Hey guys! I just finished this one, because I had this great idea while taking a shower! No, seriuosly, I just had this idea in the shower, and then I had to get it typed up before I forgot it. I think it's a pretty decent idea. Patrick and Austin were even surprised that I'd come up with this.
Welp, you know the drill. Read and Review please!
Oh yeah, one more thing. I almost forgot. You have to read the title of this chapter like you would hear the whole "Who's that Pokemon?" thing.
Who's That Stranger?
Everyone jumped at the sound of the alarms, even Patrick, who normally didn't jump when surprised. Patrick could see the look of confusion on the X-Men's faces; none of them understood why the alarms were going off. Despite that, though, everyone ran off to get their uniforms. That just left Logan, Storm, Xavier, Austin, and Patrick alone in the living room.
Xavier spoke up before there was a chance for an awkward silence to begin. "Perhaps we should relocate to Cerebro," he suggested, to which everyone looked at him in surprise. "Take a look to see what caused the alarms to go off."
Storm seemed to like that idea better than sitting around in the living room in awkward silence, because she nodded and was the first one to the door.
Logan, Patrick, and Austin didn't seem as excited to go wait for the professor to check for the intruder, all three of them were itching to go and fight. Regardless they followed after Xavier out of the room, though all three of them remained silent walking down the hall.
When they arrived at Cerebro the professor immediately went over and was checking through the security camera feeds. Storm stood behind him, watching the feed as well, and after a few minutes they both turned around.
"It appears it's a false alarm, it was merely a cat chasing a rat across the lawn." Xavier explained, right as the X-Men had entered the room.
"Oh man, you're saying that I got ready and everything to go fight a cat?" Evan asked, sounding slightly annoyed.
"Well at least you're on time this time," Logan said, getting a glare from Evan, which only caused him to chuckle.
Xavier frowned at both Logan and Evan before he spoke. "Well, it's getting late anyways; you all should head off to bed." He said, though he noticed that a few of the X-Men glanced over at Austin. It was obvious they were wondering if the boy would be staying. "Austin, you can stay the night if you wish. You can stay in Patrick's room, he has an extra bed."
Patrick saw Austin glance over at him, obviously unsure if it would be alright with him. Patrick just shrugged in response, showing that he really didn't care one way or the other. Austin took that as his cue and he nodded to the professor. "I'll take you up on that offer, then."
Xavier nodded, "yes, well then everyone should go off to bed. You do have school tomorrow, and I doubt you'll have a snow day then."
The X-Men slowly dispersed from the room and Kitty's voice could be heard as she was leaving. "Oh man, you have got to be kidding me. I didn't get, like, any time to study for the math test."
Kurt laughed in response, "Kitty, you wouldn't have studied for that test anyways, and you know it."
Rogue hung back as everyone left, she was still unsure what was going on between her and Patrick, but she didn't want to just go to bed without saying something. But now that Austin had shown up she was as confused as ever. Austin looked just like her, except he was a guy. She found it very strange, and that just made her even more unsure as to where she stood with Patrick.
Xavier noticed Rogue standing there as he wheeled his chair around. "Rogue? Is there something that you need?" He asked, sounding slightly concerned.
Rogue shook her head, glancing over at Patrick. "No, it's nothing really professor."
Xavier seemed to understand though, and a small smile slid across his face. "Very well, off to bed, all three of you." He said, speaking to Patrick, Austin, and Rogue.
All three of them followed the professor's directions and left the room, leaving Xavier in there with Storm and Logan.
Patrick saw Rogue glance over at them from the corner of his eye and he let out a quiet sigh. "Look, dis is jus' as strange for you as it is for meh." He said, though he hadn't looked at Rogue yet.
Rogue arched an eyebrow, glancing at Patrick again. "An' how am I sup'ose to believe dat, when you been followin' me 'round all dis time. You be makin' me feel like you'd already known who I was."
Patrick shrugged and noticed that Austin looked kind of embarrassed to be listening in on their conversation. Not like it really bothered Patrick, in fact it made him feel a little more comfortable, since he didn't have to talk to Rogue on his own. "All I knew was dat I wanted to 'tect you. Din't know why, just knew I wanted you t' be safe."
The three of them stopped at the split in the hallway. One side was the boys rooms, the other side led to the girls' rooms. Rogue rolled her eyes, turning to look at Patrick. "I find sum'tin like dat hard ta believe. You been keepin' secrets since you came here, how I suppose ta know you tellin' dah truth."
