Disappearing-smile: Thank you very much for the compliment. I loved the beginning to you story also as you can see in the review I sent you.
BlueDraginGirl1: I don't personally think I did all that well on Kurt's accent, but I did try.
mattb3671: Thank you. I shall keep it up…or at least try to. looks around room Okay the zombies aren't coming. breaths sigh of relief
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Lin Waddell: I finally got the next chapter up. I have no time to do this that much anymore with the camp I was at and marching band starting up. sighs I am glad that you like the story, and I agree, I think that Pejime should stay away from Lycurgus.
Pejime: Oh come on, the worst we could do is I cover the Earth in a mist and then he freezes it. thinks Or actually get water to cover the earth and has hand cover mouth.
Lecheecopae: Lets not give them any ideas shall we.
Chapter 10: Meetings in Twilight
With a heavy heart Todd hopped his way back to the Brotherhood house, every once and a while stopping to strike out with his tongue at a passing bug. Taking a short cut threw the park he stopped to look up at the sky watching the scattered clouds pass in front of a Gibbous moon. Sitting in his crouch he fell backwards onto his back so that his body lay in the damp grass.
The clouds under bellies were gray and swirling, while their edges were a white, almost sliver color. Closing his eyes Todd let the cool moist air blow over his warm sticky body. The humidity was finally dying down. The trees whispered gently as he lay, almost like a lullaby that only he could here, a lullaby that slowly sang him into sleep.
"Are you okay?" Came a voice from far above him. At first he thought that it was Sherry as she lifted his face in her hands, then he felt a hand on his upper arm shake him gently. Jerking awake he opened his eyes to find a shadowy form looming over him, its hand pulling away as if burned. The last thoughts of a dream drain from his memory like water slipping between a child's fingers. It took him a moment to realize that it was still dark The moon had moved considerably, and the east side of the parks sky was slightly pale.
Looking back at the person who had awoken him he jumped slightly. The boy was about his height, wearing a white shirt with a red vest over it, baggy brownish colored pants held up with a black belt, black shoes, and fingerless black gloves. It didn't take him long to figure out he was a mutant. The guys face looked like that of a lizards. Instead of having a normal nose his whole face came down in a curved point with nostrils on either side. His hair was a deep green and his skin a bark like brown from what Todd could tell in the bad light. He recognized him as one of the Morlock members that lived beneath the streets of Bayville.
"I'm sorry for scaring you," he murmured and turned away. Shaking his head slightly he looked at the boys receding back.
"Yo dawg, wait up." Springing to his feet he hopped quickly over to him. "Sorry about that, I just wasn' expecting that." He reached out a hand at the stunned looking boy. "Names Todd, most people call me Toad though." His hand was stared at by the boy who then took it.
"Lucid," he said quietly and then turned away from him. "I must get back to the sewers if you'll excuse me." With out a backwards glance he walked over to a man hole where he lifted up the cover and slid down into the dark hole.
"What was is problem," he asked himself quietly, "And why was he out here so late, er, early," he added turning around to see the sky had lightened up a bit more. With a sudden jerk of realization he started to panic.
"Shit!" He cried and began to hop quickly towards his house. This was not going to go over well with Lance that he had stayed out all night.
Ten minutes later he reached home, out of breath and sweating slightly. Being as stealthy as possible he opened the door and slipped in. Almost silently he began to climb the stairs.
"Where ya been man," Todd jumped at the voice and turned to see Freddy sitting in his chair, a blanket falling from his shoulders.
"I was waitin for ya." Standing up and stretching his arms he looked down at Todd. "You go see Sherry and apologies?" Freddy gave him a warm smile, but Todd could only return a half hearted one.
"Naw. After the spider incident, I don' think she would want to talk to me." He scuffed his foot at the shabby carpet, he felt a slight amount of heat in his cheeks. Looking up he saw that Freddy was giving him a weird look. "What wrong yo," he looked down at himself, "I got somthin on me?"
"Are you cut or somthin?" Fred walked forward and looked down at Todd's shirt sleeve. Sure enough there was a small stain of blood on his upper arm. Todd stared at it dumb founded. Lifting up the sleeve he looked at the skin beneath to find nothing on his skin.
"Lucid," he said more to himself than to Freddy.
"Huh?"
"Lucid. I met him in the park." Freddy gave him a weird look. "I fell asleep there after hoppin around for a while. He woke me up by shakin me awake with his hand yo. He placed it right here on my arm." He pulled down the sleeve and pointed at the stain. Sure enough it seemed to be in the shape of the upper half of a palm.
"Was he cut ya think?" Asked Freddy a little worried.
"If he was it wasn' serious. The guy had on hand gloves." He looked at Freddy's face that had some worry left in it. "Don't worry yo. He was one of the Morlocks. You no, the one that looks like a lizard. He went straight into the sewer after he woke me up. Seemed a little side tracked at the moment."
The sound of foot steps could be herd on the stair. Turning around he found Lance entering the room threw the arch.
"Where the hell have you been." He asked with a glare that could freeze blood. "Out with Sherry?" Todd went rigged and tried to get the words out.
"I..uh…well..ya see…" It didn't help that Pietro had just entered.
"Oh some body is in trouble," he said in a gleeful tone and began to run around Todd making a slight whirl wind. "Whatyadowhatyadowhatyado." He was speaking a mile a minute. Todd was becoming very agitated. Not only did he not need Pietro bugging the hell out of him, he also didn't want to be interrogated about where he had been.
Todd quickly crouched down and shot out his left foot, tripping Pietro and sending him flying towards the wall next to the television. Pietro got half way threw a flip when he hit the wall back first. His head pointing to the ground, his feet up in the air. A look of pain and wonder was on his face. Todd had just made him look like a fool.
"I'm gonna go to bed." Mumbled Todd as he walked passed Lance giving him a look that said 'You ask and I will whoop your ass boy' and climbed the stairs to his room.
Wanda looked at him with mild interested as she poked her head out of her doorway to see what all the commotion was about. She was slightly surprised that Todd did nothing but mumble a 'Good morning' as he passed on his way to his attic room. The sound of a door slamming filled the house as Lance tried to pull Pietro out of the groove he had made in the wall as Freddy laughed.
Todd sat and listened without hearing. The only thoughts on his mind were of Sherry and how badly he was going to get his ass beaten by Pietro.
"This sucks yo," he said falling back on his bed and stared up at the cracked ceiling. Slowly sleep came and claimed him, leading him into dreams of shadows and Sherry. Ones that made him smile in his sleep. The one he had had the night before of Sherry being bathed in light, her holding his hand, of lifting up his chin, and him having a great view of her. He didn't get to kiss her, he woke up, just like when Lucid had woke him up in the park.
"Damn," he muttered and sleepily walked down stairs. The sun was behind a thin layer of clouds, and humidity was in the air. Another storm would be coming soon.