20 – Misfits 17 – You’re Beautiful

He shrugged. "You can see it if you like. Just no touching," he retorted.

She smirked and opened her mouth to say something.

Nathan wasn't amused and interrupted. "Look, this guy is living with my mum. We've got to do something," he said.

"Like what?" Kelly asked.

"Can you get me a gun?" He asked.

"I ain't getting you a gun," she said.

"C'mon. Just a little one. Nothing too lairy," he said.

"There's no way I'm getting a dickhead like you a gun," Kelly said pointing at him accusingly.

"You can get a gun off the internet," Simon said.

"What if we go round there tonight, talk to him? We'll be mature and polite, yeah? And then we'll just tell him to fuck off," Nathan said.

"What if he says no?" Kelly asked.

"I don't know. We'll improvise. So, who's with me?" He asked.

He looked around the group, but everyone just ignored him.

He put his hands on his hips and stared at them indignantly. "It's like that, is it?" He asked.

So much for being united by a horrific, life-changing, shared experience. Hmm? Last week? You know? The situation... We killed our probation worker!" He said.

All of them suddenly hushed him.

God, you're such a dickhead," Kelly said.

That counts for nothing?" Nathan said.

Fucking prick," Curtis said.

Chris looked around to make sure the brunette probation worker wasn't around. "Speaking of the probation worker... I happened to see the wallet of the new probation lady. She had a picture of Tony in it," he said.

He might not have actually seen it, but a small lie could save them a lot of trouble down the line. The others needed to be more suspicious of her.

Nathan looked confused. "Who's Tony?" He asked.

Kelly smacked him over the head. "The last probation worker. You git," she whisper yelled.

Curtis looked at him in surprise. "You think she was the one that left the note?" He asked.

Chris shrugged. "Can't be sure, but if they're actually close she would be the most likely," he said.

"I'll come with you. You know, if you want someone to go with you. I'll come," Simon said.

"I'm not being funny but, me and you, buddying up... kicking ass! I'm just not feeling it, but, hey, lovely thought. Cheers." Nathan said sarcastically.

Simon walked off looking disappointed.

=The Next Afternoon, The Community Centre Main Hall=

There was another dance for the elderly. "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt was playing.

Something must have happened, because Nathan suddenly ran out of the Community Centre in a panic. He didn't show back up even after the event ended.

After grabbing the trash bags and going back to their task of cleaning the neighbourhood they went to look for Nathan. They eventually found him smoking alone under the flyover.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Kelly asked.

"I will not be in a room where that song is playing. Line in the sand, my friend," Nathan said nonchalantly.

"Some old woman was looking for you," she said.

A look of panic suddenly overcame Nathan.

Kelly looked surprised and then turned outraged. "You shagged her!" She shouted.

"Yeah. Yeah, nice one. I gave her a right good seeing to," Nathan said sarcastically.

Kelly's outrage quickly turned to disgust. "Ohhh..." she said.

"You totally screwed her," Alisha said bursting into laughter.

"No," Nathan insisted.

She didn't stop laughing though.

"No!" He repeated with false bravado.

"You nailed that old woman?" Curtis asked.

"Oh, my God!" Alisha said.

Nah, that is wrong.

"Did you enjoy it?" Simon asked.

Nathan turned to Simon and pointed at him aggressively. "Shut up, you little freak!" He shouted.

Simon smirked looking at the rest of them. "I think he enjoyed it," he said.

"Are you into that?" Curtis asked.

"No!" Nathan shouted.

"She didn't look like that when we started, OK? You remember that bird Ruth, from Tuesday? Beautiful, yeah? That wrinkly old bint...that's her! It was the storm. It made her young again," he explained.

"Please, please tell me you didn't...," Alisha said before raising her hand in front of her mouth and slowly, but sensually licking between her index and middle finger.

They all looked at him for his answer, but none came.

"He did!" Alisha screeched.

Everyone started laughing.

"He did! God's sake!" She said.

Nathan walked off distraught.

Kelly looked like she felt bad about it and chased after him. "Nathan, Nathan wait, look I didn't mean to tell them. It just came out," she said.

"Oh, well, great job. Nice one. Well done," Nathan said sarcastically before waltzing off.

He turned back and shouted: "And stay out of my head, OK?"

Kelly glared at him. "Granny fucker!" She shouted after him.

=That Night, Chris' Home=

Chris had been using all his free time training his super strength and cryokinesis abilities. His only distraction was messaging Lily when she was available.

His training plan wasn't anything impressive he just slowly increased the weights he was lifting and the amounts of water he was freezing trying to freeze more faster. Through a few days of effort he was able to determine that the abilities weren't entirely fixed. They could be trained and improved upon at least to some degree. Now it was just a matter of exploring and trying to find the limits.

Despite his best efforts he still hadn't managed to discover what his own powers were so he focused on the ones he had taken instead.

[Power Broker Seth: Someone sold me a power that allowed them to switch sexes.]

Chris shook his head. 'No way I'm touching that with a ten foot pole,' he thought.

[Chris: Great. No need to hold on to that one. Go ahead an sell it. No rush though. Get a good price. The right customer will pay a premium for an ability like that.]

[Power Broker Seth: Great, I'll let you know if anything else comes up.]

=Afternoon The Next Day, The Community Centre, Locker Room=

It turned out when Nathan went back to apologise to Ruth she had passed away alone in her home.

I told you there'd be other people who got messed up by the storm. And you didn't believe me," Kelly said.

"Yeah, well, I was wrong, wasn't I? There's a hurricane of weird shit out there," Nathan said.

Alisha mimed giving oral at him again.

"Oh, another oral sex gag. Brilliant," Nathan said.

"We need to be ready for when they come after us," Simon said.

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