Chapter Five: Midnight Meeting
(Back at the institute)
On TV there was a reporter describing the jewelry store incident. "Tonight on the CCF news channel, reports say that a jewelry store in the southern area of town has been broken into. By the time the police had arrived, the criminals had already taken flight. Cracks were found in the floor, glass cases had been shattered, and all of the shelves were destroyed. Though the offenders had caused serious damage, nothing seems to have been taken. A very strange mystery indeed."
The TV switched off. The six were with Professor Xavier who looked a little disconcerted. Scott had his shirt off and his chest was bandaged.
"Sorry Professor. We tried to be discrete but it just got out hand." Scott explained.
"I understand. But the damage you six caused was severe. If it hadn't been for Kurt, you would've been in serious trouble and might have even been exposed."
Kurt looked sad, "And I didn't even get the chance to talk to Serena."
"Oh yeah, like she would've listened." Kitty said sarcastically.
"She didn't look like she was enjoying herself." Kurt said.
"It sure looked like she was having fun when she blasted us all." Rogue shot at him.
"I'm sure she didn't mean to." Kurt tried to reason.
"Why are you like, defending her?" Kitty asked him. "She blasted you too."
"Yeah. What are you thinking man?" Evan said.
"Well, I think she and Toad might be, how do you say it?" Kurt thought. "'An item.'"
Everybody except for Xavier looked at Kurt in surprise. Kurt knew what everyone was probably thinking. How was it possible for Tolansky to have a girlfriend, and how did he, Kurt, even know about it?
"Frog Boy and that Aqua chick?" Rogue said surprised.
"Like, GROSS!" exclaimed Kitty who was disgusted by the idea.
"That's going to make it harder to bring her to our side."
"Unless they like use her or something and she finds out about it." They all looked at Kitty. "Well she was really sensitive back there. She's probably led a sad life. So I'm not really that surprised she's hanging out with the Brotherhood. But that's just my opinion."
"Perhaps we should continue this discussion tomorrow. In the mean time, you six sleep well."
"Night Professor." They said, and went to their bedrooms.
"I think you should just give up now Kurt." Evan said.
"No way. She at least needs to know we are her friends."
"Kurt's right. Remember, it took awhile before we gained Rogue's trust."
"Ja man, what he said."
"Whatever." Evan said shrugging.
The boys went to their rooms and went to bed. Kurt however couldn't get to sleep, he tossed and turned for what seemed hours. He looked at his clock. It was 12:32 in the morning. "Augh! I can't get to sleep. I need to talk to her." He rested his face on his hand. Suddenly he looked up. "Ja, why not?" and he was gone in a puff of smoke.
Serena woke up to a tapping noise on the widow. She got up yawned and stretched. It had to be somewhere around the middle of the night. She looked and saw a shadowed figure in the dirty window. Piqued with curiosity, she went and opened the window. What she saw made her yell and fall back in surprise. What she didn't expect to see was a blue furry faced something hanging from her windowsill.
"Shhh! Quiet, you'll wake them." He whispered.
"Nightcrawler?" she asked through the dark.
"Yes."
"What are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Don't you recognize me?"
She peered at him trying to make out his face in the moonlight. "You look vaguely familiar but..."
"It's me. Kurt Wagner. From school."
"Kurt?"
"Yes, see." He switched his holo-watch on.
Her eyes widened in surprise. It was strange. She wondered why she hadn't figured it out before. She knew something about him was familiar when she saw him in that jewelry store. But she couldn't quite place it.
"Wow. So you're a mutant too?"
"Of course." He teleported into the bedroom. She whipped her head around. "If you would like I could give you a tour of the town."
"But it's the middle of the night."
"It won't take long. Not with my abilities."
"Hmmm."
"So what do you say?"
Serena thought, what would the Brotherhood think if they found out about this? What if this is a trick? Should she really trust him? She looked into his eyes. They were filled with hopefulness and anxiety. As far as she could tell he meant well towards her.
