"Molly"
"No, Cory"
"Sarah"
"No, Cory"
"Jamie"
"No, Cory"
"Nicole"
"No, Cory"
"Patty"
"No, Cory"
"Caitlin"
"We don't have any Caitlin's at our school." Jack sighed, sticking his hand back into the popcorn bowl and turning up the volume of 'The Ring'. He knew Cory wasn't all the way fond of this movie, and that he had only chosen it to show Jack that he wasn't a wuss. Truth be told, Jack didn't care much for it, either.
"But if we did, you probably still wouldn't like her. What's wrong with you?" Cory scoffed, turning his attention back to the TV. Jack gave him a look, his blue eyes dull. This kid was annoying. Jack had been friends with him since they had both started sixth grade.
Cory was a football player, and so was sticking to the status quo by dating hot but brain dead girls all the time. Because of his friendship with Cory, Jack had seen stupid in all hair colors (even one girl with bubblegum-pink streaked hair!), and that broke the 'dumb blonde' belief that he used to have.
"Why, who do you like?" Jack asked, sounding uninterested.
"Jamie, I told you." Cory said; glad for a reason to look away from the screen as something particularly chilling happened. Jack didn't know what exactly; he was looking at Cory.
"Oh, right. The blonde one in our English class. Doesn't she get like, straight D's?" Jack said, turning to snicker at the screen. Cory turned a very interesting shade of scarlet. Being a very pale boy to begin with, this was quite something.
"She's hot, though." He protested.
"But stupid"
"And hot"
"Yeah, but she's really, really stupid, Cory. You would do better with, like, Angela from Science. She's pretty cute. Mostly gets A's, too. And didn't you mention the other day that you like redheads?" Jack said. He himself preferred a girl with brains. It made for more of a┘ serious relationship. Not that Jack had ever had a serious relationship, but still. Cory just scowled.
"So?" He said, ignoring the part about Angela, and then whispered, "She's hot"
"┘And stupid"
"Oh my God, shut up!" A red-faced Cory groaned, grabbing a pillow and stuffing in Jack's face, annoyed.
Instantly, Jack seized up. Memories of chloroform and the horrible screams from himself and others flashed before his pale eyes. He remembered the pain, the terror, and the unnatural mood swings. The other mutants, the cold, steel cages, and being forced to exercise powers he hadn't known he had. His pupils dilated and he began sweating as the darkness of the satin pillow enveloped him and he suddenly saw one face.
It was old and tired, withered with age and the unnatural fumes of the testing labs. It was him. The one who had killed his sister. The one who had forced him into doing horrible and painful things and then dragged him back to his cage when Jack no longer had the strength to even groan. The one who had pretended to understand and then tried to feed him and his sister to the newest batch of carnivorous mutants.
Cory moved the pillow from on of Jack's wide, blue eyes with a small grin. "Dude"
Suddenly, Jack saw red. The flyboys had come back! Where was ditto? Jack snapped, jumping up and sliding into a fighting stance, unfurling his enormous blue wings so quickly that he heard them pop. This boy before him, he was one of them! Jack waited for the first strike, ready for anything.
Cory yelped and fell to his back, smashing into the popcorn bowl and sending the remote flying across the floor. "OhMyGod!" he shouted.
The yelling knocked Jack back into the present, and he blinked slowly, his wings drooping from their position extended high above his head. He slowly came to realize what he had done, and he cursed himself mentally.
"You're a- like those- OhMyGod!" Cory yelled. Jack kneeled down to him, lowering his wings and panicking.
"Nonononononono! Don't yell!" He pleaded, but Cory just crawled back, scared.
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU FREAK!" He screeched, sending the outside world into a whir of barking dogs and concerned neighbors.
"Darn it, Cory!" Jack cursed. His life was ruined. The one permanent home he had found was now just going to be one of those 'Oh yeah, I remember that place' towns. All because of his stupid, freakish nerves. Jack cursed to himself and pelted towards the huge window in the wall wrestling with the odd latch. Cory's mother rushed in, father right behind, as Jack leapt out the second-story window and caught the wind. He heard all three people shouting as his huge, blue jay wings snapped open and he soared away, feeling the eyes of dozens of neighbors and hearing the frantic barking of those accursed dogs.
Author's Note: Ah, as you can see, I've made it longer, as two nice reviewers suggested. So now, we get a little more insight into Blue's past and what split him and Ditto up ((more on that later)). Thanks for reading/rereading this, if you did I'll see you next chapter!
