World Of The Brotherhood
Chapter 3
Shopping Spree
Mortimer andZodiac docked the boat a little ways away from the docks. Before they got out, Mortimer put up his hood and looked around.Zodiac starred for a bit before realizing he was hiding his face. They started by heading to the nearest food store.
"So this is where you guys do your shopping?" asked Zodiac, trying to start up a conversation.
"Yeah, it's closest to us and we can get supplies faster that way. The boat can carry more cargo than the helicopter and draws less attention ... What are you looking at?"asked Mortimer, seeing asZodiac kept starring at him.
"Nothing, just trying to see if you where as bored as I am?" asked Angel getting a small cart.
"Oh gee, thanks." Said Mortimer with sarcasm.
"No, not talking to you, I meant shopping." She said quickly.
"Oh really. For a rich girl you'd think that you would be used to shopping a lot." Said Mortimer as they went down the fruit section.
"Excuse me? I am not some shop aholic prep mind you. I only go shopping when it's needed. Mostly for food, on the occasion I will buy something for myself. Mostly on christmas or my birthday." Said Angel in anger.
"Mostly expensive things?" asked Mortimer looking at the grapes.
"Nope my limit on one thing is up to $35.00 and I rarely go up that high, mostly when I buy stuff for others. The most expensive thing I bought for myself was a bed, which I have had for six years now. I bought it when I was moving into my apartment. Before that I stayed in a cottage, but it gave me the creeps." Said Zodiac, as she looked at a watermelon.
"Sorry." he said putting his hands in the air.
"Okay, so ohm. So what's your story? How'd you join the Brotherhood?" askedZodiac as she looked at some spray cheese.
"Well my parents left me at an orphanage when I was three. I got bullied a lot and mostly isolated myself from others. The only thing I had for comfort was some books that no one read but me. Well when I was 15 I met Magneto. The orphanage was getting worse and he offered me away out, so I took it and came to the Cave, actually at first the Brotherhood lived in an old stinky farm house. So it's a lot better in the cave, there also used to be more Brotherhood members and at a point I left like they did. I ended up coming back, I had my own team for a while. Mine was called The Misfits, after a while we got sick of each other and bailed. So tell me about yourself and I'll finish mine." Said Mortimer as they moved down the isle after getting some fruit.
"By what do you mean?" she asked looking at some bananas.
"Your favorite color, stuff like that." he said getting two cartons of milk.
"Okay my favorite things list: my color is green, any shade except that really ugly puke brown color, my type of jewelry is silver, Holidays are Christmas, Valentines, and Halloween. My self tolerance level is 50, I can't tolerate myself for long. My self loathing level is 6 I don't hate myself that much. I enjoy horror books and astrology, and I like comedies and sometimes horrors. I like watching the moon and I like to travel a lot as well as singing and dancing. My astrology sign is Aqurarious, the water carrier. My dark sign is The Bound Women. I give good advice sometimes, and if I have cheese, sugar, or anything dairy of natural earth foods I go on a sugar high and start running a muck. Anything else?" she said with a smile as she looked at some cake mixes.
"Okay fine, are you a virgin?" asked Mortimer, just out to annoy her.
"Now is that really any of your business?" she asked.
"No, I was just wondering. I'll tell you if you tell me." Said Mortimer, with a grin.
"I already know your still a virgin." said Zodiac, looking at some tomato sauce.
"Excuse me, but how the hell do you know?" asked Mortimer.
"I can read minds Morty." saidZodiac with a smirk.
"Hey, stay out of my mind, now it's only fair that you tell me. Also now why the hell are you calling me Morty?" asked Mortimer, very fast.
"Okay fine, don't get so angry, you should keep your thoughts down and as well I am a virgin, also that's your nick name is it not?" asked Zodiac, fully enjoying herself.
"Okay. Yes it is, it does not mean I like it." said Mortimer pushing the cart to the check out line, it was over flowing.
"So what would you like me to call you?" asked Zodiac, leaning against the cart.
"I don't know, know ones ever asked me before." Said Mortimer, now thinking about it.
"Mort, Motis, Morty, Mortimer, Tim?" askedZodiac now wanting.
"Mortimer or Morty maybe maybe Mort." Said Mortimer taking all the bags but three.
"Can I have some bags?" asked Zodiac.
"Help yourself." said Mortimer standing there.
Angel took half of the bags and headed to the boat. After unloading the things on the boat, they decided to look around more. They decided to go into a New Age Shop, Mortimer didn't know whyZodiac wanted to go in here. It gave him the chills when he got close to it. AsZodiac talked to the lady at the desk, Mortimer starred at a mirror, all he saw where scenes in his life. Both good and bad, he then started looking at vials of stuff.
