Femme Fatale
Summary: After X1 through whenever. Kris is the younger sister of Iceman. She comes to the Institute after learning of her mutant abilities and getting into a huge amount of trouble. There she meets Pyro, things really get interesting.
Disclaimer: I own nothing... But I sure wish I did!
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Many, many thanks to my first reviewers Blue Phoenix 217 and icydragon14! I really appreciate you reviewing. To anyone who doesn't know, 'femme fatale' is a term used to describe a mysterious or beautiful and irresistible woman whom often leads men into compromising and dangerous situations. It originated as a French term that roughly translates into 'deadly woman'. The title comes more from Kris' appearance and her skills then her actually killing someone. You'll see what I mean later.
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-Westchester, New York-
Professor Xavier couldn't believe that he had missed it. He had met Kris the day that he had gone to the Drake home to offer Bobby a place in the institute, but he would have never thought that she would have become a mutant. Of course, at that time, she had her hair dyed blonde and was very self-conscious with an insatiable need to fit in. Even in her unconscious state she exuded self-confidence and empowerment, "Why is she unconscious?" Professor Xavier asked.
"Um..." Lorna said, "I kind of hit her in the head."
"With what?" Professor Xavier asked, his eyebrow raised.
"The top of a water fountain in the park that we found her in." Lorna replied sheepishly, "She was freaking out and we had no idea what she would do, so I knocked her out."
"Then I figured that we should bring her here." Alex said. He didn't want to get Lorna in trouble for something that was his idea. She was already in hot water with herself for what she had done.
"I see." Professor Xavier said, "Are you telekinetic?"
Lorna shook her head, "No, I can control metal." Professor Xavier's eyes bulged. He only knew of one person with that kind of power, "I also have the ability to manipulate the Earth's magnetic field to allow me to fly... Oh, yeah, and this." She added, holding out a chunk of her bright green hair.
"I see."
At that moment, Jean and Ororo entered the room, "Jeanie! Rory!" Alex exclaimed.
The two women chuckled and walked over him, their arms outstretched and ready for hugs, "You know you're the only one that can call me that." Ororo said. Alex nodded as he hugged her.
"It's good to see you again, Alex." Jean said, getting her hug.
"It's good to see you two as well." Alex replied, "There is someone I would like you both to meet. Honey." He said, indicating to Lorna that he wanted to introduce her, "This is Jean Grey and Ororo Munroe. Jeanie, Rory, this is my girlfriend Lorna Dane."
"Really?" The two women asked.
Lorna smiled, "I've heard a lot about you both."
"Like what?" They asked.
"Don't worry. It's good stuff."
Ororo smiled, "That's good. We should hope that he hasn't been telling you horror stories about us." Alex smiled innocently, "But I bet he never told you about the time that he paid Jean 20 dollars to flirt with him." Lorna's eyes bugged and Alex slapped his palm to his forehead.
"Um... No, he didn't."
"It was an April Fools joke on his brother." Jean said.
"Your brother?" Lorna asked.
"I told you I should have had a sister-in-law a long time ago. It was a point that I was trying to get across to my brother." Alex said, "Scott never got my subtle hints because he's an idiot."
"Scott's not an idiot." Jean said in defense of her boyfriend.
"Yes he is." Alex replied. Jean opened her mouth to speak again, but out of the corner of his eye, Alex saw the young girl on the table stir, "Hey, the small one is awake." He said.
Kris sat up and held her head in her palms, "Great, now I have an even worse headache then I did before." She mumbled before looking up, "Professor Xavier?" She asked, "What... I... Where am I?"
"You are at my Institute, Kristine." Professor Xavier replied, rolling over to Kris' side.
"In Westchester?" Kris asked in shock, prompting Professor Xavier to nod, "What the hell am I doing here?" She asked.
"Language, please."
"Sorry." Kris said, "And, just Kris if you don't mind."
"Of course." Professor Xavier replied, "When I met your parents, I didn't inform them of my school's true purpose."
"Which is?" Kris asked.
"Helping mutants learn to control and develop their powers."
"Mutants?" Kris asked. Did this mean that she was a mutant? She had heard so many bad things about mutants. She didn't believe them, at least not most of them, but hearing about them and being one were two different things.
"Yes. Now please, tell me what do you remember last?"
Kris thought for a moment, "Searing pain and 20 million voices... That's about it." Professor Xavier nodded as Kris looked down at her hands, "Holy crap! What happened to my hands?" She asked as she stared at her razor sharp, claw-like nails and the new symbols on her wrists. Licking her dry lips, Kris also noticed her teeth, "Wha..." She mumbled as she brought her hands to her mouth and tapped on her newly elongated canine teeth, "I'm a freaking vampire!" She screamed.
