Finally it was dinner time. I made spaghetti with meatballs. We all sat down and starting chatting.
"Guys, you know what I've been wondering," I said. "What if there are others…like us?"
"Alls, what do you mean?" asked Rosie.
"Could there possibly be others mutants out there like us?"
"You might be right, Ally," said Dez. "I mean we can't be the only mutants out there."
"Even if there were, how could we ever trust anybody else?" asked Austin. "We're all that we have left of each other."
"Hey, mutants are mutants," said Trish. "We're all the same in each way. Humans continue to see us as monsters now that mutants are exposed."
"I even hear that they're trying to find a cure," said Rosie.
"A cure?" I choked on my spaghetti. "What do you mean by that?"
"A cure that could make us human again…permanently."
The room became silent. We all stared at each other.
"Rose, are you sure that they found a cure?" asked Austin.
"Trying to," she corrected him. "They just want us to be human. Damn bastards."
"How could they ever think of that?" said Dez. "We may have powers, but that just makes us different. We're not monsters."
"Mutation is not a curse," said Austin. "It wasn't even our choice to began with. The freakin' government thinks that we're like evil. What do they know?"
"I hate the world we live in," I said. "Just because we're mutants doesn't mean we're any different from any other person out there."
"Well, Ally, we are different," Trish reminded me. "You read minds and move objects with your mind, I control fire, Dez has super speed, Rosie controls the weather, and Austin phases into people or objects."
"Okay, so we're different, but that doesn't make us monsters."
"Ally, the world is full of humans," said Rosie. "They're going to see us that way whether we like it or not. All of them seem to care about what we're capable of. We want to live in peace with them, but they obviously don't."
"Oh, what I wouldn't give to meet another mutant like us," said Dez.
Later the nighttime came. Rosie, Trish, Dez, and Austin were asleep. I couldn't sleep at all. I kept tossing and turning around on bed. Finally, I got up and walked downstairs.
There was nothing to do except watch TV. It was one in the morning. What could possibly be on TV?
I flipped through channels. Every channel I saw looked boring and not that interesting.
Finally, I stopped on the news channel.
"Thank you, Barbara," said the anchorman. "After our commercial, we are going to talk about that mutant cure."
A mutant cure? Did he say a mutant cure?
"Guys, get down here!" I screamed.
Moments later, all of them came down the stairs. First was Austin, in his grey tanktop and black boxers. He ran down the stairs in a hurry.
"Ally, who's there?!" He said as he transformed into tiger.
Rosie and Trish ran down as well. Trish was in her zebra pajamas with her palms on fire. Rose, in her red plaid pajamas pants and black Bob Marley t-shirt, rolled to the ground head first and jumped on her feet. Dez, is his super speed, fell down the stairs.
"Dez, are you okay?" asked Rosie.
"I'm fine," Dez moaned as he got up. "It's just that I can't run in my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle slippers."
"Ally, what's going on?" asked Trish.
"It was something on TV." I explained. "Not any crime."
Austin turned back ito himself and complained, "Ally, that's not funny. It's been almost eight months since we've done any ass-kicking. We've been waiting for something to happen."
"Yeah, Alls, I was so looking forward to tasering someone," said Rosie.
"You got anything else better to do than just shock people, Rose?" said Austin.
Rosie licked her index finger and poked Austin in the neck, which gave him a little shock. He shouted, "Ouch! Cool it, you freakin' electric…eel."
"I could've done more worse skakin' and bakin'."
"Guys, something on the news was about mutants," I said.
"Let me guess," said Trish. Then, she mimicked, "Mutants die! They're bad! Keep calm and hate mutants!"
"No, they found some cure."
All of them looked at me. Dez asked, "A cure? They found a cure to make us human?"
"I guess so. It's back on."
All of us sat down on the couch and watched the news.
"Apparently, the government has found a cure to make any mutant human again," said the anchorman. "It came from the DNA of a mutant who can weaken mutant powers."
"They can make us human again?" said Rosie.
"You guys don't want that, right?" asked Trish.
"I don't," I said.
"Neither do I," said Austin. "There can never be a cure for being the way we are. How can they do this?"
"They just want us to be like everyone else," I said. "The world hates us all."
"And after we saved all their asses from Deathstroke," said Trish. "Why would they think we want to be human again?"
"Idiots are what they are," said Dez. "You know what? We should meet this government organization mutant cure place and tell them off."
"Dez is right," Austin agreed. "Lets take them down."
"I'm in," said Trish.
"Count this chick in too," said Rosie. "What do you say, Alls?"
"What the hell," I said. "I'm in!"
The morning came. Austin, Rosie, Trish, and I were packing a few things while Dez was fixing up Red, our amazing electronic car.
"How does Dez even know where they are?" I asked.
"Red can find anybody or anything in the world," said Austin. "But I don't think he can a governman facility lab with a power-weakening mutant."
Dez walked in and said, "Guys, I found it."
"How?" asked Trish. "Never mind."
"It's in San Francisco on Alcatraz Island."
"Who the hell would make a government facility lab with a power-weakening mutant on Alcatraz island?" asked Rosie.
"Who wouldn't?" said Dez.
All of us got inside of the car and it took off into the air.
"Just think. This could be an epic adventure," said Dez.
"Finding a mutant who can weaken any mutant power is an epic adventure," asked Austin.
"Just picture it. Mutants all over the world could come there. Guys, we can meet others like us."
"I do see this as an opportunity," said Rosie. "Also, this DNA guy is a mutant too."
"How do you know that we can trust him?" I asked.
"Alls, what do you mean?" asked Dez.
"He's a mutant and he can cancel our power in the blink of an eye. What will we do then?"
"Whoop his ass," said Rosie. "Threaten him. He just weakens people."
"What if he cancels them forever?"
"Ehh, that won't be good," said Trish. "I need a drink. Hey, Red, get me a martini. Shaken not stirred."
"As you wish, Miss Trish," said the car. Trish's drink appeared in the cup holders.
"Martini, really?" I said.
"I'm trying to drink here."
"What are we going to do about this mender?" asked Austin.
"I got it," said Rosie. "Austin, you turn into an attractive girl, pass by him, and bend over. He'll be distracted. Ally, you karate chop in the back of his neck, I'll taser him, Trish, you burn him, and Dez, spin him around like a merry go 'round until his brain exploded!"
All of us grew silent and looked at her.
"What is the matter with you?" I asked her.
"I'm crazy. What did you expect?"