So before we start I need to adress the fact of John's death! So many people probably ahte me right now and are plotting my death but all I gotta say is have faith in me please!

Chapter Ten- Family

Mikaela climbed out of the warmth of the car and was meet with a strong wind that whipped her hair around as a thin layer of rain covered her face. She looked up at the place that would be her new home for the next few years, a mansion. It looked like it belonged in the English countryside, not in Westchester New York. She already didn't like it.

'Come on Mikaela.' Isabella said softly her blond hair blowing in the wind. 'There's no need to linger in the cold.'

'Yeah,' she slammed the door as hard as she could and glared at her. 'Whatever.'

She stalked off towards the mansion not willing to admit it but she felt sick with nerves. She had never been away from her family before, though she acted like she could survive without them she wasn't so sure.

Mikaela walked through the gravel her purple converse not protecting her feet from the damp.

'Mikaela Portman.' she was surprised to see a man standing by the doorway. He was tall, with blonde hair that fell just to his shoulders, his porcelain skin was blemish free and here were wings sticking out the back of his navy jumper. He really looked like an angel.

'Yes?' she asked looking him up and down, she never trusted people fast.

'I'm Warren Worthington the head mistress is busy right now so she asked me to bring you to her office. Nice to meet you Mikaela.' She stared at her outstretched hand trying to be as difficult as possible.

'Warren,' Mikaela held in a sigh as she heard her brother's voice and the crunch of gravel. He was by her side taking the man's out stretched hand. 'I'm Sam Allerdyce.'

'What an unusual last name.'

'It's Australian.'

Mikaela shot a dark look at her brother before following Warren through the thick wooden doors. The school was exactly how she had imagined large, vast, Victorian style. It felt more like a home instead of a school, especially since the halls were empty.

'Everyone is at class at the moment.' Warren said answering her unspoken question.

A school for mutants, Mikaela would have never thought a place like this would have existed. If only she had found this place before, if she had gotten her ability the same time her brother had, then maybe they could have come to the place together and she would still have her brother, maybe.

-()-

Mikaela sat in the hall on a seat watching the door to Storms office, Sam and Isabelle sat across from her whispering. She knew they were talking about her. She felt her blood boil, she was going to be stuck here in this place. The lights began to flicker as anger built up inside her. She could feel everything electrical in the school, all the TV, lights, fridges, showers. With the flick of her hand the electrics in the shower could go wrong, the TV's could suddenly explode when someone touches it, the light bulbs could explode but she knew ultimately it would gain her no pleasure. The only thing that would make her happy would be to hurt Sam.

She got to her feet, slung her back over her shoulder and began making her way out of the school.

'Well bye, you can stay here but I'm not.' Mikaela tried to push past them but Sam grabbed her. It took all her control not to shock him she didn't like being touched without giving consent.

'Let go of me.' she hissed, he quickly did, he could see that glint in her eyes, that flicker.

'Please Mikaela,' Sam said while Isabella sent her a begging looking with her big blue eyes, how they had aged so much. 'I don't want to leave things on a bad note.'

'How did you think it would be? That I would be happy once you had gotten me here? You really are an idiot.'

'Mikaela,' Isabella gasped hand on her heart 'don't talk to Sam like that.'

'Don't you even look at me! You're my sister, my flesh and blood…'

'I'm your family too Mikaela, I'm you're brother.'

'By a marriage that all of us wished hadn't happened!' she snapped glaring at the older man willing him to fall to the ground and die.

Mikaela turned back to her sister whose eyes were filled with tears, she knew it should hurt to see her like that but instead it gave her a sense of pleasure enjoyment.

'How could you do this to me? Abandon me like dad.'

'I'm not…'

'But you are! You're leaving me in this place.'

'Enough!' Sam snapped stepping in between his wife and his sister. He wrapped his arm around Isabella protectively.

Mikaela's heart was pounding hard in her chest, she could feel the electricity crackling menacingly in the air around her and she knew they we're afraid of her, of what she could do.

Suddenly she heard a crash, she spun around to see a blond girl lying on the ground a vase smashed in pieces beside her and a table over turned.

