A/N: Well…here ya guys go. Don't worry in the next chapter things will definitely start to pick up…I just gotta set up what's going on. If you like, please review! =)

Kat followed closely behind Nightcrawler, faithfully. She was a bit leery of Logan following behind her, and occasionally glanced back just to make sure he wasn't too close. He seemed to get a kick out of that and always made sure to bestow a smile at her. When he smiled at her like that, even though he freaked her out, her heart seemed to skip a beat or two. Maybe she was finally starting to warm up to him.

Keeping her eyes on Nightcrawler's switching tail she shuddered as another wave of energy seemed to course threw her body. She couldn't seem to shake off this strange buzz that she had received when she had shook Scott's hand. She hadn't mentioned it, because it didn't seem important. But she knew that it didn't feel "right". Shaking it off as an adrenaline rush from everything that she had been through, she tried to concentrate on what Xavier was saying. His voice seemed to drone on in the back of her head…and the weirdest thing…sometimes as if it was in her head. Deciding that she really must be loosing it, she shook her head and kept listening.

"What I run here is a school." Xavier smiled knowingly when Kat glanced back at him, as if just starting to listen. He knew that she was only half paying attention. He let it slide. There was a lot more to this young woman then met the eye…plus it wasn't just every day you discovered you were a mutant. Condemned to be hated and feared for your life. "People like us will find no harm here." Kat looked at him in surprise…he was a mutant?  Nah…she'd probably just heard wrong.

"Usually." Logan half chuckled half grunted. He remembered the invasion of the school all too well. He had been in charge that night. That's not something that you soon forget. He saw Kat glance up at him, wondering what he meant. He winked at her, she gave him a slight smile and quickly turned back around…and ran directly into Nightcrawler's back.

"Sorry." Nightcrawler said, turning around. "We're here." He smiled at her…everyone around here seemed to be doing that a lot to her. Kat returned his smile, then glanced from his blue face to the sign that clearly said "Danger Room".

Xavier was picking up her sudden distress at seeing the sign on the door. He put a comforting hand on her arm, and she looked down at him, surprised. "Its quite alright." He nodded and winked at her. "This is the fun part." Nightcrawler opened the door and the group of mutants trooped in. After they got into the center of the room, Xavier turned his wheelchair around to face Kat. Logan and Scott stood by the Professor to face her, while Nightcrawler stood by her side. From just the first few moments that she met him, she'd made a friend for life in the blue mutant. "Now…where to begin?" Xavier mused.

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Gambit had been awake now for the last ten minutes. He noticed that his original guard had been replaced with a new one, this one looked less intimidating, he didn't look like he'd pose a threat…but if he did, Gambit could take him. He continued to work on the ropes around his wrists. That had been the first thing he'd discovered when he'd awoken from the affects of the taser. He was laying on his side, his right arm completely asleep, and his hands tied so tightly together that he was wondering how his blood was even circulating. While still looking around the room, he discreetly scratched his ropes on a wooden crate directly in front of him. He smiled inwardly when the rope began to fray.

Gambit could feel his power beginning to build up inside of him again. He couldn't quite harness it yet, but as soon as as he was able there would be hell to pay. Once he got these ropes off…he'd beat the crap out of the people who did this to him (making sure to ask for the explanation before they were too beat up to talk) …and somehow find a way back home. Money wasn't a problem, he could come by that easy enough…but mode of transportation might be a bit more difficult. If they were really in New York City…New Orleans was a long drive away. He shrugged to himself; he could always steal a car somewhere, that'd work.

Gambit continued to make his evening plans as he worked on his ropes, and looked around the cabin of the plane. What he didn't understand was why they were still in the cabin of the plane. It had landed even before he had awoken (with a terrible migraine). He stared at his new guard, trying to unnerve him while working on his ropes.

There had been some various people who had come and gone from the cabin of the plane. One guy looked like a nice enough guy, so Gambit had tried to use his calming nature and voice talking to him…and had gotten kicked in the face for his efforts. He now had blood trickling down from his left nostril. He had slightly noticed the scuffle between his current guard, and the guy that had passed through and kicked him. The guard that was with him now had roughly pushed the 'passerbyer' out the door announcing that he'd take care of the mutant captive. When he was sure that the man was gone, he'd come up to Gambit slowly, as if to show him it was alright. Gambit had eyed the man warily, especially when the man asked if he was alright, and promised that the hard part was almost over. Gambit hadn't known what to think, he would have guessed the guy was lying, but the compassion in the man's eyes revealed that he wasn't. He hadn't spoken to Gambit since, the guy almost seemed angry at himself for revealing too much information.

