Disclaimer: Nope still don't own X-Men: Evolution...

A/N: Sorry for the wait! I know it's been a while since I last updated but I had a very close friend leave for the Armed Forces on Monday so I've been really bummed about it and wasn't able to finish this quicker. Not to mention I tried to hang out with him as much as I could before he left. Anyway, the time has come for a nice relaxing mini vacation in Hawaii...just kidding. When have I ever made anything easy for Mina? ENJOY!

() =Telepathic conversations

""=Speaking

''=Thoughts

Hawaiian Getaway

"Let me just start by saying that this place is absolutely breathtaking," I fawned as I stared out of the window of our taxi van. I've been in awe of Hawaii since the moment we arrived in the island of Oahu on this beautiful Sunday evening. Everything seemed better here. The colors were more vibrant, the air was crisper, the sounds were peaceful and the sights were indescribable.

"It's absolutely stunning here," Jean breathed as she took in the passing scenery. "I can't believe that one place could be so beautiful."

"If you think this is beautiful, wait 'til you see where I live," Alex said. "It's a city named Haleiwa. It's only a stone's throw away from Waimea Bay and you won't believe the view of the ocean that we have."

"So how much longer until we reach your house?" Scott asked.

"We're not too far now," Alex replied. "We should be there in five, maybe ten minutes tops. Oh man, I'm so excited to see my foster parents again."

My stomach began to knot at the mention of Alex's foster parents. Sure they're not his biological parents but they're the closest things he had to real parents and I was worried if they would like me or not.

"Mina, calm down." I heard Alex say as he lightly stroked my arm. "You don't have to worry about meeting my foster parents, they'll love you."

"What makes you think I'm worried?" I retorted with a pout.

Alex chuckled and kissed my forehead. "How many times do I have to say that I know you Mina? Trust me, they're gonna love you as much as I do." Alex took my hand in his and I gave it an appreciative squeeze. This guy really knew how to make a girl feel loved.

"Oh look up there! There's my house!" Alex exclaimed as he pointed out of the window at a large house atop a lush green hill. The van made its way up the hill to a large two story house. It was painted a bold yellow color with white trim and in front of the house stood a man and a woman that instantly assumed were the Masters. The van screeched to a halt as we parked in front of Mr. and Mrs. Masters. I had never been so nervous to meet two people in my entire life. Sure I met Pietro's dad but that was Magneto and this is completely different. These people were normal human beings who don't hate me the way Magneto does and I intended on keeping it that way. Scott and Jean had climbed out of the van to retrieve their luggage while Alex enthusiastically greeted his foster parents. He pointed to the van where I was still hiding and walked over to get me.

"Why are you hiding in here?" Alex asked as leaned against the vans sliding door. "They're dying to meet you."

I scoffed. "I'm not hiding."

"Mina, they're my foster parents, not monsters, Alex said before he held out his hand. "Come on. I'm gonna be right by your side the entire time."

I took a deep breath and took his hand. I followed him out of the van and as we neared his parents my heart seemed to be beating out of my chest. Mr. Masters was tall, maybe 6'2", looked to be in his late forties but still retained a very youthful glow. He had chocolate brown hair that connected with his beard and goatee. He wore a pair of denim shorts with white undershirt underneath a light blue collared shirt that was unbuttoned all the way down. Mrs. Masters was not as tall and looked to be just a little shorter than Alex. She had long jet black hair that fell past her shoulders. She wore a royal blue tank top with a matching floral sarong wrap skirt. The moment the Masters saw me they gasped.

"This is your girlfriend?" Mr. Masters questioned as they both walked over to get a closer look at me. My stomach dropped when I heard that. How could they not like me already? We just met! Even Alex looked shocked at his foster dad's remark. "Well this can't be right. She's much too pretty for you!"

"Wait...what?" I asked in disbelief. Was he...joking with me?

"Alex, you said that your girlfriend was cute but I never thought she'd be so nani." She rushed over to me and pulled me into a tight hug. "Oh you're such a pretty girl. My Alex is so lucky to have you."

"Um, thank you," I wheezed out from her bear hug. She had quite the grip. " Um...nani means pretty right?"

"It means beautiful dear which is exactly what you are," Mrs. Masters replied.

Mr. Masters smiled. "You haven't been here one full day and you already have some knowledge of our unique language. Tell me, how'd you pick up our lingo so quickly?"

"One of my many talents Mr. Masters," I smiled.

"Oh please call me Andrew," he said as he patted shoulder.

