The Rain Whispers Series – Ame – age 12
“Nope.”
“That
sucks. They’re your powers. You should be able to use ‘em whenever you
want.”
“My
mom, your mom and Uncle Hank all said it’s not safe. I could hurt somebody since I don’t know how to use them
properly. Once I learn more about them,
then I can do what I want.”
David
Summers adjusted the school bag on his shoulder.
“So…
what does it feel like?”
“What?”
“You
know. Powers. Do you feel different?”
Ame
shrugged. “Kind of. Things… look a lot brighter. Things stand out more. But Uncle Hank says that’s just my
individual power. Sort of like my mom’s
powers, I see natural things more clearly… how they work.”
“And
what about when you actually use them?”
“A
light buzzing sometimes. Why are you
asking me all this?”
“I…
just wanted to know… you know…?”
“Oh.” Ame said quietly.
Ame
had momentarily forgotten.
Being
a mutant in a house full of mutants, discussing your powers seemed as natural
as breathing. She and David had gone
through most of their life changes together.
She was slightly saddened by the fact that this would be a change he
would not make with her. In the month since
Ame’s powers had surfaced, David had been to every Danger Room session, his
face pressed up against the glass of the observation booth. His parents would not permit David to
participate fearing that he would be injured in the advanced sessions. He never complained outwardly, it wasn’t in
David’s nature. But Ame was his closest
friend. She knew he was feeling left
out. She knew he was happy for her but
at the same time sad he would never have mutant powers of his own. The two were walking home from school and
David was doing everything he could to try to experience something of what Ame
was going through.
“Did
you think up a code name yet?”
“Code
name! David, I don’t even know what I
can do yet.”
“You
know what you can do, you just don’t know what you can’t do. I’ve been thinking you should call yourself
something mystical, you know. Something
unnatural, cause you do unnatural stuff.”
“I
think you—”
“--Should
come with me.”
The
voice from above caused the two to jump.
A large oval shaped ship was descending over them. A door slid open and two armored figures
flew down. Ame and David backed up as
the large figures landed in front of them.
A large clumping sound caused them to turn around and scatter as another
figure tried to grab at them from behind.
The children took off running down the street.
“Who
the hell are they?”
“Don’t
know, don’t care, just want to get the hell out of here.”
One
of the large figures dropped down suddenly in front of them again.
They
had been running beside a long iron fence that was twisted and broken. Ame held out her hand. A portion of that fence creaked and snapped
loose suddenly and wrapped itself around the creature.
“Ame???”
“Come
on!” Ame grabbed the stunned David’s
hand and continued their run. They
hadn’t gotten five feet when Ame was hit in her back with some form of energy
burst. She fell to the pavement
unconscious.
David
didn’t have a chance to check her as he heard heavy metal boots
approaching. He grabbed hold of one of
the iron fence posts and somehow managed to pull it loose. He turned ready to fight and was
subsequently knocked down by one of the thugs.
The other one was proceeding to pick up the unconscious girl. David stood and used his momentum to thrust
the iron spike as hard as he could into the figure closest to him. It stuck the figure in the side.
“Owww! You stupid little jerk. I ought’a blast you!”
‘Little jerk?’ David though. Not the usual
‘bad-guy’ comeback.
He
didn’t wait for the person to fulfill his threat. He jumped on the back of the one who had Ame and began pounding.
The
injured creature grabbed David by the back of the jacket and tossed him against
what was left of the fence. He hit his
head.
The
last thing David saw before everything went black was the two active figures
blasting off towards the round white ship.
One carrying their third iron-wrapped comrade, the other with Ame.
* * * * *
“Am—Am—Ame! Ame!
Where…!”
“David
calm down.”
“M--Mom?”
David
looked around. He was lying on a med
lab bed. His parents, Storm, Wolverine,
Hank and the Professor were gathered around him.
“You’ve
got a bad bump on your head, but Hank says you’re going to be alright.”
“Mom,
where’s Ame?”
“We
were hoping you could tell us.” Scott
said.
“You
mean you haven’t found her?!” He sat up despite Jean’s protest.
“We
don’t even know what happened. I felt
your sense of fear and worry but you weren’t answering me. We found you laying on an old fence with
signs of a struggle.”
“How—how
long have I been here?”
“We
found you three hours ago.”
“Three
hours! They could have taken her anywhere in that time!”
“Who?”
Storm asked in a steady voice. She was
standing at the foot of the bed.
“I-I
don’t know. I’ve never seen them
before. I—I thought they were maybe
androids or robots at first, but then I hurt one of them. It must have just been armor they were
wearing.”
“What
happened?”
David
quickly recanted what he could remember.
The description of the ship sent a shiver down Storm’s spine. Her eyes widened, but she forced herself to
be calm.
“Did
you hear any of them say anything, David?
Is there anything else you can remember, no matter how insignificant it
may seem?”
David
closed his eyes. He strained to
remember.
“…One
of them said…. someone would be angry at the one that got wrapped up.”
“Who? Who would be angry?”
“It
sounded like they said… something like… n—na—nanny. That’s it! They said Nanny
would be mad!”
Storm
held her breath and closed her eyes.
Her fists clenched into balls as her whole body stiffened.
“We’ll
get her back, darlin’.”
“I
am calling everyone to the war room.”
Charles said and closed his eyes for a moment. Wolverine grabbed Ororo’s hand and led her to the door.
“Hank?”
Jean asked, her eyes passing to David.
“He’s
fine, Jean. He can go.”
“I’m
fine, mom.” He said sliding off the bed.
“Who’s
Nanny?”
To
Be Continued…
This story’s been sitting on my hard drive for a while, so I just decided to put it up. The next part won’t be for a while though. I have to write a few more in between stories so that you know what has been going on. This chapter didn’t reveal much so I put it up just to torture you for a while. Is it working?
On
To Part Two