Chapter Thirty-Six: Safe Haven
Here is the next chapter for you all.
I wanted to tell you all that I have posted a new story that is a crossover between The Mummy and Dance Central, it's called The Tag Along. It's not a very long story and it is completed so all I have to do is upload a chapter when I get a chance. : )
I hope you all enjoy and have a Jesus filled day.
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Previously:
Remy rolled his eyes amused at the highlighted male, "You would be willing to be in an illusion just to see what someone is capable of." The glowing eyed mutant snickered taking a bite out of his sandwich. "Oh his kids are going to have fun wit you. Dat if for sure."
"Hey, kids are a miracle. We have to enjoy that miracle while they are still young enough to be foolish and to not care what people think of them. It's when they start to care that they become brats."
Remy laughed, "You are only saying dat because you work wit older chilies."
"So what if I am." The others in the van enjoyed the entertainment that the two men were providing as they ate and drove the rest of the way to their destination.
Now:
The front door opened to the mansion causing Scott to grin as he loudly said, "Welcome home Remy."
John and Peter backed off when there were running steps of four people headed his way. The Cajun was amused but fell to his knees as his four oldest children crashed into him, "Oh his precious chilies, please tell daddy you've been good for mommy?"
"We were, we were." Angela (1) said jumping up and down but still managing to keep her hands on his arms, "We've been real good."
Diane (2) and Delilah (3) nodded in agreement while the oldest boy pulled himself closer to his father, "I missed you."
"Daddy missed you too Zack (4), very much so."
"You have no idea how many gifts they have for you."
The young girls smiled at each other and ran to go find the stuff they made him while Remy stood up and kissed his wife, "Your voice is his life Alexis (5), he hopes you know dat."
"I know it." A small hand grabbed Remy shirt making the parents look down at their youngest, "Is that daddy?"
Ethan (6) reached out for his father to which was instantly granted. "Hey Etan." Remy said kissing his youngest on the head, "Daddy missed you bunches too."
"Oh my goodness that is even cuter in person." Remy turned and smiled at his friends, as Ava (7) continued to gush. Ethan looked at the three people he didn't know then turned to his father.
"Dey okay chilie, dey are daddy's friends."
Zachary peaked around his dad's leg that he was unwilling to let go of and smiled at the guest. "Hi."
"Hello kiddo, I'm Greg (8)." The sunglasses wearing mutant said with a smile on his face, "Your names Diane right?"
The green on black eyed boy laughed and shook his head, "No, my name is Zachary." Alexis giggled behind her hand as her oldest boy talked to her husband's friend, "Do you cover your eyes because you can't control your powers?"
Greg shook his head taking off his sunglasses putting the young boy in shock as his baby brother happily kept his dad's attention. "No, it was just best I didn't advertise my glowing eyes."
The five year old continued to stare at Greg in awe while Gill (9) and Ava laughed at the child's reaction to their friend. Alexis walked up to them and held her hand out, "It's nice to meet you in person."
Ava shook her hand, "Likewise, Remy only has good things to say about you in his letters to us."
The young girls came running out causing their dad to look in their direction, "Shall we do dis in de living room?"
The girls nodded running into said room while Remy looked at Zachary, "If you want you can talk to Greg. Papa will be right in the living room."
Green eyes gazed up, "You promise you are not leaving?"
"Daddy promises he'll be here for a while." Remy gently pet his son's hair as he smiled gently at him, "Go it's okay, Greg loves kids. He's even a teacher."
Zachary smiled letting go of his dad's leg watching to make sure that he went where he said that he was going to then walked closer to the glowing eyed mutant who was sitting against a wall while Alexis led Ava and Gill to Professor Xavier's office. "You teach? What do you teach?"
"Well, I do all subjects since I'm actually a tutor for kids that need help with their homework." Greg winked at the five year old, "But if I had my way I'd actually be teaching Social Studies." Seeing Zachary tilt his head in confusion told him he needed to elaborate or wait to explain it till the kid was older, "Basically I teach what it means to organize and how the human society developed."
"That seems like a weird thing to teach." The boy said, though it was clear he still didn't understand.
"It's okay when you get older you will know what I'm talking about. It's a complicated subject to explain. Enough about me, I hear you have a very good friend named Evan. What is he like?" The five year olds eyes widened like his smile as he happily went into a lengthy explanation of the teenager.
