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Warnings are in the prologue.
Jaded Phantom Chapter #2
I was flying towards the prison as fast as my wings could carry me. I reached the entrance and for a moment I wondered what I should do. "Should I nock?" I wondered aloud.
Figuring it was a better Idea than just going in I decided to do just that. But before my hand could reach the door a booming voice yelled "Halt! State your business."
I jumped and spun around. I was greeted with the sight of a purple man and several guards. The man wore a black cape and tights. He had no shirt. On his head was a bandana and an eye patch on his right eye. "I-I need help." I said in a fearful voice.
The man narrowed his eye at me. By this point I was visibly shaking. "Get the hell out of here kid. Before Walker sees you."
I didn't need to be told twice. They were scary but by the way he talked about this Walker guy I really didn't want to meet him. I flew off as quickly as possible. I kept flying until the prison was out of sight.
The man watched until the kid was far enough. He knew that he had to make it look like they gave chase. "Go." With that one word the guards flew off after the kid. When he was alone again he just stared in the direction they had gone. "I hope you get away kid. For both our sakes."
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'Faster! Come on Danny.' "FASTER!" I looked behind me and I saw five guards on my tail. I didn't have as much experience flying as them and I didn't know my way around the ghost zone. I was dead and we all knew it. Them and me. I was still hurt from that shot my mom got in before I escaped and I was running out of steam.
Suddenly before my eyes a blue portal appeared right in front of me. I couldn't stop or turn in time to avoid it. I flew inside.
I was thrown from the portal and out to the other side. It closed and I was left in a dark alley with no idea where I was. The only light was coming from my ghostly glow and I didn't like it. I was way to visible. I saw the news and lots of people didn't like mutants.
I transformed back and the light was gone. I was a bit more covered now but my wings were still to visible. I felt the exhaustion leave me when I stopped using my powers. I was still tired but I had at least enough energy to drag myself over to the garbage bags and lie down on them.
I was cold so I wrapped my wings around myself. The feathers were warm and soft. I was really hungry. "I'll need to find food in the morning." I said to myself. I let the darkness embrace me. I dreamed of purple prisons and blue portals that looked like clocks.
Line break
I was awoken by harsh poking on my wing. "What do ya think it is?" I heard someone that I identified as male say.
"How the hell should I know? I aint an expert on weird shit you find in alleys." Another voice said. It was female this time.
"Would you two morons stop arguing for two minutes? I'm the funny guy and even I am about to chuck a duck." Another male. This one sounded rather exasperated.
"If you want to know what it is then just take it with us and we can find out later… and Morph, enough with the bad jokes." This last voice was female as well but it was hard. Not cold but very hard.
Then I realized what she said. I panicked. I didn't know them and I would most certainly not be going with them. I jumped up and whipped my wings around me, flinging them away from me. I got into a fighting stance and brought my wings closer to myself. They just stared at me and in there shock I got a good look at them. I realized that they were mutants. Or at least two of them were.
The one on the far right was definitely a mutant. His hair was in a Mohawk and He was wearing a large trench coat. Underneath the coat he wore dirty blue jeans and a really dirty brown shirt that looked like it might have been white at one point. This was not what told me he was a mutant though. His face was like a birds. His eyes were completely black and instead of a nose and mouth on his face was a large beak. I looked at his hands and realized that they were feathery and the fingers were talons.
The one on the far left looked completely human however. This one was wearing similar clothes only not as ratty and dirty. He had black hair and blue eyes like me but his were a hell of a lot happier. They twinkled with mirth.
The one on the middle right was also definitely a mutant. She unlike the men wore a black muscle shirt and black leather jeans. She had her pink hair up in a ponytail and she looked like she was dressed to fight at a moments notice. Her skin was pink as was her hair. I don't mean flushed by the way I mean hot pink. The same shade as my sisters nail polish. Spikes were protruding from all over her body. Starting from her ankles to the crown of her head.
The last one in the middle left looked human. She was dressed the same as the other girl but with a few differences. Her jeans had on them a chain connecting her front pocket to her back. She wore a brown leather jacket and in her hand was a staff. The most startling thing about her was the black eye patch like the purple mans in the ghost zone, it was over her right eye.
I stood at the ready. Just because two of them were mutants and two might be mutants didn't mean they wouldn't hurt me. I heard of bad mutants who attack people. I hoped they weren't like that. They continued to stare until one of them came out of the trance. He reached forward a hand. "Hey kid. It's okay. We won't hurt you." It was the raven haired man.
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Morphs pov
We stared in shock at the kid. I looked him over and I didn't like what I saw. On his shoulder was a lot of dried blood. He was pale and sweaty. Probably because the wound was infected. His face was dirty and he looked hungry. His clothes were torn and dirty covered in mud and dried blood. He was stiff as a board and looked ready to fight us all on his own. His pure white wings were twitching slightly nervous, and his eyes kept switching from Ocean blue to Glowing Pupiless yellow.
It was then I realized how young he looked. He couldn't have been more than 11. The kid was scrawny and really skinny. His face was mixed with determination and fear that he was obviously trying to hide.
