"What, you guys are all related?" The three laughed, yet Leo continued to
look bemused. Scott got out the car, and the others followed suit. "Uh,
not exactly. This is like a boarding school type-establishment. The
professor takes care of us, teaches us how to use our gifts." Leo gawked,
shutting the car door, she was surrounded by the three of them, Jean
leading the way, Kitty grasping desperately onto Leo's arm like a new best
friend, she was grinning from ear to ear. Escourted up the stairs, Scott
opened the grand front doors, holding them open for the ladies, they
stepped inside.
Whoa. The place was even bigger on the inside than on the out. Vast marble floorings covered they foyer.A chandelier hung from the ceiling and they were presented with a staircase that reminded her fondly of "Gone With The Wind." She gasped, turning around, before a voice flooded the room, or rather, into the minds of the four just entered. ::Welcome, Leo. Come, we have much to discuss. Jean, Scott.Kitty, thank you for bringing her here, but you do have classes to get back to:: There were a chorus of groans and the three of them looked hopefully toward Leo, only to turn, and walk out the door. Leo started to follow them, before the Professor laughed. ::No, no, Leo, not you. Please, up the stairs, down the hall to you right.Door at the end of the corridor::
Leo wasn't sure what to make of that way of communicating, but she did as he asked, looking about her, she took in the extravagant looking busts and paintings that laced the hallway, which was lavishly decorated. She smiled, sliding her hands inside her pockets, she reached the end of the hallway, turning right. A set of thick, double doors were there.And she paced wearily toward them, biting her lip as she moved. What lay behind it? Who? The source of the voice? She felt somewhat uncomfortable. Sighing, she moved to place a hand upon the door, but instead, she concentrated, shutting her eyes, she thrust her hand forward, watching in awe as it peeled open, the expensively decorated office met her, a bald headed man seated behind a desk, smartly dressed.
The infamous Charles Xavier.
"Welcome, Leo.I apologise for the unease you might have felt back there...I'm Professor Charles Xavier. I run an institute for the exceptional.The gifted, if you like. As I understand, you've recently acquired a very.Special kind of gift.Here, let me show you."
He pulled out from behind his desk, to her surprise, he was in a wheelchair.She raised her brows, though didn't say anything as she followed him silently, looking about the vast, lavishly decorated corridors, they came to what appeared to be a dead end. The Professor paused, waiting expectantly. "Uh.Professor Xavier?" The Professor turned and the panel in the door slid back. Leo looked astonished before she blushed. "Yes, Miss James?" Leo shook her head slowly, watching as the Professor entered the lift. Turning, Xavier looked at her with a questionable glance. "Coming, Miss James? It's alright. But the institute is so large, not everything can be kept above ground." Leo nodded, stepping into the lift, her hands shoved in her pockets.
There was silence in the lift, it felt like an eternity without music, before the doors rolled open, and her bright eyes were greeted with a sight that took her breath away. Corridors made of nothing but metal, gleaming against the artificial lighting. She blinked a moment, her jaw slacking, before she persued the Professor through the winding tunnels, in awe of her surroundings, the Professor chuckled. "I wouldn't worry, all students have the same reaction when they first travel down here. It's perfectly normal." Leo blinked, nodding her head, just having worried about how she should be perceiving this place. The likes of Kitty, Scott and Jean seemed overly confident, as though it were their home. In all reality.It was just that.
The professor led her into a small, semi circular room, with a monitor, about the size of the curved far wall, in front of which, was what appeared to be a very sophisticated computer system. Leo stood off to one side, the Professor wheeling toward the computer system, he hit a switch, the system humming to life, she blinked, stepping closer. "What is that thing?"
The Professor was proceeding to place a helmet upon his head, an image flickering upon the screen. He didn't look at her as he spoke. "This is cerebro. I am a telepath, Leodora, you displayed similar abilities today, when you talked to Kyle. You thought something, and he heard it. Only, your powers seem to extend further than that.Leo, you seem to have a lot of pent up energy--" "Teenage angst." He laughed, the screen seemed to be scanning something, a map of the united states.Cerebro had picked something up. "no, no, I mean, you seem to have a lot of physical energy inside of you. You had an incident with your gymn bag, then, you levitated that basketball and spoke into Kyle's mind. But I think there's more to it than that, I warn you, to be very weary for the next few days, who knows what might happen."
Leo nodded slowly, before she blinked at the screen. The Professor kept talking, looking for something on the map. "You have a very special gift, Leodora. I'd hate to think what might happen if that gift went untrained and ended up being a curse. Something you hate. My institute is here to help people like you, mutants, exceptional people that are blessed with the x-gene-" "The X-gene?"