Mrs. Masters piped up and said "And you can call me Joanna if you'd like. Or you can call us makuahine and makuakane seeing as how you're practically family already." Joanna giggled as she saw the blush creeping onto her foster son's cheeks.

"But we've just met!" I chuckled. Makuahine and makuakane means mom and dad in the Hawaiian language. I guess Andrew and Joanna are already ready for Alex to seal the deal with me.

"Mom! We're not-, I mean, I haven't-,"Alex sputtered. I kissed his cheek to calm him down. "Five minutes back home and you've already embarrassed me in front of my girlfriend."

"Well what did you expect son?" Andrew guffawed. A warm salty wind blew. "Oh what are we doing standing out here? Come inside! Let us welcome you all into our home."

We entered the house and I began to take in the décor. Bamboo flooring, beige furniture set, beautiful paintings adorned the walls, there was a shaggy white rug in front of the fireplace and to the left of this living room was a sliding glass door that led out to the porch. The next thing I took notice of was the smell of food. My stomach growled to let its presence be known. I hadn't eaten since we left the airport and whatever Joanna was cooking smelled terrific.

"Looks like someone is hungry," Joanna remarked as my stomach once again growled. "Lucky for you I already made dinner. Follow me to the dining room."

The dining room had a large table set up in the middle of it with a huge spread of food on it.

"What about our bags?" Scott asked. "Shouldn't we put them upstairs first?"

"That can wait, Scott, my boy," Andrew said. "Dinner is going to get cold! Come on, let's sit down and dig in!"

I looked at the huge spread of food on the table and eyed each thing hungrily. There was a large tray of manapua*, kalua pork* with cabbage and chicken long rice*.

'An authentic hawaiian dinner is one of the reasons I looked forward to coming here,' I exclaimed. 'I can't believe they went to all the trouble of making this for us.'

"Everything looks delicious, Joanna," Jean remarked. She took a deep inhale. "And it smells even better."

"Well wait 'til you taste it," Joanna winked.

After dinner

Dinner was absolutely delicious. I've never tasted such unique and different flavors before. The only thing better than dinner was dessert. Joanna had brought out the most scrumptious pineapple upside cake I've ever had. We ate dessert in the living room while Joanna and Andrew decided to get to know me better. They were such nice people who seemed to like me a lot. I was relieved that they did and so was their foster son. Alex did nothing to hide the approving smile he had on his face throughout the entire conversation. I guess this is the closest I would get of the "parental" stamp of approval. After dinner we all retreated to our rooms to turn in for the night. Jean and Scott shared the guest room while I made myself cozy in Alex's old room.

"I love it here," I proclaimed as I flopped down into his bed. "I wouldn't mind staying for longer than a week."

Alex laughed. "That would be nice. Get away from the city life for a little bit. No noise, no Sentinels, no college exams. Just the two of us on the island lounging on the beach."

"You know we always could come back for a romantic getaway for two," I cooed as I turned on my side to look at him. "I mean we do have a private jet."

"Yeah but the next time I take you here I want it to be for a special occasion," Alex said as he laid down next to me and matched my pose on the bed. "It would still be the two of us but I'd make sure we would be staying at the finest hotel in all of Hawaii. More specifically in a suite for couples only."

"Preferably a couples only suite with a big heart shaped bed covered in rose petals," I added. "With some nice champagne and hot tub made for two."

Alex sighed. "It'll be a getaway to remember." He propped himself up on his elbows and planted a sweet kiss on my lips. "I'm hoping we can make that happen really soon."

I smiled softly and replied "The feeling is mutual."

Alex kissed me once more before saying "We should get some sleep. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. I wanna show you Waimea Bay Beach Park. I guarantee you're gonna love it."

"Well if you say that I'll love it then I already do," I giggled before giving him one last kiss. "Goodnight baby."

After eating a wonderful breakfast, courtesy of Joanna, Scott, Jean, Alex and I headed to the beach in Alex's old jeep. The beach was crowded when we got there but Alex managed to find a near perfect spot for the four of us. When we finished unpacking all of our beach necessities, we laid down a large blanket on the sand and began our day.

"Hmm, feel that nice ocean breeze?" Jean said as she basked in the warmth of the sun.

"Yeah, it's nice to be somewhere peaceful for a change," Scott agreed as he stretched himself out on the blanket.

"Wow Scott, I've never seen you so loosened up," I remarked. "You should go on vacation more often."

"I wish I could but I do have a team to lead," Scott sighed. At the mention of the X-Men he promptly sat up. "I wonder how everyone's doing? Maybe I should check up on them."

