Jean joined Kathy at Cerebro where Kathy told her about the new mutant she had discovered and they decided to run it passed Storm to see what she thought. The decision was made and Storm went along with Kathy to meet this new mutant.
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Bethany Jane Rossi was trying her best to figure out what was happening to her, she had recently discovered that she could control the wind and feared what that meant for her.
Suddenly there was a knock on the front door. The door opened
"Hello" Bethany, or BJ as she liked to be called, heard her mother said
"Hello Mrs. Rossi, I am Ororo Munroe, I'm here to talk to you about your daughter"
"Why are you here for her?"
"We're here on behalf of the Xavier Institute for the Gifted, this is Katherine Xavier, she is the daughter of our school's founder, Charles Xavier"
"Come in, this is about the strange things Bethany has been doing lately, deflecting the winds off of herself and controling them... or not actually controling them as the case may be"
"Yes ma'am, my father, the headmaster of our school would be here himself but he..."
"Charles Xavier is having spinal surgery done by a nerosurgen in Colorado" Storm explained "but I am acting as headmistriess in his absence"
"Are you sure you should take in a new student with your headmaster absent"
"He said it was up to us if we take any new students in... we honestly believe that we can help your daughter learn to control her gift" Storm explained
"If I may ask, what are your 'gifts'?" Mrs. Rossi asked
"Mine is telepathy, telekenisis and as an extention of my telekenisis I can stop things from moving by slowing their molecules." Katherine said
"Mine is the manipulation of the weather, I can also manipulate the winds which allows me to fly" Storm added
"Why would your headmaster need spinal surgery?"
"He suffered spinal damage years ago... he has recently learned of a procedure that could repair his damaged spine and allow him to walk again" Storm said
"May I speak to Bethany?" Katherine asked
"Of course"
Katherine arrived at Bethany's room and looked in the open door, knocking just out of politeness to get Bethany's attention
"Hi" Bethany said
"Hi BJ, may I come in?" Katherine asked
"Sure... how did you know I liked to go by BJ?"
"I know a lot of things BJ, I know that you can control the wind... when your powers want to cooperate, I know how it feels when they decided to grow a mind of their own and I know that you are worried about how your friends will react to your powers." Katherine said "Believe me, if they are your true friends they will see that your powers don't change who you are"
"I don't even know your name" BJ said
"BJ, I'm Katherine, but you can call me Kathy and if I seem awkward I am, I'm worried about my dad"
"So am I" BJ replied
"What happened to your dad?"
"He's in Iraq"
"Oh," looking back Kathy remembered noticing a yellow ribbon on the tree in the front yard.
Suddenly the winds started to whip around them
"BJ, sweetie, you need to calm down, I know you're worried about your dad, I'm worried about mine too, but we cannot let our worry consume us. That isn't what they would want, he would want you to do your best to gain control of your powers with or without him" Kathy said standing
BJ began to calm as Storm and BJ's mother ran up. They arrived to see Kathy hugging BJ in her arms
After a while BJ decided to go with them to the school and join classes there.
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Charles arrived in Middleton Colorado and was met by a friend of his who had volunteered to help him during this time. This friend was the parent of a former student who had left after graduating high school to join the Navy and became a medic and also worked in a physical therapy clinic that handled both military personell and civilians. It was the place Charles would go for physical therapy after his surgury.
"Charles, I hope this goes well"
"As do I" Charles sighed "As do I"
The next day was the first appointment with Dr. Anne Possible to set the schedule for the whole surgery, recovery and physical therapy.
He and Anne figured out the best possible scenario and Anne told him that she herself hoped for the best for him.
The day before the opperation Charles was admitted to the hospital and was sitting in his room when Anne arrived. There was a framed picture of a young blonde girl on the table.