"Well, that answers that question." Alex mumbled.
"What question?" Kris asked.
Lorna sighed, "When we found you, we were wondering whether or not you had done that yourself, or if it was part of your mutation."
"Right... Cause I'd actually do this to myself of my own..." She said, jumping down from the bed that she was sitting on, "Wait just a tick. If Bobby's here, what's his mutation?"
Professor Xavier thought for a moment, "Why don't you go and ask him yourself when we are finished." He said. Kris nodded, but stopped because her head was pounding.
"Wait, what can I do?" Kris asked. Just then, voices filled her head, causing her to lean against the bed she had just been sitting in.
Professor Xavier assisted in controlling her powers for the moment, "You are telepathic, like myself and Dr. Gray." Kris looked towards Jean, "I believe you met her when we came to speak with your brother."
"Telepathic? I guess that that would explain the voices and the headaches." Kris said, "What does telepathy have to do with the changes in my appearance?" She asked. By the looks on everyone's faces, they couldn't give her an answer, "Is that it? I don't have to worry about anything else popping up out of nowhere?"
"No one can be sure." Professor Xavier explained, "Some mutants only have one power, some have more. If they do have more, it all depends. Some of those get all of their powers at once while others gain theirs over time."
"Fabulous." Kris replied sarcastically. Professor X lead Kris, Alex, and Lorna to his office while Jean and Ororo went back to their classes. When they entered the Professor's office, Kris looked around and nodded, "Nifty. Looks like Ms. Franklyn's office, but cooler."
"Who?" Alex asked.
"My old principal. She's evil." Kris replied, "Hey, do you mind if I check the news?" Professor Xavier raised his eyebrows, "What? I like to check the news." Professor Xavier nodded, "Thank you." With that, she took the remote and turned on his office television, "Oh crap..." Kris said, staring at the screen in front of her. The reporter was in Boston covering a major story on a known mutant, namely her, "Now my parents know that they have at least one mutant kid. I can never go home." Kris said as the story went on.
"I doubt your parents will have a problem with your abilities." Professor Xavier replied, "They didn't come off as prejudicial."
"You never know." Kris replied as she watched the screen. They showed several interviews with some of Kris' former classmates, "They pick those three of all people?" Kris asked herself, "Jasmine hates me because her boyfriend claimed I tried to sleep with him, Raquel hates me because her sister has a crush on me," At this, Alex snickered, "Yeah, I find it amusing too. And flattering. Oh look, Becky. She hates me because she's just a bitch in general."
"Ms. Drake, language."
"Sorry, Professor." Kris said, "What am I going to do?"
"I think that for now, we should work out a schedule for you. We can worry about your appearance on the news later." Professor Xavier replied. Kris nodded, but her stomach growled just as she and the Professor were starting to work everything out, "How long has it been since you ate?"
Kris nodded, "I was suppose to get back home for dinner after I went out... You might have been able to tell that that didn't really work out." Professor X nodded, "And school lunches basically suck, so breakfast..."
"Yesterday." Professor Xavier said, "I see."
"You say that a lot, don't you?" Lorna asked. Professor Xavier looked at her with raised eyebrows, "'I see'. You say that a lot."
"Do I?" Professor Xavier asked. Alex chuckled. He had really missed his old professor. Professor Xavier looked back to Kris, "Well, then, I suppose we should get you something to eat." Kris nodded, the growling in her stomach becoming unbearable. She followed the Professor into the kitchen, "What would you like?"
Kris shrugged, "I have no idea. I never do until I see what I want. Bobby says it's my most irritating quality."
"Then, by all means, look around." Kris nodded and looked around the kitchen. Cabinets, a pantry, and the refrigerator. All of them had food in them, so she should be able something to eat. Kris walked over to the refrigerator and pulled open the door. She looked around and saw some things, but nothing that interested her. She closed it and looked up, pulling open the freezer door. There was nothing in the door that looked good, so Kris started moving items around in an attempt to gain more from her search. Just as Kris was going to close the door, a small package in the back of the freezer caught her eye. She reached in and pulled it out, rubbing some frost off of the container.
"This works." She said excitedly as she read the container and closed the freezer door.
Professor Xavier raised his eyebrows, "A pint of Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream?" He asked, "That's it?"
Kris nodded, "Professor, I haven't eaten in over 24 hours, I haven't had sugar in a month because my mother and father are on a health food kick, and I just found out that I am a mutant. It may not seem like it, but I am seriously freaked. I'm just being quiet about it. I think that I have every excuse in the world to eat a pint of ice cream for lunch."
"While I normally do not condone such an unhealthy course of action, but you seem to have several valid points." Kris nodded, "Just promise me that you plan on eating better from now on."
"Scouts Honor." Kris said as she pulled off the top and grabbed a clean spoon.
