Warning: language, interment sections, abuse and violence.

Place: brotherhood base

Time: 6:00 pm

Date: 22 December 2002

El' woke at the six the next morning her injuries mostly healed apart from a few Bruises and cuts. She changed silently, so not to wake the still sleeping roommate, in to the few clothes she brought with her. Changed she slipped out of the room and began to make her way through the base to were a small amount of noise was coming from.

Her Naked feet tapping lightly against the cold concrete as she approach a room were the noise was admitting from. It turned out to be a kitchen with two people inside, Magneto and a tall brunet, sat around the table.

"Ah, come join us Mis Snow" magneto waving to seat to his left. I smiled lightly and took the offered seat. "Penelope Scarlet This is El' Snow,she joined us last night. Miss Snow this is Penelope." The woman gave me a cup of tea smiling lightly.

"Hello. Thank you, please call me El' no one really calls me by my last name."

The days ran on and I found myself integrated into their way of life, waking and help make breakfast for the other 27 residences of the base. Then they would have a 2 hour physical training and power expansion. Mystic would then teach those that need their education while the others would run jobs for Magneto. I would often find myself with 'Silver and just talk as neither of us need lesson but Magneto was unwilling to put us on to the more daunting missions.

I was beginning to like staying here, Silver had be come a come friend and my long chats with Magneto at night was giving me a insight into who the man was, it explains why 'chuck like him so much. Sabretooth had finally taken a back seat and would not be in the same room as me after one of the training seasons had him out cold on the floor.

But with these progressing relationships I was missing my old-new life at the mansion, I had finally found a place were I fitted in. Most importantly I was missing Logan, my loveable large wolf. It was for that reason that my emotions began to take a down turn to the point were I only answered when asked directly. I had become a shadow of my past state. The base was noticing.

Someone was going to find out what was wrong and make her talk.

Silver had had enough and approached Magneto, after being turned away again by El'. Some one had to get through to her before they loses her.

"You most Speak El'!" He finally snapped. "If she sinks any further then she will be at danger to us and herself"

Magneto signed and ran a callus hand down his face, he had been aware of the child's developing depression. It had been expected after hearing about wolverine, but the first week or so she appeared to be dealing with it well, it was properly only just hitting now that was causing such a bad reaction.

"Tell her to meat me in the entrance" he replied, raising from his seat and heading to said entrance.

Quicksilver was of cause right. She had been letting out random burst of raw energy that could hit someone or she could just burn herself out.

While he had not sent El' out on any missions yet, he did like the girl, she brought a lighter energy to the base he had not felt in years and he would admit that he quite liked talking to the girl in the afternoons.

Before he would have said that he let her stay because of her immense power, that he still did not understand, and that would have been true but now he would be lying. He let her stay because she was like his third child. And this time he would save her before all their bridges were destroyed.

El' came up to is left and they both just stood there starring out over the forest. The silence that wrapped around them was comforting as it always had been between them.

"Tell me what is wrong" he offered softly. It was the only way he could thing of to broach the subject. Had he out right ordered it then she would have left. You asked of El' not demanded.

His voice rang softly but no answer came. The silence returned and spread for a long time till final she replied with a very unsuspected answer.

"I lied to you" she whispered, her eyes gazing dead ahead before flickering to him and sliding shut, trying to lock away his face, the shock, the anger, but the disappointment hurt the most.

"I lied to you all"

And that was how it was. She told him everything from her orders from Charles to why she was still here, the deception She had given and her feeling for the brotherhood. El' told him how the two establishment could work together, that their ideals and methods weren't far from each other they just had to compromise. She spoke nothing put the truth.

Magneto just stood there his face impassive. El' turned away unwilling to look at him.

"I'll pack and begone in the hour" She whispered. Before She could take two steps a hand wrapped around her forearm pulling her to a stand still.

"I understand." His voice was smooth and controlled. "Charles knows of your willingness to try and chance me. That you wish to stay"

"Yes"

"Then stay and try and change us. I like having you around it is making me think more. Even Sabretooth, the brought he is, has mellowed in your presences."

"Thank you" with that She darted back into the base and to their shared quarters.

After that day Magneto began sending her out on mission with silver, having informed him of my background this aloud me a small amount of time to check up on them, even if Charles was the only one to know I was there.

Logan was doing no better then his other half. He had been ready to drag her back then beat the sh*t out off Xavier. In a wheelchair or not! What was he thinking in the first place offering that job.

Before he could leave though Storm and 'one eyes' had managed to restrain him long enough for him to explain himself.

So he had waited and took his anger out on the Kiddies, pushing them harder then ever before In their training. Then the day was meant to see her return come and went. With only one tiny message left for him and Charles on his phone.

*i can not leave, not now that I know there is still hope for the brotherhood. I have watched them improve, just by having me here, so what will me leaving do to them.

My love. I will come home. Just give me time. *

That's all she said. He respected her judgement though, not stupid or think headed to do anything else. So he was once again left alone but this time he still had the memories of that annoying young women laughing and holding him. That was what kept him going.

It was her second message a week later that gave him hope.

*my dearest, magneto has begun to change, I truly believe that the brotherhood will step foot in the manor on peaceful turns soon. I have however confined in him why I was here. I shall be watching you my love. *

He smiled, then out right laughed, guess his elf was bringing about the one thing Charles had always wanted, peaceful coexistence between mutants kind. Even if it would take longer to extended that to mundane men as well.

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An: so I have given up on my 10 reviews equals update as I have been extending and this story quicker then I had first thought.

Just to cover all bases I do not own this story or the characters.

Many are OC including Penelope Scarlet, who is based of the witch from Xmen but I can not quite remember much about her so Scarlet came in to being to replace her.

El' Snow, however is my character and would be most displeased if she was used by someone else. Please review... Please.