RainDrop

.::*~Chapter Nine~*::.

July 20, 2006

I'm back with more, guys. Sorry it's been awhile. So that night I snuck out of the house with $5,000 of cash in my pocket that I took from my adopted parents. Mr. had said he would give me that money for a small hotel and then work to pay him back, but I didn't. That night Name and I ran away into the night; mostly traveling by forest. Somehow I have gained some abilities from Name and she taught me how to use them. I can control electriciry, water pressure, and even the water's temperature. This was 2002, we had traveled from Gatlinburg and have gone to North Carolina and during that journey we had our son, there was a severe thunderstorm that night so we named him Storm. We never went to a doctor and I still had all the money, I was fourteen and Name was thirteen when Storm came into the world. He had dark blue eyes with gray hair with pale skin. Life had been pretty well and what we were doing was planning on getting to Myrtle Beach through all of our traveling. The only time our little family was ever out in public was to get our marriage certificate from a Catholic priest, yes, sounds odd but somehow it worked out! Well, we were crossing a mountain and it was August so we had to be around as much water as possible. I was carrying Storm when Name looked at me "Tommy...I'm pregnant again." She said as I looked at her in surprise "Really? Wow, we're finally starting a life together, baby." I said happily as Storm nuzzled my chest "The Koi family." Name said. Name got twice as big as the months went on, and Storm was almost a year old. We had made it to South Carolina and I was setting up a fire since it was the evening. Storm sat and watched me with wonder "What's up, buddy?" I asked as he giggled at me. "Oh, something funny?" I asked as I then tickled his sides causing him to laugh "Aww, how sweet." Name said while setting firewood and a bucket of dead fish down "Hey, honey, about got the fire set up." I greeted as I got up and walked over to her, Storm began to babble while Name and I kissed "Baby's been active today. All it kept doing was kicking at me." She said with a giggle as I felt her belly "You know, as large as you are, it looks like we're having babies." I said as she slapped my shoulder playfully. Storm laughed at us and we then later had dinner. It was getting late and I was about to take us to the swamp when I heard two voices "Psst! Ya hear that?! Sounds like a deer!" A man's voice hissed while flashlights waved around, I grabbed Name by her shoulders and pulled her to a tree "We need to hide." I whispered as Name nodded, she then grabbed my left forearm and we silently went into the swamp's cold water. I watched as Storm did not make a sound when we went under. I looked at Name and she gave a determined smile as we walked along the floor. I came up to the surface and hid my head behind a log "There's no gators here. I don't even know where to look anymore man." One of them said. I decided to take action and quickly made a large wave which scared the two hunters to death. Name came up out of the water in surprise "Tommy, was that really necessary?" "Yes, it was honey. I've got a family to protect." I said as she then rolled her eyes. As the months went by, Name was about ready to pop. And we made it to Myrtle Beach. I bought us all three pairs of sunglasses for obvious reasons and we went to the dock, Storm cried as Name rocked him gently "Tommy, I think we'd do good with a decent sized boat." She said as I nodded "Looking for anything, guys?" I turned around to see a tall, dark man ask; he had a nametag that said "Dusty" on his left pec "Um, yes, actually. Just a decent sized boat is all." I said with as deep of voice as I could muster "Alright, I see. Is it a houseboat?" The man asked as Name and I looked at each other and nodded "Yes sir, we want to live out on the sea. Heading to Alaska." I replied "Alaska, huh? Alright, I got a nice one for $7,000." He said as he pointed to a boat that was red and blue "Well, my budget is $5,000 or less..." I trailed off. The man arched his eyebrow and bursted out laughing "How old are you guys?" He asked "Sir, that is our only budget. We are really needing help, is there anything at all we can get for under $5,000?" Name asked with desperation in her voice. Storm nuzzled into her chest as I put my left arm around her shoulders. Dusty then sighed and crossed his arms "Alright. I don't know what's going on, but if you guys are having financial issues. I understand, I tell you what, I can lower the price for $4,000. But you gotta promise me you gotta get a job to feed those babies." He then wrote on a paper and handed it to me. "There's my number if y'all need anything. You kids be careful now." He said as we both smiled at him "Well, thank you, sir." I said. We then started in on paperwork and two hours later that day we got our houseboat. And shortly after Name had the baby. Well, babies. I held twin girls in my arms. The oldest was a bit complicated as she fell on her head right when she was born but thankfully she turned out alright after being unconscious and we thought she had died; we named her Fighter. As for the younger twin, I named her Creek, after my suicide attempt at five years old where I met my children's mother. So far our babies got along well. Fighter looked just like Name, and Creek looked just like me; like my human form. Thanks to the internet and what little money I had left; I bought myself a computer that I could hook up and whenever we stopped for a few days I could get signal, I signed up for an online GED and I also started communicating with Dusty through Email. I don't think he ever really knew what was going on then, but I'm still so thankful for his kindness. I hope everyone is doing okay, I will be back on here soon. I promise. TK logging off!