"What the heck. Why not?"
"Cool!"
"Shhh!" she said covering his mouth. She listened for any sound. She heard nothing. "If they knew you were here they would kill you."
"Oh, sorry." He said a little embarrassed.
"You know, you kind of remind me of my brother."
"Uh, thanks."
"I just wish I had my father with me."
A moment of silence followed this. Then Kurt said. "Well let's go."
"Alright." She grabbed a hold of him and they teleported. It was a weird feeling disappearing into smoke and the reappearing. It felt like her molecules were being rearranged. She enjoyed the scenery as Kurt teleported from one rooftop to another, the cool night air blowing in her face. A couple of times he startled her by actually jumping off a building and then teleporting onto another one, or teleport onto a wall so that he would have to climb up. He sometimes would teleport from buildings onto the streets. Pretty soon he had teleported them to the park.
Serena was a little windswept so she asked Kurt, "Could we take a small break?"
"Good idea." Kurt replied. He was a little tired out from all the running around and teleporting all over the place. He teleport into a large oak tree. He sat Serena on one of the larger branches, and then he hung himself upside down by his tail.
"So you have a brother?" he asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"I have three actually. My older brother Gordon, my two younger twin brothers, Kevin and Calvin."
"And your father is gone?"
"I couldn't be sure."
"You mean you never knew your father?"
"I don't know. For some reason I can't remember him. He had to have been around until the twins were born, and I was four when that happened."
"And you don't remember anything?" he said disbelieving.
"No. I've tried to remember, but past the twins being born it's all blank."
"Why don't you ask your mother?"
"I've tried but it's always the same story. My father became too busy and was hardly ever around so my mom left him. She won't tell me anything else."
"I'm sorry. I know what its like. I was adopted so I had never known my parents. I sometimes wondered what they were like."
"Did you ever find out?" she asked.
"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure."
"So your parents sent you here?"
"Yeah."
"And now you live with others like us?"
"That's right."
"So how long have you been here?"
"A while now. It's been pretty good so far."
"Lucky you."
"What?"
"It's just, I've never had a place to call home. Every year we've had to move. I never really had any close friends. The last two years we moved because my powers went nuts. I must've been in five different schools for the past two years."
"That's got to be rough."
"Plus my mom's ashamed of me."
"Why do you think that?"
"She keeps saying that my powers are a problem that will hopefully go away. If she found out I was hanging with you guys, she'd go into a hysterical fit."
"That bad?"
"Worse. If she found out, we'd pack up and move again."
"Why?"
"Because she likes to run from the problem. For some reason my mother is really disturbed about me being a mutant and all. She thinks that I could never hope to live a normal life."
"That's not true. I mean look at me. I look different but I'm able to fit in just fine."
"Well, I've always felt that I didn't belong anywhere, that I was out of place. I can't explain it, it was just some sort of feeling I kept getting when I was around other people. A feeling that told me I was more different than I could possibly imagine. I didn't know why. And when I got my powers I was even more confused."
"You know, I felt the exact same thing all my life, thinking there was no place for me, unsure of what I was."
Serena raised her head. "What time is it?"
Kurt looked at his watch. "2 o'clock. "
"What!?" she said in alarm. "2 a.m.!? I have to get back!"
"No problem." Kurt said. He let loose his tail and dropped next to her. "Just hold on. We'll be there before you know it." She grabbed onto him and they teleported.
Back at the Brotherhood house Serena was tired out from the nightly events.
"So why did you come here in the first place?"
His face all of the sudden went serious. "To tell you that you're making a mistake."
"What do you mean?" she asked confused.
"Let's just say the Brotherhood isn't the type of group you'd want to be in."
"Why not?"
"They steal, they destroy things. They like to cause trouble."
"I know they like to live on the edge but-"
"They could be using you."
"They'd never--"
"You have to trust me on this. We're the good guys. The X-men!"
