DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #2

[Radiant]

Jennifer Allen

The mood was contemplative . . . sad . . . even after the food and drink was passed around. It was exactly how Lorenzo felt as well . . . .



“As they should . . .” Lorenzo replied to Jenn, agreeing with her assessment. At the same time he brushed the back of his fingers against her cheek, letting her know that he understood . . . allowing the sadness he felt to leak out for a brief second.

“It will be alright . . . you’ll see,” Lorenzo added, confidence flowing back against the tide. “Besides, when else have we been able to skip school by having a teacher drive us out of town . . . other than that fake field trip the substitute art teacher took us on . . . now that was a blast. Good thing Tony knew his art . . . don't know why she thought we had a field trip, though.”

She does feel sadness, it is easy to know. Not as much as the rest of course, she allways took things easy but it is there. It is just stashed away, pressed together like coal into a diamond and burried somethere deep inside. One day she will have to face it but as long ans there is nothing she can do about it she doesn't intend to suffer needlessly. That's not like her. Normaly she might even forget about it herself. But that's just one more thing about their changed situation. She knows that Zo just might know about it. So why deny it. Instead she jsut accepts the comforting gesture, looking as eager as before but saving any wity answers for the moment. For her that's enough admiting of weakness... .
"Thanks."

 

[Nuke261]

Andrew caught a local news broadcast while flipping through the channels. They had all kinds of people wanting to talk about what happened in Smalltown that day. Principal Harrington had been on, even though he really didn't say anything. The local Police, the Mayor and some government agent all took turns talking about what was going on, what this meant and what people should do. The only good thing was that they did not name anyone. They said until all the families had been notified they could not give out the names. The only thing Andrew really got out of the broadcast was that there was no mention of the escape and that according to the news, there were nine possible mutants taken into custody. Even with Catherine there had only been five of them on the transport...

Kyle was sure that even though this chip did not match up exactly with some of the other tech he had from his dad, this had to be from him. That just piqued his curiosity even more. Everyone was fairly quiet during the ride back. Then the Coach's cell phone rang. He answered it and it was immediately obvious he wasn't happy about what he was hearing. The conversation was short and when he hung up they were only minutes from his place.

Coach reached over and turned down the radio. "I left school early today because I needed to set things in motion to help rescue you guys. There wasn't much need for me there and I couldn't do anything to help at the school. The few of you were the only mutants I knew of. I just got word that the gen-scan found three more. They were taken into custody and they are taking extra security measures to guard them. Probably due to our little escape earlier. I should know who they are within the hour."

He pulled into his drive way and for the first time ever, Coach Shelton looked completely drained.

 

[Velmont]

"Coach, what do tyou plan to do with those three? Do you think you'll have a chance to help them?" he looks at the others to see there reaction of the news. "Three you say, Coach, with the five of us that were capture, it make only eight. They talked about nine. Where is the last one? If you need help, I am willing to help you."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Kyle looks up from the circuit he's looking over. "I'll help out anyway I can." he says before returning to looking it over.

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds Hps: 2/2

He pulled into his drive way and for the first time ever, Coach Shelton looked completely drained.

"No worries, Coach," Lorenzo said. "I think you did great today just to get us out of trouble. I'm not certain just how much we can accomplish yet tonite . . ." 'Man this has been a long day' "but it might not be a bad idea for you to get some rest, too. Especially if we're gonna try and break them out as well. Wonder if it's a trap?"

 

[Unicron818]

Sammy Donaldson

"Four more muties coach?" Sammy questions from beneath his hood. Its about the first sentence he muttered since leaving home.

"I'm all for helpin' coach. I just don't wannna get busted like I did tryin' to save 'the boy blunder and his sleeping beauty'earlier this week. I'm limiting my arrests to once a week now. I don't know much about being a superhero, but common sense says we'll need a heavy plan and tons of luck." Sammy sits back and starts to think about how it felt being in the cell, not knowing what’s next, just that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, adrenaline starts to pump.

"Lets do it coach! Can we help? Come on coach! We gotta bust those poor bastards out!"

 

[Nuke261]

Coach Shelton turned to look at all of them. It was just a few short hours ago that half of these kids had risked everything to save the others and now they were willing to lay it all on the line to save more. Most of these kids weren't even close friends before today.

"I am going to do everything I can to make sure they get help but, they will be looking for us this time. They'll have more guards, better weapons and more than likely they will change their route. That is gonna make things a lot tougher. Right now what we need to do is get you all as far from here as possible. Grab anything else you may need from inside, we're out of here in 10 minutes." Coach Shelton was back on his cell phone walking into the house. He closed the door to his war room behind him and stayed in there for the entire 10 minutes.

 

[Velmont]

"What, we will have to stay arm cross? I don't think he will change mind." Andrew says a bit angry. He sits down, having nothing to pack.

 

[Kangaxx]

Corey Vinyard

Pack? I don't have anything except my cards and the stuff I got at the mall today. Corey pokes at his pockets where the sunglasses and ski mask are kept as he walks into the living room. I could use some food though.
"Oh, Lorenzo.. did you get my, uh, donuts out of the truck?" I hope nobody sat on them.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"I'm game, after all I can pose as pretty much anyone Coach." Kyle says as he continues to fiddle with the chip, trying to think of how it could be unencrypted and run.