She turned to see his response, but, instead, her eyes locked onto a fly
buzzing around the room.
'Strange, suddenly I feel.Hungry?' she thought as something shot out of her mouth and snatched the fly out the air. She leaped back in surprise. Too far. She flew up against the metal wall and blacked out.
Angela awoke with a splitting headache as her mind registered people talking.
"You didn't tell me that she had your ability!"
"I didn't know! She didn't show it to me!"
A pause ensued until the first voice broke in again, "Did you show her your ability?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"I just thought of something.Hey! I think she's waking up! Let me talk to her for a moment. Angela? Are you awake?"
"Yes." She whispered painfully, still not opening her eyes.
"Can you answer a question for me?"
She forced her eyes open to see the benevolent man kneeling next to her, "Okay."
"How many people have shown you their mutations?"
She struggled to sit up, "Just two. Kitty and Toad. Why?"
He looked at her thoughtfully, "I'll answer your question in a minute. Now, I want you to watch me very closely and then, try to do what I did, okay?"
She furrowed her brow, "Okay."
He stretched his hand out and pointed at the metal table in the middle of the room.
It began to shake and lifted off the ground.
'How does he expect me to do that?!?'
She shook her head doubtfully, but stretched her hand out as well, willing the table to lift up. She blinked and, suddenly, the table was about three feet off the ground floating there. Her concentration wavered and the table fell to the ground with a loud CRASH.
The man looked at her with shock evident on his features, "Speed, come here!"
Angela looked at the door expecting him to walk in. As she looked on, she heard the man start talking.
'Is he crazy? There is no one here.'
She turned to look at him and found him talking to Speed, "Speed, run around this room three times for me, please."
Then, to her, "Watch closely."
A swift breeze struck up as Speed began running around the room. Then, just as quickly as he had started, he stopped.
"Whoa."
The man looked at her and helped her up, "Now, you try."
'He actually expects this to work? Oh well. Here goes nothin.'
She began running as fast she could and started going faster and faster until she finally decided to stop right where she began, "Double wow."
The man gestured toward the door and Speed walked out. "Now, just answer a few more questions and then I will tell you my name."
"I guess so."
"Good. How do you think humans treat us mutants?"
"Honestly? They treat us like dirt."
"Do you ever want to get back at them?"
"Sure, especially now that I am a mutant. I saw how they treated us, even when I was one of them!"
"Would you welcome a real chance to get back at them?"
She hesitated for a brief instant, "It depends."
"On what?"
"On what kind of things would happen when I took advantage of that chance."
He leaned back, looking more relaxed, "If there was a group of people who felt just like you do, would you join them?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"That's good to hear. Angela, you like being a mutant do you not?"
She nodded eagerly, "Yeah! I wouldn't change it for the world!"
"If I could give you unlimited new powers, a chance to make the humans pay, a group that feels how you do, and a few other things, would you accept it?"
She pondered this for a moment and said, "Yeah, most likely, if there wasn't a hidden catch."
He smiled grimly, "You're sharp, Angela. There would be just ONE catch."
She opened her mouth to answer him, but he continued, "The catch would be that you join my group and no others."
Angela looked him over quickly, "That's it?"
"That's it."
She thought for a long moment, "One thing first, what is your name?"
"Magneto."
Kitty's and Jean's warnings suddenly reverberated in her mind, "a member of Magneto's team. very unpredictable."
She shook her head to clear the thoughts away, "Can I have a little bit to think about it?"
Magneto nodded solemnly, "Take as long as you need."
'Strange, suddenly I feel.Hungry?' she thought as something shot out of her mouth and snatched the fly out the air. She leaped back in surprise. Too far. She flew up against the metal wall and blacked out.
Angela awoke with a splitting headache as her mind registered people talking.
"You didn't tell me that she had your ability!"
"I didn't know! She didn't show it to me!"
A pause ensued until the first voice broke in again, "Did you show her your ability?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"I just thought of something.Hey! I think she's waking up! Let me talk to her for a moment. Angela? Are you awake?"
"Yes." She whispered painfully, still not opening her eyes.
"Can you answer a question for me?"
She forced her eyes open to see the benevolent man kneeling next to her, "Okay."
"How many people have shown you their mutations?"
She struggled to sit up, "Just two. Kitty and Toad. Why?"
He looked at her thoughtfully, "I'll answer your question in a minute. Now, I want you to watch me very closely and then, try to do what I did, okay?"
She furrowed her brow, "Okay."
He stretched his hand out and pointed at the metal table in the middle of the room.
It began to shake and lifted off the ground.
'How does he expect me to do that?!?'
She shook her head doubtfully, but stretched her hand out as well, willing the table to lift up. She blinked and, suddenly, the table was about three feet off the ground floating there. Her concentration wavered and the table fell to the ground with a loud CRASH.
The man looked at her with shock evident on his features, "Speed, come here!"
Angela looked at the door expecting him to walk in. As she looked on, she heard the man start talking.
'Is he crazy? There is no one here.'
She turned to look at him and found him talking to Speed, "Speed, run around this room three times for me, please."
Then, to her, "Watch closely."
A swift breeze struck up as Speed began running around the room. Then, just as quickly as he had started, he stopped.
"Whoa."
The man looked at her and helped her up, "Now, you try."
'He actually expects this to work? Oh well. Here goes nothin.'
She began running as fast she could and started going faster and faster until she finally decided to stop right where she began, "Double wow."
The man gestured toward the door and Speed walked out. "Now, just answer a few more questions and then I will tell you my name."
"I guess so."
"Good. How do you think humans treat us mutants?"
"Honestly? They treat us like dirt."
"Do you ever want to get back at them?"
"Sure, especially now that I am a mutant. I saw how they treated us, even when I was one of them!"
"Would you welcome a real chance to get back at them?"
She hesitated for a brief instant, "It depends."
"On what?"
"On what kind of things would happen when I took advantage of that chance."
He leaned back, looking more relaxed, "If there was a group of people who felt just like you do, would you join them?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"That's good to hear. Angela, you like being a mutant do you not?"
She nodded eagerly, "Yeah! I wouldn't change it for the world!"
"If I could give you unlimited new powers, a chance to make the humans pay, a group that feels how you do, and a few other things, would you accept it?"
She pondered this for a moment and said, "Yeah, most likely, if there wasn't a hidden catch."
He smiled grimly, "You're sharp, Angela. There would be just ONE catch."
She opened her mouth to answer him, but he continued, "The catch would be that you join my group and no others."
Angela looked him over quickly, "That's it?"
"That's it."
She thought for a long moment, "One thing first, what is your name?"
"Magneto."
Kitty's and Jean's warnings suddenly reverberated in her mind, "a member of Magneto's team. very unpredictable."
She shook her head to clear the thoughts away, "Can I have a little bit to think about it?"
Magneto nodded solemnly, "Take as long as you need."