I snapped out of my shock induced stupor and reached for the kid, hoping to calm him down a bit. "Hey kid. It's okay. We won't hurt you." I spoke in a soft tone so as not to startle the kid. I didn't want him running off. He stepped back and I stopped. "Hey it's cool. Were mutants too. Like you. Watch." I told him as I turned into a puppy, then a cat, then Andre the Giant. (He was way cool. Rest In Peace. I'm not old enough to remember him but I can relate to the guy.) He relaxed a little but still stayed in a fighting stance.
I sighed and stood up very slowly. He kept watching me and the others as well. I had almost forgotten that Marrow, Beak and Calypso were with me. They all stood up as well. They moved just as slowly as me. "I'm Morph. This is Calypso, Marrow and Beak." I said still in a soft voice. I pointed at each person as I said there name.
I started inching forward. The kid still kept a close eye on me. I reached out and softly grasped his fist and brought it down. I kept looking at me for a while before he looked like he decided to trust me, if only a little. In a quiet almost inaudible voice the kid said one word. "… Danny…"
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Danny POV
I didn't trust them. Not completely. I was happy they let me stay in there tunnels and all however that did nothing to stop the paranoia. They told me they were the morlocs. An underground group of mutants who lived in the sewers. They were scary but they were nice. Especially Morph. He was funny and he talked to me a lot. He kept trying to make me laugh. He actually made me smile a few times albeit they were small and timid. He stole a first aid kit and patched up my shoulder. I had to take off my shirt and he saw all of the scars.
I was afraid he would ask about them but he just sighed and started disinfecting the wound. He was strangely silent as he did this. Until finally he asked "What happened?" I knew it was coming. Just by the way he was staring at my torso I could tell he would ask sooner or later.
I stayed silent. He sighed. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to but if you want to talk sometime then I will always listen." It was strange. I only knew him for a few hours and he was acting like I was his traumatized little brother.
It was nice but I still thought he was weird. His tone sounded almost sympathetic. I nodded to him and turned back to face forward.
He sighed again and continued his work. He bandaged me up and said I was good to go. I thanked him and together we went to the main area. He introduced me to some of his friends. Spike was one of them. He looked kind of like Marrow with the bone armor.
He wasn't mean but he wasn't nice either. He was… indifferent to me and the others. Morph said he was pretty young. Only 19 years old. He seemed sad to me. I told Morph this and he ruffled my hair and said "He is kid. But he's nice when you get used to him."
I don't know why I let Morph touch me like that. I would have flinched with anyone else but I think it was because he reminded me of my dad before he got mean. Funny and really nice to everyone.
He said his other friend just got back with some food so we went over to the eating area. It was cool how the underground of whatever city I was in was so complicated. I was worried about getting lost but Morph just laughed and said "Just stick with me Danny and I promise you won't get lost."
Then I realized something. "Morph? What city is this?"
He looked at me surprised before looking a little sad for a moment. The sad look was gone fast though and he answered "New York"
When we finally got there we saw a lot of people there already. They were sitting on various spots on the floor or standing. They were all eating something or other. Morph stretched his head up high and looked around. I stared at him but no one else even blinked. He kept looking until he found the person he was looking for. "Blink!"
He picked me up and I yelped at the surprise of being lifted into the air suddenly. Being mindful of my shoulder which was still bandaged, and my wings so they didn't bang into anyone or anything, he set me on his shoulders and started walking over to a pretty pink girl in a weird green dress like thing. She had darker patches of pink on her face that looked like a birth mark of a star and a crescent moon. Her was pink as well and cut short. On her back was a quiver like for arrows but instead of arrows were these crystal dagger things. (If you don't know Blink read the Exiles or Age of Apocalypse.)
"Danny, I would like to introduce you to a very good friend of mine. This is Clarice a.k.a. Blink." Said Morph.
She looked at me sitting on Morphs shoulders and let out a small giggle.
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Blink POV
I had just got back from a raid on a couple of food trucks. I blinked all the food we would need for a few months down to base. All nonperishables of course. I say blink because my power is teleportation and every time I port something it makes a sound like Blink, hence the name. It was easy and fast and it got the morlocs mouths fed. I blinked myself back home and watched people opening the boxes and eating what was inside.
The area quickly filled up and was soon packed with people. I heard my name being shouted and looked around until my eyes caught sight of my friend Morph walking toward me with a kid on his shoulders. The kid looked like he was living on the streets with all the dirt and grime but he was still cute. He looked about 9 or 10.
The kid had beautiful pure white wings sprouting from his back and the look on his face as he sat on Morphs shoulders was hilarious. He looked both surprised and like a little lost puppy. They walked over to me and I noticed the bandaging under his shirt. That sent up some warning signs but I didn't let it show.
"Danny, I would like introduce you to a good friend of mine. This is Clarice a.k.a. Blink." Morph introduced me. Danny looked at me and I giggled.
"Hey Danny. It's nice to meet you." I greeted him.