"No, no, no. We're on vacation so you don't need to worry about that," Jean dismissed as she pushed him back down. "I'm sure Kurt can handle being in charge of the team."

"Jean's right," I agreed. "He's been at the mansion long enough to know how to lead everyone."

"Hey are we going to keep talking about the X-Men or are we going to enjoy the beach?" Alex asked as he zipped up his wetsuit and grabbed his surfboard. "You mainlanders can stay here if you want but I'm hitting the waves. Care to join me, my nani wai akua wahine*?"

I blushed slightly. "Aww, you're too sweet. Of course, my u'i, nohea he'e nalu ali'i*."

After I got the extra board out of his jeep, I paddled out on it to meet Alex who was already in the water. He looked a little frustrated as I paddled up next to him.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's still summer so the waves aren't very tall," Alex pouted. "These are ankle busters*! I'm a professional surfer! I need more of a challenge."

"Let me take care of that," I winked as I dipped both hands in the water. The water began to crash and rock as large waves began to form. "Surf's up! Last one in the pipeline is a grommet*!"

We paddled out and each took a separate wave. Alex looked back in his element as he pulled out all of his best moves while still managing to keep perfect balance. I, on the other hand, was simply controlling the water underneath me to make sure I didn't wipe out in front of everyone. Alex had been giving me surfing lessons but I fond that it was easier to just cheat a little. I couldn't keep my eyes off of the very handsome guy surfing the wave next to mine and failed to notice the surfer that dropped in on my wave until I had wiped out and found myself underwater. I swam to the surface and gasped for air while my surfboard floated up to me.

"What the hell is your problem?" I angrily yelled at the surfer who caused my wipe out. "Are you some kind of kook*?"

Alex who had seen me fall of of my board and into the water left his wave and paddled over to me. "Whoa, baby, are you okay? What just happened?"

"I'm fine, just a little embarrassed," I admitted. "Some grom dropped in on my wave!"

The rude surfer finally made their way off of my wave and paddled over to Alex and I. As they neared I saw that the surfer was female, a very beautiful one I might add. Short brown hair, defined cheekbones, a sparkling smile, emerald green eyes, an impressive muscular frame and a large flower tattoo on her abdomen that wasn't even remotely hidden in the red two piece swimsuit she wore.

"Leilani?" Alex said. "Is that you?"

"Of course it's me," she chuckled. "What? You don't recognize me? It's only been two years."

"But you've changed a lot since then," Alex marveled. "Your hair, that tattoo and those muscles! You didn't have those the last time I saw you."

"And you have seen plenty of me," Leilani winked.

I loudly cleared my throat to remind them that I was still here. "Um, Alex, aren't you going to introduce me?"

"Right, right," Alex stuttered as he tore his eyes away from Leilani. "Leilani, this is my girlfriend Semina. Semina, this is Leilani-"

"The ex-girlfriend," she finished before looking me over and smiling. "Wow Alex. She's really pretty. Not as pretty as me but still decent. You sure are a lucky guy. I wish you two nothing but the best."

"I'm not sure whether I should be insulted or not," I huffed.

"Oh I mean no disrespect," Leilani said. "It's just that I'm pretty sure that there are much prettier girls than you in New York."

"Excuse me?" I incredulously screeched. "I don't who the hell you think you're talking to-"

"Obviously I'm talking to you, little miss average looks," Leilani mumbled. "Jeez Alex when you broke up with me to go live in New York I thought you would have at least found a model type girl. Not some pupuka holoholona*."

"Okay that's enough," Alex sternly snapped. "Listen Leilani, you can have whatever opinion you want of my girlfriend but I think she's the most gorgeous girl on the planet and I wouldn't trade her for anyone in the world. I don't know why you're acting so bitchy but you have no right to talk to Mina like that so lay off the insults would ya?"

I'd never seen Alex so worked up about defending me and I'll admit I was a little surprised by it. (I'm so hot for you right now,) I telepathically told him, making his face turn as red as Leilani's swimsuit. (Just wait until we get back to the house.)

"Well fine then," the now very pissed off girl scoffed as she paddled away. While she paddled away I made a very small and harmless wave that crashed directly into her to knock her off of her board.

"Semina you just can't use your powers on humans like that!" Alex scolded before I silenced him with a deep kiss that knocked us off balance.

"Oh shut up and kiss me," I laughed as once again captured his lips for a longer more passionate kiss.

