DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #1

[Unicron818]

Sammy Donaldson

We're sitting in the parking talking about where to go... this is just asking for trouble.
"I could use some food. Let's just get out of here before a teacher shows up."

"I totally agree I'm up for some grub...."

Sammy pulling out of the spot and onto the roadway inserts a CD into the player ....drops the windows.....

...anywhere in particular? It doesn't matter to me, how about the mall? There are bound to be chicks there anyway!?[/



"OK, so you want to know what's up in the gym today? I'll tell ya', its a mutant gen-scan. Nothing major....you should'nt miss much and I don't think sweatin' missing your classes either, they've been pullin' people out by classes anyway."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"Well I know I'm one.. Jennifer pretty much knows I am too Lorenzo.. don't ask me to show you that I am.. since it's quite painful and embarrasing that I've only shifted twice so far. I also seem to have a secondary power, I can.. well FEEL both of you in my head." He taps his forehead, "It's like someone tripped a switch and whammo I can sense somethign different about you guys. Not that I would mind anyway, always had this feeling about dad for a long time. My uncle and aunt won't say anything, but I got this feeling he was a mutant hero back before the purges. I found some of his stuff a while back and even being 15 years out of date, it's still cutting edge tech stuff."


Kyle sips his drink and looks at the two of them before taking a few bites of his snack. "Lorenzo, I figure I can come free and clear, or not, Jennifer already knows about me." Kyle blushes as he looks around towards Jennifer. Clearly his change wasn't something he intended to do. (FYI, Any mind probes reveal that Kyle has only done 2 changes and both of them were the same person, full body changes anywy, and that he is EXTREMELY EMBARRASED by them, and that he has a thing for Jennifer) "It wasn't the way I wanted to out myself Jennifer, but we got more important concerns right now. Like how do we keep from getting called in for a rescan? Cause I'm quessing that we'll all be in a world of hurt if the feds find out. Me, I was planning on keeping quiet and taking a nice scholarship overseas and NEVER coming back. I don't like the idea of being in a camp at all."

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

"I don't know what to do. I don't know if I can tell my Mom, or if I need to grab some things and leave town, before They find out. I..I didn't ask for this. I..just want my life back.."

She kept the car going at a slow pace. Memorial Park was not too far away, and she wanted to focus as much of her attention as she could on Gabe. She squeezed his hand once before pulling it back to the wheel. Listening intently as they pulled closer to the park, she took all of it in. Suddenly a wave of guilt washed over her... she had never realized Gabe didn’t have a father. Or at least, that he was gone.

Eleyna spoke up when Gabe had finished, trying to keep her tone light but maintaining her concern. The last thing she wanted was for Gabe to misconstrue her compassion for condescension. “It’s okay, Gabe. Seriously. Nobody really wants this sort of thing to happen to them. It just sorta happens. But, you've gotta just try to deal with these things as they happen, and that... I mean, that’s the tricky thing. Have you tried to, I don’t know, like control it or something? It’s gotta be similar to any other motor function. You just need some time to adapt to it, and when you begin to control it more, maybe you can hide it until you can figure out what to do with it. Y'know?”

As they arrived at the park, she pulled the car to a quiet, shaded corner of the parking lot. A comfortable breeze blew her hair back as she stepped out of the car. She crouched down and motioned for Gabe to walk with her into the park.


(OOC: it feels good to be back, synch! missed the drama of it all!!!)

 

[Radiant]

Jennifer Allen

"Well I know I'm one.. Jennifer pretty much knows I am too Lorenzo.. don't ask me to show you that I am.. since it's quite painful and embarrasing that I've only shifted twice so far. I also seem to have a secondary power, I can.. well FEEL both of you in my head." He taps his forehead, "It's like someone tripped a switch and whammo I can sense somethign different about you guys. Not that I would mind anyway, always had this feeling about dad for a long time. My uncle and aunt won't say anything, but I got this feeling he was a mutant hero back before the purges. I found some of his stuff a while back and even being 15 years out of date, it's still cutting edge tech stuff."


Kyle sips his drink and looks at the two of them before taking a few bites of his snack. "Lorenzo, I figure I can come free and clear, or not, Jennifer already knows about me." Kyle blushes as he looks around towards Jennifer. Clearly his change wasn't something he intended to do. (FYI, Any mind probes reveal that Kyle has only done 2 changes and both of them were the same person, full body changes anywy, and that he is EXTREMELY EMBARRASED by them, and that he has a thing for Jennifer) "It wasn't the way I wanted to out myself Jennifer, but we got more important concerns right now. Like how do we keep from getting called in for a rescan? Cause I'm quessing that we'll all be in a world of hurt if the feds find out. Me, I was planning on keeping quiet and taking a nice scholarship overseas and NEVER coming back. I don't like the idea of being in a camp at all."