"You were a scout?"
"My mother made me." Kris replied as she took a bite of ice cream, "I just went along with it because my 'friends' thought that it was a great idea. So, yeah, it pretty much sucked."
"Friends?" Professor Xavier asked, "Were these the friends that gave you a black eye and busted your lips the day that I came to offer Bobby a place in the institute, or were these other friends?"
Kris chuckled for a second. She had forgotten that Professor X had come the day that her so called best friends had effectively smashed her face into a fine tapioca pudding, "Nope, the same ones." She said, "I did a lot of the stuff that they told me to."
"I see that." Professor Xavier said, "Why?"
"I don't know." Kris admitted, "I guess that I just wanted to fit in. You know, have people like me and all that jazz. Now I could care less about fitting in and what people think about me."
"And that is the way to go." A voice said as a very attractive young man, only a few years older then Kris, walked into the kitchen, "Hello Professor."
"John." Professor Xavier replied, "Kris, this is John Allerdyce. He's going to be a classmate of yours when we get you situated."
Kris finished the ice cream that was in her mouth before answering, "Fabulous." She held out her hand, "Kristine Drake. Please call me Kris."
"Why?"
"Because if you ever call me Kristine, I will break you in half."
"You super-strong or something?" John asked.
"No, I just hate being called Kristine." Kris replied.
John considered this for a moment, "Okay, Kris it is." Kris nodded in thanks, "What a second. Did you say 'Drake'?" Kris nodded, "Is she related to Bobby?" He asked Professor Xavier.
"Unless there are any other Bobby Drake's in the school that only you know about, then yes I am." Kris replied, "He my brother."
"Bobby never mentioned a sister."
"Didn't he now?" Kris replied, "This does not surprise me. Although, it does rather piss me off." She clenched her teeth together. Bobby had to talk about home, didn't he? Why was she never mentioned?
"Nope, no sister ever mentioned. Hey, what can you do?"
"According to the good professor situated to my right, I'm telepathic." Kris said, taking another bite of ice cream.
John raised his eyebrows, "Do you always talk like that?"
"Like what?" Kris asked, "In psychotically random and unnecessary detail?" John nodded, "Yes, I do. It's a quirk." John shrugged, "What about yourself?"
"What about myself?" He asked.
Kris sighed, "What's your power?"
"Oh." John said. He artfully pulled out a Zippo lighter and created a large fireball. The ball contorted into a spider and Kris couldn't help but be impressed and she was sure that it showed on her face.
"Just don't burn anything." Professor Xavier warned, "If you both will excuse me, I still have guests waiting for me in my office. I trust you will be able to find your way there when you are done, Ms. Drake."
"No prob, Professor." Kris replied. With that Professor Xavier left and Kris looked back to John, "So, tell me all the sordid details."
"Sordid details?" John asked, "What are you talking about?"
"You know Bobby. Everything he tells us at home can't be the whole story. What goes on around here? What's Bobby's status among the students? That kind of thing." Kris said.
John half-smiled, "You're a curious person, aren't you?" Kris nodded, "Okay, I'll tell you everything if you tell me one thing."
"Sure."
"Did you do that yourself?" He asked, pointing to her teeth.
Kris shook her head, "No, I have no idea where those came into play. Same with these." She held up her hands, showing off her new nails and wrist adornments.
"That's weird."
"You have no idea." Kris replied, "Now, about those details."
John sighed, "Well, did Bobby ever tell you guys that he has a girlfriend?"
"He has a... WHAT?" Kris asked. John chuckled, there was no way that Bobby was getting off easy with this girl and that was going to be extremely entertaining to watch, "A girlfriend? Like an actual girlfriend?" John nodded, "Even the holding hands and hugging and kissing and stuff?" She asked, clearly pissed off that she hadn't known this before.
John, however, shook his head, "No. No kissing." Kris raised her eyebrows, "Rogue can't physically touch anyone. At least not skin to skin."
"Then how...?" Kris began, but figured she would give herself a headache if she thought about it too much, "That's weird."
"And having fangs and claws and the ability to get into people's heads isn't?" He asked with a little bit of smugness in his voice. Kris couldn't help but find that somewhat attractive; as long as there wasn't too much more behind what she heard.
Kris thought for a second, "Good point." She said. John laughed, which caused Kris to laugh. When she stopped, Kris automatically bit her lip. It was something that she had always done when she was trying to get someones attention.
John smiled, "If you need anyone to show you the ropes..."
"Someone that isn't my brother, you mean?" Kris asked. John nodded, "That would be great. He's about as interesting as that teacher in Farris Bueller's Day Off."
John nodded, "Well, if you do, then I would be happy to."
Kris smiled, "Thanks. That would be really great."