Hope you all Enjoy Chapter 14 Part 1! Yes you read that correct, this is only part one!
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Curfew was now three minutes away and there were no students left to check back in with the exception of Jamie Maddrox whom had not been seen by another student since earlier that evening when he was out with this girlfriend and their two friends on a double date. All three girls who had coffee with him were questioned in detail about what happened when Jamie had left the group come home.
"Honestly Professor Xavier I have no clue where he could have gone… I'm starting to get really worried Trinity informed the School's Head Master as she felt tears stinging her eyes. This was completely unlike Jamie and it scared her.
She had walked out of the Professor Office feeling more upset than reassured. She walked over to one of the couches in the library and sat down curling into a ball and resting her head on top of her knees. She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them she saw Clara sitting two feet at the other end of the couch. She was staring Trinity with a look of Depression, Regret and Anxiety.
"I've got a funny feeling about this in my bones… I really don't like this!" Clara told her classmate receiving a nod in response.
"Look… I don't like you and you don't like me… but we have something in common and that something might be in trouble!" Trinity stated Clara nodding once in response, "We need to go find him and make sure he's ok… Deal?" She asked the other blonde.
"Yeah it's a deal, we'll have to sneak out though!" Clara told her, "Until then mums the word on this…" She added to which Trinity agreed leaving and meeting Blake, Layla, Kurt, Tabi and Evan in the sitting room near the foyer. After a few moments the group of Grade Tens were joined by Phoebe, Mari, Kitty, Ruby, Max and all of their boyfriends with the exception of Shylow.
"Where is Shy?" Ruby asked the others looking around when she noticed their group was lacking a telepath.
"The Prof wanted to see him about something…" Max told them sitting beside Trinity with one arm wrapped around her shoulders.
"Trin are you sure that he hasn't texted or AIM'd you or something?" Bobby asked looking at the blonde with concern. Trinity just shook her head in reply.
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Flashback:
Bobby
Robert Drake had been a student at the Xavier Institute for gifted children for about three weeks and he had instantly become one of the most popular kids in his grade. He was currently outside in the backyard playing basketball with two of the other guys in his grade whom he had almost instantly become buds with, their names where Evan Daniels and Kurt Wagner. Bobby had figured when his parents discovered his mutation that they had completely shafted him off to some hospital or something but was pleasantly surprised to find that instead of the looney bin his parents were nice enough to send him off to boarding school. He was even more surprised however when he noticed several students who, to put it in Bobby's words, looked like they belonged in a Carnival act.
There were students with pink, purple, blue and green skin just to name a few, some who had extra eyes, ears, or mouths. Some had fur and some could be seen shape shifting for human to animal and even occasionally to look like themselves then suddenly like another person all together.
He had never realized that there were this many people like him out there. Let alone people his own age, and when he was introduced to his two new Roommates, Kurt and Evan, he figured that maybe being sent away by his folks was more about him understanding what he was and learning that there were people out there who really were like him.
He and his two new friends had gotten fairly close with several of the girls at the school. One of which was a girl named Phoebe whom Bobby found he kind of had a thing for. Her mutation was the opposite of his and she was one of his favorite people to spar with in his Danger Room classes. She was a challenge for him and it seemed like she felt the same about fighting him. As he and his friends were leaving the basketball court they were stopped one of their teachers, Emma Frost. She was looking for them and had a shy looking boy with light brown hair and big thick rimmed glasses following close behind.
"Hello dears, I have someone I want the three of you to meet!" She motioned to the boy with her, "This is James Maddrox and he will be joining us here at the institute!" She told them smiling over at him, he gave them a sheepish wave. While Kurt and Evan awkwardly waved back, Bobby stepped forward an inch and held out his hand.
"Hi I'm Bobby and this is Evan and Kurt!" He told the new student motioning to each of his roommates.
"Hi Bobby… Kurt, Evan it's nice to meet you!" James told the three other students.
"If you guys wanna go meet the girls for lunch we'll meet up with you… I can show him where are room is at and give him a quick upstairs tour!" Bobby offer receiving nods from Kurt and Evan. Evan grabbed Kurt by the wrist and in a puff of blue smoke they were gone. Bobby was leading James back to the house when he spotted Phoebe and their two other friend Trinity and Max (whom was often referred to as an honorary girl due to his very flamboyant personality and open homosexuality. He had continued his stride when he noticed James had stopped and was now starring at Trinity, She was a skinny blonde headed Shape shifter with bright green eyes and semi-pale skin.
"Her name is Trinity and she's totally single if you're interested!" Bobby told his new Roommate with a chuckle. James went beet red when he heard the dirty blonde boy inform him of this.
"Hey so James is just way too formal for me! I'm just gonna call you Jamie… K cool let's go!" Bobby told the other whom quirked an eyebrow before shrugging his shoulders and following the other. Little did either know that the nickname was going to stick like superglue.
