Charles and Erik were sat in a pub just talking when they heard the door open and they saw a young woman walk in and sat at the bar. She had long wavy blonde that draped over her shoulders; she was wearing a short dark blue dress, black shoes and a leather jacket. She asked for a drink and the barman placed a martini in front of her.
Erik noticed that Charles was watching her, he looked at her "By the look of what she's wearing I would say that she is on a date with someone".
"There's something about her that looks familiar" Charles placed his forefingers on his temple "She is waiting for her boyfriend, she is 22 years old."
"Do you know what she is thinking?" Erik took a sip of his drink.
"She is thinking that… she is thinking about whom her parents are, she has never met her parents. She was placed in care as a baby but she was passed from family to family all of her life, she was never adopted" Charles felt sorry for her but for some reason, he felt that he knew her somehow.
She looked at her phone and then she typed into it with an angry expression on her face and then she took a sip of her drink.
"Her boyfriend has just broken up with her because he has met someone else and that he loves her," said Charles.
"What is she texting?" Erik asked.
"She saying that she knows that he cheated on her" Charles looked confused "but how could she possibly know that no one told her".
The young woman looked over her shoulder and saw Charles and Erik watching her and then she turned back to her drink. Charles felt a sharp pain on the side of his head "Ah!" Charles winced as he put his hand on his head.
"Charles?" Erik asked concerned.
"I'm alright, but I can't read her mind anymore" Charles looked at Erik and then back at the girl.
"Is she a telepath like you?" Erik sat up.
"No, she is different I don't think she is just a telepath." Charles took a sip of his drink.
The woman sat at the bar for a few more minutes until a tall muscular man approached her and started to talk "Hey beautiful, what's a pretty thing like you doing all alone? You should come and sit with us" the man pointed at his friends, they were sat in a corner of the pub and she could tell that they were bad news.
"No thank, I'm fine on my own." She sipped her drink.
When the man carried on talking to her Charles and Erik moved over to the bar when they realised that the man was clearly not taking no for an answer. "Hi we were just sat over there and we can tell that she clearly does not want to talk to you, so if I was you, I would go back over to your friends," Charles said firmly.
"Who the hell are you?" the man shouted.
Charles smiled "Charles Xavier and this is my friend Erik Lensherr".
"Now go and sit with your friends she has no interest in you," Erik said.
"I don't take orders from people, especially guys in wheelchairs" the man argued.
"Is that why you were going to spike this lady's drink?" said Charles and then he looked at the young woman that he and Erik were protecting and she looked at him. The man drew a handgun from the back of his trousers and pointed it down at Charles, but before he could shoot Charles the young woman sprang from her seat, Grabbed the man's arm forced his arm behind his back, and she pushed his face forward with her free hand, she slammed the man's face on the bar and he fell to the floor holding his broken nose.
"What the fuck! You freak!" the man shouted at her.
"Oh really?" She said as she bent down "Shall I show you how much of a freak I am". In a second her skin changed colour to a light blue.
"What the hell are you?" The man shouted as his blood spurted everywhere.
"I believe that the word is… Mutant" she smiled as she straightened up, she put some money on the bar and she walked out of the pub. After a few seconds, Charles and Erik left the pub to look for her. After running down the street and Charles going full speed on his wheelchair Charles and Erik found her.
"Excuse me," Charles said as he directed his wheelchair forwards so he could talk to the woman "Is it ok if we talk to you about something?"
"You are Professor Charles Xavier also known as Professor X, He is Erik Lensherr and he is known as Magneto. You run a school for gifted youngsters and you have put a team of mutants together and they are the X-men".
"How did you know all of that?" Erik asked.
"I knew that your friend here was trying to read my mind, and I read both of your minds. I know everything about you." She turned to look at Charles "I'm sorry about giving you that headache, but I didn't want you to find out too much about me".
"That's alright, but can we ask you a few questions?" Charles asked.
"Sure but I need to collect my stuff from the apartment that I shared with my ex and then I need to find out where I am going to sleep tonight" She looked down at Charles and then back at the road as she waited for a cab to drive past.
"What's your name?" Charles asked.
"Crystal. My name is Crystal" she answered.
"What's your last name?" Erik asked.
"I don't know. My birth records were destroyed when I was a child. So it's just Crystal."
"Tell you what. We will give you a lift so you can collect your stuff and then you can spend the night at the mansion" said Charles.
"Really? Would that be ok with you?" Crystal asked.
"Of course, but we need to ask you about your mutation." Charles smiled.
"Ok, but it will take a while." Crystal smiled.
Erik drove Crystal to the apartment to collect her stuff, she gave him all of the directions, and he parked the car outside a block of flats and they all got out and Erik helped Charles into his wheelchair. "Right, is this it?" Erik asked.
"Yep, I just need to pack my clothes, laptop and some stuff that's all," Crystal said as she walked through the doors leading to the apartment complex followed by Charles and Erik. They took the lift to the second floor and they travelled down a corridor until they arrived at a door.