"Who is this" she asked Charles whom was sitting on the edge of the bed
"That is my daughter Kathy, she is extremely worried about this and frankly I don't blame her" Charles sighed
"What is it that really has her worried, Charles"
"She's afraid she's going to end up an orphan, her... her mother was murdered in cold blood when she was five years-old. It was only due to the fact that my old friend Erik had the forsight to block her view that she didn't actually see her mother take a bullet"
"Oh dear, I don't know what I'd do in your place, Charles"
"I've tried to be the best father I know how to be for Kathy, she's needed me, and, in a way, I needed her. She gave me the motivation to move on after Megan's untimely death."
"This is my daughter... Kim" Anne said pulling a picture from her pocket
"She looks to be about the same age as Kathy"
"Seventeen?"
"Kathy is only sixteen"
Anne excused herself she had to make her rounds, but she knew that tomorrow was going to be an extreme day for her and for Charles Xavier... not to mention a stressful day for Katherine Xavier.
Anne hadn't been the only one to ask about the girl in the picture, the nurse on duty had seen the picture when he first placed it on the table and asked about it. He had explained that his daughter was his motivation in this whole process and the nurse had complemented the teen, Kathy, as being quite lovely and that she wouldn't be surprised if Charles was extremely proud of his daughter.
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Kathy sighed, it was the day of the operation and she was all but freaking out. Logan walked into Xavier's office to she Kathy sitting in a chair behind Charles's desk hugging a stuffed hippo close to herself. Her young face, tearstained. She squeezed the hippo and it made a farting noise that caused Logan to arch a brow in confusion
"What, you never heard a girl fart before?"(A/n: I pulled the farting hippo(Bert) and that last quote straight from an episode of NCIS)
"I'm pretty sure that was the toy and not you, I woulda smelled it if it was you"
"You're right, it was the toy, it was a gag gift from Bobby Drake last Christmas, he didn't figure I'd actually like the thing"
Logan had watched Kathy grow up from an early age and he knew that Charles was the only parent Kathy had left in this world and she feared for him as he underwent this procedure.
"Kathy, you know that this isn't the way you should..."
"Don't tell me how to handle this Logan" she snapped doing exactly what he would, hiding her emotions.
"C'mon Munchkin..."
"Logan what am I supposed to do, my father could die!" tears once again flowed down Kathy's face and she unconsciously squeezed the hippo a second time
Logan sighed, he had no idea what to tell Kathy at this time, he wanted to tell her to put down the damn hippo, but he wasn't going to as it seemed that hugging it gave her some measure of comfort.
"Poor girl, she's so scared for the professor" Mrs. Murphy observed to Bleu as they sat in the office doorway
"She isn't the only one, Storm seems pretty upset as well" Bleu replied
"Of course she's upset, she is in love with the professor"
The cats went on their way and Storm arrived at the professor's office to see Logan and Kathy already there talking.
"Kathy, sweetheart, come here"
"Ms. O, I... I'm so scared" Kathy put the stuffed hippo down and ran to Storm who embraced her tenderly.
"I know you are" Storm replied hugging the young mutant in her arms
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Upstairs Kurt Wagner was by himself, kneeling, rosary in hand praying that the lord guide the surgen's hand and alow the Professor to come back to them. Rogue looked in on Kurt and noticed him in prayer and said a prayer of her own. She had never been much for praying, but she did think of herself as something of a southern Baptist. She also noticed a small item on the bed, it had a man on it, she figured it was a saint.
Kurt looked up and noticed her
"Hey, I wasn't gonna say anything"
"Come in, it is okay" Kurt replied
"Who is that?"
"That is St. Luke, patron saint to surgeons" Kurt explained
"Oh, I didn't know"
Jean was deep in thought, she was hoping for the best, but at the same time she feared the worst.
Hours passed and finally the institute phone rang and Storm answered
"Xavier institute, this is Ororo Munroe speaking"
"Ms. Munroe, this is Dr. Anne Possible, may I speak to Katherine Xavier"
"Sure she's right here"
"Hello" Kathy said, fear edging into her voice
"Kathy, this is Dr. Possible calling about your father"
To be Continued...