Combusting Hearts
Chapter 3
I sighed quietly as I sat there staring at the man known as Logan. Kurt had just gotten back moments ago, and now me and the rugged looking man were in a staring contest of sorts.
He growled at me.
"Don't you ever blink?" he asked gruffly with irritation. I just shrugged my shoulders, immediately regretting it as pain shot through my left one.
I held onto it tightly as Logan reached forward with his calloused hand. The feeling was a bit rough, though he was trying to be gentle with me as he pulled me a bit closer to him. I gazed up at him with a bit of fear in my eyes, quickly glancing over at Kurt, who sat but a foot away from my right.
"This is gonna hurt," Logan warned, getting a better hold of my arm and shoulder. I could see Kurt's tail flicking furiously around him, his ears twitching slightly as he trained his bright yellow eyes on me.
Within moments, I was nearly choking on a scream as my arm was being shoved back into its socket. Tears flowed freely from my eyes as I sat there, quickly curling into a ball the moment that Logan let go.
It was so painful.
"Maybe I should have let the old fuzz ball do it?" Logan said more to himself than anyone else.
Surprisingly enough, seeing me in pain like this made him shift uncomfortably.
"Logan, maybe she should stay in here for a vhile vith me?" Kurt inquired, his tail swatting against the ground for a moment.
"Fine," Logan sighed, "Less work for me then."
Kurt smiled to himself as he watched Logan leave, coming over to me once the door was closed.
"Are you all vight?" he asked, peering down at my scrunched up face.
"Do I look alright to you?" I groaned, closing my eyes for a moment, before gazing back up at him.
"I don't know, that's vhy I asked," he said, looking down at me. I sighed quietly.
"Help me up?" I asked, holding out my uninjured arm. He wrapped his tail around my wrist, gently easing me up as he pulled it. I let out a light sigh when I was finally standing up. "Thanks Kurt," I whispered, knowing that he heard me with those ears of his.
"I know that I told him ve'd be in here, but vould you like to get something to eat?" he asked, tail twitching.
"Yes please?"
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We were back in his room again after getting food. I didn't feel comfortable staying down there while eating, so he brought me back up here.
"Kurt?"
He looked up at me from his bologna on rye sandwich.
"Hm?" he asked, with a mouth full of sandwich.
I tried my hardest not to laugh as I looked at him.
"How do…how do you put up with this all?" I asked carefully. I watched as he swallowed what was in his mouth.
"Vhat do you mean?" he asked, a bit confused.
I sighed heavily.
"This," I said, gesturing with my hands, "Everything around you…all of this crap…" I whispered.
He placed his sandwich down and crouched down in front of me, carefully placing a hand on my shoulder.
"You mean…the fear?" he questioned. I nodded my head slowly. He sighed. "I don't exactly 'put' up vith it," he explained. "I've been hiding for years fraulein, but over the years, things change," he explained.
"How so?" I asked.
"Since I came here, I've come in contact vith more people that accept me," he explained. I shook my head quickly.
"But what about that one guy?" I asked. He snorted faintly, his tail flicking harshly.
"Slick…" he whispered the name, but I still caught it.
"So that's his name?" I asked.
Kurt nodded his head in irritation. It also made me realize something.
"He causes you a lot of problems, doesn't he Kurt?" Even though I asked him this, I already knew the answer to my question.
"Yes. Slick is vhat some vould call a pain in the but," he stated not so kindly.
I nodded my head in understanding as I looked at Kurt. Something in my stomach was churning, making me feel sick. I had to lean over, holding my stomach.
It was my emotions again that was causing it.
This definitely wasn't good. I just sat there clutching my stomach. Kurt had a pained face as he looked at me.
"Vhat is the matter?" he asked with concern.
I just shook my head as I stood up, walking over to the door, and holding onto the doorframe. I had to get out of here for a bit, before I did some serious damage.
"Elaine?" Kurt called, but I didn't answer him. Instead, I ran out of the room and down the hall. "Elaine!" he called, but it was no use, I was already gone. He sighed quietly, looking down at our food, before poofing out of the room.
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I could already feel my hands heating up. I could see the red in my fingertips as it flared up. This wasn't something that I liked, and currently, I had no control over it. The only thing that I could do, was try and avoid people at all costs, but of course that didn't always happen.
"Hey you!"
The voice that called me was very familiar. When I turned around, I found the culprit, and I wasn't very happy with it either. Slick.
"What's wrong with you!?" he yelled. "You nearly killed me earlier," he said in annoyance. I just growled at him.
"If you kept your hands to yourself, then maybe things like that wouldn't happen," I told him as I turned back around, and started to walk away. He had to be stupid enough and grab my arm. "G-get off me!" I yelled, pulling away sharply. I didn't like being touched.
Before I could actually go anywhere else, his arm stretched and wrapped around me. My mind completely froze up, and my breathing stopped, before quickly going out of control. I closed my eyes, before letting out a scream. The ground around me practically exploded, nearly taking Slick's arm off.
I just couldn't stop it as the ground gave way in different areas, and my hands glowed bright red. This was what I was trying to avoid, but now it was happening again.
I just want to disappear! I cried as a tree exploded a few feet away.
"Freak! You're out of control!" Slick yelled, before running off with his bloodied arm.
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Logan, go to her the Professor said as he watched from his window. He knew that Logan would hear him, and as if on cue, moments later he was running outside towards the young child.
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"G-get away!" I yelled as Logan came toward me. I didn't want anyone else getting hurt because of me.
"Kid, you have to calm down," he said, coming ever closer, even as the ground was exploding around him.
"I…I can't!" I cried, hugging myself in pain. I was freaking out and it was causing me stress, which only fueled my powers further. I watched as the ground exploded in front of him, taking away skin. I let out another scream as a result, crying as I saw him lay there on his back. What I didn't see, given the fact that my head was down, was that he was getting back up. His skin was healing in the process.
What scared me the most, was when he put his arms around me.
"L-L-Logan!" I cried, trying to pull away, but he wouldn't let me. He just held me against him as I shook.
"Just calm down kid. You can't hurt me," he said, trying to calm me down. It didn't really do that much though as we sat there, things exploding around me in pieces. I just couldn't take it and started crying. Logan continued to hold onto me as I cried, my powers seeming to simmer down a bit.
I just couldn't take it anymore, just like every other time that this happened, I couldn't handle it. I couldn't handle myself, I couldn't handle the situation, and I couldn't handle my powers. Everything was always out of control.
I used to be a devout Christian when I was younger, but now, it was like it all disappeared. The moment I turned mutant, all of that went out the door. I was never able to look back again.
Soon, I found myself hugging Logan, crying against him. Normally, when I cried like this, my powers took free rein in a situation like this, but they didn't. Instead, they just seemed to stop.
Logan hugged me back as we sat there. He just sat there holding me against him like a protective brother. A protective brother that wanted dearly to help his sister.
Before I knew, I ended up falling asleep against him.
I was completely exhausted, and my body just gave out on me completely. Nothing could wake me now, nothing could do anymore damage at the moment…or at least that's what I thought anyway.
I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter. I'm sorry if it's a little bit short, but I had to break it off where I did, so yeah. I can't wait to get feedback on this chapter. Hopefully, I'm not going too fast with the story line so far. If I am, please let me know? I want to make this story as good as possible. So please, review and let me know what you think? I'm trying to make sure that I keep Elaine's character as real as possible, and so far, I think I'm doing good. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I'm always open to suggestions and ideas. Thank you everyone.