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As the others were sitting and discussing their plan to look for Jamie first thing in the morning, Shylow was walking with Betsy, Emma and Professor Xavier through the halls of the subbasement. They slowly approached the doors of Cerebro and quietly entered.
"Alright Shylow… Charles is to help you look for James here from Cerebro… we will be on the ground in the city near the last place he was seen by any of your classmates, so if you find him you can tell us where he is…" Emma told the young telepath whose eye widened at the information he had just received.
"But I've never used Cerebro before!" Shylow was so frightened at what could happen if he became over whelmed while connected to that many minds. He knew that one small slip could seriously hurt and even kill, and nothing frightened him quite like that.
"You have to trust that you are strong enough to do this!" Professor Xavier, "Emma, Betsy and I all have an unbelievable amount faith and respect for you Shylow…" He continued looking at the teenager who still looked extremely apprehensive.
"We know how strong you are but you can only truly live up to your greatest potential if you believe in yourself!" Charles added receiving a small nod from the boy before they both turn and approached a console at the center of the room. Professor Xavier enter something onto a screen before motioning for the younger telepath to place the control helmet onto his head. Shylow slowly did as instructed.
"Shylow you must concentrate on Jamie… Close your eyes and imagine his face…" The Professor instructed him as he calmly placed his eyeless hand on the console.
Shylow was in shock as imagines flew by him at a speed he had never imagined possible. It was like he was running through a crowd of people at top speed, the majority in a neutral gray color but on occasion one in color. After a few moments he was surrounded by many people he had seen before. Blake and Layla worrying together about their lost friend, Jean and Remy smiling unknowingly as turmoil was spreading around the institute. Trinity looking as though she was on the brink of a meltdown, all of his teachers feeling uneasy. Lying on the ground in the middle of the crowd was Jamie, his eyes were closed and his breathing was shallow. Shylow approached him slowly kneeling and guiding his hand down the boy's face without touching him.
Outside in the world of reality. The Professor saw the boy lift his hand and move it down about half a foot after extending it out in front of his body. After a moment Shylow stumbled back his eye, feeling all but completely broken inside.
"4th and Mayberry… He's barely breathing… Emma, Betsy… hurry" He told the three teachers through his thoughts before his eye went half glazed over and he stared blankly into the distance.
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Flashback:
Trinity
Trinity Sekler was sitting on a bench in the rose garden at the institute with her two best friends, Phoebe and Max when she saw the cutest boy in her grade go walking by. He had another kid she had never seen before following close behind. He had thick rimmed glasses on and clothes that she would've said looked a little ratty had she not seen worse since she had started at the institute. When Bobby, her classmate whom she guessed was showing a new student around stopped and waved she noticed the other boy stop and look up. They caught eyes for a minute and for just a miniscule second it felt as if the world had stopped around them. Trinity shook off the feeling, before turning back to talking to her friends when she turned back for a second glance she saw that Bobby and the other boy were talking and occasionally glancing back at her. She shook her head and turned to look at Max.
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It was late on Friday night when Clara and Trinity quietly left their rooms and met at the stairs at the front of the building. They both gave each other a solemn look before quietly heading to the first floor and making their way out the front door as silently as possible. One day during a training course, Trinity and Tabitha happened upon an empty 'hole' in the fence like wall that was built around the property that the institute sat on. Hopefully they would be able to get out there and head through the woods a couple of feet to they were far enough in the clear that they could head out onto the road and search the areas around the coffee shop that Trinity and Jamie had been to earlier that day.
"So you're sure that you can't actually see this spot from the Mansion?" Clara asked the other blonde nervously looking back at the school.
"Yeah it's behind the garage!" Trinity responded pointing to the Garage building about ten feet in front of them.
"What if Wolverine or Storm catch us?" Clara squeaked out quietly. Eyes going wide, no idea why she was risking getting into trouble with Trinity of all people then memories of her childhood flashed through her mind.
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Flash Back:
Clara pt1
Five year old Clara was running through the park crying after two older boys who had taken her favorite doll and were now running away with it threatening to throw it in the pond. She knew that this would be the last time she ever see her doll again and because of that she was about to lose her mind. She hadn't even noticed the boy her age running up to the two who had her doll.
"Give her the doll back and leave her alone!" the short scrawny five year old boy stop the older two, bawling up his fists in a sign of pitiful anger.
"What are you gonna do make us?" The taller of the two asked him laughing at what he was seeing.
"Yeah shrimp!" The shorter of the two started to speak, "Get out of here before we throw you into the pond!" He told the younger boy who just sighed heavily before darting forward to kick him in the shins, then he grabbed the doll of the ground where it had fallen and took off as fast as his short legs could carry him. Grabbing Clara's hand as he past he led her off toward the walking trail and behind a large rock. He peaked his head around just as the two older kids ran past and after they were out of ear shot he turned to Clara who had tear streaks down her face.
"Um… here's your doll back!" He said shyly, blushing hard as he held out the doll.
"Thank you… what's your name?" She asked him as she realized she couldn't thank him properly.
"James!" He told her smiling softly.
