Project-X
~ At the Cullens

Bella found herself running behind Edward towards the Cullen household. Her feet splashed into the puddles, becoming even more soaked as they went along. They arrived at the place and she couldn't help but think that the situation was no different from when she had been at the institute, except this time around the fortune seemed to come from one family.

They stepped inside and their mother came hurrying over. She had a smile on her face but then paused at seeing a stranger there. Jasper waved his hand at their guest. "This is Bella Swan."

"I'll see if I can't find some of the girls clothes to loan you until we can get yours dry." The woman stated before hurrying off, a frown upon her face. Eventually Bella was in the bathroom and came out wearing clothes that were brighter and cuter then she normally liked wearing, but she felt she needed to deal with it. "I guess... there are some things we need to talk about?"

By that time, everyone except for the father figure had come home. Alice was the first to speak up. "Bella is actually one of us mother. I don't know what her powers are though."

"Her powers deal with healing, but unlike dads she is able to heal herself." Edward spoke up, not looking Bella in the face. "Jasper and I had to change a few memories because some of the students saw her suddenly begin to heal."

Rosalie folded her legs. "Well, I might as well tell you what my ability is. I am able to make anyone do as I please by using my charm. Basically, I'm like the goddesses of love you hear about in mythology. I rarely if ever use my powers, particularly since my parents called my abilities fake all that time ago and not real. Something about the evil eye and stuff."

"Mine is super strength." Emmett spoke up.

"Your power is super strength plus the ability to change your structure, though you honestly have no control over it. At least while we were at this school we didn't have any problems." Jasper let out a deep sigh. "Mine is to manipulate emotions, while Edward can read minds. Sometimes he can move stuff, like today, and together we're able to change people's memories. He possibly can do it without me, but he tends to make people act differently then they normally do."

"And Alice's is telling the future, which is how we can tell where and when the accident would occur and we could show up and prevent things from going haywire." Edward didn't look Bella in the eyes. "However, you were able to block me from reading your mind. You aren't a psychic."

"No. I'm not. I was simply taught by a very strong psychic to block certain levels. Yours is honestly weak compared to even Jeans and you would honestly be no match for the person who taught me."

Bella worked on drying her hair.

"Who is it that taught you? I mean, we had to learn our powers on our own?" Jasper suddenly became interested.

"You've actually heard his name before." The towel hung down and covered her eyes. "His name is Professor Charles Xavier and he runs a school specifically for people like us."

Esme blinked a couple of times. "Wait a second. If he has a school, why aren't you attending there and instead going to a school here."

"You have super hearing like I do." Bella suddenly spoke up. "You're all the way over at the kitchen and I wasn't speaking loud enough for a normal person to hear. The answer to your question is the institute is the first place that particular secret organization in the government would come looking for me."

The mother figure opened her mouth before walking over. "I don't like the idea of the government being involved in this matter."

"You didn't think the government wouldn't know about something that they could use as a weapon do you?" Bella removed the towel from her head. "I know that not all of the groups are bad, but the secret ones operate on agenda hidden from the public eye. Everyone is trying to keep mutants and their abilities a secret as it won't be taken well. That also said, they aren't after the other students at the institute, only myself."

"I don't get why yourself though." Jasper let out a deep sigh.

"In case you haven't figured out, Charlie Swan and his ex-wife aren't my real parents. Professor X placed me in their care because they wanted a child. I actually don't have any biological parents, unless you count him. And I guess he is someone I would call father, but not in the same sense that you guys do."

"How can someone not have a father and mother." Rosemary let out a deep sigh. "Isn't it impossible for someone to have no parents? I mean, you need a male an female to create a person."

"Not if someone is a clone of another individual." Bella let out a deep sigh. "Bella isn't my name either, the one I was originally given. My original name and the other one I am known by is X-23."

"Why X-23?" Edward shook his head.

"Hold on... did she say she was a clone of someone?" Emmett said this as the head of the household came in through the door.

"A clone?" The man came over, only to have his wife explain things that had already been talked about while they continued.

"The person I was cloned off of was part of the X project." Bella let out a deep sigh. "It has to deal with my healing ability, but there is one more thing that I am able to do, likely because my abilities are based off of an animal." The female held a fist in the air and the blades suddenly came out. "Originally these weren't grafted with metal."

Everyone had a mortified look on their faces. Carlisle frowned when he saw this. "Who would do that to a child?"

"A group that wanted their weapon, my father back, but couldn't keep him under control because he had free will. The tried raising me so that I wouldn't have any free will of my own, but as Professor X says, that is impossible to do to a human, as everyone is born with a free will to choose right and wrong. Honestly... I'm thinking going back to the institute wouldn't be a bad idea right about know, even if it means dealing with the stupid HYDRA project.

Esme folded her arms across her chest. "How can we get in touch with this Professor Xavior." A few complaints came her way. "Well, a school where all of you can belong and make friends with others like yourself isn't a bad thing."

The others began to agree as Bella let out a deep sigh. "Don't worry about contacting him. He has a machine that is able to track mutant abilities. He's likely to have picked up on you by now."