Sam and Isabella quickly ran to her aid while Mikaela stood in the background. A few seconds later they we're joined by a women and a man. The man was tall and had wolf like features. The women was beautiful, her black skin was perfect, it seemed to glow and her hair was pure white.

'Rogue, my child.' The women said panic clear in her voice. What kind of name is Rogue?

'No don't touch her!'

Mikaela was not worried about the girl's well being she was merely bored with the exchange. She leaned against the wall and waiting for them to figure out what they were doing while she looked at her black nails.

'What's wrong with her Storm?'

Storm? What is with this place?

Mikaela stopped looking at her nails once she noticed the girl was on her feet again. She was quite pretty though she obviously wasn't a natural blond, it didn't take away from her looks.

She looked at Mikaela with wide eyes that snapped to Sam and then to Isabella, it looked like she had just seen a ghost or Jesus. What the hell is that ones' problem? Maybe the dye is getting to her?

'Are you ok?' Sam asked the girl whose mouth was hanging open as she looked at him.

Mikaela rolled her eyes another one of his admirers. It seemed that whenever he walked into a room every female would fall under his spell.

'Em…' It took a while for the girl to compose herself. Maybe blonde is her natural colour. 'Yes, I'm ok I just got really dizzy.'

Figures a dizzy blond.

'Can we get a move on?' Mikaela asked the exchange was moving too slowly for her liking. 'Or do we need to see if she's going to have another blonde moment?'

Isabella shoot her a warning look which she ignored, in what world did she follow anyone's orders. Sam looked embarrassed, that's all he felt for her nowadays, embarrassment.

'I'm sorry about her she's just…' Sam trailed off she knew what he was thinking. What is she?

'Its fine, I can tell she's new.' This time when Rogue spoke she noticed she had a think Southern accent.

'Wow, you must have been here a long time to know every new face,' she hissed glaring at the Southerner 'You're mummy and daddy sent you here pretty early did they?'

'Mikaela!' Isabella shouted looking at her with shock while Sam just shook his head.

'Ms. Portman I'm guessing?' Storm asked when nobody denied it she took it as conformation. 'I'm getting the feeling you don't want to be here.'

'No duh Stormy.'

'If you do not want to be here you don't have-'

'Great, I don't want to be here! Now let's go home.' she tried to walk past Sam but he grabbed her arm for the second time. If he touched her one more time he was going to loose it.

'I already told you Mikaela you can't come home not until you learnt to control your powers. So it's here or nowhere.'

She looked at her brother in shock, soon it wore off and anger took its place. 'Fine!' she spat pulling away. 'Let's go to the office.'

-()-

Rogue stared blankly at John's family not believing what she was seeing. John just kept sating there name's over and over again he obviously was in disbelief as well.

I was sitting in my room it was my fourteenth birthday, what a day it was. I played with the Zippo Mikaela had gotten me. It was chrome, designed with shark teeth. Mikaela told me she got the shark teeth because Jaws was the first film we saw at the movies. I was surprised she even remembered it. I wasn't sure how she had afforded it, probably stole it but the less I knew the better it was. I began to play with the flame. The flames engulfed my hand it had taken a lot of practice even to get it to do that.

Suddenly the door slammed open. The flame went out immediately and I looked up to see my dad standing at the door holding Mikaela by the neck.

He through her to the ground and grabbed the collar of my top. He snapped the Zippo out of my hand and I fought to get it back. 'Where the hell did you get this from?'

'I stole it.' I lied as Mikaela was kneeling on the ground looking up at me with helpless eyes.

'Did you steal this too?' he was holding a bag in his hand, weed. I looked at Mikaela I knew it was hers, and I suspected dad knew too.

'It's mine.' I said looking him straight in the eyes. He dropped me to the ground and smacked me. Mikaela's scream's filled the room as I hit the floor. I moaned as the familiar taste of blood filled my mouth. The amount of times I had tasted it you think I would have grown on me.

Before I could get my thoughts together again I felt him pull me to my feet. He grabbed the collar of my shirt and dragged me downstairs. I thought about just slipping out of it and running but I knew he would punish the others if I ran away.

'Don't.' Mikaela screamed she had followed us downstairs into the living room.

'I'm going to teach you a lesson.' As he grabbed my hand I realized we we're by the fireplace I could do something about him, end it.

