A/N: As I always say, this story and it's format is based of the amazing 'Mutant High: Revolutionary' by ARogueGambit7. Her story is posted on where this is also posted. (go read it!) As to all of you that are actually reading this, thank you!

Season One, Episode Three

Shatter Me

At the Mansion

Rogue awkwardly made her way down to the main room of the Mansion. Much like a regular school, they had the weekend off to do whatever they pleased. Rogue had decided that she was going to use this time to apologize for her less than ladylike behavior the night before towards Gambit. She was still irritated that he hadn't shown up to the movies, but she realized that she hadn't even stopped to listen to his explanation. It could've been an emergency, or a family matter, or maybe he wasn't feeling good and had decided to stay back for a perfectly normal reason.

She wasn't the only one down there. The new kid, Daniel, who she'd proclaimed as a mini Gambit, was there. He'd proven her wrong in the short time that she'd seen him. He wasn't nearly as arrogant or proud, and he didn't flirt as openly. Instead he tried to be a little impressive, and be funny. That mainly ended in him telling a joke and laughing too loudly, but he didn't seem to mind too much. Rin became fast friends with him-she became fast friends with everyone-and he paid her more attention than the rest. It wasn't that he was popular, but he'd made a few friends of the other students. Rogue could tell that he was flirting with her, but she seemed to be acting like she did with everyone else, laughing and being nice in general. Except he didn't know that that was how she always was.

Rogue entered the room hesitantly, looking around for Gambit. He was lounging on one of the chairs by the coffee table, talking to Piotr. Piotr and Gambit were friends, as far as Rogue could tell. As soon as Gambit saw Rogue, however, he excused himself and walked over to her.

"Hello," was all he said. He didn't seem furious, or angry at all. Just slightly more reserved than before, and the absence of the chère did not go unnoticed. Not that she expected it, but it showed he was a little upset.

"Gambit," Rogue had prepared herself for this before hand, practicing to herself. She wasn't big on apologizes, and she wanted to actually sound sincere. She didn't know why, but she didn't like the thought of Gambit being mad at her. "Ah'm really sorry about how ah acted last night. Ah was upset and angry and ah took it out on you, and that wasn't fair of me. Ah'm sorry," she looked nervously at her feet. She'd said what she meant to say, all she could hope for was that he got it.

His smile returned brightly. "Aw, chère, you know Gambit will always-"

His acceptance was interrupted by the shattering of glass. Every piece of glass in the Mansion, all of the windows, the glass table, all of it, came crashing to the ground as it all shattered. Rogue made the mistake of looking up. The chandelier above them fell, too, because it was made of glass, rather than metal. Large and small shards alike crashed onto the students. When it was done, a few students were unconscious, and almost all of them were bleeding, some more excessively than others. Panting, Rogue looked up at Gambit, who had a large cut running down his collar bone and another on her cheek, and put her hand to her forehead above her eyebrow, where she had a piece of glass stuck. Pulling it out shakily, Rogue looked around to the rest of the room.

Theme Music: Bet My Life, Imagine Dragons

Wolverine: Hugh Jackman

Rogue: Anna Paquin

Shadowcat: Ellen Page

Professor X: Patrick Stewart

Gambit: Taylor Kitsch

Jubilee: Julia Ling

Nightcrawler: Kodi Smit-Mcphee

Jean Grey: Famke Janssen

Cyclops: James Marsden

Storm: Halle Berry

Iceman: Shawn Ashmore

Colossus: Enver Gjokaj

*Ice Queen: Danielle Campbell (young)

*Phantom: Colin Morgan (young)

Introducing:

*Dylan Sprouse as Bolt

and

*Hailee Steinfeld as Shatter

Guest Starring:

Rebecca Romijn as Mystique

Kelsey Grammer as Beast

Nicolette Pierini as Magma

Beast was busy helping all of the students. Some had been lucky enough to be in their rooms, where the amount of glass was minimal. Others, like Rogue, needed stitches. There were only a few students more serious than that, needing real medical attention. The Professor wouldn't tell them who had attacked them, or what had even really happened. All he did was tell them to go along as if nothing happened.

Which was exactly what they planned to do.

