I never knew that Nyltiak could be so... persuasive (and by that I mean scary) when it comes to getting people to update.
Writer's... block...
Ah! The grass at camp gave me hives and they're all ITCHYYY!
The magical list of names ('cause Jubes likes to make things confusing):
Hiroshi: The senile guy that glows.
Jin: The neighbor with soooooooper hearing.
Tom: Mort's friend with many, many children.
Roka: Mutant in training (MIT ('cause I'm lazy)): Boiling- Gets steeeeeeeeeamy hot.
Janet: MIT: Spike- She gets SPIKEY. Who would have guessed!
Toshi: MIT: Memory- when she speaks, people relive their most painful memories.
Raidon: MIT: Thunder- just wait and see!
Kentaro: MIT: Crusher- super strength.
Alejandra: MIT: Shift- teleporter.
Phil: MIT: Silver- goes all invisiblish. Serious anger issues.
A el cuento! (Dat's Spanish!)
Chapter 5:
"Phil, stop it." Alejandra had appeared between the new assistant and the snide young man. "We all know that you're a dumb ass with a bad attitude. You have nothing left to prove."
Mort was tempted to applaud the girl, but felt it would only worsen the situation. Silver glared. "You used to be cool, sis."
"You used to be nice." Everyone watched the siblings awkwardly until Toshi stepped up, and placed a soft hand on Phil's shoulder. He looked from her about-to-cry face to his sister's.
"Well aren't we gonna start training? You getting too old for this job or something, Master Hiroshi?"
Hiroshi grinned. "All right. I believe that Raidon-kun was going first today. Everyone but him leave the room now." They sat outside the room, and Mort set a couple of obstacles at him. "Set the soundproof, as well," added Hiroshi.
A hologram gun fired a shot at Thunder, and he quickly did a back flip out of the line of fire. His eyes focused; his hands raised into the air. The whole room shook, and the obstacles shattered. At first, Mort thought that maybe he caused earthquakes like Avalanche, but realized soon enough that he was making sonic pulses. It was a little like Banshee or Siren, but his must have been a low frequency. The green man nodded in approval, and set the room to shake more, so that Raidon lost his balance. The teens behind him laughed.
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It was about ten o'clock, and the group of them were disappearing slowly. Mort sat on the stoop of the dojo, hugging his knees loosely. He didn't look at Janet when she sat next to him. "You're good," she said, "I learned a lot today."
He looked into the dark street, for once not afraid to go outside without his hoodie. "This place," he said, "isn' real. It's jus' a dream. I walked down the street today withou' hiding my face, and nobody threw things. Nobody stared."
She nodded. "It's still not perfect, but it's the best we have. There's still pain in being one of us. This dream may keep us safe from the outside world, but it still hurts. I mean, look at Toshi. Every time she speaks, people start sobbing. And Phil just hates everything, and Alex has to deal with that."
"Yeah, wha's up with 'im?"
"Him and Alex are twins. They used to look a lot alike before... Well Phil never got over the fact that she got to be the beautiful one. Their parents tried to get rid of him, but not her. She ran away with him before they sent him to the orphanage. The two of them float around beds in the underground. I got lucky. Toshi's parents took me in."
"It's a good thing he go' ou' of the whole orphanage thing. They aren' too keen on our kind there. I was in one fer most of my childhood."
"Sucks," she muttered, "I think me and Toshi should get home now." She stood.
He nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow, Janet."
"Night, Mort."
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