Warning: Alyce's father, James, is very liable to curse and at times be crude. If you can look aside his usage of cursing (at rare times) that would be wonderful! ~ From, Lilia.
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Chapter 2 : Introducing the Master.
A small black convertible pulled into the Mansion's garage. The bright lights hitting all the fancy colored cars and bikes, obviously belonging to Scott Summers. James gritted his teeth. God he hated that man. Something about him just seemed wrong. Maybe it was just his nerves acting up, like his wife had said plenty of times. But James knew as well as anyone else, he wasn't the only one to not take a fancy with Scott.
"Man, you would think they would tell the kids to move out of the way if they knew they had a visitor coming." James Red sighed tapping his hands on the wheel of the car, trying hard not to just slam his hand down on the car horn.
"Honey, calm down." He looked over to his wife, Lilia, who was busy trying to finish wrapping the CD his daughter had wanted. He brought his attention back in front of him, half asleep teenagers scrambling for their bags and trying to move out of the car's path. James rolled down the window and waved off to Logan, who was in the distance.
"Oh, Logan is back." Lilia smiled. "He makes some really good coffee." She put the last piece of tape on the wrapping paper, and stuck the CD in her purse, pushing back her brown hair into a ponytail. She took off her seat belt as soon as her husband parked the car and got out, quickly walking toward Logan.
"Logan!" Lilia smiled, wrapping her hands around the big muscular Wolverine. "It's been ages! How was the trip?"
Logan chuckled, hugging Lilia tightly. "Stupid." He answered, not really wanting to worry her. "Didn't really find anything."
Lilia scowled, crossing her arms over her chest. "I told you, you could come find us if you needed help. We're not mutants for nothing."
James walked up behind his wife, placing an arm on her shoulder. "Well then, if you loved the man so much for his coffee, make a point next time to marry him, eh?" Lilia hushed James up, softly hitting him on his chest. She smiled as she watched as the two gave each other a manly hug.
"What's up man. What's the miracle you're down here? Doesn't that blind fucker teach Mechanics here?"
"Honey!" Lilia gasped. "There are students here you know. You can't just be mouthing off their teacher." James winced, his wife hitting him hard on the arm. He scratched the back of his head and waved off to the students, who were busy laughing.
He began to walk towards the elevator, following Logan who was already there waiting. Logan looked over his shoulder. "Yea, well, I look after them on Wednesday."
"Damn, bro. I wish you luck."
The reassuring 'ding' sounded off from the elevator. The doors opened, another group of teens coming down, and Scott Summers in the back ushering them out. He stopped at first, looking both at Logan and James and nodded his head moving on by. The two stepped into the elevator, smirking, already talking about the approaching football game. James looked over to his wife, who had stopped to chat with Scott. Leave it to her to be a social butterfly. James thought.
Lilia finally stepped into the elevator, closing the doors and pressing the ground level button. "I know I'm a social butterfly." She chuckled, not looking back to her husband or Logan. "You know you love it."
The elevator stopped, the doors opening, Lilia walking out first and making a right towards Xavier's office.
Logan chuckled. "Read your mind again?"
James pinched the bridge of his nose. "Man, you won't believe the hell I got once for looking at another woman. I can't help it. The thoughts just come to me!" He threw his hands up in the air, receiving a funny look from Logan as he walked out of the elevator.
"So I'm guessing you heard the Obi-wan of the Mansion wants your little brat for the team."
"Yea. She isn't really thrilled about it. I have no clue why. I told her it would be good. I'll get her to agree with it though." James watched as a student rushed up to Logan. The girl huffed saying some fight had broken down in the garage. James placed a hand on Logan's shoulder, chuckling. "Oh boy, you better pray none of the cars are wrecked."
"Yours too, huh?" Logan laughed. He walked off and gave James a salute.
"Honey? Make it quick." Lilia's voice echoed through the empty halls, the bright morning sun shining down on her, making her look like an Angel. He finally caught up to his wife, who stopped him and placed too hands on his chest.
"Re-cap, sweety." She whispered to him, fixing the collar on his leather jacket. "Be Polite, Be nice--"
"Control, control....yes, I know, hun." He quickly placed a kiss on Lilia's lips and opened the big double doors to Xavier's Office. They walked in, Xavier smiling and Alyce looking back. Her usual porcelain doll face and bright blue eyes looking back at her father with a stern look.
"Nice to see you again." Xavier spoke. "Come and take a seat, I was just chatting with your daughter."
Alyce kept moving in her seat, getting stern looks from her mother, who sat to her right. But she couldn't help it. My butt is asleep. Alyce thought, knowing full well that her mother could read her mind. She looked over to her left, her Dad talking with Professor Xavier. Her butt was still asleep, getting up would surely be quiet an adventure.
"Alyce has a great ability. We want her on the team, so she can learn to work together with others and be able to control her powers so they can all work together. Her grades are up, and the few times she has been in the Danger Room, she has aced all of the scenarios."
"Sign her on up then." James finally answered, sounding as if he was tired of all the fuss. He looked over to his daughter, who shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She looked at him with a sour look and stuck out her tongue. "C'mon. I wish I had something like this when I was young. And if you don't like it, you can always go back to the norm...." James looked over to the Professor with a glare in his eye. "Right? Professor?"
Professor Xavier smiled and folder his hands on his desk. "Yes, she can. If she doesn't want to be apart of the team, after two weeks she can opt to go back to her regular daily schedule."
Alyce nodded, casting her gaze on the floor.
"We have already made a new schedule for you, and someone to pair you up with to catch up on lost lessons." The Professor picked up a thick piece of paper, and handed it too Alyce, who took it and looked over it. Alyce looked at the paper and coughed. "By pair up, you don't mean like, a partner to work with in the training room too, right?"
"Ororo will be helping you catch up on lessons, nothing complicated. It's really easy work. When you come to the Danger Room this afternoon, you will work as one big team. In some cases we assign partners, but it's never permanent."
"That sounds great." Lilia smiled, patting Alyce's back and getting up from her seat. "If anything is to happen, don't hesitate to call." She stuck out her hand to the Professor, who shook it.
"Well, I guess we're leaving." James chimed in. He shook the Professors hand. "I guess she has to be getting to her new classes, huh?"
The Professor nodded, wheeling out from behind the desk and heading toward the door. "I'm going to take her there, I'll be waiting outside." With that, he wheeled off out of the room, the doors closing behind him, leaving the family of three in silence. Alyce got up immediately, patting her butt and yawning. She stood silent, as she picked up her schedule that had fallen on the floor.
"It's gunna be good for you. Don't be a punk." James patted his daughter on the back who looked at her schedule. "I'm not being a punk." She murmured.
Sensing the mood was dull, Lilia smiled, pulling out the CD she had wrapped for her daughter. "Here!"She gleamed, holding it out. Alyce looked up and smiled, hugging her Mom. "Dad said he wasn't going to get it."
Lilia coughed. "I convinced him." She sniffled, winking at her husband who rolled his eyes. "My cold is acting up again. I need to go home and rest." Lilia moved her head to the right, sneezing in the air.
"Bless you." Alyce said moving out of her mothers embrace. "So you guys are leaving?"
"Yup." James answered, walking over to his wife, and pulling her close to his chest. "Your mother needs some tender loving to make her feel better. Isn't that right, honey?"
Alyce looked on, watching as her dad rubbed noses together with her mother and the two began to kiss.
"Dudes, I know you guys are young and all. But....I'm still 18 and my mind is still fragile."
James placed a kiss on his wife's forehead and looked at Alyce. "Oh, shut the fuck up."
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A/N: Thanks for still reading on! R&R would be apprciated!