Sorry it is taking me so long to update. I've been busy with classes and traveling. SO here is a preview of the next chapter. It will be up by Wednesday.
Chapter 10
Skyler, April, and Bryce sat in the back of a black SUV saying nothing to one another. Ororo drove the SUV quietly letting herself experience the somber mood. It had been a week since Skyler awoke from her coma and while still sore, she was almost healed. Skyler was finally cleared by Jean to travel to the cemetery where her fallen friends lay. It had been one hell of a week for Skyler. Not only did she nearly die at the hands of Gabriel, but she had finally come clean about her past to April and Bryce. They were shocked by the news, but very supportive. As soon as she told them about her past Skyler could feel a weight being lifted off her chest.
The SUV stopped at the cemetery parking lot. Skyler looked to the cemetery with dread, but before she could feel that emotion for long she felt someone grasp her hand. Looking to her left Skyler smiled April's attempts to comfort her. The reality of her friends death had not hit her yet, and she was wondering if she would be able to contain her emotions. Skyler followed Ororo to two marked head stones. Only a week and half ago Emma and Shawn were alive a vibrant. All they wanted was to live out their lives in peace. Now they would never get that chance. Skyler would not succumb to their fate. She wanted a life.
"Skyler, can I do anything?" A meek April asked.
Skyler ignored April's comment. " I won't end up like them. I don't want to travel from place to place anymore. I'm tired of constantly looking over my shoulders. I want a life and a place to call home. I won't end up like them." Tears began to fall down Skyler's face.
Bryce responded to Skyler's uncharacteristic melancholy by embracing her. "No you won't end up like them. You have us, the school, and the X-men."