CHAPTER ONE: ONE BECOMES FOUR

"Damn! This girl is fast how are we supposed to catch her?" asked an agitated Scott Summers also know as Cyclops. "I don't know" said Maraura Minro also know as Storm, "But we have to keep trying she is causing quite a problem for this town." They kept up with every step she took, and she with them every time they closed in she would get away, "DAMN IT!" shouted Scott "How does she keep getting away!". "She has speed, she can teleport, and she can turn invisible! What's next lazars?" he stated heatedly. Then with out him noticing something shot through the trees and hit him in the back, Scott went flying and hit a tree. "Scott!" shouted Storm, she rushed to his side and helped him to stand. "Holly hell, that girl shot me from 50 yards away and made me fly 100 yards", "And by the way" came the little girls voice. "I can shoot lazars and much more" she said with a mischievous giggle her voice range out through the forest and echoed all around, "Okay its official this girl has got to come down" said Storm. "I'm so glade that you finally agree with me" said Scott "so this mean we can use brut force now?" he asked sounding anxious, "Not yet just one more time with words…then we can use force" she said sounding reluctant.

Scott nodded and let Storm handle it before it was his turn. "Hello! Are you still with us?" Storm called out. "Of course I am, it's been a long time since I had anyone to play with" said the little girls voice as it range out through the trees, "She calls this playing?" said Scott sounding annoyed. "Shh" said Storm as she turned back to where the girl's voice came form, "Well why don't you come out so we can play some where else? Some where more fun". "I don't think that is such a good idea" said the girl's voice, "Why not!" Scott said heatedly, Storm shot him a death glair. "Because, you! Scott Summers are angry with me and I don't like angry people", "I wouldn't be angry if you would stop playing these stupid games, and how did you know my name?" he asked sound curios this time. She giggled and said "I told you I could do much more", "You can read minds?" asked Storm. "Naturally" said the girls voice as looked down at them invisible, "do you still wish to use brut force Scott Summers or do you wish to do this Mrs. Maraura Minro's way or should I call you Storm?". "Na I like Storm's way" said Scott, "And you can call me Storm" said Storm to the girl. "But what shale I ask do we call you?" Storm asked the girl, "You can call me Aiona" said the girl's voice.

"Aiona? That is a pretty name" said Storm, "Why do they call you that?" she asked. "Because I'm the only one of my kind" said the girl as she jumped to a near by tree. "No you aren't we are Mutants just like you" said Scott, "No not like that" said the girl with a giggle. "I mean that I am the only Mutant that can control more than one power at a time", "Really?" said Storm with curiosity. "Yeah…say Scott through a fire ball at me and you an ice ball. I could stop both with an ice ball and fire ball to retaliate with, do you understand now when I mean multiple power control?" asked the girl. "Yes I do and I think that what you can do is quiet amazing and dangerous, don't you want to learn how to control those powers of yours?" Storm asked. "Oh but I can, I'm doing it right now by talking to you through my thoughts, and staying invisible". "You're psychic?" said Scott sounding amazed, "Yeah what would you be expecting my really voice…just because I'm talking to you now doesn't mean I trust you." "Waite you said something not being your really voice" said Storm "Are you disguise your really voice while you are doing all of those other powers of yours?" Storm asked. "Yes" said Aiona, "So tell me Aiona are you a girl or a boy?" asked Storm, "A girl" said she said in a casual tone. "Really you would know by my name would you not", "But you can disguise your self and your voice so you could have been lying to us before" said Scott this time. "I assure you both that I'm not a liar, and I would never lie to anyone about my identity unless it is necessary" said Aiona.