A slight knock on the door caught his attention, and both him and the guard turned to look. The door slowly swung open and the original guard, whom Gambit had a personal vendetta against, entered. Gambit glared at the back of his head, since the guy seemed to have to intention of turning to look at the irate Cajun. "It's time." The guard told the new, nicer watchdog, without looking at Gambit. He quickly left, as if fearing the mutant would attack him outright.

The new guard approached Gambit confidently, and grabbed his upper left arm to help him stand. Impulse made Gambit immediately start to struggle, and try to jerk his arm back. But to his surprise, the man held on with surprising strength, and got right in Gambit's face. When red eyes met light hazel eyes, Gambit was surprised with the pity he saw in the older man's eyes. "Remy." The guard said, whispering. "Don't struggle, man. Don't make me hurt you." He had almost pleading note to his voice. "I'm on your side." The man whispered in Gambit's ear.

Confused by these words, Gambit was about to respond when the hatch door opened again, and he saw three more guards outside. He didn't yet know what the deal was, but he was a betting man, and right now he was betting the would need all the help he could get…for whatever it was he'd gotten himself into this time. He nodded at the guard, tipped his head to the side, and half smiled at him. "Whatever you say, monami. Gambit ain't gonna give no trouble…" He paused glanced toward the guards outside, then back to his new "friend". "at least no' ta yo'."

Leading the man called Gambit out of the cabin by his arm, the guard wondered how he had pulled this gig. If the crime lord he was reporting back to knew he was a mutant like Remy, and planning to expose him for what he was…the whole project could be blown.

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Xavier was talking to Scott, and had called Nightcrawler over as well. He wanted the two of them to use their powers to aid them in discovering Kat's powers. While they discussed how they would do this, Kat was observing the danger room, looking all around. She about jumped out of her skin when she saw Logan creeping up on her. She eyed him warily when he got right in her face. He didn't look menacing, just curious. He was staring right into her eyes, bending down slightly so he was at her eye level. What was with this guy?

"Uh…hey Charley?" Logan asked, still looking at Kat's eyes. As she contemplating either A) slugging him or B) getting out of this room altogether. "Ya might wanna take a look at this." He raised an eyebrow at Kat. "Hey kid…when you and I first met…your eyes were green, right?" He brought up his hand as if to move her face around to view her eyes at different angles, but Kat quickly backed up, knocking his hand away.

She was really starting to get edgy with everyone creeping up on her and staring at her. After Logan had made the announcement, Nightcrawler, Scott and Xavier had halted their discussion, and were now staring fascinated at her eyes. The three of them crept a little closer, just to see if there eyes were deceiving them. Kat backed up again, glancing behind her in the silver metal room, making sure she wasn't going to run into anything. She put her hands up defensively, and everyone stopped walking at Xavier's mental command. He could see that she was getting more nervous then she was before, he was trying to help protect her as much as possible. When he was able to move again, Logan threw Xavier a look and rolled his eyes, showing he didn't like Xavier's poking around in his mind without permission. They all looked back to Kat as she started to speak again. "Alright dudes. No offence, but you were seriously in my bubble. If you could just back off…that'd be great."

There was silence for a second, and Scott finally asked what everyone was thinking. "Your…bubble?"

"My ground, my air, my space. Whatever." Kat said shrugging. "You're just a little too close for comfort, I like my space." After a second when nobody tried to press into her space again, she smiled feeling a bit more secure then looked to Nightcrawler for an explanation. "What's going on?"

Nightcrawler tensely took a step forward, not wanting to frighten her anymore. Kat allowed Nightcrawler to come closer to her, and she only looked a bit surprised when he grasped her chin in a light hold with his cloven right hand. "Your eyes, Kat." He said gently. "They're now silver."

"What?!" Kat asked, as Nightcrawler released her, eyes wide with shock. She looked at all of the faces in the room, and came to the conclusion that by their intense looks, Nightcrawler had told her the truth. (It never occurred to her that Nightcrawler is one of those people/mutants that would never lie…)

"Kat…" Xavier said breaking the silence. "Has anything…different…happened to you since you've come here?" Kat looked over at him, inwardly cringing at his intense stare; it was almost as if he could see into her head. It was really kind of freaky. "Anything at all?"

After a second Kat looked to the floor. "Well…" She started, and shrugged. "Its stupid."

