***********Blue Flamingos*************
Leila could NOT believe what has happening around her. Never in a million years could she have imagined something like this. Not even from T.V. or a nightmare! Not that this was a nightmare, far from it, but...
The first thing she had seen, of course, was Kurt who aside from being blue, had glowing yellow eyes and a tail. She justified it by realizing that her favorite color was blue, yellow was a close second, and the tail? Well he was really nice, so she could look past the tail thing.
Next, Leila had seen a lion. Well not a real lion, a man-lion... whatever that meant. Plus, he was blue also.
She was beginning to wonder if maybe they had all eaten too many blueberries, or at least something that makes you turn blue, like how flamingos turn pink because of what they eat... she had learned that the last time she had gone to the zoo. It was reasonable right? They DID all live at the same house. They might all eat the same food...
If she stayed here, would she turn blue too?
Anyway, the blue lion-man said his name was Hank. Dr. Hank. He had come up to the car they had driven in once they had reached a really big place with iron gates and vines growing everywhere. She wondered if it was a hotel. Dr. Hank said, sort of. He whispered to her that it was a place where people who were special, who needed help, or who needed a place to learn, lived, and that he had spent a lot of time trying to find a way for her ears not to hurt her anymore.
Another person, Dr. Hank called him Bobby, came up and took her by the hand. Dr. Hank told Bobby about her ears, and then asked him to take her to the 'med-lab', that he would meet us there once he had a look at Wolverine. (That was the guy who had tried to help her. He was still asleep and hurt in the back of the truck.)
She didn't want to leave Kurt though. She ran back to him and grabbed his hand, as he got out of the truck. He looked down at her and smiled.
"It will be alright Leila. I have to talk to Hank about what happened earlier. You go with Bobby now and I'll see you in the lab." He told her, kneeling down and stroking a stray blonde hair behind her ear.
Leila smiled weakly and let him place her hand back into Bobby's.
Bobby... now Bobby had blown her blue-flamingo thing out of the water. Either that or he hadn't been here long enough. She was about to ask him about it, when they reached the front door.
There were a lot of people inside of the hotel/school thing and she could hear them all breathing in their rooms, most of them asleep. It was 3 o'clock in the morning so she could understand why. She was worried though. When everyone woke up, how could they all know to whisper? What was she supposed to do?
Bobby must have noticed her hesitation as the door closed behind them, because he stopped and kneeled down so that she could look into his ice- blue eyes.
"It's alright Lei," he whispered. ~Daddy calls me Lei.~ "I know this place is big but you'll get used to it. We're just gonna go into the med- lab okay? Hank said that he had a place in there you could go into that wouldn't hurt your ears, until he gets a chance to finish that thing he was telling you about."
"That machine that will make my ears normal again?"
"Yeah kiddo. So don't worry I won't leave you until he has a chance to come talk to you about it again ok?"
"And Kurt's coming too?"
"Yeah, him too." Bobby finished, smiling at her.
He got up, and they continued walking down the silent deserted halls of the X-Mansion.
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After their slow quiet walk down to the lab, Bobby showed Leila the "accommodations" that the blue lion doctor had been talking about. It looked more like a see through box with a bed inside.
Leila looked around her at everything else in the room. There were weird smelling things, and lots of metal. Kurt and Dr. Hank were already there! She went to wave at them when she noticed who they were standing by. It was that man who had tried to save her. Logan? He was still asleep.
"Everyone who tries to help me gets hurt."
Bobby tried to tell her that everything would be ok. He whispered that she should go inside the room for a while. There would be no noise inside to hurt her ears.
Leila did as she was told, still staring over at the bed the man had been placed on through the glass. Bobby closed the door and stood outside of it right close by her, just like he'd promised.
Leila had the first relief she'd had in days from all the deafening noise and vibrations, but was blinded to it. All she could think of, was that what had happened to Logan was because of her.
"It's all my fault." She whispered to no one, and no one heard, no one could. She laid down on the little bed inside the little glass room and closed her eyes.
