DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #1

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

"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."

If he had seemed nervous before, about her figuring out he was a mutant, Gabe seemed on the edge of disaster when Eleyna had told him she didn't want to lose him. Her grin widened noticably when he replied in agreement, and even more so when Gabe told her that she was important to him. For an instant, she was as radiant as she had been in Memorial Park, happiness glistening in her eyes.

But as he continued, Eleyna felt the pressure of her life coming to bear yet again. She was flattered that he had wanted to ask about her... to see what had been bothering her all this time. But the weight of guilt began taking shape in the form of abdominal pain. "I just don't want to bother anyone with it. It's really... it's no big deal, I just..."

Then something unexpected occurred. As she spoke, she glanced over at him, looking down at his clenched hands. God, his hands are white!!! Don't... Don't do this to him. Eleyna, don't push him away... he's all you've got right now. You know you can trust him.

"... I just... Gabe... I've been... I... strange things are happening to me. I've got... the doctors I've seen... they don't know what's wrong with me. I'm having... god... it's like these horrible pains in my abdomen and an almost constant migraine. Last year..." she grimaced as she remembered being taken to the hospital for the first time, "last year I was taken to the, the hospital and they found major internal hemorrhaging... It's... I'm just, I'm a mess, Gabe."

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

But as he continued, Eleyna felt the pressure of her life coming to bear yet again. She was flattered that he had wanted to ask about her... to see what had been bothering her all this time. But the weight of guilt began taking shape in the form of abdominal pain. "I just don't want to bother anyone with it. It's really... it's no big deal, I just..."

Then something unexpected occurred. As she spoke, she glanced over at him, looking down at his clenched hands. God, his hands are white!!! Don't... Don't do this to him. Eleyna, don't push him away... he's all you've got right now. You know you can trust him.

"... I just... Gabe... I've been... I... strange things are happening to me. I've got... the doctors I've seen... they don't know what's wrong with me. I'm having... god... it's like these horrible pains in my abdomen and an almost constant migraine. Last year..." she grimaced as she remembered being taken to the hospital for the first time, "last year I was taken to the, the hospital and they found major internal hemorrhaging... It's... I'm just, I'm a mess, Gabe."

Gabe looked at Eleyna as she spoke, compassion and sympathy plain on his face. 'Wow. No wonder she's been looking ill. Poor Eleyna..'

"Eleyna..."

"I...I guess there's nothing I can do on the medical side of things. But..you don't have to deal with this all by yourself. You don't have to shut yourself away from other people, or feel guilty over something like this. I'm..I'm here for you, for as long as you can put up with me. Things...things will get better. I know it."

There was nothing but sincerity in Gabe's words as he offered Eleyna a compassionate smile. His hands slowly relaxed, the blood returning to them.

"Eleyna..I believe in you. I trust you. I...care about you. And I think it'll take a lot more than this to stop you."

Gabe reached over and gently squeezed Eleyna's shoulder for a moment in a silent gesture of support, a gentle smile on his face all the while.

"We can deal with this. I..I know that when I'm with you, I feel like I can handle my problems. And..and maybe, we can handle yours. T..Together."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

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.

"Yeah, I sorta get that now Lorenzo." Kyle says with a grumble as he pulls out a new CD from his bag, "Let's see if my software connection came though with a decent codebreaker after all. Seems Coach cares more about some stuff than his grade book it seems." Kyle continues without noticing that Lorenzo had exactly mirrored his thoughts or looking back to see his expression. Kyle seems completely different now, focused on several diverse blocks of seemingly sense gibberish as he types away quickly, not the typical class clown he is at school. (OOC: any way for him to hack/figure out the decryption or copy it over to the pc?)

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds HP 2/2

"Yeah, I sorta get that now Lorenzo." Kyle says with a grumble as he pulls out a new CD from his bag.

