Reality Bites--part 3
"So this is how I end up?" Jonas said as he landed in a tree top.
He pulled himself down into the tree as if it could shelter him from the rest of the world.
"Man, why me, why not bring another girl and leave me back home..." He was tired, sad and afraid, but he was not about to run to one of the girls and cry, not after that thing in the medlab... not that he thought he would even if he had not done that.
/Maybe I can just stay here, they might think that I have disappeared./ he thought to himself and laughed.
"Man I'm so out of place."
He looked up at the sky leaning back on the tree; maybe it would all work out after all, he had been the one to fit in.
"Mr. Ljungberg?" a voice called from somewhere.
/Mr. Ljungberg?/ he thought to himself, someone was looking for him?
Well he was in no hurry to be found.
"Mr. Ljungberg, Would you please come down from the tree." Great, *Someone* had found him!
Looking down he saw Storm standing at the bottom of the tree.
~Sigh~ "Did you decide to lock us up in our rooms or something?" Jonas said sarcastically.
"Any way, I don't feel to play nice today if you don't mind so if you would..." a sudden wind came and pushed him out of the tree.
"And I do not have the time or will to stand here until you decide to play nice." Storm said looking rather irritated.
Jonas frowned. "Why don't you fry me when your at it, eh? get it out of your system." he landed ten meters away, considering flying away from the mansion.
"Look woman, I didn't ask for this, I didn't ask to be teamed up whit these people or get Superstrength, invulnerability or even the ability to fly."
"But you are here, you have a lot of frightened *friends* in there, and you are as afraid as they are, you hide it well... but I can see it in your eyes." Storm held out a hand.
"You know if you want me to slap that hand away, you have to get closer, I can't reach it from here." Jonas said angry.
Storm lowered her hand. "Xavier asked me to inform you that you should get some rest, in your rooms, he wants to know where all of you are if something was to Happen."
"You want me to go back to that room, with that girl, oh please... no way..." Storm made a flash strike right in front of Jonas.
"Are you coming or shall we do this the hard way." Storm was mad, Sammi had tried and help him, she was not to let him talk that way about her.
For a moment Jonas considered taking her up on the challenge, but he was still not too sure on *how* invulnerable he was.
He started walking back to the Mansion when Amanda's voice rang in his head.
*EVERYONE SAMMI AND WOLVERINE ARE FIGHTING, STOP THEM BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT.*
===Living Quarters Hallway=== "Still tuff are we..." Logan said; both him and Sammi looking rather beaten up.
Logan had her pushed up against the wall of a rather ripped up hallway, one claw extended to each side of her head.
"Let me down and I'll show you..." Sammi said trying to catch her breath.
"Why don't I do us all a favor and..." something crashed through the wall, grabbed Logan and jammed him up against the wall by the neck.
"That's no way to treat a lady..." Jonas said looking at the somewhat surprised Wolverine.
"Ye know kid, ye should know better than to interrupt a fight, now let me go before I drive a fist full of claws right in to yer gut."
Jonas eyes widened, he slammed Logan against the other wall so hard that it left a rather big hole.
"Look you crazy, short and neanderthal furball, I may not be to happy with the situation and I guess I'm no X-Man, but you try this again..."Jonas said ready to knock his one time favorite comic book character silly.
"Jonas stop it." Sammi yelled out.
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"STOP IT YOU GUYS!" Maria yelled out at the two. Sammi and Logan held their heads in pain as the surrounding glass shattered again.
"Oops." Maria vanished again.
Jonas rubbed his head and asked, "Why me?"
Scott sighed as he said, "Maybe, we should have them train out their powers before someone gets hurt. Okay, who has which powers?"
"I'm invisible and can scream really loud." Maria said softly.
"Telepathy." Amanda admitted.
"I can control other people's bodily functions." Leilee said as she grinned at Bobby.
"I'm superstrong and can fly." Jonas said.
"Supersensitive senses, and claws." Sammi said as she let out her claws.
"I can blow things up like Gambit." Cara said as she came in.
Scott nodded. "Okay, it's obvious that we need help. Maria, I'll call Sean of Generation X. His sonic scream is similar to yours."