"What are you doing?" askedZodiac walking over by him with a bag.
"Nothin'. What you get?" asked Mortimer starring at the bag.
"Something." she said moving the bag out of eye sight.
Mortimer would not stop looking at the bag, even after they got to the next store. He didn't know how he had got in the store, for one he would not wan't to be in here. It was a clothing store, mostly woman a small area for men.
He tried to back track out of the place, but was cut off be Zodiac's hand grabbing his and pulling him away from the door. He starred at his hand in her's. He felt warm in the face and knew he was blushing, but he still had his hood up forZodiac not to see.
"Come on, why don't we get some new clothes. I havn't gone shopping with someone for a long time. We could help each other decide." she said, fully into a shopping spree.
"I thought you said you don't shop that much." he said with a gulp.
"I don't, I just feel like shopping for some reason. Please?" she said with a pout look.
Mortimer took a gulp and looked around. "It can't be that bad."
"Okay, first you." SaidZodiac dragging him to the men's side.
Zodiacwent from Spring to fall and from Fall to summer with clothes. Before Mortimer knew it he was in the changing room wearing a coat similar to his, but a little cleaner and thicker. He had kind of enjoyed it, well up t the part about changing. He now had a new wardrobe and some extra things.
"Are you happy?" he asked as he had them folded in front of him.
"Ecstatic. Now it's my turn." she said with a smile before going into the changing room.
"Call me if you need any help." he said leaning on the table.
"I don't think I'll be needing any at this point." she said from behind the door.
After about a half an hour they finally left. Mortimer had liked the part of watching more than shopping. They where now heading through the park and to the boat. As they put the stuff in the boat they saw the X-Men approaching a women with two dogs in the park.Zodiactraced their minds, but the professor caught on and sent a telepathic blast through her.
"Zodiac, what's wrong?" asked Mortimer as she was clutching her head in pain.
"He's sending visions." she said gasping for air.
"Come on let's go." said Mortimer picking her up and got back on the boat.
He took off back to the cave in a hurry.Zodiac was still clutching her head in pain. He looked in one of the boxes on the boat and found one of Magneto's spare helmets and handed it to her. She quickly put it down and sighed.
"Who where they?" asked Zodiac in gasping.
"The X-Men." Said Mortimer as he steered the boat into the hidden cave dwelling.
"Why where they so close to base?" asked Zodiac, glancing back.
"I don't know and I don't wish to find out. We have to be careful around him, he can control our minds. Why did you stop your spazum?" he asked.
"I sent the images back at him, with some more of my more horrorfing ones." she smiled.
LATER THAT EVENING
"Mortimer. . . want to go to the carnival?" asked Zodiac as they sat on the boat.
"Yeah!" yelled John, jumping from under some bags.
"When did you get here?" asked Zodiac in shock.
"I was sleeping in the boat and I decided to stay here so I didn't get left behind." said John with a small smile.
"No." said Mortimer.
"Why not?" asked John.
"Because. . . . I just don't want to go." said Mortimer, angrily jumping in the boat.
"Fine, be that way. Come on John." said Zodiac walking towards the lights.
"Fine." said Mortimer, laying in the bed of the boat.
He saw something shimmer in the corner of his eye. He turned to look and saw a small link chain with three masks on it. One was a dramatic smiling face, another a frown, and another was both combined. He put it on after a while and started playing with it. He touched the smiling one and the braclet glowed and then stopped, locking on his wrist.
"What the. . . " he looked to see his normal green webbed hand was a soft tan.
He looked outside the boat in the water and his hair was brown and spiked with blonde tip. His eyes an acid icey blue and his clear skined complection. He was in shock. What kind of braclet was that? He looked at it, to see a Z carved behind the panel. He smiled and looked up towards the carnival on the hill.
UP AT THE CARNIVAL BY THE DART BOARD
Zodiac looked up at the large frog in the prize section. John was running around behind her, happily playing with a yo-yo he had gotten. It was apparently something that reminded him of a better part of his childhood. Zodiac went to turn and smashed into a young handsome man.
"Sorry." she saidsitting up.
"I'm sorry." said his familier voice.
She looked up exspecting to see Mortimer, but instead seeing a smiling handsome face offering his hand to help her up. She smiled and took the hand. She starred in his eyes, there was something about his strong blue eyes. Something in his soul.
"Hi, I'm T." he said with a charming smile.
To Be Continued
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