Justice stripped Hayley's sheets much to Hank's
amusement. He searched around, found new sheets and began to make the bed. Then
he began to clean the contacts on the baby monitor.
Beast watched him, "Justice?"
He looked up slightly from his task,
"Hmmmm?"
"Do you work Saturdays?" He
teased the eldest Adams.
Justice smiled and flipped him off.
"You seem to have as much lab
experience as your sisters but you don't explore it," Beast wondered
aloud.
Justice shrugged, "I'm a
lawyer." He smiled, "I haven't had to resuscitate a client yet."
He gave him a playful wink. He sighed lightly and made Rayne's bed slowly to
pass time while he waited for Remy and Rayne to get back. He pushed the beds
apart to gather the blankets and pillow he used when he fell asleep on the
floor last night then he stripped the sheets off his bed.
"Justice, What are you doing?"
Beast said with a shake of his head. "Why are you tidying the med
lab?"
Justice looked at him confused, "I
don't know." He crossed his arms and sat next to Beast with his lips
pressed together in a tight line. "Hayley is going through the hell that
Rayne has already gone through. Rayne is going through hell again because of
Hayley’s experience. " Justice shuffled his foot on the floor, "I
don't know, Hank. I just don‘t know."
"I take it you are trying to busy
yourself to keep your mind off things," Hank sighed. "Once you remake
your bed, you might find some lab work to keep you occupied."
Justice nodded, "I bet you would
like to catch up on some sleep. You want me to hold down the fort for a
while?"
Hank sighed deeply, "Can I trust
you not to take Rayne for another joyride?"
Justice laughed, "No joy rides, I
promise," He added sincerely, "I would like to help her if I
can."
Beast lowered his gaze, "Why do you
want to do that?"
"Because, I think she needs a
friend. Someone that’s not family. That could help. Besides," He started
singing, "Everybody needs friends," He laughed and danced about.
"Perhaps I should leave now,"
Hank held his ears.
Justice looked at the work that needed
to be done around the place, "Might not be a bad idea." Then he spied
something, "This is Hayley's writing." He picked the paper up and
looked at it quizzically.
Beast looked over his shoulder at the
paper Alex had been working on, "She was working on Alex's image
inducer?"
"No, this is Hayley's
writing," He sighed a little bewildered by the complexity of what Hayley
had written.
Beast looked at the work, "I must
say I am very impressed. Why hasn't she pursued a career in medicine or
science?" He looked at the paper closer, "She solved Alex's
problem?"
He looked to Justice for an answer who
looked as clueless as he was, "She has an outstanding mind, she should be
encouraged to push it forward and get….."
"Wait you don't understand what’s
going on here," Justice cut him off. "She did this at our father's
once as well."
"Did what?"
"In the past, Hayley hardly ever
paid attention and we knew she tried her hardest but always landed up behind
the rest of us," Justice poked the paper, "But in Canada, she out did
us all with the slightest effort and without having done any work in years.
This is puzzling considering she needed help with a simple antitoxin."
Justice felt a headache coming on.
Beast remembered, "Indeed,
Allyson and I both helped her with that." He sighed, "As well as your
help, and this has a much greater complexity." Hank rested his chin on his
hand.
Justice swallowed hard, "This
kind of thing takes mathematics and physics and mechanics and so much more then
she has had training for. Not that she isn’t brilliant in her own right, but
how can she possibly do this?"
"Perhaps she is tapping into all
of your skills?" Beast was baffled. "Oh, how I wish I had kept her
here longer. I could pick her brain about this," Hank smiled and rubbed
his hands together.
Justice looked at the paper again,
"Well she was right. She needed out of here because Rayne couldn't handle
being exposed to her problems." He rubbed his jaw.
Hayley sighed as Alex finally left her
alone. She sighed and found some clothing to put on feeling a bit drafty in the
hospital gown and robe. She realized this was probably one of the first times
she had been alone since she and Remy had become a couple or since the incident
with Sabretooth.
