Part Ten: "I don't eat meat." "Why not?" "It
disagrees with me." "How about cyanide? Does that give you the rumbly
tummy too?"
Frank and Lexis got to her house at around noon.
Frank had the time of his life traveling, but he got a tiny bit sick from the
experience.
"Well, this is my home. Nice huh?"
Frank was still a little wheezy, "yeah, I
guess."
"You guess? Frank, I thought I knew you better!"
Lexis walked towards the door and it suddenly opened.
"LEXIS! You should have called first!," Shelby
ran up to her and gave her the biggest hug ever, "God, girl! I have missed you
so much! Oh, who is this?" Shelby was referring to Frank.
"Oh this is Frank. He is a friend that I met on
my travels."
Shelby walked up to Frank and stuck her hand
out, "hello, Frank. I am Lexis' mom. You can call me Shelby."
"It is nice to meet you, Shelby." Frank shook
her hand and she directed them inside. They sat in the living room while Shelby
got coffee. When she came back she started asking questions.
"So where did you go?"
"Well, I have been to every country in the
world...so I went...I guess everywhere."
"Lexis, that is amazing! So where are you
staying now?"
"I am in New York right now, and I have a job
there and I am going to go to college."
"Ooh, where is your job?"
Lexis looked at Frank for anything, "Shelby, it
is called Dynamo Duo Plus, why I do not know, but we deal with computers.
Fixing them, selling and buying computer, helping customers. Things like that."
Frank looked at Lexis and she nodded in appreciation.
"Oh, that sounds fun! I never thought you would
be working with computers. Her dad works with them at the DOD."
Frank was surprised, "the DOD? Spiffy!" Then he
laughed, which made Lexis mother more in love with him.
"I did not know that New York men were so nice!"
"Well, I am actually from Michigan. I just moved
to New York when I was ten."
"So am I! Lexis you need to find a guy like
him!" Lexis sighed at the thought.
"Oh, mom. Um...we can only stay for one day.
Sorry. Work starts tomorrow and I do not want to be late."
"Oh...that is a shame. Can you spend the night?"
Frank and Lexis looked at each other and
shrugged, "yeah, sure. Why not?" Shelby was so ecstatic about the whole thing.
…...
They all talked most of the rest of the day,
even when her dad came home. When they needed to go to bed, there was only one
room available for them to be in.
"Oh, mom it is fine. I will just take the floor
or something else."
Her mom looked at her oddly, "okay then. Have
fun!" She quickly walked away.
"Gross, mom!" Lexis screamed out after her.
"Go on in. Get comfy." She said as she walked in
after him. She stood in a corner and stopped reality. She did not need to have
suitcases because in stop mode, she could change her outfit, so anything she
had ever worn, was in an archive of her clothes. It was her new best friend.
She put on a modest tank top and pants. When she put on play mode, Frank was
inches from her. "Um...hi?"
"Oh sorry, I was suppose to tell you not to use
your powers. People might find us here when you use them."
"Yeah, SHIELD." Lexis mumbled to herself as she
walked to the bed.
"Did you say something?"
"Uh, no I did not."
Frank looked at the bed and sighed, "so I am on
the ground?"
Lexis looked at him like he was crazy, "no. We
are adults. I think that it is okay if we are in the same bed." Frank looked at
the bed again, but walked up to it and lifted up the covers and hopped in. They
both settled down on their backs. Then suddenly they wanted to ask the same
question at the same time.
"I..." they said at the same time.
"Go ahead, Lexis."
"No. No. You go first. I think we may have the
same question."
Frank looked frightened, "can I kiss..." he was
interrupted when she kissed him on the lips. Frank was surprised by it. When
they finished she answered.
"Yes you can." Frank looked in her eyes and she
leaned closer waiting for him to kiss again. He leaned in and lightly kissed
her again. They lightly kissed for a little bit but then Frank moved the covers
and got on top of her. He lightly pressed his body against hers. She enjoyed
the warmth that he created. Suddenly he stopped kissing and got off.
"We can not do this. We can not have revenge
sex!"
"Who said we were? We barely had foreplay!"
"I still can not do it. It just is a bad idea."
Lexis sighed, "okay. Whatever you want." They
went back to their sides and quickly fell asleep.
…...
By the time it was ten in the morning, they were
all ready to go back. Shelby had just walked down the stairs.
"Leaving already?"
"Oh, well we can stay for like half an hour, but
then we have to go."
"It is okay. You guys can go now. I do not
care."
"No, mom is it okay."
"Well, if you are going to stay longer, then I
am going to make you guys a proper breakfast! But before I do that I need to
tell you something, Lexis...privately."
Lexis looked confused, but she wanted Frank to
witness this, "why privately? We have nothing to hide from Frank."
"This is a family matter. One that you can feel
free to tell him after I tell you first. Lets go in the living room." Her mom
was practically there by the time Lexis thought about moving.
"Yes mom?"
"Honey, this is something I should have told you
long ago. Very long ago..." Shelby did not really know how to explain what she
needed to.
"What is it mom? Just spit it out!"
"You are...adopted." Lexis was stunned. Adopted?
She was speechless. Not really knowing what to say she just asked a question.
"Who are my real parents?"
Shelby looked so sad, "I do not know. It was a
closed adoption, which means your real parents did not want to be apart of your
life. They did not want to know what happened to you. But your real mother did
leave something for you. I do not know why, but she did." Shelby got up and
looked in a draw for a box. When she found it, she walked back over to Lexis
and put it in Lexis' lap. Lexis looked at it, unsure of what to do with it.
