On The Run (open)

[ian]

"Yeah...good idea."

He really didn't like so many eyes on him, especially since more people were coming out to see what had happened. When Stella led him away from the steps he gladly followed, being led into an alleyway not far off. He peaked around the corner to see if anybody was following them, but thankfully they were too busy talking about what had happened. He looked back to Stella, seeing that their hands were still together.

"Yeah, I wonder if I'll be fast enough to run back to the states." he thought for a minute, then his eyes widened, "Hey, maybe that's how I ended up here. If I can run laps around steps, maybe I'm fast enough to run on water."

It sounded crazy, but that's the only thing he could think of since he didn't have any money on him to buy a ride on a boat or a plane in Italian currency. His smile faded though, seeing the worry on his face. When she said she wanted to help him, and keep him from being found by who ever was chasing him, he squeezed her hand gently.

"Stella, you're the only friend I have right now. I would love your help."

[Stella Booth]

When Ian said it was a good idea to move she just nodded what else where they subpost to do sit there why the crowds got bigger, the cop would so up, when it came to stuff like this it was best to run.

She sighed when he peeked around the corner it was sweet to for him to make sure no one was fallowing but useless at the same time.

“No one well come unless there looking to prove something, or they are looking to hurt people like us already people are scared of us scared of what we can do to them think about it Ian you running as fast as you where into somebody it hurt more then getting run over by a car you can kill somebody by running over them people will stay away from something they think might kill them”

She didn’t mean to dampen the his mood but it was fact he might as luren it now instead of having someone yell at him for being a mutant latter.

“That makes sense you where running pretty fast there if you did run all the way form hear to the states then you can run back anytime you wish I’m sure we can find empty beach and check if you want”

When Ian squeezed her hand she blushed slightly not letting go she didn’t know why she was doing this she never liked helping people, but she wanted to get to know Ian maybe it was just the fact that finding someone in this world who wasn’t scared or was a little like you was comforting to her. All the nights that she’d spent alone she really did care about being alone it wasn’t right for the world to treat them like the pelage, even if Stella at times looked forward to being different and she knew she could never handle being somewhere where everyone was different. But finding someone out there who was different like her and she could help him.

“where do we start or is finding out your name and you’re a mutant enough for one day”

Her voice was shacking a bit she didn’t mean for it to be she really wanted to help him, or maybe it was just spend time with him she wasn’t sure.

[ian]

The way she spoke about his powers began to make him wish he wasn't a mutant. He didn't want to kill or hurt anybody, he only wanted to have fun. He looked down sadly as she spoke, but when she brought up the possibility that his speed may have ended him up in Italy, he had to admit it was a good possibility.

"Is there a beach around we can go to like that? Aren't beaches pretty full?"

He thought about it, then realized it was during the winter season so of course there would be empty beaches around, unless some people were crazy enough to go to the beach in the winter time. When she asked where they should start, he only gave a small shrug.

"I'm not sure really. We've searched my bag and my pockets and only came up with a name. Plus we found out that I could run really fast, not sure how fast though, but my guess is I could very well be the fastest man alive." he smiled a bit, "Maybe even faster than Superman or the Flash. That would be really awesome if I was, don't you think?"

[Stella Booth]

She could tell he was a bit upset about the idea he can hurt someone she knew it was an ugly truth that they could easily try to hurt somebody even if they didn’t Ian was lucky it took a bit of thought to think of how his power could hurt someone her one the other hand her power was just easy to think how it can hurt you and when he found out he had powers just then he didn’t really hurt anyone just scared them.

“Hay Ian don’t be upset there just people they don’t understand, even if we can hurt someone doesn’t mean we will”

She gave him a small smile and gave his hand a small squeeze trying to comfort him a bit

Stella gave a small little laugh when he asked about the beaches
“The only people who are crazy enough to be at a beach is someone who has snow all the time where they live and thinks this blasting weather is warm, they’d have to live in Idaho, Canada, Russia something like that we can find a beach that’s empty just take a bit of looking”

“Faster then Flash, hmm”

She flashed a huge smiled at him and she leaned into his ear to whisper something it wasn’t like it she taught anyone was lessoning it just she wanted to whisper this like it was some big secret.