"Cool."
"Gambit, you help train Cara with her powers."
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Cara and Gambit stared at each other...
~Me, in a training session with Gambit? How, why, this is ridiculous, impossible! I can't do this!!! I just know I'm gonna die!!!~ Cara thought wildly...
"EEP!!!" was all Cara said.
Wolverine almost choked; that sound seemed more hilarious every time he heard it.
"Why do you keep makin' dat sound, petit'?" Gambit said, grinning at the now blushing girl.
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~Danger room control room~
"Read my lips...I AM NOT WEARING SPANDEX!" Jonas said and crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's unstable molecules; do you want the rest of your clothes to end up the same way as your jacket?" Rogue said and held up a uniform.
"Then make me a pair of Jeans and a t-shirt out of that material, I'm not getting in to *that*." Jonas said as Rogue grabbed her forehead.
Sammi and Maria also looked at the tight uniforms, not too interested to put them on.
"There must be something else." Sammi said looking down at Cara and Gambit in the danger room.
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~Danger Room~
~PINK! They just HAD to give me a PINK uniform!!! And not just any shade of pink, NOOOOO!!! A really BRIGHT shade of HOT PINK!!! I feel like a blasted POWER RANGER in this get-up!!! And what do they mean, "It's the only one your size,"? I thought SPANDEX was one size fits all!!!~ a very angry Cara thought to herself.
Gambit and Cara stood in the Danger room. Their two pairs of red, glowing eyes warily studied each other...one belonging to the student; the other, the mentor.
~I never thought that Gambit would be my mentor,~ thought Cara, smiling inwardly.
The corners of Gambit's mouth lifted suddenly, and he took on a lazy, my-guard-is-down sort of stance...at least, that's what it looked like to Cara. Up in the Control room, however, Sammi knew better...
"Uh, oh," she said to the others, "Cara is in BIIIIG TROUBLE!!!"
"You know, petit'?" said Gambit, in his low, Cajun drawl, "That color be jus' a bit too bright for you, Non? It make you look like a sunburnt pig!" He finished. He smiled even broader at her reaction.
Cara's red eyes grew huge and round, and her face lit up in an angry shade of pink, that put her suit to shame!
"TAKE THAT BACK, YOU OVERGROWN SON-OF-A-SWAMP-TOAD!!!" she screamed, and lunged at Gambit, slashing clumsily at him with her new bo staff.
Gambit deftly wove in and out of her swings, still with that annoying smile on his face. He quickly moved behind her and took her down with one swift swipe to her legs. Cara fell flat on her face.
Gambit tucked one boot under her belly, and rolled her over...his smile gone.
"Lesson number one, petit': In battle, Don't lose your temper!!!" He said.
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"Sure Gambit, I will remember that." She said and smile sweetly, Gambit lost track of the situation, glad to put his new student in her place.
"Gambit?" Cara said in a really baby sweet voice.
Gambit smiled. "Yes...?"
"You called me what before... sunburnt pig? WELL CHECK THE COLORS ON THOSE IN THE MORNING!!!" she said/yelled and in a quick motion, when Gambit was off guard... kicked Gambit in the...well, a painful place.
Gambit's eye's grew wide for a moment, as if wondering if she really hit... she did!!!
He fell to his side screaming.
Jonas made a painful face... "That HURT..." he said and shook his head violently.
Rogue turned when she heard Gambit yell out in pain, Cara simply replied in her usual... "EEP!!!" and closed one eye as she realized what she had done.
Gambit should have paid more attention... to what HE was doing, everyone thought.
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~Maria and Amanda's Room~
Maria stared at her uniform. It was green and black with a definite 'X' in the middle. "Welcome to the X-Men, Maria." she muttered.
There was a knock on the door. "YEAH?!" she yelled out accidentally knocking over a chair and shattering a window.
"Oops. Come in."
Scott entered the room and looked around. "Maria?"
"Yeah?" Maria's voice asked in mid-air.
"Sean will be coming in a few hours."
"Good."
"I have something for you. How good can you see without your glasses?"