"Here we are," said Crystal as she stood in front of the door.
"Do you have a key?" Charles asked.
"Yeah but…" She stretched her arms "Where's the fun in that" she held her arm and she positioned he hand at a 90˚ angle with her fingers separated "Get back" she said. Charles and Erik moved back and watched as a small red light was shot out of her hand and it blasted down the door and she walked in "It's open" she laughed.
"I like her" Erik said to Charles.
A few minutes later Crystal walked out of her old bedroom wearing dark blue skinny jeans, a white crop top, a leather jacket and biker boots. She was dragging a suitcase in on hand and a carryon bag in the other "Everything is packed and ready to go" she said with a smug smile on her face.
Charles saw the smile on her face "What did you do?" he asked and Erik walked around her and looked into the room.
"She's destroyed everything" Erik smiled "But I'd say that you're taking everything very well."
"I cried last night all my tears out last night, he isn't worth the effort" She walked towards the door.
"She's tough," Charles said.
They all took the elevator back down to the ground floor and they left the apartment complex and Erik put the bags' in the boot of the car but then he saw Crystal staring at an orange BMW "That's a nice car" he said as he walked over and stood beside her.
"Yeah, it was" She starred at the car, the windows broke and the glass went everywhere, and dents appeared on the car and then she walked towards a motorbike.
"How did you do that?" Erik asked with a surprised look on his face.
"I can manipulate metal and other materials," she said as she sat on a bike "I'll just follow you to the X mansion"
"Ok, but don't you have a helmet?" said Charles.
"I don't need on, I can heal myself and I just put a force field over me so I won't get into an accident." She smiled and moved her hand to the side and the car door opened "Calm you mind Charles".
Charles did what he was told and then Crystal turned her hand around so that her palm was facing upwards and she slowly lifted her hand up so that it was at the same height as her shoulder and Charles remained still as he was lifted into the air and placed on one of the backseats in the car and then she moved her hand and the door closed. Erik got into the car and he drove to the mansion with Crystal closely following on her motorcycle. Once they had got to the mansion they drove up the drive and Erik parked the car and Crystal propped her bike up against a tree.
"So this is the X-mansion?" Crystal said as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, this is home," Charles said as Erik lifted him out of the car and placed him in wheelchair "Right, do you fancy the grand tour".
They went into the mansion and they proceeded to Charles's study "So tell me about yourself, Crystal." Said Charles.
"There's not much to tell. I was in care until the age of eighteen; I worked for the CIA until they found out that I was a mutant, they kicked me out and I have been hunted by the Government ever since, I have been acting like a superhero for a while. Just really saving children, solving murders and catching thieves" Crystal sat down on the sofa.
"What are your powers?" Charles asked.
"Telepathy, Telekinesis, I can change into whoever I want, I have angel wings, I can control the weather, I can control metal and other objects, I can absorb the powers and life of other mutants, I can hypnotise people, I can also cause pain to others, I can make people see and feel what they are scared of, Healing and the ability to heal others, agility, stamina, I can control the elements, Hellfire, magic and energy manipulation, astral projection, metal claws and I can see the future. That's everything" Crystal looked at Charles.
"So, in a way you are the ultimate mutant," Erik added.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that, but I prefer to go by the name Sorceress" Crystal smiled.
"Can you control all of your powers?" Charles asked.
"Yes, I got my powers when I was 5 years old and I kept it secret for the whole of my life" Crystal looked at Erik and then back at Charles.
"You said that you have angel wings, can you show us?" Charles asked.
"OK." Crystal stood up and took her jacket off, a few seconds later feathered wings emerged from her back "So, this is what my angel wings look like" and then the feathered wings disappeared into her back.
"Move something with your mind" Erik scoffed.
Crystal stared at Erik as the window flew open behind her and a chair moved towards him forcing him to sit down "Is that good enough for you or do I have to lift Charles up into the air again?"
"That's perfect" Charles smiled "How do you feel about becoming an X-Men?".
"Really? Are you sure?" Crystal asked.
"I'm sure. You have a unique mutation; I have never seen anyone like you" Charles lifted up his hand to his temple "May I?"
Crystal nodded and Charles placed his forefingers on his temple and read her mind. After he had read her mind a tear began to trickle down his cheek and he wiped it away "Your poor girl, how did you manage to survive all of that?"
"By not letting my emotions take control." She looked at Erik "You weren't the only one in that prison, but I was experimented on and they intended on making me a weapon to kill all mutants".
"Why did they use you?" Erik asked.
"Because I can absorb the power of other mutants and I can take it away from them". She looked at Charles with a sad look on her face "I managed to break the chains and then I used my powers to make a hole in the wall and I escaped that way".
"Crystal has been in hiding ever since" Charles looked up at Crystal and he smiled "I can offer you protected from those who want to harm you".
"Where do I sign up?" Crystal smiled.