He just looked at her. Unaware of himself staring. She was older than he was. Than all the sudden she shrunk into a six-year-old and then proceeded to turn into Logan's age and he suddenly got a strange feeling in his gut; her gold eyes vulnerable. "This is the age I normally stay," she said.
He sat on the bed next to her. "Tell me everything you can do," he said staring a the wall.
"I am immortal, and I can change my age."
"I though you said you could kill."
"Thousands of years of training and surviving can do that to you."
"You can't heal though,"
"No," Carmen then braided her hair and said not looking at him, "I am very tired. If you want to leave I don't blame you. There are a lot more people looking for me than you."
Logan said nothing and walked back into his room. Thoughts swirled through his mind. He'd never met someone who was immortal like him. He was confused and was empathetic towards her. Those sad gold eyes…stop. He told himself. He didn't want anyone feeling sorry for him.
There he slept. On the bed on top of the covers. He never even noticed Carmen as she shifted a bag over her shoulder. Never noticed her leaving a note next to his hand. Never noticed her leaving. Never noticing her sad eyes look at him as she walked out the door.
Carmen was exhausted but she knew she couldn't stay there. They would catch her and him if she stayed. She couldn't risk putting him in danger. Even though she knew what he could do it was nothing compared to what they would do. She shivered. Carmen ignored the voice in her head reminding her of last time she old someone about her true self. How he had turned her in for money and they tortured her for answers but never got any. Then she escaped and never told a soul again for another 40 years. Until Logan. Another voice whispered that she could trust him. She ignored them both and hopped on a shuttle to a cruise where she would sneak on and get off. She didn't know that Logan would find her. Ten years later at least.
Carmen sat in a bar in Mexico. Drinking and watching a woman as she rolled dice and moved them with her eyes. A mutant. They're everywhere. "Can I have bud light," a voice said husky and right next to her. Carmen froze. Logan. Ten years and he had found her. She slowly set down her beer and gulped. He plopped down next to her.
"So you found me," Carmen said and took another gulp. she had never been so nervous before.
"I never stopped, since you left me that note," he said still not looking at her and she never looked at him.
"I was long gone before I left," Carmen said suddenly getting up and threw some cash on the bar. She weaved through the crowd and Logan right behind her. Once they were out of the bar and reached an alley Carmen stopped. "I don't understand why you kept looking or even started."
"Face it Carmen I need you and you need me. So far you are the ONLY person I have ever met that has been immortal like me and I'm not passing that up and from the shitty note you left I could tell you were going to regret this," Logan said almost angry.
Carmen just looked at him; her guards down. Her medieval accent was coming out as she spoke with her voice shaking. "You-you need me? How do you need someone who is as closed off as a castle? How can you need a killer?"
"I need someone who I can trust and I know will trust me. That's you, Carmen. The minute you told me I could tell something was up and that secretly you need my help but won't admit it. Look me in the eye and say you never regretted leaving that night.
Carmen's lips quivered for the first time in ages. Literally. She looked at him in the eyes and spoke. "I never-" The lie never came out and neither did the single tear of someone needing her for she ran. Back to her dingy apartment where she ran in and closed the bathroom door, sinking against it. Her mind flew back to him. Ben. Sweet Ben. He was a mutant like her. He could electrify someone with a single touch. Literally.
He was her first love. The first he thought she really loved anyway. His sandy hair and pointy small nose made him look so sweet. She was in love with him. One day he took her on a surprise date and then turned her into the Vipers. The people who wanted her. She swore she would never love anyone else for it was just going to end badly. She swore she would never trust or befriend anyone ever again. Carmen felt Logan sit next to the other side of the door.
"I need your help," Carmen said softly. "Will you?"
"Of course. That's what friends are for right?" To correct the cheesy line he said, "I got nothing else better to do." Trying to be macho.
A faint smile teased Carmen's mouth. It quickly changed into a grimace and a determined stony face. The people hunting her. The Vipers would no longer hurt her, scare her and make her run away. She was going to shut them down with the help of Logan.