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Post by Pearl on Jun 25, 2009 17:49:15 GMT -5
It hurt her heart when he walked out. She stared at the door for a moment. "I'm...i'm sorry. I..I didn't mean...ugh, I scream everything up!" Pearl sighed. She looked at Jack, wiping her hands over her face and brushing the hair out of her eyes. "I'm sorry..."
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Post by Jack on Jun 29, 2009 1:41:17 GMT -5
"Don't be." Jack replied calmly, but he was shocked. Pearl was crying and miserable, and Jack didn't know what to do. He'd never been in a situation like this alone. It made him uncomfortable. "Please... don't do that... please." He whispered. He didn't know what it was, but watching her cry tore at something deep inside of him. Something behind that black wall...
The sound was deafening. Screaming, begging, bawling. There was a dim light, it looked like fire. Three obscure figures before him in the haze. Something- someone -was pulling him backwards. Someone strong. He fought, one of the hazy figures reached out to him, and he to her, but he was yanked away, leaving the blurry apparition to sob and plead on the ground.
Then he screamed. His eyes burned and he cried out in a voice so anguished, so tortured, he swore it was the sound of someone dying. He pulled, but the figures were getting further away. He blinked for a second, and they were suddenly clear, though it was still dark. A woman, the one sobbing, held back by a man with a face that looked ancient with guilt and remorse. A girl knelt on her knees behind them, looking almost shocked at whatever was happening. She didn't move or make a sound, just stared in horror. He felt a pang of the worst pain in his heart as he looked at her, then they all blurred again.
There was a loud explosion. No, it was a roar, a snarl of inhuman volume. It was right at his ear. His heart beat like a war drum in his head as the snarling continued and was followed by the sound of fabric being rent, and a man's shrill yelp of pain and fear. Then there was a THUMP and another yelp, not human. Something hit the ground. He glanced through the smoke and tears. Something covered in fur-
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Jack woke up when he hit the ground. He sat up and noticed blood on his knuckles. He'd had a seizure. Pearl hadn't even had time to move and it was over. He stood up, but the rush made him dizzy and he stumbled, catching the back of his chair for support. "Pearl..." He tasted blood. "Whu... what happened?"
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Post by Pearl on Jun 29, 2009 16:54:48 GMT -5
"you...you blacked out. You were having a--a--seizure! I think you--" She put her arm around him, sitting him down and propping him against the bed. Tears were still pouring down her face. She threw her arms around him and hugged him. "I was so scared!" She grabbed him by the shoulders and looked him in the eyes, "Are you alright now? Oh! You're bleeding!" she wiped a drop away from his mouth.
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Post by Jack on Jun 29, 2009 20:25:39 GMT -5
"I-" Jack put a hand to his mouth. Sure enough, when he pulled it away, there was blood on his fingertips. "I... I saw things." His vision blurred, and for a moment, he thought he was having another attack, before he realized he was crying. He sobbed once and tried to gt up, but his head was spinning too much. "What... what do I do?" He asked, frantic.
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Post by Pearl on Jun 29, 2009 20:36:08 GMT -5
"I...I...what did you see? Maybe if you talk about it--" she held his hand in her own. She didn't know what to do, but she wanted to help him. She wanted to so badly. She wished she knew what to do. She could go get Professor X...or Emma...but she didn't want to leave him there.
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Post by Jack on Jun 29, 2009 21:08:41 GMT -5
"I... I don't know." He shook his head, blinking, but the tears didn't stop. "They were taking me away. They were crying." He closed his eyes. "I'm scared."
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Post by Pearl on Jun 29, 2009 22:13:36 GMT -5
"Don't be. I'm here." she stroked his head, pulling him to her. It seemed strangely natural, maternal. Her crying ceased, and she began to rock him soothingly back and forth in her arms. "No one will take you away. I promise."
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Post by Jack on Jun 29, 2009 22:22:56 GMT -5
Jack was surprised at the embrace at first, but then he felt something else. Safe. He believed her. He closed his eyes and quelled his fear, trying to force the memories back to wherever they'd been hiding before.
