DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #1

[KaintheSeeker]

Kyle Graham HP: 2/2

Kyle watched as Gabe and Elayna walked off. "Well, hell." he mutters to himself. "so much for mellowing out Super-lete and Ms. Stress." he says with a shake of his head as he steps faster for getting off campus. Time to head to get out of dodge.

Moving quickly, Kyle beelines for the covered lot off of campus, considering if he should use his own powers to change once out of view of the campus.

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds HP 2/2

Lorenzo was having a bad day. Chris had a new car but wouldn’t take it for a spin. Gabe was in trouble . . . or Eleyna was in trouble and Lorenzo was told to butt out. The brain scanners were here making everyone nervous. The coach, a man he respected, seemed on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

‘Screw you guys,’ Lorenzo thought, ‘I’m going home.’

Lorenzo grabbed his duffel bag, and jogged out of the school, using tried and true routes to the school parking lot. He looked around to see if anyone had a similar idea, he would just offer them a ride. Otherwise, he was out of here.

 

[Radiant]

Jennifer Allen

Lorenzo was having a bad day. Chris had a new car but wouldn’t take it for a spin. Gabe was in trouble . . . or Eleyna was in trouble and Lorenzo was told to butt out. The brain scanners were here making everyone nervous. The coach, a man he respected, seemed on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

‘Screw you guys,’ Lorenzo thought, ‘I’m going home.’

Lorenzo grabbed his duffel bag, and jogged out of the school, using tried and true routes to the school parking lot. He looked around to see if anyone had a similar idea, he would just offer them a ride. Otherwise, he was out of here.

[oog: just ignore this post if Lorenzo wasn't in the choachs office before, confusing stuff sometimes]

Bumping into other people seems to get a habbit today, I really have to work on that.
She looks up, hoping she didn't get busted by a teacher but instead realizes she hit Lorenzo then she turned around the corner.
Lorenzo, alone, with his duffleback, not in his class. It takes her about a quarter second to put the facts together.

"Hey there big fella. Mind giving me a ride?"

She smiles at him (and her luck) but despite that she does appear just a bit stressed or maybe even firghtened. Considering who she is even that small hint of worry is as spectacular as a rainstorm in the sahara.

 

[Kangaxx]

Corey Vinyard

Jennifer and 3 other girls had made it out of the gym without incident but were trying to decide who had drove that could get them out of school for the day. As Corey made his way after them he heard, "Mr. Vinyard would you be so kind as to bring the school nurse down here for me. Thanks so much. And be sure to make it back quickly." Coach Shelton had his hat pulled down low, which was usually a bad sign however, he seemed like he was in a good enough mood.

Corey doesn't even react to Coach Shelton until he gets out of the gym.

Get the nurse? I don't think so. At least he didn't ask me where I was going... I wonder why he didn't? Eh, worry about it later. How am I going to get out of here? I probably know my way around this school better than the teachers, but I can't walk home. I bet Jennifer knows where she is going. Maybe I could get her to bring me? If she even knows my name.. she never notices me in class. But it's the best chance I've got.

With that decision reached, Corey takes off at a jog to catch up to her in he hallway. Not expecting her to have doubled back, he almost plows into her (and maybe Lorenzo?) as he comes around the corner of the coaches office.

Suddenly confronted with the reality of asking for help from one of the prettiest and most popular girls in the school, After nearly running her over for the second time today, (It never even registered to Corey that the first might not have been his fault,) he finds the words catching in his throat, and his face starts turning red. "Uh, sorry..." And he stands there like a deer in the headlights, trying to muster up the courage to either keep talking or keep running.

 

[Velmont]

Andrew hurried off to class trying to figure out how he was going to afford a movie and dinner at Top's Chalet. But it was worth it, Catherine was a fantastic girl and really didn't mind that he spent so much time with his buddies. Now if only there was some way to use this medical scan to help out the team in their day of need. Andrew suddenly remembered that the guys had told him to head to the Coach's office for study hall and that was hid first class of the day.

Walking in the corridor, Andrew think of his day.

Now, I have 2 things to think. First, the Coach. I must calm him down about the game. Maybe I can try to pass his frustration on the medical scan that take his gym... I have a feeling that will be not an easy one. Well, I'll take his pulse, maybe something brigther will come to my mind in time.

Second, I need to find a bit more money. If I am successfull with the first, I am sure I could borrow fifty box to Bobby or Jack, maybe twenty-five ot each. Anyway, they will have there money back, I'll just have not to buy my sports magazine this month... and next month... maybe three. Well, three if I buy the football magazine... I'll have to calculate that later. I hate my low budget, I'll have to talk about that to father... again. Hope it will chnage for once.

 

[Nuke261]

Andrew Ward

As Andrew made his way towards the gym he noticed that quite a few kids seemed to be sneaking out. Probably normal for an assembly or something like that, but the Principal had just announced that all students would spend some time getting scanned in the gym today. And now it looked like half the current gym class was skipping! Coach Shelton had to be out of his mind to let this happen. This was not normal behavior.

Andrew was surprised to see the gigantic mechanical construct in the gym. He had been med scanned before, but this thing was unreal and way larger than what they normally used. The kids that were still in the gym were huddled in a corner, must be their first time. And a line of underclassmen was entering from the other side of the room. Coach Shelton walked in at this time from the back door near his office. He had his clipboard in hand which meant he hadn't taken roll call yet. As the Coach got closer he saw his class size was about half and slowly started shaking his head. As he looked up to see Andrew walking towards him, his entire posture seemed to relax, the tension in his face disappearing.

