Governor's School is a curse. Really. I'm going to try to keep writing, but it's getting harder and harder to find time to write and what I do manage is crap. It might be a while between updates, but this will work. At least until I can find a suitable way for Jean to die in TLA, but that's something else entirely.
PS. I'm sober this time- no wierd combinations of sugars or radioactive substances to add to the levity. THe teachers here don't like it when I'm too far off my rocker.
"I Tried"
Furor Paxx (VulgateOfEarth@hotmail.com)
Chapter 22- Get it Over With!
Todd breathed deeply and sank to the floorboards of the ship. "Down." He muttered, afraid to speak any louder for fear of the slightest breath making the ship too heavy to fly any more.
"You needn't worry. We're almost there. Please, back away from the rail, Todd." Captain Wannamaker inched towards Todd slowly with one hand extended and the other waving the rest of the crew away.
Todd sat there and stared over the edge of the ship, vaguely aware of a strange tapping noise coming from the edge. He peered over carefully to stare right in the face of a skeleton with a bright blue bandana covering one eye socket. THe skeleton was clinging to the side of the ship with eerie blue fibers that seeped from cracks in it's bones and held tight to the ship like suction cups. It paused as if to decide what to do next and then reached up towards Todd.
He scrambled away from the edge towards the Captain, but remembered the man at the last second and kicked out with his powerful legs. He leapt right over the Captain and onto the deck behind him. He landed precariously on the steering wheel, crouched and ready for another jump. Then, at the worst possible moment, a skeleton burst out of a hole behind Todd and yelled something about Bayville, though Todd didn't catch exactly what since he had jumped so high that he almost hit his head on the crow's nest. As he fell, he kicked off against the mast and hurtled through the dark.
"No, boy!" Captain Wannamaker yelled as he and his crew (most of whom had assembled underneath the ship in case Todd fell) raced to catch the mutant. "It's not there anymore!"
Todd was far beyond their grasp and they could only stare hopelessly in the direction he had leapt. "Bayville's gone, boy." The Captain whispered.
"What'll we do, Cap?" The skeleton witht he blue bandana asked.
"I supose, we'll see if he made it." Wannamaker answered softly. "Take us down."
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"Okay, let's be rational." Scott called over the excited talking. Besides a supply truck full of survivors both human and mutant, Jean had managed to procure a truck of provisions. THere was some food, but most importantly, splints, bangades and clean water. "It still might be a while before we get out of here. Pietro, how's that list coming?"
"You're kidding right? THe list is useless. According to it, half the X-Men are dead, yet we're looking right at them. I... forgot to take into account the people who were too preoccupied to answer the phones. Or had them on vibrate or-"
"Yeah, that's okay. You're only human."
"So what next, bossman?" A black teenager asked as he looked up from bandaging his little brother's arm. "I mean, it's gonna look funny that this place ain't gone too. And what wit' you bein' muties an all."
Scott bit his lip for a moment before answering. "Don't call me that. My name's Scott. And yes, all that had occured to me, but we can't go anywhere else with so many injured people here."
"Look, my lil' brother's one a' you too. I gotta watch his back, see. If you know someplace else we can go, stay and get yo ass shot up, but tell me somethin' first."
Scott stared blankly at the boy for a moment.
"Ah, his brother's a mutant too, and he'd rather face the tunnels than the weloming committee." Pietro provided.
Scott again stared blankly.
"We're going in the tunnels, Slim." Wolverine said.
"But we can't-" Scott stopped as Wolverine began slashing at the adamantium walls, sending sparks all over the room.
"You heard him, bossman. How we gettin' outta here?"
"Scott, okay. It's Scott." He took a deep breath. "Who are you?"
"Abe. And this is Tyler."
"Wait, wait, wait." A woman held her hand up. "Are you guys leaving? Because I'd rather take my chances with you." There was a chorus of 'Me, toos'.
"Look. This isn't going to wor-." Scott stopped talking as he noticed Wolverine pause and begin sniffing the air cautiously.
"Well?" Abe asked.
"That's one mystery solved." Logan said.
"What?" Scott looked around the room suspiciously.
Logan didn't answer but he stared at Jaysin and Kaysin sitting in a corner with a group of kids surrounding them.
"What? Did we do something?" Jaysin asked flatly.
"Get us out of here and our little secret goes nowhere else, bub."
"Secret? I don't have time for this." Jaysin responded as he stood up.
"Oh I think you know what I'm talkin' about. Just like you knew where Toad was the whole time. I don't know exactly how you knew, but I know you did."
"Hmph. You're being ridiculous." Jaysin smirked.
"Hey, we better get moving if we expect to avoid getting caught, donchathink?" Pietro interupted their staring contest.
"Yeah, I mean, we have people to look out for, right?" Kaysin added, nodding vigorously.
"And we should go." Kurt finished. He jumped to his feet and started pulling Wanda and Kaysin up as well.
"No. I think we should stay here." Jaysin said, still staring hard at Logan.
"I think he's right." Logan agreed.
Wanda looked from one to the other. "What the hell is going on here?" she demanded.
Jaysin opened his mouth to answer her, but looked straight up at the ceiling first and gasped.
Everyone else looked up too, just in time to see none other than Todd materialize above them. There was a millisecond when everything stopped.
THen he fell right on top of Jaysin with a sickening thud.
"Down." Todd muttered as Jaysin moaned and rubbed his head.
