Title: High Voltage
Author: Callisto
Rating: errr, PG?
Disclaimers: The only characters I own are Voltie, Geoff, and the other ones that don't belong to Marvel. I'm not using Marvel's characters for profit, so please don't sue me! I don't have money! This story, though, is my property.
A/N: This isn�t set in any particular universe, but it sure ain�t 616 canon... I�m using the �large boarding school� idea from the movie, but characterizations will be from the comics, and to some extent the animated series from.... what was it, �96? whatever. Anyway, this features an original character, Voltage, but it�s not going to be *entirely* about her. Also, I�m kind of experimenting with chapters and for some reason they�re all turning out very very short. I don�t know why.... So, enjoy! ^-^
High Voltage- Prologue
The girl stared in horror at the man�s body, sizzling slighty. She had only meant to press the coins into his hand, so she could be sure he wouldn�t drop them in the driving rain.
She hadn�t meant to kill him.
She didn�t even know how it had happened. She just knew that old Geoff, as she liked to call him, was dead because she had touched his hand.
She didn�t have a name. Geoff called her �luv.� Everyone else either cursed at her or ignored her.
~*~*~*~
The police report had said the old man was struck by lightning in the previous night�s storm. Unlikely, but it was all they could come up with.
The girl took a name then.
Voltage.
Suddenly, after seventeen years of being an insignificant street rat, a petty thief living on the streets of London, she had a purpose and a destination.
Muir Island.
She needed to learn control.