Josephine ran around town, it had been year's sense anyone told her she could not. Her short hair save it be for a thin ponytail which trailed to hie waist, which seemed almost a blond yet held rich dark red hints. Her eyes were strange enough almost a silver blue and her skin a pail white. She would run away from her foster parents at all costs, they just didn't understand, she had to be free had to run and play like the other kinds her age were doing. Being sixteen was a fun time and she took every advantage of it. She would run around playing games with her girlfriends, go to the movies and check out guys. But their was one who just crepes her out. A new guy from Ohio, said to have been in Gangs and such, she had a bad feeling about him so she did her best to stay ways from him our at lest be in a group.
They had gone to the mall and slowly they were all leaving to go home cues the sun was going down and nobody questioned the curfew of the Police in that city. To many things in its history to make it creepy enough to have to have it said. She walked waving good bye to her friends one by one as they walked to their homes as the group walked by. Sadly she was only one block from her house and she had just told her last friend goodnight. Walking in the streetlights she shivered, it always got cold in the later hours of the day as dusk was settling in.
She held her shoulders as she walked but was stopped as she spotted the new guy, running she tried to get home but she was caught all to soon, twenty feet from her foster home. She all to soon, found herself pinned to a wall and her mouth covered. Her arms were stopped at the elbow and she barley had room to move. Slowly he moved his hand and his hands began to wonder, his free hand held a knife to her throat and he had told her, "Move and die." Making her clothes look like rags.
She then closed her eyes and cried, tears streaming down her face as he defiled her body with his hands and mouth. She then felt an instinct come into play, moving her hands she turned them palm up to him and shouted, "STOP!" She then closed her eyes tight afraid of what might happen if anything at all.
Something happened that she did not expect. His body was flung away from her and ended up making a dent in the wall in front of her. Some of the bricks then turned to a clumsy dust as his body was pressed into it. The surrounding area was damaged but she made a run for home, her clothes were cut and in come area, she had ripped it. Once she saw this she cried out in fear and ran, as if the devil was chasing her. She practically ripped the door open and closed it shut behind her, she cried out in fear as a light turned on and she saw her foster parents, one look at her though told them more then anything. They slowly stood her foster father seemed to terrified her now more then ever she held up her hands and cried out, 'stop' again.
Her foster father fell back into the chair, she fell to the floor crying, and slowly her foster mother moved to embrace her and let her cry on her shoulder. Her foster mother rocked her slowly humming a soft tun tell Josephine had cried herself to sleep. She then handed her to the foster father and he put her to bed.
"I can't believe it . . . she is a mutant hunny! What are we going to do with her? I know leaving her is out of the question, she is our daughter now and not a object you can just throw away." The woman said, worry in her voice. Rumors had been going around about mutants and so they knew. The man then sighed, "Lets sleep on it and will figure it out in the morning dear, its Saturday so we do not have to worry about her going to school. Your sister was right after all . . . her father was one."
Professor X slowly took of the helmet to Crebro, a soft smile on his face. The screen played a photo of a young girl named, 'Josephine Annett Daniel.' She was 16 and had hair that seemed almost a blond yet held rich dark red hints, her eyes were strange enough almost a silver blue, her skin a pail white and she was lean, like an athlete. The image showed her look as well as the power reading. He slowly wheeled away and contacted the team, "We have a new mutant to find. She is in Sacramento Arkansas. I do honestly think she needs to be found as well." He said simply, Scott and Jean along to were the signal came form, hope in their heart and dread in their mind.
Josephine woke with a headache pounding in her head and a cold shiver running up her spine, opening her eyes she saw her blanket floating above her head, which fell once she was shocked it was flying. She held her head and felt like crying. She stood and walked to the bathroom, a hot shower in mind as she walked. Getting their she quickly, and after seeing it was empty occupied it. The steamy water relaxing her hurting body and her mind slowly drifted.
A sound startled her and she reacted, only to find the shower curtains blow like a wind had come threw and her little step brother get flung ten feet. She cried out in horror and then quickly grasped the shower curtain to cover her self, "EATHEN DANUAL! What were you thinking didn't you hear me in here!" She hollered only to have it echo and she closed her eyes as the mirror shattered and the glass on the window as well, "Sorry" She whispered. Unable to think of what to do to control the things that were happening. She then watched the door close and her brother run quickly away.
