It's been a few months since we came back to the house and everything has been good more or less. We stopped treating this like a mission and more like a safe heaven away from Stryker's control. Every now and again a Sentinel would pop up out of nowhere for reasons unknown but in a house full of mutants it never really stand a chance against us. I started to noticed the Sentinels have been getting upgrades every time they come back but their target never changed. I didn't see it at first but it's almost like their system was design to face me and my squad but I don't worry about to much unlike Trent does. I swear if the Sentinel doesn't kill me first he will unless he's distracted by class work training or cracking jokes, he will no that's wrong...he IS smothering me to death. Meanwhile Nina can't even get Mike to look at her whenever Rogue is near him but when Warren steps in it's a completely different situation. Mike acts as like he's gonna kill Warren and vice verse with Nina and Rogue. Either way I honestly thought someone was gonna get killed in their sleep but I digress especially over the winter months when they actually called it a truce...at that time. We still give Stryker information about everything but Cerebro so we stay uncover longer but his patience is wearing thin and he's getting more and more pissed off by the minute. It's the middle of March and the first day of spring break in the new year and everybody is excited but me Trent Mike and Nina was excited for a completely different reason. We are just a few more months away from getting our contracts back and that means we get our lives back.
"CANNON BALL!" Kurt yelled jumping off the edge of the diving board into a free fall before curling up at the last second into the pool
"Nice one man! I give that...an 8 out of 10!" Mike said
"9 out of 10!" Trent said floating on top of the water lightly pushing himself around by his feet.
"Thanks guys." Kurt said whipping some of the excess water off his face
"No problem." Trent said before diving under the water
"But you know...I could do better." Mike said with a smirk
"Oh really? I'd like to see you try." Kurt said
Mike got up out the water and made his way up to the diving board,"ALRIGHT HERE'S WHAT GONNA HAPPEN: I'M GONNA START OFF WITH 2 FRONT FLIPS AND BACK FLIPS THAN I'LL SPIN OUT INTO A CANNONBALL." He yelled
"STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO AND BE LIKE A NICKEY COMMERCIAL JUST DO IT!" Trent yelled
"Alright I got this!" Mikey said rubbing his hands together and lightly jumping getting some momentum
"This is gonna be funny as hell." Trent said sitting on the edge of the pool with Kurt
"What is?" Jean asked
"Yeah. What's up?" I asked
"Mikey is gonna try to do a better cannonball than...Kurt." Trent said staring at me from bottom to top with a smile on his face
"Why are you staring at me like that?" I asked looking at him
"Like the swimsuit." He answered
"Thanks it's new." I said
Trent got out the pool grabbed my hand and slowly spun me around staring from top to bottom,"Hell yeah. This is my new favorite." He said
"Trent really know how to pull off that "Rape Face" of his." Jean said
"What's that?" He asked
"A rape face is making an intense face that implied a desire to rape somebody. You never heard of that before?" I asked
"I heard of rape and sex faces. Do you wanna be apart of it?" Trent asked
"Should I be afraid?" I questioned
"ARE YOU READY!?" Mike yelled down looking like he's about to jump but not moving from his spot
"He's gonna fall." I said before sitting down on a chair
"It's either that or he won't jump at all." Nina said walking up beside Rogue looking up at him
"How do you know?" Kurt asked
"Cause he's afraid of heights." She answered
"What?" Kurt and Jean asked
"Oh yeah it's true watch this...HEY BABY!" Nina yelled
Mike stopped gaining momentum and glance down at the endless fall nervously gulping,"Ok man you got this. It's just a little free fall. You got this. You got this." He repeated until he heard Nina's voice finally reaching him
"I DON'T got this." He said frozen in fear
"I told you." Nina said
"Why would he go up there if he's a afraid of heights?" Rogue asked
"It's Mikey...need I say more?" I said grabbing a seat
"If he doesn't jump in the next 5 minutes I'm gonna push him off." Kurt said
"I CHANGE MY MIND!" Mike yelled down
"COME ON YOU CHICKEN!" Trent yelled
"I got this." Kurt said before transporting out of our slight
Mike glanced down one more time before turning around and bumping into Kurt, who gladly gave him a push off the diving board.