“you know Ian you could very well be the flash you never know or maybe that kid flash”

She leaned back still smiling at him she was kidding of course there was no way he could be flash there was no Flash and superman they weren’t real just comic book carters that some guy made up it would be nice if they where maybe people wouldn’t hate people like them so much.

“Lets fine a beach where you can run as fast as you want if you can run on water even water with the waves if you can then that might answer one more question”

She stepped out form the ally still holding Ians hand she looked over towards the steeps most the commotion had settled down but it wouldn’t be wise to go back to there not when there might be a few people who stayed behind she hated people who hated people like her it made her mad that she couldn’t use her power with out freaking somebody out she looked the opposite desertion of the steeps and pointed with her free hand

“lets go this way I don’t want to cause to much commotion today”

[ian]

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

He appreciated the fact that she was trying to comfort him, but he still felt down about the thought of hurting someone. He didn't want to hurt anybody, even on purpose. He looked at her a little oddly when she laughed, but smiled and laughed himself when he saw she was right. Only someone as crazy as that would want to be at the beach, but his curiosity came back when the spoke next.

"What kind of question would that be?"

He had to admit she was right about the Flash, but he couldn't help but wonder if he really could run that fast. The flash was faster than lightening, and superman was faster then the fastest train, so how fast could Ian be? When she looked out the alley, he thought she was going to head back to the steps, but was soon releaved to find she was looking towards a different direction.

"Good idea, I don't want to be the center of attention, I'd freeze up."

He still had a grip on Stella's hand, not really wanting to let go right now. He was in a place he didn't know with a that was his only friend at that moment. He was going to stick with her for now, maybe longer.

[Stella Booth]

When he asked what type of question was that she simple just answered like it was nothing just a fact that everyone should know she wasn’t trying to sound rude but someone might take it that way if they where easy offended.

“well its simple running on flat water can be as easy as running on waves so if you can run fast enough to run on a wave with out hurting your self so if you can run on the waves then that’s how you got hear, well it’s a possibility there’s no way we can be for sure”

As Ian made the comment about it being a good idea for them to move away form the steep she couldn’t help but to blush a bit and smile, she could just amagin going back and the man who was able to run so fast just moment before standing there like a dear in the head lights unsure of what to do.

“O come on Ian why wouldn’t you want to be in the papers or anything then asking you all these questions where your from and who you are if your parents are aware of where you are a million questions you couldn’t answer people getting in your face” she was teasing him he’d know it if he had any common scene. She normally would want to be in the center of everything but not right now, Ian didn’t want to and really he was the one who had ran up and down the steeps not her she was just the girl who looked like she walked out on an anime who was with him at the moment.

She noticed his hand grip tighter onto her she smiled at bit and walked with him, until they found an empty beach it was a lovely beach there wasn’t many beaches that where ugly the waves crashed slightly agisnt the sand the sky was clearing slightly the wind blew slightly but it wasn’t bad, she had always like the beach when it was quite like this Stella still held on to Ian hand but she looked up at him.

“You want to run you don’t have to if you don’t want to we can just sit and talk”

It had just accord to her that she hadn’t asked if he wanted to run before she just took him to the beach and assumed he was going to run with out even thinking about it. Stella gave him a small smile

[ian]

"That's true. Who knows, maybe I can run over pretty much anything."

He couldn't help but wonder how fast he could run or even if he could run on water. When she started joking about him talking to the press and answering questions, he just rolled his eyes and gave her a friendly smile.

"Yeah that'd be great. Have my face plastered on every paper with a big target sign on my forehead."

He smiled as they walked to the beach hand in hand. It was nice though the salty air made the atmosphere a little colder. He looked to her when she gave him a choice of talking or running. He looked over the water and wondered if he could actually run on water. He could kick up a windstorm so who knows. He let go of her hand and walked to the opposite side of the beach facing the ocean. After a few stretches and getting down into the running position, he took off with a shot. His form literally disappearedin a blur, leaving a track from the sand to the ocean and nowhere else. Ian was thousands of miles over the water in seconds, and after a while he ran back and stood infront of Stella with a wide smile.

"I can run on water! That's it! That's how I got here!"

[Stella Booth]

She watched as he stretched thinking of what he’d look like running around with out the shirt on and in some running shorts or something and before she knew it he was gone she blinked a few times wondering where he had gone shacking the image of him out of his head, he might have been confident of running on water but waves where different then a lake or something waves moved under your feet so when running on waves wouldn’t it be like running in a earthquake

Stella jumped when he was all the sudden in front of her smiling

“God Ian don’t do that you’ll scare me”

She was smiling thought, Ian was a good friend and running that fast seemed to make him smile. She was glade to see he was happy to be a mutant, and didn’t think of his power as a curse
“you left Ian I couldn’t see you, It was like you disappeared almost, man your fast you sure that’s how you got hear your not tired at all are you, you don’t look tired how far did you run”

Stella grabbed his hand again a scary thought enterented her mind he could take off and leave just as quickly as he could run.

“Ian if you really can run that fast, you can go anywhere you want at anytime you can go see anything you want you aren’t stuck hear”

She tried to make that sound positive and it was a good thing that he could come and go as he pleased.

[ian]

"Sorry about that, I won't do it again."

Though he laughed a little when she jumped. Something about startling people seemed to make him laugh. When she asked him how far he ran, he had to think on it for a moment. He was glad that he was able to run so fast and couldn't help but wonder if that's actually the fastest he could go.

"I'm not sure. I didn't go too far though, at least far enough to where I couldn't see land anymore, then I came back."

When she grabbed his hand again, he could tell there was something bothering her. Even as she talked about him running off somewhere and leaving Italy behind, he couldn't help but notice there was a slight sadness in her eyes as she spoke. He smiled and squeezed her hand reassuringly.

"Yeah I could, but where would I go? If I have people after me, I doubt going back to the states would help that. Besides, I made a promise remember? I'm going to help you get back to the states and maybe even help you find your family. If you want me to that is."

[Stella Booth]

When tried reassuringly her she smiled, still worried even if he did say he was going to stay, in her head she was think there no point to stay in Italy when there other places in the world she knew if she could run like that she’d travel the world going everywhere but it did help some of her fears settle as he talked about taking her back to the states like he said he was like that really was going to happen even thought they didn’t really know each other that well.
“Ian I’m always on the move only reason I’d go back to the states is to get all my stuff and then I’d take off again moving form one place to the next I get board with the daily life that the world offers and if you think going back to the states would make it easier if someone is after you to find you then really what’s the point of going back to the states I think it’s a bit more important keeping you out of harms way”
She smiled she’d love to go anywhere with Ian he was sweet and nice, charming a mutant, she slightly swung his hand.

Stella telted her head to the side when he said that he’d help her look for her family
“umm I never said anything about wanting to find my mom and dad, there kinda dead…..I kinda killed them when I was younger I didn’t mean to I was just mad and my powers.”

she let go of his hand and looked down at the ground normally she didn’t care if people thought she was strange and didn’t mind talking about her family but she was still worried that Ian would get scared or hate her she didn’t know why she cared so much on what he thought out of everyone he was just a guy after all.

“my powers activated when I was little my mom and dad had just sent me to my room and I got so mad at them I kept thinking I wanted them dead that life would be better with out them and then pop they guts and everything all over the kitchen walls”

She looked back up at him, she was beating herself up inside at the moment wondering why she even said that she could of just ended at my parents are dead end of story but she spoke with out thinking as always and said something she was sure she was going to regeat she wouldn’t blame him if he broke his promise now that he knew. The path she left behind her was spotted with blood animals that had crossed her path when she was board, people who had gotten her pissed as hell, drunks, when she was PMSing random people who looked at her funny.

Stella was only good at destroying things she couldn’t build something, it seemed at times that everything she run in to would be destroyed. At lest Ian hadn’t hurt anyone as far as he knew. What was worst was Stella was use the damage she caused so when it happened she normally acted like nothing happened, yet she still cared what other thought about her and she was sure right now that she had just blown it with Ian and he’d run away.

[ian]

"Yeah you're right, maybe going back to the states would be like putting a target on my head."