"What exactly do you guys do over there?" she asked skeptically.
"Well, we train with our powers."
"That's it?" "Oh, you should see the training we go through. We train in the Danger Room, we practice saving people, and we get to ride this really cool jet."
"Well..."
"And we have really good rooms, a swimming pool," he rubbed his stomach, "and we also have great food."
"I don't know." She said uncertain.
"Please at least try it." He asked her with a pleading look in his eyes.
"But I can't just walk out on these guys, not after all they did for me." She said.
Kurt looked disappointed. "Well, if you would like, you are always welcome."
She smiled. "Thanks Kurt. You're very sweet."
He smiled sadly, "I'd better be going."
"Okay, see you," she started, but he teleported out of the room, "later." She finished. She sighed and crawled back into bed, thinking about everything Kurt had told her. Would Todd really use her? He had been so nice to her. Why would he use her? And the other guys had accepted her into the group. They all seemed so friendly. But then... She slowly dozed off.
It was nighttime and Serena found herself in an alleyway. There were four other girls. One was a short dirty-blonde girl with freckles. The second one had wild bright red hair and a smug face. The third girl had extremely short sandy brown hair and looked like a tomboy. The forth girl was taller than all of them. She had short dark red hair and looked two or three years older than she really was.
"Hey guys, are you sure we should be doing this?"
"Just hurry up and shut up." The blonde told her.
"Now, now, Tracey." Said the tall one, lets not be feisty.
"But Carol, this is the third time she's complained."
"I was not, I was only asking--"
"Look you agreed to come with us so just deal okay?" the shorthaired girl said.
"What Heather means to say is," the bright red head told her, "is that you just need to let loose and relax."
"No Nicky, I meant exactly what I said."
"Oh blow off!"
"You wanna get hurt?"
"Even if I wanted to, it's not likely to happen."
"Why you little-"
"Would you guys just be quiet?" Tracey hissed. "Geez, your bloody bickering is loud enough to wake the dead."
"Why should I take orders from a midget?"
"You need to cool it Heather. That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble one of these days." Carol talked in a way that suggested she was better than all of them.
When she turned away Heather kept on glaring at her. Soon they were all in an alleyway outside of a small store. Serena started feeling uncomfortable. The girls had never acted like this around her before. She started thinking maybe she shouldn't have agreed to come with them.
"Okay Siren, here's what you need to do. Just use your powers to get us in here."
"What!?" she said in shock.
"You heard me. Get us in here using those powers of yours."
She shook her head. "Uh uh, no way."
Heather grabbed her by the shirt and shoved her up against the wall. "You trying to back out on us?"
"No," Serena said while releasing herself from the aggressive young girl's grip, "but what you're trying to do is not right."
"You are such a wimp!"
Tracey pushed her so hard she fell to the ground knocking the wind out her. She started getting up but the shorthaired girl kicked her in her side. Serena gasped as pain shot through her chest. The tall girl kicked her so that she would roll onto her back.
"We let you join our group. We let you hang out with us, and this is the thanks we get?"
Serena panted, "You never cared about me. You just wanted my powers."
"Ooh, you're so smart. But I guess since you're just a worthless weakling, we wont be in need of your services. But still you need to be taught a little lesson."
The other redhead stepped up. "Carol I think she's had enough."
"Get out of it Nicky!" The shorthaired girl and the blonde shoved the redhead away and started to kick Serena in every area they could reach. With every kick Serena cried out in pain. The tall girl stood there enjoying Serena's pain. The bright redhead just sat there watching the scene with a pained expression on her face. After the two girls were done, Serena felt as if she couldn't move. She moaned from the pain that was all throughout her body. Tears were forming in her eyes.
"Oh and just to let you know you're out of the group since you're of no use to us." Carol smirked and the four of them started walking off.
