The Animals' Daughters

Chapter 8 A Day With Our Dads

*Emelia's POV*

I woke up to the sound of the TV being turned on. I rolled over and saw Alex watching some werid show.
"What are you watching?" I asked. I rubbed my eyes and sat up.
"Supernatural." I watched it for a minute. I didn't understand what they were talking about. Something about demons and angels. I thought about last night and what was said.
"Hey, um.. I'm sorry about last night. I shouldn't have been a bitch to you. I-"
"Look don't worry about it. Ok? I don't really care. I was just on edge last night and I would have snapped at you for anything." She said cutting me off. I nodded.
"Ok. Truce?" I asked. She looked at me kinda weird but nodded. After a few minutes my dad walked in and said breakfast was ready. After breakfast Alex went back into the living room.
"Hey I'm going to town today. What to come?" Dad asked me.
"Yeah sure." I went and grabbed some clothes out of my bag and went to change. I had on a blue, long sleeved shirt and a pair of skinny jeans. My dad told Victor and Alex we were leaving while I put my shoes on. We got in the truck and stared driving away. It was quiet at first, but then he started to ask questions about me. He asked me to tell him about my self.
"Well um... There's not a whole lot to tell. I'm 14. I like to read and listen to music. I have lived in Boston my whole life with my mom. And that's about it really." I'm kinda boring. I don't really do a lot. I don't party, get in trouble, or even go out with friends to places my mom wouldn't want me to go to. I'm a good kid. He asked about my hobbies and things that I liked.
"I like to read books, play baseball and basketball, listen to music, play video games, and sing sometimes." He nods his head and kept driving. After awhile we finally get to town. We pulled up in the parking lot of a grocery store. We got out and went inside. I grabbed a cart and followed my dad. First we went to the meat section and then to the beer. Of course. Then we got milk, cereal, chips and some other stuff.
"Want anything?" He asked me. I thought about it.
"Can I get some jelly beans?"
"Sure." We walked to the candy isle and I grabbed a bag of jelly beans. We finish getting everything and checked out. It started snowing when we were inside. We load everything in truck and head home. Before we got 2 miles out of town the snow got really bad. We ended up getting snowed in. Great. There's no telling when a snow plow would get here. We sat there for a while talking and getting to know each other. I told him about growing up in Boston and about all my friends. He smiled while listening to me talk.

*Alex's POV*

Logan and Emelia just left. I was watching Supernatural and was struggling to stay awake. After I fell asleep the second time I had another nightmare. I woke up but I didn't go get Victor. I decided to leave him alone. I didn't go back to sleep after that and I'm tired. When I sleep for the first time in a while my body tries to catch up on all the sleep I missed all at once. Sleep eventually won.
After a while I woke up cause I fell out if the chair I was in. I layed on the floor and didn't bother to get up. Victor walked in a looked at me like I was stupid. I tried to get up but my feet got caught on something and I fell on my face.
"Dammit." I mumbled. Victor started laughing. I looked down and saw a blanket wrapped around my feet. I don't remember having a blanket. Victor walked over and took the blanket.
"How long was I asleep?" I asked sitting up.
"An hour and a half." I rubbed my eyes. Victor held his hand out and helped me up. I sat down on the couch and curled up. Victor sat down on the other end of the couch. We sat in silence and watched the hockey game on TV. There was something bothering him. I'm not sure if I what to ask him what's wrong or not. Then I remembered he said he wanted to ask me a few questions. So I decided to ask about them. Might as well get it over with.
"Last night you said you wanted to ask me something, what is it?" He turns the TV off. I'm guessing this is serious.
"How did you get involved with Stryker?" He asked. He didn't look at me. I could tell he was getting mad just thinking about what I might say.
"Two years ago while I was still in New Orleans I got in a pretty bad fight. I was stupid and revealed my powers. At that time it was just the claws. Stryker found out and came down there. His men attacked me and took me to this island. There he told me that since you wouldn't work for him, I was. He brainwashed me, experimented on me, and turned me into a weapon. He made me apart of Team X. We went on all kinds of missions to capture mutants so he could take their powers and put them in me. About a month ago I escaped and I went back to New Orleans. I arrived there the night before I met you. I was there for a few hours before Xaiver showed up." I say. I stare at the wall. Honesty I'm scared to look at Victor. He stays quiet and it scares me even more. I decided to read his mind.
'I'm gonna kill that fucking asshole for hurting her. I swear I'm not gonna let anything else happen to Alex' I smile a little. I'm kind of surprised he cares.
"Anything else you want to know?" I asked.
"What did you mean when you said your mom's boyfriends did more than hit you?" God I really don't want to say it. I hesitated and took a deep breath.
"They raped me. One day I got my hands on a knife and stabbed the guy. That's when I ran away." I looked down at the floor and tried to think about it to much. I felt Victor's hand wrap around my waist and he pulled me close to him. He hugged me.
"Cub, I'm sorry I was never there. I swear nothin is ever gonna happen to you."
"Don't worry about. You didn't know I existed. It doesn't matter now." He kissed the top of my head and we sat in silence. He turned the TV back on and we finished watching the game. After the game was over Victor asked me if I wanted to go hunting. I said sure. He went and grabbed his gun while I put my boots on. We walked out the back door and into the woods. After an hour of walking we saw a doe. Victor killed it and we drug it back to the cabin. Victor gutted it and cut it up. Once he was done we put the meat in bags and put them in the freezer.
"I'm surprised Jimmy and the kid ain't back yet." Victor says as we walk in.
"The probably got snowed in or something. It's been snowing pretty bad today." I said looking back outside. I concentrated and it quit snowing. Victor noticed what I did.
"You can control weather too? Is there any power you don't have?"
"I don't think so but maybe."
I walked into the living and sat down. Victor was trying to start a fire in the fireplace but his lighter wasn't working.
"I got it." I walked over to the fireplace and created a ball of fire in my hands and lit the wood.
"Thanks." We sat down and watched some more TV. I've been thinking that maybe I should start calling Victor dad, but I'm not sure yet. After an hour Logan and Emelia walk in.
"What took so long?" I asked grabbing a bag from Emelia's hands.
"We got snowed in. The snow plow took forever." Emelia said.
"So what have you two been doing while we were gone?" She asked as we put stuff away.
"Watched a hockey game and went hunting." I said as I put the beer in the fridge.
"Kill anything?" Logan asked as he came in with the last bag.
"Yeah. A doe."
"Good. Hey why don't you bring me some of the deer meat and I can fix that for supper." He asked.
"Ok." I walked outside and Emelia followed. She said she wanted to help.

*Victor's POV*

The kids just finished putting everything away and they walked outside to go get the deer meat out of the freezer. I told Jimmy what Alex told me earlier.
"Damn. The kid acts way too tough for someone who has been through all of that. Most people would be scared all the time." He says. I nod my head and grab a beer. I was about to open it when I heard a gun shot and one of the girls scream.