Author's Note- There really isn't much to say except please review! It really gives me inspiration to write, thanks.
Laceylou76- Don't worry, Remy will be brought back into the story soon enough, The whole Wanda thing will be explained in time as well, I'm glad your enjoying seeing the girls, there's going to be a lot more of them to come in the future. Haha I think I startled several people with that cliff hanger. Also thanks for the constant reviews they help keep me inspired!
Chapter 6: Moments of Confrontation
"Rouge!" Jerking awake Rouge glared through her sunglasses at the owner of the voice that had startled her from her nap. An elderly plump woman stood at the front of the room her dark gray eyes glaring at Rouge behind leopard print glasses.
"Glad to see you could join us in the real world Miss Darkholme, now would you care to answer my question?" The woman spat, upon close inspection you could see a name tag poised on her desk engraved in gold;Professor Weathretail. The woman's thick bun of gray curls bounced as she walking across the podium waiting for a response.
Rubbing her neck Rouge glanced around the room at the other students looking for the slightest hint as to what the question was, though the only response she got back were a few looks of pity and a select few sets of eyes rolled at her. She glanced at the board and let her eyes trail over it.
"Just as I thought," Weathretail barked and slammed the yard stick against the black board "this is proof of what you never want to become, a clueless, unmotivated, procrastinating.." But before she could finish Rouge's voice rang out.
"Einsteins relation of the kinetic theory was shown through the mass formula of the diffusion of atomic particles, which was later backed by Marian Smoluchowski later in 1906." Rouge let a cocky grin grace her lips as she observed the reaction of Weathretail.
The plump woman tightened her shoulders and let a low 'hmph' escape her lips before turning back to the board to continue on her lecture.
Silently chuckling, Rouge folded her arms on the desk readying herself to return to her nap before a fellow student tapped her on the shoulder. Glancing up she saw a young brunette with odd hazel eyes.
"That was impressive, how did you find the question from the board when only equations were written?" The girl waited patiently as Rouge cocked her head to the side, another smirk forming on her features.
"Lucky guess." The girl seemed unconvinced but turned her attention back towards Weathretail who was passing out packets for the daily assignments. Coming towards the two girls seated in the back row she tossed the final packets onto the desk and sent Rouge a final glare before marching off to conclude the day.
Tossing the packet into her bag, Rouge zipped it up before standing and promptly waltzing out of the room ignoring the multiple glares that were sent her way. She chuckled she really loved her many abilities that came with being a mutant, the telekinesis that she could access on certain occasions had well proved its worth.
Most of the students were too stupid to realize the fact that Weathretail had no idea what she was teaching or doing. So because of this they disliked Rouge because she would call Weathretail on her mistakes and had proved her wrong on several occasions.
More than once she'd slept through or skipped class because of the boredom that was given to her because of the class. Not to get her wrong, Physics sucked, and she was no Einstein, but it didn't take an idiot to look up something in a book. So because of said ability she had the highest score in the class and was condemned for it, go figure.
Climbing down the stairs, Rouge entered the open lobby-slash-study area were the science students often came. Passing the vending machines and students scattered through out the room she pushed open the door and ventured out onto the campus grounds. Turning North she began to make her way towards the literature building. She hoped Elle would be out soon, she had that feeling at the pit of her stomach and it wasn't settling right. She just wanted to get home.
Climbing over the wall that separated the different sections of the campus, she jumped down and walked over towards the bench that was set out front near the fountains and main entrance. Throwing down her bag she plopped down on the bench and began waiting. Something that she had never been any good at. She took little notice of the men hanging in the trees beside the building watching her every move.
&&&&&&&&&
Elle rubbed her head, a migraine beginning to rear its head from lack of sleep. Forcing the pain out of her mind she tried to tune into the discussion that was taking place but to no avail. With ease she slid down into her chair and let her head rest against the cool wood of the desk. It was comforting to say the least. It had been three days since her encounter with Skye and the pain still was as new as the day she got it, she wasn't sure if it would ever fade. He had been her first and only friend for the longest time and it hurt to have him ripped away from her.
She didn't know how long she lay there before she felt a sudden jolt course through her body. Jumping she glanced around the room to see everyone still in deep discussion. Suddenly an old feeling made itself known in her stomach. Feeling the panic rise in her chest, she could feel their presence.
Jumping up she left the classroom, her bag long forgotten, and began racing through the corridors she had to get to the courtyard. Skidding around students she ditched the elevator and shot down the stairs. Throwing herself up on the rail she slid down the final set of stairs and burst through the exit door only to find Rouge sitting in the courtyard, eyes averted towards the ground. Feeling some of the panic lift from her chest she sprinted towards her sister.
Coming towards a stop she laid a hand on her sisters shoulder, "Rouge-", but before she could finish Rouge had pulled her down next to her on the bench and had removed her sunglasses. Looking her sister strait in the eye she saw that Rouge knew exactly what was going on, her crimson eyes shimmering in the sunlight.
Suddenly everything around the girls froze, as though time itself had come to a standstill, they had found them. Throwing themselves off of the bench both girls rolled away as the bench exploded and re-stood, back to back. Men in black uniforms seemed to materialize out of nowhere as they surrounded both girls, guns loaded and pointed.
