(I'm so sorry for not putting this in the first chapter-

Characters in chapter 1-

Angie belongs to TranformersLover95

Kaitlyn belongs to Cloudy- TheNightmareQueen

Shannon belongs to AmuletSpade

Corrie belongs to me

Freya belongs to Bluejayz35

Alex belongs to A-Rog

Abby belongs to kiralol101

Teddy belongs to fallingstar1011

Aden belongs to capricorn66

Chapter 2-

Archie belongs to The Evil Hillbilly

Alley belongs to AlyCat3

Kallen and Kale belong to San child of the wolves

All other OCs will be included, just not in all the chapters. :)

(Sorry it took so so long to write this. I've been watching too much vlogbrothers and reading too much fanfiction. I hope you like it, and if it doesn't make sence now, it will later... Hopefully...)

It began to rain. And while most people ran inside grumbling and wet, Archie sat on a bench completely dry, as he was manipulating the water to avoid him. He felt that things were getting too quiet and still, so he ran into the entrance to talk to the first person he saw. It happened to be a pretty blonde girl, who was reading. She was one of the newer students that he hadn't met, but he saw her arrive, unconscious, with Kurt and Evan. She was a mess and was covered in cuts and bruises, but he couldn't deny her obvious beauty. He hadn't seen her since she arrived 3 days earlier.

"Hey." He said when he approached her.

She looked up from her book and regarded him. "Hello." She said dully before raising the book to hide her face.

"I'm Archie." He tried again, wanting to become friends.

She lowered the book and raised an eyebrow. "Alley."

"Uh. Nice weather we've been having..." Archie attempted.

Alley took one look outside at the heavy rain and raised the book to her face again.

Scott ran in and called out to Archie, "Hey, we've got new mutant on the loose. The Professor asked that you come."

Archie shrugged and waved to Alley as he left with Scott.

*-xme-xme-xme-*

"Where are we going?" Archie asked, buckling his seat belt.

"Las Vegas." Scott replied.

Archie shifted in his seat. Deserts definitely weren't his thing. There would be hardly any water to use, and that made him uncomfortable.

Storm, Bobby and Jean were coming as well, which struck Archie as strange. Why would they need so many people for one mutant?

It was apparent why when they got to the house. It was far out in the desert, no other houses could be seen anywhere and only the lights of the jet and the fire lit the darkened sand and concrete.

The house was in flames. It made Archie's stomach churn; no one could be alive in there.

"Archie, Bobby, can you stop the fire?" The Professor asked.

Both boys nodded and began to attack the fire with everything they had. Storm had started rain that helped most of the outside, but Archie and Bobby fought the flames inside. The staircase seemed to be in one piece, so Archie called to Bobby, "You stay down here, I'll go up." Bobby could only nod and cough in the smoke.

Upstairs wasn't any better than down. The water that Storm sent inside bubbled in the heat and Archie had to work fast to contain the fire and open doors to find the people trapped inside. Only one door was locked and he had to become water to sneak beneath it. Inside was obviously a laboratory, it had broken beakers, microscopes and machines around the room. Two people in white lab jackets were passed out on the ground and a teenager hung half-out of one of the machines.

Archie grabbed the teenager first and unlocked the door from the inside. The fire was nearly dead and he saw Bobby and Scott searching for other people.

"They're in there." Archie pointed at the room he'd exited.

He dragged the teenager outside and into the jet. He put him down and nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw another boy, exactly like the one he'd just put down, except he looked like a ghost.

"You're okay, Kallen." He reassured the unconscious one, stroking his hair, which was the colour of perfect violets while his own was a sandy brown.

Archie had the urge to see if he could put his hand through the ghost-looking one until Jean interrupted his thoughts.

"Hello? Are you okay? We're here to help." She stepped closer to the boys.

The ghost looked up. "We're okay." He went back to his twin as he woke up.

"Kale..." Was the first thing he muttered.

The ghost called Kale took his twins hand.

"Why can I see through you?" Kallen asked tiredly.

"I'm not sure. I'm still alive. I know it, but I don't have a body. I suppose our parents were right after all." He added the last part with open venom and bitterness on his face, which didn't suit him at all.

*-xme-xme-xme-*

Back at the mansion, Aden was eating dinner. He sat alone at the end of the table, eating slowly. Everyone else had left, but he came after dinner. Jean knew that he didn't like to eat with everyone, so she saved him a plate and left it in the kitchen.

He silently thanked her as he chewed thoughtfully. He didn't know why she was being so kind to him, especially after he nearly blew her up when they met.

"Aden?" He heard a girl's voice call into the dim.

"Yes?" He replied, unsure of who the voice belonged to.

It was Shannon. "We're going to see a movie. You wanna come?"

He shrugged. "I don't know."

"On, come on. It'll be fun!" She poked him spontaneously. "Alex and Kitty and Teddy and Corrie and Rogue and everyone will be there!"

When he heard his friend's names he considered it. "What movie?"

"Dunno," her Scottish accent cut up her words slightly, "some action-y one that Alex picked." She grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the table. He loosened her grip and pushed her away. She turned around and put her hands on her hips irritably. "You need to start trusting us. We're your friends."

"Who said anything about trust?" Aden challenged angrily. "I didn't even agree to come." He sat back down with an ugly frown on his face. He started tapping his foot to a beat only he could hear when the door opened again. "Shannon? Aden? Are you guys coming?" Corrie walked in, tripping over a side table as she felt her way around the room.

Aden could only snort beside his anger. "Shouldn't you be wearing your glasses?" He asked dryly.

Corrie swore as she hit her shin. "They're in my bag." They heard a zip being undone and her shuffling around in it. "So, are you guys coming?"

Shannon smiled as she walked towards the door. "I'm going. I can't convince this stubborn goat though." She waltzed out and left the other two alone.

"Why won't you come?" Corrie said sadly, pulling on her thick, half-frame glasses. Her eyes were almost bug-like with them on and Aden had to stop himself from laughing and hurting her feelings.

"I don't need to be there." He stated simply.

"We want you there." She said sadly and pouting childishly.

Aden snorted again. "We? You're my only friend here and I'm not even sure if we're that."

He regretted saying it immediately as her eyes clouded with tears. "You don't want to be my friend?" Her voice was very soft and child-like.

"No! I didn't mean that." He groaned loudly. "But if you want me to go that badly, I'm sure everyone could deal with it."

"Apologize." Corrie demanded, like a toddler.

"For what?"

"Being rude to Shannon and me."

Aden took a deep breath. "I'm sorry." He mumbled uncomfortably.

The bespeckled girl smiled as if nothing had happened. "Well, let's go!"

(Thank you for reading! Comments and constructive criticisim is welcomed.)