The Broken, The Beaten, and The Damned

SECRETS REVEALED!!!!!!
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“I am so sorry Lena…I mean…I didn’t…”
Lena brushed it off Alexis’ words; “it’s not a problem. I would have been missing him without you bringing him up.”
“How…how did it happen,” Alexis asked softly.
Lena stopped a moment in the stirring of the small simple soup she was preparing.
“I…I don’t know…they never told me. I…I don’t think I’d want to know.”
Alexis looked from Frank to Bob and back again, trying to get them to think of something to say. Nearly anything.
“So um…what could he do,” Frank asked, wanting to break the silence nearly as much as Alexis had seemed to.
Lena gave him a sharp look as she began putting the dinner on the table.
“Please Lena, we don’t mean to be rude,” Alexis said softly as she helped to serve the soup.
“Well…it’s hard to explain…we looked into it though. He is what they call a ‘Cluster’.”
“Cluster,” Frank asked past a mouthful of soup.
“Yes, they have a lot of smaller powers surrounding a bigger one. It was odd at times, when he was mad he could make things smolder, when excited sometimes his fingers would create static, but Artimus’ strongest power…it was huge. He had to leave his family because of it…had to leave everyone he loved. He was sought after much like you may be soon Alexis. ”
Frank looked nervously over at Alexia as he asked, “wha-what was it?”
Lena smiled at him, “he could mutate the cells of a human into the cells of a mutant just by touch.”
Those words grabbed everyone’s attention in a moment.
“How…how did he do that,” Frank asked finally when the silence was too much to him to handle.
Lena shrugged, “no one knows. Well…nearly no one. ‘They’ could know. Pat was looking for Artimus’ file when he found yours and his that day. I suppose that they could have it in a secret place, or perhaps got rid of it once he was gone. I don’t really know a lot about what all he could do with it though. Artimus was very afraid of the power, he wore black leather gloves all the time to keep from spreading it, because it only seemed to pass through his fingers. He blamed himself for the fact that his brother’s were mutants as well, because his parents showed no signs of it at all. He had left home at an early age, fourteen I believe, and I met him about a year later and had been with him in some capacity ever since, though it was to the horror of my parents. When we were married we were very careful throughout everything in our relationship. He didn’t want me to suffer like he was suffering. We often had to run and hide, which is why we set up a base and created a small town of mutants and humans who could live together. All sorts of mutants heard about it, calling it a safe haven. A place to belong. They were all ages when they arrived, some sick or wounded, and others were in need of hiding because an agent had seen them. We cared for them all, and the ones that needed an escape, we had humans and mutants alike as transports. It was a happy time…Artimus and I were even starting a family of our own.”
Lena paused, as though the story was becoming too much for her, “Artimus was so happy when he learned that I was pregnant. He wrote his brothers about it and sent lots of pictures of my pregnant belly. We only seemed to worry in the dead of night about the possibility of our child being a mutant too. In my eighth month Artimus went out with a few others to help in a transport. Pat was with me, incase something happened. This transport was one of the longer ones so Artimus was going to be away for a few days. On the second day I began having bad cramps and difficulty walking. Pat was just a boy of eighteen and afraid that maybe I was getting sick, so he took me to an area hospital where they told me I was in labor. I wanted Pat to take me back, I wanted one of our kind to deliver it incase it was a mutant, but the doctors wouldn’t allow him to take me back so I had my daughter there. She was beautiful…what I got to see of her…but…”
“They tested her,” Bob said softly, Lena nodded.
“It came back positive and they whisked her away and tested me too, but I was clean. They asked about the father…and I said I didn’t know. I was so afraid for him and prayed that he didn’t come home early. They let me go a few days later, luckily for Pat he had left before they could test him and had sent a human to pick me up. When I returned home it was to a somber crowd. At first I thought it was because of my baby, but Pat told me the truth…he said...said that the transport had failed and that everyone involved was either killed or was taken hostage.”
Lena let out a small laugh, “I knew Artimus…he would have fought till the end. If they didn’t kill him then it would have been soon after. So…so in a little over a week my whole life slipped away from me.”

