Disclaimer: I don't own any form of X-Men, Evolution, The Animated Series,
Comics, or otherwise. They belong to Marvel Comics. All three elements are
used in this fiction, but mostly the comics and Evolution. The only things
I own are this story, the plot, Ghost, La Luce, and Glint. Vicki and Stacey
belong to Stacey Lofton (check out her PotC story), and Aliana belongs to
Aliana LeBeau.
Confessions of a Future Past Chapter 4: Is There a Difference?
2015
Lelia sat on the hill, the one that could be seen from her apartment, the one with daisies; the one that got hit just the right way by the sun in summer. She looked out on the ocean, the Atlantic, and watched the sun set. The oranges, reds, and pinks made her smile glow a little bit more. When it finally reached the point where she couldn't see it over the horizon anymore she stood up. She raised her left arm and pushed a button on the side of her watch, which made it glow an eerie green so she could read the time, 7:34. Brushing the sand off of her she turned her back to the shore and headed in the direction of home.
It wasn't big, it wasn't glamorous, it wasn't even near 'work,' but it was home nonetheless. Turning the knob she walked into the small apartment.
"Stace...? Ali...? You guys here? Hello!" she said slowly as she placed her keys on the table. Poking her head into the kitchen she frowned, then walked down the hallway to its end and opened the door directly in front of her. "Stacey?" she asked with no answer seeing no one was in there before closing it and opening the door next to it on the left. "Aliana?" she asked again with no reply. Lelia pulled the door shut and frowned.
She walked into the living room and sat on the couch, furrowing her brow. "It's not like them to just run off this late and not leave a note. Well, it isn't like them now, not since the team split up for 'safety reasons,'" she told herself. A moment later a knock came on the door and she started to open it, but hesitated. "Who is it?" No answer. Slowly opening the door she saw no one was there.
"Blasted kids, they always get me with that," she said as she started to close the door, but noticed something on the ground. She picked it up, it was a ratty, torn, leather bound book. She opened it to the inside front cover as she closed the door. "Huh. There's a note here," she spoke to herself again as she unfolded it and read. It said "I told you before and you didn't listen. It's starting. Listen now or pay like I did."
It wasn't signed, and wasn't written in a handwriting she recognized, it was more of chicken scratch than anything. "Told me before...?" she pondered to herself. She opened up the book to a page that was marked and plopped herself down on the couch and started reading.
~~~
2029
"Glint, why do we still have this? Didn't we just drop it off in two different time periods?" Vicki asked skeptically as she picked up the old book.
"Yeah, but you and I were both in the past, both times, so we came across the book after that, which is why we have it now, which is the future to the past," she explained as she looked out the window at the destruction. This had to work.
"Riiiiggghhhttttt...So remind me again why we're just sitting here when we know that the post-futurians are going after President Kelly? And Vice President Creed?" Vicki reminded the other girl.
"Because they're idiotic and mutant haters," Glint retorted.
"Which is why you're going to save their lives by changing the past?"
"Difference much. I'm not saving THEM. I'm saving all the mutants that died in the attacks on mutants and humanity."
"We're all humanity, not mutants AND humanity," Vicki contradicted.
"What ever you say...," she said sarcastically.
'Does she really think there's a difference?' Vicki thought to herself looking at Glint skeptically.
~~~ 2004-Present Time
Ghost walked out of her room and into the hallway not paying attention to where she was going as she strapped on her watch that doubled as an image inducer. She walked head first into another student at the school. She rubbed her forehead before looking up at Jamie. Standing up Ghost extended her hand and helped up one of the three multiples.
"Sorry Jamie. My powers are really acting up lately; I was just headed down to the med bay to get some Tylenol. Are you ok?" she asked as she helped up another.
The original one nodded, "I'm fine, are you ok?"
"Only thing bruised is my ego, but I can live with out that for the rest of my life."
"Couldn't you sense me coming?"
"I couldn't see you coming. I couldn't even HEAR you coming," she admitted. "You up for..."
"If you say danger, room, or session in that sentence I'm out of here."
"Pizza," she finished smirking at him.
"Yeah, that I'm up for," he said as he absorbed his multiples into his body.
"Shall we then Sir Madrox?" Lelia joked as she bowed and extended her arm in the direction of the staircase.
"We shall Lady Stone, err DeToma, err, what do you want me to call you as far as last names go?" Jamie asked her truly perplexed.
"Lady Stone-DeToma will do just fine," she answered with a small smile on her face as she straightened up and the two headed down the hall. They stopped when they heard a knocking on a nearby door. Both looked at it strangely, they knew the room well, had their classes in it almost everyday; it was Xavier's classroom where he taught classes of his own, either school related for the home-schooled students or power control to any of the students. "Did you hear that?"
Jamie nodded, "Who could be in there though? No one has classes today, it's Saturday, and besides, why would they knock from the inside? Locked in?"
"Well I don't sense anyone in there, care to investigate?" she asked with the curiosity of a three-year-old. She didn't wait for an answer though before she turned the knob. The room was empty, and all that laid inside was a small book. Lelia looked over to her friend, "Did you leave one of your texts in here yesterday?" he shook his head. "It's not mine...and no one else needs books for their classes in here so...let's have a look."
Walking over to the desk Jamie picked it up and it started to glow. Lelia raised her eyebrow and looked over his shoulder as he opened it, ceasing the glow. The first page read, "Whom so ever reads this book is forever doomed to a life of pain, and for the lucky, death. Your future is chosen already, but you can change it. Change it for my sake and yours."
"Spooky," was all Ghost could make out as she stared at the pages. "Where's Kurt today?" she managed snapping out of her reverie.
"He's been with Amanda all day. And I think that Bobby has been gone too if you think someone's playing a joke on us," he said looking at her seriously.
