Onyx woke up early the next morning and went straight down to the
professor's office. She knocked on the door softly and entered when she
heard him say come in. She walked over and sat down in one of the chairs
across the desk from him. She had already decided on how she wanted to
alter his memory so she set right to work. He was resistant at first and
put up a better fight that most do that she's had to alter memories for.
Her abilities as a telepath had always been above average so in the end she
won out. No sooner had she finished when Logan started banging on the door
and walked right in.
"Professor I need to talk with you about her." He said pointing at Onyx.
"Yes I know Logan. Onyx already explained everything to me. She made a little extra noise while she was getting a late night snack and while she was getting ready for bed. She had no intention of making you think she was an intruder." He spoke as calmly as usual.
"Yes I am sorry about last night. It won't happen again." Onyx stood up and left having said that, but Logan just followed her.
"I know there's something you're deliberately not telling us and I demand to know what it is." He called after her. She turned and glared at him.
"You want to know what it is?" She asked half serious and half teasing. She lead him into the library. There was no one in there. In fact it was still too early for anyone else but the professor to be up. "Yes I admit that I am hiding something from you and the professor and everyone else here, but I can't tell you what it is." She hissed at him once she made sure they wouldn't be disturbed.
"Can't, or won't?" He was glaring at her and his claws were beginning to extend. She could tell he was preparing to fight her.
"What does it matter? If I even tell one person here I'll be putting the lives of everyone in the institute at risk, and possibly even the entire town. The people where I come from are serious, DEAD serious and I will not be the one held responsible for so many dead innocent lives." She doubted that this answer would satisfy his questions, but she couldn't say anymore or her life, as well as his and all of the others would be in grave danger. Logan had had enough of the round about answers she kept giving him. He lunged at her and sliced through the skin on her stomach. Blood welled up in the cuts as they zipped shut once again. He stared at the cuts in shock that she could heal as fast as he could. She undid the locks on the doors and ran out of the library before he could do anything else.
She was heading upstairs when she nearly ran right into Beast. After saying their hellos he invited her to join him in the lab. He had a few experiments that he wanted to work on and he could use a little bit of help with. Onyx figured that way she wouldn't have to deal with Logan, or at least not be alone with him and she also had a lot more questions about mutants, so she agreed. The day went by quickly in the lab. She found it quite easy to talk to Beast about all sorts of things. They spent many hours discussing art, literature, geology, astronomy, as well as some herbology that she learned from the witches growing up. Of course she only told him the medicinal purposes of the plants.
Before dinner they went for a walk around the grounds of the institute gathering different plants. They came back just in time for dinner with an entire basket full of leaves, twigs, flowers, and vines. They continued talking through dinner as they had through lunch and in time Onyx completely forgot about the confrontation with Logan that morning. After they finished eating they went back down to the lab to sort and label everything they collected. It took a few more hours, but they managed to get through all of the plant material before heading up to bed. The more time she spent with him today the more he reminded her of her husband. On her way she remembered she had to call Keller.
"Keller? It's Lioness." She was using the phone in the professor's office again. Everyone else was heading to bed and she would too as soon as she was off of the phone. She told Keller about her day with Beast and the information she had gathered about mutants.
"Powers are shifting again." Keller said when asked why she was so quiet. "Mother Aradia had another vision yesterday, last night actually. We heard about it today and there's more." Onyx waited patiently while Keller tried to find the words to tell her friend and sister what was happening. "Someone is going to rise and rebuild the Night World. Someone who will take it to it's greatest power."
"WHAT?" Onyx screamed into the phone and as soon as it came out she hoped that she didn't disturb anyone.
"Mother Aradia said that this power is nearly indestructible and will bring four kingdoms to power. Get ready to leave someone is coming tomorrow to get you and to help get Chameleon. The order came from Thierry this morning. We need as many of us back here to figure this out as we can get." Onyx said goodbye and hung up the phone reluctantly. She didn't want to leave, not quite yet.
"Professor I need to talk with you about her." He said pointing at Onyx.
"Yes I know Logan. Onyx already explained everything to me. She made a little extra noise while she was getting a late night snack and while she was getting ready for bed. She had no intention of making you think she was an intruder." He spoke as calmly as usual.
"Yes I am sorry about last night. It won't happen again." Onyx stood up and left having said that, but Logan just followed her.
"I know there's something you're deliberately not telling us and I demand to know what it is." He called after her. She turned and glared at him.
"You want to know what it is?" She asked half serious and half teasing. She lead him into the library. There was no one in there. In fact it was still too early for anyone else but the professor to be up. "Yes I admit that I am hiding something from you and the professor and everyone else here, but I can't tell you what it is." She hissed at him once she made sure they wouldn't be disturbed.
"Can't, or won't?" He was glaring at her and his claws were beginning to extend. She could tell he was preparing to fight her.
"What does it matter? If I even tell one person here I'll be putting the lives of everyone in the institute at risk, and possibly even the entire town. The people where I come from are serious, DEAD serious and I will not be the one held responsible for so many dead innocent lives." She doubted that this answer would satisfy his questions, but she couldn't say anymore or her life, as well as his and all of the others would be in grave danger. Logan had had enough of the round about answers she kept giving him. He lunged at her and sliced through the skin on her stomach. Blood welled up in the cuts as they zipped shut once again. He stared at the cuts in shock that she could heal as fast as he could. She undid the locks on the doors and ran out of the library before he could do anything else.
She was heading upstairs when she nearly ran right into Beast. After saying their hellos he invited her to join him in the lab. He had a few experiments that he wanted to work on and he could use a little bit of help with. Onyx figured that way she wouldn't have to deal with Logan, or at least not be alone with him and she also had a lot more questions about mutants, so she agreed. The day went by quickly in the lab. She found it quite easy to talk to Beast about all sorts of things. They spent many hours discussing art, literature, geology, astronomy, as well as some herbology that she learned from the witches growing up. Of course she only told him the medicinal purposes of the plants.
Before dinner they went for a walk around the grounds of the institute gathering different plants. They came back just in time for dinner with an entire basket full of leaves, twigs, flowers, and vines. They continued talking through dinner as they had through lunch and in time Onyx completely forgot about the confrontation with Logan that morning. After they finished eating they went back down to the lab to sort and label everything they collected. It took a few more hours, but they managed to get through all of the plant material before heading up to bed. The more time she spent with him today the more he reminded her of her husband. On her way she remembered she had to call Keller.
"Keller? It's Lioness." She was using the phone in the professor's office again. Everyone else was heading to bed and she would too as soon as she was off of the phone. She told Keller about her day with Beast and the information she had gathered about mutants.
"Powers are shifting again." Keller said when asked why she was so quiet. "Mother Aradia had another vision yesterday, last night actually. We heard about it today and there's more." Onyx waited patiently while Keller tried to find the words to tell her friend and sister what was happening. "Someone is going to rise and rebuild the Night World. Someone who will take it to it's greatest power."
"WHAT?" Onyx screamed into the phone and as soon as it came out she hoped that she didn't disturb anyone.
"Mother Aradia said that this power is nearly indestructible and will bring four kingdoms to power. Get ready to leave someone is coming tomorrow to get you and to help get Chameleon. The order came from Thierry this morning. We need as many of us back here to figure this out as we can get." Onyx said goodbye and hung up the phone reluctantly. She didn't want to leave, not quite yet.
