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It was difficult for Rai to absorb all this information. She was supposedly harbouring mythological beings in her consciousness and this was the source of her all-mighty power. Sounded like a load of bull shit in her opinion but she couldn't deny the past few hours. Also whatever was happening with the dude she was trying not to fall head over heals for was linked to her. After a few scans Rai, the Professor, Hank and Kurt found out that it wasn't just his eyes that were changing.
"How long has it been since your pupils faded Kurt?" Mr McCoy asked while shining a small light into the said boy's eyes. His pupils reflected back eerily, like a cats.
"Uh… Drei tag." the blue demon was sitting on a stool with a sick bowl in his hands. He had switched back to his natural tongue cause it was to hard for him to translate in this state, he looked drained in appearance, his tail was drooping limply rather than swaying gently like it usually did. Those eerie eyes looked strange where darker fur was spanning from and as for his pupils, she didn't have a clue where he was looking, to put it mildly.
"And the darker fur?" Hank asked while checking the delicate strands. Kurt jerked and put his head in the bucket and throwing up the black ooze that he had been producing.
"H-heute." He managed to groan before his tail twisted round the stool legs tightly and his stomach flipped out more gunk.
Hank looked worriedly down at the poor boy he was examining, then to the Professor , then back at his calculations and figures.
"This makes no sense. It could be just rough puberty. Or with your powers Kurt, it could be that they are accelerating faster than you can handle. Your… whole body is going into overload." The scientist said solemnly.
Kurt lifted his head out of the sick bucket to look at them with wide, almost scared, yellow orbs "Wenn dies der Pubertät Ich bin verurteilt." he groaned before lolling his head down in exhaustion.
"If it was just puberty why did Au Guang warn us about it? It must be to do with his mutation." Rai deduced without the help of the muttering voices. She moved beside the worried demon, crouched down to his level and smiled comfortingly "When did you start feeling strange Kurt?" she murmured softly before putting a pitying hand on his shoulder. She knew how drained he felt and how hard it is to carry on in such a state.
His head lifted a little before he frowned and thought for a few minutes, "Zwei Wochen." Kurt finally muttered before sticking his head back into the bucket.
Rai didn't know German so she turned back to the Professor with a questioning look.
"Two weeks." he confirmed to her with that almost permanent, worried frown on his features.
Rai gulped, two weeks ago Rai and Harry had just moved into their flat in Bayville. Coincidence, I think not. But if she told them what she knew would they take her seriously? After all she had never met Kurt until she started going to Bayville High. Her logic didn't make sense, she needed proof. Her eyes trailed to the black sludge in the bucket.
"Try touching it. I dare you." the gravely voice quipped in her mind teasingly.
Before Rai realised what she was doing her hand went in the bucket. The rim was to high that she couldn't see what was happening so she braced herself for icky mess to coat her hand. By some miracle Kurt's eyes managed to go wider than ever, his mouth dropped open in amazement. She peered over the edge cautiously to see her fingers touching the bottom of the bucket, the back sludge cowering away and trying to climb up the sides of its prison. Curiously, she moved towards the sludge but it kept space between it and her hand. No matter how hard she tried to touch it the she did not succeed.
The Professor and Mr McCoy looked baffled as she toyed with the sludge like a kitten to string.
"Do you think its possible to have interlocking mutations?" Hank asked Xavier in a hushed undertone. The Professor glanced up at Hank then projected into the scientists mind,
"Possibly. We'll talk when these two have left."
Little did they know that Kurt was glancing sideways at them, a plus to having no pupils left visible. He noticed that the Professor had two fingers on his temple. The tell tail sign that he was communicating telepathically. They were up to something.
Suddenly the black sludge made a bid for freedom and leapt out of the bucket to splat on the floor. Rai and Kurt stared at the ominous gunk that didn't move for a few seconds.
The gravely voice pounded in her head "Don't let it get away!"
The two took a closer look, spontaneously leaning forward. Rai noticed the smell was like fresh batteries, metallic, the fumes made her slightly dizzy. Her head smacked against Kurt's, they both hissed and sat up again. The two glanced at each other, Kurt turned slightly violet which made Rai giggle a little. He was cute when he was embarrassed.