"Yes.That's what makes you, what you are, that's what enables you to lift things with your mind, to speak into the minds of others and I'm sure, over time, to do many many more things. Leodora, here we want to help you develop these gifts, with the blessing of your mother, I'd like for you to come here, stay with us in the institute so you can develop and train your abilities, to stop any unfortunate accidents. We're specialised in-"
-=BAMF!=-
Whoa. The place was even bigger on the inside than on the out. Vast marble floorings covered they foyer.A chandelier hung from the ceiling and they were presented with a staircase that reminded her fondly of "Gone With The Wind." She gasped, turning around, before a voice flooded the room, or rather, into the minds of the four just entered. ::Welcome, Leo. Come, we have much to discuss. Jean, Scott.Kitty, thank you for bringing her here, but you do have classes to get back to:: There were a chorus of groans and the three of them looked hopefully toward Leo, only to turn, and walk out the door. Leo started to follow them, before the Professor laughed. ::No, no, Leo, not you. Please, up the stairs, down the hall to you right.Door at the end of the corridor::
Leo wasn't sure what to make of that way of communicating, but she did as he asked, looking about her, she took in the extravagant looking busts and paintings that laced the hallway, which was lavishly decorated. She smiled, sliding her hands inside her pockets, she reached the end of the hallway, turning right. A set of thick, double doors were there.And she paced wearily toward them, biting her lip as she moved. What lay behind it? Who? The source of the voice? She felt somewhat uncomfortable. Sighing, she moved to place a hand upon the door, but instead, she concentrated, shutting her eyes, she thrust her hand forward, watching in awe as it peeled open, the expensively decorated office met her, a bald headed man seated behind a desk, smartly dressed.
The infamous Charles Xavier.
"Welcome, Leo.I apologise for the unease you might have felt back there...I'm Professor Charles Xavier. I run an institute for the exceptional.The gifted, if you like. As I understand, you've recently acquired a very.Special kind of gift.Here, let me show you."
He pulled out from behind his desk, to her surprise, he was in a wheelchair.She raised her brows, though didn't say anything as she followed him silently, looking about the vast, lavishly decorated corridors, they came to what appeared to be a dead end. The Professor paused, waiting expectantly. "Uh.Professor Xavier?" The Professor turned and the panel in the door slid back. Leo looked astonished before she blushed. "Yes, Miss James?" Leo shook her head slowly, watching as the Professor entered the lift. Turning, Xavier looked at her with a questionable glance. "Coming, Miss James? It's alright. But the institute is so large, not everything can be kept above ground." Leo nodded, stepping into the lift, her hands shoved in her pockets.
There was silence in the lift, it felt like an eternity without music, before the doors rolled open, and her bright eyes were greeted with a sight that took her breath away. Corridors made of nothing but metal, gleaming against the artificial lighting. She blinked a moment, her jaw slacking, before she persued the Professor through the winding tunnels, in awe of her surroundings, the Professor chuckled. "I wouldn't worry, all students have the same reaction when they first travel down here. It's perfectly normal." Leo blinked, nodding her head, just having worried about how she should be perceiving this place. The likes of Kitty, Scott and Jean seemed overly confident, as though it were their home. In all reality.It was just that.
The professor led her into a small, semi circular room, with a monitor, about the size of the curved far wall, in front of which, was what appeared to be a very sophisticated computer system. Leo stood off to one side, the Professor wheeling toward the computer system, he hit a switch, the system humming to life, she blinked, stepping closer. "What is that thing?"
The Professor was proceeding to place a helmet upon his head, an image flickering upon the screen. He didn't look at her as he spoke. "This is cerebro. I am a telepath, Leodora, you displayed similar abilities today, when you talked to Kyle. You thought something, and he heard it. Only, your powers seem to extend further than that.Leo, you seem to have a lot of pent up energy--" "Teenage angst." He laughed, the screen seemed to be scanning something, a map of the united states.Cerebro had picked something up. "no, no, I mean, you seem to have a lot of physical energy inside of you. You had an incident with your gymn bag, then, you levitated that basketball and spoke into Kyle's mind. But I think there's more to it than that, I warn you, to be very weary for the next few days, who knows what might happen."
Leo nodded slowly, before she blinked at the screen. The Professor kept talking, looking for something on the map. "You have a very special gift, Leodora. I'd hate to think what might happen if that gift went untrained and ended up being a curse. Something you hate. My institute is here to help people like you, mutants, exceptional people that are blessed with the x-gene-" "The X-gene?"
"Yes.That's what makes you, what you are, that's what enables you to lift things with your mind, to speak into the minds of others and I'm sure, over time, to do many many more things. Leodora, here we want to help you develop these gifts, with the blessing of your mother, I'd like for you to come here, stay with us in the institute so you can develop and train your abilities, to stop any unfortunate accidents. We're specialised in-"
-=BAMF!=-