"I'm Clara!" She responded holding out her hand, "It's nice to meet you James!" she added as he shook her hand.
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"I could be wrong… but I could have sworn that it's past curfew for you two!" A gruff voice spoke loudly behind the two girls making them jump.
"Jesus!" Trinity yelped turning to see Wolverine standing behind her, "HOW?!" She asked motioning to him and then to where they were standing.
"A Junior telepath heard you scheming this afternoon… When she came and told me I decided to just come intercept you both and send you back inside!" He told them receiving a nodded from Clara and a blank stare from Trinity, "You both have been in way too much trouble lately…" he stated motioning for them to follow him back to the school. Clara nodded, Trinity remained silent and virtually unscathed as she walked back to the building with her classmate and teacher.
After Clara had walked to the tube that let out by her room, Trinity turned and looked at Logan who had a small almost invisible blaze of sympathy flash through his eyes.
"If he's like dead or something… I won't ever forgive you or Blake or Clara or anyone… Just know that!" She told him before turning and making her way up the stairs and to her room.
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Emma and Betsy were currently waiting for Logan and Hank to meet them at their current location. They had found Jamie, still unconscious and barely in a state of life. When the two men arrived they were shocked by what they saw. One of their students was lying on the ground in a stated of near death, with blood stains all around the ground where he was and spray painted on the wall of the building two the left of the alleyway they were in large red letters were the words "GO BACK TO HELL MUTIE". Emma clinched her fists and Logan and Betsy's eyes flared with anger. Hank closed his eyes and shook his head. It was so hard to believe that there were people this ignorant in the world after everything that humanity has witnessed as a species.
He knew that these were just a few misguided people. The kind that the X-Men stood against, but sometimes it was hard not to blame the whole non-mutant population on the problem.
"Hank it'll be safe to move him right?" Logan asked kneeling down and getting a closer look at his injured student. Aside from the large cut running across his right eye, he had suffered a few lightly superficial stab wounds to his abdomen and had a plethora of scraps and cuts to the surface of his skin but aside from that it seemed as though Jamie was merely sleeping, as opposed to the reality of the situation.
"Yes but I believe that it would be best if we were to transport him to Moira, I know that with midterms and sending off the rest of the student body he would only get the minimum of the attention he needs." Beast told the other three who nodded and helped him lift the boy and move him to the back of the vehicle that the two men had arrived in.
When they finally arrived back at the school the clock was striking four AM and they were all very tired. Storm, Rogue and Inferno whom had all gotten sleep while the others were out looking for the student, agreed to make the flight to the Muir Island research facility so that the others could get some sleep. They all couldn't believe that something like this could happened so close to a school, a place where children should feel safe. But regardless they knew they would have to help the student body recover.
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Flashback:
Clara pt2
Clara and her two roommates, Meradith and Ana were sitting in a circle on the floor of the first floor sitting room. They were chatting about classes and complain about the things average middle school girls complain about. Like homework, other girls, grades, other girls… Clara was honestly tired of talking about everything. She was bored and sitting around talking wasn't going to cure her boredom. She stood and stretched her arms above her head.
"As much as I love gossiping… could we go do something else?" Clara asked the other two who nodded and stood. The three girls chatted about nonsense as they wandered the grounds of the school when they saw the cutest boy in their grade, Bobby Drake, leading some new kid around. Meradith and Ana were about to say hello to Bobby when the new kid looked up and made eye contact with Clara.
"Clare… why's this geek staring at you?" Meradith said with a laugh giving the boy a once over. His clothes looked old and worn out, the thick rimmed glasses he wore had a crack at the top edge on one lens and were barely holding on with tape in the middle.
"Sorry… You just looked familiar…" The new boy told Clara quickly looking away from her. Bobby scowled not liking the way Ana and Meradith were treating his new roommate.
"Come on Jamie let's get ou-" Bobby started before being interrupted by Clara who had darted forward and threw her arms around the boy who Bobby had referred to as 'Jamie'. They both made eye contact as they pulled back and smiled at one another leaving Ana, Bobby and Meradith confused and silent.
"When we moved I never thought I would see you again… Jamie I didn't even know you were a mutant!" Clara told him excitedly hugging him again, "It's so crazy that your parents would send you to the school for mutants that I just so happen to be at, especially considering how your dad feels about people like us!" She added squeezing his hand.
"Um… actually Clare… my dad threw me out when he found out about me…" Jamie told the girl at a volume only she and Bobby could hear since the other two girls were too far back, "I was living on the streets when a woman named Emma came and told me about this place… at first I thought she was trying to deceive me but then she started telling me about something she couldn't possibly know anything about, an event from my past and I knew I had to trust her!" He finished looking away from his friend.
"Oh Jamie!" Clara whispered knowing that things had to have gotten ugly with Jamie's dad if he had really just thrown him out like trash or something.
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So this was 14 Part 1 btw yes it is so long I literally had to split the chapter in half! Enjoy this part for now!
-LB