"Don't you dare turn your back on me." A hard cold voice called out. The four turned to see Serena struggling to get up. She was sore all over but she endured the pain. She pushed herself up off the ground. She stood there in a slouching position, breathing heavily, her teeth clenched. Her heart was full of pain, she heard buzzing in her head. She could feel her anger rising inside her chest. Her face was bruised and dirty. Her hair was messy and tangled. Her muscles were tensed and her fists were clutched. Her anger was nearly vibrating off of her. And the scariest part was her eyes seemed to be blazing with a green fire that seemed turn burn into their very souls. The three girls took a step back startled by what they saw. But the taller girl stood her ground.
"Oh yeah, I'm really scared." She scoffed.
"Shut-up." She said harshly.
"Or what-" she started but she was swiftly cut off.
"Shut-up when I'm talking to you!" she bellowed in a voice so unlike her own that it made the tall girl jump a little. "I depended on you, you took my trust and used it against me. You thought I was just some toy you could use for your needs, and when you were done you were going to discard me like I was nothing!" The four girls shuddered as the force of her words hit them. "Well this is the last act I'm going to put on for the sake of hanging around with you!"
Then she opened her clenched fists and shot two powerful water blasts at the four girls, sending them flying down the ally. As they lay on the ground they choked and sputtered. They were drenched, cold, and now shivering. They got up hurriedly in fear and ran as fast as they could.
One of them called back to her, "You're a freak!"
Serena shot another blast at them and they screamed and ran faster until they were out of sight. Serena was still breathing heavily, anger and hatred still coursing through her veins. The blood pounding in her head. But slowly her rage started to melt, and her breaths became lighter. Soon her anger melted into misery. She let her hands drop to her sides and she started to weep. Her sadness started to build until she was out right sobbing. She crumpled to the ground and lay there, crying her eyes out from her pain. She couldn't feel the marks on her skin anymore. They were nothing compared to the other pain she was feeling. The pain others gave to her, the pain she gave to herself, and the pain of being with others and being alone.
Whew, not bad so far. But I'm starting to wonder if I should change Serena's name.
(Back at the institute)
On TV there was a reporter describing the jewelry store incident. "Tonight on the CCF news channel, reports say that a jewelry store in the southern area of town has been broken into. By the time the police had arrived, the criminals had already taken flight. Cracks were found in the floor, glass cases had been shattered, and all of the shelves were destroyed. Though the offenders had caused serious damage, nothing seems to have been taken. A very strange mystery indeed."
The TV switched off. The six were with Professor Xavier who looked a little disconcerted. Scott had his shirt off and his chest was bandaged.
"Sorry Professor. We tried to be discrete but it just got out hand." Scott explained.
"I understand. But the damage you six caused was severe. If it hadn't been for Kurt, you would've been in serious trouble and might have even been exposed."
Kurt looked sad, "And I didn't even get the chance to talk to Serena."
"Oh yeah, like she would've listened." Kitty said sarcastically.
"She didn't look like she was enjoying herself." Kurt said.
"It sure looked like she was having fun when she blasted us all." Rogue shot at him.
"I'm sure she didn't mean to." Kurt tried to reason.
"Why are you like, defending her?" Kitty asked him. "She blasted you too."
"Yeah. What are you thinking man?" Evan said.
"Well, I think she and Toad might be, how do you say it?" Kurt thought. "'An item.'"
Everybody except for Xavier looked at Kurt in surprise. Kurt knew what everyone was probably thinking. How was it possible for Tolansky to have a girlfriend, and how did he, Kurt, even know about it?
"Frog Boy and that Aqua chick?" Rogue said surprised.
"Like, GROSS!" exclaimed Kitty who was disgusted by the idea.
"That's going to make it harder to bring her to our side."
"Unless they like use her or something and she finds out about it." They all looked at Kitty. "Well she was really sensitive back there. She's probably led a sad life. So I'm not really that surprised she's hanging out with the Brotherhood. But that's just my opinion."
"Perhaps we should continue this discussion tomorrow. In the mean time, you six sleep well."