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Post by Pearl on Jun 29, 2009 23:07:03 GMT -5
She noticed he'd stopped trembling, and she slowly let him go, looking him over. "Well, physically I think you're ok now. How about emotionally?" she sounded stronger, more sure of herself. Maybe she was a good person. Maybe she could help people. Maybe she wasn't just dumb and heartless like so many thought.
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Post by Jack on Jul 16, 2009 19:00:42 GMT -5
Jack nodded. "I think I'm ok..." He looked at the floor, embarrassed at his episode. A flash of blue light went through his head, but he ignored it. "I'm... sorry. I don't know why this is happening to me." The flash came again, brighter, more persistant, and screaming with it. Jack groaned and put his hands to his head. "No... make is stop." The flash was visible this time, blinding him and obscurring Pearl and the room. He suddenly jumped to his feet and yelped as the flash came again, this time sending a burning pain through his body. Like an electric shock. "OW! What's happening?!" Jack backed away from Pearl, blinded again by the lightning and the pain that ensued. "Stop! Make them stop!"
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Post by Wolverine on Jul 17, 2009 1:58:47 GMT -5
Logan had been passing the West Wing, wondering where the heck everyone had gone, when he heard a sound from the upper level. It sounded like someone being tortured. He changed direction, taking the stairs two at a time. The cries seemed to be coming from Jack's room. Without hesitation, he burst into the room. He saw Pearl sitting on the floor, she looked like she'd been crying. Jack was standing up, head in his hands. It was obvious he was in pain and probably having a flashback. He grabbed Jack's arms. "Come on, kid, snap out of it!" He turned to Pearl. "What happened? Did he say anything?" He was having trouble restraining Jack, which was surprising. "Forget it, just go down to the lab and look for Jean, quick!" He ordered, trying to stop Jack, who seemed completely out of touch with reality. Whatever he was seeing, it must have been agonizing.
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Post by Pearl on Jul 19, 2009 1:37:49 GMT -5
She ran down to retrieve Jean, and came back with her in tow, explaining the situation to her the whole way, "Luke got mad at him, and then I burst in because I had a question for him. Luke left, and Jack and I were about to start talking when one of his migraine's hit. Then it was worse, there were flashbacks, and he acted as though he were in a seizure. I held him and tried to comfort him. He cried out things, and I tried to soothe him. As long as he was sitting with me he was ok, but when he stood, he freaked out again and pushed me across the room. thankfully logan came in and told me to go get you..."
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Post by Jack on Jul 19, 2009 4:06:48 GMT -5
The room had completely disappeared. Jack could see nothing but the light. Blue sparks, arcing across his vision. It was one continuous burn. He could feel the blood boiling to steam in his veins. He screamed. It was utterly the most helpless, miserable, anguished sound he'd ever heard.
He thrashed, a pair of arms darted from behind him to hold him down. Forcing himself, using the adrenaline, he unclenched his jaws and bit into his attacker's wrist as hard as he could. He tasted blood...
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Post by Wolverine on Jul 19, 2009 4:24:23 GMT -5
"ARGH!" Logan jerked his hand away from Jack, who'd suddenly bitten his wrist hard enough to draw a significant flow of blood It was surprisingly hard to get his hand out of the vice-grip Jack had on him. For just an instant, Logan had to restrain himself from hauling off and smacking the kid. In any case, the wound healed in seconds, and the pain was forgotten.
He tried to hold Jack's arms behind his back, but the boy was thrashing so hard Logan was afraid he'd hurt himself. He turned to the door, irritated and confused. Where was Jean? Logan just wasn't used to dealing with these things.
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Post by Luke on Jul 19, 2009 5:37:03 GMT -5
OOC: (Continued from "Guidance")
Luke's thoughts about Dream and his brief chat with Emma Frost were interrupted when he got to the second floor. He heard screaming from Jack's room. He ran to the doorway and saw Jack, totally immersed in a nightmare. Logan was holding him, and Luke was just in time to see a wound on the man's wrist close that looked like a bite mark. He turned and saw Pearl running toward the room, leading Jean Grey. Bewildered, he edged into the room, moving aside so he wouldn't be in the way. Jack thrashed like a wild animal. It was hard to watch. He rattled out words, confused. His accent showed through in his haste. "What's happening to 'im? Izzy gonna be ok?"
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