studiobondurri CHAPTER 432 THOSE THAT SURVIVED
CHAPTER 432 THOSE THAT SURVIVED
CHAPTER 432 THOSE THAT SURVIVEDKitty guided me to a side entrance that was hidden behind a dumpster. I rolled it away and she knocked two times, paused, knocked once, paused, knocked once more. I heard a bar slide out of the way and the door opened. She rushed in, I moved the dumpster back as close as I could and followed.
“How did it go?” Hisako asked Kitty. Excitement clear in her voice.
“Uh great. I got it. It was uh-”
“Who is the new guy?” A man I didn’t recognize asked.
“This is uh my friend, um-”
“Weston!?” Hisako yelled, staring at me in disbelief. She was rough around the edges and missing her right arm. “Are you back? Seriously?”
“I um-” I said, looking to Kitty for the right answer. I doubted anyone knew she could travel through time or whatever she did to bring me there.
“Yeah, yeah, that’s it, he’s uh back,” Kitty said. I frowned. “I uh…happened upon him.”
“Yeah, I was uh,” I said, trying to think. “Got lost in space, like that one show, and the movie, that I feel got a bad wrap. But that’s beside the point. Oh right, and there was the remake show that wasn’t too bad. Well anyway, I was taking a leak in an alley, and Kitty was all like. Oh my god, it’s Weston!”
“What the fuck? Where the hell were you?!” Hisako asked. She was angry, relieved, and way more happy than I expected. Tears in her eyes she said, “I thought you were dead.”
“Nope, still kicking, I hope,” I said truthfully. A part of me was hoping I got looped into some drama in space and I really would be back eventually. I hoped I didn’t die in my next Challenge despite all the work I’ve been putting in.
“I just can’t believe it,” Hisako said, laughing. “You haven’t changed a bit. Maybe a little bigger though.”
“Well thank you, Hisako,” I said, patting her head. She rolled her eyes. “You’ve changed a shit load. You look fucking badass without the arm. Did you lose it in a duel? Was it at sunset? Tell me you took like their head or something.” She stared at me wide eyed, tears falling down her cheeks then she burst out laughing. A deep laugh from the belly which changed to snorting soon enough.
When she recovered she wiped her eyes, shaking her head. “My god, most people pretend that I didn’t lose it. You just bring it right up. I can’t believe I missed you.”
“Well we should fight, that’s for sure. I need to see if you learned anything cool, Gundam,” I said. Her hero name was Armor, because she could create a psionic armor around herself, but I tended to call her Gundam. She was Japanese and the armor was basically a gundam, so I felt it was obvious.
“Damn, haven’t been called that in forever,” she said, wiping more tears. I got those on her right side since she was all left. “Oh my god, Anne. She is going to kill you.”
“You think?” I asked. “I just stepped out for milk.”
“Yeah, like kill kill,” Hisako said. “Have fun.”
“Yeah,” Kitty said with a frown. “Come on.” She waved me over and we walked through another guarded door. The once upper office building didn’t have cubicles anymore. Everywhere was sheets set up for privacy and rooms. There were a lot of people there. Women, children, men. Many hurt, some crying. There were no fires going like some post-apocalyptic world, but people did have space heaters.
Many of the people were the disfigured mutants. People that couldn’t hope to step outside without being noticed. Most were regular people though. Cursed to spend their days outside the sun as they hid from the Sentinels of the US. Sickened by what the world had done to my people, I needed to fix it in the future somehow.
I heard whispers from people as we walked past. Some were students at the X school. Others were eyeing Kitty. I raised my hand and summoned Tabi. The blue cat appeared and stared at me.
“I’m surprised that worked,” I admitted. She was technically in the past at the moment, but I summoned her to the future. Which was a weird paradox I didn’t understand. “I’ll fill you in later. Some people could use some warming up.” The cat meowed.
“She’s been with you this whole time?” Kitty asked.
“I’m from the past, remember?” I asked.
“Oh right,” she said. “Wait, how did you? Did you just bring her from…the past? I thought-”
“Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answers to,” I said as Tabi bounded off. It wasn’t long until she found a group of kids and they were petting her. “You’re not the only one with skills that are unexplainable.”
“Whatever,” she said. “Just don’t get pissed at me if you get randomly sucked back to your time.”
“Oh, no, I’ll be dragging you with me if I do,” I said. “Wait, no, I’ll just beat up past you.”
“Don’t do that,” she said with a frown.
“I’ll just wail on you. Yelling, ‘Don’t fuck with time’ as I hit you like those time-steward ball sac guys from Rick and Morty.”
“I have no idea what you’re saying,” she said.
“You’re not supposed to,” I said. “Now, I thought this chrono delivery item was important.”
“Right,” she said. She got to the stairs leading down. People nodding at her, some gave me a second glance. Most didn’t recognize me though. Despite my pink hearts, they probably didn’t believe I survived after all these years. Though it was only six years, these people had a hard time of it. I had to make sure to fix this.
We got to a lower level and Kitty walked right in. Simply following her, no one asked me questions so I made myself smaller so I wouldn’t be noticed. I tried to remember faces, but there were a lot more mutants than before. People probably came out of the woodwork once they were outed.
Kitty on a mission, she didn’t speak. People got out of her way and I stopped in my tracks. A familiar Haki in a side room, I looked up and Kitty had kept going. Unsure who I was feeling I looked into the side room. There was a group of people in a locker room. Wearing flak jackets they looked like the fighters of what was left of the mutants.
Turning to walk into the room I looked over faces inside. They were discussing and laughing about some story. The familiar haki was a woman. Her Haki warm and inviting, I couldn’t place my finger on who it was.
“Hello,” I said, breaking everyone out of their story. The woman turned to reveal a tall dark haired girl with a tall forehead. It was Hancock Boa, or whatever the hell her name was in these worlds. “Holy shit,” I mumbled as she and I locked eyes.
It had been so long since I had seen her last. A part of me had resented her for some odd reason. Hampering my style as I slept with who I wanted and did what I wanted. But to be honest, I hadn’t been sleeping with everyone I wanted. Things didn’t seem to move me near as close to the smut fuelled lifestyle I lived before. Or something else, something I was coming to accept after all these years jumping between worlds. I was changing.
Definitely not overnight, but slowly and surely. As I spent time with her, I realized that I actually enjoyed being around women that I loved. Instead of just
“I’m not doing that,” I said truthfully.
“Why not?” She asked, annoyed. Grinding harder on me as if she were taking out some anger on me.
“Because I don’t like lying to you,” I said. My hand moved to her chin, my thumb running along her lips. “Get over your touch obsession?”
“No,” she said, laying on top of me. She began to sniff me deeply. “If anything, it’s worse now.” She shivered as my hands roamed all over her skin. “God, I wish I knew back then what I know now.”
“Like what?” I asked.
“I don’t think I should tell you,” she whispered hotly in my ear.
“Now you should really tell me,” I said.
“Nah, probs not,” she said. “I was so pissed at you. Still am I guess, since you’re not really the Weston from my timeline or whatever.”
“Hey, I might still be out there. Just got held up with drama,” I said.
“I wish,” she said, chewing her lip. Sadness began to leak into her again.
“Shit, I’m sorry,” I said. “Let’s just forget the rest of the world for a little bit. Alright?”
“Yeah,” she said. “Let’s have sex until you go back.”
“Deal,” I said with a smile and pulled down and shoved it back in. She jostled, squeaking and the second round really began.