"It wasn't the way I wanted to out myself Jennifer? How stupid can single human being be? This is not some gay coming out club! Did you even consider just shutting your mouth and keeping it to yourself?"

She is furious and more worried than perhaps every before. She can't even remember then or even if she lost her temper like that before.
This is just too idiotic for her to eve comprehend it. Of all people it had to be the school good who became a mutant right at her side and now he would draw her in because probably in all his life he never learned then to shut up. If he wants to shovel his own grave that's fine but if Lorenzo beliefes him that allready makes two people who can get her into a detention camp. Looking how easy he dropped it she doesn't even want to consider how many there might be by tomorow.
Thankfully she had allready put her glass down so at least she couldn't shake her coffee all over the place.

"And if you planned to stay quiet and just fly away soon enough was it so hard to keep to that plan? Why did you think I covered for you back in the car? You know it's a crime to not notify the authorities then you know about a mutant so you just had to draw another friend into it and put him in danger too.

Standing up she paces around the room. At least that takes her angry glare from Kyle.
Despite the whole situation she suddenly finds herself regreting that she left her coat at the door, it would have looked perfect right now...
At least the thought is amusing and as allways she is sure there will be a way to solve her problems. There allways is.
If he would just stop claiming she is a mutant. At first she feared he might know but that he is now acusing Lorenzo too makes her sure he is just lost in some heroic comic dreams. That tale of his father is the last drop she needed to totaly dismiss his claims.

 

[Keia]

” . . . Lorenzo, I figure I can come free and clear, or not, Jennifer already knows about me."

Lorenzo considered Kyle’s statement. Knowing Kyle, this was either one of his most elaborate gags or it was the truth – there wasn’t really anything in between. Surreptitiously, Lorenzo looked around the room for any red lights or reflections of camera lenses – waiting for the other shoe to drop.

"It wasn't the way I wanted to out myself Jennifer? How stupid can single human being be? This is not some gay coming out club! Did you even consider just shutting your mouth and keeping it to yourself? . . . And if you planned to stay quiet and just fly away soon enough was it so hard to keep to that plan? Why did you think I covered for you back in the car? You know it's a crime to not notify the authorities then you know about a mutant so you just had to draw another friend into it and put him in danger too. Standing up she paces around the room - at least that takes her angry glare from Kyle. Despite the whole situation she suddenly finds herself regretting that she left her coat at the door, it would have looked perfect right now . . .

Lorenzo was stunned by Jennifer’s reaction . . . and it seemed to clinch it for Lorenzo. If Jennifer was going to buy into it (and seemed overly angry and nervous), then Lorenzo was too. Especially since Kyle had said that Jennifer and he were mutants, too. Lorenzo knew that he wasn’t a mutant, but he wasn’t sure about Jennifer – he doubted it . . . maybe Kyle’s little detector was detecting people who weren’t mutants – that would make more sense.

“Kyle, man, I appreciate the trust that you can tell me something like this – really I do,” Lorenzo started. “And, I know what Jennifer’s talking about, there’s rewards and everything . . . but I’m not gonna rat anyone out . . .” He caught Jennifer’s eye, “ . . . anyone. You guys know me, I don’t really care how people are classified, cliqued, or pigeonholed – you’re all people on the inside, same as me – that’s the way I was brought up. That’s not gonna change, man, not today, not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow.”

“So let’s all just be cool and relax. We just blew off school – at the insistence of a teacher, no less – though I probably wouldn’t bring that up with anyone other than the three of us around. We should enjoy ourselves – after we talk a bit,” Lorenzo finished, waiting to see how everyone reacted. Usually, people seemed to come to his way of thinking – Lorenzo was good at convincing people of his side of things, always was.

 

[Radiant]

Jennifer Allen

“So let’s all just be cool and relax. We just blew off school – at the insistence of a teacher, no less – though I probably wouldn’t bring that up with anyone other than the three of us around. We should enjoy ourselves – after we talk a bit,” Lorenzo finished, waiting to see how everyone reacted. Usually, people seemed to come to his way of thinking – Lorenzo was good at convincing people of his side of things, always was.

Then her pacing brings he back to the sofa Jen lets herself fall back into it.

"I didn't think you would bust him Lorenzo but there was still no need to get you into it at all. And if he is a mutant than I can only get into trouble if Kyle tells others I am one too. Even if it's you that just ain't funny.

 

[Kangaxx]

Corey Vinyard

"I totally agree I'm up for some grub...."

Sammy pulling out of the spot and onto the roadway inserts a CD into the player ....drops the windows.....

...anywhere in particular? It doesn't matter to me, how about the mall? There are bound to be chicks there anyway!?

"Sure, the mall's good."

"OK, so you want to know what's up in the gym today? I'll tell ya', its a mutant gen-scan. Nothing major....you should'nt miss much and I don't think sweatin' missing your classes either, they've been pullin' people out by classes anyway."

