Sammi came out of the bathroom. She looked around and didn't see Jonas. She got worried.
/Did I scare him because of how depressed I got when I heard about the others?/ She thought.
She heard a noise outside the window, she turned and said,"Jonas?"
"Yeah, Its me." Jonas said as he came in the window.
"What were you doing out there?" She asked as he sat down on his bed. She sat across from him on hers.
"Thinking."
"Oh. I wanted to apologize." She said looking into her hands on her lap.
"Apologize? About what?" He asked, taking her hands in his.
"About how depressed I got when I heard about the others." She said still looking down.
"You don't have to." He started to say and stopped as she put a finger to his lips.
She looked up and said," I need to explain."
"You see, ever since my parents died. I haven't had a family, so my friends became my family. And when Jamar was taken away, I promised that I would always be there for any of my friends. Well, I got a little depressed when I heard what happened tonight. I felt as if I let them down. I’m not saying that I didn't love being with you. I loved every minute. Even when Spiderman showed up."
"It’s just the guilt of breaking that promise, that got to me. But when we were talking, I was thinking and I realized that I can't always be there and I have to trust that they can protect themselves. I can't keep placing all of that on myself. I'd go nuts."
Jonas was about to say something, but she stopped him.
"I'm not finished."
"This is the first time that I ever let myself fall in love with someone. And I've realized how much of my life I've been missing, being the constant protector. I can't live like that anymore. I just wanted you to know that, no matter what, I will always love you, too. And if we ever get home I'm going to find away to get to Sweden to be with you." Her eyes were still looking down. She brought them up to his. And He got up and helped her up and hugged her tight.
After a few moments she said," I hope you have the room because I have to bring Jamar with me."
"As long as I have you, I don't care who else is there." Jonas said pulling out of the hug. Looking into her eyes he said,"We've got a problem."
"I know. I don't want to be away from you, but how are we going to get around the professor?" She said hugging him again.
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Maria and Cara finished their snack, and did the dishes...said goodnight, and Maria went up to her room. Cara went wandering about the mansion.
She went past the rec-room, and noticed Beast sitting on the couch, reading from a book of his favorite poetry. Cara stopped in the doorway.
Hank looked up, and smiled when he saw Cara. She smiled back, but Hank noticed that her face was a little pale. Hank's face took on a concerned look; he closed the book, put it down and patted the couch cushion next to him. Cara walked over and sat down.
"Are you alright?" Hank asked the girl, looking down at her.
Cara closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead with one hand; then looked up at Hank. She gave a sort of half-smile, then said, "Yeah, I'm okay..." just then, her eyes suddenly filled with tears, and two spilled out, rolling down her cheeks before she could stop them.
Hank brushed the tears from her cheeks, and pulled her into a hug.
"I am here, if you need to talk." he said to the distraught girl, stroking her hair away from her face.
Cara buried her head in his shoulder, crying long and hard. How could she tell him what was wrong? How could she explain all of the pain, fear, frustration, anger and despair that she was feeling? She couldn't begin to put her emotions into words.
Everything that she knew was gone...her whole world was falling apart...she was losing control of herself, her emotions, her mind; and she felt powerless to stop it. How could she explain?
Gradually, Cara's sobs ceased, and her body stopped shaking. Cara pulled a little away from Beast.
"I'm sorry, Hank!" she said, embarrassed, "I don't usually cry that much...I guess I'm just a little overtired..."
Beast was concerned; he brushed her cheek tenderly with the back of his hand...
"Is there anything I can do?" he asked the girl.
Cara thought for a moment...then saw his book of poetry.
"Could you read some poetry to me?" she asked, the hint of a smile on her face.
Beast nodded, and picked up the book; Cara nestled against Beast and settled her head on his chest, her ear resting just over his heart.
Beast opened the book and began to read, while he stroked Cara's hair...
"The Human Touch-by Spencer Michael Free...
'Tis the human touch in this world that counts,
The touch of your hand and mine,
Which means far more to the fainting heart
Than shelter and bread and wine;
For shelter is gone when the night is o'er,
And bread lasts only a day,
But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice
Sing on in the soul Alway."Beast stopped reading and looked down at the girl; she had fallen asleep. Beast smiled and put the book down.