"DON'T LET IT GET AWAY!" the gravely voice pounded against her skull, drawing the attention black to the sludge that was now crawling away as fast as it could towards the door, a desperate bid for freedom. How was it even moving? Rai felt like her hand was burning with the anger of the voice in her head,
"No!" She snapped with the angry voice in her head, like it was taking over, and flicked her wrist at it. Some how something shot out of her hand and set fire to the disgusting thing. With a high squeak it shrivelled into itself then exploded like a fire-cracker.
"To think zhat vwas inside me." Kurt gulped and looked down at her hand nervously "Rai don't set zhe fuzzy dude on fire."
"I-I didn't mean to. Honest, I'm so sorry." Rai blabbered ridiculously, gaining a tight leash back on her self control. Now it was her turn to turn pink with embarrassment. She needed to be IN control not be controlled! Hell she thought her powers were only limited to water and plants! Now she was setting the place on fire as well as blowing up the sink!
"Great going Rai. Just go ahead and destroy the place." she snapped at herself.
"Rai, It's alright. Control is not something you can force. You need to learn." Xavier explained comfortingly. She glanced in the direction of the Professor with a look of anguish before hiding behind her hair like a veil.
"Sir, I need to be strict with myself. I can't be something that destroys." her fists clenched in frustration "With the registration of mutants at school I can't hide! I will be locked up if I can't control myself cause… I'm to dangerous."
"Rai that is Scheiße. We all know you wouldn't hurt a fly. What is this Registration anyway?"
Rai froze, realizing that she would have to tell him the horrid news. She swallowed before licking her lips nervously,
"W-well we need to step forward and say were mutants and what our powers are, were gonna get registered. Apparently its for the human's safety." she muttered, obviously upset by this decision.
The blue demon visibly paled and froze. She had also caught the attention of the adults who looked like she had just told them the world was going to end. "T-there were men form The Whitehouse I think. Seeing this through." Rai gulped again.
A few minutes of silence later the Professor spoke first,
"Kurt, Rai you can go now. Hank we need to talk with Logan and Ororo."
With that Xavier and Mr McCoy went out of the room, leaving Kurt and Rai alone.
No one dared to talk. In fear of what may happen if they did. Rai saw the pain and despair in her demon's expression, she wanted to drive it away, wanted to comfort him but she didn't know how. It wasn't her place to do so but she didn't care.
"Kurt?" she whispered gently. He didn't reply, lost for words. "Kurt come on. You need rest. Lets get you to your room ok?" her fingers rubbed gentle circles into his shoulder, attempting to soothe.
In a puff of smoke they were in his room, his eyes crunched up closed and a fang gnawed the side of his lip,"How could they do zhis." Kurt muttered. Rai didn't know whether he was talking to himself or her.
"Well… they must think they have a right to know what we can do, in case we are a danger or not." she tried hard to look at this from both points of view, giving the humans the benefit of the doubt. "They are just as scared as we are." Rai moved carefully to sit next to him on his bed. His tail started to thrash from side to side,
"Zhey are being stupid! They are not the ones getting hunted down or persecuted just because they were born differently! Do you know why I left Germany Rai?" he asked angrily. His eyes glowered at her in silent rage. She shook her head mutely. This conversation was taking a turn for the worse. "Because the town where I lived all my life, the people I watched from inside the house I grew up in, they saw me. They were sure I was Satan reincarnate. My Mutter und Vatter, harassed und hurt because they looked after me. Because they cared! One good, hard look was all it took for them to judge me, call me a monster!" he growled. This was like a mine field, If she didn't pick her words carefully this would blow up in her face.
"I guess that makes them the monsters." her fingers interlaced together nervously. Her words seemed to confuse him out of his building anger. "You can't help being you. People need to learn to get used to us that's all." she stumbled for what to say. In the end it was the truth, "What happened to you is tragic but at least now…you have me to watch your back. I won't let history repeat itself 'cause I know how painful it is to run away from your country. Your home." she whispered gently. Slowly her words soaked in. The rage disappeared and sadness took it place. They both missed home. Mutual understanding softened them both, Rai slowly placed her hand on his tri-fingered, blue hand and rubbed her thumb gently over the thin layer of soft fur. She couldn't understand how someone could detest another because they looked differently. If anything she was intrigued by this boy who gulped nervously and looked down at their hands. He was normal, just looked a bit odd but that's what she loved about him. The way he handled things, situations and problems were immense to her. If only he could see what she saw. Rai looked down at their hands and too her delight his fingers were curled around hers. Acceptance soared and lifted her heart. A genuine smile spread across her lips,
"Why did you run away?"