She grimaced at the thought and
dressed quickly. She looked around the room to see Remy's things there but the
bed was made. ‘Had he stayed there? Would he pack his things and go?’
Hayley felt the child kick her and looked down in
alarm and then it happened again. She touched it and it gently kicked her hand.
'Was Justice right? Was being half
her enough? Dad was a madman and Sabretooth was a full blown maniac. Did that
make the child three quarters crazy?' She sat on the bed, curled up into a
ball and began to weep softly. She stopped herself and wiped at the tears
furiously.
She jumped up and began to pace around
the room. Would Remy want to stay with her because he loved her or would he
feel obligated to stay? The only way she would know for sure was if she was the
same as she had been, a strong person. She might know the truth then.
She took a breath, the air seemed stale
and she felt sick at the idea of staying in the room alone right now. She
needed to do something to keep busy. She paced a little trying to deny what she
wanted but lost the battle and crept to the window.
She eased it open cutting her mind off
from Ally first since she was still sleeping. She felt the breeze and a sigh
caught in her throat. She climbed gingerly to the ledge making sure she wasn't
spotted.
She let her body become as light as the
air and pushed away from the windowsill hard. She let the usual dance between
her and the wind take place but her anger got the best of her.
She pushed forward and harder until she
realized she was going very fast. She noticed Rayne and Remy walking on the
lawn. He had his arm around Rayne's shoulders and looked up casually at
Hayley's fleeting figure. She knew he didn't know it was her and picked up the
pace hoping that Rayne didn’t pick her up. She didn’t want to be part of their
conversation. She flew off with speed she didn't know she had and she also felt
lighter. She almost laughed wondering what else she could do better.
Alex needed to let off some steam after
all she had witnessed that morning. She couldn't think of a better place to do
it than the Danger Room.
She opened the entrance hoping to find a
way to operate the controls from the inside. When she opened the door, a flying
arsenal came at her and she leapt out of the way and froze them.
She looked up to see Bobby standing there
with an apologetic look on his face. He gave her a grin and she knew he had
been up to something.
"Are you supposed to be in here
alone?" She dusted her one piece suit that she had chosen for her work
out.
Bobby met her eye then looked away,
"Not really."
Alex cocked her head, "What does
that mean?"
"We're supposed to be with an
experienced team member or given special permission," He admitted.
"Why are you in here then?" She
walked further into the danger room and looked at the icy mess he had made of
it.
"I want to do what I have seen you
do," He shrugged removing his gloves. She looked at him questionably.
"I saw you go transparent. I want to learn the degree of control you have
over your ice power," He said as he began to move a little closer, "I
want to learn how to do new things."
"I'm not an expert, Bobby. I'm just
older," She sighed.
"You're more experienced," He
smiled.
She felt obligated to help this
fledgling, but she also wanted to get some exercise in alone. She felt a sigh
escape as she gave in, "Okay, but we aren't using the danger room's
simulations."
"Why not?" She began to pull
her own set of gloves on for traction, "Because you don't learn control in
the middle of a fight."
"Oh," He sighed as the doors
shut.
Remy and Rayne walked back into the
infirmary. Both had matching weary demeanors and both stopped when they saw the
now clean infirmary with only Justice in it.
Rayne's eyes flew open with surprise
seeing Justice doing some of the computer work Beast had been doing.
Remy looked to the other two empty clean
beds, "Where's Hayley?"
"Her room by now," Justice
shrugged.
Rayne looked surprised but she was
relieved too. After what had happened she didn’t know how to face the people
that were there. They heard and saw everything. She wrapped her arms around
herself and sighed. She wasn’t even sure she wanted Justice here, but she could
deal with having him around.
Remy lowered his gaze as he walked Rayne
to the bed, "Beast let her go?" He was surprised she was gone but he
didn't really get the chance to find out much about how she was doing yet.
