Angel spun around, just in time to see Michelle tumble off the second storey railing. Instinctively, Angel ran forward, telekinetically catching Michelle, and lowering her to the ground.
"Nice catch."
Angel snarled, and spun around. "Back off-Adam?"
Adam smiled. "We overheard a Genomex transmission concerning the capture of a New Mutant at the mall, so we came to help."
Angel leaned over the railing. A fierce battle was taking place below, but it was obvious that Mutant X and Michelle were winning. Angel glanced up at Adam, who smiled. "How are you?"
"Fine. Whare are you doing here?" Angel snapped.
Adam looked confused. "I just told you. We got - "
"No," Angel interuppted. "Not Mutant X. You. It's dangerous!"
"Yes?"
Angel gritted her teeth in frustration. "You could get killed! YOU-HAVE-NO-POWERS !"
Adam smiled. "No, I don't. I know it's dangerous, I knew that when I started. I'm not afraid, and I won't hide."
Angel turned away. "You're nuts," she said in a small voice.
Adam gently put a hand on her shoulder. "Angel, why won't you join Mutant X?"
Angel thought for a moment. "I - I'm - afraid to."
"Why?" Adam asked quietly.
Tears glistened in Angel's eyes. "You'll expect me to be better then I am, and I'm gonna screw up, and you're gonna be mad, and -"
"Angel, look at me." Adam's voice was kind, but firm.
Slowly, Angel turned around.
"I expect nothing from you but that you try," Adam said. "Of course you'll make mistakes. You're human." He smiled. "If I rejected everyone who made mistakes, Mutant X wouldn't exist."
Angel thought for a moment, dimly aware that the fight had ended. "Is it too late?"
Adam smiled, and held out his hand. Nestled in his palm was a plain silver ring.
Angel took a deep breath, then slipped the ring on her finger. It glowed for a moment. "Welcome to Mutant X, Angel Breedlove."
"Nice catch."
Angel snarled, and spun around. "Back off-Adam?"
Adam smiled. "We overheard a Genomex transmission concerning the capture of a New Mutant at the mall, so we came to help."
Angel leaned over the railing. A fierce battle was taking place below, but it was obvious that Mutant X and Michelle were winning. Angel glanced up at Adam, who smiled. "How are you?"
"Fine. Whare are you doing here?" Angel snapped.
Adam looked confused. "I just told you. We got - "
"No," Angel interuppted. "Not Mutant X. You. It's dangerous!"
"Yes?"
Angel gritted her teeth in frustration. "You could get killed! YOU-HAVE-NO-POWERS !"
Adam smiled. "No, I don't. I know it's dangerous, I knew that when I started. I'm not afraid, and I won't hide."
Angel turned away. "You're nuts," she said in a small voice.
Adam gently put a hand on her shoulder. "Angel, why won't you join Mutant X?"
Angel thought for a moment. "I - I'm - afraid to."
"Why?" Adam asked quietly.
Tears glistened in Angel's eyes. "You'll expect me to be better then I am, and I'm gonna screw up, and you're gonna be mad, and -"
"Angel, look at me." Adam's voice was kind, but firm.
Slowly, Angel turned around.
"I expect nothing from you but that you try," Adam said. "Of course you'll make mistakes. You're human." He smiled. "If I rejected everyone who made mistakes, Mutant X wouldn't exist."
Angel thought for a moment, dimly aware that the fight had ended. "Is it too late?"
Adam smiled, and held out his hand. Nestled in his palm was a plain silver ring.
Angel took a deep breath, then slipped the ring on her finger. It glowed for a moment. "Welcome to Mutant X, Angel Breedlove."
