Chapter II
When they arrived in Little Rock, Ar. it was already dark, so they parked on the river. Luckily Beast had installed a Shi'ar stealth device that made the jet nearly invisible to the human eye, unless you knew what to look for. Scott was the first one out of the jet; he walked up the sidewalk to a place called the Pub. Since he was wearing his street cloths he wasn't really noticed. He and Noriko walked in to find that he really wasn't dressed for this. The place was full with people of ages ranging from eleven up to at least forty, and they were all wearing black. This was a goth concert.
"Nori, I think I'm going to let you do this one" Scott told Noriko.
"What you're going to leave me here by myself with these goth freaks" Nori whispered to him.
"I just want to see if you can really handle this job, or do you want Emma to be right." Scott replied.
"Fine" Nori said stubbornly. Emma sent her a mental picture of what the girl looked like.
Nori looked all over the main room but couldn't see her, so she walked up stairs. She called the girl's name to get her attention, and so that maybe she would be able to find her "Amy, Amy Lee". Then the door to Nori's left opened and a girl walked out. The girl had black hair down to her lower back, and a pale skin tone. She was about 5'6 minus the combat boots that brought her to around 5'9. She was wearing a red corset over a black halter and a black skirt that went down to the floor. Then she spoke. Her voice sounded odd, so very alluring, and calming at the same time.
"Yes. Oh can I help you" said to Nori.
"Are you Amy Lee" Nori asked.
"Yes what do you need" Amy affirmed.
"Um…Can we talk for a sec, it is kind of important" said Nori. "I am a student at the Xavier Institute for higher learning, we are a school for mutants and our mutant finder machine found you because you are a mutant" said Nori
"What, no I'm not. I'm just a normal girl, and I have a whole crowd to disappoint so if you will excuse me" Amy said while pushing Nori out of the way. Nori followed her down to the first floor and stood back and watched.
"Hey guys I know you all came out today to see us but Ben isn't feeling too well, he may have ruptured an eardrum in rehearsal. So the concert is cancelled. We will re…." Amy was cut off by Nori who grabbed the microphone.
"Hey people the concert isn't cancelled it has just been moved back a hour so free drinks on me for that hour" Nori said to the crowd of angry fans who did a split second emotional swap from angry to happy once again. Well as happy as a crowd of Goths can get. She grabbed Amy's hand pulled her off stage and slapped a black credit card on the bar.
"This can pay for their drinks for the next hour, then I'm coming back for it." she told the bartender. Nori then proceeded to pull Amy up the stairs.
"What the hell are you doing my bass player can't play, he can't even hear out of his left ear." Amy said running with Nori up the stairs.
"What room is he in?" Nori asked.
"The one beside mine why" Amy replied. Nori ran into the room and to the window. She yelled out of it to Scott.
"Hey send Foley up here we need help." Scott ran back to the jet to get Josh.
"Hey Elixir you done with the twins, cause someone else needs a heal." Scott said hurriedly.
"Yeah sure" Josh said, with an uh-oh look on his face.
"Scott who is hurt, what did that little blue haired demon child do?" Emma asked.
"I don't know. Hellion you to." Scott said. They ran back to the side walk and Scott instructed on what to do.
"Julian you lift Josh up to that window where Nori is, Josh when you get in there heal whoever it is she has hurt." Julian started to concentrate, not that hard though, as a green energy filled his eyes, and wrapped around his body, then flowed from his hand to Josh. The next thing Josh knew, he was being lifted up to the window. When he got in he went straight to work.
"What happened" he asked.
"Something happened to his ear in rehearsal" the goth girl said.
"K I think I can fix this" Josh said as he leaned down to the guy lying in the bed. He started to heal the man, feeling the energy leaving his body and traveling in to the man. Josh had to touch to heal so he had to gently caress the guy's ear. "Nori you tell anyone about this and I will give you the black plague" Josh said seriously. A few weeks back Josh and the rest of the school found out that his powers weren't just to heal but he could also kill someone. He had killed reverend Stryker when he attacked the school. After the killing his skin turned from gold to black, and he went into a coma. But thanks to Laura he was now gold again, well mostly, he still had black spots, and when he got into a bad mood his skin turned back to full black. "Okay I'm done" Josh announced. The man jumped awake form Josh's voice being so close to his ear.
"Hey what the hell, Amy who are these people" the man asked, moving away from the gold kid.
"Its okay Ben this kid just saved you from being deaf" replied Amy.
"He is a mutant, and he can heal people through touch" said Nori.
"Oookay…. "was all Ben Moody could muster.
"His name is Josh and I'm Noriko, we are here to give Amy the chance to come to our school" said Nori.
"Oh, why would you want Amy" Ben asked.
"Because she thinks I'm a mutant and it is a school for mutants" Amy stated sounding annoyed. She then grabbed Ben and stormed out. When Nori and Josh came back outside they saw that the band had started to get ready. They finally got through the crowd, and back to Cyclopes.
"What happened" Scott asked.
"She didn't believe us, but I have a feeling she might a little later, so why don't you and the others go get the kid in Salt Lake, and me and Josh will stay here and try to convince her" Nori said.
"No out of the question, you are not staying alone" Scott said heatedly. "Emma you listening, why don't you and the others go ahead and get the kid in Salt Lake. You can drop back by and pick us up; we still have to talk with her parents." Scott thought.
"Fine, call when you're ready" Emma sent back.
Scott looked back at the river and watched the jet do a silent take off and leave. When he turned back around he noticed that the band had started to play, and the girl they had come to get was walking to the stage doing some vocalizing. It sounded really odd.
DUM DUM DUM DUDUM. "NOW I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU" the singer had a great voice.
"NORI WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR" Scott shouted over the loud music.
"LET'S JUST WAIT TILL AFTER THE CONCERT, OTHER WISE WE'LL NEVER GET TO TALK TO HER" Nori shouted back. After a few songs Scott started to see how she could be a mutant. While the girl was singing he heard her voice and vocalizing and chanting, like that in a church choir. The girl had multiple voices, and not the ones from the head, as in multiple voice boxes. Then it all went downhill from there. As she went in to a high note and her voice became like his late friend Sean Cassidy, the Banshee. The large speakers behind the band busted and shot sparks, many people started to fall to their knees holding their ears. Scott ran through the crowd past the guards, elbowing one in the ribs, and on to the stage, staggering the whole way from the pain. He clasped his hand over her mouth and drug her off stage. When he got into the pub, which had newly busted windows, he explained what happened.
"Do you believe us now? I mean after that you kind of have to" Nori said when she ran into the bar.
"You see Ms. Lee you are a mutant. You have mutated vocal cords. You're able to reach pitches that no human could. You shattered glass, busted the speakers and maybe a few eardrums" Scott told her.
"Okay maybe I should go to your school" Amy said in tears.
"It's okay, we just need to talk to your parents" Nori told the girl.