"Ummm... okay up close but everything at a distance is a blur."
"Okay, I need your glasses so Hank can make up a pair of sight goggles or maybe a visor. You can't exactly battle effectively with a pair of regular glasses."
"Yeah, you would know." Maria said as she smiled in an invisible way. She reappeared and handed Scott her glasses.
"I'll hurry up and give these back to you as soon as we can. I can give you several styles to pick from."
"Cool. Can I get a pair of prescription sunglasses too? Something purple or blue?"
"I guess."
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"I still can't beelive you managed to talk me in to this." Jonas looked over his Black and blue AND tight uniform.
Sammi smile wide. "Wasn't that hard." she responded as he got out of the bathroom.
"Sure is tight." he said and blushed slightly.
Sammi had noted the same, but she was still not dressed in the weird uniform... now it was her turn to change.
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~Rec Room~
Cara sat huddled in a corner of the darkened Rec room. She had run there and hid away after the episode with Gambit...being too ashamed and embarrassed to talk to anyone.
"Why did I lose my temper like that? Oh heck...I hope I didn't do any permanent damage!" she said softly to herself. "If anyone had done that to any of my brothers..."
Cara had three brothers (two older, one younger), and five older sisters. Though they had all fought (a lot) while they were growing up, she loved them, and was fiercely protective of them all.
"And Gambit always reminded me of my older brother...I can't believe I did that to him!" She sighed, and rubbed her forehead with both hands.
Cara heard a sound, and looked up to see a figure standing in the open doorway...
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~Jonas and Sammi's room, in the Bathroom~
" I can't believe I have to wear this." Sammi said as she looked at herself in the mirror."At least its purple and black. My favorite."
"O.K. Its now or never." Sammi sais as she walked out into the room. Jonas had his back turned to her, looking out the window, so she said,"One super hero ready for training."
Jonas turned to see a girl about 5'8" with a very tight uniform that seemed to be perfect on her. He could only tell that it was Sammi by the blue streak in her hair that she left down.
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Jonas let out a low whistle, blushed, and quickly looked away...
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~Rec Room~
"Cara? Are you ok?" Leilee asked as she stepped into the room.
Cara started rubbing her forehead again. "No. I can't believe I did that!"
Leilee walked over and sighed. "I would have done it to him too. It's ok. Gambit has a big mouth. He should have learned more about you before doing that. The biggest rule of combat! The one Cyke always drones on about! KNOW YOUR ENEMY! It was his fault. He set himself up for that. I'm not saying you should do it all the time to him when you're pissed, but....Once in the beginning is understandable. And if anyone says otherwise, I'll embarrass them horribly. Feel better?"
Cara giggled and nodded a little. "Yeah. A little bit."
Leilee grinned. "Now come on. I still have to pick out my outfit for the spandex brigade and find out from Xavy who's gonna train me. Hopefully it'll be someone cute..."
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~Jonas and Sammi's Room~
Jonas Was Bright red, an interesting contrast to the Black and Blue uniform.
"Eh, sorry... you look great... I mean that look's good on you, I... I..." He wanted to smack himself.
/DAMN, can't you say something so you don't come out as a complete idiot./ He thought and looked at her again, she did look great... better then great, beautiful.
/Ah what the hell, after all that has happened.../ Jonas kicked the shy part of himself in to the corner of his mind where *he* usually scowled away in these kind of moments.
"Before you tell me to drop dead, You look beautiful... and not only in that uniform." Jonas quickly became aware of what he said... that was not the way he planned it, not that he didn't mean...
/I'm dead... I'm dead./ he thought as he looked at the rather puzzled Sammi.
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~Maria and Amanda's room~
Maria looked over the various different types of eyewear that was before her. "Wow."
"Want any?" Scott asked.
"I need to try all of them on." Maria admitted as she walked into the bathroom with her uniform and various eyewear.
"Okay, just hurry up. Sean should be coming soon."
***** Maria got out of her bathroom in her uniform. It was tight with a loose black jacket. There were elbow pads and knee pads. Her body suit was a dark green with an 'X' on her stomach and the back of her jacket. There were knee high black boots and her fore arms were covered with a black gloves. On her face was a pair of dark goggles with her hair up.