Az and Lillith are following me!!

but OOOOOOOOO ZOMB! This story is SOOOOOO fun... but yea, Artimus better not be dead, cause you know imma grow an attachment to him like my Az... Hope I dont make the poor Angel jealous

and i also have another STRONG feeling about something else, but IM not saying it... i have to go back and check up on things... Cause.... wait... no, I think im wrong already... cuz i just thought of something that makes my idea not make sense...

oh well

grrrrreat story Zomb! and, even though i LOVE Vampires, it IS nice to see a step out of that

That was my plan Lissy!

*evil laugh*
Small update.
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“So…what happened to the town,” Alexis asked.
“Well, we lasted for about a year after that transport was taken, but it was tough. It seemed that they could tell who we were. It was after Pat’s transport across a city went wrong that the council met. It was a small meeting, mainly four of the older mutants and myself. We talked it out and in the end decided that leaving was best for those that wanted to get out. In a week about half the population left, by the end of the month it was just me and a few others. They were leaving soon too, but I couldn’t. I wanted to stay incase someone found the town and needed help like you three or…or incase I was wrong and Artimus came home…but its been three years. I doubt if my hopes are grounded in the least.”
Lena let out a soft sigh, she had practically bared her soul to the group and now they all shared an uncomfortable silence. No one knew quite what to say. Frank couldn’t imagine something that awful happening to someone as sweet as Lena. But it seemed like a horrible fact. What was worse was that she wasn’t even a mutant…was she. Frank turned to look at Bob who was watching Lena expectantly, as if waiting for more to her story. He then looked to his left to see Alexis waiting too.
“So…what can you do,” Bob asked softly.
Lena jumped a bit, frowning, “Oh me…well about a two months after Artimus d-died that I began having headaches. I went to one of the older mutants in town who set up a blood test, which I failed, but still I began to be able to do things…I didn’t understand it, why I tested negative or why it didn’t show till then. Artimus always blamed at least his youngest brother’s mutation on himself, but it had happened right away. This was different it seemed…but…I…I never said I could do anything.”
Bob nodded, “no, you didn’t. But I can see it…somewhere in you. Do you think he gave it to you?”
Lena smiled a bit, ignoring the question “you…you can see it?”
Bob nodded, “that’s what I do.”
Lena leaned closer to Bob, “you mean…you see us? Mutants?”
Bob nodded, “us and them. I can kinda…tell when they are close. Its like they have different brainwaves or something.”
Lena paled a bit, looking from Bob to Alexis and back muttering something under her breath. She quickly turned to Alexis.
“When Pat told me about you…what you could do…he seemed so excited, nearly as excited as me, and when he showed me your file…”
“My file,” Alexis said softly, “do…do you have it?”
Lena let out a small laugh, “of course I do. I just have to find it that’s the problem. But of course you already know the bulk of what it will say.”
Alexis shrugged, “what? Just what I can do and family stuff right?”
Lena’s eyes grew huge, “you…you don’t know? You don’t know…any of it…”
She got up and began pacing, “of course you wouldn’t…Pat couldn’t mention it there…and ‘they’ certainly wouldn’t tell you…”
“Know what,” said Bob, sounding a bit aggravated.
Lena shook her head, “I will go and get your file. You…you won’t believe me without it. And even then…it will certainly be hard to say the least.”

OOOO WHATS IN THE FILE?????

how could Lena NOT fall inlove with this face?