"Night Professor." They said, and went to their bedrooms.
"I think you should just give up now Kurt." Evan said.
"No way. She at least needs to know we are her friends."
"Kurt's right. Remember, it took awhile before we gained Rogue's trust."
"Ja man, what he said."
"Whatever." Evan said shrugging.
The boys went to their rooms and went to bed. Kurt however couldn't get to sleep, he tossed and turned for what seemed hours. He looked at his clock. It was 12:32 in the morning. "Augh! I can't get to sleep. I need to talk to her." He rested his face on his hand. Suddenly he looked up. "Ja, why not?" and he was gone in a puff of smoke.
Serena woke up to a tapping noise on the widow. She got up yawned and stretched. It had to be somewhere around the middle of the night. She looked and saw a shadowed figure in the dirty window. Piqued with curiosity, she went and opened the window. What she saw made her yell and fall back in surprise. What she didn't expect to see was a blue furry faced something hanging from her windowsill.
"Shhh! Quiet, you'll wake them." He whispered.
"Nightcrawler?" she asked through the dark.
"Yes."
"What are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Don't you recognize me?"
She peered at him trying to make out his face in the moonlight. "You look vaguely familiar but..."
"It's me. Kurt Wagner. From school."
"Kurt?"
"Yes, see." He switched his holo-watch on.
Her eyes widened in surprise. It was strange. She wondered why she hadn't figured it out before. She knew something about him was familiar when she saw him in that jewelry store. But she couldn't quite place it.
"Wow. So you're a mutant too?"
"Of course." He teleported into the bedroom. She whipped her head around. "If you would like I could give you a tour of the town."
"But it's the middle of the night."
"It won't take long. Not with my abilities."
"Hmmm."
"So what do you say?"
Serena thought, what would the Brotherhood think if they found out about this? What if this is a trick? Should she really trust him? She looked into his eyes. They were filled with hopefulness and anxiety. As far as she could tell he meant well towards her.
"What the heck. Why not?"
"Cool!"
"Shhh!" she said covering his mouth. She listened for any sound. She heard nothing. "If they knew you were here they would kill you."
"Oh, sorry." He said a little embarrassed.
"You know, you kind of remind me of my brother."
"Uh, thanks."
"I just wish I had my father with me."
A moment of silence followed this. Then Kurt said. "Well let's go."
"Alright." She grabbed a hold of him and they teleported. It was a weird feeling disappearing into smoke and the reappearing. It felt like her molecules were being rearranged. She enjoyed the scenery as Kurt teleported from one rooftop to another, the cool night air blowing in her face. A couple of times he startled her by actually jumping off a building and then teleporting onto another one, or teleport onto a wall so that he would have to climb up. He sometimes would teleport from buildings onto the streets. Pretty soon he had teleported them to the park.
Serena was a little windswept so she asked Kurt, "Could we take a small break?"
"Good idea." Kurt replied. He was a little tired out from all the running around and teleporting all over the place. He teleport into a large oak tree. He sat Serena on one of the larger branches, and then he hung himself upside down by his tail.
"So you have a brother?" he asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"I have three actually. My older brother Gordon, my two younger twin brothers, Kevin and Calvin."
"And your father is gone?"
"I couldn't be sure."
"You mean you never knew your father?"
"I don't know. For some reason I can't remember him. He had to have been around until the twins were born, and I was four when that happened."
"And you don't remember anything?" he said disbelieving.
"No. I've tried to remember, but past the twins being born it's all blank."
"Why don't you ask your mother?"
"I've tried but it's always the same story. My father became too busy and was hardly ever around so my mom left him. She won't tell me anything else."
"I'm sorry. I know what its like. I was adopted so I had never known my parents. I sometimes wondered what they were like."
"Did you ever find out?" she asked.
"To tell you the truth, I'm not sure."
"So your parents sent you here?"
"Yeah."
"And now you live with others like us?"