Justice nodded, "Sorta."
"Yo' mean she left and he let her
go," Remy said as he shook his head.
"No, it's not quite like that
either," Justice sighed, "You can talk to her about it later."
Rayne was curious to see that Justice
was doing some lab work, "Yo' know wha' yo' doin’ there? Doc might not
wan’ yo’ messin’ wit’ his work."
Justice laughed, "I worked in a lab
for a good part of my life, before I went into law."
Rayne narrowed her gaze, "Yo' a
doctor?"
"No, I am not," He threw his
hands up in mock defeat.
Rayne felt a warning bell go off in her
head, "Yo' worked in a lab though. What lab?"
Justice stood and met her eye, "I
worked in my father’s laboratories for many years. We all did. Until he saw fit
to use us as guinea pigs," Justice looked away. The memory was both
painful and embarrassing now.
"Yo' Papa did dat ta yo'?"
Rayne's eyes grew wide and she started trembling.
Remy guided her to the bed, picked her up and set her on the mattress.
Justice shrugged not wanting to discuss his problems with her, she had enough
on her mind now and he could see this news was upsetting her.
"How could anybody's Papa do
somet’in so horrible?" Rayne’s eyes were as big as saucers. She remembered
a lot of what was done to her in one of those labs, and the thought that the
man did similar things to his own children was beyond belief. She growled and
clenched her fists.
"Rayne, calm down," Remy
hushed her, "Yo' need to get some rest now petite. Not get yo’se’f all
worked up again." He gave her a gentle push so she would lay back. She
wouldn’t budge for a minute then slowly laid back.
"Dat’s really awful what he did.
An’ yo’ had a funeral fo’ him here? Me, ah woulda left him back at dat lab and
burned da whole place ta da ground," She closed her eyes and tried to find
a good thing to think about. Anything to rid her mind of all the bad memories,
"Remy?"
"Yeah little one?"
"We still gonna make some
real food fo’ dese yanks?" She forced a slight smile.
"Yo’ bet, chere. Gonna show
dem what dey been missin’ all dere life," He thought about the last time
they had cooked something together and chuckled. ‘Ah hope dis meal turns out
better den dat one did.’
Rayne was exhausted. She closed
her eyes and let sleep take her.
Remy sighed, Rayne could be a lot
of trouble but she was his sister and he loved her. He reminded himself to try
and find out more about the labs and what was done there. He pushed some hair
out of his face. He too was exhausted from this morning’s tribulations.
"You look like you could use a rest
too," Justice suggested.
"Is a doc gon' be here soon?"
Remy asked knowing full well Justice could handle anything that would come up.
"Jean should be here soon,"
Justice mumbled feeling a bit unappreciated for his skills.
"Why Hayley leave?" He crossed
his arms.
"She needed her own bed and felt
Rayne needed some space," Justice said his eyes trailing to Rayne as her
chest moved up and down rhythmically, "She made a good argument of why she
should go."
"She outta the woods den?
Everyt’in’s ok?" Remy asked quickly.
"She will feel better in her own
room for now and can get care there too," Justice shrugged, "She
could probably use the time alone now anyway. She wanted you to have some time
with your sister."
The door slid open and Jean poured in
with a broad smile, "Good Morning."
Remy and Justice exchanged a quick
glance because they hadn't see her this happy in a while.
"Beast is already gone?" She
inquired.
"He was up all night playing
babysitter," Justice smiled ruefully. He got up and moved towards the
doors. Now that relief was here he could tend to other matters.
Jean smiled as Justice gave a small wave
with the papers Alex and Hayley had been working on and left. He heard Remy
coming right behind him.
"Justice," Remy called as he
caught up, "Do yo’ t’ink it would be alright ta see Hayley now?" He
was anxious to speak to her.
"You can try," Justice
wasn’t sure what his sister was going to do in regards to Gambit.
"Wha's dat?" He pointed
to the paper Justice was studying as he walked.
