Life At A Stand-Still

Chapter 8

Lily, Kyle, and John talked for a while. Noklar walked in to talk to Lily, and was introduced to Kyle and John.

Even though he glared at him almost every chance he got, Noklar and Kyle seemed to be getting along.

Until Kyle stole Noklar's food.

"What. Do. You. Think. You're. Doing?" Noklar asked, portals forming in his hands.

"Taking your food." Kyle replied, smirking.

Noklar growled and was about lunge when Lily intervened.

"How about we take this down to the training room so we don't destroy Tony's living room?" She suggested.

Noklar and Kyle nodded.

"Tony? Can you take us to the training room?" Lily yelled.

"Sure!" Tony yelled back.

~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip~~~~~~~~~~~

After everyone was in the training room, Noklar and Kyle got into the ring.

"Ready?" Steve asked.

The two boys nodded, readying their powers.

"Fight!"

At that word, the boys went at it.

Noklar teleported behind Kyle and attempted to attack him, but Kyle was too fast and rolled forward.

He turned around and shot plasma at Noklar's chest, but Noklar opened a portal and shot his own laser.

The two collided in the middle and exploded. Smoke billowed out and surrounded the ring, leaving everyone blind.

Well, almost everyone.

Inside the ring, Noklar and Kyle were still going.

Noklar flew up a bit and scanned the ring, a portal forming in his hand. Kyle then jumped up and grabbed on to Noklar, bringing him back down to the floor.

Noklar knocked Kyle off and teleported to the other corner of the ring, only to have Kyle come after him and shoot plasma.

Noklar teleported Kyle to the other side of the ring just as the smoke cleared.

Everyone was silent as the two boys battled.

Noklar shot a laser at Kyle's head, only to have him duck and retaliate with his own.

Kyle ran full speed at Noklar and almost tackled him to the ground, but Noklar teleported away at the last second, sending Kyle to the ground with a loud thud.

Kyle scrambled back on his feet, dropping again when he saw bright blue coming at him.

As Kyle stood up, Noklar snuck up behind him. He was about to jump on him when Kyle round-house kicked him, sending Noklar stumbling backwards.

Noklar recovered quickly, shooting two lasers at Kyle, one on each side. Kyle saw this, planking to avoid being hit.

Kyle rolled to the side, jumping up and shooting plasma.

Noklar teleported a little too late, according to the soft yelp he let out.

"You OK?" Kyle yelled out, running to the other side of the room to avoid one of Noklar's portals.

"I'm fine!" Noklar yelled back, continuing to shoot his lasers.

The battle went on for quite some time.

Neither of the boys were willing to give up and stop, so the fight only ended when Lily called out; "OK! That's it! Battle over! I'm hungry!" And walked to the elevator.

"Good match." Kyle said, holding his hand out for Noklar to shake.

"Good match." Noklar repeated, shaking Kyle's hand.

The two boys walked to the elevator, slipping in with the others just as the doors slid closed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip~~~~~~~~~~~

After a few extra plates were set out, everyone sat down at Tony's table and ate.

"So." Noklar began, looking at John. "If your father is Wade Wilson, shouldn't you be really young?" He asked.

"I was born with powers. Blink, Void gaze, and Time bend." John answered. After receiving a few confused looks, he added; "Teleportation, night vision, and the ability to alter my own time line. I made myself older."

"Oh."

The rest of the night consisted of chatter, laughter, and movies.

At about ten o'clock, Lily finally made it to her room.

"Come on, Blackberry." Lily whispered, ushering the cat into the room before closing the door.

Lily sighed as she collapsed on her bed.

After a few minutes she reluctantly pulled her self up and got into her pajamas.

She brushed her teeth, hair, and Blackberry's fur before setting out the cat's bowls and filling them with food and water.

"Goodnight, Blackberry." She said, turning off the lights and crawling into bed.

After a few minutes, she felt a familiar warmth at her feet, signifying that the small black cat had jumped up onto the bed.

Lily smiled and sunk deeper under the covers before realizing something.

Something felt different.

It took a minute before Lily realized what it was. She quickly jumped out of bed and ran over to her suitcase, pulling out things until her hand brushed something particular.

She pulled out her stuffed bear and crept back into bed, setting the bear under her pillow. Nobody knew she had this.

It was the only thing she had left from her parents.

Now knowing that everything was alright, Lily slipped into the darkness of sleep.