Katie had nothing against these people. Honestly, they hadn't done anything to her, and she had done nothing to them, so why would she have anything against them? Other than that they were mutants, but she was too. There was just one major difference between herself and them.

They were freaking idiots!

Katie arrived to the Brotherhood mansion to find it a wreak. Mystique, otherwise known as her principle Ms. Darkholme, had approached her while she was in school. Her abilities had come in long ago, but she had no control. The only reason why Katie had gone with Mystique was because of Rogue, a girl who had no power over her "gifts" just like Katie.

Skin on skin contact with Katie can make use of what she touches disappear. Katie found her curse when she was with her boyfriend and ran her fingers over his arms lightly. When she pulled away, he couldn't move them for four weeks. And he was indefinitely mute. Such a thing made Katie never want to touch anyone again. Sure, it wasn't as bad as Rogue's, but even Rogue could sympathize. If Katie wanted, she knew she could kill with her power.

So, as she sat at the Brotherhood's home, Katie suddenly wanted to live on the street. Rogue was next to her, covered in light cloth and her hands held in leather gloves. Katie knew she would have to buy her own pair, but it was hard to find some nice gloves. "Katie, I expect you and Rogue to get along and make sure that those idiots don't mess things up. If they do, I'm sure you two can handle it," Mystique said as she left the house for the night.

Katie nodded. "What time should we be asleep?"

"I don't care. Early enough for you to be at school tomorrow and not get into trouble." Katie turned back to the television, grabbing the remote. Rogue was quiet as she did her algebra homework.

"Do I have something to look forward to tomorrow?" Katie asked Rogue. There was a silent agreement between them that they were together through everything. No secrets would be hidden from the other.

"Other than the X-geeks? Not much. Although, they're worth going to bed early to deal with them," Rogue replied in her southern accent. (I'm sorry, I don't notice how we say things, so I can't do the whole "Ah" and "mah" and all of that. I'll include things I notice, but... neither does Jemma) Katie nodded with a heavy sigh.

"Then I need to hit the sack. I'm not very nice already," she mumbled before stretching out over the couch. Lance poked her. "The heck you want?"

"That's where I sleep," he said blankly. Katie grab him a look before flicking him in the head, the blanket covering her skin. "Hey!"

"Too bad. Find somewhere else."


The next morning, Katie was not in the mood. Lance had woken her up by arguing with Pietro, who then proceeded to annoy Katie worse by making fun of her clothes and over sized sweatshirt. Then Toad ate a fly right next to her ear, licking it in the process and now he won't be speaking right for the next few days, and to top it off, Fred ate the good cereal.

Not a good morning.

Everyone avoided Katie when she got to school with the exception of Rogue, who found it be a normal day. "I cannot believe those idiots!" Katie seethed as she found her locker right next to Rouge's. The girl with pure white bangs opened her locker casually.

"I've been sayin' that since I got here." She grabbed the books for her first hour, which Katie was not lucky to have with her. "Don't worry, pretty soon it won't even phase you. It doesn't phase me now."

Katie sighed heavily, leaning against her locker with her book clutched to her chest. "I hope so. Can you show me where my class is, Rogue?" Rogue nodded once before a redhead swung next to Katie.

"Hey, you're Katie Jones, right? The new girl?" Katie looked at Rogue, who rolled her eyes and made a sound of disgust. "I'm Jean Grey, and I'm supposed to show you around and the works."

"Sorry, X-geek, but I already have someone to show me the ropes," Katie said with a fake smile. "I just don't trust myself around people who attack girls while they're pretty far out of it." Rogue winked at Katie before handing a pair of gloves that Rogue had as extra. Jean looked surprised as they walked past her, bumping her on both sides.

"Did you see the look on her face?!" Katie laughed when they were a good bit away. Rogue had a happy look on her face. "She was so surprised at what I said. As though she had no clue..." Katie trailed off, thinking for a second. When Rogue pulled her to a stop, she looked inside the classroom. "I guess I have to be nice to the other geeks, huh?"

"Yeah, especially the ones in this class. One of them could teleport you away, and the other could drag you through a wall," Rogue informed Katie, who blanched. "Of course, all you have to do is show a little skin. Just like me." Rogue waved bye and Katie sighed heavily.

Katie took a seat in the back. She hoped that she would be enough to keep her from being noticed. Until she found out that there were assigned seats and she had to sit next to Kitty Pride, who talked incessantly and constantly said "like", which annoyed Katie to no end. On her other side sat a German boy who was eating and spoke with his hands all weird. Forget how weird he wrote.

Second hour was with Lance, which was way better than how she thought it would be. If she could talk to him without his eyes wandering over to Kitty Pride, also in this class. And in fourth hour... and lunch... and sixth period. Lance was only with lunch and sixth besides second hour. Her third period was with Kurt, who turned out to be not as bad during third period.

At lunch, Katie had the pleasure of meeting Scott Summers and stopping a fight between him and Lance. She nearly beat Lance for it, but settled with taking away the power of this pinky for an hour. That felt way better than it probably should have.

At the end of the day, she felt that her annoyance only increased when someone nearly ran over her with his skateboard. She fell down to the side as she was on her way to meet up with Rogue and wait for her whilst she and Scott Summers practiced for some literature thing. "Hey, watch where you're going!" she yelled after him.