"FUCK YOU KURRRRRRRRT!" Mike yelled back flipping into a free fall
When he realized how high up his was he instantly started to panic and frantically wave his arms in the air as he screamed to the top of his lungs,"I DON'T WANNA DIE!"
"What the hell is he doing?" Nina asked
"Looks like the chicken dance." Trent replied
"More like learning how to fly." I said
"Oh well can't do anything for him now." Trent said as we all nodded in agreement
"Did I miss the impact?" Kurt asked popping up beside us
"Nope." Rogue answered folding her arms watching
"Good cause this is gonna be epic." Kurt said grabbing a chair and getting a good seat
Mike started turning his arms clockwise making his body flip a few times before landing back first against the water creating a tidal wave of water to raise up and land on everybody.
"Oooooooo damn." I said holding my fist to my mouth
"HIS SPINE IS FUCKED UP!" Trent yelled before busting out laughing
"Is he alright?" Kurt asked as Mike desperately kicking and moving his arms trying to stay afloat
"He should be fine unless he skipped out on swimming class. Don't drown dumbass!" I yelled as he started to slow down giving into the water as he started to sink
"Oh My God! Somebody go after him!" Rogue yelled looking at me and Trent
"That's not my boyfriend...just my annoying little brother who kind of deserve this." I said
"I would...but he owes me money sooooo if he dies...does that rollover to you Nina or should I get it out his last check? " Trent asked redirecting his attention to her
"Are you sure he's gonna be fine?" Jean asked
"Yeah he'll be fine." Nina assured just as she got a phone call and a few air bubbles raised up on the surface
We all wait around for a few seconds before getting nervous especially me since I'm suppose to be the main one watching over his well being or Stryker will have my ass. As soon as I was about to dive Iin after him, he raised up out the water gasping for air whipping water off his face and carefully making his way to the edge of the pool. Everybody looked at Mike to make sure he was ok while he was catching his breath,"SO...NOBODY. ..WAS GONNA...GET...MY ASS?!" He yelled in outrage
"I'm not your girlfriend." I said
"NINI!? WHERE THE FUCK WAS YOU?!" He questioned looking her as she was jumping for joy
"What got into her?" Jean asked looking at me while I shurgged my shoulders
"Did you guys know theirs a 75%-95% off sale at Hot Topic going on right now?! EEEEEEK! I Gotta Go Find Kitty We Have Work To Do Like ASAP!" Nina said before happily running inside
"Wait...Did she just say Hot Topic? HEY WAIT UP!" Rogue yelled before running up behind Nina
"YO BRO...WHAT GIVES?" Mike asked directing his attention to Trent
"I would have saved you...but it would have cost you 50 bucks." Trent said
"Seriously dude! That was 5 months ago. How in the hell can you possibly remember that?" Mike asked
"I can forget a lot of things; the date, the last time I saw a rock concert, the last time I went to a bar for a drink, hell I even forgot me and Alex's anniversary one time, but I can NEVER forget when someone owes me money." He said
"Is that true AJ?" Jean asked
"Oh yeah but he had a terrible hangover the next morning so I just locked him inside and torched the living daylights out of him for the whole day after that he swore he wouldn't forget ever again and he didn't." I answered
"What did you do to him?" Kurt asked
"I took advantage of a hangover...it's not that hard to when you think about it." I answered
"Jean...Kurt...how come you guys didn't help me out?" Mike asked
"In my defense...I thought you knew how to swim." Kurt answered
"I did too and Alex told us you would be fine other than that I give you a...2 out of 10 for effort." Jean started
"The jump was waaaaay off but that landing made up for eeeeeverything: 3 out of 10." Trent said
"It was a rough beginning no doubt about it but spinal buster blunder made it all worth it: 2.5 out of 10." I said
"Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you." Mike said pointing at us one by one and stopping at Trent who happily grabbed his arm, lifted him over his head, and through him inside the deepest end of the pool
"HELP ME!" Mike yelled drowning all over again while everybody was laughing
"Ok ok that's enough." I said before diving after him and carrying him out
"Should I take him to the infirmary?" Trent asked looking at him coughing up water
"He'll be fine but do you guys smell that? Smells like barbeque." I said glancing over at Trent who glanced over at Jean who glanced over at Kurt who glanced at Mike still coughing his lungs out
We all covered ourselves before making our way to the other side of the yard where Logan was cooking on the barbeque grill, Bobby and a few other kids was playing baseball, and Kurt popped up on a bench beside the radio with Mike laying on a towel still trying to catch his breath.