No, that was wrong I couldn't take his life then I'd be a worse monster then him.

As my hand inched closer to the fire I accepted my fait. Suddenly I heard a warrior cry and my dad dropped my hand. I jumped back to see Mikaela on his back hitting him hard.

'No Mikaela!' I shouted.

Where the hell was Sam or Isabelle? Damn they picked the wrong time to sneak off.

My dads face was murderously angry and he ran backwards into a wall, Mikaela getting the full force of the hit. As she crumpled to the ground I felt sick.

'I'll deal with you later.' He laughed.

That's when I knew what I had to do. I couldn't let him hurt her anymore I didn't want to listen to her silent cries in the night I had to end it.

This time when he grabbed me I didn't struggle, I was too busy concentrating on the flame hoping I could make this work.

As he placed my hand on the flame I twitched my finger and it didn't burn me. A small smile came on my face when I realized that I was in control, for once I had the power.

I let the flame dance to my other hand. My father let go of me and I stood up straight. At first he looked scared then he looked angry

'You're a freak.' I didn't let him take a step toward me before I stretched out my hand and he was engulfed in flames.

Mikaela's screams filled the room but I ignored them feeling the pure pleasure of watching him burn, I was free, we we're all finally free.

-()-

Rogue gasped as she was pushed out of the memory. Her eyes we're filled with tears as she sat up. She was on the ground beside a broken vase and surrounded by Sam, Isabelle, Storm and Logan.

'Rogue are you ok?' Logan asked his voice full of concern.

'Em…,' she looked at Sam and Isabelle and nodded. She could feel John burying himself in her mind a place where she would not be able to find him.

Logan pulled her to her feet and she looked at the others still in shock. This was John's family, the ones he loved, the only people he cared about and he couldn't even see them.

I can see them just fucking fine.

'Are you ok?' Rogue stared at Sam but quickly composed herself.

'Yes I'm ok, I just got really dizzy.'

Holy crap. John thought.

It was then she noticed that they both had weeding bands on there fingers.

They can't be. Rogue thought in disbelief.

'Can we get a move on?' Rogue looked behind Sam to see Mikaela. How she had changed. Her dirty blonde hair was gone, it was now a dark blue colour, and it fell down to her waist. She had grown up so much, she was so beautiful.

'Or do we need to see if she's going to have another blond moment?'

Rogue frowned as Mikaela glared at her, she had never been this angry before.

'I'm sorry about her,' Sam looked embarrassed which pissed Rogue and John off. She resisted the urge to slap him. 'She's just…'

'Its fine,' she shrugged her angry fading the shock of seeing them coming back. She couldn't explain it but she felt connected tot these people even if they didn't know her. 'I can tell she's new.'

'Wow, you must have been here a long time to know every new face. You're mummy and daddy sent you here pretty early did they?' Mikaela send venomously her arms folded across her chest while she glared at Rogue.

I see you influenced her a lot. She thought bitterly.

You're blaming me 'cause she's being a bitch to you!

'Mikaela!' Isabella shouted spinning to look at her sister disapprovingly while Sam just shook his head.

'Ms. Portman I'm guessing?' Storm asked when silence it she took it as conformation.

She changed her last name back. Rogue thought, she was struggling to have the conversation with John in her head.

Wouldn't you? Who'd want to keep the name of the man who abused you?

'I'm getting the feeling you don't want to be here.'

'No duh Stormy.'

God Johnny she's so like you it's scary.

She never used to be like this.

'If you do not want to be here you don't have-'

'Great,' Mikaela interrupted not giving her time to finish. 'I don't want to be here! Now let's go home.'

As she tried to walk past Sam he grabbed her arm pulling her back. Rogue took a step forward to hit the man, to pull him away from her but John stopped her.

Keep it cool Rogue.

'I already told you Mikaela you can't come home not until you learnt to control your powers. So it's here or nowhere.'

She looked at her brother in shock then slowly her face was a mask of anger.

'Fine!' she spat pulling away from him. 'Let's go to the office.'

Mikaela ran off to Storms office while Isabelle went to Sam's side. They turned to Rogue, Storm and Logan, Sam looked apologetic while Isabelle looked scared.

