DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, Issue #2

[Unicron818]

Sammy Donldson

Exhaling deeply while rubbing his face. "This is one screwed up day. So what now coach? Do we live happily ever after here in your Neverland estate? No offense coach, thanks for helping these guys break us out. But, what do we do now? You and me, and the rest of you know none of us can go home. Our parents, brothers, sisters, they're all detained by now. Being questioned. All our clothes, our stuff, or friends...what do we do about our lives now coach? Sammy's head had dropped eyes looking to the floor for moments before looking at his fellow band of mutants, (headache now down to a dull pain)"... coach...we're kids, we should be reading comics or playing video games, not running from the United States government."

 

[Nuke261]

"Graham? I thought maybe one of you took control of a Fed's mind or something, I never expected Graham." Coach leaned forward a little as he spoke. "Yeah, I don't come up on any scan as anything but an average human. Part of the package I got updated with. I can detect mutants, too and you and Catherine come up as average. You all register as mutants now but it is kind of a tricky thing. Most mutant abilities don't kick in until around puberty. I could think you were average one day and realize you were a mutant the next. That's what happened with Adams, Donaldson and Reynolds. I didn't realize they were mutants until this morning."

Coach Shelton took a few drinks from his beer and then continued. He seemed more at ease when he was talking. "There are a lot of kids who make it through the gen scan because of that. That's part of the reason they have you go through it a few times in school. Can't have any dangerous mutants slipping through the cracks."

The brief moment of comfort ended with Sammy's serious questions. "You're right, Donaldson. None of you should have to worry about any of this. You didn't choose this and you can't change it. Problem is you're all stuck with it. Hell, there's at least one more kid at the school they found with that damned gen scan!" He quickly regained his composure and continued. "They won't roust your folks or search your homes. Right now your families are at a meeting with federal agents who are explaining everything to them. It should last much longer. If you want, I can get you back to your homes to say goodbye or grab any money or clothes you might need."

He stopped for a minute to make sure they weren't missing what he was saying. "But, the truth is, none of you can stay here any longer. You've got to leave Smalltown. Leave Ohio. You actually have to leave the United States."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Valerie Dobson aka Kyle Graham hp 2/2

"Yeah, I had planned on getting out of the states sooner or later." Kyle says as she looks around. "I suspected, you know given my uncle and aunt's comments, that my dad was a mutant. Guess that is a for sure thing." looks to the Coach. "Well, since it's you, guess it's time to switch back. Settles down in a chair and takes a deep breath, clearly not too happy to have to change at all.

She closes her eyes, takes another shaky breath and changes. The body blurs, and she grips the chair tightly as muscle and bone literally grind together as they shift in position. The teen version of Valerie Dobson slowly, and clearly painfully, shifts back to Kyle Graham.

A minute passes and finally a much paler, shaken Kyle looks over at the others. "That .. Truly.. Sucks." he says quietly as he lounges.

 

[Velmont]

"Coach... well... I should thank you first about all this. We aren't safe yet,but it could be worst. But I still have some questions. What will happen to Catherine? Is she really normal? And after how they treat her, will she be returned home just like that? And people here starts to know what there new mutant power can do, but can you detail us our power, or the only way is to try them? And finally, where do you suggest us to leave? Canada? South America? Africa?"

 

[kid A]

Eleyna Robertson

Eleyna was truly shocked to see the face under the mask. The Swede was actually... Coach Shelton! Frustration disappeared, only to be replaced by a huge smile. "Coach! I thought you might have had something to do with this!" She turned to Gabe and nudged him in the side gently. "We were right!"

Listening intently to the discussion, the severity of the situation slowly dawned on her. She didn't want to leave, but it was the only way. To keep her parents safe. To keep her town safe. Their options had run out here in the States. But where could they go? Where in the world was it safe for mutants to live, and how would they get there?

The thought was about to form a question, when she heard it come from Andrew Ward. "Andrew has a point, Coach. Where is it safe for us? And how would we get there?"

 

[Synchronicity]

Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2

. "Coach! I thought you might have had something to do with this!" She turned to Gabe and nudged him in the side gently. "We were right!"

Gabe smiled at Eleyna, seeming to relax as 'the Swede's' identity became known. "Seems that way. I admit it's a surprise to see you, Coach." Gabe's smile faded as the Coach spoke, his hand tightening in Eleyna's as the import of the Coach's words became clear. 'Who did they get? Was it someone I knew? And wha happens now?'

The thought was about to form a question, when she heard it come from Andrew Ward. "Andrew has a point, Coach. Where is it safe for us? And how would we get there?"

Gabe nodded agreement with Eleyna, looking at the Coach. 'Is there really somewhere they can't find us? Are we going to be running the rest of our lives?'

 

[Keia]

Lorenzo Reynolds Hps: 2/2

Lorenzo wandered in after making certain everything was out of the truck. He even wiped it down on the inside, trying to make certain there was nothing there that might give him away too. Obviously a detailed search would turn up something – but hopefully he would be long gone by then.

Lorenzo admired the style of the house and the contents. Staying calm on the outside, Lorenzo just uttered a, “Hey, Coach,” as Coach Shelton revealed himself. Grabbing a sofa pillow and tossing it on the floor, Lorenzo laid down on the floor, propping his head with the pillow.

“Anyway you can tell us what we do, coach?” Lorenzo asked. “Today was the first time I actually started thinking that I might be a mutant – and that was only after things started getting weird. Privately, if ya don’t mind.”

 

[Kangaxx]

Corey Vinyard

Corey listens quietly the Coach Sheldon's explanations, remaining calm until the part about leaving the country.

What leave the country? But how? How'd they find me? What about my family? Just leave... "forever." Corey intones quietly, looking at the floor.

 

[Velmont]

"forever."

Andrew hear the word, and a painfull emotion pass throught his hearth... But something else take over, the same thing that have made him fight every match to the end, even if it was hopeless. He has always played to the end because he liked it. He will now fight to the end because he liked his life...

"Not for me. One day I'll come back here. Maybe it will be on my last days, just to see where I was born before my heart will fail me, but I hope it will be to see the ending of this nigthmare... we have gone throught slavery, why wouldn't be able to go throught mutation as a culture? Some people will have to fight for there rights, and I hope these fights will sheed no blood, but in the end, I hope no more mutant will be treated as laboratory mice.

Coach SHelton have already started that fight with his friends. I want to join it up. I know, after today, it is a dangerous one, but you know me Coach, I am not the one who will fail you, always there to end the match. So, what position should I play?"

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"I'm game coach." Kyle says from his chair, clearly wiped out by his latest change. "I definitely don't want to draw attention what's left of my family. I know some wierd things happened to my uncle's side of the family when he was a kid. I figured if I got outed that the same sort of accidents might happen to him and my aunt."