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Part I, Chapter 6: This Little Power Of Mine


She and Kurt talked before the Asteroid M, but never to that extent. It wasn't just polite chit-chats like before, but real conversations. They talked about music, their hobbies, differences between German, French and American cultures and when the last week of school began, the new recruits that came to the Xavier Institute.

"For now it's just two girls and a kid, but Professor said a new guy is coming today and a couple more people will join during the summer" Kurt was doodling in his notebook, looking up at her from time to time. Their English teacher decided that it would be a great idea to make them watch Romeo and Juliet made by BBC in the seventies. Violette couldn't stop laughing at Alan Rickman in tights, so she opted for nagging Kurt about things. It seemed that the distraction was welcomed, seeing as he stopped laying on the desk and proclaiming how bored he was every two seconds. "I just hope I won't have to share a room with any of the new guys. I know Scott and Evan are used to my blue self, but I doubt any of the newbies will be comfortable around me for the first few weeks."

She nodded, her mind going to her recent mutation-problems. She was sure Kurt wouldn't just dismiss her concern with the whole visibility issue, but she wasn't sure she wanted to tell him of all people. Yeah, they were kind of friends, but they still were on opposite teams. She wasn't sure she wanted her 'enemy' to know that she somehow couldn't control her powers, cause as much as she wanted to believe that he wouldn't go out and blab it to his teammates, she knew people too well. Humans always loved to use everything they knew to their advantage, even if it meant harming others.

"Are the girls hot? I know for a fact that if you say yes, Pietro's already 'bumped' into one of them and started to work his charm. Even if they didn't leave the mansion since they came in."

He chuckled, shrugging.

"I guess. I think I was too busy covering my ears to really take a look. I never knew girls could scream that loud."

"Ouch" She winced, patting his shoulder comfortingly. "Don't worry, fuzzball. They'll come around. Not every girl's used to guys with that much facial hair before they turn twenty."

"Oh, you're just so funny" Kurt rolled his eyes. "But to be fair, the kid didn't even flinch. He just kind of raised his eyebrows and shrugged."

"Kid, you say? What, the mansion's turning into a nursery?"

"No, not quite that small" He chuckled. The bell rang, signaling the end of the period. They both stood up and started to pack their things, before making their way to their next classes. "He's twelve, I think. He's really shy. If it wasn't for the Professor, I wouldn't even know his name. Other than that, Jamie's pretty normal, you know?"

She froze.

Around twelve. Mutant gene. Jamie.

She shook her head. There had to be tons of boys his age called Jamie, who just happened to be mutants.

Still, she had to ask.

"Jamie who?"

"Madrox, I think."

She gasped, her bag slowly sliding down her shoulder. Violette stopped breathing, while her heart rate increased. Kurt didn't notice her reaction and kept on walking, just like the rest of the student body. She heard another bell and the hall quickly became deserted, leaving her alone with her thoughts.

It couldn't be him. It couldn't be her Jamie.

She had to know for sure it wasn't him.

She completely let go of her bag and let go of the buzz, turning invisible and flying at her top speed to the nearest exit, before turning towards the Institute. She never flew that fast before and wasn't sure if she wouldn't just collapse mid-air, but she couldn't care less.

She could just fly past the security at top speed and hope for the best, but she knew they wouldn't let her near Jamie when they caught her sneaking in, so she stopped inches from the gate, turned visible and used the buzzer for once.

"Ororo Monroe, how can I help you?"

"I-I…"'What the hell am I doing?' "I…"

"Hello, Spectre. I believe Professor Xavier awaits you in his office. Come in."

'What?'

The gates opened in front of her. She looked around, expecting the whole X-dweebs-team to jump form behind a bush, before remembering that they were still in school.

Mystique was going to-

'Right, no Mystique.'

With her new found courage, Violette walked towards the mansion, keeping her head high, knowing that her every move was watched. She knew she could just take off towards the door, but she wanted to make a statement. She wasn't here to fight, she was here to find him. The door were open wide and she walked in, immediately going upstairs. She walked past Wolvie, ignoring his questioning gaze and knocked on the office door, knowing that if she'd as much as blink she'd probably turn invisible and run, not ready to even hypothetically face her brother.

