Authors Notes: chapter two folks! i don't particularly like the first chapter, but in my opinion this one is slightly better. I'm going to try and improve it throughout, and these first chapters may get re-written again (I've already made a few changes to chapter one).
Forgive the characterisations -i've only seen the movie a few times, and those situations do not give me any help on how to deal with the problems faced in this story so far and what will happen (no, i'm not gonna tell :P) .... so yeah. i've done my best.
Review Thanks To: Jen, Hawkboy_01, Kalie, Amara LeBeau, Owl, Belladonna Fait, Ares, Samus, Xia, Kat. Special thanks to Samus, who's suggestion i've taken up in the rewrite slight of chapter one.
Disclaimer: The only thing i own is the plot, and Falcon.
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Falcon
Chapter Two
Falcon sat alone in Xavier's Office opposite a big, mahogany desk, looking around warily every other minute and thinking it how she didn't know it was possible for a place to be this boring.
Big doors behind her swung open to reveal Professor Xavier wheeling himself in, followed by four others. Sliding behind the desk, Xavier was about to introduce everybody when Falcon beat him to it.
"Hey, what's happenin' around here? Aside from nothing?" she asked,
While many others would have frowned at such an interruption in their own home, Xavier went on with what he was going to say, as well as answering the girl's question, without the slightest hesitation,
"It's a school, which we will explain later. First I would very much like to introduce myself and my friends here."
Falcon shifted in the chair, "Fine. Then can I get outta here?"
"You're free to leave whenever you wish -this isn't a prison. However, I would appreciate it if you stayed here for awhile, just to see what its like."
The unusual politeness grated on her nerves like sandpaper, she just wanted some food and then to get on out of this school, "Whatever. So who exactly are you, Baldy?"
Xavier smiled slightly, "I'm Professor Charles Xavier, and you are in my school for the gifted -for mutants. This is Scott Summer, also known as Cyclops; Ororo Munroe, also called Storm; Logan, known as Wolverine; and Jean Grey. I believe Jean is the only one you haven't met already?"
"You'd believe right -so what's her nickname? Ginger? Making yours Baldy, right?"
"No to both."
She shrugged, looking at Jean, "Yeah, you're right. Ginger isn't right -but you're still gonna be Baldy, Baldy." Jumping out of the chair she smirked at the X-Men, "See ya around."
Wolverine blocked her path.
"Get out of my way Wolf-Gang."
"You said that you'd stay to see how it was." He growled.
"Yeah, I seen -and now I'm goin'." She looked into his eyes, "Now get out of my way."
Storm stepped towards the pair, it was interesting to see Logan doing what Scott had done when Logan first arrived, but now was not the time for him to be growling at a mutant newly bought to the school.
"Falcon, please, just sat for one night." She pleaded.
The teenager turned around, hands on hops, to face the white-haired weather mutant,
"What's in it for me?"
"Like we said before: a bed and some food."
Sighing she nodded, food was what she wanted, "Fine, I'll stay 'til tomorrow."
Xavier wheeled himself around from the desk, now smiling warmly, "If you would, I would like to know what your powers are."
"That's nice."
When no other answer was forthcoming, Xavier continued, "Are you willing to tell us, or maybe show us?"
"Sure, whatever."
A few moments later and she still hadn't shown or told.
Scott took half a step forward, "Will you show us now, Falcon?" he asked.
Falcon grinned, "Sure Scott, you want a demonstration?"
"Be my guest."
Her grin split from ear to ear; at the same time Logan's feet also left the floor until he was hovering four feet in the air.
"Can you leave him there?" smiled Cyclops.
"Scott!" Jean chastised him with a mild swat on the arm and a glare.
He gave her an innocent look, "What?"
Meanwhile, Falcon still hadn't let Wolverine down, and he was slowly getting closer to the ceiling.
Wolverine growled, "Put. Me. Down. Kid." He ground out through gritted teeth.
"Whatever you say Wolf-Man! Oh, and don't call me kid!"
Logan slammed down onto the floor with a thump and several explicit words. Getting up he lunged for Falcon and attempted to chase her around the office until she jumped to the left and rolled up behind the three standing spectators.
"Ha ha Wolfie."
His only response was a glare and another growl.
"Logan don't encourage her." Xavier said, but even he looked amused at their antics, "Scott, would you and Jean show Falcon around please?"
"Yes Professor." The couple nodded their assent and showed Falcon out of the office.
Once they had left Storm and Logan gave the Professor bewildered looks.
"Is something wrong?" he questioned,
The remaining X-Men said nothing for a moment, then Storm ventured,
"Earlier on she said she flew. She said she could fly, she didn't say she was telekinetic."
Xavier frowned, why would she say one thing and then do another?
"It appears there is more to Falcon than meets the eye."
Logan rubbed his head, "What do you want to do?"
The girl may have kept him hovering above the ground and then dropped him, but that didn't mean he hated her. He did want to know why she'd lied to them though.
"Nothing. Maybe she'll remember what she said and explain later." Xavier wheeled himself to the door, but paused at the exit,
"Don't say anything yet, from what I could read without entering her mind was that she is frightened of something. I fear it may be us."
With that he left, leaving two puzzled mutants to leave in his wake.
****
Starting down the nearest corridor they began explaining small things about the school, when Jean asked,
"So, do you have a name? Other than Falcon?"
"Yep." Stated Falcon, looking into an empty classroom.
"Can you tell us it?" the older woman ventured,
"Yep."
Jean, seeing that no answer was forth coming, and the all-knowing look on her boyfriends face, decided to find out what was going on. Rather than scanning the girl's mind, she contacted Scott silently through their telepathic bond, to find out what he was smirking about.
