Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 23, 2008 21:22:10 GMT -5
Lurai let out a laugh, one that didn't sound much like herself at all. It sounded almost vindictive, even evil. "I'm sorry dear, but I'm afraid you couldn't quite comprehend the world that I'm destined to be a part of. Would you like to know the truth behind what is going to happen? Would you like to see what I'm going to be? Because I believe even you, you happy child, could not take the monster that is inside of me." She hopped off the crate with a smirk. "If I were you my darling, I would stay away from me. I'm no friend" she said smiling looking in the corner of her eye to see Riker glancing at her smiling. He would think she was okay now, she felt a pang of guilt for using Jumper, but it couldn't be helped. She winked at him letting out a slight laugh and turning to walk away from him with a slight wave.
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Fleet
Paragons
Kyle Nomis
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Post by Fleet on Jan 23, 2008 21:27:02 GMT -5
"Ohhhh I see how it is, you come over and use me for my pop corn and water huh? Well fine then. " He couldn't help but laugh at her response, or her facade. He wasn't stupid but if she were going to play those kind of games around him, then so be it. He shrugged and took another drink, then looked around seeing another couple getting snuggled up. Though he seemed to play around and joke with all the girls. He couldn't deny he would like the feeling of someone wantingot be close. But what could he do. He had tried to get a bit close to two of the girls, and now both have seemed to pull away and disregard him. "Ahhh Im to much for them anyway." He said to himself out loud and ate some more pop corn. The usual cocky Jumper smile on his lips.
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Diesel
Acolytes
Ian Larks
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Post by Diesel on Jan 23, 2008 21:29:57 GMT -5
Ian looked over at his leader and grinned at him a bit. He really did try and help them all out there and that was really cool of him. He squeezed Lorelai's hand back, thinking that it was nice to have a girl that he had so much fun with. He still remembered how scared he was for her when he saw how beat up she was and when she was surrounded by fire. He was scared in general by how crazy it was out there, and he was still beating himself up about not being able to get her out of the fire.
Turning back to Sky, Ian went on to answer her question. "I'm from LA in Cali. I miss it like nothing else, but hey this place has its perks," he said with an easy grin as he rubbed his thumb over the back of Lorlai's palm. Yea definately some perks.
He wondered when this meeting was going to start. But some of the students were still missing and the teachers were as well.
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Post by Ember on Jan 23, 2008 22:02:03 GMT -5
As more and more people started coming into the Hanger, Aideen sunk herself deeper into the shadows. She noticed a lot of new faces and had she cared at the moment, she would probably be glaring at them all. One girl was leaning on the dragon guy from the battle and then there was another one talking to Ian and Lorelai. And of course there was the girl hidden in the shadows just like she was. Vaguely, Aideen wondered which ones were her new teammates. She was alright with her team. She tolerated Jumper and Ripple never bothered her. She wasn't looking forward to new people. She didn't plan on being a human welcome wagon either. Being forced to interact with people was not something that she was in the mood to do, and if anyone tried they would not get a pleasant result. Aideen spied the wolf girl and boy arrive with Shimmer and the memory of when she caused the truck to explode flashed through her head.
That was when Sabretooth came out of the woods. And Logan didn't.
Aideen sighed and looked away from everyone. She didn't deserve to be here. She didn't earn the right to be here, and right now she didn't want to. The whole ordeal of being the cause of Logan's death and nearly being used as a good time and a meal by Sabretooth would stay with her for awhile. Aideen decided that she should probably not allow herself to get close to anyone anymore. Haven was different, she was the reason she was still alive. But that it. She had to work even harder to keep as little contact with Nightcrawler as she could for obvious reasons. She sighed, waiting for this meeting to begin so she could go for a ride on her motorcycle. Maybe that will relax her. Who knows maybe she might even get permission to go into town. She could use a day away from here. Maybe her guilt and heartache will lessen being away from this place for a bit. But probably not. It would always stay with her, and she knew that well.
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Post by Shadowkat on Jan 23, 2008 22:40:23 GMT -5
Having received Cyclops message, Shadowkat proceeded to walk around the grounds of the school collecting up the stragglers. It was not a common occurrence to be attacked here at the school, although it had happened before, and since they had been forced to go public this was bound to happen sooner or later. Kitty thought though that the next attack would have been from non-mutants, not her own kind.
Sure the Brotherhood knew where the school was, Magneto himself helped Professor X to build the very first Cerebro device if she was not mistaken. CEREBRA, the school's most recent and state of the art computer and up-link system, was the big sister of that very first mutant detecting device.
She had made sure to Phase through most of the school and hunt out every last one of the children for this meeting. She was surprised to see some of the older kids had already arrived back to school from the winter break.
"Well, Cyclops I think the rest will be coming along to join us shortly. Sorry I'm late, just wanted to take a look aroun-" she raised her hand to her mouth quickly, stifling an emotional outburst that she knew would do no one any good. Kitty had been crying for Nightcrawler.