It was originally Jubilee and Kitty's idea to have a contest using their powers. It very quickly extended to Rin, and of course the new kid Daniel was in if she was. Then Piotr and Kurt were joining, and Bobby and Amara soon followed suit. Rogue and Gambit both followed, joining in.

"So, Kitty, what's the first game?" Amara asked curiously. After all, it was her idea, so people expected her to know what to do.

"I, uh," Kitty looked to Jubilee for assistance.

"The first thing is a race!" Jubilee said eagerly.

Bobby didn't looked convinced. "A race? That doesn't sound that fun."

But Jubilee put on her most convincing expression and her hands on her hips. "Oh but it is. We'll do it with powers, so we can slow other people down and push ourselves ahead. Besides, do you have any better ideas?"

Bobby thought for a moment, then sighed. "No. Where we gonna race?"

"Outside. Duh. Let's go!" Jubilee bounced out the door.

In the Professor's office

"Professor, do you have any idea who caused the attack?" Storm asked him.

He sighed, folding his hands. "No, I'm afraid not. I didn't even sense anything before hand, aside from a rather loud sense of fear. I didn't think anything of it until after the fact."

"Professor," Jean said slowly. "Do you think that maybe this has something to do with Mystique? Maybe this is her retaliation after what happened with Rin."

The Professor considered this, leaning back in his chair. "Perhaps. I have been watching her, but she's found a way to block me, and the little bit I have been able to get hasn't shown her looking to recruit any more pupils."

"Maybe she isn't trying to recruit," Scott suggested. "You said that you felt a sense of fear before hand? Maybe she's blackmailing someone."

"You think that she was using mutants to do her bidding by force rather than trying to ask for help?" Jean asked, repulsed. "That's...not too surprising."

"I have to agree with Scott, that does sound like a likely theory. I suppose that the only reason I didn't think of that was because I didn't want to," the Professor said sadly. "Raven was like a sister to me. I hate to think of her like that. But I suppose it's our best option."

"Professor, have you used Cerebro to find out who was doing that last night?" Storm asked hesitantly, as if she was afraid to question her mentor. She thought very highly of him and didn't want to contradict his judgement.

"I'm afraid, Ororo, that I haven't had much of a chance. I've been spending the day helping take care of injured students and cleaning up the damage to look. But I will do it soon, perhaps right after this," the Professor admits. "I'm afraid that there's more to this than we might imagine."

Commercial Break

Everyone was lined up at the start line, anticipating the race. The normal competitiveness of the students was increased due to the stress of the recent attack, and Rogue figured that this could only end badly.

Rogue's 'power' wouldn't help her in anyway unless she touched someone to get an advantage, but there was no way that she would, not just because dealing with their psych would be a pain, but she would never intentionally hurt someone. So as she stretched a little at the start line, she knew that the main reason she was participating was for the sheer entertainment that these contests were sure to bring.

"Ready?" Kitty called out. There was a loud chorus of yes' and cheering. "Three, two one, go!" Kitty shouted as she began running along with everyone else. She used her powers to phase through other people, passing a few that way. Bobby used his ice to slip the competitors, and Rogue barely had time to jump over it. Gambit winked at Rogue before he threw a charged playing card at her, which caused her to launch herself to the side to avoid the explosion.

Jubilee threw her mini-fireworks at her competitors, cheering loudly when she pulled ahead. However, it soon became her and Bobby were tied neck and neck, and when Jubilee crossed in front, she was cheering loudly until she saw Kurt leaning against a tree dismissively.

"Vhat took you guys so long?" he said with a smirk. Earlier in the day he'd teleported out of the way of a large piece of glass, taking Amara out of the way too, so both had emerged with mild cuts. Jubilee scowled, angry to have been beaten.

"The point of a race is to run," Jubilee frowned.

"You said ve could use our powers. I did," Kurt smiled as Bobby lunged at him to tackle him. They play fought for a moment, then Kurt teleported away, causing Bobby to crash to the ground.

By now everyone had finished, and were glad to have let out some of their excess energy. After chatting for a moment, Kurt asked, "Vell? Vhat's next?"