Was she even allowed to call him that? She left him with his abusive father and fled the state, making sure none of them would be able to find her. Even after Mystique took her in, she never thought twice about going back to New Mexico to at least check up on him. She was an awful sister, hell, an awful person.

She heard a muffed welcome and opened the door, seeing the Professor behind his desk, smiling.

"Oh, um, hi?"

"Hello, Violette. I believe you wanted to talk to me about my newest student" He was as calm as always, which never seemed good.

"Yeah, Kurt told me about him" She took a couple of uncertain steps, her courage disappearing immadently after coming in. "I know you can tell me if what I think is true or not. And I know you know how badly I need the answer."

"Very well" He wheeled towards her, the smile still etched on his face. "If you'd allow me to…"

"Sure" She rested her hands on her knees, bending enough to be eye level with Xavier.

He put his hands on her temples, closing his eyes. She felt a jab at her mind, before gasping and shutting her own eyes tightly. She felt every emotion, every little feeling she had for the past couple of years, relived every memory in just a fraction of a second, before it all stopped. All she heard was the beating of her own heart as her mind focused onto Jamie's face the night she vanished.

'Je t'aime.'

'What?'

'Hide in the closet.'

"No!"

Her eyes flew open, while her body slammed into the wall behind her. She couldn't reach the buzz, her body turning completely invisible in seconds. Her fists started to shake. She felt as if her blood was about to burst through her skin, like her veins were coming out of her body. She screamed, the pain from all these years finally pouring through.

"Violette, listen to me."

She had no idea what was going on. Her mind and body were completely separated, as if she was trapped inside someone else. She felt her hands make contact with the wall, turning it completely see-through.

"Listen, you've got to control this."

She had no idea what the Professor was saying, as if she was in a glass tank filled with water and he was on the other side.

She felt an unfamiliar warmth in her hands, her fingertips tingling from too much heat. Every nerve in her skin screamed that she was going to burn her skin and she tried to let go of whatever she was holding, only to find that there was nothing there – nothing except for the wall.

She screamed and felt the warmth leave her hands. She also felt strange holes in the wall where her hands were mere seconds earlier.

"I-I can't."

She heard a commotion and a door bounce off of the wall when somebody opened them with unnecessary strength. She could feel people trying to come close to her, bouncing off of an invisible wall. She felt jabs at her, something like needles sticking into her brain, which only made her scream more, another time a blast at something, which surprisingly made her feel it.

She didn't know how long she was in that state. She had no idea what was going on, until everything stopped.


"Where is she?"

Scott turned around, narrowing his eyes at Alvers. He crossed his arms over his chest and sent the rock tumbler a glare.

"Who?"

"The Easter Bunny" Alvers took a step towards him, growling. "Spectre. What did you X-geeks do to her?"

"You're delusional" Scott set his jaw. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"She disappeared, Summers. And don't give me that 'she's probably cutting the day short' crap, cause I know my team. She doesn't take days off."

"Like, what is going on?"

They both turned to the approaching Kitty, with an uncertain Kurt right behind her.

"You better tell me, KitKat" Alvers snapped, mirroring Scott's pose. "Where is Spectre?"
"I just saw her right before lunch" Kurt cleared his throat. "She's probably somewhere around."

"Somewhere around, huh?" Avalanche leaned towards Kurt, narrowing his eyes. "I'll tell you one thing – unlike the dumb fuck over there, I know where my teammates are. I know what the fuck is going on with them. When I tell you she disappeared, you can be sure she disappeared" He looked past Kurt, frowning. "Pietro, Fred, Todd, those losers did something to Violette."

The rest of the Brotherhood ran over quickly, seeming ready to fight them if needed.

"Where is she, yo?" Toad poked Kurt. "I know ya have English with her, rat. Better tell me where she is, dawg, or we'll get unpleasant."

"I have no idea, okay?" He raised his hands in surrender. "We were just talking and she vanished. Thought she ditched me in the crowd."

The Brotherhood boys looked at each other, narrowing their eyes. Todd and Lance backed off, while Fred spoke up.

"What did you talk about?"

"Like, it's none of your business-"

"New students" Kurt motioned for Kitty that it was okay.

"Kurt!" Scott turned to the boy. "You can't just-"

"Look, elf" Toad crossed his arms over his chest. "Ya and I both know what goes on in this girls mind. What did you talk about? Exactly what."

"Right before we separated, I was telling her about the youngest, Jamie Madrox."

