"Please take a seat anywhere." Fury swept his arms towards a tiny, metal table with four chairs around it. The man had brought the two into a metal room with several screens on one of the walls.
Logan looked around the room finding nothing out of the ordinary except a young woman that was sitting in one of the chairs. She wore a bright, red coat that was pressed and clean to perfection and fit her body amazingly. She had golden curls that cascaded from a red hat that attempted to cover her face. Her hair bounced with every movement she did and stopped near the small of her back. The woman tilted her head up, moving the shadow that casted in front of her face, to reveal bright green eyes heavily lined with black eyeliner and smokey eye shadow. Her lips were plump, pink and the gloss shimmered under the lights as she separated her lips to breathe. The woman's face was porcelain pale in color and had pink rosy cheeks, giving her a light blush look. Logan watched as the girl's pink lips curled into a smile, revealing bleached white teeth.
"Who's this?" Logan asked, motioning towards the woman.
"Hello, my name is Doctor Shane. I work for HYDRA." The girl stood from her seat and held out her hand, her sleeves moving to show emerald painted finger tips. Logan scoffed at the woman and took a seat across from her and Charles sat next to him, still in his wheelchair.
"You work for HYDRA? Why?" Charles asked, his attention fully on the woman.
"You spoke with a different HYDRA scientist and she told you that HYDRA gives you no limits. You are allowed to do whatever you please to the DNA samples they give you."
"So why are you here? Why are we here?" Charles asked, splitting his attention to Fury.
"I should start from the beginning before Fury tells you the reason you're here." The woman took a deep breath and stared intently at Logan before beginning her explanation.
Back at the institute Aleu was changing back into her regular clothes and pinning up her silver hair while Jean, Rouge and Kitty waited downstairs. Logan's lesson was canceled and Hank was the one that informed the school that classes would continue tomorrow due to an emergency situation. Everyone questioned the blue teacher but he gave no explanation and claimed that it was being handled. Since the lessons were canceled Kitty thought it would be fun to Show Aleu around the city and that they could all go shopping again. After receiving the OK from Ororo Aleu raced up to her room to change.
She spent a good five minutes rummaging through her closet to try and find something wearable and easy to travel in. She decided on a blue denim jeans that ruffled at the edges and a long sleeve sea-foam green shirt that flowed over her stomach and chest. After putting on a pair of brown sneakers the girl pinned up her hear and went to check her appearance once again.
"Wow, cupcake you are looking gorgeous." a smooth voice sounded from the girl's window and Aleu turned around to see a boy leaning against the window. His silver hair being gently ruffled by the light breeze.
"Pietro, how did you get in here?" Aleu asked, backing up against her vanity, knocking over a few nameless bottles.
"Don't look so scared, I'm not here to hurt you. I was just checking in on you."
"Checking in on me?"
"Yeah, you haven't been at school for the past three days. I got worried and thought I would sneak in here to see how you're doing." Pietro strolled over to the girl and held her in his arms. A blush passed over Aleu's pale cheeks and she quickly ducked under the boy and landed by her bed.
"I doubt that's the real reason you are here."
"So I told you a white lie, sue me."
"Sue you?"
"It-its an expression don't really sue me."
"I don't even know what suing someone is." Aleu let out an uncomfortable giggle and back up until she could touch the edge of her mattress.
"Well anyways, I did come here for another reason." Pietro took a step towards the girl, a smirk on his face.
"And that would be?"
"Well I was-"
"Hey Aleu, you in there?" Kitty's voice sounded over the pounding at the door. Aleu's gaze flickered over to the noise and went back towards the boy or at least the space the boy occupied before vanishing, leaving her window open.
"Yeah, I'm in here. Sorry I couldn't find anything to wear but I'm ready." Aleu opened the door and followed the girl down the stairs, towards Jean's new vehicle.
The girl's raced down the streets passing numerous green lights and other vehicles while the wind whipped at their faces due to all the windows being rolled down. Aleu held her head out of the window, allowing the wind to surf through her silver locks and breeze over her fur ears that were still covered up by the image diffuser. A hand grabbed a handful of her shirt and pulled the wolf back into her seat before someone hit her.
"You shouldn't do that, you could get seriously hurt." Jean laughed from the driver seat.
"Well the only other car I've been in was Scott's and his doesn't have a roof. I miss the wind." Aleu said, trying to talk over the loud music.
"Well don't worry the mall is just around the corner." Kitty giggled, her voice reflecting the smile on her face. The car took a sharp right and Aleu's eyes widened at the amount of cars lined up on both sides of the vehicle. There was an open space near the front and Jean parked the car as straight as possible before using her powers to make sure it was perfect. The four girls linked arms and headed through the double glass, sliding doors. A blast of air made their hair flip back and their smiles grew wider with every step they took.
