Animal Inside
Chapter 2:This is Me
2 days later…
"urgh… AHH!" another scream could be heard from room 229. It's been 3 days since Cathy has arrived.
"… why me? AHH!" She screamed again. Throughout the past 3 days she's been through a lot. The first night had been torture. And the pain only continued.
Next day…
"AHH!" Another scream could be heard echoing down the halls of Xavier's school for gifted youngsters.
"Urgh! That's it! Professor, we have to put a stop to this. We have to figure out what is wrong with that girl!" Scott Summers had announce that morning at breakfast.
"I don't know about that Scott"
"But Professor, this had been going on for 4 days! The students are scared"
"Scared about what one-eye?" Logan, the man who had also arrived that night that all of this had started, had walked into the kitchen.
"I Don't think that has anything to do with you Logan."
"AHH!" the scream continued to echo for a good 2 minutes.
"That would be it I'm guessing?" Logan pondered.
"Alright Scott. We will all head to her room, and see what is wrong"
"yes!" was Scott's hidden reply, although the Prof. saw it.
As the adults head to the room, students eagerly and curiously poke their heads out of their doors to see what's happening.
"Is this the room?" Logan had asked.
"Yes, it is" the Prof. Replied. Logan's reaction was shock.
'What? How could that be? My rooms only 2 doors down'
"Cathy? It's the Professor. May we come in?" He had asked.
Inside the room the girls eyes flash open. The room is completely dark. The only thing you would be able to see was the angry 'red' glow from her eyes.
Scott tried the door knob. "She locked it"
There was still no reply.
"I'm going to break it" Scott said has his hand went up to his glasses, and he focused in on the handle.
Everyone waited has Scott lift the glasses and fired at the door knob.
"NO! Scott wait!" the Prof. Said at the last second. Too late.
The y see the room is completely dark, with the only light filtering in from the hallway.
"Where's that damn light switch" Scott said. As he turned in the lights, he regretted doing so.
"Oh my, God…" was the only thing he said.
Jean and Strom entered the room, and their hand immediately flew to their mouths.
"What? Is it that bad?" Logan asked. As he walks in, a terrible sight reaches his eyes.
There on the bed is the girl that had arrived 4 days ago, only she was completely transformed. She was lying on her stomach, with her arms stretched out. Coming out of her fist were 3 single blades from each knuckle. Her feet had had 2 claws coming out. At her forearms was another single blade coming out, which extended at least 2 feet out past her fist. This wasn't even the worst part.
Ejected from her back were 2 gigantic wings. Yes, wings. The left side was an amazingly pure white, with scattered black feathers. The right side was black, with a deep and dark purple and blue feathers. Her eyes were a ferocious blood red. To make matters even worse, there was blood splatters on the sheets.
Everyone was speechless to say the least.
"Now… do you see what I am?" She had asked them.
"…Cat-"
"DON'T SAY THAT NAME!" She screamed out in angry and fear.
"please… don't sat that name. I don't want to be in pain anymore " she began to cry. Again everyone was speechless.
"just… leave me alone… please" she said crying.
They began to leave the room.
The Professor's office…
"Professor, I hate to say this, but that girl can't stay here. She's a danger to the students"
"Then where do you expect her to go, huh, Cyclops?" Logan said.
"Both of you, stop. Scott, I understand your concern for the students, but we can't let her fall into Magneto's hands"
"Then what do we do Professor?" Jean Grey asked.
"… I don't know" Logan leaves the room.
"Logan?" Strom asks as he leaves the room. She decides to follow him.
"Logan, where are you going?"
"Back to that kid's room"
"What! Are you crazy?"
"That kid needs someone's help. If your not going to do it, I will"
"Logan…, does this have anything to do with the fact that she has claws like you?"
"… I just want to help that kid out" was all he said.
:As he gets close to the room, he hears her breathing. It's very low and shallow.
"I thought I said I wanted to be left alone?" She says.
"Hey kid, I just want to help"
"Ha. Like there's anything you could do to help me"
"There might be. We're kinda alike"
"How so?" she says as she looks at him.
"I've got claws too" SNIKT!
"So, you tell the truth. A first in my life"
"You want to talk about it?"
"Not really. Urgh"
"What's wrong?"
"My back, it's these damn wings. AH!" the wings jet back into her back, and all the claws and blades retract.
"..Uh.." she says as she passes out.
"Wow" was all Logan could think of to say.
Back at the Professor's office…
"What do you think he did?" Scott asked.
"I calmed her down, that's what I did dumbass"
Everyone turned around to the doorway. There was Logan, holding the girl in his arms.
"Oh my, God. Logan how did you…?"
"Don't ask. Let's just get her checked out"
"Okay, follow me."
Later on that night…
"Uh… where am I?"
"Uh? Oh, your awake kid?"
"Yeah. What happen? Where am I?"
"Your in a med-bay, I guess you could call it. That's quite the mutation you've got there"
"It's not something I'm proud of"
"I probably wouldn't be either"
"Yeah, and to be honest, that's no the worst it can get"
"It's been worse?"
"Yeah, a lot worse"
"You probably don't want to talk about it, do you?"
"No, not really"
"Okay"
"… You know, you're the first person who actually looked beyond the beast, and actually saw me for me"
"Who do you get that?"
"You didn't runaway"…