"Seems Hayley has a brain after
all," Justice winked, "Who'da thunk?"
Remy looked at the paper briefly but
dismissed it as scientific mumbo jumbo, "So, what is it?"
"Actually, it's something that would
change a mutants appearance so they don't look like mutants," He sighed,
"It would only make them appear to look different. Kind of like a full
body mask, if you will. It doesn’t actually alter them physically. Just hides
what they really look like so that they can go out in public without being
pegged as a mutant."
Remy's mind danced with the
possibilities, "Rayne could look different den? Like someone else?"
Justice smiled, "Dat's da
idea."
A smile crept on Remy’s face, 'N’awlins
here we come!' Remy thought about how wonderful it would be to get Rayne back
to Louisiana for a visit, and himself as well. Perhaps even Hayley would join
them, if Rayne would let her.
Justice chuckled. "Why yo’
laugh?"
"You've got this silly look on your
face," Justice grinned, "I take it Rayne doesn't agree with you being
in love with Hayl?"
"Rayne don' know fo’ sure,
homme," Remy sighed knowing he finally told Justice he was in love with
Hayley.
"Oh I think she knows. Women have
that damnable intuition that seems to get us men in a lot of trouble,"
Justice grinned then looked serious, "No really, I think she knows and
that could have been part of what set her off."
Remy nodded, "Not dat ah need her
approval in who ah see, but ah wish she wouldn’ be so headstrong an stubborn
‘bout Hayley."
"Rayne's
afraid of Hayley, Remy" Justice sighed, "Afraid that she will take
you from her. What happened the last time you were sidetracked by another
woman?"
Gambit cringed at the thought but
still couldn’t see how him and Hayley together now bore any similarities to
what happened years ago.
Justice continued, "Even
though it would hurt her very much to see you leave with Hayl, Rayne would let
you go because your happiness seems to mean a great deal to her. Then I’m sure
she would sulk and grieve alone. She reminds me a lot of Hayley when she was
that age. But your sister’s got more problems then Hayley had at that age. She
needs you, Gambit. She needs her brother’s strength and guidance."
"Ah know," Remy nodded as
Justice stopped in front of the elevator, "Yo' goin' to da rooms?"
"I need to finish packing for the
move," He pushed his hand along the side of his head to smooth his hair,
"I also want to spend some time with Storm and Jordan."
Remy was anxious now for Rayne to get
the image inducer. He wanted to do something for her and being able to take her
home would be something really wonderful, "An' dat?" He poked at the
papers in Justice’s hand.
"Once Beast gets up, I think he
will be interested in helping put this together," Justice grinned,
"We’ll see what happens."
Remy smiled. He hoped it would also help
Rayne to get out more, "Ah t'ink Rayne would lik' dis contraption."
"Yes, I think it would help her to
find some friends her own age. Not just her brother and his adult
friends," Justice sighed feeling sorry for the young girl, "She might
want to hone some skills in the Danger room as well."
"Rayne’s always been pretty much a
loner, an she always found it easier ta talk ta people older den herself,"
Remy argued, "Maybe ah should distance me’se’f from her a bit. Get her ta
fin’ some new people."
The elevator opened and they stepped on.
"No, she needs you now Remy," Justice sighed, "There’s nothing
wrong with being there for them, even if they try to push you away. But your
right in that they do need to be their own person too. It’s a hard thing to
judge. Just take things slowly. I’m sure she will become more comfortable
around here and with herself in time. This is a good place for that."
Remy nodded, he knew Rayne would love to
get in the kitchen and cook with all the fancy spices and now she had a whole
new talent to explore. Then he thought of how long it had been since he had a
cup of coffee, though he wasn‘t thrilled with the idea of drinking one alone
and felt a pang of guilt because he hadn’t talked to Hayley yet, "Justice,
'bout Hayley."