"No, please. Go on." Xavier assured her with a warm smile, and a motion with his hand.

Kat glanced over at Scott, and pointed at him, much to his surprise. "When I shook hands with Scott just a few minutes ago, when we first met…I felt this weird kind of energy buzz through me. I can still feel it." Scott cocked his head to the side as if trying to understand her. Logan looked from Scott to Xavier then to Kat and snorted. Nightcrawler nodded to Kat accepting her explanation.

"Hmm." Xavier scratched his chin thoughtfully. "Scott, shake hands again with Kat, if you would. We're going to conduct a little experiment."

Scott nodded, and walked up to Kat with his hand extended. Kat took a step forward, and slowly accepted his hand and shook it. She smiled at him, and tried to take her hand back, but Scott tightened his grip, not releasing her. She looked up to him, to find him looking at Xavier, waiting for his cue to let her go. After a moment Kat felt the same energy that seemed to invade her bloodstream. Scott looked back to Kat's face again, and his mouth gaped open. "Uh…Professor? You might want to take a look at this."

Xavier wheeled his chair over and gasped slightly surprised…and it took a lot to surprise Xavier. He looked to what Scott had motioned to, and saw Kat's eyes. They were glowing very silver. Almost like the sun reflecting off a tin roof. That's how bright her eyes were now shining. She almost looked creepy…but not quite. She would freak the average person out, but mutants seemed to be less fearful of their own kind. They were a bit strange that way.

"Now what?" Kat asked. She felt very strange. Charged…and kinda tingly.

Xavier motioned for Scott to release her. That was the sign that Scott had been waiting for, and he let her hand go slowly. Both of their hands now felt kind of clammy. "How do you feel, Scott?" Xavier asked him.

Scott shrugged, no worse for wear. "Just fine, Professor."

Xavier then turned to Kat. "And you, Kat? How do you feel?"

Kat shrugged, but before she could answer she felt this unbelievable urge to sneeze. You know how it is…when its creeping up your nose, and you just have to wait for it to be released. She held up a finger, 'indicating just a second'. After she stood there for a second, in that dumb pose that sneezers do, eyes open, mouth open…just waiting. She turned to the side when she realized she was going to sneeze, and was facing Nightcrawler. And when she finally let lose with a huge sneeze, her head flew forward and down, and before she closed her eyes an optic beam flew from her eyes right toward the blue mutant. Luckily Nightcrawler sensed something was coming and bamfed out of the way, and appeared behind her a second later with an inky cloud of smoke. She inhaled deeply only to sneeze again, this time accidentally firing an optic bream straight at Logan. With instincts only the extreme hunter known as Wolverine could possess, he crouched down low to the floor, and the beam flew harmlessly over his head, and into the wall ten feet behind him where it disintegrated.

"Well then…" Xavier started, looking extremely happy.

"Wait!" Kat shouted, interrupting him, and held up a finger again. "I always sneeze in threes. It's a weird trait I have." And sure enough, the third sneeze came roaring out of her mouth and nose. The last optic beam wasn't aimed, but flew straight at Scott. He stared at it casually as it flew toward him, until it slammed into him and disappeared, his body absorbing it. His own power couldn't hurt him. "Guys…I'm so sorry!" Kat screeched, and looked about ready to bolt. Her eyes were wide, and she stared at her hands as if the beams had come from there instead of her eyes.

Nightcrawler still stood behind her, while Logan was looking at her with a look of 'damn…remind me not to piss her off'. Scott's expression was unreadable, and the Professor was giddy. "I—it…what happened?!" As her agitation grew her weakening silver eyes produced one last weak optic beam that everyone turned to watch it as it flew to the wall, and disintegrated like the one that flew at Logan. They turned back around at once and looked back to Kat. They all observed that her eyes were now a very light green, but they were getting darker by the second. Kat turned around and would have started to walk to the door, feeling she had done something wrong, but Nightcrawler was directly in her path from where he had last bamfed. He whispered a few soothing words to her that the others could not hear, that seemed to calm her down noticeably. He patted her on the shoulder, then put on arm around her shoulders in his protective way, and turned her around to look at the group.

Xavier looked deep in thought as he steepled his fingers together, and stared off into space. A place that only he could see. "Very interesting." He looked up at Kat. "Are you ready to try another exercise?"

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A/N: Well, that's all for now folks. I cross my heart that there will actually be action in the next chapter. Please just bare with me. Review this story if you would, and tell me anything that you'd like to see in future chapters, and I'll see if I can work it in.

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