Here's more...
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Lena left the apartment in a hurry, still muttering softly to herself. Frank looked from Bob to Alexis, seeing that they were both as confused as he was.
“So what,” Frank said turning to Alexis, “do you have no idea what’s in your file?”
Alexis shook her head, “I never got to see inside it. I got lost from Pat remember.”
Frank nodded, wondering to himself what the file could hold. It seemed that, whatever it had to do with, Bob might be involved too, which could only mean trouble. That thought alone was enough for Frank to wish that he and Bob had just stayed out of the way in all of this.
It wasn’t too long before Lena came back into the room, carrying two files. She sat back at the table, putting the file that must have been Pat’s to the side and handed Alexis her own file. Alexis took a deep breath before opening the file and laying it flat on the tabletop.
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I am such a tease.

Oh you know you love it Lis. XD

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The first page looked to be the information form filled out when she had arrived at the children’s home at the age of ten. Stapled to the top of the page was a picture of a very sweet, but very frightened girl in a slightly dirty school uniform.
“Alexis Reagan Moore, age ten. Height is four foot eight inches. Weight is around eighty pounds.”
Alexis looked up at them, blushing, “this is kinda weird. I feel like I am spying on myself…”
“Go on,” Lena whispered, looking on with wide eyes.
Alexis cleared her throat, “has a powerful gift of persuasion. Could be honed when older. Is dangerous, to be placed in lock down until…”
“That doesn’t matter,” Lena said, becoming impatient and walking around the table toward her, “I marked where you should look.”
Alexis looked for a marked page and turned toward it. This time the page showed a picture of a taller, thinner Alexis. This time Alexis read it silently to herself, pausing halfway down the page.
“They…they don’t call me by my name on here they call me…”
“The Mind Warper,” Lena said softly, “it is because that is who you are…what you can do, is it not?”
Alexis looked slightly confused, “well…yes…but…” She shook her head slightly, “they mention others here too. There’s something about a ‘Dreamer’ and a ‘Seer’…what can they do? I mean…do they even know they are real?”
Lena smiled at her, kneeling next to her, “trust me…I know both of the others exist. One is in a far away place, where you will have to find him, and the other…he is right next to you.”
Alexis looked over at Bob as if she was seeing him for the first time. Bob himself looked startled, “so what does this mean Lena…that they already knew about me? Are they watching us all without us knowing?”
Lena gave him a gentle smile, “Mr. Bob, have you ever heard of anyone who can do what your friend Frank can do?”
Bob looked at Frank and nodded, “I have…I’ve even seen them on the street…”
Lena nodded, “what about what Alexis can do? Have you heard of any others like her?”
Bob shook his head.
“And what about yourself? Have you ever seen another Seer?”
Again Bob shook his head, but slowly pausing a bit, “are you saying…that there is only one of me…one person…mutant who can do what I can do?”
Lena nodded, “at least that’s how the legend goes.”
“Legend,” Frank asked suspiciously, “what legend?”
“Well…when the mutants first started showing up, about thirty years ago, the government did not interfere much. We were happy and peaceful together. In that time there became a lot of buzz about this one particular mutant what they called the ‘Oracle’. He was a strong looking man with wild hair and a kind face. His gift had turned him blind at a young age, but he could see into the future. When the humans heard of his gift they captured him, making him the first captive mutant. He predicted many things, but perhaps not much that the humans could use. He predicted that humans would one-day stop seeing mutants as equals, but he also spoke of a way to end the suffering. He said that three champions would come forth and bring all the mutants together. He said that one would be able to see them coming out of the fog of sleep, another would see their evil from afar, and the last would be able to destroy them with but a thought. Now, does any of this sound familiar?”
“But…but why didn’t they kill me then,” Alexis asked softly, looking at her file again as if it would have an extermination date in it.
“I am not sure,” Lena said softly, “but they could have been hoping that they could have brainwashed you to their side of thinking. Trained you for their army, it is a fact that some have fallen to their side.”
Alexis shook her head, “I…I don’t think I ever would have…I just…I just couldn’t see myself that way. As a traitor.”
Lena gave her an uneasy smile, patting her shoulder, “you never know dear, just what panic and fear will make you do.”