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Misty

I didn't want to stay any longer than I had to. I heard their questions before they said them but I ignored them. I adverted myself from the stares and the calls. I grabbed onto Erika and stared into her blue eyes. They still amazed me at how she has never had the black. Just blue icy circles that were surrounded by a dull white. I pulled her onto the elevator ignoring the proclaiming of my name. The voices grew louder as the came down the hall. With each footstep I prayed the door to close faster. Tony turned into the hall and looked at me.

"JARVIS, do not close that elevator," I put my hand onto the control pad and willed it shut. I felt the descend and fought away the relief. I wasn't out yet. I heard the yelling grow faint as the small container became closer with the ground.

Finally, the doors opened and I walked out expecting Erika to follow but she just looked at me. I clutched her hand and pulled her out of the doors. Once out of the building I allowed myself a breath of relief. But only a small one.

I had to get back to my apartment and leave. Judging by the Tony's voice I had only a short amount of time before he found me. He would search through the data base trying to find a match on my face. It would take his program 30 minutes to break through the firewalls. It would take another 10 to find which was the actually me and not the fake profiles I placed into the FBI database. That's how it always worked.

I've learned how to escape since the age of 10. My father taught me. All ways emphasizing not to interact with humans. That they couldn't be trusted. I thought the never made sense since, of course he was a human.

He wasn't just a plain human.

He was a convict. He stole an experimental mutant from the lab and left.

I walked into my apartment, I hadn't noticed I was here until I looked up to my room number. Erika was fallowing behind me silently. My thoughts raced against the clock collecting everything I forgot to pack the night before.

In all, I was walking out of my apartment 26 minutes after I left the Stark building. I switched my license plates and slid into the drivers seat of my car. I looked up at Erika, waiting.

"I'm tired of running," she breathed out. My shoulders shrugged. This is what I was afraid of. She looked at me, "are you going to take it?"

I slid out of my car placed my hands on her shoulders. This is the part I always hated. I hadn't had to do it for about a year since every time I left Erika trailed with me. I sighed and I felt my spirits drop.

"Please," I begged, "You're the only one I have left," I felt tears starting to build up behind my lids. The threatened to pour out but I looked up blinking the back.

"Don't leave then," she whisper. I barely heard it.

"No, No, I have to. Erika you know why. If I didn't have to go I wouldn't." I rubbed my eyes with my sleeve. I looked down at my oversize gray faded long sleeve. Erika gave it to me 8 months ago and I wore it every week. I looked back into her eyes. I was wasting time but I couldn't bring myself to move.

She looked up to me, I saw her eyes starting to tint red around the edges. "Please," I sibilated to her. "With out you, I won't have anyone. I'll-I'll do anything. Anything to make sure I don't lose you." Tears started running down her cheeks.

"I can't," she breathed, "I can't leave him." I lowered my head in defeat. I pulled out the clear amulet in my pocket. I slipped it onto my neck.

"I'll leave him there, but that's all I will leave. Nothing of me," I whispered into her hair giving her my final hug. I pulled back and rested my hands on her temples. "If we meet again, if you find me again, if I find you again, I will give it back." Tears were running down my cheeks, this was always the hardest part. "Goodbye," I whispered.

"Goodbye, Misty," she sobbed. I looked straight into her eyes and I saw her face go blank. I pulled them away storing them into the amulet. Every laugh, every tear, every trace of me left her and slowly filled the amulet letting it glow a angelic purple. I pulled it off my neck and placed it back into the right front pocket of my jeans. She looked at me confused, watching me. Slowly she became herself again.

She looked at me, "sorry I didn't mean to bump into you." I said walking towards my car.

"Oh, no it's okay." She looked a little dazed. I closed my door. I pulled out of the parking lot and drove off. I watched the last person I cared about disappear in my mirror. I pulled out the amulet and stared at it. I clenched it tightly in my left hand.

I let the tears fall into my lap as I drove.

This was always the hard part.