Forever Young (X-Men First Class fanfiction)

Chapter 6: Mazes

Hey guys, how are you?

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Recap: I stare up at the ceiling and hummed, i actually haven't had that much fun in awhile. I know it seems like oh, your life isn't that bad, you don't understand. I don't want them to know or see how depressed I am, not at all. I don't want them to know everything that happened to me, it terrified me, they'd push me away like everyone else. Everyone else? there were a few people that had helped me and a few people that had left me, but I'll tell you all about that later.

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It was around four in the morning when i decided to wake up, i was drenched in sweat when i had woken up. i stare at the ceiling, trying to calm my nerves. i sat up and closed my eyes tightly. Images flashed through my mind and i snap my eyes open, breathing hard. I sit up, clutching my chest. i covered my eyes with my hands and lightly trembled. I covered my ears and shut my eyes tightly. 

Flashback

i open my eyes to see I'm in a room(?) with white walls. Was this a new training exercise? or just something to mess with me again? I hear a click and feel a tightness on my throat. i reach up and feel it...it's a collar of some kind? 

"Experiment 080197" Dr Honz's voice came from a speaker.

i look around, not sure what to expect, not sure at all. i reach at my new collar and it shocked me, making flinch.

"ah, ah, ah, not so fast, my pet, do not touch your lovely collar or you'll get a little surprise, now, this little test is to see how fast you can find the middle and how your sense of direction is, ready? go!" Dr. Honz shouted. 

I started running, not being told twice to do so. i hit a dead end and i felt the collar shock me and i gasp, gripping onto the wall.

"oh, and i forgot to mention, make a wrong turn, you'll also be shocked" Dr. Honz said. 

I grit my teeth and continued to run, not caring if i got hurt, i had to find the middle. i began running again and kept hitting dead ends, which ended in me getting shocked to death. i stopped and lean against the wall, shutting my eyes. I listened to my heart beat and groan. I took a deep breath and opened my eyes. I narrowed my eyes and stare at the three pathways i had from choosing, excluding the way i just came from. 

I bit my bottom lip, I'd be here days if i didn't keep track where i have been and where i haven't. i didn't have anything with me to mark with...i balled my hand into a fist and punched the wall, making a small dent, it'll have to do. I began running again, not looking back. Every corner i past i put a dent in it. How many times have I gotten shocked? more than i can count, that's how many. i ran past a corner and saw a small table with a key on top of it. i ran to it and picked it up.

"congratulations, you finally found it...it took you three hours, I'm disappointed, tomorrow, we'll top it, won't we?" Dr. Honz asked.

"yes" i whispered.

"now you decide, do you really deserve that collar off?" Dr. Honz asked.

i opened my mouth then shut it...she had a point, did i really? It should have took my thirty minutes, an hour tops. i slowly set the key down and look down at my feet, ashamed. no, i didn't.

end flashback

I open my eyes and shakily stood up. i went to my bathroom and shut the door quietly and locked it. I look at myself in the mirror and started shaking with silent sobs. i see a girl, someone who should have died a while back. 

i look at my throat, for once i wasn't wearing a scarf or a turtle neck. you could see the old scares that the collar had caused me, they were ugly in my opinion. I didn't take the collar off until i was able to make it through the whole maze in less then twenty minutes, which took me almost a year. I remember all the pain it had caused, all the sweat, and blood. 

I punched my mirror and heard it shatter. i slowly look up and flinched at the spider cracks and the blood on them. i slowly looked down at my hand to see it bloody with shards in it. i flinched at the sight and dug into the medicine cabinets and drawers...nothing, great. i just wash my hands and open the door. 

I heard a knock at the door and frown, what time was it? i look at the clock and it read six thirty, great. i slipped on a turtle neck and put my hair in a messy bun. i open the door and frown. Hank was there, shuffling on his feet.

"hey, Hank, what's up?" i asked.

"uh...sorry...I-I...never mind" Hank mumbled, looking embraced. 

"hey, wait, what's wrong?" i asked frowning.

"c-can i come in?" Hank asked. 

"sure" i said nodding.

i open the door wider and sit down on my bed. Hank carefully sat on my bed and he took a large breath. Then he took his glasses off, then put them back on.

"my mutation...I'm part beast, i guess you could say, and i-i have qualities of one..." Hank said trailing off. 

"okay..." i said trailing off.

"What I'm trying to say is...i smelt blood...and your hand is well...bleeding" Hank said. 

i look down at it, crap, it's still bleeding, great. i bit my bottom lip and nodded my head, needed an excuse. 

"I had a nightmare and my anger got the best of me, i punched my mirror, but it's nothing" i said quickly. 

"let me see" Hank said.

"c-can you wear gloves?" I asked. 

"fine, come down to the infirmary when you're dressed" Hank said sighing.

"thanks" i said sighing,

"no problem...we should to a physical while we're at it, Charles thinks we should and i agree with him" Hank said nodding. 

"alright" i said nodding.

Hank stood up and walked out, closing my door behind him. i lay back on my bed and groan tiredly. 

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tada! done! how was it?!