Talented Flame

"Hey, lovebirds!" Lorna, who was sitting in the lobby, joked when she saw our holding hands, "I thought your training was hard."

"Oh, stop kidding Lorna," I said sheepishly, "We're rarely free today."

"have a good time."

The elevator descended slowly, and with a "ding dong", the elevator arrived at the station.

"Let's go, treat you to ice cream." Andy said, putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Oh my god, look at you." I smiled at him, "I feel like I've been adopted."

"They've given me enough cash, so in fact," he raised his eyebrows triumphantly, "I can indeed support you now."

"Hmm... well, then I want to eat strawberry flavor."

"As ordered."

……

"You know what?" I said, licking my ice cream. "I feel so unfair. You have an ex and I don't. Hmm... maybe I should break up with you and find a... ex or something..."

Andy, who was eating chips in his hand, suddenly looked up at me when he heard this.When I covered my mouth and snickered, I realized that I was just joking: "How dare you? Huh? You are now relying on me to support you."

The result of getting carried away is to look at the time and find that four hours have passed.

"Andy, have we been out too long?"

"...I don't want to go back yet."

"Andy..."

"I know, I just... just complain."

The gate of the core circle headquarters is gradually enlarged in front of the eyes from far to near in the setting sun.

"You should ask Rewa to change your teacher based on what you got hurt today."

"Oh forget it, Andy. I'm hired, and Reva won't care about me like he cares about you. And the injury isn't particularly serious. You know that mutants are generally physically fit, right?"

……

"...You agreed to come here mainly because of me, didn't you?"

"Now that you know, you have to protect yourself, for me."

Andy put his arms around me after he planted a kiss on my forehead...and couldn't let go.

"Andy..."

"I do not."

"Andy..."

"Just a moment."

After an unknown amount of time, the person hugging me let go of his arms, "Now, we can go in."

Under the orange afterglow, the buildings in the core circle showed thick black shadows, such a majestic and well-thought-out building made people breathless.

Andy and I got off the elevator and turned to both sides. The sound of footsteps was absorbed by the blue carpet, and the surrounding was so quiet.

……

In the evening, one of the cuckoos came to my door carrying a box.

"Esme?"

"Uh-huh, it's me. I heard Lorna said you were injured," she lifted the medicine box in her hand, "so... I brought you this, and there is ointment for removing scars in it."

"Oh, thank you, Esme. Good night."

"Good night."

midnight

"Boom—crack—"

……

I remember when I first came here, I was woken up like this in the prison...

Well, go out and have a look.The carpet and wallpaper all over the floor are very sound-absorbing, so there should be something wrong with the noise.

At this time, the corridor was not so quiet, and a group of people gathered around the door of the corridor on the other side.In the corridor over there, Andy just opened the door with a dazed expression.

"What happened?" Before I woke up, the cold air outside managed to jolt me ​​into a jolt.

Sage shook his head with me, and the big guy said: "I heard the voice, it seems to be coming from there, but I'm not sure." As for Feng Gone, he just walked out of the room in pajamas: "Just now, what's going on? "

Sister Frost came too.

"Don't worry," "Let's," "Check it out."

As they spoke, the three of them turned their heads slightly one by one, their eyes turned blue, "It's Lorna." They said together.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of it." One of them comforted the others and went back to the room, and the other two knocked on Lorna's door

"I want to see Lorna," I told her.

Andy didn't go back to the room either, "What's wrong with her? Is it... a nightmare or something..."

"Her mind is very confused now," "... very disturbed."

The door opened with a "click", and Lorna looked a little terrified. She smiled at the cuckoo, "I'm sorry, um...a nightmare." Lorna moved away, and the destroyed scene in the room was at a glance. no more.The lamppost was bent into a strange shape and twisted in at least four sections; the corner of the bedpost next to the bedside table had collapsed, and there was only one welding point where the TV was embedded in the wall, and the crumbling machine exploded with sparks.

"Oh, God." With such a degree of destruction, the noise just now should be relatively small, "Lorna, I think you have to sleep in another room, which is too dangerous." I said, pointing to the electric sparks that burst out.

The sporadic small sparks hit my hand, but they didn't go out like the ones that fell on the ground, but continued to flicker on and off, which can be said to be red glowing fireflies to some extent.

"Lorna, if you allow us to hypnotize you." "You'll have a good night's sleep."

"No, no need, I just had a nightmare." Lorna pursed her lips and refused, "Are there any free rooms here?"

"As you wish." "Come with us." They led Lorna to the new room, and one of them looked back at me and Andy.

"Um, don't worry about us, I'll go back now." After hearing what I said, she turned her head and left with confidence.

That should be Phoebe, they look so much alike that it's hard to tell them apart.

"Come out without even a coat? No shoes." Andy took out a gray coat from the next door and put it on for me, "Be careful of catching a cold."

"I wasn't sober when I came out, so I didn't think so much." I tightened my coat, raised my face and smiled at him, "Besides, it's because of you."

Andy coughed lightly, two suspicious blushes floated on his face, "Okay, go to sleep quickly, you still have training tomorrow."

"Hmm, good night."

"Good night."