In Cerebro

The Professor put the headgear on, hesitant as always to opening his mind to that many other people. But the fear was hardly anything after all these years, so it passed within the second. He could feel the hundreds of thousands of mutants living in just the United States. He searched back to earlier in the day, trying to find mutant activity there. Then, he zeroed in on the Mansion, which didn't clear things up much. He could sense that Gambit had been charging and decharging playing cards before it happened, and Kitty had phased through her bag to grab her phone. He felt the buzz of Rogue's power that he always felt because it was always on, and Nightcrawler had teleported somewhere.

Then the event came, and the amount of powers increased. Kitty phased her and Jubilee through the glass, Nightcrawler teleported Amara and himself away. Bobby had turned to his solid ice form to not get injured by the glass. However, he saw that some were not so lucky. He saw some students, like Rogue had, get several large pieces of glass stuck in them. He saw others, like Gambit, get long cuts that thankfully weren't deep. Very few had been injured more than that, but a few students were rendered unconscious from the falling glass. It hurt the Professor to have to watch again, but then he felt a new mind presence, one that he hadn't felt before. There were mild defenses on it, but he could tell that they weren't very good at putting up blocks and it was a last minute thing.

Looking in someone's mind in the past was a tad bit harder than the Professor was used to, so it took a few minutes of focus to get a sense of the mind. Even then, he couldn't get much of a motive, just a picture in his mind of who the attacker was. The culprit looked like a young girl, around 15, but he wasn't sure. He felt her waves of power as she shattered all of the glass, and for the first time he noticed that some of the wood in the porch in front of the Mansion had large cracks appear in it.

The last thing he saw before he withdrew was a name. Regina Duchani. That was enough, but even if he wanted to he couldn't learn any more. Perhaps her mental block was stronger than he had first anticipated. Never the less, he had enough information to track her down. He removed the headset and left Cerebro, debating what to do. On one hand, she'd attacked the school and injured several students, but on the other hand, she was only a kid, and she had seen absolutely terrified, like she thought if she didn't do this she would die.

There was certainly a lesson to be learned in this, but it was also a matter of students safety. Finally, he made a decision.

In the Professor's office

"Jean, Scott, I have a mission for you," the Professor started, speaking to the two of his oldest students. He'd had them for years and years, since they were kids. It always seemed strange to see them this old, and it made him feel old. The thought itself brought a little bit of a smile to his face. "I've managed to find the name of the attacker. Her name is Regina Duchani, and she should still be in this area. I think it'll be fairly easy to track her, I have a feeling she hasn't gotten far yet."

"What do you want us to do with her? Find information?" Scott asked. He knew that the Professor would never ask them to attack someone when they didn't know the entire story.

"I want you and Jean to go and talk to her. I believe there is more to this than we could've imagined. You should leave as soon as possible," the Professor said.

"Professor, what aren't you telling us?" Jean asked. "Is something wrong?"

The Professor sighed. He should've known they would guess when he was holding something back. "There is something that I am not telling you, but trust me when I say that it is not something dangerous, nor something that will hurt you. I simply wish to see how you will react. What decisions you will make, how you will act."

The momentary silence in the room was heavy before Jean spoke. "I can assure you Professor that every decision we make will be one that we are sure you would make in our places."

The Professor smiled assuringly. "I trust you guys completely, and I have faith that you will make the best choices. As long as you remember not to act rashly."

Scott and Jean nodded. "We will."

"Then I suggest you get going, before she has the chance to leave," with that, Scott and Jean left the Mansion.

Commercial Break

A few games later, all of the kids were having more fun than they'd had in a while, and the stress in the air was almost all gone. They decided to do a potato sack race, in which Kurt was able to use is teleporting powers to win again. However, in the water balloon toss, Rin and Daniel won due to Rin being able to control the water to make it move as she pleased. Kitty had even managed to sneak down and 'borrow' some bow and arrows for an archery contest, one that no one could really use their gift to win, not that they didn't try. Gambit charged Piotr's arrow so that it exploded before it hit the target. Jubilee would launch her fireworks to cause the arrow to go off course, and Bobby froze the others arrows, causing them to drop to the ground. To the astonishment of everybody, Rogue won that contest, with no use of powers whatsoever.

"Gambit sees dat chère has many hidden talents. Maybe she'll show Gambit a few?" he winked at her, causing Rogue to groan in exasperation.