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Alexis opened the office door and smiled at the professor, "I brought two of them here. Greg is down stairs talking with Zachy."
Professor X smiled at the woman as Gill and Ava walked into the office. He wheeled around and shook their hands as Alexis went to join her husband, "I am Professor Xavier, It is a pleasure to meet you two."
Ava gave a smile, "Likewise sir, I can't tell you all the good things I have heard about you from Remy alone. He looks up to you."
"I'm glad I've had an impact on his life. Please have a seat." The two sat down as he wheeled to behind the desk digging through a drawer, "I am glad you were able to come here."
Gill gave a nod, "We are too, you have a wonderful safe haven for mutants. I've heard of no other with your reputation." Looking at the man in the eyes he continued talking, "Actually we were wondering if Greg wanted to stay here would you be okay with that?"
Xavier gazed at the metal veined mutant, "Xavier's Mansion if for all who need it. I'll turn down no one so long as they don't plan on hurting others for no good reason or plan on doing crimes while they do."
The redhead gave a sigh of relief, "Thank you, out of all our friends he's the one we all worry about."
"Are you able to tell me what worries you about Greg?"
At first neither of the two spoke till Gill opened his mouth with a sigh, "He's…scarred mentally. What happened to us when we were in those people's hands they beat him up because he would fight back. He…also freaks out when anything gets close to his eyes." Xavier nodded in understanding as the as Gill continued, "He has it worse when needles are involved. In response to being anywhere near needles he will attack violently. If he ever has to have any needles near him he has to be completely unconscious."
"I'm sorry to hear that he has developed PTSD. How has been doing in the real world?" Xavier asked as he leaned on his hands.
"He does really well; he helps kids after school with their homework. I've seen pictures where he is wearing contacts however I can tell you that he defiantly doesn't like it and it does take him a good ten to fifteen minuets for him to get them in. Other than that he does shop on his own and at home he does get checked on to make sure that he is still stable enough to live on his own without assistance." Ava replied, "I've seen how careful he is when he is going on about his life. He might be unstable mentally but he's very cautious when he is around people but even with that caution he still has episodes where he will be either spontaneous in his reaction or aggressive."
"Do you think he will be a danger to my students?'
Gill gave a soft sigh, "It is possible but Remy knows how he is and can pick up on whatever he is feeling. And over time you will be able to read him. It took Ava and I…" Light green eyes looked at Ava, "…three years, to be able to predict his mood. And that was only when we visited the few times we did and skyping. If he decides to stay here I can see you all figuring him out in a half a year."
"He's honestly not that hard to figure out. He wears his emotions on his sleeve so you will know when he's in the mist of a change in his emotions." The redhead added with a smile.
Xavier smiled, he could see just how much Gill and Ava cared for their friend. "Is there anything that can cause him to become instantly angry?"
"Seeing the people that kidnapped us right in front of him." The female replied instantly, "He hates them with a passion."
Gill nodded in agreement as the professor blinked in surprise, "He even reacts lightly to just hearing about them. You can see it in his eyes the when he does. He starts acting like a caged animal."
The professor was happy to know that tidbit of information. However even knowing this information he was looking forward to meeting Greg in person. He seemed like an interesting character to have around. It also sounded like he could use with a good community environment where he could have a lot of people he would learn to trust to look out for him. "Do you mind if I ask what you are all able to do?"
Ava smiled knowing why he was changing the subject, "I am a telepath."
Xavier smiled back, "How has your training been. Being a telepath is hard."
"I did well, the only thing I suffer from is the struggle of sleeping. My mind is always active and I wake up at the simplest of things I pick up." The female replied with a smile, "I have learned to control myself when I am tired so the people I look after get the best care possible."
The professor gave a kind smile as he turned to Gill who responded, "I have the ability to use electricity and control electronics." Xavier nodded hearing that but before he could talk the man continued. "Greg has the ability to see in the dark and through walls."
"That's quite a docile ability. I take he's made up for it in hand to hand combat."
Ava nodded in confirmation, "He better than the rest of us at hand to hand combat, other than Remy of course."
"Yes, Gambit is quite an efficient fighter." Xavier said nodding in agreement, "From what I understand you have some rather sensitive information. I have a room you will all be able to use without fear of anyone outside being able to hear what you are talking about."
