Hey guys, Phoenix here! This is the rewrite of All The Tears! Finally, it's happening! So let's jump into the story! This was sorta inspired by the song 'Message Man' from Twenty One Pilots, it kinda describes Ruby so check it out!
She had no idea what would happen when she walked into that room. A room full of people. People who were like her, but they weren't like her at the same time. Sure they were mutants, but they weren't like her age wise and physically. Ruby was still shocked after her volleyball game those two grown men came up to her. They had introduced themselves as Charles Xavier and Eric Lehnsherr. They had wanted her to join a recruit of mutants for the government. They wanted a ten year old to become apart of the government. Great. Not only was she going to meet a bunch of strangers, but they were all older than her. Ruby remembered walking with the men to her cottage style house in Michigan, her mother Violet looking startled when her daughter walked home with two men, but she knew this would happen. For Violet was a mutant who could see the future and was immortal. She agreed to let her daughter leave, but not without a hug. Ruby packed all of her things that she could fit in one messenger bag. Even though she was rushed, Ruby didn't forget something. A pink, over-sized Spartans hoodie. It was the only thing Ruby had of her father. He had left her and her mother when Ruby was born. Ever since then, Ruby had worn that hoodie, holding onto a piece of her father. After packing, the three of them walked to a shiny, black car.
And here she was, standing outside of a metal door wearing the Spartan hoodie, a pair of mesh shorts, a volleyball shirt, and Nike shoes. Ruby braced herself, and pushed open the door. All of the noise in the room died. A redhead yelled, "NEW RECRUIT!" Cheering followed. Ruby took in all of the people as she set her bag down by the metal door. There two girls. One was blonde with green eyes and wearing a dress, the other girl looking Mexican with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a leather jacket and a getup that stage girls would wear. There were also four boys there too. One was blonde with blue eyes, another had red hair and green eyes, another boy had dark skin with black hair and brown eyes, and the last boy had brown hair and blue eyes framed with thick glasses. They all stood there taking in the strange girl. She looked like a seven year old, being incredibly skinny. She had long dark hair like the sky at midnight, she also had ice blue eyes with slightly pointed ears.
The others all introduced themselves, and Ruby learned their names. The blond boy was Alex, the redhead was Sean, glasses was Hank, dark hair was Darwin, blonde girl was Raven, and the dark haired girl was Angel. Thirty minutes later, they were sitting on the couches talking. "Now that we're apart of the government, we need code names." Raven said, and they agreed. "I want to be called Mystique." Raven exclaimed. "Damn, I wanted to become Mystique." Sean said making Ruby laugh. Suddenly in a ripple of blue, Sean's doppelganger was sitting where Raven was a second ago. "Damn, I wanted to be called Mystique." Second Sean said. In another ripple of blue, Raven was sitting there again. Sean went next. "You guys might want to cover your ears." He said as he got on his knees, facing a window that took up almost the whole wall. All of them covered their ears except Ruby, who smiled eagerly. "Are you crazy!?" Alex asked her. "Maybe, actually yeah." Ruby responded. Sean sucked in a breath, and screamed. You could see the vibrations through the air as it rippled like water. When it met with the glass, it shattered into a million pieces. Everyone clapped except for Ruby, who was massaging her ears. "It's my turn." Said Darwin as he stood up. "Darwin's already a nickname, adapt to survive."He said walking over to the fish tank, and dunking his head in. Fish gills sprouted out from his head, and he took his head out walking back to his seat while everyone clapped.
"Well, Angel is my stage name." Said Angel as she slid off her leather jacket, revealing tattos that looked like dragon fly wings. To Ruby's shock the tattos lifted off Angel's body and became wings! Angel started to fly, and faced the statue outside. She spat, and her saliva turned into a fireball and set the statue's head on fire. Angel's wings turned back into tattos and she sat back down, while everyone clapped. Hank went next, wanting to be called Bigfoot based on his hand feet. Alex wanted to be called Havoc, as he told everyone to get back as he went outside facing the statue. Red rings circled his body, and they went flying everywhere. two hit the statue, cutting off its head while the other rings went somewhere unknown. When everyone went back inside, it was Ruby's turn. "Okay, be ready to be amazed." Ruby said, smiling. In a puff of red and black smoke, Ruby didn't look the same. Her tan skin was replaced by blood red skin, pointed ears, and a tail rose out up from behind her. All of the others stared with shock. "But that's not all. Alex how much you want to bet me I can beat you to the statue?" Ruby asked, tilting her head a bit. "I'll bet you forty bucks." Alex replied, a smirk on his face. They both stood up and walked over to the far end of the room, with Alex getting in a sprinting position, while Ruby was just standing there, an arrogant smirk on her face. "One, two, three!" Hank exclaimed and Alex took off with Ruby just standing there. Before Alex was even to the window, Ruby vanished in a puff of red and black smoke. In another puff of black and red smoke, Ruby appeared in another puff of red and black smoke on top of the statue's severed head in a crouch position. Alex stopped and glared at Ruby. "Fork it over." Ruby said cheekily, holding at her hand out at Alex. "Hey, I was just kidding." Alex said, hiding the fact that he didn't have forty dollars. "Well I wasn't, so pay up." Ruby responded smirking. "I don't have forty dollars though!" Alex cried out. "Then give me however much money you have then." Ruby replied, and watched as Alex took a twenty out of his pocket and handed it to Ruby, who snatched it up. "Thanks man." She said and teleported into a couch in the living room.
Ten minutes later a full blown mutant party was taking place. Hank was hanging onto a light with his hand feet, Angel was flying everywhere, Raven was dancing on top of the couch with Sean, Alex was drinking a beer, an Ruby was teleporting all over the place. The party turned dead silent when Charles, Erik, and a strange women Ruby had never seen before. "Everyone go to bed now!" Erik ordered, and the teens all glumly went to their quarters with Ruby teleporting to get her bag that was by the door, and followed the girls. The girls shared one big room with three desks, one bed and a bunk bed. The whole room was decorated like the moon and the stars threw up on the place. The bedspreads were dark with stars on them, and so were the pillows. The walls were murals of stars, the planets, and constellations. Ruby called the top bunk, with Angel offering Raven the bed and her taking the bottom bunk.
That night as Ruby laid in bed under all the blankets she thought, 'I'm home.'