Amanda entered the room and gasped, "Maria. You look good."
"Thanks." Maria said as she looked in the mirror. "But it's missing something."
"Like?" Scott asked.
"I don't know. Can you get that clothing replicator to make up something else?"
"I guess."
Maria smiled and told him what she wanted.
A few minutes later, Scott returned with the said item and Maria put it on. "Oh yeah."
"Maria, that's weird." Amanda said.
"Weird is my characteristic." Maria said as she admired herself in the mirror. On top of her head was a black felt cowboy hat.
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Amanda left Maria to find Xavier. She hadn't received her costume yet. She figure that he had hid himself in his office as he always did. It took her only a few seconds to lock onto his signature and locate the room. She entered without knocking.
(That is rude.) spoke Xavier in her mind.
(So I guess this conversation will all be done in our minds. I'm think I'm going end up with a Headache.)
(This will help you to gain control over your powers.)
(How come I don't believe you?)
(You seem to be a little distrustful of me. Would you cared to elaborate as to why?)
(Not that those cute blue eyes give you away, but I just have this feeling that you have a tendency to hide things when you feel it's necessary, even when you shouldn't.)
(Cute blue eyes?) responded Xavier slightly flushed.
Amanda couldn't believe that she had said it out loud. She also couldn't believe that she was flirting with him. Her last boyfriend had been real mean and she swore that she would never look at a man again, but for some reason she was comfortable around him. She was more forceful and outgoing; not the normal wimp she was who just took orders.
(So...) she continued ( who's going to be training me and where's my uniform?)
Xavier just smiled.
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~Elsewhere~
Ryan was having a bad week. A really, really bad week. First she had broken up with her boyfriend because she had caught him cheating on her. Second she had been arrested for setting his house on fire for revenge. She tried to convince the cops that the jerk deserved it but they didn't seem to see her point. To top it off she had been fired for not showing up to work because she had been in jail. So she did what any reasonable person would do… she got drunk. Now she was suffering the consequences of that action… a really bad hangover.
As Ryan got up she noticed something strange. She wasn't at home and she wasn't alone. A tall hairy man with long blonde hair who looked like he should be on one of those stupid wrestling shows was staring straight at her.
"Mornin' frail, Mind telling me what you are doing in my room?"
"Having a nightmare?"
Before Ryan new what was happening she was lifted 3 feet in the air staring down a set of fangs that could make a Doberman run away crying. Being that Ryan pretty much felt she had nothing to live for she bit the guys face as hard as she could causing him to drop her right on her butt in surprise. Just as the man was ready to gut her for sure a new figure in the room spoke up.
"Sabertooth! Leave her alone! We need her!"
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~Sammi and Jonas' room~
"Ya really think so?" Sammi asked kinda scared of the answer.
"I don't know why that came out but yah. I do." Jonas said trying not to faint.
"Thanks. You look great, too." Sammi said before she could stop her words.
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They stood in silence for awhile; even though she did what she did in the Medlab, Sammi is a very shy girl when it comes to this kinda stuff.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Saved by the knock." She said blushing. "Who is it?"
"Your training partner." Said a low gruff voice.
She winced and looked at Jonas and said, "Great I'm being trained by the guy I just got into a fight with. By the way, thanks for the help."
She went to the door and opened it up and looking at Wolverine said, " If your the best at what you do, teach."
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Rogue popped her head in. "Well are ya ready, ah guess I have the privilege of teaching ya."
Jonas Looked at Sammi. "Is it standard, that we first fight then learn?" Jonas said frustrated.
"Ye have a big mouth there kid, watch it." Logan said.
"I happen to say what I think, and you happen to be irritating, don't call me KID!" Jonas said irritated on the excellent timing Logan had.
Sammi followed Logan, looking at Jonas giving him the crazy sign pointing at Logan, Jonas smiled. Unfortunately Rogue noted the smile.
"Ah see that ya two solved your differences." Rogue said slapping Jonas on the back laughing, He tried to maintain a frown but it got lost in a big blush.
