Authors note: Yeah chapter five. In the last one I said that I was going to change the rating and I will this time because I have realized just how much swearing these people do. Also in one of these chapters to come there will be some weird ass stuff. Also I KNOW I SPELLED CRUEL WRONG…I really suck with spelling.

Thank you to,

Lin Waddell: Thank you for pushing forwards, and I will not let anyone get me down. I shall though like to apologies for the ILY incident. I didn't mean for you to take it literately if you did. I two am in a relationship and would feel a little weird if some one had put that for me. Just know I meant it in a friendly manner.

Skaylar: hides please don't hurt me in school. I need my fingers to type. Thank you for the criticism though. It's ok to ask question. Truthfully I would like to enforce them.

BlueDragonGirl1: Yes I need to thank you because you really have helped me do this. So don't you dare think you don't deserve it.

Disclaimer: ok I do not own any characters except for my own so don't sue me please.

Chapter 5: Portals and Ice

Todd groaned as he tried to shift his freezing cold body. His bones popped at the labored movement.

"Stop, don't move yet," said Sherry leaning over him, "You could break something." She slowly rotated him so that he was on his back. His looks scared her. The skin that had not been covered with clothing was now covered in a thin sheet of ice, along with his clothing and hair. Small amounts of it were breaking off from his body where the light drizzle that was falling gently thawed it. His lips were purple and his skin a pasty white. She was just glad his blood and eyeballs hadn't frozen.

"I tried to warn you. The portals I make are almost zero degrees Calvin," she placed a hand on his shoulder, "I would have been able to put a barrier around you if you had waited."

Todd tired to shrug off the hand that had been placed on him. Instead of it being warm and comforting, it was even colder than he was. He was completely numb and tingling, his body slowly warming back up. He moved his eyes around to look at her face, but just managed to see the time on her watch. 7:51. Not caring about what she had just said he slowly began to get up, but Sherry pushed him back down.

"No you don't," she said, "I know you're in a hurry, but you need to thaw out." Gingerly she slid her arms under his knees and shoulders. Getting up slowly, she started to carry him bridal style twords the front of the store. She could feel him shaking in her arms. From fear of cold she wasn't sure of, "I said I would help you and so I will."

Todd felt her arms slowly surround him, and for a second was scared, but that soon left when he felt the extreme cold from her body. He had to lay against her chest when she picked him up, and if this had been another time and she had been warmer, he might have liked being carried, but it wasn't. He was cold, scared, and really didn't know this girl that well. She had almost turned him into a toad-sickle for crying out loud.

Sherry reached the front and stopped when she looked into the reflective glass. Sighing she shifted Todd slightly and pushed a yellow button on the inducer. The two herd a low hum and then Sherry's body was covered in a hologram.

Todd watched as her black eyes were turned into regular dull brown ones, her skin became less pale, and her hair lost it's dark luster to become just like anyone else's. Nothing else changed.

"Yo, y-y-you can p-p-put me d-d-down now," he said in a week voice. This girl was really starting to get creepy. She looked down at him with what was as close to a smile that she could make right now. He winced slightly. It was a pitiful look.

"Not until you thaw out," she could tell he was getting frightened by her, "Well this is going nicely," she thought sarcastically. Walking threw the doors to the store she laid Todd down in a grocery cart and started off towards one of the isles, "What exactly do you need?"

"I n-n-need some Dr. P-p-pepper and some d-d-d-donuts," stammered Todd. He tried to see her wrist, "How much time left?"

Sherry looked down at her watch. "Seven minutes, lets make this quick," she glanced at him, "Get your wallet out." She began to jog down the soda isle and grabbed a twelve pack, then turning the corner went down to the bread isle and grabbed a box of glazed donuts. Looking to see they had five minutes left, she quickened her pace and headed for the front counter.

Todd reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet, "At least I don't have to run around," he watched her from where he slouched in the cart, wondering exactly why this girl was doing this. Yeah he had helped her burry her dead spider, but was the really enough to get this kind of treatment. It also might have been from almost freezing him to death. Either way, he was starting to kind of enjoy the attention. Even if it was from some freaky X-Geek girl.

"How did it get so late," she asked herself, "I left the institute at five and Todd showed up around five forty. It shouldn't be this late." Turning into a check out lane she grabbed the items off of Todd and handed them to the youth behind it. He gave them a weird look but quickly rang up the two items when Sherry glared at him.

"N-nine sixty three please," he said weekly. Todd handed him the bills from his place in the cart and waited for his change. The boy was stumbling around slightly from the gaze Sherry was giving him; "I'd be freaked to yo," thought Todd as his change was handed to him. Sherry then hurriedly pushed them out the door and into the ally where the portal still sat open.

"That's kinda dangerous isn't it," asked Todd, "I mean just leaving it open?" Sherry didn't seem to be listening though. Instead, she was doing that weird move again.

"You live in that old Victorian home right," she asked looking at him as she continued, "The one that's really run down?"

Todd blushed at the description of his home, "Y-yeah," he muttered. He just wanted to get back. Not only because he wanted to live, but also because he was so damn cold. The warm rain water wasn't doing all the much to thaw him out.

"His colors getting better," thought Sherry as she watched him blush. The portal started to swirl as she bent over and lifted him up, the food in a bag on her arm. Slowly shadows began to gather around them and started to make it feel rather warm. She looked down at Todd, "This is what I would have done if you had given me time." She walked threw

"Not again," thought Todd as she lifted him up, but when he felt the warmth, he didn't complain, "Why didn't she do this in the first place?" Before he could ask she was saying something, and before he could respond she was going threw.

To be continued….

Yeah all done. Hope everyone likes this chapter. I did in during free time in computer class. R&R please.