"Come on girls, let's go hit the clothing shops first!" Kitty claimed, pulling them all towards the closest place. Inside the girls split up, piling different colored clothes in their arms. Aleu was the first in the dressing rooms with various dresses in her arms. The dressing rooms were held in a bigger room that had several mirrors, many bunched together to give someone a full view of every inch of their outfit. There were several couches scattered around the room and against one of the walls were a dozen tiny rooms with plastic doors that looked like wood.
Aleu turned into a small dressing room and closed the plastic wooden looking door behind her. She latched the tiny metal lock and turned to see a full length mirror in front of her, her reflection staring at her. Aleu reached out a hand sheepishly, her fingertips grazing over the glass making sure it was real and not going to attack her. When Aleu was sure the room wasn't going to cause her harm the girl separated her outfits and tried on the first dress she grabbed.
After stripping off her day clothes Aleu bent down and pulled the dress up her body and fitted it into place. It was a starlight black dress that was skinny and clung to her body like glue. The edge of the dress flared out to help her walk and show off the pairs of shoes Kitty would love to match with it. The dress had a V-neck cut to it but didn't cut too low or show off to much skin. Of course the straps were spaghetti and tiny which showed off her bra straps and the pale skin of her shoulders. Aleu's silver hair glowed next to the dress as she let it flow down towards the small of her back.
Aleu stepped out of the dressing room and began to twirl in front of the bunched up mirrors, marveling at how sparkly the outfit was when she moved. A smile was brightly on her face as she continued to turn and twirl.
"That looks beautiful on you," a smooth voice entered Aleu's ears and she turned to see Pietro sitting on one of the red, leather couches. He laced his fingers together and he leaned forwards, setting his arms on his knees as his eyes slinked up and down Aleu's body.
"Um, thank you but what are you doing here Pietro?" Aleu asked, a blush appearing on her cheeks.
"Well I wanted to finish the conversation we had earlier. " Pietro got up from his seat and waltzed over to the girl, still admiring the dress on her body.
"Oh yes, what did you want. Sorry Kitty dragged me away." Aleu turned and faced the boy, stopping him in his tracks.
"Right, she did drag you away. Well do you maybe want to catch a movie with me?" Pietro asked, calmly and smoothly. Aleu was shocked that the boy didn't falter in his question or have any sign of a blush on his face even though her face was blazing like a fire.
"A-a m-movie?" she stuttered taking a step back. Aleu didn't measure how long the gown was on her and her foot stepped onto the bottom, causing her to pull the dress and trip backwards. Pietro let out a shocked gasped and was instantly behind her, catching her before Aleu fell to the ground. The girl stared into the gray eyes of her savior as he gazed into her, their chests barely touching as they breathed heavily in tight space their minds created.
"Yeah, a movie. You know me, you a dark room with a brightly lit screen. I hear Now You See Me is playing. It looks like a good movie." Pietro said, not moving his body away from hers.
"That sounds like fun. I've never watched a movie before." Aleu smiled at the boy, still gazing into his eyes. The shock of the scene was beginning to wear off of the girl and she was able to feel Pietro's hands on her back and neck, holding her in place.
"Great, I'll pick you up tonight. Around 7." Pietro smiled, leaning his forehead against Aleu's causing their mouths to be inches apart.
"Um excuuse me," Rouge's rough southern voice rang through the room, dragging the two teenagers from their minds. Aleu looked over to find her three friends glaring at the boy holding her in his arms. Kitty was the first to move as she stomped over to them, grabbing Aleu and using her ability to phase the girl out of Pietro's arms. Jean was the next to attack, using her telepathic powers to lift Pietro off the ground and carried him over to the door that Rouge had opened. When the boy was on the other side of the door Rouge slammed it shut before anyone was able to register what happened.
"What-what did you guys just do?" Aleu asked, finding her voice and tears began to well in her eyes.
"We just saved you from Pietro. Aleu, I told you he was trouble, he's dangerous." Kitty said, trying to calm the girl down.
"You saved me? No Pietro saved me."
"How did he save you? You didn' seem like you was in any trouble." Rouge said, putting her black, gloved hands on her hips.
"I took a step and stepped on my dress, it caused me to loose my balance and I fell. When I did fall Pietro ran over and caught me." Aleu explained, remembering she was still in her gown. Aleu strolled over to the tiny room and stripped the dress off. Aleu put her regular clothes on, leaving the other outfits she picked out untouched. Aleu left the tiny room, to witness more glares from her companions.
"Aleu, you can't be talking with Pietro. He's trouble." Jean tried to say as calmly and delicately as she could. Her calm demeanor only lighted more anger in Aleu and she leaned against one of the mirrors, dirtying the glass.
"Yeah, all them boys in the BrotherHood are no good." Rouge pitched in, Aleu looked over to see Kitty looked at the ground her face smothered with sadness.
"So why is it that Kitty can talk with Lance at school but I can't talk with Pietro?" Aleu said, focusing her attention on Kitty as the brunette raised her head, her face full of shock.
"So what if I talk to Lance, he tried to be good at one point unlike Pietro! I actually know Lance you know nothing about Pietro!"
