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Josh: I read your review, and almost screamed at myself, I didn't forget you, and sorry you thought that. I meant to put at the bottom of the last chapter that I had decided to cut the chapter and continue the Friends Chapter Part Two, but I posted before I wrote it, so sorry. So here is your chapter, where you show up more, lol

Rosalie: Same for you, didn't mean to omit you, just ran out of room, it was after all 12 pages long, so I am sure you understand at least I hope you do.

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Chapter 10: Girl Talk

It was early morning, as Rosalie stood on the mountain that was the Haven's hideout, she loved coming up here and looking out at the vast area that was spread out before her. She watch as the sun started rising. It was a Feral's dream to work and feel free at the same time. She heard a noise behind her and turned to see Josh coming out of the door.

Josh was reading a some book and didn't even notice Rosalie until she almost walked into her. "Uh!" she yelped grabbing her chest. "You scared me to death!"

"Sorry, what are you reading that is so interesting?" asked Rosalie, trying to not laugh at the young empath.

"A new book called Kambal. You can borrow it when I am done."

"Cool. Why didn't you sense I as here?"

"Cause, well it hard to explain. When I am here, I don't try to sense things, cause I trust you guys."

"I think I understand, I don't know much about bing Psionic, or Empath, or anything other than Feral for that matter." she laughed.

"Yeah same here, I try to understand, but I barely understand my ability." she joked back.

"Yeah. Mind if we talk?" asked Rosalie.

"Sure," she said closing the book, and sitting on a rock, and watched as Rosalie sat down next to her. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Well I guess I was wondering how the Empath thing works. I mean is it like being Psychic?"

"Well, in some ways yes, in others no. Most Empath's can only tell what others feel. But in my case I am a Precognitive Empath, which means I can see the future. But I can also change it, given enough time and info."

"Wow, that must be hard, knowing thing that are going to happen, and trying to stop it, only to watch it happen anyway."

"Yea it is hard." she says as she looks down at her feet.

"I'm sorry I didn't meant to make you feel bad."

"I know you didn't, but your right, it does hurt." she said as she shrugged her shoulders.

"What is the one thing you wish you could go back and change?" asked Rosalie. "I mean the thing that hunts you the most."

"Well, I guess it would have to be my mom dying." she said. "I was 16 and I hugged my mom one morning, and saw her die in a vision. I spent the whole day trying to prevent it, and thought I had. But that night my dad and I sat down to wait for her to come home..." she paused. "And then the cops showed up, and said she had been stabbed in a parking lot by an unknown assailant. Just like I had saw it in my vision."

"Oh no, Josh, I am so sorry honey." Said Rosalie as she pulled the girl closer. "I didn't mean to bring up a sad memory."

"Are you sure about that?" asked Josh, as she pulled away from Rosalie.

"What do you mean? I would never intentionally hurt you, or anyone else for that matter."

"Then why did you ask me about it?" she yelled, as she stood up and turned to face Rosalie. "Why did you ask me about the one that hunts me the most?"

"Because I was curious, I wasn't thinking that it might be .." she closed her mouth and looked down. "I wasn't thinking."

"I'm sorry, I know you aren't a bad person, I just .. it's hard thinking about her, and the fact that I didn't save the one person I loved more than anything."

"I am so sorry Josh, if I had known... but I shouldn't have asked. I should have known that if it hunted you, it hurt." she feel silent, not knowing what else to say to comfort the young girl. "I have never lost someone like that, but I have lost friends, I know it isn't the same, but it hurts."

"Yeah it does." said Josh as she sat back down next to Rosalie. She knew the girl hadn't meant to dredge up the feelings she had, so she decided to let it go, for now.

"I remember I had this friend, years ago, I guess I was about 16 at the time. I used to stay over at her house, her name was Janice, and she was a normal girl, not a mutant. My only normal friend, ever."

"Those are hard to find when you are a mutant."

"Tell me about it, anyway, we had grown up together since about the age of 7, I think. I told her all my secrets, but one."

"That you were a mutant?"

"How did you guess?" she joked. "That's the one. And one day that secret came back to bite me in the you know what."

"What happened?" asked Josh. "Unless it too painful to talk about."

"Well it is painful, but only cause of how it still makes me feel. One day she found out, and as I suspected she freaked out and wouldn't talk to me for weeks, then one day she came over to my house, and told me that some guy was at school asking about me. He had asked her about me, and asked where I was. From the description she gave me, it was Eckhart."

"Did she tell him?"

"No, she said she didn't care that I was different, I was still her friend, and she didn't rat out friends."

"Aww, that nice."

"Yeah, two days later, two agents confronted us both in the park on our way home from school, I fought as hard I could, so did she, for a non-mutant. But it all ended when one of the agents shot her." she choked.

"Oh my God." was the only thing Josh could think of to say.

"I was taking away by the agents, and she was left to die, alone. No one should ever die alone, Josh."

"Yeah, I agree."

"Genomex was only able to keep for about 2 months before I escaped. But I could never go back home, so I called my dad, and he said he would come get me, and we would move, but instead, he sent a van, with guys with straight-jackets. The jerk had me committed!"

"To a mental institution?"

"Yea, and guess who my roommate was?"

"Who?"

"Shal!"

"Whoa, so you two met while in.." she paused. "How long were you two there?"

"A few weeks, they tried everything they could to break us both, the even beat us to break our spirits."

"That's awful." said Josh. "How did you two get out of there?"

"One night, they were beating as usual, but on this night, we fought back." she smiled. "We fought our ways out of there, and we lived together for about a year after that, then went our separate ways, she joined Mutant X, I joined another group of mutants underground."

"So together and separate, you two were fighters." she grinned.

"Hell yea!"

"Do I look someone who can fight?" asked Josh.

"Well you look someone who could hold her own."

"I'm a black belt in Taekwondo."

"Wow, never figured you for the type."

"Why?"

"Cause your the size of a toothpick."

"Hey!"

"Just kidding, come on let's go inside, breakfast should be ready in awhile."

"Shal isn't cooking is she?" asked Josh. "I heard she can't cook very well."

"No she isn't, and believe me, those that say she can't cook, are right."

Both girls started laughing as they went inside.

Ok short I know, but I just wanted all of you to get to know the members of Mutant X better. Next chapter should rock your world, or at least I hope I does.

Melodie, I almost am to the point that I need that chapter I let you beta, please tell me you didn't delete it? Lol.

Don't worry, if you did I still have my copy, errors and all.