"This is a very bad day. Why can't we just get it over with?" he sighed.
And then someone knocked on the door.
PS. I'm sober this time- no wierd combinations of sugars or radioactive substances to add to the levity. THe teachers here don't like it when I'm too far off my rocker.
"I Tried"
Furor Paxx (VulgateOfEarth@hotmail.com)
Chapter 22- Get it Over With!
Todd breathed deeply and sank to the floorboards of the ship. "Down." He muttered, afraid to speak any louder for fear of the slightest breath making the ship too heavy to fly any more.
"You needn't worry. We're almost there. Please, back away from the rail, Todd." Captain Wannamaker inched towards Todd slowly with one hand extended and the other waving the rest of the crew away.
Todd sat there and stared over the edge of the ship, vaguely aware of a strange tapping noise coming from the edge. He peered over carefully to stare right in the face of a skeleton with a bright blue bandana covering one eye socket. THe skeleton was clinging to the side of the ship with eerie blue fibers that seeped from cracks in it's bones and held tight to the ship like suction cups. It paused as if to decide what to do next and then reached up towards Todd.
He scrambled away from the edge towards the Captain, but remembered the man at the last second and kicked out with his powerful legs. He leapt right over the Captain and onto the deck behind him. He landed precariously on the steering wheel, crouched and ready for another jump. Then, at the worst possible moment, a skeleton burst out of a hole behind Todd and yelled something about Bayville, though Todd didn't catch exactly what since he had jumped so high that he almost hit his head on the crow's nest. As he fell, he kicked off against the mast and hurtled through the dark.
"No, boy!" Captain Wannamaker yelled as he and his crew (most of whom had assembled underneath the ship in case Todd fell) raced to catch the mutant. "It's not there anymore!"
Todd was far beyond their grasp and they could only stare hopelessly in the direction he had leapt. "Bayville's gone, boy." The Captain whispered.
"What'll we do, Cap?" The skeleton witht he blue bandana asked.
"I supose, we'll see if he made it." Wannamaker answered softly. "Take us down."
~~~~~~~~
"Okay, let's be rational." Scott called over the excited talking. Besides a supply truck full of survivors both human and mutant, Jean had managed to procure a truck of provisions. THere was some food, but most importantly, splints, bangades and clean water. "It still might be a while before we get out of here. Pietro, how's that list coming?"
"You're kidding right? THe list is useless. According to it, half the X-Men are dead, yet we're looking right at them. I... forgot to take into account the people who were too preoccupied to answer the phones. Or had them on vibrate or-"
"Yeah, that's okay. You're only human."
"So what next, bossman?" A black teenager asked as he looked up from bandaging his little brother's arm. "I mean, it's gonna look funny that this place ain't gone too. And what wit' you bein' muties an all."
Scott bit his lip for a moment before answering. "Don't call me that. My name's Scott. And yes, all that had occured to me, but we can't go anywhere else with so many injured people here."
"Look, my lil' brother's one a' you too. I gotta watch his back, see. If you know someplace else we can go, stay and get yo ass shot up, but tell me somethin' first."
Scott stared blankly at the boy for a moment.
"Ah, his brother's a mutant too, and he'd rather face the tunnels than the weloming committee." Pietro provided.
Scott again stared blankly.
"We're going in the tunnels, Slim." Wolverine said.
"But we can't-" Scott stopped as Wolverine began slashing at the adamantium walls, sending sparks all over the room.
"You heard him, bossman. How we gettin' outta here?"
"Scott, okay. It's Scott." He took a deep breath. "Who are you?"
"Abe. And this is Tyler."
"Wait, wait, wait." A woman held her hand up. "Are you guys leaving? Because I'd rather take my chances with you." There was a chorus of 'Me, toos'.
"Look. This isn't going to wor-." Scott stopped talking as he noticed Wolverine pause and begin sniffing the air cautiously.
"Well?" Abe asked.
"That's one mystery solved." Logan said.
"What?" Scott looked around the room suspiciously.
Logan didn't answer but he stared at Jaysin and Kaysin sitting in a corner with a group of kids surrounding them.
"What? Did we do something?" Jaysin asked flatly.
"Get us out of here and our little secret goes nowhere else, bub."
"Secret? I don't have time for this." Jaysin responded as he stood up.
"Oh I think you know what I'm talkin' about. Just like you knew where Toad was the whole time. I don't know exactly how you knew, but I know you did."
"Hmph. You're being ridiculous." Jaysin smirked.
"Hey, we better get moving if we expect to avoid getting caught, donchathink?" Pietro interupted their staring contest.
"Yeah, I mean, we have people to look out for, right?" Kaysin added, nodding vigorously.
"And we should go." Kurt finished. He jumped to his feet and started pulling Wanda and Kaysin up as well.
"No. I think we should stay here." Jaysin said, still staring hard at Logan.
"I think he's right." Logan agreed.
Wanda looked from one to the other. "What the hell is going on here?" she demanded.
Jaysin opened his mouth to answer her, but looked straight up at the ceiling first and gasped.
Everyone else looked up too, just in time to see none other than Todd materialize above them. There was a millisecond when everything stopped.
THen he fell right on top of Jaysin with a sickening thud.
"Down." Todd muttered as Jaysin moaned and rubbed his head.
"This is a very bad day. Why can't we just get it over with?" he sighed.
And then someone knocked on the door.