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Leila could NOT believe what has happening around her. Never in a million years could she have imagined something like this. Not even from T.V. or a nightmare! Not that this was a nightmare, far from it, but...
The first thing she had seen, of course, was Kurt who aside from being blue, had glowing yellow eyes and a tail. She justified it by realizing that her favorite color was blue, yellow was a close second, and the tail? Well he was really nice, so she could look past the tail thing.
Next, Leila had seen a lion. Well not a real lion, a man-lion... whatever that meant. Plus, he was blue also.
She was beginning to wonder if maybe they had all eaten too many blueberries, or at least something that makes you turn blue, like how flamingos turn pink because of what they eat... she had learned that the last time she had gone to the zoo. It was reasonable right? They DID all live at the same house. They might all eat the same food...
If she stayed here, would she turn blue too?
Anyway, the blue lion-man said his name was Hank. Dr. Hank. He had come up to the car they had driven in once they had reached a really big place with iron gates and vines growing everywhere. She wondered if it was a hotel. Dr. Hank said, sort of. He whispered to her that it was a place where people who were special, who needed help, or who needed a place to learn, lived, and that he had spent a lot of time trying to find a way for her ears not to hurt her anymore.
Another person, Dr. Hank called him Bobby, came up and took her by the hand. Dr. Hank told Bobby about her ears, and then asked him to take her to the 'med-lab', that he would meet us there once he had a look at Wolverine. (That was the guy who had tried to help her. He was still asleep and hurt in the back of the truck.)
She didn't want to leave Kurt though. She ran back to him and grabbed his hand, as he got out of the truck. He looked down at her and smiled.
"It will be alright Leila. I have to talk to Hank about what happened earlier. You go with Bobby now and I'll see you in the lab." He told her, kneeling down and stroking a stray blonde hair behind her ear.
Leila smiled weakly and let him place her hand back into Bobby's.
Bobby... now Bobby had blown her blue-flamingo thing out of the water. Either that or he hadn't been here long enough. She was about to ask him about it, when they reached the front door.
There were a lot of people inside of the hotel/school thing and she could hear them all breathing in their rooms, most of them asleep. It was 3 o'clock in the morning so she could understand why. She was worried though. When everyone woke up, how could they all know to whisper? What was she supposed to do?
Bobby must have noticed her hesitation as the door closed behind them, because he stopped and kneeled down so that she could look into his ice- blue eyes.
"It's alright Lei," he whispered. ~Daddy calls me Lei.~ "I know this place is big but you'll get used to it. We're just gonna go into the med- lab okay? Hank said that he had a place in there you could go into that wouldn't hurt your ears, until he gets a chance to finish that thing he was telling you about."
"That machine that will make my ears normal again?"
"Yeah kiddo. So don't worry I won't leave you until he has a chance to come talk to you about it again ok?"
"And Kurt's coming too?"
"Yeah, him too." Bobby finished, smiling at her.
He got up, and they continued walking down the silent deserted halls of the X-Mansion.
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After their slow quiet walk down to the lab, Bobby showed Leila the "accommodations" that the blue lion doctor had been talking about. It looked more like a see through box with a bed inside.
Leila looked around her at everything else in the room. There were weird smelling things, and lots of metal. Kurt and Dr. Hank were already there! She went to wave at them when she noticed who they were standing by. It was that man who had tried to save her. Logan? He was still asleep.
"Everyone who tries to help me gets hurt."
Bobby tried to tell her that everything would be ok. He whispered that she should go inside the room for a while. There would be no noise inside to hurt her ears.
Leila did as she was told, still staring over at the bed the man had been placed on through the glass. Bobby closed the door and stood outside of it right close by her, just like he'd promised.
Leila had the first relief she'd had in days from all the deafening noise and vibrations, but was blinded to it. All she could think of, was that what had happened to Logan was because of her.
"It's all my fault." She whispered to no one, and no one heard, no one could. She laid down on the little bed inside the little glass room and closed her eyes.
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