Melinda Dyars / Shatter (shattered) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-15 18:21:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, inactive - arron wyatt, inactive - dream catcher, inactive - shatter, sylvia mccoy, toni rhodes, tsunami

Shattered:
She's been sleeping a long time. Exactly how long, she's not sure.

But her dreams have not been peaceful. She remembers the pale man with the red jewel in his forehead. She remembers the blue and gray man.

She remembers the blood. The slaughter. Slashing and cutting. Hunting and killing.

And, worst of all, she remembers enjoying it.

The glass shards flash. The blood flows. The blue man laughs, a deep, booming laugh...

Abruptly, she sits up, screaming, tears running down her face, her sheets soaked in sweat. She doesn't know where she is. Strangers are all around her.

She looks at the people nearby, and screams again, terrified.

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	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 05:36 am UTC (link)
	Sylvie crawls over, trying not to get close enough to be potentially intimidating, but enough for conversational distance. She grips onto something with her lower hands. "Hello. You need anything?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 05:38 am UTC (link)
	She looks over, as if noticing her for the first time. She blinks, seemingly confused by the question for a moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 05:45 am UTC (link)
	"Hi. I'm Sylvie. You need a glass of water or anything?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 05:48 am UTC (link)
	"Um... thanks," she says. "I'm... Melinda." She thinks a moment, as if unsure if she wants a glass of water or not. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 06:00 am UTC (link)
	"Good to meet you, Melinda. Which it were under better circumstances. You're English?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 06:06 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," she nods, her accent betraying her home. "I'm from London." She gives a small, nervous smile to Sylvie. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 06:14 am UTC (link)
	"Great city. Spent a few weeks there last year." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 06:21 am UTC (link)
	"It's okay, I guess," she shrugs. She blinks a few more times, not really certain what else to say, but grateful for this person standing nearby. She looks down at Sylvie's legs... or rather lower set of arms. "Did... someone do that to you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 06:26 am UTC (link)
	Sylvie blinks, and the texture of the smile gets just a touch more awkward. "A friend of my dad's tailored the jumpsuit. The arms I was born with." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"Oh." She looks deeply embarrassed. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean... I mean..." She blushes, and looks down. "I just offended you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 06:31 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, it's okay. As accidentally offensive things go, that's amateur hour, trust me. They're not a usual thing to spring on somebody." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"I... don't really know any mutants," she says. Then she pauses, and reconsiders, and says it, very quietly, as if it's painful to admit, "...I mean... besides... me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 06:53 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I'm sorry the introductions are under such rotten circumstances. Had you manifested before all this, or...?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	She stares off into space. Before. It brings up a lot of memories. She slowly nods, but memories of what she had been doing when she last had her own mind begin to flash in front of her. "He killed Kate. We were walking home, and he killed Kate. Just because she was there." She looks up at Sylvie. "She was one of my best mates. I even almost told her. Once." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-16 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	"...I'm so sorry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-16 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	She shakes her head. She has no idea who this woman is, but she needs to unburden herself to another human being. "I thought I could... pass, you know? Pretend I wasn't... a mutant." Tears stream down her face. "If I never told anyone, it was like it wasn't true." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-17 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Plenty of people try to pass. Plenty of people do for a while. Psychos like those aren't something you could have planned for." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-17 01:35 am UTC (link)
	She looks at Sylvie. "What do I do now? I mean... my parents are probably worried sick. I... I don't even know what day it is." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-17 01:38 am UTC (link)
	Sylvie tells her the date. "I'm sure we can get a call through to your parents soon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-17 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Melinda blinks. It's been over 7 months. She was taken in early August. "...they probably think I'm dead," she mutters. "He... took me 7 months ago." The reality sinks in, and she begins to cry again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-17 02:09 am UTC (link)
	Sylvie carefully reaches to put one of her upper hands on Melinda's shoulder, if it doesn't seem to be triggering a freakout. She'll just let her let it out for a little. "We can still contact them as soon as you're ready. And you're going to be welcome to stay here as long as you want, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shattered 2010-03-17 02:34 am UTC (link)
	She grasps the hand on her shoulder the way a drowning victim grasps a hand for help. And she cries for a long while. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-03-17 02:49 am UTC (link)
	And Sylvie'll just stay. When her lower arms feel like they're going to die, she'll get a little closer to sit down right next to Melinda and just hold her hand a while longer. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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