5- Living with the Brotherhood
Molly what have you done? What have you done! You've killed her! Get out of my house! You freak!
I shot up in bed. Sweat was gathering on my back neck. The words of my father still vibrated through my mind on what I had done to my step-mother. Tears were starting to forming in my eyes, but I pushed them back. Magneto told me that I had to put the past away in order for me to get on with my life, but in the month that I have been with the brotherhood it was still hard to do that.
Pushing back my blanket I got of bed and got dressed in a pair of running cloths. I went for a jog in the garden portion of the complex to clear my mind. The complex it's self was built in side a hollowed out mountain. I was heading to the top floor where the garden was. It had trees of all types that went on for miles with paths cut through the floor of the trees making it great for jogging, and in the middle of garden was a large waterfall that feed into a river that supplies the water for the complex.
I had become accustomed to the layout of the brotherhood complex in my many hours of wondering through it's twenty floors and a many rooms, which I have only seen about dozen of them. I dare not to go to many of the rooms because they belong to some of the more dangerous and scarier members of the brotherhood.
Sabertooth for example was a giant of a mutant who resembles more of a lion than a man with his big teeth, claws, and extra body hair. Each I see him he strikes fear in me each time.
Not all of the members are scary to be around like Mystique. Even though she jabbed me with the sedative and who walks around complete nude, but her scaly blue skin doesn't even look like it. She has been a very interesting person to hang around and train with. She is the person who came up my nick name Miss. Magnet . She is another great teacher along with Magneto.
I jogged around the forest for twenty minutes until I reached the waterfall. I sat down on one of the large rocks that over viewed the roaring waterfall. As I caught my breath I looked down at my reflection in the water.
My soft shoulder length brown hair was falling out my pony tail, my white skin looked even white in the pale lighting of the garden, and my hazel eyes stared back at me in a restless wondering. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a figure behind me that I recognized as Pyro. He was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a plain black t-shirt with his hair slicked back.
"Are you following me again?" I asked him not turning around.
"No," He answered walking up to my side. He looked up. "Beautiful night isn't?" He asked changing the subject.
I sighed and looked up at the dark night sky through the large glass ceiling that stretched above us. "It is," I answered. "Why are you up?"
"Couldn't sleep. Avalanche snores like lawn mower," He said taking a seat next to me on the rock. "You?"
"Things," I answered vaguely.
"Oh," He smiled.
"What?"
"I know what is," He grinned.
I raised an eye brow. "Really? What would it be?"
Pyro got to his feet and put his hands in the pockets of his jeans. " You just can't stop thinking about me," He joked. "And it bothers you."
"Yes," I sighed. I put my hand on my face in his poor attempt on trying to hit on me again. "That's exactly it. How do you do?"
"I have my ways of knowing theses things," He answered leaning against a near by tree. He was trying to play him self to be so cool, but I knew better. "So Miss. Magnet do you have any plans for tomorrow night?"
I stared at him. Was he trying to asking me out? "When do I ever have plans?" I asked coyly.
"Oh, yeah. Forgot," He rubbed the side of his head in his stupidity. "Well what I mean is if you like to come with me to see a movie or something tomorrow?"
"Sure," I smiled.
"Great!" Pyro jumped. Then he smoothed out his black T-shirt. "I mean, that great. So what do you want to do until then?"
"How about we play a game," I said getting to my feet.
"What type of game?"
I raised my hand ripping his lighter from the his pocket of his jeans and I started running. "Catch me if you can!"