Disclaimer:
I no own the xmen or any marvel character.. I do own all rights to Morgan, she's a pigment of my imagination so to speak..
A curly headed young woman stood on the side of a
busy highway. As a Semi passed, it hit a
puddle by her feet, spraying cold mud onto her newly washed trenchcoat. "Ah dis just aint my lucky day!" she
muttered as she continued to walk down the sidewalk, looking towards the multitude of
builidings all around her. "Wow, this is
a crazy place!" she thought aloud as She continued on her way towards her final
destination. Sounds berated her sensitive ears, Her head was aching and her eyes closed
behind a pair of cheap store bought sunglasses, her only companion on her journey was a
two year old golden retriever, who guided her through the throngs of people on the busy
New York sidewalks.
She and Her
animal walked for hours, ever heading out of the hub of the city towards a place she knew
only in her thoughts. A place, the only place
that could help her.
"Ahh
Bartleby, hunny slow down your gonna pull muh arm off!" She yelled at her now over
zealoused animal. "Who's there?"
She mouthed with a dry voice. Her keen senses
told her that it was another mutant, one who was taller than she, one that smelled an
animal sort of scent, one that was definitely masculine.
"What
are you doing out here?" the mutant snarled through clenched teeth.
"Ah,
uh, Ah'm looking for Professor Xavier. He uh,
should be expecting me." Oh god let him be expecting me. My head's already hurting i dont want to have to
remove my glasses.
"All
right if he's expecting you then what's your name, blondie?"
"My
name is Morganna Anne, Ah uh, need to talk to
the profess-" Suddenly the world went black around her, and Morganna began to fall to
the snowy ground beneath her. But she never
hit the cold snowy ground, two strong arms carried her through the black iron gates and up
the long driveway, and then finally into the warmth that was the Xavier institute.
A voice
boomed inside the male mutants head. "Logan,
Bring her to the med lab, Scott , Jean, Hank, everyone, come to the medlab. I'll meet you there." Logan did as he was told, carrying the limp body
of the woman he'd met outside down into the bowels of the mansion, revelling at how light
she felt. Her dog followed closely on his
heels.
"Jean
take a blood sample, Hank check for the legacy virus, and any other diseases she might be
harboring. Scott get an extra pair of your
ruby lenses I think they may be what she needs, if not we must start looking for something
that will curve her optical malfunction. And
to answer your inner turmoil Logan, yes I told her to come here. I found her while looking for Remy during his last
interlude in the city. We needed him
here at the time, I did not find Remy, but I did find her. Her name is Morganna Anne-"
"And ah
am a mutant." The young woman on the table sat up after Jean had withdrew four test
tubes full of bright red blood. "Sorry
to interrupt ya sir." She said to the professor, or rather she said toward him. "Where's Bartleby?"
"I
guess you mean your dog huh lady? Well he's
just in the next room with some kibble and water. He's
fine, he's warming by the fire would u like to join him?" Logan stated in a cool
distant voice.
"Wolverine
that will be enough. She'll stay here until I finish with her and then you can show her to
her room."
"Now
Morganna-"
"Call
me Morgan, ah never did like that long aristocratic name." She smiled towards the bald man, the only person
in the room that she could honestly see, and only because he was projecting his image into
her mental recognition. Creating a visual
image.
"All
right Morgan, you told me you needed help, can you tell me why." His face was undeniably kind.
"Nah,
but Ah can show ya. Just not here. Don't wanna mess up ya'lls fancy
equipment." She smiled as she spoke,
this in itself left a warm feeling in all the hearts around her. "Ya got some where's
less high tech?"
"Why
not show us in the danger room?" Professor Xavier's wheel chair was ahead of the rest
of the group. Morgan walked into the next room blindly following the sounds of shoes on
tile, wishing she could see what the rooms looked like. For Morgan it had been two years with her eyes closed, only opened when
alone, where the result would be hidden until it had returned to normal.
Two years is a long time Morgan, you
should have sought us out sooner. The professor's voice spoke through her, but there was no tickling in
her ears, she knew he must have spoke to only her, in some other fashion than talking. After a few more minutes following step after step
to the sound of a pair of black snakeskin boots hitting the floor before her she stopped,
they all did in unison.
"We're
here. Now Morgan just aim towards your right
and there is a lead barrier, it should take whatever you've got to throw at it."
Scott Summers spoke to her for the first time since she was carried into the med lab.
"Ya'll
might wanna stand back it's been awhile since ah opened my eyes and ah'm afraid that this
might be quite powerful." A burst of
white light exploded from her eyes, hitting the lead barrier, it began to waiver and
suddenly you could see through it. Morgan
slammed her eyes shut, squinting them even, to keep the light from hurting anyone. "Ya'll can touch it, if ya want. Its still there, ya can still feel it, its just
not solid. It's kinda like a liquid, but it
doesnt stain ya clothes. Ah think ah speed up
the atoms and cause the area to become unstable, causing it to lose its solidity, and cuz
of that you can walk through the wall, or whatever. The
aftermath usually only lasts for about an hour, depending on what it is. Ah've only hit one living thing with my energy
burst and when it liquified the body parts, it killed them."
"Morgan
on the way here you said it's been two years since you'd used your eyes to see, your
obviously older than fourteen so did your mutant abilities come later in life?" Jean asked, rather perplexed.
"No
Ah've had my abilities since Ah was twelve. However, Two years ago ah was attacked, that's quite uh feat when ya abilities
include extremely keen senses. Like when Logan found me. ah could sense you before you even neared me. " She sat there her eyes closed tightly, for the
hundredth, or the thousandth time wishing she was not a mutant. "He attacked me from behind, smashing me in
the back of the head with a steel baseball bat, My
neck was broken, and a nerve severed in my spine. The
Doctor's at one of New York's finest institutes worked diligently to fix me, and when
the surgery was over, ah was comatose. For
almost six weeks ah was out, and then ah awoke. When
ah opened my eyes the ceiling above me was liquefied and I had only a split second to
realize that an empty bed was coming down on me. After
that ah ran. Sense then ah've kept my eyes
shut, except for very special occasions."
"Very
interesting, almost identical to you Scott, It seems she may have damaged her optic nerve. Morgan, Scott has a pair of glasses I would like
for you to try on. Put them on and then open
your eyes, but turn towards the barrier. Perhaps
they will work for you too." Scott
placed the ruby quartz lensed glasses over her eyes and stepped back. "Ok you can open your eyes now." NO sooner did she open them did the glasses
explode into thousands of shards of quartz, the explosion held enough energy to slice a
deep gash into Logan's hand, which began to heal almost instantly.
"Ah'm
so sorry Scott, Ah'll pay for you another pai-"
"No
need. I've got plenty of pairs, now the
important thing is to find a pair that will work for you, there has to be something. Has there ever been something that your blast didn't
effect?"
"No not
that Ah know of. Thanks for tryin though."
"Don't
Fret, We are assured to figure something out. Logan,
take her to her room now." The professor stated as he mentally told both Hank and
Cyclops to follow him back into the med lab.