Hellcat's Journey
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Notes: Sorry, I was sucked into a black hole…again. Anyway, here is whatever chapter I'm supposed to be on right now. (chapter 13!)
Chapter 13
Tawny felt groggy and wondered vaguely where she had ended up this time. One thing you got used to when you spend a good long time being a hitch hiker, is waking up someplace unsure what had happened. Where ever she was, it smelled nauseatingly clean and sanitized. There was a metallic smell tinged with sweat and faded body odors of various people.
Her sensitive hearing picked up on someone moving around not far from where she lay. The shift of clothing and the inhale and exhale of breath. Light footfalls moved from around the room oblivious to the fact she was coming to wakefulness. The rhythm of the footfalls and the smell of this person told her it was a woman. The smell of soap, sweat, and strawberry body wash was a dead give away.
Tawny sucked in a breath and cracked open her eyelids only to hiss at the brightness. The other person's footfalls paused at the sudden vocalization. "I'm guessing that your awake?" A woman's voice asked nervously.
Tawny managed to open her eyes and tried to sit up only to discover that she had been strapped to an examination table of sorts. She glanced curiously at the speaker and saw it was a woman with cherry red hair and rich green eyes. The woman may have been in her mid to late twenties and was very pretty.
"No, I'm not awake. My body is merely being operated and possessed by these little aliens called fuzzles that plan on taking over the world by forcing people to eat tons of peanut butter until they surrender."
The woman's lips twitched into an amused smile and walked over to where the young girl was being held prisoner. "Your not going to scratch me with those impressive claws of yours are you?"
Tawny shook her head and watched with a bit of surprise was the buckles on the straps undid themselves and slid off of her allowing her the mobility to sit up and stretch. Her shoulders popped and she swung her legs around so that they dangled off of the edge of the table.
"What happened? Did I have another panic attack?"
The woman regarded her for a moment. "Possibly. You were found unconscious in one of the corridors by a staff member. You didn't show any signs of being attacked so a panic attack is plausible if you have a history of experiencing them."
Tawny nodded her head vaguely not really paying that much attention. She definitely had a history of panic attacks. Her father had never understood why she did. She had never experienced anything as a child that would trigger such violent hysteria at times.
The woman studied her for a moment and smiled again. She seemed to be a nice woman. Next to Xavier and Skylar she seemed to be one of the only nice people in the entire school. Tawny snapped to attention as the woman spoke to her again.
"I'm Jean Grey. You can just call me Jean, though. If my sources are correct, then your name must be Tawny?" The teenager nodded quietly though her eyes were bright. Jean smiled again," Alright Tawny, I'm sure your not surprised but you have perfect health aside from the fact you seem slightly starved. I believe you haven't been eating well for quite a while now. But as long as you keep eating proper meals here, you'll gain back some needed weight."
Tawny nodded again and understood the part about the unhealthy weight. Traveling from Alberta to New York by walking and hitch hiking doesn't garauntee round meals three times a day. If even once in three days.
"Because of the incident between Rogue and you earlier, you've been given a room to yourself. You'll be four doors down from the room Mr. Summers and I share. So if you need anything, I won't be very far away."
Tawny looked at the woman in silent surprise. "You and Summers are…" Jean smiled and interrupted. "Engaged. Don't worry though, I know how to keep him in line." The older woman winked after saying that and Tawny couldn't help but to giggle.
Maybe she wasn't completely alone after all.
End of Chapter
Shortest chapter EVER. But at least it's something. Now I have to try to work on some other things. Maybe if I'm lucky I can get two other stories updated in the next day or so.
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