NOTE this chapter will be short
So Many Questions So Little Answers
Irma walked into the library and tapped on the glass of Abe's tank.
"You don't need to tap on the glass Irma" Abe said swimming up from the bottom of his tank
"Sorry" Irma mumbled sitting down and leaning her head against the glass. "What was it like before the professor found you?"
"I'm not really sure, all I really remember is the shock they gave me to revive me everything before that I can't remember." Abe stated.
"Wish I couldn't remember anything before I met the professor." Irma said.
"Like what?" Abe asked putting a webbed hand to the glass.
"Lot's of stuff" Irma said putting her hand on the glass next to his.
The images of a small girl being teased, poked, hit and the words of hate and disgust left Abe in horror.
"I always thought that I really did deserve what I got, all the bruises the other kids gave me, maybe I did deserve it" Irma said in despair.
"No one deserves that, no one, especially you" Abe said looking at her.
"When I was little every one made fun of me, especially at recess, I'd sit on a bench next to the door most of the time. One day I was sitting there, staring at my shoes, like usual. I didn't know they were there until the jump rope hit my arm 'Come on we're playing circus we need you for the freak show, now get over there and pretend to be in a cage like you should be freak' Amy Smithson said she hit me with the jump rope again, that's when I just lost it, I got up and tackled her, I slammed her down on the pavement into a mud puddle then I went inside.
I still have the scars from where she hit me wit the jump rope" Irma explained rolling her left sleeve up showing the faint "C" like shapes caused when you hold both handles of the jump rope then hit someone with it like it was a whip "Why do people hate?"
"For many reasons the way they look, pray, what they believe in, who they love, there are many reasons people hate" Abe said sadly shaking his head
"Do you ever wish you . . . well . . . had a family, Blue" Irma asked
"I do have a family the professor, Red, Liz, agent Myers, you, Marcy even Tom Manning, are family, a family doesn't need to be made up of people related to one another, family is when you're surrounded by people who love you and care about you, and you have a family who loves you here" Abe answered looking at her. "Off to bed with you now, it's almost eleven"
Irma got up and said good night to Abe then went to bed.