Gently, he picked Cara up and carried her up to her room. Leilee was asleep, and Beast did his best not to wake either of the sleeping girls. He placed Cara gently on her bed, and pulled the covers over her; he stroked her hair, then he turned around and went out of the room.
/I'll have to talk with Jean and the Professor about Cara in the morning./ Beast thought, as he went back to the rec-room.
Rainfall
Jonas rolled in bed, he had tossed and turned for over an hour, Sammi was tight asleep, he listened to her breathe... but he was not sleepy.
He rolled out of the bed, but his feet never touched the floor, he hovered above it, not to awaken Sammi, he picked up his uniform that was placed on a stool.
Carefully and silently he strapped the uniform onto his body, when ready he hovered over to the door and grabbed the handle.
"Don't think I didn't hear you." Sammi said still half asleep. "Don't go wandering around all night, you be sure to get some sleep ok." she said and fell asleep again.
Jonas smiled and walked out the door.
The mansion was a lot bigger then he ever thought.
Crossing a corner flying a little too fast for his own good, Hank came in to view... he didn't have time to turn out of the way.
~THUD~ Both of them were thrown to the ground but Hank landed on his feet while Jonas landed face down and slid into the wall.
"I see that you new people seem to have problem sleeping." Hank helped Jonas to his feet.
"Glad I don't get hurt too easy, I screw up more often then I get it right, thanks." Jonas said as he let go of Hank's hand when finally standing up.
"My pleasure." Hank said and slapped Jonas on the back grinning wide.
"So, why aren’t you asleep?" he asked Hank as he started walking for an unknown destination.
"I have been trying to figure out about why you keep ending up here, and I promised I would be so kind as to greet the newly arrival." Hank said and frowned.
"New?" Jonas asked interested.
"Yes, it would seem that a young girl has dropped in on Generation-X, and they are coming over early this morning."
"Not that I mind but... why only girls, I mean I and Jamar look's to be the only male *Drop ins* you have had." Jonas crossed his arms over his chest.
Hank shrugged. "It would seem strange, but I have a hard time figuring this thing out at all, it is totally unpredictable."
"Well if it would help, why don't you throw your idees at me, I will probably not understand one second of it but, hey it worked for Holmes and Watson."
Hank smile and patted Jonas on the back. "You know, you didn't turn out to be half the trouble I thought you would be."
~5 hour's later.~
"I'm telling you my dear friend, you will not be able to defeat my armies on that front, you have to retreat."
Hank moved some small figures over a world map. They had been playing a strategy game for the last 4 hour, and both were confident of victory.
"You were just as sure of that when I took Canada from you." Jonas responded and rolled the dice.
Hank muttered. As he saw the number, removing the number of small soldiers and cannons that Jonas had destroyed.
"Not so sure any more?" Jonas teased and moved some troops over the map.
"You have not beaten me yet." Hank muttered seeing Jonas shatter his plans for world domination for the next 20 moves.
Hank rolled the dice, and smiled. "Imminent defeat can turn quick..." Hank said, as it was Jonas turn to mutter.
"It looks like your attack will take longer then expected." Hank leaned in close. "You can still retreat."
Jonas took a deep breath, slammed his chest with a closed fist... "NEVER RETREAT, NEVER SURRENDER!"
Hank looked at him, and they both laughed.
"This could go on forever, we are a match in tactical thinking obviously, it's a shame that you don't play chess." Hank said and lifted one eyebrow.
"Do that mean you are surrendering." Jonas said and rolled the dice inside his hand.
Hank looked at him. "Never... I will not quit this until I have you scowled away from this map."
"That is the spirit." Jonas threw the dice.
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Admiral
Teb woke up with a throbbing headache. /what was I on last night?/ she thought to herself with a grin. /Must have been the paint fumes from my tagging last night./ she thought happily as she remembered where she was before she came here.
Angelo was sitting in a chair watching Teb’s back, he stayed all night in case she woke up and needed help controlling her powers.
"Yo Chica, have a nice rest?"