"Open it Lexis."
Lexis slowly took off the top of the box and
moved the paper from the inside of it. Inside there was a beautiful blue
necklace that had big blue stones hanging off of it.
"A necklace? That is what she left for me? A necklace?"
"Yes, sweety. I do not know why. Maybe it had
sentimental value to her. I guess we will never know."
Lexis had an idea, "not if I find her. Then we
will know. Or at least I will."
Shelby looked at her in shock, "you would
seriously do that? What if she was like raped and just wants to forget about
it. What if she has a husband who does not know about this? Do you know what it
will do to her if you coming knocking on her door?!"
Lexis now was furious, "what did you expect from
me? You are right. You should have told me sooner. Maybe then I would not be so
curious!" Lexis slammed the lid back on the box and walked towards the kitchen.
She proceeded to yell at Frank, "Frank! We are leaving. Get your things,
please." Lexis stood in the kitchen for seconds before deciding to leave the
house. Frank was scrambling to gather his things before Lexis thought about
leaving. Lexis was standing on the grass when her mom appeared out of nowhere.
"Lexis please do not leave. I did not know that
you were going to act so badly, or I would have never told you! I just thought
that you should know about it, not go out and find her!I am sorry. Please do
not leave!" Lexis was beyond accepting her apologies. How could her own mother
not tell her that she was not her birth mother? Lexis was sick and tired of
hearing her 'mother's' voice already.
"I have to leave! I can not believe that you did
this to me! How dare you keep something like this from me! It was wrong of you
to do it! I am ashamed of you for keeping this secret from me! Just go away,"
her mother did not leave, "leave! Now!" At that moment Frank showed up,
frightened and shocked. Lexis grabbed Franks arm and stopped reality.
"What the fuck was that Lexis?!"
"My mom just told me that I was adopted! That is
what that was!" Lexis jumped to the spot. Frank followed her exact moves. She
played reality and they were in front of the headquarters. She walked in after
Frank, since she did not yet have keys or codes because she was not an official
member. She would be conducted into the Mob after her training was completed.
Everyone had different estimated for when she would finish her training, some
said three to four weeks, others said six months to a year, depending on what
she was training in. There were basic things, like weapon training and lying
techniques. These were mandatory and took a minimum of three weeks to finish.
Lexis at the moment did not really care about training, she cared about why her
family, or what she thought was her family, would hide something like this from
her. She did not understand it, nor really care about her at the moment. She
just wanted to find out who her real mother was and meet her. Frank unlocked
the door and let Lexis in. She rushed to the basement and opened the door.
Everything was buzzing because of her training. She had to force herself to
smile because everyone loved her oddly. People had sent her emails saying how
excited they were to start working with her and how she was going to thrive at
the Mob. She felt like she was apart of a awesome family here; even the boss
really liked her. She smiled while she walked over to the boss.
"Hello, Boss."
The Boss twisted around to see Lexis standing
behind him. He smiled, "well hello, Lexis. Ready?"
"Yes, sir. I am ready to start training." Lexis
acted chipper, but she was broken up inside. Too much had happened during this
past couple of days. Vladimir breaking up with her, Frank kissing her and the
bomb her mother dropped on her. She had been through enough for a year. The
boss looked at a pile of papers.
"First we will be putting you under to make sure
that you are at the pinnacle of your health. Doing it when you were awake would
be a bit painful," Lexis' face was full of fear, "do not worry. Most of our
agents have been through this process, even Frank has. Right Frank?" Most
people looked at Frank, waiting for his answer, "oh, yeah. Totally painless! I
did not feel a thing!" Frank gave a big smile, but quickly went back to his
serious face, which did not make Lexis feel any better.
"Then we will be training you in a variety of
things, based on your physical and mental tests you do. Example. How far you
can run or how well you can lie to someone without showing it. Things like
that. Then you will go into actually training. Simple as that. Any questions?"
The boss just looked at her.
"Just one, Boss. If I am good enough, will I get
a team. One that I get to control?" This is the question she wanted to know the
most.
"How about this. If you get an excellent on
ninety nine percent of all of the reports your trainers do on you, then you can
get a team right after your training. Deal?" Lexis gave him the biggest smile
known to man.
"Yes, deal. Thank you, sir. I will do my
absolute best!" Lexis was still smiling as a few men whisked her away to get
put under. Once they reached the area where she was going to be put under, she
completely stopped smiling. It reminded her of the SHIELD hospital area, where
she met Tony Stark. It almost made her throw up. What if they go into my
thoughts and get rid of them? Lexis thought. A doctor came up to her and
grabbed her by the arm and directed her towards a operating room table by the
looks of it. Nurses told her to lay on the table and to close her eyes. Lexis
did as followed.
…...
When Lexis woke up, she was in the same room
that she had entered before only it was darker. She smelled all different types
of chemicals and she could even identify them. She thought that that was odd,
since she did not remember knowing them before. She sat up on the table. I
am still in the same clothes as before. Lexis thought. She was very
confused and it turned out that she was very groggy too. She wondered what they
had done to her.
A nurse walked in. She looked stunned.
"What are you doing sitting up! Lay back down,
now." The nurse was grouchy and old, at least in her late fifties or early
sixties.
"I feel fine." Lexis knew that that was not
true, yet it just came out. Lexis was more confused than ever. Was she
subconsciously lying...on accident? She had no clue what she was doing.
"Please get up slowly. The medication they gave
you make you groggy. Be careful," the woman hissed as Lexis jumped up and walked
to the door the nurse had come out of.