Chapter 3- Mini T-Rex
The angry quarterback walked steadily towards the unaware couple. The people in front of Duncan walked away from his path. No one wants to mess with an angry football player.
He planned in his mind what he was going to do to the stupid idiot. First, he was going to scare him a bit. Grab his collar, shake him, and yell at him. He’’ll be crying like a little baby. Duncan smirked at the thought. Then, he would drag him outside to the parking lot, and punch him right in the guts.
That’’ll teach him, Duncan thought. Then he’’d go back to the gym, dance with Jean, and play the hero.
Yeah, Duncan you are a genius. You are one helluva--
Suddenly, he noticed that people were screaming. People were shouting and running away towards the exits. ““What’’s goin’’ on?”” he yelled. Then, he saw it. It was huge, and dangerous no doubt.
It looks like a mini T-rex or something like that, he thought, his eyes widening. It was looking straight at him. ““Holy shit,”” he muttered, backing away towards the door a few feet behind him. It suddenly lunged at him --and stopped in midair. ““What the hell --””
The creature growled at him, still in midair. Duncan didn’’t finish his question, instead he just turned and ran through the exit.
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Everything was moving so fast. Way too fast, Jean thought. She looked around the almost destroyed gym. There was almost no one who thought to stuck around. Scott, Kitty, Lance, Evan…….everyone left there was a mutant. Well, except for cute the guy she was dancing with. He was still there. ““C’’mon, we need to get outta here!”” he yelled, grabbing her arm. ““But--””
He had started to run, dragging her towards the nearest exit. Jean looked back as she was being pulled away, and saw Scott lift up his shades, blasting the creature to the other side of the room.
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Scott put his shades back on, and saw Jean being pulled away by the new guy. He started to chase after them when he suddenly saw Forge appear from the door. He was holding the same device that had caused way too much trouble last time it was used in school. Forge aimed his invention at the creature, and pushed a button. It fired a white laser and hit the creature…….then, it was gone.
““What happened?”” Scott asked him.
““Oh, I just sent him back to where he rightly belongs,”” Forge replied casually.
““I see……..so, everything’’s alright now?””
““Yep. This was all caused by my little experiment. I wasn’’t being very careful during the experiment, and they sneaked into our dimension somehow. I‘‘m sorry..””
““Hey, no problem. No one was hurt, so everything‘‘s okay,”” Scott said, and glanced around. Everyone was just standing there, looking at each other. Jean and Kurt were the only ones missing. No one talked.
Suddenly, he noticed, it was very, very quiet.
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Meanwhile, Jean was in the parking lot with a guy she just met a few hours ago.
We’’re running towards his car, away from creepy creatures from another dimension whose species I didn’’t know existed until yesterday! What’’s the world coming to…….
““Get in,”” he said when they reached the car, ““it’’s unlocked.””
Jean did what she was told. ““So, where we going?”” she asked.
““Uh……I……don’’t know,”” he replied, starting the car. ““Where do you wanna go?””
““Um……well, I’’m staying at the Xavier’’s Institute. Maybe you could drop me off there……?””
““The Xavier’’s Institute?”” he asked, driving the car out of the parking lot.
““Yeah……why?”” Jean asked, looking at him.
““I saw how that creature jumped towards a guy, then suddenly freeze in midair.……I think that you had something to do with it,”” he said in a serious tone.
““…….I guess we have a lot to talk about,”” Jean replied.
He nodded. Jean suddenly smiled. ““I don’’t even know your name, yet……””
““Oh, really? Heh, I guess I forgot to tell you, with all the excitement and all.””
““Yeah, I guess you did……I don‘‘t think you know my name either……””
““You’’re right, I don’’t.”” He grinned. ““I’’m Warren. Warren Worthington III.””
““Nice to meet you, Warren. I’’m Jean Grey.””
““Jean Grey……””
““What? Is there something wrong?””
““No, no……I just had a weird feeling that this isn‘‘t going to be the last time I‘‘m gonna hear that name……I have a feeling it‘‘s gonna be like, famous or something.””
Jean raised an eyebrow and tilted her head.
““I think it’’s a very pretty name, though,”” he added quickly.
Jean laughed, and shook her head.
““Uh, so you still wanna go to the institute?”” Warren asked.
Jean thought for a moment.
““Hmm……on second thought, maybe we should go to the park and just hang out and talk or something……””
Warren smiled. ““Sounds great. Let‘‘s go..””