"We will not stop. We will not back down. We will not apologize for the actions we take in pursuit of our rights and our place in this world. We will do anything and everything you force us to do until you choose to access this simple truth: We Belong Here."
-Bloody Johnny, 1989, Patriarch of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Brotherhood of Mutants
Alone In View
The phone rang. It was Monday morning and Jennifer Knight had punched in the number to her family's home. The phone rang. It was something she did every Monday just before school. The phone rang. A few minutes to catch up with her mother and her younger siblings. The phone rang. Even her dad, who officially adopted her when he married her mom, would be nice after so long. The phone clicked.
"Knight residence." Her dad's voice came through, "Leave a message."
The phone line clicked over to the answering machine.
"Hey, it's Jenny." Jennifer stood there as the line buzzed softly, "I mean Jennifer. It's Jennifer."
She stared at the phone trying to think of what to say. "I guess... you're not home."
She told herself. It was seven in the morning. They had likely gotten an early start. Just like last week.
"Okay, talk next week." She whispered and set the phone down. She thought about trying again. Maybe she had just missed them and they were standing by waiting for her to call back.
"Jennifer, come on!" Jesse shouted, "We don't want to be late for class."
"Jesse, you're the only one who cares about that." Jessica sighed
"That just means it's my responsibility to get us there on time," Jesse said
Melissa followed them and with a rolling of her entire body she groaned, "No one cares. Besides, it's only seven-thirty. We have time."
Jennifer looked at the clock and saw it was indeed half past seven. Their homeroom was starting in half an hour.
"Hey," Melissa had walked over to the row of phones on the wall, "You done talking to your folks?"
"What? Oh, yeah. They're doing well." Jennifer smiled to her friend and they joined the Jessicas.
Melissa tsked, "I don't know why you have to talk to them every week."
"They're my family. I want to hear from them."
"Sounds lame."
Jennifer laughed, "Don't you talk to your dad?"
"Ha! Odin? No way. That old bastard doesn't have time and neither do I."
"And what is filling your schedule so much?"
"Well half is being awesome, and the other half is keeping that jerk Jerry away from you."
Jennifer blushed laughing, "I told you! It's not like that."
The duo joined the other two and they all started their way to school. Jennifer, Melissa, and Jessica Blanc all wore the school's khaki skirt uniform. Jessica Black wore her standard black everything. They stood in line waiting for a busy street to give safe passage. Jennifer looked over her friends. She blinked and her vision shifted. The mundane hues of the world were covered by shades and tints of power.
Melissa was mostly the same with only the mild glow of life and a slight string of power tied to her. It led off into nothing and had faint symbols around it. A string of connection. They were often overshadowed by a person's normal aura, but with Melissa being mundane and the string being so powerful its whisper was visible to those who could see it.
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