"So you are not a liar but you are a thief" said Scott, "I only take what we need to survive I don't steal everything like a robber does!" said Aiona defensively. "She said we" Storm said to Scott, "So you caught that did you…your not as Dum as I thought you to are or would be", "Is that suppose to be a complement?" Scott asked Storm as he looked over at her. Storm shrugged her shoulders as she looked at him they heard another mischievous giggle and said "I like you two wouldn't you agree girls?" Aiona asked around to the trees, more fits of giggles erupted. "How many are there of you?" Storm asked standing back to back now with Scott, "Don't worry we only out number you by two" said Aiona. "And they won't hurt you not with out my say so anyways" she said again, "Oh great we have been talking to the leader the whole time and on top of that they are all girls!" said Scott sounding a little annoyed. "Are you afraid of being beat by a girl Mr. Summers?" asked a different girls voice this time, "NO!" he said sounding very defensive. "Ooo! I think I hit a sour spot" said the same girl's voice, laughter came from every direction.

"Alright girls' that is enough you don't want to hurt the mans pride to badly now do we Ceres?" came Aiona's voice. "No I guess not" said Ceres, "This is fun keep it up Aiona!" came the excited voice of another girl. "I agree with Luna" said Ceres, "I don't care if you all are enjoying this it's not funny to humiliate people…at least not all the time" she said. The girls and even Storm broke in to fits of giggles, "Thanks a lot Storm!" said Scott in an annoyed huff, "Oh come on Scott their only girls and they are only playing" she said. "Oh! So now you're going to defend them" Scott said sounding very pissed off at the moment, "Alright enough games I want you four down here when I count to three! And I want you to show your selves". "Scott I don't think…" Storm never got to finish for Scott was ignoring her and counting any way. When he reached three there was no sound there was only the whispering of the wind, then after what fell like a good ten minutes when it was only 5 seconds. They heard Ceres's voice "Who does he think he is our dad?", "He can't be we all don't have parents" came Luna's voice. Then they heard more fits of giggles, "Either they are crazy or they don't care that we are here to help them" said Storm. "I'm guessing both" said Scott after he had heard all her needed to form the girls.

They where Four mutant girls hiding to protect them selves and they all had no parents, they had to steal to survive and they where in grave danger every time they did it. The only people they have in this world is each other, and then it hit Scott if the oldest was the leader then maybe he could persuade her to come back with Storm and him for the younger ones sake. "Aiona are you the oldest?" Scott asked, "Yes" she said. "How old are you?" he asked, "What does that have to do with anything?" Storm asked, "Shh!" he said in a hurry when he heard Aiona's answer. "17, why do you ask Scott Summers?" she said sounding suspicious, "How old are the other girls?" he asked ignoring her question. "Answer Aiona's question or we will tell you noting?" came Ceres's voice, "I just want to know how old you all are so I can understand why you all have such smart mouths" said Scott. There was a silence and they heard Ceres say "I'm not saying a thing you can talk for us Aiona, because now this guy is just being an Ass!" Ceres sounded annoyed. "Well looks like Ceres can dish it but can't take it" said Scott sounding satisfied "Well you got that wrong fag boy so shut it!" she said in retaliation. "Why you no good spoiled brat!" he shouted, Ceres was about to open her mouth to say what she really thought of him, when Storm and Aiona shouted "Enough!". Scott looked like he wanted to say something else but held his tongue on the account that this was a peace mission to pick up the kids, "Scott you are a grown man arguing with teenager's this isn't high school any more so grown up!" said Storm with a huff.

"I quiet agree! Ceres no more bickering I did not even want this to go on as long as it has so drop it" said Aiona; they heard Ceres let out a huff before she answered. "What ever you say Aiona", "Thank you, and as for your question Scott Summers Ceres is 15. Luna is 13, and the one you haven't heard form yet her name is Helen she is 11 and is very shy she doesn't talk to people she does not know." "Very smart" Said Storm approvingly, "I would say so I Have raised her and the other two form when they where just tots Mrs. Storm" said Aiona. "That is cute your all two years a part…wait wouldn't that mean that you where raising them from when you where 2?" Storm asked confused. "No not exactly" said Aiona "you see I was put in charge of them I was seven when I was first had Ceres bestowed upon me she was five. Two years after that I was given Luna she was also five years old, and then two years after that I was given Helen and she was also five years old." "You said they where bestowed upon you does that mean they where just given to you as…", "Gifts? No, they where given to me so I could raise them as my own girls" said Aiona.