He watched as Teb jumped. she obviously thought she was dreaming, from what Jubes said on the phone all these newcomers thought they were dreaming. She turned to look at him under her ruffled punk red hair that stuck out like a sore thumb.
Teb stared at Angelo, then started to relax a bit as she came to terms that she was still in a comic book universe. /So I’m a mutant with extra skin and I’m miles from home...no big deal./ Teb told herself .
Angelo got up and smiled.
/What a babe./ thought Teb dreamily.
He motioned her to follow him and she did. Right to Paige’s and Jube’s room.
"What are we doing here?"
"To see what clothes Jube’s got that you can wear."
"No no no, there’s no way I’m wearing short shorts and a tube top!" she protested, a girly girl she was not.
"Well, maybe Paige.."
"NO!"
"Well you can’t wear that its dirty and you slept in it."
He had a point. She hated to wear the same thing she slept in the next day.
/Think think think... I’m not going to be seen in a pink tank top and flares no no no...I KNOW!/
"UM, Angelo.. do you mind if I borrow some of your clothes?"
"Mine!? Si I suppose."
"Great."
"I’ll go get you sometin’ to wear. you take a shower and get ready... we gotta be ready to leave for the mansion in a little while."
Teb
Creed woke up with a tremendous headache. His brain felt like someone had run over it with a truck. He tried to pull his hands up to his head but found one was trapped by something. He finally opened his eyes to see Ryan's small body lying next to his.
He sniffed a little and could tell she had been crying. She didn't even change out of the clothes she wore to the club last night. He suddenly felt a stab of pain in his heart; she had stayed by his side crying over him all night. Somehow that scared him but he would deal with that another day.
____Someone was stroking her cheek and it felt nice. Slow and tender movements along the curve of her face, she didn't want it to stop. She kept her eyes closed and tried to hide the smile that crept along her face, she could pretend to be asleep just a little longer.
"So I saw yaw dancing with the Cajun last night. You into those kind of guys?"
She opened her eyes and looked up to Creed. "No, I was just doing a favor for someone."
Le Fae
Emma rang the door bell. Teb stood behind her with Angelo waiting and she was actually excited.
/Maybe being here won’t be so bad at all./ she thought as she looked up at the giant building.
Hank opened the door and let the group in.
"Hello, Dr. McCoy." Emma said offering her hand.
"Hello, Ms. Frost." he said as he shook it, "And you," he said staring at Teb "must be our newcomer."
"Yes, I’m Teb....uhh, hi."
"Ahhh Teb, what a name, and this," he motioned to Jonas "is Jonas. He was brought here like you."
"Hi."
"Hello, and I know what you’re thinking, this isn’t a dream."
"Damn."
Angelo chuckled at her, which only got him a glare in return.
Hank and Jonas exchanged a knowing glance.
"Well.." started Hank "Jonas, why don’t you and Angelo show Teb around and introduce her to the others while I take Emma to see Xavier?"
"Alright." said Jonas, "Hello Teb, I like your hair."
"Thanks. So what’s your power?"
The two started off having a nice conversation with Angelo trailing behind.
*****
"I think it would be best if Angelo stayed here and helped Teb use her power." said Emma.
"Oh I think that’s alright," Charles said, "and it may solve another problem I have about rooming arrangements with some of our other visitors. Hopefully they will agree to move."
Teb
Maria slowly got out of her bed. "I gotta stop it with the late night snacks." Maria muttered to herself as she went downstairs to see Angelo, Jonas, and a girl that looked odd. She smiled and went up to them. "Hi."
Jonas nodded toward his fellow lost writer. "Hey, Maria. This is Teb."
"Teb?" Maria repeated, "That's an interesting name."
"Hello, Maria." Angelo said, "How're you doing with that scream powers?"
"Just fine."
"Scream powers?" Teb repeated. "Is that your powers?"
"That and invisibility." Maria added as she turned transparent and reappeared.
"Hello," another voice said. Jonas and Maria looked up to see Scott standing there. "You must be the one of the newer arrivals."
"CYCLOPS?!" Teb exclaimed as she turned pale. Angelo looked at her confused as Scott sighed at the somewhat constant look of bewilderment of the arrivals.