"If she's not ready, just give her
time," Justice sighed looking at the roof of the elevator. He smiled
wondering if that meant Gambit would spend some of his spare time fine tuning
his thieving skills and thought of offering some locks to pick.
Remy nodded, it was more than that now.
He had two women in his life now and he didn't need so much to talk to Hayley
to help her as talk to her to help himself.
Justice smiled, "I'm the same way
with Ororo."
Remy laughed, "How’s dat?"
"It's an I hate kind of
relationship," Justice said as the doors opened.
"Homme, yo' figurin’ on marryin’
Storm?" Remy said as he saw Justice looking over that paper again.
Justice smiled and nodded but didn't
offer anymore as he rapped lightly on Ororo's door. "Tell Hayl, she did a
good job for me huh?"
Remy grinned and found Hayley's door.
Should he tell Hayley he was in love with her? No. Should he just hold her
then? He wasn't sure what to do. He felt like he needed to be held. He and
Rayne had held each other this morning but that was different. He knocked and
didn't hear anything. He knocked harder and then wondered if she was asleep.
He sighed thinking about what Rayne had
said, That Hayley was the only who had gotten any sleep last night.
To his surprise he found the door unlocked
and he stepped in tentatively, "Hayley?" He heard no reply or soft
breathing and stepped in further. He looked around the room and saw the bed was
still made. The bathroom door was opened and she wasn’t there. He ran to
the adjoining bathroom and a breeze from the open window caught his attention.
'She as bad as Rayne,' He thought.
A knock on her door caught his attention
and Ally walked in slowly, "Remy?" She said before she saw him out of
the corner of her eye.
"Hayley gon', chere," He
gestured to the window.
"What?" She ran to the window to
look.
"Why she leave?" Remy wondered
aloud.
"Scared I guess," Ally looked
at Remy, "I don't like this, she’s blocked me out of her mind."
Remy groaned and ran past her to get
Justice and Storm. He knew if she was in the air they would need flying
mutants.
Deanna made her way through the
hall quickly after seeing the battered mess that became of some of the mutants.
She found a shadow kept her from advancing and looked back to see who it was.
"Deanna," Eric said making his
way swiftly through the hall.
"Eric," She said wondering what
he was even doing up yet.
"I understand my son and daughter
took it upon themselves to attack the Cats," He said looking pointedly at
her.
"Yes."
"Why didn't you stop them?" He
demanded.
"Stop them?" She said
incredulously, "I have no control over them. 'THEY' are mutants and I
don't have a cute little remote to control your children."
He stared at her hard surprised she stood
up to him at all, "I see Mystique had the initiative to go after
them."
"She is a strong fighter and I am
not Eric," Deanna narrowed her eyes. She couldn't help but feel empowered
after fighting him and won, but took a deep breath to calm down because she
didn't want to give it away.
"Indeed," Eric pressed on to
his son's room and looked at the sad sleeping figure.
Wanda sat near by with some bruising on
her and looked up at him with trepidation, knowing she was about to be yelled
at.
Eric looked at his daughter with
annoyance, "What happened?"
"Allyson Adams did it," Wanda
said obviously impressed but her worry showed through as well, "She just
looked at him and he froze and fell."
He eyed her, "What happened to
you?"
"The other Cat and her new
boyfriend," She sighed touching the bruise she felt on her head.
He looked at her questionably,
"Which Cat?"
"Hayley," Wanda shrugged.
"Was the boyfriend a mutant?"
Eric was intrigued.
"He was throwing exploding things
at me and she was absorbing all my attacks. My hexs had no effect…." She
trailed off feeling like a failure.
"What about Sabertooth?" He
sat down on the bed and looked again at his son's ashen face.
"He seemed to have some power over
Hayley. She wouldn‘t fight back against him," Wanda looked frustrated,
"We had her. She had a helmet on. But his damned beastly immaturity caused
us to lose her. He wouldn't listen to us, father. He pushed things too
far."
Eric listened, "Would not listen?"