"Look's like it's game time." Rouge's grin could practically be seen through the tone of her voice as she shed the thick leather gloves surrounding her fingers and as thick red sparks began dancing at her fingertips. Elle shook her head before pulling her hands up into a defensive stance ready for them to make the first move.
In the blink of an eye men on both sides of the girls shot forward, night sticks in hand. They obviously didn't want to kill them only to make them bleed and be in pain. Elle growled in annoyance as she realized they had no intentions of letting either girl escape.
With ease Rouge jumped above the first wave of men that shot out towards her and sent a wave of vibrant red kinetic energy beneath their feet blowing them down towards the ground in a huge heap. Landing she quickly whipped around into a round house kick that collided with one of the soldiers jaws. Grabbing his arm she pushed back on her left foot and sent him flying over her shoulder knocking down the men on her right.
Elle's fist collided with one of the mens gut's before she flipped him over her back and grabbed the next soldiers hand and torqued his arm upwards before lifting her leg up for a downwards kick, breaking the bone and leaving the man to scream in sudden agony.
Pushing him back she cursed seeing another wave of men rushing towards her. They had to get out of their if they wanted to survive. Throwing one final punch she raced backwards towards her sister. Once their backs collided, Elle reach forward and grabbed one of the night sticks and tore it away from the man before falling into a low stance and kicking his feet out from underneath him.
They only had to hold it for a few more moments before...Suddenly the mens assault stopped. With quick grace all of the men fell back into line, the injured supported between them. A low clapping sounded through the courtyard.
"Bravo, you girls haven't lost your touch, though your guardian is nowhere in sight how strange." A smile graced the lips of the elderly man, who despite his age you could see he was in good shape. His graying hair combed back away from his face and his dark almond eyes glimmering in the sunlight with victory.
"How sad it is though that this game must end." From a pocket on his jacket he withdrew a plastic gun, tranquilizers no doubt. A wicked smile graced his lips and he aimed ready to fire, but before the trigger was even pulled a thick wall of emerald smoke surrounded Elle and Rouge and they was gone. The man's smile sudden fell.
"Find them, now."
&&&&&&&&&
"What was that!?!" Rouge practically screeched as the girls landed on the balcony of their apartment.
"I-I have no idea." Elle whispered her eyes alive with light as she looked at her hands, how in the world had she..?
"Look never mind it doesn't matter we need to get the hell out of here or we're screwed." With that Rouge drug Elle up by her collar before charging the lock on the back door.
"You know we have a key." Elle piped as the lock exploded and Rouge slammed it open.
"Too late." She mumbled before setting off towards her room. Elle quickly catching the memo darted off towards her own room. Throwing open the door she rushed in and popped her closet lock. Withdrawing some clothes she began to shove them into an old duffel bag worn and tore from its years of use. Suddenly a thought hit her, and before she could think over her decision her phone was out of her pocket and dialing a familiar number.
It rang several times before going strait to voice mail. Gulping she waited for the low bleep to sound before starting her message.
"Skye, I need you to get to my apartment ASAP......"
&&&&&&&&&&
Rouge growled as she slammed the phone shut, 'Angelina' was still refusing to pick up her phone and it was driving Rouge mad. Dialing one last time she opted for an answer other than the machine, but to no such luck.
Growling she spat a quick message into the phone about their situation, that they were leaving and that she needed to answer her phone, she also threw in a few choice curse words that were slightly altered due to her anger.
Snapping it shut, she threw in a few other items into her duffel bag along with her clothes. These items included a photo shot of herself and her sister, an old torn Queen of Hearts that she assumed had belonged to one of her birth parents (seeing as she had it on her when she woke up), and a wallet that had several credit cards, all under Angelina's name conveniently.
Pulling her hair into a high ponytail she glanced in the mirror and for the first time in years overlooked her appearance. She had grown, a lot over the last few years, leaving her at 5'9 and ½, she had a slim waistline and could have easily pulled off being a boy had it not been for her long, thick, curly hair and girlish face. She wondered if she resembled her mother any.
A loud snapping crash sounded behind her causing her to jump and charge the duffel bag in her hand. Her worries were put to rest as soon as she saw the big lump of gray fur laying in the floor, it's blue eyes shimmering with confusion.
"Oh Keeva." She whispered as she bent down and pulled the dog into a big hug, knowing that she couldn't take him with them.
"You've got to stay here and watch the house for me okay?" She whispered to the big dog, knowing that she probably wouldn't see her fuzz ball again. Thinking this over she hoped her neighbors would figure out that Miko and Keeva were alone and would take them, she figured she could leave enough food out until then, and she could just fill the bathtub for water. Standing she whistled for the confused dog to follow her, Keeva followed but not without a confused and sad gleam in his eyes as though he knew he was being left.
&&&&&&&&
Skye sat silent as his parents conversed with their soon to be 'in-laws', he could still feel the ache of the seeing Elle cry like that, and he was at a loss as to how to make things right. Sighing he buried his head deeper into the palm of his hand trying to tune out the constant chatter.