"Don't ya' ever stop?" she grumbled.

"Gambit don' think you want him to stop, no?" Rogue reddened immensely, and once Bobby heard, he scowled and stormed away to where Kitty and Piotr were talking.

"Just-stop," Rogue ordered, walking away towards where the rest of the students were.

Bobby looked at Rogue strangely, as if he were almost mad at her but not quite, and she raised an eyebrow at him, asking the question silently. He nodded almost immediately, and Rogue went to stand by him, glad the fight was behind them.

"So what's next? Bullfighting?" Rogue half joked.

"Actually I was thinking maybe we could go in the pool. Go swimming, relax, do a few contests in there. I think it sounds fun," Kitty smiles.

Rogue shifted uncomfortably. Going swimming wasn't easy for her, she had to keep all of her skin covered, so wearing an actual bathing suite was out of the question. And swimming in a long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves took some of the fun out of it. She said jokingly, "Well we can relax, or we can do some games. I don't think that we can have both."

Everyone laughed, and Rogue smiled.

Rin and Daniel were talking, leaning against a tree as the others discussed the plans for the next game.

"And after Mystique left," Rin continued, telling her story of coming to the Mansion. "The Professor talked to my parents, and I came here!" she ended the story with a giggle of sorts, smiling to her new found friend. "Okay, I've talked enough. Your turn."

Daniel sighed, not smiling for a brief moment. "Well, my powers only came in very recently. I was at a concert with my parents, seeing Fall Out Boy-"

"Really?" Rin interrupted.

"Yeah. We had good seats, too. Anyway, that was the most unlucky time. I could feel all of the electricity buzzing through the air, all of it! I should've just ignored it, but I couldn't. Then, I accidentally sucked it all up. It was all inside of me, and all of the lights went out and the speakers died and there was a lot of screaming. But I couldn't hold it in, not that much, so I had to let it go, and it shot into the air like lightning. It hit the roof because it had power cords in it, and the roof caved in, separating me from my parents and knocking me out.

"When I came to, I was being cared for by a paramedic. They took me to the police and I told them what my name was, and they let me stay there. But when they found out that I was a mutant, and that I was the one to cause the accident, they locked me up on destruction of property and even charged me of murder because some people died. I was pretty messed up, but then the Professor came and sorted things out and talked to me. And then he said I could stay here until they found my parents," Daniel shrugged. "And I agreed."

"Woah. That sucks," Rin said sympathetically. "Sorry."

He was sad for a moment or two, then shrugged. "I think that I'll find them. Besides, if I never came here, I never would've met you," Rin blushed, then spoke.

"Thanks. You're pretty awesome yourself," she looked over towards the other students. "I think that we should go and join them. I can't wait for the next game!"

"Okay," Daniel said, walking with her. As Rin got closer, she saw that Matt was leaning against the Mansion's outside wall, watching them. "Who's the creepy guy leaning on the building?" he asked, pointing him out.

"Oh! That's Matt. He's not creepy. He acts like he doesn't care and he hates people, but he's actually really nice. But he won't let you know it," Rin waves wildly. "HI MATT!" he looked up at her, slightly exasperated at her enthusiasm.

"Rin," she barely heard him mutter, lifting his hand ever so slightly in his version of a wave. He narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Daniel, but didn't say anything.

Westchester, New York

Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus plays over next few scenes

Jean and Scott parked their car on the side of the road, Scott doing research on the computer that he brought.

"Okay. I think I have an idea of where she might be. There's an online article about the massive amount of pick pocketing, but this is New York, so that's not new. What is new is apparently parents are trying to track down their daughter, someone with the same name. And someone filed a police report for a missing credit card, said that some 'latina girl' stole it off of him," Scott read.

"Scott, how do we know that the latina girl was her?" Jean pointed out. "We don't even know if she's latina, and even if she was, there's tons of latinas in New York."

"Well, her parents I was able to find on Facebook, and they're latina. Also, he said that she must've been a mutant, because right before she stole the card-get this- the window on the store next to him shattered, momentarily distracting him," Scott smiled triumphantly.

"That's our girl. Where is she now?" Jean asked him.

"Can you search around in the minds to see if she's in this area? It would be a lot faster than me searching on my computer," Scott suggested.