"After he got a hold of Hayley he
went on about smelling this other man on her and about the child being
his," Wanda grew angry at the memory of Sabretooth's leading them to
defeat. "He wouldn't listen to us after he had Hayley in his grasp. It
looked like he was going to kill both her and the unborn child."
Eric grew angry, he had assumed the
child, his or not, would be his in the long run, "He wanted to kill
them?"
Wanda nodded glad her fathers ire was
directed away from her.
"Where is Victor now?" Eric
nearly growled.
Deanna stood there almost forgetting she
was there at all until she heard the question asked of both of them. Wanda just
let her eyes go back to her fallen twin.
"He left," Deanna said quickly.
Eric's eyes grew angrier, "What?
And where did he say he was going?"
"He didn't speak to me,"
Deanna sighed, "He pushed me aside and left rather quickly."
Eric lunged in her face, "You let
him leave?"
"Let?" Wanda looked at him,
"He’s out of control, father."
Eric looked at Wanda with measured
patience, "Why is it that I am the only one around here that can control
him?" Eric walked out quickly knowing that Sabretooth had to be dealt
with.
Hayley enjoyed being able to fly faster
than she ever had before. Although her fire ability let her feel lighter
than air most of the time, this time she felt like a rocket. Almost as if she
had been launched into the air. She felt free, like she did when she met Logan.
She felt young and unfettered.
She pushed a tear she hadn't known she
had shed from her cheek. She was still young, but a child would make her a
mother and. Mother sounded so old. She looped around back towards the mansion
and looked around as she slowed down. She breathed in the fragrant air and dove
into a canopy of trees near the lake house.
She saw a Willow tree and smiled until she
remembered the Willow that was buried a few days before and she frowned a
little. Hayley set on the ground and picked up some of the willows branches.
She felt safe and sheltered under the draping branches of the willow. She
touched the trunk of the tree and sighed. It was a lovely tree so she sat next
to it.
Hayley thought back to Rayne and all she
had been through, and wondered if the girl had found anything where she was
banished to that made her feel safe or happy. She felt bad for being around
Rayne and reminding the poor girl of the saddest time of her life.
Hayley's mother had taught her children to
respect nature if nothing else in their lives. She reminded herself to be sure
and passed that on to her child. Hayley leaned against the tree a bit winded
and thought of going back to the mansion.
She didn't want to go back there yet. She
was tired of the looks of pity that people gave her. Pity, was something she
didn’t have any use for. Then she swallowed hard because that sounded like
something her father would say.
She missed her family and Remy. Remy, the
name brought visions of the man she had fallen for. Her heart jumped as she
remembered the way he looked at her and the way he had touched her face. She
had never been in love before. It hurt and felt good at the same time. Hayley
wasn’t sure Remy was really in love with her or had ever been in love at all.
He was as unobtainable as a shooting star, touching your life profoundly then
slipping quietly away. She missed him but she didn't want to see him look at
her like he had this morning. He looked at her with pity and sorrow and
recrimination, not with love.
She got up. This wouldn't do sitting
around feeling sorry for herself. She needed to make her future, not wait for
it to happen. She felt tired suddenly and sat back down not wanting to leave
the sanctity of the tree.
Her ears picked up a low growl and she
bent the gentle branches back enough to investigate. Hayley narrowed her eyes
looking for what had made the noise as something lunged at her and she lost her
footing against the tree's root and fell against the ground as things went a
black.
Remy didn't want to ask Warren for help
but he knew his wings made him a strong flyer. He could hear Ally padding up
behind him as he found Storm's door. He rapped on the wood hard hoping to
convey the urgency he felt.
Justice opened the door but only his
head ducked around the opening.
Justice looked at Gambit and figured
something was wrong as he stepped outside of the door quickly.
"What is it?" Justice said,
standing in hall shirtless. Remy couldn't help but grin, "Yo' didn't waste
any time, hanh?" He thought, if he could he would do the same and his
heart caught in his throat, worried about Hayley.
