Preparation
"C'mon, come with us! It'll be fun!" Rondana pleaded, smiling widely. It was a clear bright Saturday morning. Shadow would usually be outside, but today she sat inside, desperately trying to finish extra credit so she wouldn't fail math. Everybody was going out to rent suits and dresses for homecoming.
"But, my grade…" Shadow tried to make up an excuse. Dawne grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of the chair. Shadow knew this was a bad idea.
X
"What have you to report?" Marks demanded. A few scientists coughed loudly, pushing one, horribly frightened female intern forward.
"Um, well, the boy and K.I.R.A aren't responding to the insults and school like surroundings, including the Clichy girls following them" The intern stuttered. Marks just stared at her.
"Do you want me to turn you into a pile of scrap metal, you useless excuse for a drone?" He asked, keeping his tone placid. The young intern shook her head, her violet hair swaying back and forth.
"You cannot allow the boy to get any closer to that girl! If that happens…" Marks trailed off, letting the girl's mind wander.
"Get out. Now!" Marks ordered. The girl ran, trying not to overheat and trying to get away as fast as possible.
X
"Hey, you should try this on!"
"No"
"Please?"
Rondana tried to make a sad face, holding up a dress for Dawne to wear. Dawne just stared at her blankly.
"No!" She said firmly. Shadow burst out laughing.
"Hey! What about a disco theme!" Ari suddenly said, snapping her fingers.
"Huh?"
"The theme for homecoming! We have a disco ball, so why not?"
Everyone glared at Rondana, who had spent hours gluing mirror bits to a black kickball to make a Disco ball. Rondana smiled sheepishly.
"Well, this has been fun and all, but I'm going back" Shadow yawned, trying to inch away. Dawne grabbed her arm.
"Take me with you!"
X
"Aw, you look pretty!" Tigger said, clapping her hands. Rondana gave her a thumbs up. Dawne tried not to flick them off. Shadow burst out laughing.
"You…" Shadow burst into a fit of malicious giggles "…Look like a girl!"
"Shut up!"
Dawne stalked back into the dressing room. Tigger suddenly gasped.
"Shadow!"
Shadow jumped, awakened from her daydreaming.
"What? What?"
Tigger grinned evilly. Rondana was looking through a rack of dresses.
"Oh no!"
X
"Come out please!" Rondana pleaded. Dawne sniggered, happy her try-on-dresses time was over. Everybody was standing outside the dressing room, the guys were waiting for her outside dress department.
"No!" Shadow shouted through the door. The dress was sleeveless, so people could see her arms.
"If you don't come out, I'll call every guy in the store to knock this down" Dawne threatened.
Shadow slid halfway out, covering her scarred arm with the door. Tigger began clapping madly.
"It's so PRETTY!" She squealed. Rondana nodded. Dawne gave her an odd look.
"ALL the way out, genius" She sighed. Shadow shook her head.
"Hey guys! Shadow's wearin' a dress!" Dawne shouted. The guys came stumbling in as Dawne dragged her away from the door. Shadow tried to hide her arm before anyone saw, but Lee noticed it immediately.
"Your arm! It's MUTATED!!" He shouted. It wasn't mutated, it just had this giant burn scar twisting up to her elbow. Yep, NOT mutated.
"Stop staring at it!" Shadow defended, covering it with the edge of her giant dress. Trayos just stared at her.
"Uh…." He stuttered. Shadow blushed. Great, now he probably thought she was emo.
"What happened to your arm?" Tyrranis asked, his voice totally uninterested.
"Birthmark" Shadow stuttered.
"One heck of a freakish birthmark if you ask me" Aladd muttered, suddenly taking interest in the teenage girl at the cash register with the extremely low top. Tigger turned red.
"C'mon, let's get you a suit!" She huffed, grabbing his arm. Aladd looked confused.
"Why?"
"Because you're my date. YOU HEAR THAT?! MINE!!" Tigger screamed, terrifying the teenage girl at the counter. Everyone's eyes widened.
"Okay… I don't think I'm going to homecoming in this…" SWhadow muttered. Rondana chuckled.
"That's why they invented make up, smart one"
"Oh"
X
"Have you noticed boss is really weird lately?" Veronica muttered, whispering to her co-worker. Her fellow scientist stared at her.
"Since when is he not weird?"
"Well, weirder"
Her colleague considered this.
"Well, yeah. He's suddenly fascinated with K.I.R.A's friends and their homecoming dance"
"I heard some intern was yelled at for finding that out and spreading the word to others"
"I also heard he figured out that his cousin goes to that school"
"Hey, isn't his brother…?"
Everyone suddenly got quiet. Marks was peering over their shoulder.
"Anything interesting?" Marks asked, his tone light and bored. Everyone almost sighed. He didn't hear them, that was…
"Do you have a brother, Doctor Marks?" One intern asked. Veronica winced. It had almost been so close!
"Yes"
And he walked away. The intern smiled.
"Well, that clears things up!" She said brightly, turning back to their monitors that they had been observing.
"That girl is so weird!" Veronica muttered. A man next to her chuckled.
"And being able to duplicate small objects and teleport isn't weird?"
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My foot is a lovely shade of blue now, oh joy…
I NEED EVIL PERSONS!!
Seriously, everyone is good! We need some hardcore hissy fit/ and/ or totally evil people! I need Clichy girls, I need guys who beat people up, AND I need evil scientists!! My brain is fried so I'm asking you, the nice people, to submit a person!! PLEASE!! They can become good in the end, but for the love of Gawd, help me!
Thank You for your time