Jean nodded, then closed her eyes, listening. There were so many voices that at first it was overwhelming. Then she caught a trail of a thought that tugged at her interest. I can't believe I did that. If they don't find me and kill me, that women certainly will. What if I killed someone in there? That was a lot of glass. Oh God, what have I done? No. Calm down. You did what you had to. Shut up and drink your coffee.

Jean opened her eyes. "I found her. She's in that restaurant," Jean pointed. They both left the car, hiding their valuables-this was New York-and headed into the restaurant. It was pretty packed, and Jean at first didn't notice anyone out of the ordinary. She was reluctant to search in the minds of everyone again-she always felt like it was an invasion of privacy-so she looked around at the people to see if anyone seemed like this Regina. She had a small feeling that she knew what the Professor had neglected to mention, which was only confirmed when she saw a young girl who matched the description sitting alone at a table, a small look of fear on her face as she drank a cup of coffee.

Slowly, Jean reached into her mind. There were remnants of a barrier or wall, but it was clear that even if had once been strong, she had no idea how to keep it up. It's okay. Calm down, Regina, you are acting like you've never done something dangerous or illegal before. Jean slowly pointed to Scott where the girl was sitting.

"Her. That's Regina Duchani," she said softly, looking at the young girl.

"Her? She's just a kid! How can she do that much damage?" Scott scowled, and acted as if he were going to go over and talk to her, but Jean touched his shoulder.

"I think that I should talk to her. Alone. I can sense that she's scared, so I don't think that she was doing this willingly. She just needs to know that what's she's going through-she's not alone. I think I just need to let her know that there's people out there who she can relate to, that we can help her," Jean said, looking at him in the eyes. Well, as much as she could, at least.

"And you don't think that I can tell her that?" Scott scoffed.

"Well...you don't always come off too friendly. And I have a feeling that she's the type to not like people telling her what to do," Jean smiled softly, and Scott gave in.

"Fine, but I'm not leaving the restaurant. I'll sit over there," he points to a table on the other side of the building.

"I'll be fine. Just go," Jean shoved him slightly, then headed towards the girl. "Hello? Regina Duchani?"

Commercial Break

When someone said Regina's name, her real name, she immediately stiffened up. Who was she? How did she know her? Was she one of hers? Did Regina not do good enough and now she was going to pay the price?

Regina mentally shook her head. If she'd messed up, and they wanted her dead, she'd be dead. No, this must be someone her parents sent, or maybe about the card she took. The person had her description, however vague it was. Finally she decided to go with her usual defense. "Quién eres? Déjame en paz , yo no hablo Inglés," (Who are you? Leave me alone, I don't speak English.) Not true at all, but sometimes it threw people off enough to make them leave her alone.

Unfortunately, that didn't seem to apply to this redheaded intruder. "Regina, I know that you can speak English. You can trust me. I'm like you."

Not likely, Regina thought to herself.

"My name's Jean Grey. I attend the school that you, uh, visited this morning," Jean said, not sure how else to phrase it.

The cup at the table next to them shattered, causing the people to jump in confusion. Regina clutched her fists, taking a calming breath to keep it from happening again. "Te lo digo , no sé lo que estás hablando. Ahora déjame sola," (I'm telling you, I don't know what you're talking about. Now leave me alone.)

"Regina, I'm not going to hurt you. I think that there's more to this story than you blowing up all of the windows of a school for fun," Jean spoke in soft reassuring tones, and Regina wanted to trust her. But she couldn't tell anyone, or she would kill her. And her family. And that was the last thing that Regina wanted.

At the Mansion

The students splashed around in the pool, laughing and having fun. They had a few contests, like races in the water and holding breath contests, but they mostly just messed around. Rogue had set her feet in the water, but going in the water in her clothes was uncomfortable, so she didn't go in. That didn't stop Gambit from splashing her as much as possible so she was just as wet as if she'd gone under all the way.

It wasn't just her that he was shooting. He hand somehow gotten his hands on a water gun, and was using it as his own personal weapon.