Todd's face turned even paler than before. Lance and Pietro exchanged looks, while Blob's hands turned into fists.

"Shit" Toad run his hands through his greasy hair. "I have a crazy idea where the fuck she is."

"What is going on?!" Scott threw his hands in the air to emphasis his question.

Jean chose this exact moment to run towards them.

"Kurt, go find Rogue and Evan!" She yelled, coming to a halt in front of Scott. "We have to get to the mansion, immediately. Spectre is wrecking the place."

"Ha!" He pointed at Alvers, fury in his eyes. "You tricked us!"

"You X-dweebs just took in her brother. One she hasn't seen for years. And since the Asteroid she's been skittish and just weird you know?" Fred rolled his eyes. "Something was wrong with her. Add wrong to weird and multiply it by shock. You get total disaster."

"Quicksilver, go there and try your best to calm her the fuck down!" Alvers commanded, staring at Scott. "We'll get there as soon as we can."

"Oh, like I'm letting you walk around the institute" Scott snared.

"You have a better idea, Boy Scout?"

Kurt appeared in front of them with Rogue, while Evan rode towards them on his skateboard.

The leader of X-Men weighted his options, before shaking his head.

"Fine!"


Pietro ran as fast as he could, jumping over the gate and stopping in front of the mansion, cursing. He slowly walked towards where he knew a wall should be.

"Where the rest of the building has gone?"

He looked behind his shoulder, seeing Nightcrawler standing in a cloud of smoke.

"It's still there. She could turn small things invisible when she touched them. The biggest thing she could do was a dictionary."

The elf walked up to him, putting his gloved hand on the invisible wall.

"It's a bit bigger than a dictionary."

"I can't run in if I don't even know where a wall's supposed to be" Pietro turned to the boy. "Can you port us in?"

"I think I can" He took a deep breath. "But if anything goes wrong-"

They heard a blast and exchanged looks.

"No time!" Quicksilver grabbed the boy's arm, closing his eyes. His nostrils were filled with the unmistakable smell of sulfur, while the world around him disappeared, before reappearing in a fraction of a second. He stumbled while taking a step away from the X-Man, opening his eyes.

It was weird – somehow Spectre managed to make the outer walls invisible, without making some of the things inside see-through. He could see Xavier and Storm on the left, while a ball of blue-ish energy was on the right. The woman was trying her best to brake the bubble, while Professor was concentrating on something. Suddenly, he knew where she was.

"Violette!" He screamed over the wind created by Storm, slowly making his way to the bubble, knowing that if he wasn't careful he'd get blown off. "Violette!" He tried his best to reach her, hitting the bubble. Force-field. "Calm down!" A blue blast wheezed past him. If it wasn't for his speed, he'd get hit. "You hear me?! Calm down!" It wasn't working. He tried his best, but he couldn't break through. "Fuzzball! Drop me in there!"

"No way!" They could hear commotion underneath them. The rest of the teens arrived.

"We don't have other options right now! Just do it!"

Kurt swallowed and ported towards the boy, grabbing him around the waist, before porting in. He couldn't see much, thanks to the blue energy surrounding them, but he could clearly see where Spectre was – she wasn't invisible, but instead of her normal self, he could see a form made out of the same energy that was flowing around the outer walls of the bubble and crashing from one place to the other. They were floating, suspended in the air.

"Violette, for Pete's sake!" Quicksilver screamed over the loud buzzing sound made by the energy. "It's me, you dumb fuck!" A blue beam flew inches from them.

"I don't think it's helping!" Kurt yelled into his ear. "Try not insulting her, for a change!"

"Shut up!" He answered, turning back to the girl. "V, everything is going to be fine, just stop this madness!"

The next beam hit Pietro head on. Kurt ported them out and hissed at the burnt skin on the boy's stomach.

"Fuck!" Quicksilver curled into a ball, the pain evident on his face. Kurt could see the two teams stare at them. Storm went over to them, creating a small cloud and prying off the boy's hands, letting cold droplets hit the burn. "Shit!"

"I can try absorbing her!" Rogue started to take off her glove.

"No!" He said, shaking his head. "It's as if she's made of the energy that hit him! One touch and your hand will be fried!"

"Try hitting hard enough for her to black out!" Scott started to hit the bubble with his red beams.