He had sacrificed himself for the school, and she knew it had been far too long for him to have not teleported back. Poor Nightcrawler hadn't shown up yet since teleporting away with the bombs that had been planted by Haven. Shadowkat's eyes looked puffy and she sniffed hard saying "I've told everyone I saw to come down, they'll be here soon Cyke. No Kurt...no Logan..."
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Post by Cyclops on Jan 23, 2008 23:03:19 GMT -5
Cyclops nodded to Kitty Pryde as she spoke and understood her sorrow. Both men had been her friends for many years, and it was understandable that she would cry for their loss, but he was stone faced himself. He couldn't let his feelings out just now, not just yet the children needed him and his strength to let them know that everything would be alright.
"Thanks Kitty..." he said and he looked over the small groups of children as they formed up and circulated around the hangar. He couldn't seem to remember ever being that young, and yet a moment later recalled his first evening here at the mansion. His first night as one of the X-Men. How weird it must feel for these kids, the sheets on their beds almost too clean and stiff, he remembered them as rather scratchy himself. The food odd and not how their mothers or fathers would make or how they were accustomed to since he knew some them had not known their parents, just like him when he was an orphaned at such a young age.
"Colossus? You have an accurate head count yet?" Cyclops asked, pulling himself away from his own minds distractions.
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Jenny
Alpha Squadron
Jenny Crachett
Boys are icky
Posts: 92
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Post by Jenny on Jan 23, 2008 23:15:46 GMT -5
Jenny had searched all over for the Hanger and tried to follow Kitty's instructions as best as she could, but she still managed to get herself lost and a bit late. She ran into the hanger, stopping in her tracks to admire the big plane. She had never seen such a neat looking plane. Jenny snapped out of her trance and ran straight to Kitty and Mr. Summer. She looked up at him with wide eyes and tugged on his hand.
"Mr. Summers I am so sorry! I tired to find you when the big booms started but I couldn't find you! Or Ms. Frost! Is everything okay?" she asked worriedly. Jenny then looked at Kitty and she looked sad and that she had been crying.
"Kitty! Don't be sad, everything will be okay," Jenny said as she reached out and took ahold of Kitty's hand with her small pudgy hand. "It will all be okay. Momma and papa always tell me that everything will be okay in the end, on the count that otherwise there is no point to anything if there isn't happiness," Jenny said wanting to comfort the pretty teacher with the neat name.
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 23, 2008 23:23:04 GMT -5
Lurai looked up from the corner to see the man in charge speak to another. Her eyes traveled across him curiously, as the girl that she believed was her team leader spoke to a little girl. She walked forward away from her little shroud of darkness towards the group. She looked at the man with no smile on her face. So this was the man that was suppose to lead them, the man that she would need to have a word with. She looked to the little girl. "Hey Kid, why don' we let dah adults sort some stuff out, come with me, I'll even let you pet me ears" Lurai said bending over and putting a smile on. She held out her hand to the little girl. She was cute, reminded her of herself when she was little, before the woods, before he transformation.
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Post by Ember on Jan 23, 2008 23:31:36 GMT -5
Aideen's eyes snapped to Cyclops and Shadowkat when she came in. The room made it easy to hear things unless someone took the pains to speak in a very low voice. So now not only was Logan gone, Nightcrawler was as well. Well this was just turning out to be a great damn day for her. Aideen wondered how they would react if they knew she was the reason Logan wasn't with them. Personally she would rather go blind then see the looks on their faces, but Aideen did deserve it.
Now two people she allowed herself to trust were gone. That was perhaps the last straw for Aideen. She's out of here. She couldn't allow herself to make anymore attachments. Perhaps she'll make her way to Japan and train seriously there. But no rush on plans yet. For now, Aideen would close herself off completely and take things as they come. Then she'll see what she can do. There was nothing left for her here except Haven. But she would figure it out. Now if only this meeting can begin.
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Post by Cyclops on Jan 23, 2008 23:44:38 GMT -5
"Thank you Puppy~Love. If you wouldn't mind watching over her until Karma arrives, that would be great." Scott said to the young wolf-girl, and then he knelt down to take Jenny by her shoulders and look into her face. It was at moments like this that he hated his visor, and even his ruby quartz glassed, they separated him from the rest of the world and made him seem less than caring.
He did his best to give her a warm look and he said softly "You have nothing to be sorry for little Jenny, you did your best! You'll find out that if you just do that whenever you try at anything, then nobody can ask anything more. Kitty will be fine, Puppy~Love is going to sit with you we'll be starting as soon as everybody gets here, just a few more minutes."
He looked up from his kneeling position to Puppy~Love, who stood above he and Jenny, and said "I really appreciate this, we wont have to wait much longer. Keep her warm, it can get chilly in spots down here."
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Frostbite
Paragons
Lorelai Kavanagh
Can you handle the cold?
