DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #1

[KaintheSeeker]

"Get moving we an get out right through the front door if they enter from the carage."

Lacking any idea what to do with the additional two classes and no way to get into the kitchen and back in time she simply takes them with her and stuffs them into the side pocket of her coat then she pulls it over.

"Gotcha." Kyle says as he clicks on a single icon and screen starts showing all the things he'd installed going away quick, another click sends the info he found to his own email and as he collects his bag he looks around to see if there are any more clues to his being there. "Ah.. Jen. I'm sorry if.. well you know.. I upset you or anything.. the whole bit in the car.. trust me wasn't intentional at all.. honest." Kyle looks out a side window to make sure they aren't coming through the front door. "Can.. we talk later.. I should explain somethings.. beyond my knack to put my foot in my mouth."

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds HP 2/2

Kyle looks out a side window to make sure they aren't coming through the front door. "Can.. we talk later.. I should explain somethings.. beyond my knack to put my foot in my mouth."

"Less talk, more moving," Lorenzo said with a grin, "If we get caught, though, let me do the talking . . . I've got a whole list of excuses ready to use."

Lorenzo didn't think he had anything with him when he came into Jennifer's house. He had left his stuff in his car. He briefly thought about where to go next, but quickly shook it off, realizing that they had to get out of the house before they had a chance to go somewhere else.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"Less talk, more moving," Lorenzo said with a grin, "If we get caught, though, let me do the talking . . . I've got a whole list of excuses ready to use."

Lorenzo didn't think he had anything with him when he came into Jennifer's house. He had left his stuff in his car. He briefly thought about where to go next, but quickly shook it off, realizing that they had to get out of the house before they had a chance to go somewhere else.

"Okay okay.. are you saying I don't know how to lie to authority figures?" Kyle asks as he lets Lorenzo manhandle him out the door. "Jen, we'll head to my place if you want to call.. you know.. to yell at me or call me stupid." grins stupidly as they head out. "Come on Lorenzo.. my aunt/uncles place is just a few blocks over and they are gone ALL day."

 

[Keia]

"Okay okay.. are you saying I don't know how to lie to authority figures?"

"Nahh, I'm saying by the time I'm done, they'll be thanking us for being out of class," Lorenzo said quietly, "You may have some lines for yourself, I think I can get us all out. But hopefully, that won't be necessary! More moving!"

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

Gabe sat there, holding Eleyna, crying, entirely at the end of his endurance. His trembling right hand gently stroked her cheek as he whispered brokenly into her hair.

"Eleyna...please..I need you...don't...God...Eleyna...I'm so sorry...this is...this is..all my fault! Please..speak to me...please...smile again..I just want to see your smile..I'm..I'm so sorry...that…that…"

Eleyna fell lifelessly into Gabe's arms, her gaze unbroken. If Gabe's words had any effect on her, he did not see them on the surface.

 

[Radiant]

"Nahh, I'm saying by the time I'm done, they'll be thanking us for being out of class," Lorenzo said quietly, "You may have some lines for yourself, I think I can get us all out. But hopefully, that won't be necessary! More moving!"

With her coat thrown over again Jen stuffs the two classes in her pocket and shoves Kyle out with Lorenzos help, followong hersefl.

"What makes you think I'll be staying here? If they find the food they'll just think I was late if I'm still here, well take a look at the clock.
And what he said, more moving. And just shut up for now, I can call you stupid any time I like now is really not the moment to think about that."

 

[Radiant]

"Nahh, I'm saying by the time I'm done, they'll be thanking us for being out of class," Lorenzo said quietly, "You may have some lines for yourself, I think I can get us all out. But hopefully, that won't be necessary! More moving!"

"You guys may be expert liars but I don't have practice with it. I'm cute, people eat out of my hand whatever I offer. But that just doesn't work on my parents."

By now Jen is wearing that slight grin again that is almost a permanent feature of her. Things are back to normal and the situation is just fun.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"You guys may be expert liars but I don't have practice with it. I'm cute, people eat out of my hand whatever I offer. But that just doesn't work on my parents."

By now Jen is wearing that slight grin again that is almost a permanent feature of her. Things are back to normal and the situation is just fun.

"Oh you're more than cute." Kyle says with a smirk as he's pushed shoved out the door. "And I'm moving.. no need to shove me down the path."

