In the Blink of an eye

Chapter 6: History

TRIGGER WARNING FOR ABUSE LATER ON

Lorna' POV:
It's been a few hours since Clarice crashed. Esme came by a few times asking if I wanted her to wake Clarice telepathically but declined. I now have Dawn, my baby, in my arms asleep as well. I was sitting on the chair in Clarice's bedroom, when she finally starts waking up. I lay Dawn down on the chair I was sitting on and crouch next to the bed Clarice was on. "Lorna?" Clarice says in a haze, "Yep it's me. You've been asleep for a while you missed lunch, but dinner is happening soon." Clarice sits up and noticed Dawn on the chair, "Who's that?" Oh! I never told her I had the baby, "That's Dawn, Marcos' and I baby." Clarice perks up and looks at Dawn again. I stand up and pick Dawn up and cradle her, I sit down next to Clarice. Clarice looks happier than I've ever seen her be, she even has a small smile! Someone knocks and I look at Clarice, she nods, "Open." I said, Reeva came in and Clarice's smile quickly fades, "Ah, your awake, dinner is ready. Clarice there are clothes in your closet that we took from the Morlock's base." Reeva left swiftly after that, "I'll wait outside." I tell Clarice and leave with Dawn while shutting the door behind me.
Clarice's POV:
I change into black jeans, a emerald green hoodie, a white tank top, a black choker, and combat boots. I open the door Lorna waiting with Dawn. We walk towards the dining area where everyone was in line at some type of food and drink bar? Lorna guides me towards the line and I wait with Lorna in front of me. Once everyone got dinner we sat down in a sitting area...

I sat down on a couch after getting steak, a baked potato, and a ceaser salad. I start eating once everyone else start talking and having conversations with each other about past experiences and other things that I don't want to think about. Rebecca was talking about all the humans she's killed which made me annoyed, but I kept to my self. I hear something hit the floor, and realize it was a bottle off of Dawns high chair table, so I went to grab it but decided to make it fun. I open a portal underneath the bottle the other portal opening a few inches above the high chair tray. The bottle fell through and landed right side up. Dawn claps after it landed so I close the portal and turn my head back towards my plate. I saw everyone stare at me, some with confusion, disbelief, and impression on their faces. I sink back into my chair a bit until Max yells, "What the heck was that!?" I wince a bit, still having a bit of a headache, "A p-portal." I manage to get out, "She can talk!" Heather spoke with a mixture of rudeness and sarcasm. Lorna gave Heather a death stare, but I nudge her a shook my head, "I don't want to start anything." I whisper to Lorna, she solemnly nods. I went back to eating and finish, "Well, it's late. Get some sleep training is tomorrow morning. Tomorrow we will work more on teamwork and coordination." I leave and went to my room, I take my hoodie off and change into a pair sweatpants I found and lay on my bed. I eventually fall asleep.
Sophie's POV:
As soon as Clarice fell asleep we came in. The three of us mentally sedate her before we begin searching...
13 year old Clarice was running around in the backyard of her foster home with her best friend Molly. They were running around and accidentally knocked over their foster father, Issac's motorcycle into a mud puddle, "Uh oh," Clarice mumbled and she looked at Molly, "KIDS!" Issac yelled as he walked over to us, and he had his belt in his hand. Clarice and Molly stood there terrified. Issac raised his belt and strikes Clarice multiple times leaving belt marks on her arms, legs, and face. "Now clean my motorcycle! I expect it to be spotless!" Issac turned to Molly, "Inside now! Help the human kids make dinner!" Molly ran inside. Clarice ran to the shed and grabbed cleaning supplies and started cleaning the mud off the motorcycle.
Another memory started...
12 year old Clarice was attending her school which allowed mutants to attend and was sitting in her reading class, reading Harry Potter: Chamber Of Secrets in her english class. "Hey elf!" Somebody yelled, Clarice lifted her head up and a group of kids came up and ripped her book out of her hands, "Hey!" Clarice got up from her chair and tried to grab it back, but the bully pulled away, "No way elf! You shouldn't even be here! None of you muties should!" Clarice froze at this comment, but grabbed her book and ran. Clarice kept running, as she grabbed her back pack and shoved the book into her bag. Clarice put her hands together and pulled them apart and created a portal. Clarice passes through the portal and right into the girls locker room. Some of the girls screamed and stared at her. Clarice quickly moved her hair to cover her eye with the marking on it, "Sorry," she mumbled as she exited through the entrance of the locker room.
Another memory played out...
7 year old Clarice was playing catch outside with her mother, Margaret. Margaret threw a little too far out of  Clarice's reach and once she opened her hand a portal opened and the ball fell threw the portal, but it closed while the ball was in. Only half of the ball came out, "What are you?" Clarice teared up as her Mom grabbed her by the arm and yanked her inside. Her mom locked her in a room while she talked with her Dad, Fredrick. "The FOH (Friends of Humanity) can't know we have a mutant for a daughter!" Margaret cried, "We turn her in to the FOH! They can do as they please with her!" They voiced their agreement. A few days passed and men in vests came into the room she was locked in and grabbed her roughly. The men dragged her out of the house and into a van. They injected a liquid into her arm and she began losing consciousness. Last thing she heard was her mother saying, "Do what you want with that thing! As far as we know we never had a daughter." Clarice woke up in a room with a mutant inhibitor collar on, across from many other mutant children and adults. The next 2 years were full of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and torture. Over the course of these years her hair gained purple highlights, her irises turned green and took up most of her eyes, a magenta triangle marking under her right eye, and her ears became pointed. A couple came by and was looking mutant kids over, they returned to Clarice's cell soon after. The women had a kind smile, the man had a blank face. A man unlocked my door and yanked me up and threw her at the couple. The women steadied her, "Hi, I'm Laura and this is Issac," she gestured to the man, "We're here to take you to our house and give you a home." Clarice smiled and got visibly excited. Laura moved Clarice's hair out of her eye showing her marking. Issac looked disgusted but Laura kept her same warm smile, "Come on let's go home." Laura held out her hand and Clarice gladly took it.
They find many other memories regarding her abuse as a child and her escaping Sentinel Services. There were a few about her time at the FOH, her time in The Brotherhood and at the Foster Home. "That's enough." Reeva booms, me and my sisters stop using our powers and turn around. "Show me what you saw once we leave." I turn around and we leave. We get to the main room and project what we saw to Reeva.