DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #1

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

"Sounds good to me. I don't really care where we head either; guess we'll find out where we're going when we get there."

When they reached the car, Eleyna released Gabe's hand and walked around to the driver's side door. She started the car, and ejected the CD that was currently in the player... the soundtrack to 'Donnie Darko'. Too depressing. I... we need something a little more uplifting right now. Placing the CD back into her book, she pulled out another CD, The Atari's, and put it in the player. Looking over to Gabe, she noticed how great he looked when he was smiling. Offering one in return, she said, "Let's head toward the mall. There's plenty of places to choose from out there."

Her hand went to the transmission and put the car into reverse. She was about to pull away, and she stopped. Glancing at Gabe, she just said, "Thanks, Gabe. Thanks, again."

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

Looking over to Gabe, she noticed how great he looked when he was smiling. Offering one in return, she said, "Let's head toward the mall. There's plenty of places to choose from out there."

Her hand went to the transmission and put the car into reverse. She was about to pull away, and she stopped. Glancing at Gabe, she just said, "Thanks, Gabe. Thanks, again."

Gabe just nodded in response to Eleyna's suggestion. As she looked at him, he nodded again and spoke quietly, but with his trademark sincerity.

"I've got just as much to thank you for. More, I would say. So..thank you, Eleyna."

Gabe looked away, slightly rattled by the suddenly strange silence, but his smile returned swiftly. Indeed, he seemed unable to keep it away. He kept looking at Eleyna out of the corner of his eye as she drove. 'Why's my skin tingling like this? And why can't I stop myself looking at Eleyna all the time? It's not like she's going to vanish if I look away..'

Lost in his thoughts and sidelong glances, Gabe was silent as they drove towards the mall, his head a jumble of confusing feelings. He felt oddly energised, the tiredness of only an hour ago utterly vanished.

 

[Unicron818]

Sammy Donaldson

As they drive, Corey pulls a worn deck of cards out of his pocket and starts to absentmindedly shuffle it.

"Dude you brought your cards? So me acouple of sweet tricks while we're driving...it'll kill the drive time. Have you learned any new tricks? You should seriously hit the streets with that stuff, David Blaine style...ya know?"

Sammy's head moved like a tennis match between the traffic/driving and Corey shuffling his cards.


The traffic is heavy this morning for some reason. It would be wise to pay more attention the road but, heck I got airbags.

 

[Kangaxx]

Corey Vinyard

"Dude you brought your cards? So me acouple of sweet tricks while we're driving...it'll kill the drive time. Have you learned any new tricks? You should seriously hit the streets with that stuff, David Blaine style...ya know?"

Sammy's head moved like a tennis match between the traffic/driving and Corey shuffling his cards.

"I always bring my cards." Corey grins. "But I don't think I can do any good tricks in the car. I'll show you something new when we've got some food in front of us."

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds HP 2/2

Lorenzo hung out in the room with the others, actually looking forward to seeing Kyle work his magic. All thoughts of mutants were forgotten - temporarily.

"Computer's kinda slow, huh?" Lorenzo asked while he waited.

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

"I've got just as much to thank you for. More, I would say. So..thank you, Eleyna."

At his statement, Eleyna was again reminded of Gabe's dilemma. Pangs of residual guilt for what had occurred in the park still troubled her. As far as she was concerned, her behaviour had been intolerable. This morning she had reached out to help him out, only to eventually (if unintentionally) turn the spotlight back onto herself. Despite her comfort in knowing now that Gabe would be there for her, she still felt horrible for the way she had treated him when he so desperately needed someone. It's not like someone was threatening to incarcerate her for abdominal pains.

Her reply was quiet but genuine. "It's no problem, Gabe, I'm glad to help. I don't... want... I don't want to lose you." She realized what she was saying only as it left her lips, and yet it felt right. That's what she was feeling, and she owed it to him to speak the truth. Driving down the back roads of Smalltown, Eleyna simply smiled.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Lorenzo hung out in the room with the others, actually looking forward to seeing Kyle work his magic. All thoughts of mutants were forgotten - temporarily.

"Computer's kinda slow, huh?" Lorenzo asked while he waited.

"Not really, it's just not been tweaked to an inch of it's operation system like mine. Took me three days to get rid of all the extras that folks get when they do a typical installation. I just have to make sure a couple things are turned off, shuffled around or whatever before I call out. Don't want the school thinking Jennifer's family is trying to snoop you know." Kyle says with a chipper voice as his fingers dance over the keyboard, whistling lightly to himself from a classic movie song as he goes.

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

Her reply was quiet but genuine. "It's no problem, Gabe, I'm glad to help. I don't... want... I don't want to lose you." She realized what she was saying only as it left her lips, and yet it felt right. That's what she was feeling, and she owed it to him to speak the truth. Driving down the back roads of Smalltown, Eleyna simply smiled.

