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Summary: "What's your name?"
"Charlotte Rose Bourdreaux"
"And your new here?"
"Yep."
"Well then, welcome to Mutant High."
Rose finds herself in a school filled with Mutants, and a whole lotta new powers. Can she save herself, or will she become Magneto's greatest weapon?
Parring:Possibly RoguexPyro, RoguexLogan, RemyxRogue, KurtxKitty, LoganxOroro, JeanxScott, RoguexBobby, BobbyxPyro, RemyxJubilee, PyroxOC, KurtxOC, BobbyxOC. I'm not saying any of these will happen, but these are strong possibilities.
Author's Note: Sorry if the beginning scene isn't very clear. I have no experience with breaking and entering.
If life doesn't make you crazy, then why bother living it?
Lex Luthor, Smallville
Chapter one
'Wake up will ya?' Jenny grumbled. 'We're burnin' daylight.'
I groaned and stood up, stretching my sore back. I rolled the sleeping bag up and shove it in my bag. I slung the bag over my shoulder, and went out the door. Hiding slightly in the doorway, I waited until the camera turned around in the other direction, before running to a beaten up old ford truck. I jimmied the lock with a paper clip and a hairpin. I open the door and got inside just as the camera swung back around. I reached underneath the steering wheel, and ripped open the panel. I touched the two wires together until the engine roared to life. Shifting into gear, I backed out of the parking lot and onto the main road of Queens neighborhood.
I glanced at he gas gage. A quarter of a tank left. Just enough to get out of the city. I dug in the glove box and pulled out the registration.
"Carl Hamburg. Sounds like an overweight, middle aged, balding guy with two kids." I grabbed my wallet out of my backpack, and took out my baggie of ID's. Fake identities had come in handy quite a few time in my experience. I had six at the moment. "So who am I today?" I reached in and brought a random one. "Let's see, looks like I'm Summer Ann Roberts, nineteen-year-old waitress from Seattle."
'How boring!'Tabitha commented.
"Boring keeps you alive." And what a solom truth that was.
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I pulled off the road at a hole-in-the-wall diner, bold neon signs proudly proclaiming they were 'OPEN24/7' and that they had 'BUDLIGHT'. I parked the now empty truck, and went inside. I ordered a burger and fries, before taking a small corner booth. The place was filled with locals who didn't give me a second glance. That was good, if they did pay attention, they would notice my oddly cat-like eyes.
'Ya! Go ahead and blame me for everything!' Jenny pouted.
The waitress came with my order, and I thanked her with my eyes firmly glued to the table. As I ate, I looked over the New York map with a rural area circled in red sharpie. That was supposed to be a safe-haven for mutants, a refuge from the government. I could only hope the stories were true.
A chime clanged, signaling an arriving or departing customer. A glanced up, and regretted stopping for lunch. Walking through the door was Toad, a person I did not want to see. I quickly shoved my map into my bag and hoped he hadn't noticed it on the table. He slid into the seat across from me, and after looking around, snatched up one of my french fries with his tongue.
'Just try that again!' Tabitha hissed.
"'Sup?" He asked casually as if we'd run into each other at the supermarket.
"What do you want Tolansky?" I spat, and pushed what was left of my food over to him.
"Can't two old friends just catch up?" He asked between bites. I had met him back when I first ran away. He had helped me get a new identity, and had let me stay at his place until I got back on my feet. I didn't stay for long, never stayed any where for more than a week, but we had met up a dozen times since then. We had kind of done that friends with benefits thing, but it was too hard over long distance, so we went back to just friends. Recently he had gone over to the dark side, so to speak. He was involved in anti-human riots and even got violent a couple times. I had broken it off right then and there.
"Not when they aren't speaking." I crossed my arms.
"I'll admit I had that one coming." The waitress came with the bill. He handed me a five dollar bill, then continued. "Look, I didn't come here to argue."
"Yeah, that'll be the day." I gave her the cash, and she scurried off.
"Please, just listen to me for once."
"I'm listening." I re-crossed my arms, trying to ignore the shouting in my head. Garfield and Todd were screeching at each other, while Rachel was trying to stop Tabitha from taking over my mind and killing the poor boy.
He glanced around and leaned forward. "You need to get to that Xavier's place and fast."
"Why?" I was starting to doubt his sanity.
"Not so loud!" He hissed, and looked around again. "There are bad people out there. Really bad. And they're interested in you."
"Wh.." I started, but he made a frantic shushing motion, so I started again at a whisper. "Why would anyone want me?"
"Think about it." I thought hard until it dawned on me. I could absorb mutant's powers, any mutant's powers. Someone could, theoretically, have me absorb their ability, then force me to use it until I was killed from the exertion. "Exactly." He said, reading my face. "You need to be careful, once you get into this business, you only get out one way." He slashed his finger across his throat. He looked around once more and checked his watch. "If anyone, and I mean anyone, comes around asking you to join the Brotherhood, say no and get the hell out of there. You understand me?" I nodded, and his face softened briefly. "Please be careful." He leaned across the table and kissed me on the cheek before standing up and walking out the door.
I touched where his lips had been and gave a mental goodbye. That was most likely the last time I would ever see him. Life was cruel like that.
Jenny had gone to tears by the time I paid attention to the voices again. She had always had a weird attachment to him. Todd and Rachel were trying to comfort her, meanwhile Garfield and Tabitha were gloating.
I got up and exited the restaurant, this time taking a old Toyota with a full tank of gas. I pulled the map out again, and headed north. Hopefully to freedom.
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I turned down a nicely kept drive, and stopped in front of a set of large metal gates. They swung open without so much as a 'Who are you' and I drove past them. On either side of the road, were rolling hills of manicured lawns, orchards of fruit trees, and flower gardens with pine bushes for fences. This was all centered around a enormous mansion. Whoever owns this place clearly has tons of money.
I parked beside the steps leading to the grand front doors. As soon as I opened the car door, I felt that all to familiar tingling on my skin. I pushed everyone, even Rachel, behind the wall and put up as big of a wall as I could to block out the absorption. I climbed the steps and took a deep breath.
I pushed open the door and stepped inside. Not a very smart move. There were people, hundreds of people, everywhere! Going up and down a huge staircase, walking and running down the halls, and coming strait towards me.
"Shit!" I swore as the wall shattered and white light surged from me and into the surrounding hallways. The tingling turned to burning in an instant, and I screamed and fell to my knees. Children, teens, adults, all crowded around me, and I was forced to absorb everyone of their minds, taking their powers too. The blinding pain seemed to never end, as my body changed and went back to normal with every absorption. It became to much, and I screamed again before passing out.
Got an interesting past with Toad huh? And I'm using Todd Tolansky because it sounds way less dorky than Mortimer Toynbee. Please feel free to review! Coming up next, Rose meets the X-Men, Jubilee and Tabitha meet, and a certain boy catches her eye. But I'm not going to say who till I update. I'm evil aren't I?