"No, Cory"
"Sarah"
"No, Cory"
"Jamie"
"No, Cory"
"Nicole"
"No, Cory"
"Patty"
"No, Cory"
"Caitlin"
"We don't have any Caitlin's at our school." Jack sighed, sticking his hand back into the popcorn bowl and turning up the volume of 'The Ring'. He knew Cory wasn't all the way fond of this movie, and that he had only chosen it to show Jack that he wasn't a wuss. Truth be told, Jack didn't care much for it, either.
"But if we did, you probably still wouldn't like her. What's wrong with you?" Cory scoffed, turning his attention back to the TV. Jack gave him a look, his blue eyes dull. This kid was annoying. Jack had been friends with him since they had both started sixth grade.
Cory was a football player, and so was sticking to the status quo by dating hot but brain dead girls all the time. Because of his friendship with Cory, Jack had seen stupid in all hair colors (even one girl with bubblegum-pink streaked hair!), and that broke the 'dumb blonde' belief that he used to have.
"Why, who do you like?" Jack asked, sounding uninterested.
"Jamie, I told you." Cory said; glad for a reason to look away from the screen as something particularly chilling happened. Jack didn't know what exactly; he was looking at Cory.
"Oh, right. The blonde one in our English class. Doesn't she get like, straight D's?" Jack said, turning to snicker at the screen. Cory turned a very interesting shade of scarlet. Being a very pale boy to begin with, this was quite something.
"She's hot, though." He protested.
"But stupid"
"And hot"
"Yeah, but she's really, really stupid, Cory. You would do better with, like, Angela from Science. She's pretty cute. Mostly gets A's, too. And didn't you mention the other day that you like redheads?" Jack said. He himself preferred a girl with brains. It made for more of a┘ serious relationship. Not that Jack had ever had a serious relationship, but still. Cory just scowled.
"So?" He said, ignoring the part about Angela, and then whispered, "She's hot"
"┘And stupid"
"Oh my God, shut up!" A red-faced Cory groaned, grabbing a pillow and stuffing in Jack's face, annoyed.
Instantly, Jack seized up. Memories of chloroform and the horrible screams from himself and others flashed before his pale eyes. He remembered the pain, the terror, and the unnatural mood swings. The other mutants, the cold, steel cages, and being forced to exercise powers he hadn't known he had. His pupils dilated and he began sweating as the darkness of the satin pillow enveloped him and he suddenly saw one face.
It was old and tired, withered with age and the unnatural fumes of the testing labs. It was him. The one who had killed his sister. The one who had forced him into doing horrible and painful things and then dragged him back to his cage when Jack no longer had the strength to even groan. The one who had pretended to understand and then tried to feed him and his sister to the newest batch of carnivorous mutants.
Cory moved the pillow from on of Jack's wide, blue eyes with a small grin. "Dude"
Suddenly, Jack saw red. The flyboys had come back! Where was ditto? Jack snapped, jumping up and sliding into a fighting stance, unfurling his enormous blue wings so quickly that he heard them pop. This boy before him, he was one of them! Jack waited for the first strike, ready for anything.
Cory yelped and fell to his back, smashing into the popcorn bowl and sending the remote flying across the floor. "OhMyGod!" he shouted.
The yelling knocked Jack back into the present, and he blinked slowly, his wings drooping from their position extended high above his head. He slowly came to realize what he had done, and he cursed himself mentally.
"You're a- like those- OhMyGod!" Cory yelled. Jack kneeled down to him, lowering his wings and panicking.
"Nonononononono! Don't yell!" He pleaded, but Cory just crawled back, scared.
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU FREAK!" He screeched, sending the outside world into a whir of barking dogs and concerned neighbors.
"Darn it, Cory!" Jack cursed. His life was ruined. The one permanent home he had found was now just going to be one of those 'Oh yeah, I remember that place' towns. All because of his stupid, freakish nerves. Jack cursed to himself and pelted towards the huge window in the wall wrestling with the odd latch. Cory's mother rushed in, father right behind, as Jack leapt out the second-story window and caught the wind. He heard all three people shouting as his huge, blue jay wings snapped open and he soared away, feeling the eyes of dozens of neighbors and hearing the frantic barking of those accursed dogs.
As he finally lost the last cop car, Jack sighed heavily and glanced back at the tiny speck
that was Waterline. His home for two and a half years was now just a speck.
"Well, now that I can't show my face in this state anymore, I guess I can have my old
name back." He muttered.
Much as people may think otherwise, soaring over a neighborhood in the dead of night
with the fear of having just been discovered by the world wasn't exactly on the list of
things he had thought he would be doing at Cory's house that night. But, of course,
nothing could ever go right for Blue, now, could it?
Author's Note: Ah, as you can see, I've made it longer, as two nice reviewers suggested. So now, we get a little more insight into Blue's past and what split him and Ditto up ((more on that later)). Thanks for reading/rereading this, if you did I'll see you next chapter!