"Mr. Ward, come to try and smooth things over this morning? Looks like you won't have to worry about that too much. Actually I am going to have to cancel practice tonight after all of this mess." He gestured back at the med scan equipment. "Soon as I'm done with head count I have to explain this thing to the kids. Hey, isn't today your half day? Yeah, I thought you said you were taking Catherine to the mall after lunch for some quiet time."

 

[Nuke261]

Student Parking Lot

Eleyna started her car and just sat for a minute to let Gabe settle down. She didn't need him to freak out while they were in the middle of town. She really hadn't thought about getting hurt by his powers. Powers, how strange that this guy I have known for so long now has powers. I should be scared of him but I'm more scarred for him. I've got to find some way to help him, but who do I go to! What can we do!

"Gabe, listen. We'll go to the park like you said. It should be quiet and we can talk and think. I really need you to try and relax. We don't know what you can do and we don't want to cause a scene, you know." Strange how all of a sudden all of her own problems seemed so much less important. Actually, she did not hurt quite as bad, must have been the distraction. It really was good to be able to be with friends again, if it only it was for good reasons.

As she got ready to pull away she saw someone coming towards them and was relieved to see it was just another kid. Actually, it was that same kid that shoved her on her way into school. She watched him get into his truck, how does a kid that young have such a nice truck, and gave him a dirty look as he sat there getting ready to pull out.

Kyle poked his head around the corner to see students all over the parking lot! It looked like the half hour before school, not the half an hour into school! Looked like everyone was skipping today, how totally cool! He even thought he saw Zo and Jennifer Allen walking out across the lot. He could guess what they would be doing today! Or maybe not, wasn't that that Corey Vinyard kid tagging along after them. May as well have hot wired a school bus and filled it up at this rate. Kyle walked across the lot, a little more confident that he was not about to get caught.

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds

Lorenzo looked around one final time at the hallway . . . even Chris and Zack had run off to class. He started down the hall, intent on slipping out unseen when . . .

"Hey there big fella. Mind giving me a ride?"

Lorenzo about jumped when he heard a voice . . . and a little squeek might have slipped out as well. But he recovered quickly and motioned for Jennifer to hurry up with a wave from his hand.

"As a matter of fact the Reynold's express does indeed have a seat remaining," Lorenzo replied once she got closer. "Stick close, we don't want those in charge figuring we went anywhere until after we've left."

With that said, Lorenzo walked out to the parking lot, avoiding the sight lines from the windows of the school and headed for his old black Monte Carlo.

"Where you want to head today?" Lorenzo asked.

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

Eleyna started her car and just sat for a minute to let Gabe settle down. She didn't need him to freak out while they were in the middle of town. She really hadn't thought about getting hurt by his powers. Powers, how strange that this guy I have known for so long now has powers. I should be scared of him but I'm more scared for him. I've got to find some way to help him, but who do I go to? What can we do?

"Gabe, listen. We'll go to the park like you said. It should be quiet and we can talk and think. I really need you to try and relax. We don't know what you can do and we don't want to cause a scene, you know." Strange how all of a sudden all of her own problems seemed so much less important. Actually, she did not hurt quite as bad, must have been the distraction. It really was good to be able to be with friends again, if it only it was for good reasons.

As she got ready to pull away she saw someone coming towards them and was relieved to see it was just another kid. Actually, it was that same kid that shoved her on her way into school. She watched him get into his truck, how does a kid that young have such a nice truck, and gave him a dirty look as he sat there getting ready to pull out.

Gabe sat in the passenger seat for a minute or two as he wiped away the few tears which had crept out and took deep breaths to try and recover himself. He relaxed a little as Eleyna talked. 'She's right. I need to try and calm down. Still, easier said than done! I mean, I'm a m...Gabe, focus, okay? Deep breaths.'

"You're right. I'm sorry. It's just...it's hard."

Gabe closed his eyes and breathed in and out a few times. His hand clutched his pendant as he did so. 'Come on Gabe, get it together! What would Dad think if he saw you now? He raised you to be strong, to face your problems and deal with them! Sitting around crying about it isn't going to help anyone, least of all you!' Gabe's brow furrowed as he seemed to come to some decision in the depths of his pseudo-meditation. When he opened his eyes again, he looked a little better; the fear was still there, but he seemed to have it under control. His voice sounded more controlled as well, more confident than before; in fact, more confidant than most people were used to Gabe sounding. His hand still held his pendant tightly, his thumb stroking the raised edges of the Chinese character etched upon it.

"Alright. The memorial park. We can talk there. No gen-scans, no trouble, just a couple of students."

Gabe smiled a weak smile at Eleyna. When he spoke again, it was more like the old Gabe, before the troubles of the morning.

"Um...If that's okay with you, I think I'd like that."

With that, Gabe put his head back and closed his eyes. The strain of recent event was evident in the drawn lines of his face, and sitting there he looked worn out. Gabe settled back in the car seat, letting Eleyna deal with the driving while he almost inadvertantly slipped into a light doze, feeling the toll that lack of sleep, strong emotions and stress had taken on him.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Kyle poked his head around the corner to see students all over the parking lot! It looked like the half hour before school, not the half an hour into school! Looked like everyone was skipping today, how totally cool! He even thought he saw Zo and Jennifer Allen walking out across the lot. He could guess what they would be doing today! Or maybe not, wasn't that that Corey Vinyard kid tagging along after them. May as well have hot wired a school bus and filled it up at this rate. Kyle walked across the lot, a little more confident that he was not about to get caught.

Kyle slips over the parking lot, trying to get Zo and Jennifer's attention as they pull out. "Hey guys.. don't suppose the school goof can hitch a ride?"