Hello again to all my friends. I don't own X-men, but regardless the original characters that I'll be using in here do belong to me.
Chapter 21
Naomi was laying in every bit of sunlight she could manage, in her room the next morning, Storm had wanted to give her a check over to make sure she wasn't going to die on them. She refused to go back down into the basement, it had no windows and she wanted the sunlight. It wasn't helping her fever.
"Come on Naomi, unlock the door." Hart said, he was leaning against the door. Rune was trying to pick the lock and Rael was leaning on the wall across the hallway shaking his head.
"Reckless I tell you, she never things before acting. We should call her Reckless." Rael said.
"She gets to choose if she wants a different name." Rune said while sliding a second flat object into the door.
"Leave me alone I'm fine." Naomi said. She knew it was a lie, the room was almost swimming around her while she tried to push her bed out of the framed sunlight on the floor. She stumbled and went down. Getting up felt like a hassle, her body started to refuse again. Her eyes closed.
Hart's head raised, "I... I think she's passed out. He annoyed energy just when straight to neutral."
"Cami!" Rune yelled.
After a moment Chameleon came around the corner, "What?" She looked at the three boys, "Honestly? You have nothing better to do than try to be peeping toms at the new girl? Seriously you all have issues."
"Just open the door."
Chameleon shoved Rune to the side and took the tools from his hands. "I don't see what she's got that I don't."
"A soul?" Hart offered. He was glared at.
"It doesn't matter, Cami." Rune stated.
One of the tools came out of the door knob and went under his chin in a threatening manner, "Call me Cami again and I will remove your reason to be designated male." Her hair was a dark red. She returned to concentrating on the lock. It clicked open. "New record. Here, take your toys and leave me out of your perverted lives."
Rael ignored the girl and opened the door. There was a winged form standing over the crumpled shape of Naomi, "You know," Fallen began, "she's got these great things on the other side of the room, they're also doors. You could of gotten someone to fly in and open the door," He looked at Rune coming into the room, "Or had him float up rather than take the time to pick the lock." Naomi groaned in her unconscious state and squirmed trying to escape from his body heat, "She's really warm." He stated while fumbling to keep hold of her.
Blackblade hit his hands together then pulled them apart. Black energy wove into a net between his hands he grabbed the edges, "Then its best not to get her any warmer." He held out the net for Fallen to put the girl into the net, he did so and grabbed the other side, they cradled the girl in the black energy. Rael noticed that even while the sun was repairing the cracks on her skin they were forming in other places, he wondered why but at the same time was more concerned at the sheen of sweat visible even on the black glittery parts of her. "Go get Iceman." He said to the two others, not really caring which of them went, "We're going to need ice," he kicked the bathroom door open and led Fallen in with Naomi between them. "Lots of it."
Shivering woke her up, it took her a moment to realize it was her own. Naomi went to move, there was the sound of ice crashing against more ice, the room was mostly dark. Of course she could still make out the shape of her bathroom, there was an addition to it though, there was a chair and a person was slumped in the chair as far as she could tell, asleep. Still shivering she began to try and climb out of the ice filled tub.
"You awake?" She froze and looked at the shape. "I'm going to turn on the light." She closed her eyes when it clicked on then opened them again. It was Rael. "Don't try and climb out of there."
"I'm freezing..." Naomi said though chattering teeth. "I'm getting out of here, you shouldn't be in my room anyway."
"You're in a white shirt, you don't want to get out of the water." Rael stated, Naomi looked down then sank into the water again, "And only your outer skin feels cold, you're still running a fever."
"Then give me something for it, don't throw me in an ice bath." She crossed her arms and curled up slightly. "Why are you here anyway?"
Rael sat forward and opened the door. There were four other people asleep on the floor, Rune, Fallen Angel, Curse and Hart. There was a small movement next to Curse. Cat was also there, she was curled up against the other girl. "They've been taking shifts all day to make sure you don't drowned." He stated. "I thought they deserved to sleep." He leaned back again, "Prism was up here earlier, he bent some light in here on you thinking it would help, it didn't do much. Storm and Iceman take turns refilling the ice. Your Uncle's called twice, on your phone, and nearly chartered a flight on a jet to get here."
Naomi blushed, they were all worked up about her. Someone cared about her, "Why, its just a fever."
Rael leaned forward and put a hand on her forehead, "No, its not just a fever. You over worked your powers. Storm thought you'd just go all black skinned if you over used your powers, but when you're inexperienced with you're powers it can have adverse effects on your body, like getting sick." He took his hand off her head, "Its gone down a few degrees, but I suggest you don't move, Reckless."
Sighing Naomi laid back in the tub again, "Do you get sick if you over use your powers?"
"Not anymore." He replied, "Use to when I first came into them though. Even making a spear would leave me winded."
Rune knocked on the opened door, "Glad you're awake," he turned to Rael, "I'm leaving."
"I'm not your parole office." Rael replied, "I could care less."
"Alright," He turned to Naomi, "I'm off, got somewhere to be."
"Don't do anything dumb." She replied.
"Psh, can't make any promises." Then he was gone.
I thought I'd tell everyone, I love my lurkers (those who read and don't review).
Secondly, my birthday is on Monday. ^-^ *breaks out the cookies, cake and icecream*
And lastly, I'm also leaving on a trip on Monday, so it may be a while before the next update.