"That would much appreciated, we just want to look through it and make sure we have all the information we needed to compare it to the information that John and Peter were able to get the on the group kidnapping the mutants and non-mutants."
"They have a room where they have been holding their findings. Yours likewise can also find home there till you are ready to use it." Xavier tapped his table for a moment before asking, "Do you mind me asking why you didn't show authorities right away when you got free?"
Gill sighed running a hand through his blond hair, his green eyes thinking before he focused his gaze on the professor. "At the time…we didn't, and still don't, know if we would be taken seriously. As far as we knew then was we needed to put away for safe keeping till the right time came. It also helped that Remy also suggested we wait. He told us that just having the information would not only paint a target on our backs but also we could possibly be put into protective custody and that we would never know who would have access to that information." He leaned forward licking his lip nervously as Ava fidgeted next to him. "These men really wanted the information we had since we had the only information that was left. We were afraid if they found us in protective custody they would know where to find us and have time to plan how to effectively catch us."
"Also at the time we knew that if they ever tried to torture us we didn't have the full back bone to fight back holding the information. So we were always moving. And over time we stopped moving around due to us 'knowing' they had lost interest in us." She rolled her sky blue eyes, "Turns out they backed off knowing one day that we would go back for the information. So over all it did nothing to help." The female telepath shook her head upset, "I'm just glad they didn't know where Remy went." Her mind went back to how surprised the guy was to even see Remy before the fight broke out. "There is no telling what they would have done if they knew where he had gotten to. He seemed to be the one they really wanted to fix since he had a permanent physical mistake. It's like they wanted to cover their tracks."
Xavier closed his eyes already imagining the pain the four had gone through. He had picked up on that even though they were protective of Greg and Gambit, the two did suffer from mental side effects from their time in capitation as well. Taking a deep breath the professor opened his eyes and looked at Ava who was looking at the wall with a smile on her face. He too had to smile when he realized that school had been let out and all the teenagers had come home. He could hear all the excited thoughts that were going through Remy's students head's. They had been chopping at the bit to have him back so their excitement was to be expected.
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1) 7 Angela long red hair pink on black eyes with empathy and moving things with mind
2) 2 Diane long blond hair green on black eyes ability of empathy and read peoples minds
3) 3 Delilah long black hair blue on black eyes with ability of empathy and cause illusions looks just like her mom
4) 5 Zachary short black hair green on black eyes with ability empathy and to talk to and manipulate nature (Zach man is Spikes nick name for him)
5) Alexis Andre [Mirage] is the wife of Gambit and Andre is now his last name too he changed it she has the power of illusions she is the reason Gambit got a bit of his confidence back has long black hair and blue eyes
6) 1 Ethan looks just like Gambit ability wise and everything even empathy
7) Ava Trace (1) Power telepath, (2) Hair short red, (3) Eyes sky blue, (4) Physical attribute is a purple tattoo over left eye, (5) Level _, (6) Attitude sweet, motherly, caring, (7) Job nursing home, (8) Alabama (second) (9) Age: 14 to 23, (10) Knows sign language, (11) was touched while she was held captive when a teenager
8) Greg Terence (1) Power see through anything and night vision, (2) Hair short black with natural red highlights, (3) Eyes glowing neon green, (4) Physical Attribute is his eyes, (5) Level _, (6) Attitude playful, sweet, caring, (7) Job after school tutor in which he wears green contacts that hide most of his glowing from his eyes, (8) Montana (third), (9) Age: 16 to 25 (10) Has a fear of needles near his eyes, It is so bad that he hates just about anything near his eyes. Even the contacts he wears, (11) PTSD due to what happened to him in the past. Will flip if anything comes close to his eyes (12) Knows sign language (13) had to be beaten near of his captivity (black baseball cap, a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and black boots.)
9) Gill Findel (1) Power electronic controlling and electricity, (2) Hair short blond, (3) light green, (4) Physical attribute is metal looking veins, (5) Level _, (6) Attitude serious, intelligent, almost emotionless, (7) Job electronic store, (8) Georgia (first) (9) Clothes: Laid back - wearing a black long sleeve shirt, black jogging pants, and white socks, (10) Age: 16 to 25 (11) Skin: dark tan (12) Allergic to grapes