"Gah, Kitty. How do you get here so fast?" Anna inquired.
"I have Mrs. Grey before this, just across the way."
"Oh…" She took a seat next to her. "Are you okay? You seem, not all here."
Kitty spot Piotr coming into the classroom. He didn't even look at me. Maybe he forgot. Nah, I could never be forgotten.
"Kitty?"
"…huh?"
" Oh, you must be buggin' 'cuz you slept with Piotr the other night."
"What?" Kitty tried to stay calm, but knew her face was turning bright red. "What are you talking about? I would never-"
"He told me."
"He told you!"
"Yeah… he is my best friend ya know. He tells me everything."
"I can't believe this. Who just shares every sexual encounter they've had like … besides me?"
"It ain't like it's posted on Myspace or anythin'."
"He did what?"
"No! I said he didn't."
"Oh, god. Scared the shit out of me!"
"So why are you so irked about it?"
"Because it was a heat of the moment thing. I had just broken up with Lance, and then I sleep with Piotr. It was good, but I feel awful."
"On a scale from one to ten?"
"Hmm… maybe an eight… an' a half. It was crazy, like first he was all gentle and it was sweet, but like… then he started to take charge and that was HOT!"
"That's interesting considerin' he's a virgin. Well, not anymore…"
"He was a what? You're kidding right. You're just saying that-"
"No, I'm serious. He said the other night was special to him, probably just cuz it was his first time though."
"Now, I defiantly feel awful. I should go to church. Should I go to church?"
"An' do what? Confess that you devirginized a seventeen-year-old guy? Trust me, he thanks you."
"Yes, and I thank you Anna for being quite as I begin to say what we're doing today."
"Sorry Mr. LeBeau. I'm all ears."
"Yes, well..." Mr. Lebeau noticed Wolverine entering the classroom. Wolverine raised his eyebrows, Remy returned with a nod. "Okay! Well, we are going to start our first danger room mission. Would anyone like to volunteer?" Silence engulfed the room. "Dat's what I thought. So, how 'bout you Miss Raven?"
"No thanks." She paused for a moment. He doesn't know about mah powers. "My powers... there inactive. I am excused from any danger room activities."
"That's not what it says in your file."
So who's trying to play me? I locked my file as soon as I got to the institute. She looked back and saw Wolverine leaning against the wall. Ah... I see the game now... "I think you an' I both know it doesn't say that on my file."
He shook of the disrespect, but it still lingered in his mind. "Your last level was 5.8, how 'bout 5.9? Think you can beat it?"
"Not without my powers."
"Hmm... well that will be are lesson today." He spoke to the class, "There will be circumstances where you powers could be of no value. So, Miss Raven let's demonstrate to the class?"
She stood up and walked toward the danger room door. She turned to Remy and mouthed, "We need to talk."
Once in the danger room, Anna stretched her legs and arms hoping to bring out some retired muscles. "Are you ready Anna?"
"Yeah." As soon as her lips moved the metallic scenery changed drastically, but was still recognizable. She knew it well: every peeling piece of wallpaper, creaks in the floorboards... it was the Brotherhood house. Toad came swinging from the stairs, Avalanche came out from the living room; Blob came from the kitchen, Pyro from the front door behind her and Mystique and Magneto the breaking from the ceiling above her. "This is going to be fun."
Toad came flying at her first. This is too easy. She thought to herself. Anna grabbed his slimy tongue wrapped it around her wrist swinging his light body around her knocking back all her opponents. Then, she walked up to Mystique's blue body and grabbed the gun from its holster around her hips. With no question she pulled the trigger. She turned and shot Avalanche, as he fell she felt the earth from under shaking. Toad came flying toward her, but was stopped mid-air by her bullet. She turned to her left to see Blob coming toward her and before she could even think about pulling the trigger her rib cage was being squished by this giant orc of a mutant.
She yelped like a sick puppy and knew she would regret that outburst of pain later. Gah Anna! Use your head! You can get out of this jam! ... That's it! Mah head! With all her might, she head butted Blob on the peak of his forehead. He looked at her and laughed at her attack, but then his grip loosened. He fell to the floor knocked unconscious. So maybe not all the stuff Wolverine teaches me is bull. Her limp body fell to the floor, she couldn't move for a second. She saw the fire above her and could feel the heat of Pyro's flame all over her body. The warm feeling reminded her of her last night with the Brotherhood. She felt a puncture in her thigh, she got up and noticed a fork wedged in her muscle. She look at Magneto floating in front of her smirking.
"A fork? Gawd you've gone soft." Anna said smiling and let out a small giggle.
His smirk disappeared and he levitated a dagger with his pointer finger, "Boo." His smirk returned as he flew the knife at her heart. She grabbed Pyro, using him as a shield. After the dagger struck his heart she threw his body down and grabbed the knife lodged in his heart. She flung it at his head as a bulls eye. With one swish of his hand the knife veered direction into a wall. He turned his head to where the knife landed: into a picture of Anna when she was younger. When he turned his head back to her direction he saw a blanket coming toward him. Magneto tried to get the blanket off his head and when he did he saw Anna flying toward him. After knocking him to the ground she grabbed the fork from her thigh and stabbed his heart. "My child…" The metallic walls came back into view.
"Stage 5.9. Complete."
Once entering the classroom she noticed everyone quivering in their seats. Wolverine slipped out the door smiling. Heatedly she left the room.
"Okay… uh… summarize your notes kids. I'll be collecting them in ten. Now if you'll excuse me." He left after her. After exiting into the hallway he looked to the right, then to the left he saw her. "Anna!" He caught up to her speed running only to notice an angry expression on her face. "Anna…?" He put his hand lightly on her shoulder.
"Don't touch meh!" She flicked his hand away. "I don't understand why you did that."
"I-"
"I know it was cuz Logan was there. I know that much…" She tried to strengthen her voice, but couldn't. "But I don't know why you would do that to me. You don't know anything about me. In there that was what I used to be… I didn't want that coming back out again…"
"Anna I'm-"
"No. You an' me… whatever the hell this was… it's over. We're done."