Following our wet and impromptu make out session, Alex and I caught a few more waves before heading back to the shore for some shave ice. I've had shave ice before but it has never come close to the one I was eating right now. We sat on the beach with Jean and Scott and ate our frozen treats while we watched the gorgeous sunset on the Hawaiian sky. We enjoyed each others company until we figured we had to go back to the Master's house. As we walked into the house after the drive home we found Andrew and Joanna on the couch watching a movie. Joanna looked up at us and smiled when she heard the door shut.

"Well look who's back after a long day at the beach," she said. "Did you kids have fun?"

"Yeah we did," Alex replied. His stomach growled loudly signaling that was around that time for dinner. "So when's dinner?"

"It's in the oven. It should be ready soon," Joanna replied.

The faint smell of smoke caught the attention of Jean's nose as she scrunched up her face. "Um...Mrs. Masters, I think dinner just caught on fire."

Rushing into the kitchen in a panic we saw the fire building in the door of the oven.

"Jean open the door so Semina can put the fire out," Scott directed.

Jean held a hand and and slowly opened the oven door with her telekinesis. Alex had turned on the faucet for me and I guided the stream on the water into the oven to extinguish the flames. Once the fire was gone the Masters looked at Jean and I in awe.

"What impressive powers," Andrew remarked.

"And so very useful," Joanna added.

Andrew looked at the now blackened oven and let out a loud sigh. "There goes dinner. At least we're all okay."

"Anyone for take out?" Joanna sheepishly giggled.

For the next three days, Alex, Joanna and Andrew took Scott, Jean and I out to see the sites and get the full Hawaii experience. We went hiking on the beautiful Waianae Mountain, rock climbing, jet skiing, kayaking and scuba diving. Each activity was more incredible than the last but I noticed that every time I got near the ocean I would feel very disturbed and apprehensive.

Thursday Night

A peaceful night of sleep would have been nice after my long day of shopping with Jean and Joanna but at the moment I was frantically tossing and turning in my sleep. I'd only gotten two hours before I felt a wave of unease wash over me. There was that feeling of impending doom inside my stomach and my environmental link was going crazy. I could feel it's constant tug on my powers and knew it was trying to contact me somehow.

"Mina, baby, are you okay? Why do you keep tossing and turning?" Alex groggily asked. I always hated waking him up in the middle of the night with my sleeping issues.

"I-I don't know," I sighed. "I feel worried. The water is restless and calling out to me. There's something wrong but I can't tell what it is from all the way in here." I got out of the bed and began to pull on some sweats. "I'm going down to the shoreline to see what the problem is."

"Oh no you're not," Alex said. "I'm not letting you out of the house this late. It's dangerous out there. What if you get hurt?"

"Alex, I've been training my powers since I was twelve. I'll be fine," I reassured. Alex didn't buy that and gave me "the look". Whenever Alex wanted something he would slightly pout and make the saddest expression he could. He stole the technique from me and he knew I could never resist it. "Ugh, why did you have to give me that look? Fine, I'll stay. I'll check what's wrong tomorrow when we go to Sunset Beach." I just hoped that nothing major would happen between now and then.

The next day

When we arrived at Sunset Beach the first thing I noticed where the huge waves thrashing in the ocean. I wasn't causing any of them and seeing as how it's summer the waves shouldn't be as high as they were. Being the thrill seeker that he is, Alex charged blindly into the water before I even got the chance to assess the problem.

I growled as I saw paddle out into the ocean. Scott chuckled and put a hand on my shoulder. "My little brother can sometimes be a little thick in the head. Alex always was one for trying to catch the biggest wave but even he knows when it's time to get out of the water."

"He better. I don't plan on losing him any time soon," I joked as I walked over to the water. The feeling of unease I had last night reappeared as I stopped in front of the shoreline. I bent down to put a hand in the water and the moment I put it in, I gasped and retracted it like my hand was on fire.

"What is it?" Jean asked.

"ALEX GET OUT OF THE WATER!" I desperately screamed even though I knew he couldn't hear me over the sound of the waves.

"Semina, we need you to calm down and tell us what you sensed in the water," Scott calmly said.

"There's a huge wave heading our way," I panted. "Big enough to destroy at least all of North Shore."

Scott furrowed his eyebrows. "How long until it gets here?"

"Half an hour," I replied.

"Can you stop it?" Jean asked.

I frowned. "Yes, but it's risky. I'll have to be in the water because I don't think I can stop it in time from here."

"But you've been able to stop tidal waves from far distances before," Scott pointed out. "How is this any different?"