"That's right."
"So how long have you been here?"
"A while now. It's been pretty good so far."
"Lucky you."
"What?"
"It's just, I've never had a place to call home. Every year we've had to move. I never really had any close friends. The last two years we moved because my powers went nuts. I must've been in five different schools for the past two years."
"That's got to be rough."
"Plus my mom's ashamed of me."
"Why do you think that?"
"She keeps saying that my powers are a problem that will hopefully go away. If she found out I was hanging with you guys, she'd go into a hysterical fit."
"That bad?"
"Worse. If she found out, we'd pack up and move again."
"Why?"
"Because she likes to run from the problem. For some reason my mother is really disturbed about me being a mutant and all. She thinks that I could never hope to live a normal life."
"That's not true. I mean look at me. I look different but I'm able to fit in just fine."
"Well, I've always felt that I didn't belong anywhere, that I was out of place. I can't explain it, it was just some sort of feeling I kept getting when I was around other people. A feeling that told me I was more different than I could possibly imagine. I didn't know why. And when I got my powers I was even more confused."
"You know, I felt the exact same thing all my life, thinking there was no place for me, unsure of what I was."
Serena raised her head. "What time is it?"
Kurt looked at his watch. "2 o'clock. "
"What!?" she said in alarm. "2 a.m.!? I have to get back!"
"No problem." Kurt said. He let loose his tail and dropped next to her. "Just hold on. We'll be there before you know it." She grabbed onto him and they teleported.
Back at the Brotherhood house Serena was tired out from the nightly events.
"So why did you come here in the first place?"
His face all of the sudden went serious. "To tell you that you're making a mistake."
"What do you mean?" she asked confused.
"Let's just say the Brotherhood isn't the type of group you'd want to be in."
"Why not?"
"They steal, they destroy things. They like to cause trouble."
"I know they like to live on the edge but-"
"They could be using you."
"They'd never--"
"You have to trust me on this. We're the good guys. The X-men!"
"What exactly do you guys do over there?" she asked skeptically.
"Well, we train with our powers."
"That's it?" "Oh, you should see the training we go through. We train in the Danger Room, we practice saving people, and we get to ride this really cool jet."
"Well..."
"And we have really good rooms, a swimming pool," he rubbed his stomach, "and we also have great food."
"I don't know." She said uncertain.
"Please at least try it." He asked her with a pleading look in his eyes.
"But I can't just walk out on these guys, not after all they did for me." She said.
Kurt looked disappointed. "Well, if you would like, you are always welcome."
She smiled. "Thanks Kurt. You're very sweet."
He smiled sadly, "I'd better be going."
"Okay, see you," she started, but he teleported out of the room, "later." She finished. She sighed and crawled back into bed, thinking about everything Kurt had told her. Would Todd really use her? He had been so nice to her. Why would he use her? And the other guys had accepted her into the group. They all seemed so friendly. But then... She slowly dozed off.
It was nighttime and Serena found herself in an alleyway. There were four other girls. One was a short dirty-blonde girl with freckles. The second one had wild bright red hair and a smug face. The third girl had extremely short sandy brown hair and looked like a tomboy. The forth girl was taller than all of them. She had short dark red hair and looked two or three years older than she really was.
"Hey guys, are you sure we should be doing this?"
"Just hurry up and shut up." The blonde told her.
"Now, now, Tracey." Said the tall one, lets not be feisty.
"But Carol, this is the third time she's complained."
"I was not, I was only asking--"
"Look you agreed to come with us so just deal okay?" the shorthaired girl said.
"What Heather means to say is," the bright red head told her, "is that you just need to let loose and relax."
"No Nicky, I meant exactly what I said."
"Oh blow off!"
"You wanna get hurt?"
"Even if I wanted to, it's not likely to happen."
"Why you little-"
"Would you guys just be quiet?" Tracey hissed. "Geez, your bloody bickering is loud enough to wake the dead."