Posts: 563
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Post by Frostbite on Jan 23, 2008 23:48:55 GMT -5
Lorelai had smiled as Ian spoke to Sky, and felt him lightly rub his thumb over the back of her hand. She was going to say something further to Sky, but she instantly quieted down when she saw Shadowkat enter, looking distraught to say the least, and saw how she tried to control her emotions by covering her mouth with her hand, and her puffy eyes gave away that she had been crying. Apparently, something had gone terribly wrong, and at her words she realized that two teachers, the two she had noticed Aideen had an affinity for, were not present.
She couldn't help but frown a bit as she looked to Aideen with a hint of sadness. She could only imagine how she must feel to have lost what looked like the two people she was able to stand. At that thought, she couldn't help tightening her grip on Ian's hand a bit, wanting to feel a bit secure, and though she felt lucky to have him, she still felt for Aideen since it seemed with her next glance at her that she looked like she felt lower than she had a minute ago. She wanted to go to comfort her, but knew that it probably wasn't the best idea for the moment, especially when everyone still awaited to hear what Cyclops had to say, and let a small smile come on at the sight of the adorable little girl who had run up to him as he told her it was okay and had her go off with Lurai.
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 23, 2008 23:50:16 GMT -5
Lurai nodded before walking up to Cyclops. She leaned over to his ears and whispered. "I don't do this for you, know this, your no leader to me, the leader of the pack would never let this happen, never let his pack fall apart." She backed away slowly before holding out her hand to the little girl. Not even looking at her she glared at Cyclops. "Come on Jenny is it? I'm really quite warm" she said turning her face down to the girl and smiling. "You can pet me ears, and I'll show you to me brother, he's lots of fun" she added before turning her back to Summers. She was very angry with him. Her heart ached for her old pack. At least her leader then would have taken care of a situation like this better.
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Jenny
Alpha Squadron
Jenny Crachett
Boys are icky
Posts: 92
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Post by Jenny on Jan 23, 2008 23:53:59 GMT -5
Jenny stared at Mr. Summers with her oversized blue eyes still tinged with worry as he spoke to her. He was such a nice man and he seemed to be doing his best to keep her and everyone else happy. But he still seemed a bit sad. Jenny nodded slowly and looked up at Kitty one more time before she let go of her hand. Jenny gave Mr. Summers a hug, not knowing if he would appriciate it or not, but she knew whenever she was sad a hug made her feel a little better. And Mr. Summers was such a nice man and had been so kind to Jenny since she got here. "It will be okay Mr. Summers you'll see," Jenny whispered confidently as she hugged him.
She let him go and gave him a small smile before she went over to the girl he called Puppy~Love and took her hands. "Are those real ears? They look like the same ones my dog Albert have. And does your brother have ears too?" she asked curiously as she allowed herself to be lead away from the nice Mr. Summers and the pretty lady with the neat name Kitty.
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Puppy~Love
New Mutants
Lurai Garnier
BORN TO RUN
Posts: 266
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Post by Puppy~Love on Jan 24, 2008 0:00:23 GMT -5
Lurai laughed. "Yes he does and they are real. You wanna touch em?" she asked smiling down at he girl. She didn't know what it was with children but they brought out a motherly nature in her, one that was fueled by the loyalty to a pack.
She bent down once they had put a good distance between the adults and them, so Jenny could get a better look. She hated it when people touched her ears, but she could deal with it for right now. "So your name is Jenny aye? Mine's Lurai, I'm part doggy, so your dog Albert and me could even be related" Lurai said with a smile. She looked up at Riker across the room. "Oye! Riker come over here!" she shouted. "That's me brother, we're twins, see e's got em' too" she said pointing over to the brunette with the tail.
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Aqua
New Mutants
Heather McCarthy
Using powers with style.
Posts: 731
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Post by Aqua on Jan 24, 2008 0:07:03 GMT -5
Heather looked at the people lingering, waiting eagerly for the damn meeting to begin. She saw Aideen get sadder and sadder as the seconds passed by. When Shadowkat came in, Heather smiled, happy she was OK. She frowned however when she heard that Nightcrawler and Wolverine were no where to be found. Oh God, she thought to herself. They can't be dead, they just can't be. Heather remembered the last time she saw Nightcrawler. She yelled at him, upset that she teleported her away from the fight in the courtyard. She was thankful he rescued her, however she didn't need to be taken to the foyer. She was fine physically and need to help fight for her home. For her right to live. She shook the thought out of her hand and couldn't help but feel a tear run down her cheek. This was real. People actually die and she would know them in the future. This was too much to take in.
Heather wiped the the tear away and sniffed her nose, hoping it would swallow any more tears that wanted to show. She didn't want to cry there. She did that before in her room. She saw the wolf girl whisper something to Cyclops and then take Jenny away. Heather briefly met Jenny at the Christmas Party. She was so young, so innocent. And now she was being raised in a world where hatred could be found in any corner. It wasn't about religion or skin color anymore. It was about being a mutant or not. Humans were funny that way.
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