"Do ya have the power to turn red?" Rogue teased him.
"Let's go, what's first." Jonas said pushing down the urge to knock her out of the room.
"Testing your strength is first on ma check list... Hank has the stuff set up in Danger room."
====== "What is this?" Jonas Asked looking at the rather strange machine in front of him, it looked like something out of some really old sci-fi movie.
"This my dear Ljungberg, is how we will determine your level of strength, I have set for the standard weight." Hank said scowling carefully behind Rogue.
"Lift that." Rogue said and pointed to a rather frail looking metal stick.
Jonas grabbed it expecting more resistant. "Like this?" he said and pushed it up with one hand.
Beast's jaw dropped, carefully grabbing his neck and swallowing. "That... was set on level Ten." Hank said and looked at Rogue.
"And level ten is?" Jonas asked and let go and the weight slammed down.
"The equivalent of Ten Metric ton's."
Jonas' eyes went blank... "TEN TON'S"
"Would you please try again, I have set the machine to increase until you can no longer press up."
Jonas grabbed, first it was easy but slowly the weight increased.
/Damn, I'm not going down this early./ He thought and clenched his teeth.
After a minute, his arms started to buckle, the sweat running off him, and he cried out... not letting go... shaking like crazy, until he gave up.
"Damn," he cried out. Resting on his back.
Scott scream caughtt his attention.
"68 TON'S!!!"
/Was that 68 ton's?/ Well what ever it was it sure took all he had.
"Why don't we try to fly instead; I need to get some air." Jonas said and grabbed Rogue's outstretched hand.
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Logan led Sammi outside.
"So what's first, teach?" Sammi asked as they stopped at the edge of the forest.
"We're gonna test your senses. What do you hear?"
Sammi concentrated and said, "Birds, a rabbit running trough bushes, a stream and a deer I think drinking from it and Jean coming out the back door with Jubilee. They're talking about Jubilee training with us." She looked at him and said," So how did I do?"
"Great. The Stream is over three miles away and the back door is about two from here." He said with what seemed like pride.
"You're kidding. I have a question though, Why would Jubilee be training with us?" She asked.
"Darlin', when you got mad in there you had fireworks dancing around ya, like Jubilee. So We think you have more than Super senses and claws. I already know you can fight. You weren't about to back down in there and We both seemed to be fighting a battle that neither of us would win. So now we are going to learn about your other powers." He said looking in the direction that Jean and Jubilee were coming from.
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~Maria and Amanda's room~
"I can't believe this." Maria muttered as she stared at her reflection.
There was a knock at the door. "Yes?" she asked making sure she didn't destroy anything.
"This is Banshee."
Maria smiled and opened the door. The man standing there looked older than in the comics. He had short red hair and definite wrinkles. "Hello, Mr. Cassidy." Maria said as she faded again. "I thought you might be here later."
"Ye must be Maria. Me and the other students as well as Em came here as soon as we could."
"Yeah."
The two walked down the hall to another room.
"Now, the first thing we will do is learn how powerful yer scream is." Sean explained as he showed Maria to a strange device that looked vaguely like a washing machine. "Now, I want ye to scream yuir loudest in this hole." Sean explained as he opened the door.
Maria nodded and took a deep breath as she put her head in the hole. She let out a definite, "AAAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"
Maria coughed a little and asked, "Is that okay?"
Sean nodded and glanced at the monitor and gasped, "175!"
"Huh?"
"Oh, that's the decibels. A jet is like 75 decibels and my scream would be like 160."
"Wow." Maria muttered as she took a sip of water.
"Okay, we now know that yuir scream is loud, I'll help ye learn how to focus yuir power so it won't hurt anyone by pure accident. Who knows, maybe you can fly too."
"Fly?" Maria asked as she paled and turned invisible. "I can't stand heights."
"I'm sorry. I dinnea know."
"Hey, that's okay. Say, did Cyclops or Xavier told you about where we're from?"
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"Nae, He didn't lass. All he said was that he had some young mutants that needed help. So here we are."
"O.K." Marie said.
