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Chapter 4
Adrianna came face to face with the young child version of Charles Xavier as Adrianna tried to remain calm. She could feel Charles's attempt to pry information from the girl but being a telepath herself- she was able to form large mental barriers in her mind after several pryings from other telepaths.
Charles let out a frustrated noise as Adrianna smirked as she crossed her arms. "Nice try but it'll take a lot more training if you want to get past my mental barriers."
The young boy looked at the teenager girl with surprise, "Y-you're like me?" he asked.
Adrianna thought about it, rubbing her chin. Technically she was still human but she was also an ESPER, which was slightly different than Mutants but she couldn't say she was an ESPER and make Charles think he was an ESPER as well than a Mutant which would also create a disaster in this universe and the future of the X-Men and Xavier's School for the Gifted…
Adrianna looked at the young boy as she smiled, "I have a variety of abilities, Charles. Telepathy, is one of the first I was gifted with."
The young Charles widened his eyes with an open mouth, "So you can-"
'Yes I can, Charles.' thought Adrianna to Charles, who was surprised. Adrianna chuckled before speaking into his mind, 'It feels weird when someone else is talking into your mind than the other way around, does it?'
He nodded, 'You can read minds as well like me.' he said.
'Yes,' she nodded, 'But reading the mind of a person is the surface of a telepath. We are able to do much more which is also a danger to both ourselves and others.' she thought to him as she held out her hand to him as he took it. They begun to walk in the rather large garden as she spoke out loud.
"Telepaths, yes we can read the mind of a person, but we can also read the minds of animals since it is not so different." she said, looking at him as he listened intently. "Telepaths are able to control the mind- which is dangerous since we can control the emotions or control people and animals but it is nothing to meddle with, Charles." she said, being serious as he nodded seriously. "One wrong move or with our negative emotions, we can cause a lot of damage and even break them. So you have to be careful with your gift Charles, because it is also a curse and a burden that those with powers we have to bear." said Adrianna, purposely saying the final few words to him.
Charles looked deep in thought before nodding and smiling, "I promise!"
Adrianna smirked, "Good. Oh right, I didn't tell you my name." she said, face-palming herself as she looked at Charles as she held out her hand to him. "My name is Edlyn Maxwell." she said, "Nice to meet you."
Charles shook her hand, "Charles Xavier!"
She heard calls from behind them, that were meant for Charles as Adrianna smiled at him. "Now go on, they'll worry."
Charles looked down, "My parents don't really spend much time with me."
Adrianna smiled as she knelt down, patting Charles head. "But it doesn't mean they also don't love you. Besides, if you're ever lonely, there's always me. See?" she said.
Charles nodded and beamed, giving Adrianna a hug as she did the same before seeing the young telepath run towards the mansion as the maids begun to worry. As they brought him inside, Adrianna waved goodbye to him as Charles did the same before the doors were shut behind him.
Adrianna stood there for a while, with her arms crossed over themselves as she took in the mansion. Soon, this was going to be filled with a lot of people.
She turned around, walking away as she let herself dissolve and being brought somewhere else.
Over the next course of the days, Adrianna had spent her time in the Marvel universe quite well. She conversed well with Loki to the point, they were nearly as close as friends, Thor acted like a worried older brother which struck too close to home but she accepted it, Sif and the three Warriors accepted her, Frigga and Odin over saw her health and her powers, she also was spending her time being pulled to the past versions of the characters we know and love in the Marvel universe.
"So you two are planning to enter into the army." said Adrianna as she and Steve sat in Bucky's apartment.
"Well, I'm sure I will be but Steve…" said Bucky, looking at his best friend.
"I'll be fine, Bucky." said Steve who was determined to get into the army.
Adrianna knew WWII was slowly happening and the Great Depression was ending as she remembered from school. Although most of her knowledge would be useless in this universe, she knew enough. She was in her feminine form but she still wore boy's clothes, telling Steve and Bucky it was much easier to move in this time.
The two (soon to be soldiers) were still amazed at her abilities and she hadn't even shown half of them but despite being still 17ish, she remained the same as she watched the two grow. She had realized she had currency no matter where she went and every so often, Adrianna would bring something for the two to eat. She stuck closer to Steve because he recently lost his mother due to illness and she knew the road that Steve would be taking.
Adrianna brought her hands closer together and smiled at them, "Well when you guys get drafted, be sure to kick some Nazi butts for me will ya?" she said.
"Absolutely!" they both said, grinning at her.
"What would you be doing if we are gone, Edlyn?" asked Bucky, who took a bite of chicken as she had cooked them a warm meal, that would be good for growing muscles and for the future soldiers.
"Gone?" said Adrianna as she thought about them dying. She also begun to think the time she would have to endure when Steve would be encased in ice and Bucky falling off the train and begin at the whims of Hydra...
Steve kicked his best friend in the leg, seeing the look of distraught on his female's friend's face as Bucky let out a yelp, "Not like that Edlyn." said Steve giving her one of his warm smiles, "He meant what would you be doing if we got ourselves accepted and flown to train?"
Adrianna let out a sigh of relief as Bucky gave her an apologetic smile as she looked at them, leaning against her chair. "I'm not sure, really. I mean… I'll see you guys anyway when you get drafted and all- but honestly, I'm not really from here so I can't actually help out with the war efforts like the others."
The two stared at her as she grinned, "Well I could make myself look like a male and get myself drafted." she said as the other two immediately stood up, yelling.
"No!"
"Why not?" she asked, tilting her head.
"Because you're a women-" said Bucky as Adrianna huffed.
