After Apocalpse's defeat, life was good for the X-Men, including Tabitha.
The experience matured her, changing her behaviour drastically and turning her into the well behaved Tabitha nobody knew was possible.
She didn't go around throwing her 'Time-Bombs' into mail boxes or stealing Lance's jeep.
Instead, she knuckled down with school work, being home-school by Beast, Storm and Professor Xavier and was almost on 'Beast Level' in the danger room, which was pretty good and was much less reckless.
She did, however, team-up with the reformed Brotherhood every now and then, co-led by Quicksilver and Avalanche and the X-Men whenever she chose, choosing to focus on being with the X-Men.
However, she still knew how to have fun and went back to her old ways, occasionally, but not nearly as reckless and a mutant, she still had to put up with the hate and the attacks and the abuse but it was nothing she couldn't handle.
She no longer went by the codename 'Boom-Boom' and, instead liked to call herself 'Meltdown.'

She left the institute one day in June, making sure nobody saw her.
She was meeting with someone in a cafe on the other side of Bayville.
She had a small, wrapped gift in the pocket of her purple hoodie.
She walked through the gate and began walking across town, insuring that the gift didn't fall out of her pocket.
Eventually, she reached the cafe.
Tabitha entered the cafe.
It was a pretty popular place.
It was mutant friendly, being one of the only mutant friendly business in Bayville.
The food and drinks were beyond excellent and every thing (aside from soft drinks and things of that nature.) was home-made.
The main attraction, however, was the stage, located in the middle of the cafe.
It wasn't the biggest stage in the world but big enough for a band to play on.
As Tabitha entered the cafe, she heard the sound of a beautiful singing voice, up on the stage.
That singer, was Alison Blaire, the cafe's main attraction and the love of Tabitha's life.
Quite a lot people were there just to watch her. Tabitha reached the counter and ordered two cups of coffee.
"Can you do them for when Alison's finished?" Tabitha asked "So it's still warm."
The girl at the counter said "Of course. Anything for Ali's girlfriend.
"Thanks, Claire." Tabitha said
"No problem."
Tabitha sat down at a table near the window.
After sitting down, all of her attention was focused on Alison.
She didn't recognise the song she Sang but that didn't matter.
Tabitha was focused on how beautiful Alison looked.
She moved across the stage with such rhythm and grace.
'We've been together for a week.' Tabby realised. 'But i can't get over how beautiful she looks.'
Tabitha gazed at Alison's baby-blue eyes and how they sparkled when she performed.
Music was her passion.
She watched as her long, golden-blonde hair swayed in time with the music.
Alison finished her performance by letting out some colourful, bright lights from her body.

Her mutation: Alison can transduce sonic vibrations into various types of light, preferring to use music.
This allowed her performances to be unique.
She could also absorb the sonic vibrations and store them in her body for later.
Alison was given a round of applause by everyone in the cafe, with Tabitha making sure to clap extra-loud.
She took a bow before jumping down from the stage and running over to Tabitha, just as the coffee arrived.
"Ali, you were great!" Tabitha said, placing a kiss on the shorter blonde's lips and pulling her into a hug.
"Really, Tabby?" Ali asked, hugging Tabitha back. "I was so nervous."
"You were AMAZING, Ali." Tabitha said. "Now sit down, I've got something for you."
Both girls sat down at the table, opposite each other and Tabitha reached into her pocket.
"Ta-da!" She said, revealing the gift.
"What is it?" Alison asked.
"You'll just have to open it and find out, now won't you?" Tabitha asked, grinning.
Alison carefully teared the wrapping paper off, revealing a small box inside.
Ali opened up the box and saw a necklace inside. It was a red ruby in the shape of a heart.
Alison saw that it had 'Alison + Tabitha' engraved in small letters.
Alison stared at it for a moment, not sure what to say.
"So." Tabitha said after swallowing some coffee. "do you like it?"
"Tabby, I love it." Alison leant forward to kiss Tabitha but Alison, being quite short, couldn't quite reach across the table.
Both girls laughed and Tabitha leant forward and both girls kissed.
"C'mon." Tabitha said "Let's go somewhere."
Both girl's stood, picking up the two coffee cups and leaving the cafe.
Alison put the necklace around her neck.
"How do I look?"
"Beautiful." Tabitha said wrapping an arm around Alison's waist as Alison rested her head on Tabitha's shoulder.

As they walked, Alison glanced across the street.
She saw a little girl running down the street, three large men ran close behind her with baseball bats.
"Tabby, look over there." Alison pointed over the street.
"What's going on?"
"We have to help that girl." Alison said.
Both girls crossed the street, just as the girl ran into an alley, followed by the men.
Tabitha and Alison ran into the alley.
The girl was cornered by the three men.
Tabitha threw a time-bomb at the men's feet, getting their attention.
The men turned around, holding their baseball bats, ready to attack.
"They're muties" One man, obviously the leader, said. "Get 'em."
The two other men charged Tabitha and Alison, swinging their bats at them.
The girls both dodged the attacks with ease, giving both men a hard kick each.
"Tabby, baby, keep 'em distracted." Alison said.
Tabitha nodded and threw a time-bomb at each of the men, throwing them to the ground.
While the thugs were distracted, Alison ran over the little girl, huddled in the corner.
"What's your name?" Alison asked the girl
"Emily." The girl replied, nervously.
"Ok, Emily." Alison said "When i shout, i need you to cover your eyes, ok?"
Emily nodded.
"Hey!" Alison shouted "Over here, idiots! Emily and Tabitha covered their eyes and the men turned to Alison.
Alison used her power and a bright, white light pulsed from her body, crouching over Emily and protecting her from being blinded by the bright light.
After the light went away, the men were thrown to the ground.
"My eyes..." the leader said, clutching his eyes. "You blinded me!"
"That should go away in about an hour." Alison said "The cops are gonna pick you up soon."

Alison turned to Emily "Are you ok?" She asked
"Yeah." she said "Thanks for saving me."
"Why were they chasing you anyway?" Tabitha asked.
"It's cuz im a mutant." Emily replied.
"What can you do?" Tabitha asked.
"I can control the ground." Emily said "Levitating some pebbles a few feet above the ground.

Suddenly, the trio were approached by two people.
One was a red-headed woman in a full-black, leather suit and some odd blue glowing things on her wrists.
The other was a man with short, blond hair.
He wore a black uniform and carried a bow and a quiver filled with arrows on his back.
He also wore sunglasses with red lenses.
"Excuse us." the woman said. "Director Fury would like a word with you two."