"Gambit!" Rogue shrieked as she was hit yet again. "Ah swear, if ya' don't stop squirtin' me, ah will drain ya dry!" she threatened. Gambit then turned to Kitty, and she phased last minute through the water, but slipped in a puddle, phasing through the emergency controls on the wall. Suddenly they shorted out, the electricity going haywire and the building shutting down. The lights went beserk and the doors locked.

"What the-" Kitty said, looking around at the room in confusion. "What's happening?"

"Ah think that ya' broke the machine. We're trapped," Rogue gulped, standing up and looking around at the sparking electricity.

Westchester, New York

"Regina, you have to trust me. The Professor's not angry, but you have to explain," Jean begged.

Regina figured that she was a telepath and that's why she understood her. She didn't seem like she was the type to be fluent in Spanish. Maybe...maybe she didn't have to tell her. Maybe this redhead, Jean, could read Regina's mind, see what had happened. She'd promised that she wouldn't tell anyone, but if a telepath had unsuspectingly read her mind and saw that, well Regina couldn't be blamed.

"Ella me vuelve loco la promesa de que no se lo diría a nadie. Pero tal vez si usted lo vio usted mismo, usted podría ... entender," (She made me promise that I wouldn't tell anyone. But maybe if you saw it yourself, you could...understand.) Regina muttered. Jean looked at her, confused. Was she...inviting her into her mind?

A small nod from Regina confirmed it. Jean closed her eyes, and pushed.

She saw a kid Regina, maybe twelve or thirteen, arguing with a boy. Such a sweet looking girl packed such a fierce temper. As she screams, the glass in the room shatters. She saw Regina trying oh so hard to keep her temper in check, but failing too often. Then she was taking a driving test, nervous as hell already but then when her instructor scolded her to fix her grip, nerves gave way to anger and the car shattered, nearly killing the instructor. After that Regina left, not wanting to hurt anyone and not wanting to have to hear her parents kick her out, or send her away.

More recently, Jean saw Regina stealing to survive, making a living the way she could until she could be old enough to get a good job. Then she saw Mystique appearing to Regina.

"I have a mission for you. I will pay you if you can do it," she offered, and Jean saw Regina's expression peak at the mention of money. But once she realized what it was, she tried to refuse. "If you don't do this, you will regret it. I will make sure that not a day of your life goes by that you don't. And I promise, it won't be long," Regina looked around and saw people staring right at her. Someone wearing goggles, someone who looked like he had forgotten how to shave, and someone who kept flicking a lighter on with a maniac like expression. She knew that Mystique had an extensive network of people.

She saw Regina standing on the border of the Mansion, focusing hard. "I don't think I can do it," she said to Mystique, who stared right back.

"You can. Now do it," Mystique ordered. Regina focused, rightly scared out of her wits, and when everything was broken, she collapsed back into the grass. When she was able to focus again, Mystique was gone. She ran, but she needed to wait first. To make sure that she hadn't done something wrong.

Jean opened her eyes, staring at Regina. "I see. Well, that doesn't change anything. I know that women, I know Mystique. She's retaliating against us for something we did. It's not your fault. You're safe with us."

Regina wanted to believe her. A small part of her argued that she could take care of herself, that she didn't need help from her. But then reason took over, and she realized that this was the best option.

"If I go with you, you need to promise me three things," she spoke softly, hoping to death that there wasn't anyone listening.

"Name it," Jean smiled.

"That this women, Mystique, can't find me," Regina started. "And that I won't be punished for my actions. As you saw, it's not entirely my fault. I don't want anyone, student or staff, to yell at me. Or I'll leave," she crossed her arms, leaning back. "And I don't want to be held responsible to anything that I break. I don't have the best control, and I assume that's the point of the school. Still, things will break."

Jean nodded. "Deal. Now let's go home."

Commercial Break

At the Mansion

The students were panicking. It was all chaos as everything locked down, trapping the students inside. Kitty was crying-she blamed herself-and Gambit was sullen, not speaking much because he also blamed himself.

Rin stayed positive, assuring everyone that the Professor would help, he would get them out, and what's so bad about being stuck in a pool room? They could swim and have fun until he found them. Then Bobby brutally reminded her that this defense mechanism prevented any telepaths from reading minds in here. And there was excess electricity shedding into the pool, so that wouldn't be too safe.