[A/n: Ok, I'm stopping here. Hope that was long enough and made up for all the short boring chapters. This wasn't as short, and I hope wasn't boring. Please review! I need criticism!]
Confessions of a Future Past Chapter 4: Is There a Difference?
2015
Lelia sat on the hill, the one that could be seen from her apartment, the one with daisies; the one that got hit just the right way by the sun in summer. She looked out on the ocean, the Atlantic, and watched the sun set. The oranges, reds, and pinks made her smile glow a little bit more. When it finally reached the point where she couldn't see it over the horizon anymore she stood up. She raised her left arm and pushed a button on the side of her watch, which made it glow an eerie green so she could read the time, 7:34. Brushing the sand off of her she turned her back to the shore and headed in the direction of home.
It wasn't big, it wasn't glamorous, it wasn't even near 'work,' but it was home nonetheless. Turning the knob she walked into the small apartment.
"Stace...? Ali...? You guys here? Hello!" she said slowly as she placed her keys on the table. Poking her head into the kitchen she frowned, then walked down the hallway to its end and opened the door directly in front of her. "Stacey?" she asked with no answer seeing no one was in there before closing it and opening the door next to it on the left. "Aliana?" she asked again with no reply. Lelia pulled the door shut and frowned.
She walked into the living room and sat on the couch, furrowing her brow. "It's not like them to just run off this late and not leave a note. Well, it isn't like them now, not since the team split up for 'safety reasons,'" she told herself. A moment later a knock came on the door and she started to open it, but hesitated. "Who is it?" No answer. Slowly opening the door she saw no one was there.
"Blasted kids, they always get me with that," she said as she started to close the door, but noticed something on the ground. She picked it up, it was a ratty, torn, leather bound book. She opened it to the inside front cover as she closed the door. "Huh. There's a note here," she spoke to herself again as she unfolded it and read. It said "I told you before and you didn't listen. It's starting. Listen now or pay like I did."
It wasn't signed, and wasn't written in a handwriting she recognized, it was more of chicken scratch than anything. "Told me before...?" she pondered to herself. She opened up the book to a page that was marked and plopped herself down on the couch and started reading.
~~~
2029
"Glint, why do we still have this? Didn't we just drop it off in two different time periods?" Vicki asked skeptically as she picked up the old book.
"Yeah, but you and I were both in the past, both times, so we came across the book after that, which is why we have it now, which is the future to the past," she explained as she looked out the window at the destruction. This had to work.
"Riiiiggghhhttttt...So remind me again why we're just sitting here when we know that the post-futurians are going after President Kelly? And Vice President Creed?" Vicki reminded the other girl.
"Because they're idiotic and mutant haters," Glint retorted.
"Which is why you're going to save their lives by changing the past?"
"Difference much. I'm not saving THEM. I'm saving all the mutants that died in the attacks on mutants and humanity."
"We're all humanity, not mutants AND humanity," Vicki contradicted.
"What ever you say...," she said sarcastically.
'Does she really think there's a difference?' Vicki thought to herself looking at Glint skeptically.
~~~ 2004-Present Time
Ghost walked out of her room and into the hallway not paying attention to where she was going as she strapped on her watch that doubled as an image inducer. She walked head first into another student at the school. She rubbed her forehead before looking up at Jamie. Standing up Ghost extended her hand and helped up one of the three multiples.
"Sorry Jamie. My powers are really acting up lately; I was just headed down to the med bay to get some Tylenol. Are you ok?" she asked as she helped up another.
The original one nodded, "I'm fine, are you ok?"
"Only thing bruised is my ego, but I can live with out that for the rest of my life."
"Couldn't you sense me coming?"
"I couldn't see you coming. I couldn't even HEAR you coming," she admitted. "You up for..."
"If you say danger, room, or session in that sentence I'm out of here."
"Pizza," she finished smirking at him.
"Yeah, that I'm up for," he said as he absorbed his multiples into his body.
"Shall we then Sir Madrox?" Lelia joked as she bowed and extended her arm in the direction of the staircase.
"We shall Lady Stone, err DeToma, err, what do you want me to call you as far as last names go?" Jamie asked her truly perplexed.
"Lady Stone-DeToma will do just fine," she answered with a small smile on her face as she straightened up and the two headed down the hall. They stopped when they heard a knocking on a nearby door. Both looked at it strangely, they knew the room well, had their classes in it almost everyday; it was Xavier's classroom where he taught classes of his own, either school related for the home-schooled students or power control to any of the students. "Did you hear that?"
Jamie nodded, "Who could be in there though? No one has classes today, it's Saturday, and besides, why would they knock from the inside? Locked in?"
"Well I don't sense anyone in there, care to investigate?" she asked with the curiosity of a three-year-old. She didn't wait for an answer though before she turned the knob. The room was empty, and all that laid inside was a small book. Lelia looked over to her friend, "Did you leave one of your texts in here yesterday?" he shook his head. "It's not mine...and no one else needs books for their classes in here so...let's have a look."
Walking over to the desk Jamie picked it up and it started to glow. Lelia raised her eyebrow and looked over his shoulder as he opened it, ceasing the glow. The first page read, "Whom so ever reads this book is forever doomed to a life of pain, and for the lucky, death. Your future is chosen already, but you can change it. Change it for my sake and yours."
"Spooky," was all Ghost could make out as she stared at the pages. "Where's Kurt today?" she managed snapping out of her reverie.
"He's been with Amanda all day. And I think that Bobby has been gone too if you think someone's playing a joke on us," he said looking at her seriously.
[A/n: Ok, I'm stopping here. Hope that was long enough and made up for all the short boring chapters. This wasn't as short, and I hope wasn't boring. Please review! I need criticism!]