Storm stood by, to watch the senator Kelly's vitals as he lay dying. She didn't know why she volunteered for this. She disliked the senator very much, but there was something that made him vulnerable that made her feel sorry for him. "Is someone there?" she heard him call out.

"Yes," she said walking over to him. "I'm here." As she walked over to the table, he grabbed her left arm.

"Please don't leave me," he pleaded. "I don't want to be alone."

"Alright," Storm said. She looked over the dying man and saw that there was water coming out of his body.

"Do you hate normal people?" the senator asked, bringing Storm out of her thoughts.

"Sometimes," she replied carefully.

"Why?"

"I suppose..." she hesitated; she'd never told anyone this before. Not even her best friend Jean Grey. "I'm afraid of them."

"Well..." Kelly said slowly. "I think you've got one less... person to... to be afraid of."

Storm didn't understand, at first what he meant. But, as the senator started to make a gurgling sound, water started to squirt out from his body. She gasped and jerked her arm away as water started to squirt from his arm. Her jerking motion caused the arm to explode like a water balloon. Senator Kelly's body turned into a large heap of water right before her eyes, and then rushed over the edges. Storm bolted out of the room, terrified at what she'd just seen. She ran as far away from the infirmary as possible until she reached the Professor's door. She quickly composed herself and opened the door. "Hey," she heard Logan say. Obviously she'd arrived just in time. "Why don't you take your mission and-"

Everyone turned to look at her when she opened the door. "Senator Kelly is dead," she said slowly, still not believing what she had seen.

"I'm going to find her," Charles said, determinedly "Settle this." With that they left the office. Jean, Scott and Logan came out, and all but Jean went to go find a uniform.

"Hey," Jean said to Storm. "You look a little shaken. What happened?"

"He-he," Storm stopped and took a shaky breath. "He turned to water right before my eyes."

"And he was probably holding on to you, judging by the water stain on your sleeve."

Storm nodded. "Why don't you go upstairs and change. Scott'll be getting ready to debrief us any moment now."

Storm was relieved and thanked her friend for her understanding.