"Yes?"
"I thought that he's-"
"NO!!!" Maria and Jonas yelled out as they ran up to her.
Maria Cline
"What! What did I say!!!" a shocked Teb exclaimed as Jonas and Maria dragged her down the hall, and into another room; out of the hearing range of Cyclops and Angelo.
"Look, we don't know exactly what is going on," said Maria, "but you can't go around blurting out certain things."
"She's right..." said Jonas. "It seems that some things haven't happened yet; anything you say could have serious repercussions on their world...Please don't say anything about Cyclops or Wolverine."
*****
Angelo and Cyclops looked in the direction that the three had taken...both of their mouths were wide open.
/Sooner or later...I'm going to get some answers out of these kids./ Cyclops promised himself. He turned and went outside.
Angelo watched Scott go, then he turned and went in search of the three travelers.
*****
In the kitchen, Gambit was preparing a special surprise for a special lady...he whistled and smiled as he worked. When everything was ready, he headed upstairs.
*****
Leilee was sitting on her bed, tying her shoes; Cara was in the bathroom, drying her hair. There was a knock on the door.
Leilee got up to answer it. It was Gambit!
"Morning Chere..." said the Cajun, as he smiled. "How do you feel about taking an early morning ride with Gambit?"
"On your motorcycle?" asked the surprised Leilee.
Gambit nodded...
"I'd love to!" said Leilee; then she frowned. "But, what about Cara?" she asked.
Cara popped her head through the bathroom doorway. She grinned...
"I already knew about the motorcycle ride...I helped Gambit to plan everything." she said.
"Helped him plan what?" asked Leilee.
"You'll see soon enough," said Cara, as she grinned. "Now you two run along...and have a good time. I've got some things to do around here. Catch ya on the flip side!" she said, as she ducked back into the bathroom.
Rainfall
Gambit took Leilee by the hand, and led her downstairs; they stopped by the kitchen, where Gambit picked up...a Picnic Basket!!!
Gambit led Leilee outside, where he had his motorcycle waiting. He strapped the picnic basket to the very back of the bike, got on, kicked off the kick stand and started the motor. He held his hand out to Leilee.
Leilee swung herself behind Gambit, and wrapped her arms around his waist...and they rode away....
*****
Cara watched as Gambit and Leilee rode off...she hoped that they would have a good time. She wasn't looking forward to what she had to do though. She had promised Maria that she would get some help. Cara turned from the window, and went in search of Jean...
*****
Amanda had spent a rather sleepless night...she was overcome with mixed emotions about what had happened the night before. After Xavier had given her the rose, Amanda had said thank you to him, but she couldn't find the words to say anything else...she had stood there in silence.
Charles had been disappointed...he was afraid that he had driven her away, or worse still, he was afraid that he had been wrong about her feelings for him. They said goodnight to each other, and had parted ways...Charles going to his room, Amanda going to hers.
Amanda looked now at the rose which stood on her dresser...it had begun to bloom. Amanda buried her face in her hands and began to cry. Had she lost all chances with Charles?
*****
Sometime later, Amanda emerged from her room. She felt the need to talk to someone, but Maria was nowhere to be found...Jonas said that Cable had taken her with him somewhere.
Sammi and Jonas were showing the newer arrivals around the mansion. Leilee had gone somewhere with Gambit. And Cara was having some sort of session with Jean. Cara didn't want Amanda there for some reason.
Amanda wandered outside, sat down on the porch and sighed. For some reason, she was feeling a little left out of things.
Jubilee came bounding up to her, saying, "I heard you got the day off...wanna go with me, Storm and Rogue? We're going horseback riding...Come on, it'll be fun!"
Jubilee grinned and grabbed Amanda by the arm, and dragged her to the garage to meet the others.
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Gambit and Leilee had ridden on Gambit's motorcycle for quite a while, before Gambit found the perfect spot...a small, grassy clearing by the side of a river. Wild flowers decorated the clearing, and there was a lone shady tree just standing by the riverbank.
