I'm back in the laboratory at the compound, my arm? What are they doing to my arm, oww that hurt's not again, no! I'm not in the laboratory anymore, I'm in the training yard, and he's there, in one of his rages, he charges me, I duck just in time, his claws knick my arm, I bring mine up and they lock in mid air. The mission, their too close I lag behind, the enemies, so close, their guns barely miss me, THE PAIN, it hurts, I'm hit, I'm bleeding, I fall and lie there in the snow … dieing.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" I yell waking, my claws extended and scratching at the air in front of me. I'm not in the compound, a lab maybe; no it's an infirmary. Two people stare at me with shocked faces-
"Well take a wild guess which secret organization that experiments on mutants she's from" The boy, about my age says dryly. He's cute, blonde hair and blue eyes, dreamy
"Same one as wolverine's maybe? And that wasn't nice bobby" the woman scolds, the cuties name is bobby, it suits him. She has brown skin, white hair and blue eyes, an unusual combination to say the least.
"Well forgive me for trying to lighten the mood Ororo" He countered to the woman, Ororo. He turns to me "are you ok? Why were you out their in the snow?"
"I think so" I say "where am I?" I was so close to the school when I passed out, am I inside it now? I wonder.
"Your inside Xavier's school for the gifted, I'm just going to tell jean, Xavier and the others your awake, I'll be right back" Ororo says, turning to leave the room
"Wait" I'm starting to feel a bit coldy, but then I must have been out in the snow for quite some time, and without being able to draw strength from the earth, with what I was wearing? I'll be lucky if get out of this with just a cold, I've probably got the flu or pneumonia or something, because I don't normally have nightmares about where I come from, only when I'm sick, or upset. "Disk" I say groping for the disk in my jacket, my jacket!
"Jacket, where's my jacket!" I cry frantically, they can't have thrown it away; it's all I have to offer.
"Calm down, you need some rest" Ororo soothes, crossing over to the bed I'm sitting on, she gently forces me to lie back down. She reminds me of the few memories I have of my mother. "We didn't throw it away or anything, bobby did you see a disk when you carried her in here?" she asked bobby
"I didn't notice one, but then I wasn't looking when I carried her in and I don't know where you put her jacket, you were the one who undressed her and put her to bed 'ro" bobby answered
"I'll look on my way back from Xavier's office."
"No, I say, pushing against her hand and trying to sit up "Please" I cough "give him" I cough gain "the disk give, him the disk" my worlds dissolve into another coughing fit.
"Ok" Ororo crooned softly, "Now lie down on your side, you'll be able to breath easier" she tells me, tucking me back under the covers "bobby will look after you here for minute our doctor, jean went to tell the professor about you" She leaves, hesitating a moment at the door.
"What's? your name" bobby asks me, moving to sit at the head of the bed as I settle down and stop coughing.
"Ebony" I mutter, half asleep.
"Well Ebony, rest a bit, I'll wake you when 'ro gets back"
"She's nice" I whisper
"Who 'ro? Oh everyone says that, she's like the adoptive mother of the school or something, everybody loved her" bobby laughs,
"uhm" I manage, drifting back into a dreamless sleep.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" I yell waking, my claws extended and scratching at the air in front of me. I'm not in the compound, a lab maybe; no it's an infirmary. Two people stare at me with shocked faces-
"Well take a wild guess which secret organization that experiments on mutants she's from" The boy, about my age says dryly. He's cute, blonde hair and blue eyes, dreamy
"Same one as wolverine's maybe? And that wasn't nice bobby" the woman scolds, the cuties name is bobby, it suits him. She has brown skin, white hair and blue eyes, an unusual combination to say the least.
"Well forgive me for trying to lighten the mood Ororo" He countered to the woman, Ororo. He turns to me "are you ok? Why were you out their in the snow?"
"I think so" I say "where am I?" I was so close to the school when I passed out, am I inside it now? I wonder.
"Your inside Xavier's school for the gifted, I'm just going to tell jean, Xavier and the others your awake, I'll be right back" Ororo says, turning to leave the room
"Wait" I'm starting to feel a bit coldy, but then I must have been out in the snow for quite some time, and without being able to draw strength from the earth, with what I was wearing? I'll be lucky if get out of this with just a cold, I've probably got the flu or pneumonia or something, because I don't normally have nightmares about where I come from, only when I'm sick, or upset. "Disk" I say groping for the disk in my jacket, my jacket!
"Jacket, where's my jacket!" I cry frantically, they can't have thrown it away; it's all I have to offer.
"Calm down, you need some rest" Ororo soothes, crossing over to the bed I'm sitting on, she gently forces me to lie back down. She reminds me of the few memories I have of my mother. "We didn't throw it away or anything, bobby did you see a disk when you carried her in here?" she asked bobby
"I didn't notice one, but then I wasn't looking when I carried her in and I don't know where you put her jacket, you were the one who undressed her and put her to bed 'ro" bobby answered
"I'll look on my way back from Xavier's office."
"No, I say, pushing against her hand and trying to sit up "Please" I cough "give him" I cough gain "the disk give, him the disk" my worlds dissolve into another coughing fit.
"Ok" Ororo crooned softly, "Now lie down on your side, you'll be able to breath easier" she tells me, tucking me back under the covers "bobby will look after you here for minute our doctor, jean went to tell the professor about you" She leaves, hesitating a moment at the door.
"What's? your name" bobby asks me, moving to sit at the head of the bed as I settle down and stop coughing.
"Ebony" I mutter, half asleep.
"Well Ebony, rest a bit, I'll wake you when 'ro gets back"
"She's nice" I whisper
"Who 'ro? Oh everyone says that, she's like the adoptive mother of the school or something, everybody loved her" bobby laughs,
"uhm" I manage, drifting back into a dreamless sleep.