'I'm sorry,' Isabelle said struggling to hold back tears. Rogue wanted to comfort her but before she could move Sam wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

'She's got a lot of anger inside her.' She continued. 'Ever since my brother…'

He trailed off, I looked at Storm. Did she know the brother Isabelle was referring to was John?

No, I don't think they would have brought Mikaela here if they did. John said. He sounded sad, happy? Rogue couldn't tell.

'It's fine Mrs. Portman.' Storm said giving the women a small smile. 'Now if you'd like to follow me into my office and I can tell you all about are school.'

They nodded and followed Storm down the hall as Rogue wondered if it would be the last time if she would see them. John wondered the same thing.

'Kid are you ok?' Logan asked once they were out of sight.

'Yes I'm fine.' She turned to get away from the man to get to the safety of her room so she could talk to John properly.

-()-

'It's her! I can't believe she's here!' Rogue was pacing up and down her room it had finally sunk in that Mikaela was here, in the same place for good.

Why the hell are you so damned happy about this?

'Because… I guess I feel connected to her. I feel like I lived with her.'

Right…

'Fine don't believe me but that doesn't matter. I know you want a relationship with her as much as I do.'

What do you plan to do? Hey I'm Rogue. Well you're brother is trapped in my head because he tried to kill me and my boyfriend so I was forced to kill him instead. Wanna be friends?

Rogue flinched as she remembered what she had done. She slowly sunk to the edge of the bed and sat there silently for a while. Before she could break down John was shouting in her head.

Now it not the time Rogue! We need to figure out what to do! Mikaela's obviously having trouble with her powers, she needs someone to be there for her. She need's us.

'Us?'

Yes us.

'So you want to work together?'

I don't have another option.

'Ok on two conditions.'

Name them.

'You don't try to ripe my mind apart when things don't go you're way and you stop trying to kill Bobby.'

I can do the first but the second…

'Ok just try you're best not to kill him, I'd like to be able to spend time with my boyfriend without wanting to kill him.'

And what makes you think there not you're feelings?

'Because… oh this is useless. Do we have a deal or not?'

Deal.

-()-

Mikaela followed Storm down the hall to her new room. This place was stupid. She actually had classes dedicated to her powers. She could control her powers just fine, this place wouldn't help.

She looked at the school, it looked like an old Victorian mansion, something that belonged in the Tudors, it reminded her of Lex Luther's mansion in the T.V series Smallville.

'You'll be sharing you're room with one other student for the moment. She's new too, arrived a few weeks ago.'

'Woo.' She said sarcastically dragging her bag along the ground. She missed California, this place was too cold. She pulled at her shirt she would have to start wearing tights with them now or leggings.

Stupid Westchester weather.

She cursed her hand balling in a fist. She could feel the electricity crackling in the air around her. She found it strange but electricity was all around, she could draw it from almost anywhere.

Storm stopped outside a room there were no numbers, how the hell was I supposed to remember where it was?

She knocked and the door opened to reveal a blonde girl.

Great another one.

'Oh, hey Storm,' she stepped aside to let them into the room. She was wearing a white v-neck with tight black jeans. Mikaela looked her up and down. The blonde wasn't smiling, she liked that. Maybe they would get on after all.

'Lorna Dane this is Mikaela Portman.'

'What's up?' she asked returning to her bed. Yes they would see eye to eye.

'Nothing much.' she replied throwing her bag on the empty bed.

'We'll I'll leave you two to get to know one another. Mikaela come to my office on Monday and I'll give you you're schedule.'

'Whatever.' Mikaela said shrugging her off and jumping on her new bed. Storm gave her a frustrated look before leaving the room.

'Thank god.' Lorna said jumping to her feet. She ran over the window and stuck her hand out. Mikaela sat up and looked as a metal ash tray came floating towards her. She grabbed the cigarette and swore when she saw it was gone.

'Stupid women making me loose my last one,' Lorna suddenly remembered Mikaela was there. 'I don't blame you.'

'I never thought you did.'

Lorna returned to her bed sighing. 'You're not gonna rat on me are you?' she asked looking scared.

'Not if you won't?' she pulled out two cigarettes from her pocket and offered her one.