Lorenzo felt his stomach lurch and blood drain from his hands and face. He took a couple of unsteady steps to lean with his back against the wall, facing the other two. "Yeah, but I don't get it . . . ," Lorenzo said aloud. He looked to Kyle, "I mean, I have no idea why I said what I said . . . it sort of popped into my head and I said it like I was thinking it . . . but I wasn't."

"Did I just get that thought from you?" Lorenzo asked, uncertainly.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Lorenzo felt his stomach lurch and blood drain from his hands and face. He took a couple of unsteady steps to lean with his back against the wall, facing the other two. "Yeah, but I don't get it . . . ," Lorenzo said aloud. He looked to Kyle, "I mean, I have no idea why I said what I said . . . it sort of popped into my head and I said it like I was thinking it . . . but I wasn't."

"Did I just get that thought from you?" Lorenzo asked, uncertainly.

Kyle stops while the computer compiles the mass of code on the disc and swings around. "I don't know man, but let me tell you this.. if you can, me and you need to stop by the school caferteria and find out what the meatloaf special really is.. cause let me tell you it's bugging me." Kyle says with a smirk as he clearly tries to get Lorenzo to calm down. "Can't be anyworse than turning it the girl you have the hots for.." Blinks and looks over at Jennifer in embarrasment before turning around to look at the screen. REALLY interested in the progress of the program as it ticks off the installation of the code breaker.

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

"We can deal with this. I..I know that when I'm with you, I feel like I can handle my problems. And..and maybe, we can handle yours. T..Together."

It would be lying to say she didn't feel a little better having gotten some of this off her chest. And Gabe had been really great about trying to comfort her, considering what was on his plate. But Gabe just didn't understand what it... what she was causing. "Gabe, look... you don't get it. I'm a complete mess! And I'm messing up everyone's life around me. My parents... they've got all... all these medical bills to pay now... the specialty doctors aren't covered by their health insurance. I've... I had to start seeing a psychiatrist. Th-They keep warning me to keep my stress levels down - I've had to stop extracurricular activities, I hardly see my friends anymore..."

They were within sight of the mall, but she didn't feel like she could drive the distance safely. As she was talking to him about it, the pain began to grow again. Head throbbing, she felt as though her body was going to explode... only that would have been some measure of relief. Eleyna was at the point of another breakdown. She pulled the car off the road, into a parking lot of some used CD store where she put it in park over two spaces. It had begun snowballing and there was no way she could stop it now.

"Everyone keeps telling me... my parents, my friends... they keep telling me it's gonna stop - only, y'know, it never stops!! I-I start to think... I start to feel like I'm... like I'm okay, and then I start hurting again, or bleeding again, or I pass out from a migraine. Gabe, my parents... I've heard them fighting... th-they're so... so stressed about the money, I'm just... they... I'm just causing all th-these problems and they never seem to stop!"

Tears were falling, uncontrollably, down her cheeks. Unaware, Eleyna clutched her abdomen with her left hand, pressing down on the armrest of the car with her right to alleviate some of the pain in her stomach. Her body ached as she sobbed, and she just wanted to be finished with this... she wanted it to go away. "Please, Gabe, help me! Please make it stop! I don't want this anymore! I can't do it anymore! Please make it go away!"

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

"Everyone keeps telling me... my parents, my friends... they keep telling me it's gonna stop - only, y'know, it never stops!! I-I start to think... I start to feel like I'm... like I'm okay, and then I start hurting again, or bleeding again, or I pass out from a migraine. Gabe, my parents... I've heard them fighting... th-they're so... so stressed about the money, I'm just... they... I'm just causing all th-these problems and they never seem to stop!"

Tears were falling, uncontrollably, down her cheeks. Unaware, Eleyna clutched her abdomen with her left hand, pressing down on the armrest of the car with her right to alleviate some of the pain in her stomach. Her body ached as she sobbed, and she just wanted to be finished with this... she wanted it to go away. "Please, Gabe, help me! Please make it stop! I don't want this anymore! I can't do it anymore! Please make it go away!"

