I woke up in my own bed, smothered in blankets and a concerned looking group of people around me. As I sat up there seemed to be a sigh of relief.
"You should lie down because you're still very pale" suggested Cyclops.
I ignored his suggestion "what happened".
"I think you could tell us that" questioned Warren.
"All I remember is being hit in the foot by something, blacking out and hitting my head".
"Oh" muttered Warren.
"I still think I can answer your questions, maybe except for the ones about what just happened so fire away".
"Who were the people who took you?" started off Rogue.
"Big".
"Yes".
"Muscular".
"Yes".
"Tendency to have a wolf head".
"No, but what about, likes to drink blood".
"That's a new one" I thought aloud "they didn't before".
"So, what are they"?
"They my dears are erasers" I finally answered "they came to be because of Wolverines best friend, Sabre-tooth".
I saw the name hit Wolverine hard.
"How is it to do with Sabre-tooth" stammered Wolverine
"When they discovered Sabre-tooth they liked his ferocity so they tried to copy him. Eventually they succeeded over years of error but he was still uncontrollable so they added to them, made them abit like a robot but not."
"Ok, thanks" chanted Wolverine.
"Tea's ready" shouted a voice from down the hall. Everyone scattered apart from me and the professor, in times like this it makes me think that I should really work on my people skills.
"My dear" said the Professor sweetly "I would like to test your blood"
"That was abrupt" I laughed, then became abit more serious "why?"
"When Wolverine was tracking you he said you blood smelt different and with the erasers drinking it I would like to see what makes it like it is".
"Ok" I agreed "but don't take too much".
"By the looks of it your body can make more" he joked "shall we go to dinner they're waiting for us".
"Sure" I smiled.
When I got there I found my seat next to Jubilee and waited. After a few minutes the food was set up and I went to collect my plate, knife and fork. There was a sweet sound emanating from where Jubilee sat next to me, she stood up and said while looking at me.
"On behalf of all of us, since we hope you will be staying with us for a while, we think you should have a name".
"Really" I gasped disbelieved "like what".
"Do you have any preferences" asked the professor.
"Uhm, well" I thought "back in the school I, sometimes when they couldn't sleep I used to tell Angel, Gazzy and Nudge stories. Once I finished I would say a little phrase" I paused, smiling at the memory "The light is off the moon is up the stars are twinkling bright, all the children are in their beds sleeping safely tonight. I am forever here to help you, protect you while you sleep and when again the sun rises you will be ready to face the week. They used to call me Hope because I have survived so much. What do you think of Hope?"
"Hope" said the professor rolling it around in his mouth; he smiled "our little Hope Survivor".
"Survivor?" I questioned.
"You need a last name I thought Survivor would be fitting from what you said"
"Can we eat now" Shouted Gambit.
"Gambit" hissed Rogue punching him playfully in the arm "don't be so rude".
"She family now" laughed Gambit. I laughed aswell.
We all started to eat our food but even though it was silent I felt a new sense of closeness between us. Even though I had slept before I went into the room which I was given, what a strange thought to have my own room. I changed into some P.G's I was given, the t-shirt was white with a blue monster holding up an empty jar of whatever and some big bold writing saying something everyone but me could read. The pants were blue with a lot of these small circular things which look nice but I know from experience that looks can be deceiving. I got into my nice warm (amazingly soft) bed, pulled up my feather quilt and started to doze but it was rudely interrupted by a quiet knocking on the door but with my sensitive hearing it sounded like 2 erasers fighting.
"Come in" I said groggily.
Right on queue there entered professor X acting in his usual father like way. He spoke softly but with a purpose so strong you would be scared to say no there was also worry in his voice "Uhm Hope".
"Yeeeessss" I said
"Are you ready".
"For what" I knew what he was talking about, I just didn't want to believe it.
"For me testing your blood".
I sighed "What if I said no"
"Please" he practically begged "I think we can find out more about you, stuff which would interest you".
"Like …" I insisted.
"Like, who your parents are, where you came from".
I looked him in the eyes, he didn't look away uncomfortably but looked at me right back "Ok, but this is a 1 time thing".
I hate people taking my blood it reminds me so much of when I was at the school, it makes me sick.
I trailed slowly behind him, everyone was still awake since it was only half six but it was dark out which made all the difference. On the way to the infirmary I past Cyclops, Warren, Jubilee and Jean who all gave me a warm smile, I tried to smile back but I had no energy even my tail was dragging and wings were hanging. I entered the familiar room (wow that's worrying, that I am more familiar with the infirmary than any other room in this house). In their sat Hank Mccoy, he was rearranging the microscopes and other strange apparatus when we came in so not to disturb him I sat on an empty chair.
"So you don't mind if we take some of your blood" spoke Hank
"I'm ok with it but don't take too much, I don't have a lot left at the moment" I pointed to my heart "The factories running abit slow in production" I chuckled.
"Are you saying you can make more" asked Hank.
"Yes can't you" I questioned, confused.
"No one can" .
"Oh" I sighed "great".
"Now" said Hank "do you want numbing cream, it might hurt without".
"No I'm ok, I can't go soft can I" I said smiling cheekily.
He reached towards the Needle.
"I am going…."
"I'm ready just get on with it" I hissed.
There was a slight pain but I just squared my shoulders and let them get on with it. It took a while since there wasn't a lot there and afterwards I felt more tired than before.
"You can go now" the professor said softly.
"Ok" I muttered and wobbled back to my room where I slept through the entire next day and night.
"Did you really have to take so much, Hank" asked the Professor.
"I really didn't take that much, she must have had less blood than I thought" Hank put some of the blood on to a small piece of see threw plastic and another piece on top of it. There was an awfully long silence while Hank, the expression on his face was shock but not bad shock the type when you walk in to a surprise party and find out it's for you.
"Professor you have to see this".
"What is wrong?".
"Nothing but" he paused his voice sounded like a little kid in a sweet shop "I can't explain it, you will just have to see it for yourself".
The professor came over and looked at the sample. What the Professor saw was something not entirely human; it had traces of another cell never seen before. On the cell were a number of little things which could not be explained without guess work.
"I'm going to get Logan" said the professor who was in a daze.
He exited the room and a few minutes later returned with a slightly annoyed looking Wolverine.
"This might be a strange question but please keep on open mind" hummed the Professor.
"Fire away" groaned Logan.
"I want you to lick this" the Professor leaned over and grabbed the microscope slide.
"Hey" cursed Hank.
"Use some more from the tube" whispered the Professor.
Hank nodded and poured some more on to another microscope slide.
"What is it" questioned Wolverine.
"Honestly" said the Professor "its blood".
Wolverine flinched but took a deep breath in and said "I trust you" he licked the slide.
"How do you feel?"
"I feel faster, sharper, like I can do anything, be anything. This is the best thing I have ever tasted, whose blood is this"
"Uhm" he hesitated "that information is classified".
He breathed in the scent and said "its Hope's isn't it?", there was a deathly silence.
"I must get more" said Wolverine moving towards the door.
The professor grabbed his arm, there was a low threating growl coming from Wolverine and all of a sudden it stopped.
"Sorry" apologised Wolverine "I don't know what came over me".
"Interesting" said the professor thoughtfully.
"Sorry to break up the date between you two, but you might want to come see this" said Hank worriedly