He smiled as she slightly swung his hand, feeling more then glad that he had found someone else besides him that was a mutant. When she spoke of her parents being , he felt sad. When she told him the story about how she killed them when she was a child and angry, he walked up to her and hugged her tight, just in case she needed a shoulder.

"It's ok, I'm sure you didn't mean to. Powers can be pretty sneaky right?"

After the hug he backed up and reached for her hand, but then something strange started to happen. He saw images in his mind, two people that seemed very familiar, but he didn't know why. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he knew that he must know them somehow. One was a women with raven black hair and dark eyes, light skin and a gentle smile. The other was a man looked almost like him, only older. He rubbed the temples of his head and closed his eyes, trying to keep hold of the image, but just as it appeared, it was gone.

[Stella Booth]

“your not worried I’ll hurt you Ian ”

As Ian held her she dug her head into his shoulder and held him for a moment it felt good that someone wasn’t scared even after hearing what she had done in her past, she held him tight untell he let go and backed up a bit.

She smile at him, glade he didn’t want to go back to the states and paint a target on his head she’d be hear for him as long as he’d let her or to be honest until she got board, but she didn’t think she’d get board with him he was a mutant and mutants where hardly boarding, not only that but he had a past she wanted to know about she wanted to pry into what had happened to him, she wanted to know who Ian really was.
When he closed his eyes and rubbed his temples Stella gave him a look of curiosity.

“Ian what wrong are you o.k”

She looked at him and reached for his hand, it wasn’t normal for someone to randomly rub there temples like they had a head ache or something and closed there eyes unless something was wrong.

[ian]

"No I'm not worried, I know you'd never hurt me intentionally."

He smiled as she rested her head against his shoulders, his own arms moving around hers as he held her and hugged her close. He was glad that he finally had someone with him who didn't mind that he couldn't remember anything. When she backed away and took his hands, smiling at him the way she did, he couldn't help but feel a little...strange. It was a good kind of strange, like when you watched a great movie and never wanted it to end, or read a book that you'd want to read over and over.

When the pain in his head subsided, he felt her hand wrap around his again, he looked to her with a slightly dazed look in his eyes. When she asked him if he was alright, he shook his head slightly.

"Yeah just...I thought I pictured people. Two of them. One was a very beautiful woman with black hair, and the other looked like...well like me, only older. I don't know who they were, but when I pictured them I felt safe, like nothing bad could happen."

[Stella Booth]

She smiled when he said that she wasn’t worried about her hurting him, she wouldn’t’ hurt Ian she didn’t have a reason to Ian was a nice guy he treated her like she was human which was a nice change for her.

She looked at him a bit worried, people as he shook his head slightly even if said he was fine he still well kind of looked at her odd she couldn’t put a finger on it but she just wanted to make sure he was o.k. and as he spoke about picturing people when he hugged her Stella didn’t quite understand.

“Ian lets sit down its been a long day maybe a little overwhelming for you”

Stella sat down on to the sand slight guiding Ian to sit with her making sure that there wasn’t anything sharp for them to sit on and it was just sand

“Ian what do you think this was, these people you pictured for a second, do you think it hasn’t to do with your past or maybe you saw someone Ian you’re not making any sense”

Normally Stella would of been mad that someone was thinking of another women and even more so one he called beautiful but there was no reason to she was sure Ian had no feeling for her they where just friends, but and as far as Stella knew she was the only person Ian knew at this point so him picturing someone else it couldn’t of be anyone he knew could it.

[ian]

"I'm fine really."

He protested only lightly as she took his hand and led him to sit down in the sand next to her. He sat down comfortably, staring at his feet, yet staring at nothing in particular. When she asked about who he thought these two people could be, he just shrugged, but something tugged at the back of his mind, telling him that he knew these two.

"I don't know. They have to be somebody, otherwise I wouldn't have pictured them right? Or maybe it was just something I saw in my past that I could just remember, like a picture in a magazine or something."

He looked to her as he spoke about this, though deep inside he doubted it was anything he saw in a magazine. The man he saw looked so much like him, and the woman stared at him and smiled so kindly. Who could these people be? The thought bugged him a bit, not being able to put names to the two faces he saw. He placed his hand over Stella's and took it in his.

"I'm glad you're here with me, Stella. I couldn't ask for a better person."