"Bucky. Woman are just as capable of holding a gun and using it as a man. Granted we are slightly weaker than men but it doesn't mean we can't hold against our own." she said, "besides-" as she rolled her eyes, pointing a finger at him with her arms still crossed, "I have used a sword, spear, bow and arrow, and a gun longer and more times than you will."
They all stared at her as Adrianna made a point as she held out of her arms out. Her other hand went to her jacket as she fell like she was dipping into a stream of water and pulled out a gun. They let out a yelp as she begun to quickly loading it and clocking it and undoing it in seconds. She put it on the table and looked at them, "If a woman can load her gun in this amount of time and use it, her enemies don't know what's coming."
Adrianna stood as she watched Bucky get himself in and Steve's numerous attempts. Granted, this was nerve wracking. She had read about how soldiers were tested to get themselves in but seeing it first hand, it was quite different. She saw Bucky off as he hugged her as she had dressed herself feminine like as she shook his hand. "Don't you dare die out there, Soldier." she said seriously as Bucky stood straighter, "Or I swear I will drag your sorry ass from death and get you if you do." she said smirking.
Bucky smiled a bit as he hugged her longer. "Thanks for taking care of me and Steve when we were boys, Edlyn."
Adrianna smiled softly and hugged him, kissing his forehead. "I felt honored to do so." she replied as Bucky held out the photo of her, Bucky, and Steve together. "Take care of him." said Bucky.
Adrianna smiled and saluted to him as Bucky did the same as Bucky begun to follow his future comrades to the field.
'So this is what they felt like...' thought Adrianna, thinking about the sweethearts that watched their men leave and some never coming back.
She watched the train go farther and farther as they were going to take them to train as Bucky watched Adrianna watch the recruits go.
She also watched Steve being accepted by Dr. Erskine who asked him to become super soldier. Of course, he didn't know she was there as she made herself invisible but at the platform of where the experiment was taking place, Adrianna watched from afar.
'Steve' thought Adrianna to him as he looked towards the voice. He saw Adrianna as she smiled encouragingly as he smiled- he was glad someone he knew was there. Even for a moment. She had to bear watching Steve scream at the pain as he got himself transformed, Dr. Erskine getting killed, and Steve running after the killer.
Amidst all of that, Adrianna stood next to Steve as she kept herself invisible. "How are you feeling?" she asked to him.
"...different." replied Steve as Adrianna laughed.
"Of course. Hard to tell that you were once like me- thin and almost weak- while you're now so big and well muscled." she said as she patted his arm. The super soldier looked down at her, realizing how different now he and Adrianna was.
Steve smiled, "Probably because of the meals you cooked for me and Bucky."
Adrianna laughed again as a smile remained onto his face. He was glad she was here, he didn't know how to cope with all of the events prior to his transformation and knew she would be there in his darkest moments. Physically and mentally.
She felt someone calling her as Adrianna stretched. "I gotta go now, Steve. Someone seems to be calling me." she said, skipping slightly.
Steve had a sad look on his face as Adrianna smiled in reassurance, "Don't worry Stevie, I'll be back when you need me to." she said. Steve merely nodded as he watched the girl disappear in a blink of an eye as he immediately missed the girl's presence.
Adrianna opened her eyes as she found herself at Asgard as she came face to face with Loki. He was smirking and being the God of Mischief...that was not a good sign. "Okay….?" she said, raising an eyebrow who was clearly confused.
"It seems I was right." he spoke as Adrianna tilted her head in confusion.
"Uh….what?"
Loki let out a sound of amusement, "It seemed odd to me how you would sleep at random times other and your mind to be somewhere else, so I decided to test by calling you."
Adrianna huffed, crossing her arms over her chest and pouting, "You make it like I am a dog." she said.
Loki laughed a bit, "That was not my intentions." he said finding the idea amusing.
Adrianna let out a huff before sitting on one of the comfy chairs in Asgard, "Well since I'm here I guess I'll stay." she said, "Although it still bothers me how I know when people are in need of me and I transport myself. This only happens when I form a telepathic link to people that I know." she said blinking, "Oh god, don't tell me I'm a Guardian."
"A guardian?" asked Loki, questionably.
Adrianna waved her hand, dismissing it. "Movie reference."
"Movie?"
"A form of Midgardian entertainment." she spoke, making it simple as possible. She did not want to explain what a movie was and boy, there were tons.
Loki left it at that as he held out a book to her. Adrianna immediately perked up and took the book, eager to read it despite being written in Asgardian language- which was she was learning. Loki had decided to help her learn their language after learning she had a fondness of books and had said her interest in learning more of Asgard for she had predicted that she would be here for a long time.
But in truth, Adrianna had said that she needed to learn how to read words that signalled anything to do with danger.
The god of Mischief gave her a children's storybook that was simple enough to read as she read out the passages to make sure her deciphering was correct. It was amusing to the god because she had deciphered "The goat decided to fly" but the text said "The dog decided to find his master".
"So where do you go?" asked Loki as Adrianna looked at him.
"Huh?"
"When you go to sleep and see people." said Loki.
"Oh. To Midgard. To see a couple of people that need a friend." she said, as she tilted her head again in thought. "Oh. Ooohhh…." she said, realizing something. "Now I know why now!"
"About what?" as he rose an eyebrow.
"Why people need me or when I have telepathic links to people!" she said, "It's because I see them as friends! Of course!" she said, face palming herself.
"Friends? What about me then?" he asked, putting his hands together.
Adrianna stared at him like he had grown another head as she blinked several times. "Of course because you're my friend."
Loki blinked in surprise.
"Friend?"
