Chapter 5:

Todd woke up in a white room he didn’t know and his skin hurt. He tried to stand up, but his skin seemed to burst with every move and so he decided to stay laying there. He couldn’t remember how he came here; he just knew that Samantha found him and then everything was black. Where is she now? He was alone in the room. He wasn’t able to move. The only thing he could do was to wait.

He looked around in hope to find out where he could be. There were some medical machines around him a door on his left and a window on the other side of the room. He tired his best to get up a little so he could take a glance out of it. Maybe so he would find out where he was. But he didn’t come far as the pain came over him and he felt back onto the cushion. Voices whispered in front of the room and got louder. Someone was coming closer. Todd listened to it to find out what they were saying or who was speaking. They were very close to the door now and he cold hear Scott Summers voice clearly. As he noticed that he was at the Xavier Institute his face got hot. He was already naked and didn’t want anyone of those X-Geeks see him like this. The scene at the sports field was embarrassing enough. Ignoring the pain, he got up and wrapped himself into the blanket before he jumped out the window only seconds before Scott and Jean joined the room.

With care that no one could see him he jumped from tree to tree the immediate way to the brotherhood mansion. As he climbed into his room he wondered why the window was open. To week to move any further he just felt onto his sofa as Lance barged into the room.

“Where were you?” he asked angrily.
“Mystique was here and got really pissed off as you didn’t show up.”

“I was busy. The boss lady better tells us before she comes around.” Toad answered covered under some cushions and a thick wool blanket.

He thought about where to get new clothes from now that his old ones seemed to be unreachable. How could he get them back after he didn’t even know where they got left? Lance slammed the door behind him. Todd was glad to be alone for now.


As he woke up from weird dreams he noticed that it was dark outside. He didn’t know how long he was sleeping, not to think about what day it was. He had no clue about how much time went by since the night he got attacked by the football team. Not that he had known before what day it was. His muscles already hurt but he needed to stand up. He felt dizzy and saw nothing but black for a little moment. As he could see again he stumbled to his uniform. Dressed up he sneaked to the bathroom in need for some water to drink. He hoped that the stations hadn’t turned them off. They didn’t. After drinking he felt better and headed to the mall where he hoped to find something to wear for school. He got in trough the funnel and crawled to a shop he heard Lance talk about lately. Mainly punk and army stuff was there. He chose stone washed jeans, a white tight T-Shirt and a green army jacket. Everything else he got in another shop. Finally some new shoes. Converse for sure. With his prey he took his way back home where he tried to get some sleep, just in case he should go to school the next day.