X-Men: Revolution

3.0 Rogue - 1/2

X-Men: Revolution

Episode 3.0

Rogue

+6.09.1995, Fri, 9:38PM, Caldecott County, west Mississippi+

Eden Lake Party House was one of the rare places in this area where you could just come and have fun. This neighborhood and everything around this half of the county was full of people who aimed for the win, at the same time it was quite deserted, so pubs weren't around every corner. Eden Lake itself was proud of the attention it'd get from the local youngsters.

It's name came from the fact that the building was set on a construction above Laguna lake for the most part, and the building itself was surrounded with a pedestal-like balcony with a great view on the lake - edgy hills surrounding it and filled with thick flora hills coming down towards the lake rapidly. There were no other buildings in the area so Partyhouse's owners didn't need to worry about disturbing night silence, meanwhile the rapid hillsides sent echo around the entire lakeside. 'Who am I?' echoed in the night vividly.

Most of the teens present at the Party House were students of Caldecott County Public High School who came to celebrate winning a spot in Mississippi's football finales, their team - "Claws" - would stand against the best teams of the state. For some it was a reason to celebrate, for others an excuse to dance some, but at the end of it all everyone had quite fun.

The team's winger - Cody Robbins and his pal Thai Grand - the quarterback, weren't too interested in dancing. At the current moment they were settled by the bar, sipped on sweet soda drinks and excitedly chatted about the match. It was mainly Thai who talked though.

Thai was the more talkative of the two - almost impossible to shut quiet. Energic, fast, that's why he was the perfect quarterback. And despite his mother was from China, he definitely had his height and silhouette after father - body that allowed him to smear his opponents on the field even though he was relatively slim for a footballist.

Cody was rather calm. Though almost a head shorter than Thai, in comparison to most of teens his age he seemed tall. His body was build according to the well known imagination of a sportsman - board-silhouetted, with the right proportion of body fat to hard muscle, wide shouldered however with relatively weak legs. In the play he was doing very well with his arms, not legs, and he was content with it. During regular classes he tried his best, but he just wasn't the type who can grasp something that doesn't either interest him or look like it could find a good use on the field. Despite overall average marks and sport-centered focus, he was a nice and shy boy.

Now his eyes searched the crowd for somebody concrete, but the hope she'd come began to slowly abandon him.

"Dude, focus!" Thai reminded him as he waved his hand in front of Cody's face. "I just told you that I witnessed UFO and you won't even blink to save your life!"

"Uh, yeah. That's very interesting..." Cody nodded once as he turned his back to the dancefloor.

"Listen, these lights musta been aliens" Grand assured.

"Sure" Robbins sighed. He knew Thai long enough to expect such revelations at least twice a weak, and they didn't anymore take much impact nor wake belief. "Ever though it'd be a plane?"

"A plane, don't kid me" the black haired boy stood up from his chair. "I know what a plane looks like, and it was different, more like this" he began to draw some figure in the air, all excited. Cody shrugged and Grand's face dropped. "Somebody drove a stick up your ass today or what?"

"No, I just hoped to meet someone here. Whatever, I'll go breathe some fresh air" Robbins stood up and headed towards the 'blacony's' doorway. Thai was at his side in fractal of a second and with his hand firmly grasping Robbin's shoulder he went on with explaining his point of view;