She was about to say more when Sean and her heard Jubilee come screaming into the house and down the hallway. They heard another voice that said, "Get back here, Lee. I'm gonna throw you into the lake!!!!"
"Oh No. Sammi. We have to help Jubilee." Maria said as she ran for where they heard the voices.
"Is She a friend of yours?" Sean asked as he followed.
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They got to the living room to see Jubilee and Sammi standing off. Being that Jubilee or Sammi for that matter were very loud. Both teams were at the door to see what was going on.
The sight they got was a very wet Sammi, and Jubilee trying not to laugh at the fact that Sammi looked like a drowned rat.
"What is going on here?" Sean asked being the ever present grownup.
"She started it and I'm gonna finish it, so back off, Irish." Sammi said as she lunged at Jubilee and caught her as she tried to go left. Sammi picked her up and started walking out the room. Everyone started following, fearing for either Jubilee or Sammi's safety.
Sammi walked to the lake with Jubilee over her shoulder kicking and screaming. When she got there she walked out to the dock and dropped Jubilee in. Then she turned to see the two groups and Generation X staring wide eyed. She just looked at them and said, " I'm hungry. When do we eat?" And she started walking back to the house.
"That's my girl." Wolverine said to no one in particular as Sammi started walking up to the House.
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Sammi was hungry and her nose led the way to the kitchen. She looked in the fridge. Nothing. She turned to see Amanda, Leilee, Maria, and Cara all staring at her.
"What?" She asked as if nothing happened.
"Don't ‘what' me. Why did you throw Jubes in the lake?" Amanda asked.
"She pushed me in the creek out back and I promised her I would throw her in the lake when I got out and I did." Sammi said matter of factly. "Besides, Wolvie said to do our worst. I didn't want to hurt her so I found another way to fight her. Fun. We were joking around. Why?"
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"I don't know...I just felt I should say something. I guess I just a little nervous. I have yet to get my uniform or my trainer." Stated Amanda.
"I was wondering why you were still in plain clothes." Replied Maria.
"I tried to ask Xavier, but somehow we got off subject and he never around to telling me."
"How did you get off subject?" asked Cara.
"Don't ask. Any way I don't know what I need training for. I think I got this telepathy down. It isn't hard to use. I know how to fight because I've be in martial arts since I was a kid."
"You know martial arts?" ask Sammi.
"Didn't I mention it? Well, it doesn't matter. I just want to get my uniform and find out who my trainer is."
(I am right here.)
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~Outside~
"Ya should try to practice turning more, you have speed but your maneuverability is not that good." Rogue said as she and Jonas Landed outside the Mansion.
"you could say that again, I must have knocked over every target I was trying to avoid." Jonas said a little sad he didn't fare better at Rogue's test.
"Ya'll get it better next time..." Rogue patted him on the shoulder.
"Yeah... next... time." Jonas said looking rather sad.
"Ya ok?" Rogue asked concerned.
"I'm ok, it's nothing... is there somewhere a little, off? where one could be sure to be alone around here?" Jonas asked looking out in to the forest.
Rogue, showed Jonas a place on the Mansion ground's that was a little ways off.
"I want to be alone, if that is ok..." Jonas said but noticed that Rogue had already left.
"Ok... let's get this over with." he rested his head against a tree.
/Come on now you bastard let it out before you explode./ first a soft sob.. that quickly turned into a uncontrollable crying... He might never be going home, and he liked it... he had nothing to return too, that scared him.
But he was not as alone as he had hoped, someone was watching, someone had heard him...
/Ok, you can stop now, you cried... stop it now./ Jonas tried to convince himself, wrapping himself up in his own arms.
But who is watching from the shadows?
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~Kitchen~
"I'm going out for a walk. Anyone care to join?" Sammi said as she found nothing to eat.
"No. We're going to start training some more." Professor X said as he led a startled Amanda back to his office.
"Yeah, we're going to do the same. Bye...Have a nice walk." Cara, Leilee, and Maria said.
~~~~~~~~~~Outside~~~~~~~~~~ As soon as she stepped foot off the porch she heard it. /Someone crying. But who?/ She thought.
She followed the sound and was surprised to Jonas leaning up against a tree crying.
