Choices You Make

A New Home

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New Home

Back In West Virginia

The two of them had finished giving a short version on how they ended up in New Haven. Minus the whole classified different dimension and powers thing. And to say the couple was surprised would be an understatement.

"So you just left." Mary asked

They both nodded. "Pretty much." Mike said

"So you really think leaving was the best option you had?" Mary says

"Yes, it was the best choice we could think of. At least we're together." Jane says, holding his hand.

Mary looks at her husband "What do you think about this John."

"Huh well i can't say I completely understand. I do a little. They didn't want any chance of being separated. Which I'm guessing has happened before. And Mike didn't want her to get hurt mentally or otherwise. Teens can be cruel. With those fears I can see how this seemed to be the best choice to them." he paused as he looked at Mike. "Although something tells me we didn't hear all the reasons."

Mike looked back at him "There are things we didn't say but we don't exactly know you yet."

"No. That's not what I'm talking about. You're a good liar kid, I'll give you that. But no, I'm talking about what you haven't voiced to anyone. It doesn't seem like you even told Jane here. Whatever it is seems to be weighing on you kid. So what's the real or at least the bigger reason why you left?" Cooper says, looking right at Mike.

Mike looked back at Cooper, not that surprised. He could feel Jane looking at him. Mike looked at her, he could see the confusion on her face. He glanced back at Cooper letting out a sign.

"I was going to tell her. I just didn't think giving her anymore stress in her current state was a good idea." he could feel her squeeze his hand. They had promised to always talk about what they were feeling. He didn't want to scare her but he knew it needed to be said. "So yeah there's another reason why I thought it best to leave. I can't tell you all of it. It'll be heavily edited as it's not my story to tell." He looked at El again and he saw her pale and the slight fear. The realization as she came to understand what he was talking about. Mike kept looking at her and when she looked him in the eyes again after what he said settled in her, she nodded. Mike sighed and turned back to the couple.

"Jane didn't have a very good childhood. I wouldn't even call it a childhood. If anything I'd call it hell. Like i said i can't tell you everything right now but what i can say is that she was treated horribly. Moments after she was born, she was taken by a government organization. I won't say why or for what but she was used as a lab rat, she didn't even have a name. When her mom managed to track her down they stopped her. And then turned her into a vegetable, stuck in her own head to keep her from trying again. A few years ago during an...incident at the lab she managed to escape, which is when I met her.

I helped her as best I could. But after they almost got her again, she disappeared, most of us thought she was dead. She hid out for months on her own in the forest before being found by her now adopted father. After a year or so of hiding with him, she helped solve the aforementioned incident and the organization fell apart. She's been free ever since.