Gabe's head jerked round at Eleyna's quiet words. 'What did she just say? Have my abilities expanded to include hallucinations now?' For a long moment he just stared at her, surprise and a kind of shocked joy clear on his face. Blushing furiously, Gabe looked down at his hands, clenched together in his lap. He could hear the blood pounding in his ears, and for some reason his lungs didn't seem to be working properly. Gabe swallowed hard, trying to focus. Still looking at his hands, he tentatively spoke.

"I...I don't want to...to lose you either. You..."

Gabe's grip tightened, turning his hands white. When he spoke again, it was very quiet, only barely audible to Eleyna.

"You..you're, ah..important...to me."

"Even though I..haven't been much help to you, since...since, ah, your..problems started...I...what happens to you, it, uh...it matters. I, um..I wanted to approach you...well, before...and see if I could...do anything...but I...ah...I didn't know if...you'd have...if, uh, it'd have been ok."

His words coming even more nervously than usual, Gabe fell silent, not looking at Eleyna. His mouth felt very dry all of a sudden, and his breath seemed to be coming quickly, like he'd just run a race. 'I could really use a hole opening up to swallow me right now. Or a distraction. Any distraction.'

 

[Nuke261]

Whitmyer High School
Catherine gave Andrew an odd look and then quickly looked down the hallway to see who was around. "What are you talking about? We have to go to the med scan. Why would we skip and why would the Coach tell you to skip?" She looked at him with a very puzzled expression. She had been holding his hand but her grip became weaker as she spoke. "The med scan goes into your school transcripts and it's every bit as important as your SATs, I can't mess that up." She moved a little bit closer to Andrew, looking quickly down the hall again before speaking in a hushed tone. "Plus my parents say the med scan tests for genetic problems like if you have the mutant gene, what would people think if I skipped? Andrew, everyone would think we were some kind of mutants. You don't want that, do you?"

Whitmyer Shopping Village
Sammy pulled into the mall parking lot and easily found a space. The mall had only opened minutes earlier and shoppers had not flocked to it yet. Sammy and Corey got out and headed into the food court entrance. Sammy stopped briefly as he stepped inside, a smile crossing his face. It was official now, they had successfully skipped school, nothing could ruin their day.

Sammy and Corey both failed to notice the police car drive by the mall entrance as they walked inside.

Memorial Park
Eleyna and Gabe were relatively quite for most of the trip across town. They both held a smirk on their face but were too caught up in their thoughts to realize it. Traffic was not bad, although it got worse the closer they got to the mall. That was always the case, though. They drove past several semi-busy restaurants and settled on going into he mall. There would be plenty to do while they talked, plus it was familiar ground for both of them. And comfortable sounded like a good idea, they had gone through enough excitement for one day.

The Allen Home
Kyle indeed worked his magic. Screens popped up and disappeared as his fingers danced across the keyboard. It took only a few minutes for him to have the system in front of him operating in an acceptable manner. Soon, all three kids were staring at the Whitmyer High School main screen. Kyle punched in Coach Shelton's codes and they were into the secure portion of the system. Kyle went into the Coaches files and tried to access his files but the passwords would not let him in. He laughed a bit nervously and tried a few more tricks, backdoors and shortcuts, but nothing would get him into the Coaches private files. Jennifer was becoming bored and walked across the room and drug a chair over to sit in.

Lorenzo was staring at the screens Kyle was accessing, sort of zoning out as it all flashed before his eyes. Suddenly, without realizing it, he spoke. "Dude, Shelton's files are encrypted. You have his public pass codes, not his private ones." After speaking Lorenzo stood up, curious to why he said that. He looked back at Kyle and suddenly his world stopped. His stomach tensed up and he felt just a little dizzy. There was a feeling in the back of his mind that was gone as soon as he noticed it. For that brief, half a second he understood what Kyle was doing. One thought went through his head. Oh no, we are mutants.

 

[Velmont]

Whitmyer High School
Catherine gave Andrew an odd look and then quickly looked down the hallway to see who was around. "What are you talking about? We have to go to the med scan. Why would we skip and why would the Coach tell you to skip?" She looked at him with a very puzzled expression. She had been holding his hand but her grip became weaker as she spoke. "The med scan goes into your school transcripts and it's every bit as important as your SATs, I can't mess that up." She moved a little bit closer to Andrew, looking quickly down the hall again before speaking in a hushed tone. "Plus my parents say the med scan tests for genetic problems like if you have the mutant gene, what would people think if I skipped? Andrew, everyone would think we were some kind of mutants. You don't want that, do you?"

"Mutant gene? That's not serious. Anyway, with the number of control I must pass with the team, I would have known that I have some mutant gene. Anyway, I think my class go later to the med-scan, so I suggest you to go, if you would feel more confortable, and after that, we will go shopping. And for my files, I have enough follow up to seal such a minor breach, and the coach will support me anyway.

Cathy, I have the chance to pass almost a whole with you. Long time we didn't. I don't want to miss that. You derserve that I want you to pass a great day. So, go to the med-scan and then, come join me on the field behind, I will do some visualisation of the last match, I really need to understand what have happen that turn so worst."

While he say that, he try to be the more reassuring to Catherine.