"Well how am I suppose to know more stuff about him if no one lets us talk?" Aleu asked, her voice raising against Kitty's.
"You don't have to talk to him to know Pietro only cares about himself. He is self centered and will push anyone under the bus as he likes without thinking about it." Kitty's eyes began to water and her face flushed as her voice grew hoarse from yelling at her friend. Rouge and Jean had exited the conversation and watched with heavy hearts as the two continued their screaming match.
"So what makes Lance so different? You said he tried to be good so he chose the BrotherHood over you?" The shock that appeared on Kitty's face could tell an entire to story to anyone who dared enter the room as Aleu's eyes grew cold and her face held as much anger that erupted through her voice.
"Well at least I can judge a person and I'm not scared of everyone! At least I know how to deal with people and I'm not some wild freak!" Gasps sounded through the room from Jean and Rouge as they turned their attention to Aleu, the anger on her face breaking down into horror and sadness. Kitty's face dropped as she realized what she just told her friend. "Aleu, I-I'm-" Kitty held out her hand to draw Aleu into a hug but the wolf shrugged her away, running towards the door.
"Aleu," Jean tried to reach out to the girl but was also pushed away as Aleu sprinted out of the room and out of the mall, tears streaming down her cheeks.
The sun was beginning to set as Aleu laid against her bed, her knees curled by her chest as she rocked herself back and forth. The room was dark, the only light filtering from her window from the sinking sun that casted long and dark shadows. Aleu heard several people pass by her room, only a few stopped and called out to her. After seconds of silence they left her door, not daring to pry on the crying girl.
It had been an hour since Aleu ran all the way back to the mansion, stopping occasionally to ask for directions. She headed straight to her room, ignoring the questions that blasted her way from everyone she passed. Tears streamed down the wolf's face as she locked her door and sunk to the ground, sobbing into her hands. Minutes passed and Aleu found herself crawling over to her bed and wrapped herself in one of the blankets.
"Aleu?" a soft whisper came from her window and the girl looked up to find Pietro sitting on her windowsill. The girl let out a tiny sob before turning her gaze back on the floor, not watching as Pietro closed her window and glided over to the girl. "What happened?" he asked, concern in his voice as he wrapped the girl in his arms.
"W-why are y-you here?" the girl asked through sobs, hating herself for letting him see her in this state.
"Its almost 7 I came to pick you up, but that's not important. What's wrong?" Pietro forced the girl to look him in the eyes as she tried to recollect herself.
"You shouldn't lie, I may not know my numbers or time but I know its no where near 7." Aleu let out a light laugh before getting to her feet and walking towards the vanity. Aleu grabbed several tissues and used them to dry and wash her face before turning towards the boy.
"You're right its only like 6:20, I just wanted to talk with you a little more. Again that's not important, why are you crying? Who did this to you?" Pietro's voice grew angry as he followed the girl around the room.
"I-I just got in a fight with Kitty and some stuff was said that hurt my emotions."
"The saying is 'it hurt my feelings' and what was said?"
"Just some stuff, should we go?" Aleu turned to face the boy, her strong complexion back.
"Sure, let's head out." Pietro walked towards the door and went to open it but was stopped by Aleu.
"No let's go through the window, I don't want any-" Aleu was cut off by a knock on the door. The girl shared a confused look with Pietro as the boy took a few steps from the door and stood next to her.
"Aleu, I-ugh Charles I can't do this."
"Logan you need to, she has to know the truth." the voices were muffled by the door but still distinguished.
"Please leave." Aleu called out only to get a growl from one of the men.
"Logan I am leaving you to do this, she needs to know." Charles voice grew stern and Aleu heard the soft noises of him wheeling away. Logan let out several growls while the two teenagers stood frozen in the center of the room, not daring to breath or move.
"Look, Kid I need to talk to you." Aleu watched as the knob tried to turn and vibrated back and forth as Logan applied more force than needed. "Aleu, I know you don't want to talk but- I guess this is sorta- really- important. Open the door." Logan again tried to turn the knob to no avail. "Kid open the damn-" the two held their breath as they heard Logan sniff the air several times. "Who the hell is in there?" Logan's voice grew angry and the watched as six long jagged lines tore through the wood in her door, causing it to open as Logan kicked it down. The man let out a snarl and lunged towards Pietro.
"Logan, stop! What are you doing?" Aleu cried out as Pietro dodged his attacks and ran out the window, leaving the mansion. Logan's voice grew angry, almost to the point of yelling just as Aleu's did.
"Stay away from him." Logan warned, his breath pressing against Aleu's face.
"Why? Why does everyone think he's so bad?"
"Because he is. Because he is Magneto's son."
"Magneto? Who's Magneto?"
"That doesn't matter, I just don't want you around that boy ever again!"
"You can't tell me what to do."
"Yes, I can!"
"And why is that?" the two were now in each other's faces, yelling at the top of their lungs, most likely alerting everyone in the institute to what was happening.
"Because, because.."
"Because why?"
"Because, damn it, because I'm your father!"
