Trouble at Lunch

[WishingStar]

Wish sat in a tree outside, eating her lunhc. Today it was a chicken sandwich. Why can't I find anything better to eat? Uh-oh... A group of bullies aproached. The had taken to waiting for her around this tree, and beating her up. I can't use my powers, I won't, or else someone besides me will get hurt...

Last time she had used her powers, a police car had been called in. Scott had helped her escape just in time.

Now Scott wasn't around, and the bullies were closing in. Wish leapt out of the tree, holding on to her lunch. The bullies ran for her, and she ran away. But they were faster than her, and soon pushed her down.

[Channel]

Darting towards a tree, Amaayla shimmied up and sat in the crook. Frowning as she pawed through her lunch, she sighed as she pulled out one of the cookies. Testing it, she frowned. That girl could not cook, the cookie was as hard as a rock and that idiot had given her seven in all. Darn her luck! Looking around as she heard a noise, she sighed as she saw Wish being chased and pushed down by a group of kids. Darn it, darn it, this was really pissing her off what with her day. First a forgotten homework piece and then her stereo had broken and now she got hard cookies and her Institute comrade was being picked on. Today was the pits….

Aiming high in the air, she shot one of the cookies at the leader and watched as she fell down with blood running from her head. At least that inedible thing had one use. Throwing the rest of them, she shimmed over to the branch and jumped down onto the back of the second bully. The girl’s head hit the ground with a thump and the others shrank away. Amaayla smiled as she faced them with an angry look in her eyes. Being leather-clad and imposing helped so she tapped her black boots impatiently and glared at them.

Helping Wish up with her gloved hand, she glared at them and removed her gloves as she held out a hand and then moved it until an orb came into being. Swivelling, she held out the other as the hand was illuminated in electric power and spurts came form the fingers. Raising an eyebrow, she took her toughest street manner and spoke levelly and icily at the bunch.

“You dare to attack my friend because she is a mutant? How dare you do that, you cold-blooded humans. Now, back off or somebody will get hurt…”

Turning to Wish, she smiled. “Are you ok, my dear?”

[WishingStar]

Wish, too spooked to say anything, just nodded. The bullies ran off. One of them ran to the principals office.

Nothing happened. Wish was listening to what the girl was saying on the breeze of wind, and shook her head. "The principal didn't beleive her about us being mutants. Those bullies didn't know, they just pick on me for fun. Thanks." She bent down to brush grass off her jeans.

[Channel]

Nodding, Amaayla shrugged. "No problem. You don;t grow up on the streets without learning a few tricks of the trade and intimidation." Picking up the cookie, she laughed and held it up to Wish.

"At least Kitty's cookies had some use if not eating."

Looking over, she sighed. "Don't worry about those idiots. If they have any brains, they certainly wont come back. I will make sure they don't or there will be hell to pay..."

[WishingStar]

Wish nodded, and bend to pick up another of Kitty's cookies. She tried to crack it in way, with no luck. "I lived on the streets for a while, too. Before I came to the institute."

[Channel]

Turning, Amaayla stared at Wish shrewdly and thought carefully as a tear sprang to her eyes. Then, she shrugged and pulled up her sleeves to show muscled arms covered in long scars and the reminders of all the times she had injected herself with drugs. Showing Wish, she shivered involuntarily as she raised an eyebrow.

“Have you ever had to deal with these? These scars remind me of my past on the streets, all the times I tried to cut my wrists or inject myself with drugs. The jobs I took part in, the people I fought and the gangs I encountered. I believe you but I have a hunch you were never subjected to what I was during your time. So tell me, Wish, what made you come to the Institute?”

[WishingStar]

Wish was looking even more spooked than before. "yikes! I never went through that... The police were after me, when I accidentally set a school on fire. My street friends helped me escape. Finally Yuki, my best friend, brought me here. I think she is a half-mutant or something, because she is always at the center of any destruction."

[Channel]

"Trust me, you are lucky, I have seen too many street kids go down the tubes like me. I have no other place to call home, I have lived on the streets of Brooklyn all my life. never had parents, never had anyone to look after me. You are truly lucky Wish...."

Looking down, she let a tear drop onto the ground and shook it away, What were tears now?

[WishingStar]

"I guess I am," Wish whispered. "But back when my parents abandoned me, I wasn't so sure." She shut up, and closed her eyes. It still pained her to talk about her old family.

[Channel]

Looking at her, Amaayla smiled. "Then, we shall change the subject if it pains you. I am not the most open-mouthed about my past either. So, why were you being picked on like that if it was not your mutant gene?"

[WishingStar]

Chase shrugged slightly. "Bullies don't really need a reason, do they? They picked me out as the smallest, I guess, and have been tormenting me ever since I first came here."

[Channel]

"Then that is wrong. They will pay..." As she spoke, spurts came out of her fingertips. Looking around, she smiled. "What say we go play hookey, eh? Maybe that way they won't get you after school, eh?"

[WishingStar]

Wish smiled, cheering up. "Ok!"

[Channel]

Pulling out her schedule, she laughed. "What classes have you got 7th and 8th? I've only got that stupid History class though Miss Munroe is a sweetheart. I just hate the subject..."

[WishingStar]

Wish looked down. "Gym, and Physical Science. Ms Takacs is really nice, but I've seen people get on her bad side." She shivered. "Ten detentions in a row. And one on Saturday."