It was Daniel who had the idea. "Guys, I can absorb the energy from this machine thing, and then the defenses will go away, because nothing will be powering them!" he seemed excited and proud of himself for thinking that one up.

Rogue nodded slowly. "It might work. We haven't got any better ideas."

Bleeding Out by Imagine Dragons plays until End Credits

Daniel smiled, then turned to the machine, focusing on the energy as it started to flow into him. At first he was smiling, but as the amount of energy increased, his expression grew more and more strained. "Uh, I can't hold this much energy for long. Assistance, please?"

Rogue pulled off her glove. "Ah can absorb some of the energy from ya-" she started, but then someone-she thought it was Amara, but in all honesty what happened next was so hectic that she wasn't sure- came barreling past her, screaming at the top of her lungs, and ran into Rogue, who tumbled onto Kitty, her ungloved hand touching Kitty's skin. The two girls froze for a moment until Rogue managed to pull away, and Kitty collapsed into the water, sinking down.

They could've easily taken care of that, getting her out of there. The electricity was inside Daniel, therefore not shedding into the pool. But before anyone had the chance to go in and get her, Daniel suddenly lost control of the energy, and the lightning directed itself into the nearest conductor, which was unfortunately Rin, who was standing right besides Daniel.

All of the thousands of volts charged into her, and she shuddered for a few moments, her eyes passing to the back of her head as her powers went berserk, the water freezing, then boiling, then hardening to glass. Finally all the electricity passed through her, and Rin collapsed to the ground, unresponsive.

Suddenly, as if appearing from the shadows, Matt ran down next to her, bending besides her. "Rin!" he lifted her up, but she her head just rolled back. "What did you do to her?" he spat venomously towards Daniel, who was cowering in fear.

"I- it was an accident," he stuttered.

While this was happening, Kitty was stuck inside the glasslike substance. "Kitty!" Bobby shouted.

"I can phase through to get her-" Rogue said, but her teeth were gritting together as she felt a rush of her memories.

Piotr shook his head, then turned into steel, punching through the glass like it was butter. He had a look of urgency in his eyes, one that Rogue didn't expect to see. Within seconds he pulled her out, and you could see her breath again, but she was still unconscious. "Kitty?" he asked nervously, feeling her pulse, then sighing in obvious relief when it was still strong.

Gambit wordlessly handed Rogue her other glove. At first it phased through her hand, and she had to bend down to pick it up again. The doors opened in the darkness since there was no power whatsoever, none from the original power source or the batteries. Matt picked up Rin wordlessly, checking her pulse, which was weak but still there. He shoved past Daniel, who looked like he wanted to help but didn't know what to say.

As they entered the Professor's office, Matt carrying Rin and Piotr carrying Kitty, they saw Jean and Scott talking to him with a girl they hadn't seen before. All four looked up at them, Jean immediately rising. "What's happened?" she asked, looking from person to person.

"I'm afraid," Matt said, his voice low. "That it is a rather long story."

The Professor rushed them down to infirmary, where Beast plugged them in. Piotr told them a brief version of what happened, but made it clear that it wasn't anybody's fault.

Beast checked out Kitty, then proclaimed that she was fine. "She's just a little drain from, uh, touching Miss Rogue. I predict she'll be awake by the end of the hour."

Piotr visibly sighed in relief. "That is good."

"Yeah, just peachy," Matt grumbled. "What about Rin? She was the one who was electrocuted with thousands of bolts of electricity," Matt wasn't really used to being around the teachers, because aside from classes and the necessary Danger Room sessions, he stayed in his room, out of the way. He was sure the teachers were just as surprised to see him.

Beast-Dr. McCoy here-lost his smile, but still tried to stay a little positive. "Well, it seems that all of her vitals are in order. The only thing to be sure of now is that when she wakes up she's still our Rin."

"Clarify 'our Rin'," Matt demanded, eyebrows narrowed.

"Well, occasionally, and more often with such a large amount of electricity like this, the patient in question can experience amnesia or changes in personality. Also, if something hurts or doesn't feel right, she'll be able to tell us," Dr. McCoy explained. "But don't worry, I'm sure that she's fine."

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The students are forced to live their worst nightmares, causing tensions to run high and secrets to be revealed.