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

...thiscan'tbehappeningtomeitjustcan'tbehappeningpleasemakeitstopit'stoomuchican'thandlethisit'stoomuchpleasepleasepleasemakeitstop...gabe?...gabe!...whereishewhyisthishappeningtomeohpleasemakeitstop...

Despite the lack of expression on her face, Eleyna's mind was frantically working to make sense of everything that had occurred. This kind of thing... it wasn't supposed to happen. Not to me! She had enough problems to deal with and this, this was too much! What did I do to deserve this!? I never asked for all this!! It all added up, and yet her mind seemed incapable of handling this new information.

But it was all there. Everything Gabe had said... she didn't realize it at the time, but she could feel it when the windows... when she blew the windows outward. I did that. Me. And she had felt relief... of abdominal pain and her headache... were they somehow related to her... mutant... abilities? Could she even control them? What was going to happen to her now?

Memories of the last year were abundant in her mind. Eleyna remembered all of her troubles... her pain. No wonder the doctors couldn't figure it out. She was a mutant and her powers were manifesting. They wouldn't know unless the specifically searched for it, and why would they need to do that? Frequent regular gen-scans were conducted at Whitmyer... Then she realized something amazing. I've never even been to a gen-scan! Somehow she had inadvertantly avoided every gen-scan the school had conducted without notice. Her doctors wouldn't have known what to look for if she was never reported a mutant!

The fact that she had survived this long should have been a comfort to her. That Eleyna was still living a (semi-)normal life should have registered as a positive. However, all that came to her mind was disappointment and guilt. Disappointment at being a mut... what she was. And guilt for making the lives of everyone she loved so difficult. Her mom and dad forced to pay medical bills that could've been avoided had she tested positive as a mutant. She needed to put a stop to it. But what was she going to do? Tell them? Mom and dad already have enough to deal with without THIS!

Emotion flooded her without end. Confusion... guilt... despair... anger. Physical anxiety from the stress began to overload her body. Distantly, she could feel the pain - she was too deep too feel anything directly - but she knew it was bad. Worse than she had ever experienced. If she hadn't been so tormented, she might not have reacted. But, in a swell of rage, Eleyna pushed back against the pain - pushed as hard as she could.

Her body stiffened and she awoke in the driver's seat to the sound of at least a half-dozen car alarms. Her throat was sore, she must have been screaming. Eyesight blurred, Eleyna's eyes searched for clues to her whereabouts. Everything came into focus, and what she found was destruction. Shattered windows of cars... houses. Cracked pavement and sidewalks. Blown tires. Two people lying on the grass, unconscious. The rear view mirror showed small amounts of blood coming out of her nose and ears. She felt exhausted, but she was in no pain.

"Gabe?"

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

Her body stiffened and she awoke in the driver's seat to the sound of at least a half-dozen car alarms. Her throat was sore, she must have been screaming. Eyesight blurred, Eleyna's eyes searched for clues to her whereabouts. Everything came into focus, and what she found was destruction. Shattered windows of cars... houses. Cracked pavement and sidewalks. Blown tires. Two people lying on the grass, unconscious. The rear view mirror showed small amounts of blood coming out of her nose and ears. She felt exhausted, but she was in no pain.

"Gabe?"

Gabe levered himself away from the passanger side door; he seemed to have been almost physically thrown there by the force of Eleyna's outburst. Considering what had happened, perhaps he had been. For a moment he just stared at her, his face a shocked mask. However, the shock was swiftly replaced by profound relief. Hesitantly, he spoke.

"Eleyna? You're...you're bleeding. Are you...what..how do you feel?"

Gabe moved over to Eleyna, looking concerned.

"God, Eleyna..I thought I'd...I'm so sorry! This..this is my fault! I shouldn't have..I..."

Gabe broke off, obviously struggling with tears. Guilt tinged his words, and mixed with the relief on his face. He reached out suddenly, and pulled Eleyna into a fierce hug.

"I'm so sorry. I thought..I thought I'd lost you.."

The murmured words were evidently not supposed to be audible, and Eleyna couldn't be sure if she'd really heard them.

'You know, you really need to start moving. That outburst of Eleyna's is going to attract a lot of attention.'

'I know. I just..I need this.'

"God, Eleyna..I..I didn't know what to do..."

There was incredible relief in Gabe's cracked voice. He clung to Eleyna, seeming to not want to let go, apparently oblivious to the devastation outside the car.