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<blockquote data-quote="kid A" data-source="post: 1579192" data-attributes="member: 11757"><p><strong>Eleyna Robertson</strong></p><p></p><p><em>...thiscan'tbehappeningtomeitjustcan'tbehappeningpleasemakeitstopit'stoomuchican'thandlethisit'stoomuchpleasepleasepleasemakeitstop...gabe?...gabe!...whereishewhyisthishappeningtomeohpleasemakeitstop...</em></p><p></p><p>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. <em>Not to me!</em> She had enough problems to deal with and this, this was too much! <em>What did I do to deserve this!? I never asked for all this!!</em> It all added up, and yet her mind seemed incapable of handling this new information. </p><p></p><p>But it was all there. Everything Gabe had said... she didn't realize it at the time, but she could <em>feel</em> it when the windows... when <em>she</em> blew the windows outward. <em>I did that. Me.</em> And she had felt relief... of abdominal pain and her headache... were they somehow related to her... <em>mutant</em>... abilities? Could she even control them? What was going to happen to her now?</p><p></p><p>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. <em>I've never even been to a gen-scan!</em> 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!</p><p></p><p>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? <em>Mom and dad already have enough to deal with without THIS!</em></p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>"Gabe?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kid A, post: 1579192, member: 11757"] [b]Eleyna Robertson[/b] [I]...thiscan'tbehappeningtomeitjustcan'tbehappeningpleasemakeitstopit'stoomuchican'thandlethisit'stoomuchpleasepleasepleasemakeitstop...gabe?...gabe!...whereishewhyisthishappeningtomeohpleasemakeitstop...[/I] 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. [I]Not to me![/I] She had enough problems to deal with and this, this was too much! [I]What did I do to deserve this!? I never asked for all this!![/I] 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 [I]feel[/I] it when the windows... when [I]she[/I] blew the windows outward. [I]I did that. Me.[/I] And she had felt relief... of abdominal pain and her headache... were they somehow related to her... [I]mutant[/I]... 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]I've never even been to a gen-scan![/I] 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? [I]Mom and dad already have enough to deal with without THIS![/I] 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?" [/QUOTE]
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