'You're a fucking life saver!' she said jumping to her feet. She took one off Mikaela and stretched out her head. A metal lighter flew towards them and she lit up the cigarette.

As she lit up Mikaela's, she knew they we're going to be friends.

-()-

Rogue left her room to go see Bobby. It had been a while and she had been neglecting him.

Don't blame me for you're and Drakes relationship problems.

'Oh yeah it's my entire fault.'

No it's his.

She tried not to laugh as she stopped outside Bobby's door. She took a deep breath before lightly tapping on the door. She waited nervously for him to open it.

When he did he immediately pulled her into a hug. She couldn't help but smile and return his embrace.

'Are you ok?'

'I'm ok I guess.'

'How are you walking?'

'Oh, em this kid Josh came and healed me. It was amazing Bobby it took him a second to heal my fractured leg and I didn't even scar.'

'Elixir?'

'Yeah him.'

'I've heard about him.' He said with a frown.

'Can I come in?'

'Yeah,' he quickly moved to the side to let her in. To her surprise the room was, well by Bobby's standards messy. He sat down on the bed and signaled her to so the same.

'What's happening with Emma, when is she going to get rid of Pyro?'

Oh crap, he doesn't know. Rogue really didn't want to talk about that. Why is it every horrible conversation takes place in his room.

Oh this is going to be fun.

'They already tried.'

'What he's gone?'

'Em… no. It didn't work.'

'What? That stupid idiot Frost! She said she could do it.'

'It's not her fault Bobby, it's my own.'

'I don't understand.' he took her hand and gave it a small reassuring squeeze.

'I killed him Bobby.'

'What?'

'I killed Johnny, that why I can't get rid of him.' She felt his hand go rigid with shock.

'How do you know?' his voice was horse.

'Hank told the others a few days ago, they thought it was better I didn't know.'

'Are you ok?' he pulled her close and placed her head on his shoulder.

'No.'

'It's not you're fault. You didn't mean to.'

'Still doesn't change the fact that I killed him. I made him brain dead and then they pulled the plug.'

'We'll if you think about it you're not the one who killed him.'

'That doesn't help.'

'I'm sorry Marie.' Rogue had thought he'd be happy, saying he got what he deserved. Maybe Bobby cared more about his friend then any of them knew.

Yeah right. Drake's a treacherous bastard, you shouldn't trust him.

'Bobby?'

'Yeah?'

'What happened to you and John? Why do y'all hate each other so much?'

'He left, how could I not hate him?'

Liar!

Rogue was surprised when John shouted, what other reason could there be. She knew better then to ask John.

'Oh.'

Rogue sat there in Bobby's arms for the rest of the night, hoping now they would be ok.

-()-

Lorna and Mikaela laughed as they finished another cigarette. Mikaela was surprised at how much she liked the girl, in the space of a few hours they had become friends. They had exchanged stories of boys and incidents with alcohol. Though Lorna had put her party days behind her Mikaela was far from done.

'So what's this place like?' she asked sitting on the bed.

'It's pretty cool actually. Nearly everyone is nice and the guys, well there pretty hot.'

'It's getting better and better.'

'Storms a hard-ass but what principle isn't?'

'Yeah someone really needs to take that pool out of her ass.'

The both laughed. Lorna lied on her bed. 'But the coolest thing about this place is the x-men.'

'That what men?'

'You know about what happened at Alcatraz?'

'Yeah.'

'We'll what was never mentioned on the news was how the soldiers got out. The x-men saved them.'

'So there like a group of superheroes.'

'Yep.'

'Huh… sounds like something out of a comic book.'

'I know but they really are cool. There like royalty here. Come on haven't you ever wanted to use you're powers to save the world.'

'Why would we waste are time saving a world that hates us?'

'Because it's the right thing to do. You never know the x-men could have saved you already and you might not know.'

'I doubt it.'

'There's a lot of things that don't get reported Mikaela.'

She shrugged and got to her feet and decided to unpack. She hated discussing politics. The truth was she didn't know what she thought about everything.

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A/N: I know this was meant to be up like three days ago but my internet went :( Hope you enjoyed this chappie! Tell me what you think of Mikaela. What did you think of John's memory? The rating might be moving up to M soon because…. I'll just say Mikaela is a bad, bad girl.