* Chapter Two *
Solar wolfed down a breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs, waffles and a bagel. He put he plate on the stack and turned to Jean.
"So what we gonna do now Mrs. Jean? " Solar looked her in a matter of factly way. His sudden rush of contact with a beautiful female over, he got on with what he had to do.
"Well, Mr. Solar, I was going to take you to see Dr. Xavier. If that's okay with you." Jean played his own sarcasm back at him and started to walk towards the exit. He followed her down a long corridor. It was filled with luxurious ornaments and chairs. They finally reached the end of the hallway. Two concealed doors slide away in front of them. Jean strolled into the office and Solar reluctantly followed her lead. Even though the beautiful woman was leading the way he didn't want to see Xavier
The oval office was already filled with four people, one of them being Wolverine. Beside him sat a guy with a red visor covering his eyes and lady with white blonde hair. The three obviously knew each other and talked amongst themselves. At the desk sat a bald man in his late 40's, he was smartly dressed and in wheelchair. When Solar entered he wheeled himself round, and the room fell silent. All the eye's where on him.
"Ah, you must be Solar," Xavier spoke first, breaking the spell of silence that had befallen on the group. " I am Dr. Xavier, and this is my school for the gifted, mutants." Solar interrupted his speech.
"Ya, point mister, cos I could be doin' other things. You, know I have a life." Solar fidgeted and fiddled with the strap on his bag in impatience. He could feel the other's tension, they didn't want to be here jus as much as he did.
" I am under good faith that you are mutant of incredible power. I believe that it is not safe for you on the streets. And, if you tell me your powers, I can help you." Xavier reasoned with him.
"What's in it for me? " Solar had been on the streets to long to know that you don't do anything for free.
Wolverine stepped in " Look kid, we can give you food and a bed." Solar paused to think about it.
"Okay then. But I can, and will leave whenever I want. Right then there's a couple but I can't really control all of them. Firstly, I can draw power from light. It's like food, ya know. I sap it. It can heal me. All sorts of weird stuff, but hey, that's another story. But I can't control that and I have to eat normal food as well. It just sorta kicks in when I need it. It's like another sense. That's probably the most powerful. I ain't called Solar for nuthin'. Secondly I can this really cool thing with my eyes-" he was interrupted by Xavier.
"What is it? Can you show us?" Xavier thought back to when he had found Scott a lonely teenager terrified of his powers, not having even opened his eyes for two months. He sensed that Jean was feeling the same.
"I coulda. but I was getting to that. You'll have to ask nicely now" He's cocky though Xavier, still not knowing whether that was a curse or gift. This mutant looked unstable. A life on the streets is no life for anyone, including mutants.
"Please" Xavier asked him again, still remaining calm. He wanted to talk to him, personally, mind to mind, but he knew that Solar might just freak at any moment.
"Sure." He seemed to focus himself and stared at the vase in the window. All of a sudden the lilies in the flower caught fire, and then stopped again, slightly singed and smoking. All of the X-men including Xavier seemed stunned.
"I've never seen anything like it." Jean was the first to speak. " Do you have any other powers Solar? " her head buzzed with all the memories of Scott, and the state he was in, but this kid, he had the cockiness of Wolverine and his guts. And he had a block up, a mental block, but she could still sense his uncertainty, his wall of pain, hate and anger. She held back and focused on Xavier, his calm and certainty, different from anyone she knew.
"I've got one more. It's pretty cool as well." Solar closed his eyes and his body relaxed. For about 30 seconds he stayed like that, standing up, relaxed and limp. All of a sudden his body, shimmered and another figure appeared to the left of him. The second figure was shimmering and see through, the X-men could see the picture behind him. It was the spitting image of Solar and the ghost like person opened his mouth to speak
-Hey, how ya doin- the person, spoke and then flickered. It flickered again and then it disappeared. Then, as if on cue, Solar slumped to floor unconscious. Jean, Storm, Cyclops and Logan all heard Xavier.
"Get him up to med. .Now." They all reacted. Within 5 minutes Solar was lying on a bed, with Jean hooking him up to a monitor.