She cleaned quickly and then ran downstairs to see if her brother was all right. Finding only bruises she sighed, they were not that bad anyways. She then sat down and felt like crying but she felt making a sound would hurt her family. She left the silent tears fall as she ran upstairs to her room. She the refused to come out passing notes instead of talking.
The doorbell rang at about 1:25 and Eathen opened the door to see two teens with red hair, "You guys here for my freaky sister? Well you can have her for twenty bucks!" He said with a smile, which was removed. Once he caught sight of the adult male behind him, namely his foster father. They were invited in and quietly sat down and chatted. The foster mother then slowly coaxed Josephine down. Specking gently, she walked down with the quit teen. The teen sat down with her mother and the chat resumed, "At the institute we can help you control you power." Said Scott, she said nothing but nodded.
Jean on the other hand made her feel very on par with annoyed, "Its ok to accept your powers. After a while they even get fun." Jean said in hopes to lighten the mood which, seemed to loom in the air. Josephine then glared, "What kind of moron are you!" She almost hollered then flinched as the walls shock and glass, which covered photos, broke or shattered. Jean then stayed vary quit. Scott looked around, "Who if you could control that I doubt even the professor could take you on. Let alone most the other teachers. But that's what we want to teach you to control it so you don't hurt those you don't want to." His voice full of concern and full of kindness, his body language even spoke volumes to her. Looking to her foster mother and sought her answer and found it in a nod.
"I would like that" Josephine whispered softly, she smiled, "I would like that very much." They then talked a little longer after Jean had stepped outside. Scott finished the formalities and, the trip would be made the next day. She walked upstairs to pack what clothes she felt she would need and smiled, to control her gift would mean she could hide it better and if needs be protect her self.
The morning went well Sundays never really full of much to do. So the drive was uneventful with the exception of her brother annoying her into almost using her voice. She then listened to her headset and slept most of the way. The volume was low so she could not do much with it anyways. She slept more on the way their then she had in days. She wore her favorite black jeans with twin dragons on the hips and one leg of water like imaged and the other raging fire. Her shirt was covered with dragons and stars. Her hair was held with berets and her longer hair placed into a braid. Smiling she thought of what she could do with her powers.
Getting their she was in awe of the place, it was something from a novel and she adored every inch of it. She slowly walked and was greeted by a very large blue hared ban with a soft smile along with a tall black woman with white hair. She giggled as she walked closer, "Can I ask you a question?" She asked the tall man who had identified himself as Beast of Hank. He looked at her strangle then said, 'Shirr'. She smiled, "Can I pet you? My parents never really let us have pets we could do that with cues my brother is allergic to them . . . I always wanted to know what fur felt like." She whispered. Hank complied and she walked closer slowly brushing the length of his lower arm, smiling at the feel of the blue hairs. She then grinned with a soft giggle as she pulled her hand slowly away.
Walking in a man in a wheel chair greeted them, "Greetings I am Professor X its good to have you hear. I hope you enjoy your stay and lurn from what we have to teach here." Josephine smiled at that, "I am called Josephine Daniel, I am glade that I can be here." She whispered. However, the sound of the others coming in startled her and she yelped. The effect was a shattered vase of flowers next to the door and one side of it shattering. She then covered her mouth and looked as if ready to cry. One of the other teachers had come in. A tall man with weathered looks and blue hair seemed awe struck by her power.
"It seems the intestacy of your ability is astounding . . . let me show you to the room we have prepared." The professor said with a smile as the others went to clean up the broken glass. Josephine then went to settle in as the professor requested her forester parent into the library, at the request of her parents. Josephine was then alone in the wonderful room. She looked at the wonderful bed and the dresser which was next to it, acting as both dresser and nightstand. The closet, which had been made of wood and the elongated dresser on the other side of the room, a deep oak, like the rest of the dresser.
"What is it that you need me to know that you do not have your doughtier here for?" The Professor said with wonder. He never wondered into minds unannounced most of the time in less he needed to. "We need you need to know this for we were told by her true mother it was important. Her real mother was my sister." Said the woman with a sigh; "She was involved in a experiment involving human advancements. They inject her with many things, which changed her body dramatically.
However, the only important thing is she made us promise not to tell Josephine about her father . . . tell she was 17. We thought that she was crazy but her death only gave us more answers then we ever wanted. She was called Project Siren. The injections were to make her vocal cords into sonic blasts, which she could project from her mouth. However, that never happened so as most people do, they used her for what they knew she could do. They had found a mutain by the name of Sabertooth; we have the file from the place to prove it. Anyways they tested a new drug on them and afterwards resulted in the not only conception but sped up duration of birth. She was conceived September 20 ninth and was born November 15."