Gambit parked the motorcycle in the small parking lot which was to one side of this little spot; he hopped off of the motorcycle, grabbed the picnic basket with one hand, and took Leilee's hand with the other. They were both laughing as they ran over to the tree.
Rainfall
Jamie Madrox walked up the steps of the mansion, and rang the doorbell. Cyclops had called him the day before, and asked him to come help one of their new recruits, who had powers similar to Jamie's.
/This should be interesting.../ he thought to himself.
The door was opened by Beast, who ushered Jamie inside.
*****
Cara walked out of the medlab; her face was pale and in her eyes was a tired, beaten look. She was exhausted. Jean had asked the Professor for help with the mind probe; neither of them found a thing.
If there was something wrong with Cara, it was hidden too deep within her psyche for it to be found...at least, not without doing some irreparable damage. Of course, the reason nothing was found, could also have been because the Professor had been preoccupied...
The Professor had simply attributed Cara's mood swings to stress, and advised her to take some meditation instruction from Wolverine.
^Yeah, like that's really going to help get rid of me.^ announced Arac...its plan was working well.
Arac had hidden itself deep within Cara's mind...only resurfacing after the mind-probe was finished.
^That old has-been Xavier thinks he knows everything...well, he will soon be proven wrong. The moment for my plan to go into effect will soon be at hand...until then, I will sleep.^ with that said, Arac's voice faded, and its presence seemed to disappear.
Cara felt more like herself...all of her negative emotions seemed to fade, and she was actually in a good mood. She began to whistle as she walked down the hall.
As Cara rounded the corner, she found herself face-to-face with Beast, and a man she had never met before. He looked familiar though.
He had blue eyes and brown hair, and was almost 6 feet tall.
/Kinda cute.../ was Cara's first thought.
"Cara, this is Jamie Madrox; your new instructor. Jamie, this is Cara; the new student that Cyclops was telling you about." said Beast.
/Great...I just called my new instructor 'cute'...boy, I'm glad he's not a telepath. I'd never live that down!/ Cara thought, as she shook hands with Jamie.
Cara grinned as she suddenly thought of something, "You know, when I get this duplicating thing down, we could form our own softball teams...just the me's against the you's. How 'bout it?"
Jamie raised an eyebrow. "You're challenging me to a game?" he said, somewhat amused.
All three of them began to walk down the hall, in the direction of the kitchen.
"Yep!" said Cara. "On the day I graduate from your training, I challenge you to a battle of bats!"
/This is definitely going to be interesting.../ thought Jamie to himself. He smiled at the girl. "You're on...but I get to be the me's!"
"No way...I called dibs on the me's. You have to be the you's." said Cara as she grinned.
"Nuh uh...you didn't say the word dibs...so I get to be the me's, and you have to be the you's."
"No Way!"
"Way!"
"No Way!"
"Way!"
"No Way!"
"Way!"
Beast stopped walking and watched as the other two entered the kitchen; still arguing about their 'softball team' names. Hank covered his eyes with one hand; He was beginning to get a dreadful headache.
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Rainfall
Maria said, "Look... I gotta go and find Cara. I have this feeling that something isn't all right with her. Woman's intuition."
She turned invisible and walked off. A deep pain of guilt began to seep into her soul. A part of her is starting to regret telling Scott about Alex. But she couldn't ignore the fact that she did something. More and more of her felt that this universe wasn't identical to the comics.
"My kingdom for a bottle of aspirin." Hank muttered as he walked by her to the cabinet.
Maria turned visible again and asked, "Headache?"
The X-Man jumped and turned to see her. "Please, don't do that. I may be accustomed to time travelers and dimensional hoppers but people sneaking up on me like that tends to weaken my nerves."
"Sorry about that." Maria said as her face turned red.
"No need to apologize. It's just that Jamie's here to aid Cara in her multiple powers. They're arguing over their softball team names when Cara learns to duplicate herself more."
"Is there anything wrong with Cara? I mean, I'm really worried about her."
"Well, she's severely stressed out. Jean and the Professor did check her and she's mentally sound."
"Oh good." Maria said in relief. Still, a voice in the back of her mind whispered, **They could be wrong.**
"May I make an inquiry?"
