lisa cried into her pillow for a few more minutes before slowly lifting her head up from it and getting a hardened look in her golden eyes.
"If everyone thinks of me as a freak now, I have no reason to stay. We're leaving and never coming back." Lisa said in determination. She, and her tail, began grabbing a few items of clothing and stuffing them into her backpack after she rid it of her schoolbooks.
The last thing Lisa grabbed, was another watch. This one, though, had a special feature… it could block out even the strongest telepathic connection, she would be invisible to the world, just another runaway looking for adventure – or in her case – trying to stay alive. She quickly put on a long, green trench coat with a tighter bodice and a hood so that, in case her watch broke, she couldn't be discovered immediately.
She lowered herself out her window after handing her tail her bag and dropped gracefully to the ground. With tears in her golden eyes, she ran on all fours across campus and over the wall, leaving the safety of the school, for the cruel, harsh world.
About five hours later that night…
It was nearly eight o'clock at night by the time Serpent flew to the front door of the mansion and retracted her wings.
Now, wasn't that more fun than spending the rest of your life in your bedroom moping on your bed? Ty asked, looking at Serpent with a smirk on her face.
"Much," Serpent replied, taking a deep breath of the flowers she had 'bought' an hour before down in Brazil (where she flew to). She opened up the front door and walked in with a large smile on her face as she adjusted her black T-shirt and long black shorts, and she also wore her multi-coloured hair up in a high ponytail, not caring about whom saw it now.
"Serpent, you look like you're in a good mood today." Storm stated, walking down the stairs.
"That's for sure," she replied as she handed the flowers to her. "These are for the kitchen."
Storm took them into her hands and took a deep breath of their scent. "They're beautiful, where on earth did you get them?"
"I took a small jaunt down to Brazil, where's Rogue and Lisa?" Serpent said quickly.
"You went to Brazil?" Storm inquired. Serpent quickly searched Storm's mind for the whereabouts of her friends.
"The TV room? Thanks Stormy!" Serpent called as she ran down the hallway to get to the room.
"Serpent!" Rogue cried out, running over and hugging her new friend. Serpent stumbled backwards a bit with the force of her friend's coming, but managed to catch herself and hugged her back. "Have you seen Lisa? Please say you have."
Serpent's smile vanished as she pulled Rogue away from her. "Lisa's been missing? For how long? Did you tell the teachers? Out with it woman!"
"I don't know, she said she would meet me here after class, but she never showed up." Rogue stated. Another student came over to their conversation.
"She said she would meet me here too," he said. Serpent and Rogue exchanged wearied glances. "I'm Adrian, I'm new here and met her this morning, her tail saw to that."
"Nice to meet you Adrian, now, if you two will excuse me, I must have perfect silence in order to try and find her." Serpent stated, walking in a hurry out of the room.
This can't be good, check the room, maybe she left a note or something. Just disappearing isn't something Lisa does very often, only when she's working really hard on an experiment or something like that. Ani said, looking worried for her green scaled friend. Serpent ran into the room they shared and quickly glanced around it, noticing immediately that nearly all of Lisa's things were missing!
"Oh no," Serpent said quietly, flopping down onto the floor. "She's gone and I wasn't paying attention to her all week."
Try meditating, clear your mind and try and make a telepathic connection with her. Hope instructed briskly. Serpent took off her combat boots and socks before crossing her legs and placing her arms on them and breathing in and out slowly, trying to make a connection with her best friend.
On the streets of New York…
Lisa clutched the strap of her backpack closer to her as she got into a crowded part of the sidewalk. She nearly had a heart attack when her watch began beeping. Slipping into a nearby alleyway, she pushed down her glove and looked at its blinking screen.
'Serpent' it said. Lisa pressed a button and blocked her friend out of her head.
"I'm sorry Serpy, I am so, so sorry." She whispered, tears flowing down her cheeks, disrupting her hologram on their pathway down. Lisa abruptly brushed them away and it went back to normal. Turning around, she went back towards the sidewalk, away from her friends once more.
Back at the school…
Serpent growled in annoyance as she was pushed fiercely out of Lisa's mind.
"I can't connect with her!" she yelled, punching the closet door in frustration, making a hole in it.
You don't have the power to break through it, or to go as far away as that with a lot of power, Serpent. Ty stated, clicking a few keys at her computer.
"I need something to connect to everyone then, something that would allow me to her with all my mutations…" Serpent thought hard for a few seconds when a light bulb went off inside her head, metaphorically speaking for some parts.
Serpent stood up with a determined look on her face as she spoke a single word… "Cerebro."
: Yes, poor Serpy, she's better this time though, but next time... you'll just have to wait and see! review! Maid of the Mer:
Maid of the Mer: 505 year old Logan... yes, that is rather funny now that i think of it! review!
SUPER sorry i haven't been updating in while guys, but... well... i do have an excuse, but it's too long to say right at the moment! Tootles!