Kurt couldn't take his eyes off of Pietro, knowing that he was her friend. A close one at that. She was so out of it she hit her own friend.

He didn't know how long he sat there, all of the blasts luckily missing him.

"Take me in there."

He turned to the owner of the voice. He could hear how tired and resigned he was.

"You've seen what happened to Quicksilver" He gestured towards the boy. Thanks to his fast healing and Storm's help, the skin was looking better, but he was still in pain.

"If you won't do it, Kitty will."

Kurt quickly glanced at the petite girl, who was currently phasing through another blast. He bit the inside of his cheek, nodding.

"But if it flies in a feet radius from us, we're out."

He stood up, wrapping his hands around Avalanche's middle and porting.

The boy was idly calm, keeping his voice low and unthreatening.

"Violette, listen to me" The buzz was as loud as ever, but it seemed as if Lance's voice was louder than Pietro's. The figure twitched. "You can control this. You've already hurt so many people, you don't want to hurt more" The buzzing quieted down, until it wasn't much louder than a hum. "I know how shocked you must be right now. But it won't help anything if you destroy the place Jamie lives in" Lance floated over to her, tugging Kurt along. "I know you can do it. But in order to control your power, you have to control yourself" The blue energy intensified, before starting to slowly die out. "That's it. Don't let it rule you" Violette turned back into her own self, tears rushing down her face. Lance got out of his hold, floating over to her and wrapping his arms around her. "You're so strong, Violette."


"Where are Kurt and Lance?!" Kitty yelled, phasing through another blast.

None of the teenagers could answer her. Her eyes widened as she looked at the ball of energy.

"Oh, they did not just- Urgh!"

She made her way towards the bubble, phasing through the flying things and blasts, not caring that she was blocking other people's line of vision, as she stood a mere foot from the bubble. She was about to phase through, when everything stopped.

No one dared to move, as the bubble slowly lowered itself onto the floor and disappeared, reveling a crying Violette being held by Lance, while Kurt awkwardly hung around.

Jean lowered the furniture and things to the ground, Todd jumped off the wall, while Fred let go of the desk he was thinking about throwing at the bubble. Rogue bit her lip and ushered her teammates out of the room, feeling the little ounce of respect she had for Spectre tingling in the back of her mind, reminding her that it wasn't okay for them to witness what came next.


Violette weakly grabbed at Lance's middle, starting to hiccup. Being hysterical wasn't something she had on her mind when she woke up in the morning.

She felt a slight breeze before someone grabbed her hand and squeezed it. She felt another hand rest on her back, while an enormous one squeezed her shoulder. She gasped for air and sniffed a couple of times, before quieting down.

Lance started to stand up with her, but she went limp in his arms.


"What was that?" Freddy leaned over to check on Violette.

"I have no idea" Lance shrugged, picking her up. "I've never seen anything like this. My headaches look like a child's play next to this."

"Ya think it's her mutation, dawg?" Todd frowned.

"It would explain why suddenly she could shoot lasers at us" Pietro winced, rubbing over the burn, which was now fading to bright red. "Fuck, it hurt like hell."

"I think it's half shock half powers" Lance swallowed. "You've all seen how she woke up from a nightmare invisible. I think it's somehow connected."

"You're right, Lance" Avalanche looked over his shoulder, meeting Professor's calm gaze. "Our mutations grow and evolve with us. That's why most mutations reveal themselves during adolescence. Violette's powers surfaced at a younger age, so they might have not revealed themselves completely" The man sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Or it's something different. It's difficult to say, seeing that we know so little about mutations anyway. And if she had trouble with controlling her powers for a while now… It may have been building up until something triggered it."

"Like finding her brother" Pietro ran a hand over his face. "Damn, I'm exhausted. Give her to me Avalanche and we'll be in the house in seconds-"

"If it's okay with you" Xavier wheeled over to them, his fingers interlaced in front of him. "I'd like to keep Spectre here until she wakes up. Maybe run some tests-"

"No."

"Blood tests. Check her heart rate. Maybe hook her up to IV if it's necessary. A… Power surge like this may have drained her from liquids, mineral salts, anything really. I've only seen anything like this a couple of times and some of the mutants experiencing this ended up in a coma for up to a week."

Lance looked at the rest of his team, all of them silently agreeing.

"Until she's ready to come back."