"This wave is bigger than anything I've ever encountered," I responded. "And since it started out so far in the ocean, it can keep gathering water to make itself even bigger than it was by the time it hits shore."

"Semina even if you do stop it, you might use up all the strength you have," Jean warned. "Remember what happened the last time you used up all your energy?"

I nodded as I remembered my brief comatose state. "There's no other way we can come close to stopping it so it's the only choice we have."

"I don't like it," Scott said as he crossed his arms before sighing. "But you're right. There may be no other way. Semina, go try and stop that wave however you can. Alex, Jean and I will go and evacuate as many people as we can."

"Scott I'm staying here," Jean firmly stated. "In case Semina can't stop it in time, maybe I can put up a shield long enough for you and Alex to finish the evacuation."

"Jean I can't let you-" Scott began before Jean silenced him with a kiss.

"I'll be fine, I promise," Jean softly assured. "Now go, we don't have much time. We'll make sure Alex catches up to you in time."

"Alright," Scott nodded before he turned and left.

Jean looked at me and pulled me in for a hug. "You can do this, Mina. We have faith in you."

I hugged her back and said "Thank you Jean. That makes me almost believe I'm gonna come back safe and sound." I let go of her before taking a deep breath. "It's time for me to go." Jean simply nodded and as I walked toward the ocean I saw Alex walking out of the water and toward me. He saw my serious expression and sighed.

"How bad is it?" he asked as he set one end of his surfboard down into the sand.

"Tidal wave bad," I answered. "Big enough to wipe out all of North Shore. I'm going to stop it."

"What, by yourself?" Alex exclaimed.

"Yes," I answered. Before he could protest I put a finger to his lips. "Don't try to talk me out of it. It's my job as an X-Man to stop danger like this."

"But what if you don't come back?" Alex asked as he lightly pushed my bang out of my face. "I can't lose you."

"I'm coming back," I said as I hugged him. "Trust me, I'll come back."

Alex pressed his lips against mine with such a fire I thought that we were actually saying goodbye to each other. "Be careful. I love you."

"I love you too," I replied as I sadly separated myself from him and dove underneath the water. I made a water bullet around my body and propelled myself toward the tidal wave like a torpedo. I've always thrown myself into harms way so I wasn't that worried about myself but what I was really worried about was everyone else. What if I wasn't strong enough to stop the tidal wave? Because of my weakness I could cause the deaths of thousands of people.

"I'm not gonna let that happen," I told myself as I finally came close to the huge wave. Granted

it was fairly smaller than I thought but it was still going to take every I had to stop it. "All I have to do is make a counter wave to cancel out this one. And if that doesn't work...well I'm hoping this does work."

I shot myself into the air on a water pillar and concentrated on the water below me. Just gathering all the water alone was wearing me out. I collected as much water as I could hold and threw my hands in front of me to send my wave at the one approaching the island. Atop my water pillar I anxiously watched as the two waves approached each other.

"Come on, come on," I panted as the two waves finally came close to each other.

They smashed into each other so powerfully that it caused a giant spurt of water to form from the impact. I didn't have any time to even tell if the counter wave worked because the spurt forcefully rained down on me knocking me off my pillar and sending me into the ocean. The salty water rushed into my nose and mouth and I immediately swam up to the surface. I coughed wildly to try to expel the water from my lungs. As soon as my breathing became more stable I figured it would be a good time to swim back to the shore. The water still thrashing wildly and was difficult to maneuver myself in. Swimming had seemed like the best way to get back but with each stroke of my arm I felt myself getting weaker. If I tried to use any more of the little energy I had left I might as well make a tombstone because I wouldn't last any longer.

"I can't keep this up," I panted. Even the slightest movements, like trying to keep myself afloat, required a great deal of work and the current prevented me from gaining any distance to the shore and kept sweeping me further out into the ocean. I eventually stopped trying to save myself all together because each thing I did seemed futile. There was only one thing left to do and that was close my eyes and drift off into the darkness that was pulling at me.

A/N: Now wasn't that an exciting chapter? Now hit the little review button and tell me what you thought!

Asterisked: nani: beautiful or pretty

manapua- bread rolls usually stuffed with pork

kalua pork- roasted pulled pork

chicken long rice- noodles cooked in chicken broth, sometimes served over rice

nani wai akua wahine: beautiful water goddess

u'i, nohea he'e nalu ali'i: handsome surf king

ankle busters: surf slang for small waves

grommet/grom: inexperienced surfer

kook: someone who doesn't follow surf rules.

*pupuka holoholona: ugly beast