"Why should I take orders from a midget?"
"You need to cool it Heather. That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble one of these days." Carol talked in a way that suggested she was better than all of them.
When she turned away Heather kept on glaring at her. Soon they were all in an alleyway outside of a small store. Serena started feeling uncomfortable. The girls had never acted like this around her before. She started thinking maybe she shouldn't have agreed to come with them.
"Okay Siren, here's what you need to do. Just use your powers to get us in here."
"What!?" she said in shock.
"You heard me. Get us in here using those powers of yours."
She shook her head. "Uh uh, no way."
Heather grabbed her by the shirt and shoved her up against the wall. "You trying to back out on us?"
"No," Serena said while releasing herself from the aggressive young girl's grip, "but what you're trying to do is not right."
"You are such a wimp!"
Tracey pushed her so hard she fell to the ground knocking the wind out her. She started getting up but the shorthaired girl kicked her in her side. Serena gasped as pain shot through her chest. The tall girl kicked her so that she would roll onto her back.
"We let you join our group. We let you hang out with us, and this is the thanks we get?"
Serena panted, "You never cared about me. You just wanted my powers."
"Ooh, you're so smart. But I guess since you're just a worthless weakling, we wont be in need of your services. But still you need to be taught a little lesson."
The other redhead stepped up. "Carol I think she's had enough."
"Get out of it Nicky!" The shorthaired girl and the blonde shoved the redhead away and started to kick Serena in every area they could reach. With every kick Serena cried out in pain. The tall girl stood there enjoying Serena's pain. The bright redhead just sat there watching the scene with a pained expression on her face. After the two girls were done, Serena felt as if she couldn't move. She moaned from the pain that was all throughout her body. Tears were forming in her eyes.
"Oh and just to let you know you're out of the group since you're of no use to us." Carol smirked and the four of them started walking off.
"Don't you dare turn your back on me." A hard cold voice called out. The four turned to see Serena struggling to get up. She was sore all over but she endured the pain. She pushed herself up off the ground. She stood there in a slouching position, breathing heavily, her teeth clenched. Her heart was full of pain, she heard buzzing in her head. She could feel her anger rising inside her chest. Her face was bruised and dirty. Her hair was messy and tangled. Her muscles were tensed and her fists were clutched. Her anger was nearly vibrating off of her. And the scariest part was her eyes seemed to be blazing with a green fire that seemed turn burn into their very souls. The three girls took a step back startled by what they saw. But the taller girl stood her ground.
"Oh yeah, I'm really scared." She scoffed.
"Shut-up." She said harshly.
"Or what-" she started but she was swiftly cut off.
"Shut-up when I'm talking to you!" she bellowed in a voice so unlike her own that it made the tall girl jump a little. "I depended on you, you took my trust and used it against me. You thought I was just some toy you could use for your needs, and when you were done you were going to discard me like I was nothing!" The four girls shuddered as the force of her words hit them. "Well this is the last act I'm going to put on for the sake of hanging around with you!"
Then she opened her clenched fists and shot two powerful water blasts at the four girls, sending them flying down the ally. As they lay on the ground they choked and sputtered. They were drenched, cold, and now shivering. They got up hurriedly in fear and ran as fast as they could.
One of them called back to her, "You're a freak!"
Serena shot another blast at them and they screamed and ran faster until they were out of sight. Serena was still breathing heavily, anger and hatred still coursing through her veins. The blood pounding in her head. But slowly her rage started to melt, and her breaths became lighter. Soon her anger melted into misery. She let her hands drop to her sides and she started to weep. Her sadness started to build until she was out right sobbing. She crumpled to the ground and lay there, crying her eyes out from her pain. She couldn't feel the marks on her skin anymore. They were nothing compared to the other pain she was feeling. The pain others gave to her, the pain she gave to herself, and the pain of being with others and being alone.
Whew, not bad so far. But I'm starting to wonder if I should change Serena's name.