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Scott's radio crackled into life,

            "Scott!  I need to talk to you!" Evans' voice yelled.

            "What is it?  You've seen her?"

            "Yup."

            "What happened?  What'd she say?"

            "Nothing."

            "WHAT?!"

            "She didn't see me.  Anyway you ain't going to believe what she did."

            "Evans, so far: she's vanished from me; evaded the professor's search for her mind; scared Ororo and Jean witless; concussed Kitty, when she thought she was insoluble; covered her scent, so Logan can't find her; pulled Kurt's tail, while he had his image inducer on, deliberately, so she must have seen him; and she's prevented Rogue from stealing her Talent, when she was touching her!  I don't think she can do anything else to surprise me!"

            "Want to bet?"

            "10 dollars, do you?"

            "Yup, you're on!"

            "So, what'd she do?"

            "Oh, just outrun Pietro."

            "What!  Pietro, AKA: Quicksilver?"

            "Yup!"

            "Pietro of the Brotherhood?"

            "Yup!"

            "I owe you 10 dollars.  What happened?"

            "Well, I was up a tree looking out for Rae, when…."

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Rae ran on

            I can trust no one. she though I always found it easier to get on with adults, but here…the teachers think I'm a freak.  And they don't know the whole of it!

She turned a corner, and bumped into a tall, silver haired boy, with a self-confident attitude.  Her bag fell off her shoulder, quickly she picked it up, and slung it on her back.

            "You O.k?" the boy asked, grabbing her arm.

            "Fine!"

            "You're Rae, aren't you?"

            "Yeah!" Rae said, wondering where this was going.

            "I'm Pietro.  I'm like you.  I want to help."

            "Leave me alone!" in a fluid movement, she turned and ran.

Pietro watched a while, before following.

            She's got quite a good turn of speed.  But she can't out run Quicksilver! he thought.

            "Heyhowyoudoing?" he yelled, as he pulled level.

(Trans: Hey how you doing?)

Rae turned, looked shocked and speeded up.  Pietro speeded up too, keeping level with her.  They ran through the town, covering about 5 miles in 10 minutes.

Until Rae turned and ran the other way.  Pietro was late in turning, and was about 10 kilometres behind, and Rae was still accelerating.

Pieto ran flat out, but the distance between them carried on increasing.  Until he lost sight of her, and her dust trail.

He stopped under a tree back at school, and Evans dropped out of it.  Surprise written all over his face.

            "The speedster lost?" Evans stammered.

            "Yeah!  Don't rub it in!" Pietro panted, before dashing off in the vague direction Rae had taken.

On the floor, dropped by Rae, Evans found his aunt's hanky, stained with blood.

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