The light, happy feeling dropped like a led balloon to smack into the pit of her stomach. Her smile vanished and she shuffled uncomfortably. funny how moods could change so quickly.
"I-I… I lost control." she muttered as her throat tightened. All those people, hurt because of her. "I got angry. They hurt Harry, it was to much." she choked out. In an attempt to not break she swallowed the lump in her throat. It was hard to breath. "All my fault."
"Nein. You wouldn't have done it on purpose, I can see your regret." he muttered, she looked at his soft butter yellow eyes. The urge to give in and hug him was unbearable, she knew she couldn't, he was off limits. But he understood her! That was good enough for her.
"Don't tell anyone, please." she begged
A small smile tilted the corners of his mouth, "Of course, so long as you keep quiet too… About me."
They sat there quietly for a few minutes.
"So… school? We'll go together eh?" Rai asked hopefully. Now that he had calmed down from the initial shock Kurt nodded in quiet agreement. He looked worried and scared but was no longer angry.
"Ja… I suppose we all saw it coming eventually." he sighed tiredly.
"You get some sleep 'kay. I'm gonna see about training." Rai smiled and squeezed his hand, letting go and fleeing towards the exit before she did anything stupid.
"Rai?"
She was half way through the door when his voice stopped her. She turned to look back at her demon. He smiled like he was half asleep "Thank you."
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"Now are you sure you want to do this Rai? You know I don't like knocking you out. I certainly don't trust him." Harriet asked before indicating to Wolverine who was leaning against the door of the danger room moodily. Harriet's brows were furrowed in worry for her companion. She had never seen Rai so determined to be in control.
Rai nodded, keeping her poker face on, trying not to show the fear churning up her thoughts.
Harriet turned and handed some syringes to Wolverine who took them reluctantly
"Is this really necessary?" he asked in his usual, growling tone. Rai nodded and Harry sighed.
"It's not like we enjoy this either. When Rai goes out of control you need to knock her out before she destroys the whole building."
Rai looked up at him apologetically. He stared back. Harriet carried on "Now careful that's horse tranquillizer, since Rai became immune to normal doses it wont be pretty if it's the other way around." Wolverine got up to his full height and looked down at the syringes again before curling his fingers round them tightly. Rai had a lot of guts to do this. She was prepared to knock herself out to stop her powers and, although he didn't like admitting it, he still hated the thought of injecting needles. It would take a lot more than that though to get his respect but she wasn't far off.
The girl went into the danger room to start her training, leaving Harry and him outside.
"Any pointers Blue?" he asked the morphing genius. She raked a hand through her red hair and sighed heavily,
" Last time I remember her voice changed. Her personalities go haywire and she started raving to herself. When she starts to jitter it means that something big is gonna happen. Just hope she is distracted and inject her. For her powers to work she has to keep connected to the ground so she will have little mobility unless she decides to run and detach herself. If she runs her powers will automatically shut down." She tried to list quietly. It was obvious Harry didn't like talking about her companion in this way.
"Does she have any mental issues?"
Harry froze before her fists balled up and her muscles locked "We know she has several beings living in her mind. Wouldn't it drive you mad if you had people nagging in your head, hearing your thoughts, taking over your body?" she snapped. It was hard for her to criticise Rai, but it had to be done. "To tell you the truth I may know her personality a little and her powers well but she… she can't trust her own issues with people. She has never told me about her past before me. Whenever I brought it up she refused to make a sound for days until I let it drop. It took me five months and saving her life countless of times before she finally trusted me enough to sleep in a building with anyone. God she hasn't even told me her real name yet." she muttered quietly "Rai was the name we decided on after she took a liking to a cat called by the same name. She may need help but she damn well won't let anyone in."