Solar wolfed down a breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs, waffles and a bagel. He put he plate on the stack and turned to Jean.
"So what we gonna do now Mrs. Jean? " Solar looked her in a matter of factly way. His sudden rush of contact with a beautiful female over, he got on with what he had to do.
"Well, Mr. Solar, I was going to take you to see Dr. Xavier. If that's okay with you." Jean played his own sarcasm back at him and started to walk towards the exit. He followed her down a long corridor. It was filled with luxurious ornaments and chairs. They finally reached the end of the hallway. Two concealed doors slide away in front of them. Jean strolled into the office and Solar reluctantly followed her lead. Even though the beautiful woman was leading the way he didn't want to see Xavier
The oval office was already filled with four people, one of them being Wolverine. Beside him sat a guy with a red visor covering his eyes and lady with white blonde hair. The three obviously knew each other and talked amongst themselves. At the desk sat a bald man in his late 40's, he was smartly dressed and in wheelchair. When Solar entered he wheeled himself round, and the room fell silent. All the eye's where on him.
"Ah, you must be Solar," Xavier spoke first, breaking the spell of silence that had befallen on the group. " I am Dr. Xavier, and this is my school for the gifted, mutants." Solar interrupted his speech.
"Ya, point mister, cos I could be doin' other things. You, know I have a life." Solar fidgeted and fiddled with the strap on his bag in impatience. He could feel the other's tension, they didn't want to be here jus as much as he did.
" I am under good faith that you are mutant of incredible power. I believe that it is not safe for you on the streets. And, if you tell me your powers, I can help you." Xavier reasoned with him.
"What's in it for me? " Solar had been on the streets to long to know that you don't do anything for free.
Wolverine stepped in " Look kid, we can give you food and a bed." Solar paused to think about it.
"Okay then. But I can, and will leave whenever I want. Right then there's a couple but I can't really control all of them. Firstly, I can draw power from light. It's like food, ya know. I sap it. It can heal me. All sorts of weird stuff, but hey, that's another story. But I can't control that and I have to eat normal food as well. It just sorta kicks in when I need it. It's like another sense. That's probably the most powerful. I ain't called Solar for nuthin'. Secondly I can this really cool thing with my eyes-" he was interrupted by Xavier.
"What is it? Can you show us?" Xavier thought back to when he had found Scott a lonely teenager terrified of his powers, not having even opened his eyes for two months. He sensed that Jean was feeling the same.
"I coulda. but I was getting to that. You'll have to ask nicely now" He's cocky though Xavier, still not knowing whether that was a curse or gift. This mutant looked unstable. A life on the streets is no life for anyone, including mutants.
"Please" Xavier asked him again, still remaining calm. He wanted to talk to him, personally, mind to mind, but he knew that Solar might just freak at any moment.
"Sure." He seemed to focus himself and stared at the vase in the window. All of a sudden the lilies in the flower caught fire, and then stopped again, slightly singed and smoking. All of the X-men including Xavier seemed stunned.
"I've never seen anything like it." Jean was the first to speak. " Do you have any other powers Solar? " her head buzzed with all the memories of Scott, and the state he was in, but this kid, he had the cockiness of Wolverine and his guts. And he had a block up, a mental block, but she could still sense his uncertainty, his wall of pain, hate and anger. She held back and focused on Xavier, his calm and certainty, different from anyone she knew.
"I've got one more. It's pretty cool as well." Solar closed his eyes and his body relaxed. For about 30 seconds he stayed like that, standing up, relaxed and limp. All of a sudden his body, shimmered and another figure appeared to the left of him. The second figure was shimmering and see through, the X-men could see the picture behind him. It was the spitting image of Solar and the ghost like person opened his mouth to speak
-Hey, how ya doin- the person, spoke and then flickered. It flickered again and then it disappeared. Then, as if on cue, Solar slumped to floor unconscious. Jean, Storm, Cyclops and Logan all heard Xavier.
"Get him up to med. .Now." They all reacted. Within 5 minutes Solar was lying on a bed, with Jean hooking him up to a monitor.