The male then picked up, "We also had to hide her true identify as well. She is truly named Josephine Annett Creed; she cannot find her father either. Her mother told us that he would more then likely kill her or at least try to. We found many her mothers ablate from the experiment were passed down genetically. Her speed and weight problem as well. It is hard for her to keep any kind of weight for long amounts of time. Therefore, we said she had a problem with her lungs to prevent her from doing too much running. The only thing is we know what her father will do. We have moved nine times in hiding from him. The man is crazy and I don't want him any closer to her then I can throw him and believe it or not that's pretty far . . . for a normal none mutain kind of guy."
They then sat in quit as the Professor took all this in, sighing he folded his hands, "I understand and will do my utmost best to do according to your wishes. However, once she reaches a certain age there is little I can do you understand right?" The parents agree and then left to say their good byes. She went to her room and took a short nap.
The Professor called her to the main hall to meet the other students. She complied and almost gasped at the number of them. Walking down she smiled softly at them but did not make a sound. "Everyone I would like you to meet a new student here. Miss Josephine Daniel."
She bowed and silently waved, everyone was puzzled, "Sorry." She whispered. The professor then kicked in to fix the embarrassment, "She can control the sounds form her mouth into sonic waves, which are strong enough to move objects short distances." The others then seemed to understand, "I wish to be called Sonic . . . after all that is my power and anything else just doesn't make that much sense." She whispered.
One by one threw out the rest of the day they introduced themselves. At dinner, she found out most of their powers as they made little mistakes. Such as the one they called Evan, he accidentally flung one of his spikes into a wall, and then a girl named Kitty code named Shadowcat phased threw a chair from laughing. The one called Logan fascinated her to no end and she was esthetic to hear he was her first instructor. They explained he was less likely to get that hurt if her powers became too much. She sighed, it was after all the truth.
Morning came and she woke to see a new outfit to wear. Apparently it was stander for all the newbies like her, that could not truly control their gifts completely. She walked in to see only one other student was in that session namely a little boy named Jamie code-named Multiple. She could clearly see why as well. Logan code named Wolverine was at the ready, she then stood wondering what he wanted when the session began. She saw an object coming at her and she growled, almost understanding all to quick what they were going to do. The term 'sink of swim' was all to sounding true right about them. Nevertheless, it was not until Jamie told her to use her powers to stop it that she did anything. She held up her hands and screamed loudly. The objet was a large blade, which wobbled for a moment. She moved her hands so the sound hit the floor and reacted onto the bottom of the blade stopping it fully as it was flung back to were it came from.
Her head throbbed for a moment and she held it and fell to her knees, gasping from the cry she tried to relax. Jamie was at her side in a moment, "Are you alright?" he asked as only kids his age could. She softly said, "Yes I am fine, just using my power so openly is new I just didn't talk at all. I mean I flung my father back onto a chair and my brother out of the bathroom . . . would you talk if you knew that would happen?"
Jamie seemed to sympathies, "Come on kid were not done yet, you got to build up your strength with your power so lets get to it." Logon's gruff voice came. She once again stood and this time the one names Magmar came out as well as Sunspot and Berzerker. They were all the same outfits and seemed to know something she did not, "Computer Optical Crosse 251 program ultimate distortion. Time to see how your mind works under pressure runts." The computer then carried out the program. However, she was told to just sit back and watch. She however, did not intend to do that. She stood on the sidelines and watched as the others sued their powers openly with control she admired. They fought robots and other computer generated obstacles until one was blast towards her, she smiled and held both hands and instead of screaming, she sang a high soprano note clear and long. The tentacle was held in the air until her hand flicked it to the side. She then rubbed her head and seemed to almost pass out. Sitting she smiled, today gave some control and ideas were poring threw her head now that opportunity came out.
She liked it a lot and was getting into the grove of the training. She jumped in much to Logon's dismay she was by far the only one that had fun. Logan sent machine after machine after her and she stopped them all. Mainly she flung them against the wall tell they could not move but she had a smile on her face every attempt.
After training the others all but Jamie looked worn out, she had Jamie trotted out to clean up in the showers. They later reported to the library for hours of home schooling. She did not mind that much and kept pretty much quit as she did. The lessons taxed her mind a little. However, Hank promised to teach her chess so she did everything to the best her mind would work with.