The boy pulled up to a stop, and Katie pulled a loose black strand from her Dutch braid. "You're with the Brotherhood," he said, and a spike flew next to her arm, pinning her to the ground. "Where is he?!"

"Who're you talking about?" Katie asked, trying to take the spike out. "I haven't even done anything with those idiots... Other than take Lance's bed. That couch is so uncomfortable." She pulled it out, and examined the hole in her shirt. "I actually like this shirt..." Katie glared at the boy with grey eyes.

"Where's Kurt?! I'm not asking again, man!"

"I'm not a man, first off! Second off, Toad I hear you all the way over here!" Katie turned to see the boy with a dysfunctional tongue trying to catch some flies. "I thought you learned your lesson this morning." She pulled off her glove just to scare him. She really did not like how that boy reeked. No body should smell that bad.

"'Ey, 'ey! I blend't blo nuffin!" Toad said, hands protecting himself. Katie smirked, and turned back to the guy who ran over her.

"If you're lookin' for someone, then go ask him. I'll serve my use," she said, bowing for him to lead the way. "And I'm Katie Jones."

"Yeah," he snorted, "I know. I'm Evan, but you can call me Spyke." He threw a spike and Toad was lodged on the tree.

Katie was surprised to see the device on the ground. She grabbed it, flipping it over and over until the thing was pointing at the nearest tree that Toad wasn't stuck to involuntarily. She hit a button and the tree disappeared. "Wicked! But, I think I know what happened to your pal..."

Evan groaned as Rogue came behind Katie. "I see you've acquainted yourself. Now let's go." Rogue grabbed Katie's wrist and began leading her away towards the back of the school. "You're coming with me to get back blue boy."

"Who?" Katie asked cluelessly.

"Follow me." Katie put up no fight as Rogue dragged her, and the machine, into what looked like a basement. There were three other X-Men already there, Kitty Pride, Jean Grey, and Scott Summers. "This is the last place I saw blue boy," Rogue said to Summers, making it clear that Katie was really just back up. Katie took off her gloves, shoving them in her pocket and thanking her lucky stars for the self defense classes she had taken as a younger teenager.

"I swear, if you hurt him-"

"Don't go threatenin' me now, or you'll never see your friend again!" Rogue interrupted Scott. Katie crossed her arms as she felt a shiver go through her. She heard two of the geeks say something that made her positively confused.

"I'm sorry, what language were you speaking? I speak English," Katie said when they were done. Kitty rolled her eyes and Spyke glared at her.

"It means they're in another dimension or something like that," Kitty translated. Katie thought about it.

"So we fry it," Scott said simply. Katie shrugged and stepped back with Rogue, who crossed her arms.

"Thanks," she whispered to Katie. "I just don't like having anyone else to back me up, y'know?"

"As if I'd trust them either," Katie whispered back as Scott was prepping to destroy the machine in general.

"Y'know, I could just, like, short the fuse, right?" Everyone gave Kitty a blank look, to which Katie nearly bust out laughing at. "Okay, never mind, forget I said anything." Katie gave her a grin as she muttered something to Jean. Then something blue appeared.

"Reset. Don't-" he disappeared just as quickly. Katie frowned.

"What'd he say?" Jean asked, and Kitty shrugged.

"He said 'reset don't', like don't reset," Spyke answered. "He wants you to blow it up, man."

"I think we should reset it," Katie spoke up. "Otherwise he wouldn't have appeared at all." Every single on of the X-Men in the room ignored her. "What the heck? Am I a ghost now or something?"

"Yeah, that's what generally happens."

"No, it sounded more like a warning," Scott said thoughfully.

"From the Fuzzball himself?"

"He may be a joker, but he knows when to get serious." Scott began using his hands as he spoke. "If he wanted us to not reset it, then why say reset first? I think he wants us to reset it."

"And we're totally ghosts," Katie mumbled to Rogue as she frowned. "This is dumb. Why are we even here? This ain't our problem."

"It's the right thing to do. Besides, I was the last person to see him."

Katie shrugged, feeling bad about what she'd said. She had been told several times that she only looked out for herself. "Sorry. I didn't think about that, Rogue."

"Don't feel bad. I didn't tell you," Rogue said before a light burst forth. Katie nearly fell from the burst of energy, and shielded her eyes. She opened them when Lance and the boys decided to make an appearance.

"Back off, guys!" Katie yelled, standing in front of the X-Men. "Otherwise, when it's you stuck in another dimension, you aren't getting any help from me." Lance sneered at her, and the roof above her shook. As it fell, some of the rocks hit Katie, and her vision blurred before Kitty Pride grabbed hold of her and pulled her out of the rubble.

"I'm going to get you," Katie said, breathing heavily. Rogue sat beside her. "Ro, do me a favor. Get Kurt back through. He ain't half bad in my opinion... I'll get Lance... when I wake up." Her eyes closed, and Rogue glared at the boys.

"Mystique sent us to look for you both," Lance said. "So you with us, or them?"

"You're with Mystique?!"

"Summers, you got your friends and I got mine." Katie felt herself being lifted. "And this ain't our fight. Just know now, any of you get as unlucky as blue boy, and I'm not helping any of you." Katie smiled as she faded into darkness.