"Yes?"
"Why had every arrival looked absolutely shocked the first time any of you saw our fearless leader?"
Maria Cline
Gambit laid everything from the picnic basket on the ground under the tree.
Leilee was watching him and thought /He brought enough food for Wolverine and Beast./ This thought made her giggle.
Gambit looked up and asked,"What's so funny, chare?"
"I was just thinking that you brought enough food to feed Wolverine and Beast." Leilee said.
Gambit chuckled,"Well, dey are not here. Tis only you and me. Why don't you sit down. I promise I won't bite."
Leilee smiled and said as she sat down,"I promise I won't bite either. Unless you want me to."
Gambit laughed again, "You know, Chere, We have been doing this a lot."
"What?" Leilee asked.
"Laughing. Ever since your group came de X-Men have all been laughing or smiling. Even old Wolverine. I can't figure it out, but I know that when you leave we'll all be very sad, especially me." Gambit said taking her hand. "I'll miss you a lot."
"We'll all miss you guys alot too." Leilee said looking into the eyes that had been referred to as demon eyes but all she could see was sadness.
"Non, I meant I"LL miss you." Gambit said reaching over and sliding the back of his hand down her cheek.
"I'll miss you a lot, too, Remy."
"I like the way it sounds when you say that. Say it again." Gambit said looking into her eyes.
"What?" Leilee asked as they were drawing closer.
"My name?" Gambit said inching closer.
"Remy." Leilee said as Gambit crossed what was left of the gap and kissed her. She kissed him back.
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Sammi was trying to find Maria she wanted to talk to her about Cara. Then she heard Hank's question she hurried up. She came around the corner to see Hank and Maria. Maria looked scared.
"Hi, Hank. Looking for these?" Sammi asked as she produced a bottle of aspirin.
"Oh, my stars and garters. You read my mind." Hank said taking the aspirin.
"No, I just figured that you would need them, with all of us dropping in. About that, I'm sorry I landed on you." Sammi said watching Hank taking the pills.
"No apologies needed. The aspirin made it all right. Now that there are two of you may I ask, Why is it you all acted really strange to see our fearless leader when you first showed up?"
Sammi looked at Maria. And said,"Hank, I'm sorry but I need Maria for some help with Teb, maybe we can talk about this later, Ok?" Sammi said taking Maria's arm and walking down the hall before he could answer.
"Thanks." Maria said.
"No prob. I was looking for you I wanted to talk to you about Cara and ask you something." Sammi said as they rounded the corner to her and Jonas's room. She opened the door and walked in motioning for Maria to follow.
"What about Cara?" Maria asked. /Maybe I'm not the only one who noticed./ She thought.
"No you’re not." Sammi said.
"I'm not what?"
"You’re not the only one who noticed a change in Cara. Wait, you thought that didn't you? I really got to learn how to use this." Sammi said lightly tapping her head.
"Hank said that Jean and the Professor did a scan and they found nothing wrong, but I still have a feeling that something is wrong."
"I know. But I can't figure out what." Sammi said looking puzzled.
"You said you wanted to ask me something." Maria said changing the subject.
"Yeah, can you tell me What exactly did happen with Logan and Scott?" Sammi said getting serious.
jubilee_79
Creed was feeling a lot better. His healing factor kicked in and had taken care of the headache he had earlier. The morning workout with Ryan was a good one with him teaching her a few new moves. She caught on quickly and almost took him down.
He was proud of her, and it showed. Right now she was shopping with Mystique again. He wanted to go with them but didn’t because he didn’t want to seem weak. Imagine, big and bad Sabertooth wanting to spend time with a girl, it would ruin his image.
Le Fae
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After Sammi and Jonas finished giving the basic tour of the mansion, Athena decided she needed some fresh air. She sat on a chaise lounge near the swimming pool. She just needed to collect her thoughts.
/Here I am in a world where my favorite comic book characters are real. Cool. The first thing I do when I meet Hank McCoy and Bobby Drake is faint. Not cool. All of the new people here seem to have amazing new powers. Cool. I don't seem to have any powers. Not cool. Well, now is probably not the time for self pity. Everyone here seems so preoccupied. I feel as though I'm intruding. They all act like they have known each other for years. I usually crave solitude, but this is one time where I would give anything for some company./
snowbaby
Ryan had ditched Mystique at the mall a few hours ago. She had told her that she wanted a smoke and so when she went outside she lit up and began walking. She just kept walking until she found herself in front of a familiar house.
Looking through her bag she found a pen and paper and began to write a note. She turned herself into a stray cat and walked onto the property. Hesitating only for a moment to make sure no alarms went off she ran towards the house.
As she came closer to the house she turned back into human form. Outside sitting by the pool was a girl who seemed to be lost in thought.
“Ahem”
“Oh, excuse me, I’m sorry I didn’t notice you walk up. Do you live here too?” The girl asked Ryan with a puzzled look on her face. She didn’t seem familiar, not a comic book hero then. Maybe she was like her and came from her world.
“No, I don’t. I have brought a message for the X-men. Could you please give it to them?”
Le Fae
"Sure, anyone in particular you want to give it to?" Athena, did not recognize the girl. No alarms went off when she came up, so she must belong here somewhere.
/Funny, I could have sworn there was a cat here just a minute ago. I never would have thought Xavier to be the type who had pets,/ she thought.
To the other girl she said, "I guess you must be in a hurry, since you don't want to give the message in person. If you'll just tell me who you would like it to go to, I'll be happy to play delivery person."
snowbaby
“I’m not in a hurry… I just don’t want to get hurt. Any of the X-men will do, but if you need a specific person I guess Maria or Cara will do fine.”
Ryan eyed the girl; she wasn’t at the club last night. They must have not told her what happened either. She seemed a little sad but then again everyone who was here was a little sad. The only bond Ryan could tell with the people she had met was that they seemed sad.
“You don’t want to get hurt??” The other girl broke her thoughts.
Le Fae
"I'll just go find Maria or Cara." Athena tried to smile, but it was difficult as she suddenly felt a little nervous.
She felt as if she had done something wrong, though she couldn't think of what. She just wanted to get away.
"Maybe I'll see you later, bye." Was all she could think to say as she ran back to the mansion.
She entered through the kitchen, and found Hank opening a bottle of water. As she came all the way into the kitchen she noticed he swallowed a little pill. That's when she saw the bottle of aspirin on the counter.
"I hope I didn't cause you to have a headache. It was so very rude of me to have fainted dead away. I've been just mortified with embarrassment ever since it happened. I just wasn't expecting any of this." She said as she punctuated her statement by gesturing around the room. "Not to change the subject, but have you seem Cara or Maria? Someone was just here and asked me to deliver a message to one of them. She seemed a little odd. She said she couldn't deliver the message in person, because she didn't want to get hurt."
Athena realized she had been rambling so quickly, she hadn't given the poor man a chance to speak. "Sorry," she drawled in her southern accent. "Sometimes I get carried away." Oh how she hated her accent, and to make matters worse, she just realized she was blushing!
/How humiliating. Now he will think I'm an idiot. Who in their right mind still faints and blushes in this century?/
snowbaby
Cara was in the Danger Room, facing off against Multiple Man. He was teaching her hand to hand combat skills.
Cara punched her fist into the palm of one hand; a duplicate Cara formed. Both Caras punched their fists into the palms of their other hands; there were now four Caras.
"That's as far as I can split at the moment..." she told Jamie.
It didn't hurt Cara so bad anymore when she split now...she was getting used to the feeling. And, though her duplicates were capable of individual thought, she was still connected with them all; both thought and emotion.
/But I couldn't sense what my first duplicate was feeling or thinking...that doesn't make sense!/ she thought to herself.
She wasn't fully aware of Arac's existance...only her subconscious mind was; the part of Cara that fought Arac for control. For now, all was silent in Cara's mind...Arac was asleep.
Cara watched as Multiple Man split into 2, then 4, then 8, and finally 16 different people!
"EEP!" yelped all four Caras...as four of the dupes lunged for them.
/Great! And I thought training with Gambit was hard!/ thought Cara, as she and the other Caras fought against the four Jamie's.
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