'Oh, God, Eleyna!' Gabe moved across the car, and embraced the crying girl.

"Eleyna..."

'What can I do? What do I say?! I...it hurts so much to see her like this!' At a loss for words, he held her gently, stroking her hair and murmuring her name. 'It's so unfair! Eleyna's a great - a wonderful person! She doesn't deserve to have this happening to her! What can I do? What can I do?!' Tears began pricking Gabe's eyes, crying for his frustration in being so useless to Eleyna, and for the pain she was suffering.

"God, Eleyna...it *isn't* your fault! It isn't! I..it..you..Eleyna, you help so many people! You don't cause problems, you solve them! You...you...Eleyna..I...this isn't your fault! And..and I..I don't know what I can do..but...but..I know I can be here for you! Whatever happens, I...I'm here! I'll..I'll always be here."

Gabe trailed off, out of his depth. Guilt over his ineffectuality and pain over Eleyna's suffering caused a knot to form in Gabe's stomach. Knowing there was nothing he could say to make things right, he held the crying girl, sharing her pain as best he could, quietly crying with her.

 

[Keia]

"I don't know man, but let me tell you this.. if you can, me and you need to stop by the school caferteria and find out what the meatloaf special really is.. cause let me tell you it's bugging me." Kyle says with a smirk as he clearly tries to get Lorenzo to calm down. "Can't be anyworse than turning it the girl you have the hots for.."

Lorenzo really tried to settle his stomach and thought 'Kyle's got some wierd mental powers if he can put thoughts in my head - pretty cool though.'

Lorenzo smiled let the thought of the cafeteria run through his mind. "Then again, maybe we don't want to know what's going on in the lunch lady's mind - just, wrong, man, way, way wrong!" Lorenzo said as he snickered. Lorenzo looked over to Jennifer to get her reaction and thought, 'I wonder if he can put thoughts in her head too?'

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

"God, Eleyna...it *isn't* your fault! It isn't! I..it..you..Eleyna, you help so many people! You don't cause problems, you solve them! You...you...Eleyna..I...this isn't your fault! And..and I..I don't know what I can do..but...but..I know I can be here for you! Whatever happens, I...I'm here! I'll..I'll always be here."

Gabe trailed off, out of his depth. Guilt over his ineffectuality and pain over Eleyna's suffering caused a knot to form in Gabe's stomach. Knowing there was nothing he could say to make things right, he held the crying girl, sharing her pain as best he could, quietly crying with her.

His arms felt stronger than she would have initially thought, providing comfort for her shaking body. Eleyna simply let herself be held, and continued to cry, not caring what kind of commotion it may cause outside. She needed him now. Her body hurt all over, the pain was almost intolerable and he was the only thing preventing her attack from getting worse. In her mind, she silently pleaded,

makeitstopmakeitstopgodi'msosorrypleasemakeitstoppleasemakeitstop...

As time passed and exhaustion began to set in, a calmness finally came over her. When she was finished crying, her abdominal pains subsided. However, the throbbing of her migraine became more pronounced, making her too tired to even move. After awhile, Eleyna mumbled something against Gabe's chest. Almost inaudible, her words were, "Please don't let me go."

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

As time passed and exhaustion began to set in, a calmness finally came over her. When she was finished crying, her abdominal pains subsided. However, the throbbing of her migraine became more pronounced, making her too tired to even move. After awhile, Eleyna mumbled something against Gabe's chest. Almost inaudible, her words were, "Please don't let me go."

In response, Gabe's grip on Eleyna tightened slightly. Exhausted, physically, mentally and emotionally taxed to his limits, he didn't have the energy for anything but the truth. Gabe rested his head on hers, and spoke quietly into Eleyna's hair, his voice thick with emotion.

"Never going to happen."

'I don't..want to let her go. She..she shouldn't have to suffer like this. Eleyna..when did she become so important to me?'