Justice tossed him a warning glance,
"Am I wasting time now?" Justice raised an eyebrow at him anxious to
get back to Storm. He missed her but had more than enough time with Remy in his
opinion.
"Hayley's gone," Remy said
quickly.
"What do you mean gone?"
Justice crossed his arms.
"She wen' out de window,
homme." Remy waited for him to panic as Ally joined him. Justice looked to
Ally expectantly and she mirrored Remy's concern.
Justice had to admit he was concerned
too, but Hayley had done this kind of thing before. He figured she was just out
blowing off some steam. He wanted to be with Storm right now.
Justice suddenly stumbled backwards
causing Ally to lose her balance but Remy steadied her. Justice and Ally's eyes
glowed softly.
Justice swallowed hard, "Let me get
Storm to help too, so we can follow her in the air."
"What is it?" Remy asked of the
two siblings.
Justice left Ally to explain things as he
ducked back into the room quickly, "She just tried to call to us,"
Ally felt like crying and Remy pulled her to him to comfort her.
"Is she ok?" Gambit said
softly, "Can we go?" Ally felt the same in his arms as Hayley did and
he touched her hair as he had Hayley's, but her soft brazen curls were
different from Hayley's long black locks. Allyson’s height, size and eyes
reminded him of the woman he had made love to. He missed her.
Ally didn't answer for a minute, and
then she quickly said, "I'll get Logan," and gently moved away as her
eyes met his. This was the first time Alley had really looked in his eyes and she
saw a sadness there that she wanted to console. She looked away quickly knowing
her eyes were identical to Hayley’s and would remind him of her. Ally felt bad
for him because she knew Hayley was as special to him, as she was to her
siblings.
He seemed to hold on to Allyson needing
her as a link to Hayley. She could tell him if anything else happened,
"Can yo' reach her?"
Ally tried to distance herself from the
charismatic man knowing Logan could smell him on her, and Gambit wasn't one of
his favorite people, "No. Remy, you know I would give my life for her. We
will find her at all cost."
He nodded he knew the depth of the
triplets love was the same as his and Rayne's, "I know, Chere," He
grabbed her hand again before she could go, "Ah'm goin' wit'
yo.'"
Ally nodded, "You will need to get
Warren and Alex, but I am sure Alex knows by now."
He lowered his gaze at the mention of
Warren's name and hid his scowl as some students passed by, "Chere, dere
has ta be somebody else dat can help."
"Storm and I might not be enough to
track her," She knew they had to use whatever help was available. She
sighed knowing Warren's crush on Hayley didn’t make him a favorite choice for
this task. "We will need other mutants who can fly."
The other students stopped short and a
redhead stepped forward. "I can fly," She smiled, "I can fly
very well."
Ally remembered her, "Afterburn,
this might be only for people with combat experience."
"I fought for you father," She
countered.
Josh and Aubrey nodded their agreement.
"She's good," Josh admitted
readily.
Remy looked hopeful at the idea of
leaving Warren behind.
"No," Ally said quickly. She
felt the girl was too young to be taken on a potentially dangerous mission.
Justice went back in the room to Storm
with a look she had learned to recognize.
"Who is it?" Storm said.
"Shhhh," Justice said looking
at her not wanting to take his eyes off her as he walked to her slowly. He touched
her hair as her hand brushed his face. He groaned lightly not wanting to leave
this moment. He kissed her and pulled him to her hard.
"Well, it seems Hayley's in trouble
again," He breathed in between kisses.
Storm jumped back, "Is she all
right?"
Justice sat on the bed, "I don't
know, but you need to get dressed so we can go find her." He sighed,
watching her retreat to the bathroom to don the black one piece she had worn
before.
He grumbled as he went to closet to pull
off his own pants, and then put on the one piece suit that he had worn while in
his father’s service. 'Hayley better be in trouble!' He grouched.