"Love, what's wrong?" The voice rang pulling Skye from his stupor. He looked up to see his fiance Gabriela draped in a red dress that barely covered what needed to be covered. He forced himself not to roll his eyes at her choice of clothing. Ignoring the provocativeness of the dress he looked up into her face which was not much better. Her shoulder length hair was dyed a copper blonde, though her brown roots were beginning to show. While her face, which would have been beautiful, was coated in thick make-up giving a bad air off about her.
He had always preferred the natural look, like the one Elle had.
"Are you ignoring me?" Gabriela snorted as she sat down next to Skye leaning over so that the dress revealed even more. Skye forced himself not to puke as he turned away.
"This has to do with that bastard orphan Ella or whatever her name is doesn't it?" The woman fumed her drawn on eyebrows coming together to meet at the center of her forehead. Ignoring her, Skye shot his attention away from the woman next to him to look at the flower arrangements sat on the different tables.
Gabriela shot up knocking over the glasses of wine sat on the table and quickly silencing the conversations going on at the table.
"I knew it!" she screeched at him, "You would choose her over me wouldn't you? WOULDN'T YOU!" She began to stomp her stiletto heals angrily oddly resembling a four year old having a tantrum.
"Oh! It's reasons like this why I stole your phone when that evil bitch called early, I swear this has to stop.." Skye looked up disbelieving at Gabriela, so that's where his phone had went, and more yet she had called him.
"Where is it?" Skye growled startling Gabriela, a look of defiance and fear growing in her eyes.
"Why it's none of your business." Skye would have hit her had he not been raised not to do so.
"Gabriela tell me know, or it's over." She looked up at his towering form, swallowing she pulled the phone out of her purse and threw it at him.
Ignoring the multiple glares that were sent his way, he called his voice mail and felt as his heart seemed to stop in his chest when he heard Elle's panic stricken voice. Stopping her turned at glared at Gabriela before turning to leave, he could deal with her later, he had to get to Elle.
"Your leaving for her again?" Gabriela spat disbelievingly as she ran up and began to tug on his arm.
Skye stopped and turned towards her, menace burning in his eyes. "Let. Go. Now." He growled yanking his arm away from her. With a quick tug he pulled off the engagement ring and threw it at Gabriela.
"It's over, never ever come near me again, you filthy piece of trash." With that he turned towards his parents a dark look growing in his eyes as he addressed them.
"Same goes to you. I'll be leaving tonight." and with that he walked away, with only on thing on his mind.
Elle.
&&&&&&&&
Pulling on the the top of her closet Elle dislodged an old dark suitcase, containing all of her sisters and her own legal documents. Pulling out all of the cards and certificates she stuffed them into a hard covered binder and threw them in her duffel bag. Tossing the suitcase back into her closet, she zipped the bag up.
Running her fingers over her neck she searched for the final item that she would need. Her fingertips brushed against the gold locket, she sighed in relief. It was the only memento of her previous life and she had no intentions of forgetting it.
Throwing her bag over her shoulder she took one final look around her room. For the second time in her life she was leaving behind everything she ever knew to start anew. Running her fingers over Miko's soft coat she whispered her silent good-byes before turning off the light and silently closing the doors.
Racing down the hall, she whirled into the kitchen her sneakers making soft pattering noises against the floor. Walking into the kitchen she saw her sister calmly watching out of the kitchen window, mindlessly twirling two marbles between her fingers.
"You think wearing that's going to help us blend in?" Elle asked mindlessly as she looked over her sisters clothing. She had on thick combat boots, dark jeans fell over the boot tops, a black t-shirt clung to her beneath her usual trench coat and black biker gloves adorned her hands, whilst her thick auburn hair streaked with white was pulled into a thick braid against her back and her usual sunglasses sat perched on her nose. She looked like something strait from a comic book.
"It's better than the leather." She mumbled as she overlooked her sister. Elle's long hair was halfway pulled back, she had on a dark green T-shirt with a thin jacket over top and classic blue jeans that flared over her old worn converses.
"Whatever, the boys have got food and water that should hold them out for a week or two, until somebody finds them," Rouge adjusted her sunglasses and finished "Let's go."
Throwing the bag over her shoulder, she stopped suddenly as she heard the tapping of footsteps outside. Elle's eyebrows knitted in concern, as Rouge motioned for her to follow her towards the balcony.
"Look's like we're taking the Scenic route." Rouge mumbled as they stood on the balcony over looking the downtown streets of L.A. Nodding they began their descent down the three story building, that was until Elle slipped and drug Rouge down with her.
Suddenly though neither girl was falling as they landed with a slight oomph in the parking garage the emerald smoke surrounding them once more.
"I'm really starting to like this new power of yours soeur." With that Rouge drug Elle up onto her feet and raced over to her bike. Pulling the key from her pocket she revved the bike to life and motioned for her sister to get on.
Elle swung her bag onto her back before wrapping her arms around her sisters waist before shooting off into the streets of L.A. Destination unknown.
Woot next chapters going to be fun to write! Hope you enjoyed this one.
Soeur- sister