Corey's eyes widen slightly.

"That's really what it is? A mutant scan? I thought someone just made that up. Did you see the machine they've got in there? It's like a freakin' house. The machine for the genscan last year wasn't that big."

Gotta relax. It doesn't matter what they're doing, I'm not a mutant. I'm human. Totally normal. Coach just really wanted me to get the nurse. Maybe I should have. Now tommorrow he's going to lay into me for skipping... but what if he doesn't? No, don't think about it.

Corey closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.

"I'm just glad I'm off for the day. Thanks for the ride."

 

[Unicron818]

Sammy Donaldson

Corey closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.

Gotta relax. It doesn't matter what they're doing, I'm not a mutant. I'm human. Totally normal. Coach just really wanted me to get the nurse. Maybe I should have. Now tommorrow he's going to lay into me for skipping... but what if he doesn't? No, don't think about it.

Corey closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. .

"No problem, I wasn't even sure you needed a ride just thought I'd check."

Sammy does a little double take at Corey and notices him acting kind of wierded out.

"uum...you alright corey? You're kinda on the stressed side, huh? I could tell the way you were sneaking around and sorta jumpy and stuff...none of my business just don't want you wiggin' out in my car. I'm not even supposed to be driving."


Sammy thought Corey played it pretty cool in the past. He never acted this strange before.

"You care if we swing into a gas station before the mall....I gotta get some gas I on 'E' ?."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Then her pacing brings he back to the sofa Jen lets herself fall back into it.

"I didn't think you would bust him Lorenzo but there was still no need to get you into it at all. And if he is a mutant than I can only get into trouble if Kyle tells others I am one too. Even if it's you that just ain't funny.

"Relax Jenn, if I do get found out, I'm not telling anyone anything. I mean how many times have I given up anyone that has helped me? None, I don't dime out folks. Ever." Kyle looks over at the others, his usual depreciation and humor gone, a serious Kyle Graham in his place. "I don't rat folks out, but I don't think you get it. If coach knows something about all of us, then maybe he has files or something on us. At the very least, someone else might find out. What I am trying to say is, I.. WE need to work together to keep things from coming out. I'm sorry if I got you all spun up and I'm wrong about one or both of you, but I got this instinct and it's telling me I'm right." Kyle sighs and pauses to eat a bit more to let the others talk.

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

As they arrived at the park, she pulled the car to a quiet, shaded corner of the parking lot. A comfortable breeze blew her hair back as she stepped out of the car. She crouched down and motioned for Gabe to walk with her into the park.

Gabe listened to Eleyna, using the reassuring rhythm of her voice to calm him down. As she got out of the car, Gabe followed beside Eleyna, contemplating what she had said.

"Control it? I never really thought about that. I mean, this morning, I started picking up radio shows in my head, and I managed to turn that off after a while..but that's not exactly control. I haven't been able to make anything happen because I want it to..but then again, I haven't tried to. I mean...at the moment, I'm not doing..whatever it is I can do. Trying to trigger it..what if I *can't* control it, assuming I do manage to trigger it? But...maybe you're right. Adaption and control. However...that's an easy thing to say..and a harder thing to do."

Gabe gave Eleyna a small smile as he finished.

"I'm not saying that I blame you for saying it, or anything, by the way. I..I really appreciate the way...the way you're helping me. I don't know how many other people would have."

Gabe looked right at Eleyna for a moment.

"You're something special, Eleyna."

Gabe coughed uncomfortably after his statement and ducked his head, blushing.

'What was *that*, Gabe? Way to creep out the only friend you've got at the moment! Man, they shouldn't let you out of the house without a warning notice; "may be weird." Although if the government find out about you, that's exactly what they're going to do..'

Gabe looked up again, and looked past Eleyna at something. He moved in that direction, motioning for Eleyna to follow him. The large pond which was part of the park lay before them, quiet in the early morning. Gabe stood there, looking at it, before he spoke again, quietly.

"I always liked it here. Back where we used to live, I remember a lake; bigger than this, but similar. We used to go there for picnics and things, and leave phones and suchlike back at home. I remember them as one of the few times it felt like Dad was really there..not a ghost or an illusion, about to race off to another embassy posting somewhere else in the world. It felt like he was going to be there forever. We stayed there most of the day, and watched the sunset on the water. So..since those days...places like this always seem so peaceful to me. So safe. Like nothing could happen to me here..even with what's been happening. Like...like I have forever."

Eleyna could see that silent tears were running down Gabe's face, and he seemed unaware of their presence. There was an expression of sadness, reminiscence, and great sorrow on his face.

"Forever.."

Gabe pulled his arms up to hug himself tightly, still gazing out across the pond. The tears continued to fall.