It was a warm autumn afternoon. She decided to go for a walk to clear her mind. She was 19 and had just graduated. What was she going to do with her life? Especially because of her secret. She was... different than the others. Although she thought of it as a gift, she was afraid to tell anyone. Not even her family knew.
Just as she concentrated on her feet, she bumped into someone. "Entschuldigung", she apologised and looked up to the persons face. It was breath taking. She looked into the most beautiful blue eyes, she had ever seen. They were as cold as steel, yet she felt suddenly a rush of heat flowing through her body. Entranced by his eyes, she didn't notice the smirk on his face.
"Ist nicht so schlimm... Helene", he replied. Her eyes widened. How could he know her name? She had never met him before! "Woher-", she began. "I know a lot about you, my dear. Why don't we sit and talk for a while?", he said switching into English and gestured to a bench near them. As they sat down she quickly examined the rest of his body. He had well-groomed white hair and wore black chinos. She could see through his black polo-neck sweater, that he had a well defined torso. What was she doing? A stranger just claimed to know something about her! He could know about her gift and she had nothing better to do than checking him out? Concentrate!
"So..", she said, also switching into English, "Who are you and what do you know about me?" She crossed the arms in front of her chest, raised one eyebrow and waited. He chuckled as he saw her challenging pose and answered: "My name is Erik Lehnsherr and I came all the way from America to meet you, Helene." She blinked. America? Was he kidding? "And why would you do such a thing?" "Because", he told her, "I know about your little secret and I need your abilities for my organisation." She couldn't say a word. He knows.. He's going to tell everyone and then they're going to - WAIT!
"Organisation? You're not a strange scientist, who will do creepy experiments with me?" He laughed at her comment. "No, I'm a mutant like you. I have special talents, too." She looked at him and he waved his hand. The street-lamp next to them began to bend in their direction. She was impressed.. and intimidated. "Why did you come here? I can't do things like that", she said pointing at the lamp, which now looked like a candy cane. "I know, but your abilities begin where mine end: plastic.", he replied and looked intensely at her. She blushed under his gaze.
He can control metal! Why would he need her? Plastic-controlling certainly isn't as useful as this, she said to herself again looking at the lamp. "Tell me about your organisation. What do you do?" He turned to see in her eyes and said seriously: "It's called 'The Brotherhood of Mutants'. The humans fear us and want get rid of us. We want the world to know, that the time for homo sapiens has ended and that homo superior will be the new sole rulers. With every means that are necessary" She had the feeling like someone had slapped her. "You can't do that! Not everybody hates us! You just -" "I see. And why, if I'm allowed to ask, haven't you told your family about your abilities yet?", he cut her off.
She looked down at her feet. The wind was blowing a warm breeze. Neither of them spoke for a while. She had the feeling he wouldn't say anything until she spoke it out loud. After a few minutes she raised her head and saw that he was looking at her with his piercing eyes. Not looking away she admitted: "I was afraid they'd be yelling at me... Fear me and.. Send me away" He grabbed her chin with one of his gloved hands. A shudder went through her and she blushed once again. "I'll give you three days", he said,"So you're able to find out how your family reacts to your mutation. If it's the reaction you described" which I'll make sure it is, he tought, "Here is my card. You can reach me at any day or night time. I'll be here to pick you up." He released her chin and gave her the card. After another deep look into her eyes he took her hand and raised it to his lips. "I'll be waiting for your call.", he whispered and his lips softly touched her knuckles, which caused her to blush for the third time. He rose elegant to his feet and with a last look at her he turned around and started to walk away, leaving her confused.
That was nearly too easy, he thought and chuckled. Mystique should be finished with her task. If she made her job right, we'll have a new recruit tonight... But I have to admit she has something, besides her abilities, which interests me...
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Notes: This is my first try to write something. Please don't be too harsh with me ^^ In the next chapter she'll confront her parents. That'll be fun ^^ And I'll describe Helene's powers better (: