psinex@yahoo.com Strange Attractors 18/20 by Phil Hartman DISCLAIMER: Everyone here is Marvel's, except for Deanna and Danny, who're mine. Please don't sue. -------------------------------------------------------- Mass. Acad. Girls' Dorm: 12/7/2003: 23:00 hrs EST: -------------------------------------------------------- Dear Diary, Man, never thought I'd take THIS up again ... Let's get a few things clear: Name, Danny Davies. Occupation, mutant werebear and student superheroine. Location, Snow Valley, Mass., THE end of the world - - OK, not that bad. It beats Wyoming. In a number of ways, sheer weirdness among them. I suppose I shouldn't whine. I'm still alive, and some of the others aren't ... It'd be easy to lash out, I guess. The teachers let Bill and Gail die, the others couldn't keep Gail from stabbing herself and sacrificing herself to channel some 'Goddess' ... Gail was just so nice. Joe's been real quiet ever since Halloween. I don't blame him - losing your twin must be awful, especially for a telepath. And poor Tom's been almost as quiet too. I feel for them both. I know what it's like to lose a parent - both - and to lose a sib, someone who you can be close to and tell stuff ... So I AM a little jealous of Ray and Nate. I think it's sweet how she keeps an eye on him, even if he doesn't need it. And Ray's always there for all of us ... I think if she didn't have Frank, she might break. But neither of 'em have. They're sort of our leaders, even though Mr. Cassidy and Ms. Frost are our teachers. Ms. Frost's been a little more uptight; from what I found in the records, she lost a lot of students back in '96, and it sort of made her overprotective. At least she tries to be there for us. Mr. and Dr. Cassidy're really nice, sort of an old couple but not ancient. They both have those funny Irish and Scots accents - I hafta keep from saying "Captain, the engines cannae take any more !" around Dr. Cassidy ... Sorry. But when the main school has a "Dr. McCoy," you gotta go with your gut. Sarah's got ALL these great Trek jokes - says her dad (her foster dad, Dr. McCoy) can't stand 'em, but he laughs along anyhow. He comes down sometimes for guest lectures. He's long-winded, but a real sweetheart. (Too bad he's married ...) So, nobody promised being a mutant was gonna be safe. But it's better than being nearly raped by your psycho ex-boyfriend. Grandpa ... I miss him too. But Mr. Cassidy reminds me of him, so it's not all that bad. Hope Christmas goes OK ... Later, Danny 12/7/2003 -------------------------------------------------------- Midnight: -------------------------------------------------------- He walked forward, silently, cloaked from the security grid as he teked the diary off of the floor from where Danny had dropped it when she fell asleep. #Fascinating,# the man thought, flipping through it by moonlight. He set it back down, then slowly smiled. #Yes, this will be most interesting,# he thought, summoning a transportal. #I could just take them now ... #... but as ever, I have something more sinister in mind.# -------------------------------------------------------- NEXT: FINAL EXAMS ... -------------------------------------------------------- end _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com