Patrick let out a quiet sigh and turned to look at Rogue as well, his eyes full of the apology that his words wouldn't be able to express. "You saw what happ'nd in dah danger room. I not who I used tah be. Dun even 'member much eider. I jus' 'member dat I want to 'tect my li'l sister, and now dat li'l sister ain't gonna give me dah time of day." Patrick saw doubt flash across Rogue's eyes and he let out another, quieter sigh. "Look, I'm not sayin' you have tah trust meh, dat choice is up tah you. I jus' want you tah know dat I care about yah, and dat I wasn't keepin' any secrets from yah."
Rogue nodded her understanding, though she didn't look particularly happy about leaving after not getting much information from him. "'Night Rogue." Patrick said, his voice softer now, though he'd glanced away from her as he said it.
Rogue smiled slightly, realizing that Patrick wasn't used to sounding anything less than an emotionless person. "'Night Patrick." She said, giving him a small peck on the cheek before she walked off down the hall.
Patrick turned around, his cheeks red from embarrassment. Austin just rolled his eyes, not even sure if he should comment on what just happened. Patrick saw the look in Austin's eyes, he looked smug. "So, did you and your little sister have to be so loveable out in the hall?"
Patrick rolled his eyes, walking past Austin and ignoring the question. "Whatever, you don't have to answer. Was just wondering, that's all." Austin said, following behind Patrick.
Patrick stopped at a door and opened it before turning back to Austin. "Well, dis is dah room, hope you can make yurself at home here. Ain't much tah see, but dat's cause today's mah second 'ficial night stayin' here."
Austin nodded, walking into the bedroom before Patrick. "Sure it won't be too strange, I just woke up without any memories, so it'll be a nice change from not knowing anything."
Patrick just shook his head and got ready for bed. "Yah might wanna get some sleep. Mornin's start early here at dah mansion. Plus der's school tomorrow, and dah professor might want to enroll you, if yah decide yah gonna stay here."
Austin nodded, climbing into the bed on the opposite side of the room. "Alright, off to bed it is." He said in agreement. And in no time both of them were fast asleep.
Austin looked around in confusion, wondering just where he was. He was somewhere dark, and he was confused. "Where am I?" He thought to himself. Before he had a chance to find out something sharp slid by just above his shoulder and he cried out in surprise and pain.
"What's going on?" He thought, though he managed to make out a bunch of sharp objects pointed at him, looking like swords. Before he could question himself anymore he remembered. "Wooden crate, I'm bleeding. That crazy woman's attacking me." He thought to himself as another blade pierced through the wooden crate.
Austin's dream became confusing, there was a bright light, a sensation of him burning, and the next thing he knew he was laying on the ground. He lay on his back, staring up at the stars through ceiling window. "Boy, did those stars look pretty up there, if only he could join them." He thought, feeling warmth spread around his body, a sticky warmth.
"Hey, what happened?" A boy asked, his head now blocking the view of the stars. "You're hurt, hold still." The boy said, his hand pushing the hair out of Austin's face. Confusion enveloped Austin again, and he felt himself slip into unconsciousness, he felt glad to be leaving this terrible and cruel world. "Maybe now I can go join the stars." Austin thought to himself right before he passed out.
Austin woke with a start, realizing that someone's cry for help had woken him up. After a few seconds he realized he was the one who had cried for help. Austin was covered in sweat and breathing heavily, he was more confused than he'd been in a long time, but then he realized that Patrick was sitting up in bed as well, covered in just as much sweat, and breathing just as heavily.
Neither one of them seemed to notice the glowing yellow eyes of a cat perched on their window sill, having been watching them sleep.
Wait, what the heck was that? No, seriously, I wanna know why I'm having such a crazy dream. 2takuya won't tell me, he and Patrick are both in the kitchen right now. 2takuya says to leave him alone, wait, I want icecream too. Austin out.
Sorry 'bout dat. Austin can get dat way sumtimes, he's kinda out der, if yah know what I mean. Not dat it's much of a s'prise. He don' 'member much anyways. So I guess can' blame much o' it on his fault. Dat'd make it 2takuya's fault. In case you were wondering, deh accent's not mine, but dat's deh way 2takuya wrote me. And I gotta say, I really do like deh accent. It fun tah talk dis way, you should try it sumtime. Plus it stuck in mah head cause dat's dah way I read 'em. I read dah accents in mah head, so now it's stuck in der. Oh, my icecream is ready. Patrick out.
Heh, I should stop leaving my computer open like that. Sorry guys, Patrick and Austin are getting a little antsy. They want to know what's going to happen to them. And I'm refusing to tell them, so now they've decided to team up against me. Well, you know the drill. Review and subscribe please!