Chapter 4: Hot topic
After there had been all the formal introductions, people started to ask questions, which Faith was eager to answer.
"So, how'd you find us?" Shalimar questioned as she ate a chip from the bowl.
"Simple. I didn't. I had been staying in the safe house for two days, when some one had started the fire. Just a coincidence that I ran into Sparky too." Faith smiled at her brother and put an arm around his waist.
"Sparky? Cute." Emma was smiling at Brennen who went beat red.
"It's her nickname for me. But only hers." Brennen winked at Faith.
"Well how come we never thought about it. That's a good one Faith, congrats." Jesse snickered as Brennen started to get embarrassed again.
"Did you think it up before or after the mutant thing?"
"Before actually. I started calling him it when I was six or something, and I just kind of stuck." Faith saw Brennen turning red and figured that he probably wasn't the guy to piss off around here.
"So, Faith. What brought you tot he safe house?" Adam decided it was best to get the group away from that topic, before Brennen got carried away.
"Oh. Um...I was running and needed a safe place to stay. Figured the safe house was one. I'd heard about it form one of my friends." When Brennen looked at Faith weird, she knew he wanted to know more.
"I was running from this anti-mutant guy. He calls himself Crado, but he ain't all that bad." Faith added the last part when she saw Brennen's worried expression.
"Why is he after you?" Emma was concerned, when Faith had mentioned Crado, she received a mixture of emotions. There was fear, anger and yet some kind of love too.
"He found out I was a mutant and kind of flipped. So I thought it best to run, before he could hurt me again." Faith was looking anywhere but at Brennen when she said the last remark.
"Again, he'd hurt you before?" Brennen was defiantly not pleased.
"Well, hit me once or twice, but nothing major. Calm down." Faith could see that Brennen was getting really angry, and didn't want to get into an argument the first day together. "But that was before I knew him as Crado." Faith was trying to make the situation look better, but knew that that was probably not the best thing to say.
"So - who is he really? It'll help us track him down faster." Jesse didn't like the look Brennen was getting - almost like he could kill this guy.
"Don't worry, I know where he is. I'm safe for now... But his name is Mark...He's my father."
After there had been all the formal introductions, people started to ask questions, which Faith was eager to answer.
"So, how'd you find us?" Shalimar questioned as she ate a chip from the bowl.
"Simple. I didn't. I had been staying in the safe house for two days, when some one had started the fire. Just a coincidence that I ran into Sparky too." Faith smiled at her brother and put an arm around his waist.
"Sparky? Cute." Emma was smiling at Brennen who went beat red.
"It's her nickname for me. But only hers." Brennen winked at Faith.
"Well how come we never thought about it. That's a good one Faith, congrats." Jesse snickered as Brennen started to get embarrassed again.
"Did you think it up before or after the mutant thing?"
"Before actually. I started calling him it when I was six or something, and I just kind of stuck." Faith saw Brennen turning red and figured that he probably wasn't the guy to piss off around here.
"So, Faith. What brought you tot he safe house?" Adam decided it was best to get the group away from that topic, before Brennen got carried away.
"Oh. Um...I was running and needed a safe place to stay. Figured the safe house was one. I'd heard about it form one of my friends." When Brennen looked at Faith weird, she knew he wanted to know more.
"I was running from this anti-mutant guy. He calls himself Crado, but he ain't all that bad." Faith added the last part when she saw Brennen's worried expression.
"Why is he after you?" Emma was concerned, when Faith had mentioned Crado, she received a mixture of emotions. There was fear, anger and yet some kind of love too.
"He found out I was a mutant and kind of flipped. So I thought it best to run, before he could hurt me again." Faith was looking anywhere but at Brennen when she said the last remark.
"Again, he'd hurt you before?" Brennen was defiantly not pleased.
"Well, hit me once or twice, but nothing major. Calm down." Faith could see that Brennen was getting really angry, and didn't want to get into an argument the first day together. "But that was before I knew him as Crado." Faith was trying to make the situation look better, but knew that that was probably not the best thing to say.
"So - who is he really? It'll help us track him down faster." Jesse didn't like the look Brennen was getting - almost like he could kill this guy.
"Don't worry, I know where he is. I'm safe for now... But his name is Mark...He's my father."