"HEY TRENT COME JOIN US WE NEED A PITCHER!" Bobby yelled doing some practice swings
"ALRIGHT BUT I CAN BREAK BATS!" He yelled drying off his hair and making his way over
"Hey isn't that Kitty over there on third?" Jean asked pointing at her
"If she's still here than Nina is..." I said pointing at her laughing and running away from Warren spraying her with the watergun
"Trouble in Paradise part 16: The Water Wars." Jean said before walking to the grill
I giggled at Jean's comment before sitting down beside Mike who was still a traumatized by almost drowning twice but as soon as I pointed out Nina with Warren to him...he got up and raced to them as if nothing happened to him at all. Warren eventually dropped the watergun and picked up Nina off her feet spinning her around making her laugh harder.
"HEY! Put my Nini down Now." Mike said walking up to the happy "couple"
"Chill out man we were just having fun." Warren said putting Nina down
"Oh really? well Hahaha I hope it Was fun. Come on Nini lets go." Mike said grabbing Nina's arm
"No. I'm having fun and you should relax." She said taking her arm back
"I'll relax when I'm dead now lets go." Mike said
"No. For once I'm actually happy and you're welcome to join in on the fun but you're not gonna fuck up my mood because you're jealous." She said
"JEALOUS!? OF WHAT!? A FLYING PRETTY BOY!?" Mike yelled getting everybody's attention
"You're making a sene." Nina said
"Yeah..you should calm down." Warren said
"WAS I TALKING TO YOU? OK THAN STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM HER!" Mike said
"Fine. I'm leaving." Warren said walking pass Mike ramming his shoulder against his while going inside the house
"You're unbelievable." Nina said walking away after Warren
Mike gritted his teeth as he clinched his fists, "FUCK!" He yelled before storming off
"MIKEY LOOK OUT!" Bobby yelled as homerun ball flew towards Mike's head
The ball was just inches away from his head until he grabbed and crushed it in the palm of his hand before walking to the woods.I got up and ran after him while Trent managed to dive into a digital portal and come back with a few more baseballs so they could continue the game. I found Mike almost 9 miles away from the school site sitting down with his back against a tree drinking out of a flask.
I said deeply "You're pathetic."
Mike glared at me before taking a slip and whipping his mouth,"So was Trent." He replied
"Yeah but he changed for the better you on the other hand need to get your shit together." I said grabbing the flask out his hand,"You can start by getting rid of this." I said before throwing as far as I could
"I was done with that anyway." He said opening up a mini beer
"You're gonna lose everything if you keep this up even Nina." I said sitting down beside him
"Hahaha you're funny. How can I lose her when she's with that flying fagget?" He asked
"Nina is loyal to you even though you guys use jealously to make your relationship stronger. She's always gonna be in love with your trifling ass you gonna understand that. She's happy with him because he actually show that he CARES about her in a emotion way not just physical." I said
"Can you dumb that down for me I'm a little tipsy right now?" He said rubbing his temples
"Sure. Why do you love Nina?" I asked
"I love her because...because...cause." Mike stuttered
"Did you know I asked her the same question and got the exact same answer?" I asked
Mike looked surprised before sadly turning away getting up on his feet and stumbling away with tears lightly flowing from his eyes.
"If you love her like you say you do than show it before she wakes the hell up and leave you for someone who is gonna show her. I'm gonna leave you alone so you can think about it. Come back whenever you're gonna try to make things right, Ok?" I asked
Mike waved his hand trying fan me away before wiping his face and keeping his balance. I got up and started back walking to the house. A few minutes later a loud endless scream echoed through out the woods so loud not only the whole world possibly heard it but even deaf people felt the pain and sadness that came with it. When I got back to the school everybody was inside the good times died and the aura of the entire city changed.