'She has been raising kids since seven years old! This girl talk like an adult and acts like an adult in some form and way, she has never know what it is like to be a kid' Storm thought . 'We have to help her' she thought and then looked at he trees really hard to see if she could see them, right when the sun past over one of them she could see their shadows they where spread out among the trees in a square. Surrounding her and Scott, "Aiona please we know what you have been through all Mutants know each others pain" said Storm. "I lost my mother and sister to an evil Mutant named Magnido, and my father was a human as where my mother and sister. But I lost my father to the police force he died in a shoot out, trying to bust a drug deal." Storm and Scott could hear sniffles coming from a new person they had not heard before, 'this must be Helen' Storm thought as she turned to the direction of the sniffles. A clear shadow like figure appeared beside Helen and seemed what looked like put a protective arm around her.

"Helen would like me to tell you that she is sorry for you loses Mrs. Storm" this voice Storm now knew belong to Aiona, And then they saw the other figures move to Helen and Aiona. The second tallest spoke next "we are all sorry" this voice they knew to be Ceres, Storm looked at them with a sweet smile and said "Thank you". "Will you show your selves now?" asked Scott, "No Mr. Summers my friends will not be showing their selves I on the other hand…will" she said letting down her invisible shield, Storm gasped. Scott went pail, he looked as if he had seen a ghost but that is not what he saw. What he saw was a 17 year old girl with long black hair, her eyes where chest nut brown, and her skin was naturally a light tan. For a mutant that was on the run you would think that she was dirty and raggedy looking but she wasn't her hair was straight and shinny, her skin was not tarnished with dirt, her full lips where not cracked and dry. Her teeth where a pearly white, and her sent was of Jasmine "I'm guessing you girls had a bath before we got here" said Scott as her looked Aiona up and down".

Aiona smirked "so you noticed, I somehow knew that you would be like any other male looking at me the why you are now". Scotts cheeked burned brighter than his sunglasses did when he shout his Lazars, they both heard the Three girls giggle with satisfaction over his embarrassment. "After reading your thoughts Mr. Summers and seeing what you had to offer me and my friends I have decided to listen to you and Mrs. Storm's proposal that you have prepared." "Good then lets get started then shall we?" asked Storm, "I how ever have one thing to offer you" said Aiona physically now but it was still not her own voice. "And what is that?" asked Scott, "If my friends and I don't like what you have to offer you must leave us and never come looking for us again!" she said this with great authority in her voice. "Do I have your promise Mrs. Storm?" asked Aiona, "I don't think I have a choose but to except it, do I"? Storm said looking at Aiona.

She watched as a grin came to her face and she says "You catch on fast Storm bringer", Storm smiled at the girls again and said "I haven't been called that in many of years". "I like it" said Ceres, "Me too!" said Luna, Aiona turned her head down to Helen; she watched a smile appear upon the girls face. Aiona stood up right and said "Helen says me three and she says she thinks you are a very beautiful woman said "Hurry Scott I want to take these sweet children home with me". She heard giggles come from the girls at the sight of Scotts face when he heard her say "sweet little girls", "A-All right Storm what ever you say" he said when he turned to look at the girls. "Now every thing that I'm going to tell you is very important so you must listen, very carefully do you understand?" he asked. "We are teenager's man not little kids! So get on with it and stop talking so slow" Said the inpatient voice of Ceres, Scott turned to Storm with an annoyed look on his face. He pointed up with his hand and said "You call that sweet?" "Oh! Come on Scott get on with it" said Storm encouraging him to keep going or other wise they would be late. Scott pushed the anger down that he was feeling building up from Ceres's smart mouth and turned back to the children with a comma expression and began to explain where they would be living, How they could help them.