She couldn't stand it. She slowly stepped out and said, "Are you O.K.? I might know what you're going through, maybe I can help you?" She hoped he would start talking.
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Jonas Froze... someone was there... not someone, Sammi.
His hand grabbed the side of the tree, what was he going to do?
"I'm ok..." he said, trying to keep back the tears... not that it worked.
Sammi stood looking at him.
"I should want to go home, right? I have nothing back home too, but it doesn't feel right to stay... we don't belong here."
He lifted his head from the tree.
"For the first time in my life, I feel like I can do something... something other then to sit in a stool tapping a keyboard and moving a mouse."
He yelled out and smashed his head down on the tree... breaking it in half.
"Not just waiting for the next damn thing to break my life in half." he sighed. "As if I had one left."
He sat back, resting his back on the broken off tree. "I have nothing... not even the will to go home and face it..."
Jonas closed his eyes. "I'm sorry, I should throw this on you, I'm so pathetic." he looked at his hands.
"You try to help... no... you Helped me with that stuff in medlab... and I... I..." His face turned guilty and more sad. "Why did you do that, I mean you had no idea who I was... I would try to help someone too... but I would most likely have been too shocked to be of any help at a time like that."
"And all I did to thank you was to threaten to break your neck."
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"I helped because I don't know. When I saw you I felt that in a way there was a connection. I wanted to help and I couldn't think of anything to say because I hate needles myself, so I did the first thing that came to mind. I flashed ya." Sammi said moving gently down to sit next to him.
And continued, "As for the part about me wanting to go home, well, I guess we're in the same boat. I don't want to go back. Back there I was the girl no one wanted. You know how Jubilee lived in a mall before she saw the X-Women, well, I did that. I lived in a mall for three years before I turned 16 and could work. I've been on my own since I was 7 because that's when my parents died."
"So you talk about being alone; I work, eat, write on the storyboard and sometimes if I'm lucky I sleep for a few hours." Sammi finished and she was holding her knees with her forehead on them crying all the tears she thought she didn't have left, but did.
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Jonas sat for a few moments, silently watching the girl as she cried. He hated to see anyone (especially a beautiful girl) cry, but he didn't know what to do.
/Do something, you fool! Don't just sit here!/ he thought, mentally kicking himself.
He reached over and put one arm gently around her shoulders. Sammi looked up, startled; tears were still running down her cheeks. Jonas wiped some of the tears away with the back of his hand, then put his other arm around her, enveloping her in a warm hug. Sammi leaned her head against his shoulder.
Rainfall
"I never lost my parents, I have had a home all my life... I can't begin to imagine what that's like." Jonas said as she wrapped her up even tighter.
Nothing more could be said, the guilt was building in his stomach, did his own problems even matter?
There was so much pain, and there was really nothing he could do but hope that he at least he could help, by staying there, and try to comfort her.
After a moment she stopped crying still holding her head on his shoulder.
"Why do you feel alone?" she asked not looking up.
"Can't handle... people." he said and sounded sad.
"I have had so much pain in my life from people I trust, I don't let people in, that is why I love fiction... you can like a character, but you never need to worry about getting hurt by them, they don't exist... or they are not supposed to."
Tears started to form in his eyes again...he closed them tight.
"And now I have a chance to start over my life, so why do I think it's so damn wrong, when it feels so right?"
Admiral
"I know what you mean. Right now this is the closest I've been to a real person in a very long time and I don't want to lose it. I keep praying that I....We can stay here and start over again." Sammi said, praying that he felt the same way. She never wanted to leave this place and possibly these arms. She never wanted to lose that feeling. The feeling of being protected and liked.
jubilee_79
He had never been this close to anyone... it was strange... he had known her for a matter of hours... and now he was feeling lightheaded.
Jonas could not believe what he was hearing or feeling; he liked her, could it be, did she maybe...?
"I want to... stay here..." He swallowed silently, deciding to put his fears and regrets aside and concentrate on the moment.
"...with you." he said softly and hugged her close, hoping that the moment could last forever...
He felt her hug him back and he put his head on her shoulder.
Admiral