Wolverine stared at Harriet, frustrated and panting from her quiet rant. He learned enough to keep alive and nodded in appreciation before walking into the danger room and starting the training session.
Now it was just Rai and him.
"Rai you need control but first we need to know what you can do."
"Er I can use plants and the earth as well as water and I accidentally set the medical lab on fire once-"
She was cut off by Wolverine.
"Try and do the different styles again on these six targets. He indicated to the six painted boards behind him. She gulped and let her hair berry into the ground and waited till it got to the earth before nodding, tight lipped and nervous. Wolverine moved out of the way and she took deep breaths, slow and steady before lifting her hand to reach for the first target. She absorbed the earth through the strands of her hair and tried to push the energy down and out of her hand. To he joy she saw little bits of green sprout on the floor
"This is pointless." the girly voice sighed half-heartedly and she felt the energy retract into her head, towards the voices. No! she was in control. The current of energy was pushed to be forced back out of her hand. The sprouts of grass grew limply up and a painstakingly slow rate. Rai felt as if she was in a tug of war with her body. It wasn't working.
"God sake!" she hissed in frustration.
"Fine! Be that way!" the voice snapped. All the energy stopped fighting and shot out of her fingers. The air rippled and the grass lurched up into a huge form before crashing down through the target and into the wall. A pipe was ripped out by the scarily strong, green strands. It was like her powers were having a temper tantrum. She tried to shut off the energy from her hand but it didn't work, it felt like trapping a bull in a shed, useless. If she took her hair out of the ground, well it would be suicide.
"Concentrate on my voice Rai. Go past Gaia to me." Au Guang soothed. It got rid of the headache and cooled her mind. She reached out to him and latched on.
Wolverine watched Rai. Keeping an eye out for her powers and the destructive force. Although that grass had just ripped out a water pipe from the wall, he would class that as dangerous. She looked like she was trying to stop it. Her muscles were locked in place and she was bearing her teeth in effort.
Then something changed. Rai's stance relaxed, her features went emotionless and her eyes glazed over. The grass retreated and shrivled back into the ground leaving her looking like a very realistic doll. Her head tilted,
"Why must you be so petulant Gaia?" a smooth male voice asked out loud from her mouth. It was, to say the least, a bit creepy. Was she possessed?
Her head tilted in the other direction,
"Why must we do what she says all the time! I don't want to do it!" a childish, girly whine replied angrily. Her head tilted back to the male,
"Do you wan't to live?"
"Yeah."
"Then do as the vessel asks."
Her body started shaking in anger as her fists slowly curled up. She was at breaking point. Wolverine got the syringe ready and prepared for the brawl of his live.
"Don't tell me what to do!" the girl screeched as the floor started to rumble. It had started.
From outside the Danger room Bobby, Amara and Raine could hear the fight going on from inside. They could hear Wolverine roar and an enraged scream replied. Several earth-shaking crashes later and it all went quiet.
"Well looks like she's not as powerful as we thought." Bobby sighed in disappointment while checking his watch "40 seconds, not even a minute."
The girls kept in a stunned quiet. Nothing could be heard. Not even when Raine strained her ears in her wolf form.
10 long minutes later the doors opened. Wolverine was limping out in a tattered uniform that was barely recognisable, carrying Rai's unconscious form gently.
"See I told you so." Bobby indicated triumphantly. Wolverine didn't reply to any of them as he continues down the corridor Part way he stretched and a sickening click echoed as his bone popped back into place which made the three young mutants gulp.
"Bobby. I don't think you should underestimate her." Amara whispered in fright. She was looking inside the danger room in horror.
It was demolished. The walls were covered in dents and slabs of concrete had been torn out of the walls with brute force. There were craters in the floor and long shreds of grass were scattered everywhere The three witnessed the end result of the havoc that Rai had created. The havoc she had tried hard to restrain. What she needed to gain control of.
Dun dun dah! :O
For all those who do not know German and can't be bothered for Google translate this bit is for you :3
Drei Tag= three days
Heute= today
Wenn dies der Pubertät Ich bin verurteilt = If this is puberty I'm doomed
Mutter und Vatter= mother and father
