The walk back to the mansion was dead quiet. I didn't really want to talk and I'm sure that Pyro didn't want to say anything either. I mean, I couldn't blame him, seriously he found a rebel group that pledges to harm humans 24/7. Pyro looked angry but he managed to keep his cool the whole way home. I levitated us over the wall and we snuck back into the dark mansion.
Inside, we snuck to my room, went inside and locked the door.
"I'm sorry." That was the first thing Pyro said.
I hung my head and said, "Don't worry about it."
"No, Alison..."
"It's alright."
Pyro stopped and I took off my jacket. I went over and kissed him. He kissed back and we both crawled into bed.
"You don't need to worry about anything," I whispered, "Just go to sleep."
Confession time: I knew that Pyro wouldn't go to sleep, so I secretly willed his whole body to slack and sleep. I watched him drift off and then kissed him once more before I myself went to sleep.
That morning, I woke to my alarm clock and I looked over to see that Pyro had left when I was sleeping. There was a note on the pillow and I picked it up, it read: See you breakfast. I realized that I was sleeping in my clothes and decided that there was no use in changing. I quickly threw my bed together and went to the kitchen.
Downstairs I saw kids running all over the place as usual. So nothing new. In the kitchen I grabbed a bowl of cereal and sat beside Pyro who was flicking his lighter while eating a piece of toast. He seemed slightly fatigued but still good looking. I sat close up to him and he wrapped his arm protectively around my shoulders. Both of us soaked in out little moment and I gave his a small kiss on the cheek.
"You left me last night," I said.
"Mmm," he said, "You kept poking me."
I chuckled and Pyro held me closer.
That day, I decided that I would skip classes. I know what you are thinking, that's a terrible thing. But seriously, I needed a break. Pyro understood and he went around telling people that I was down with the flu, so no one bothered me. In my room I had the curtains drawn, all the lights off and the door locked. I drowned myself in the multitude of blankets and buried my head into the pillows. I allowed my energy to cover the floor I was on so I knew who was on and what they were saying. It was just typical getting together stuff and conversational speeches. I closed my eyes and then a gruff voice entered my ears.
"Are you sure?"
My eyes flashed open as I realized who was talking.
"Yeah, she goes to the...school."
"What is it called?"
"Xavier's School for the Gifted Youngsters."
I realized that the voices didn't come from inside the school, but outside! The voices came from exactly five blocks!
"When do you wanna go?"
"Don't know, give me time."
I recognized one voice, Greg Allerdyce, Pyro's older brother. The other one was more deep yet purred as he talked.
"What happened last night?"
"I saw her and let me tell you she is one powerful chick."
The voices were getting more and more faint, I knew that eavesdropping wasn't the best thing in the world but I seriously needed to hear more of what these people were saying.
"Tank is going over right now," the deep voice person said.
"The school?" Greg asked.
"No shit."
"Isn't that dangerous? Also what about our rule, no harming brethren."
"I just want Tank to find a quick way to this girlie."
"Why do you want her so badly?"
I could hear footsteps and then they stopped.
"This."
I could hear a sheet of cloth being pulled off of something and I desperately want to see what it was.
"Psyke isn't strong enough, her powers are in telepathy, but not in telekinesis. I need someone who has a powerful telekinesis control."
"What makes you think that the girl will cooperate? She didn't seem to happy that I was from a rebel group."
"I can change all that."
The conversation ended and I could only hear the voices on the floor. Who was the other person talking to Greg? What did he make? More importantly, what did it do?
I got up and cracked up the curtains and spread my sub-conscious like Jean taught me. I went over the stone wall and located Tank, a mutant who had superhuman strength, stamina, and agility. He was two blocks away. I went further to the point where I couldn't spread my conscious any further. I could pick up faint strings of where the two were, but that was it. I tried to get more strings that could give me a sturdy pin point on where these people where, but I couldn't force my conscious to go any further. That was alright though, I had the information I needed the only question was; who should I tell?