//What are you so happy about? Do you know why she won't answer the question?//
//Yes.//
//Are you going to tell me?//
They walked outside into the gardens and Scott took the chance to grin at her whilst Falcon wandered about a few paces ahead.
//But it's so much fun!//
//Scott// her mental voice screamed that he was in danger of annoying her, but it was so much fun.
//You have to phrase your question just right or else she won't answer it. Like, you said 'Can you tell us it?' and she can, because she has a voice and she knows her real name -but you didn't ask her to tell us it, not really.//
//Smart Ass.//
//Thanks.//
New information in mind, Jean tried again with another try,
"Will you tell us it?"
"No."
"Why?" asked Scott,
"Don't wanna."
The couple didn't push it, if she wasn't going to tell now, they could always ask her later, once they'd all had something to eat -maybe then Falcon would see she could trust them.
On cue, they arrived at their final destination: the cafeteria.
"You hungry?" asked Jean as they went to get trays.
Falcon nodded, "Yeah, just a little."
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Post Authors Notes: Hmmm, so her powers don't have much to do with her name. I know. Its allll to do with whats gonna happen, don't worry folks. :D
Please review, if you do i'll review you too as soon as i can. (bribery :O)
--lani,
xxx
Forgive the characterisations -i've only seen the movie a few times, and those situations do not give me any help on how to deal with the problems faced in this story so far and what will happen (no, i'm not gonna tell :P) .... so yeah. i've done my best.
Review Thanks To: Jen, Hawkboy_01, Kalie, Amara LeBeau, Owl, Belladonna Fait, Ares, Samus, Xia, Kat. Special thanks to Samus, who's suggestion i've taken up in the rewrite slight of chapter one.
Disclaimer: The only thing i own is the plot, and Falcon.
***********
Falcon
Chapter Two
Falcon sat alone in Xavier's Office opposite a big, mahogany desk, looking around warily every other minute and thinking it how she didn't know it was possible for a place to be this boring.
Big doors behind her swung open to reveal Professor Xavier wheeling himself in, followed by four others. Sliding behind the desk, Xavier was about to introduce everybody when Falcon beat him to it.
"Hey, what's happenin' around here? Aside from nothing?" she asked,
While many others would have frowned at such an interruption in their own home, Xavier went on with what he was going to say, as well as answering the girl's question, without the slightest hesitation,
"It's a school, which we will explain later. First I would very much like to introduce myself and my friends here."
Falcon shifted in the chair, "Fine. Then can I get outta here?"
"You're free to leave whenever you wish -this isn't a prison. However, I would appreciate it if you stayed here for awhile, just to see what its like."
The unusual politeness grated on her nerves like sandpaper, she just wanted some food and then to get on out of this school, "Whatever. So who exactly are you, Baldy?"
Xavier smiled slightly, "I'm Professor Charles Xavier, and you are in my school for the gifted -for mutants. This is Scott Summer, also known as Cyclops; Ororo Munroe, also called Storm; Logan, known as Wolverine; and Jean Grey. I believe Jean is the only one you haven't met already?"
"You'd believe right -so what's her nickname? Ginger? Making yours Baldy, right?"
"No to both."
She shrugged, looking at Jean, "Yeah, you're right. Ginger isn't right -but you're still gonna be Baldy, Baldy." Jumping out of the chair she smirked at the X-Men, "See ya around."
Wolverine blocked her path.
"Get out of my way Wolf-Gang."
"You said that you'd stay to see how it was." He growled.
"Yeah, I seen -and now I'm goin'." She looked into his eyes, "Now get out of my way."
Storm stepped towards the pair, it was interesting to see Logan doing what Scott had done when Logan first arrived, but now was not the time for him to be growling at a mutant newly bought to the school.
"Falcon, please, just sat for one night." She pleaded.
The teenager turned around, hands on hops, to face the white-haired weather mutant,
"What's in it for me?"
"Like we said before: a bed and some food."
Sighing she nodded, food was what she wanted, "Fine, I'll stay 'til tomorrow."
Xavier wheeled himself around from the desk, now smiling warmly, "If you would, I would like to know what your powers are."
"That's nice."
When no other answer was forthcoming, Xavier continued, "Are you willing to tell us, or maybe show us?"
"Sure, whatever."
A few moments later and she still hadn't shown or told.
Scott took half a step forward, "Will you show us now, Falcon?" he asked.
Falcon grinned, "Sure Scott, you want a demonstration?"
"Be my guest."
Her grin split from ear to ear; at the same time Logan's feet also left the floor until he was hovering four feet in the air.
"Can you leave him there?" smiled Cyclops.
"Scott!" Jean chastised him with a mild swat on the arm and a glare.
He gave her an innocent look, "What?"
Meanwhile, Falcon still hadn't let Wolverine down, and he was slowly getting closer to the ceiling.
Wolverine growled, "Put. Me. Down. Kid." He ground out through gritted teeth.
"Whatever you say Wolf-Man! Oh, and don't call me kid!"
Logan slammed down onto the floor with a thump and several explicit words. Getting up he lunged for Falcon and attempted to chase her around the office until she jumped to the left and rolled up behind the three standing spectators.
"Ha ha Wolfie."
His only response was a glare and another growl.
"Logan don't encourage her." Xavier said, but even he looked amused at their antics, "Scott, would you and Jean show Falcon around please?"
"Yes Professor." The couple nodded their assent and showed Falcon out of the office.
Once they had left Storm and Logan gave the Professor bewildered looks.
"Is something wrong?" he questioned,
The remaining X-Men said nothing for a moment, then Storm ventured,
"Earlier on she said she flew. She said she could fly, she didn't say she was telekinetic."
Xavier frowned, why would she say one thing and then do another?
"It appears there is more to Falcon than meets the eye."
Logan rubbed his head, "What do you want to do?"
The girl may have kept him hovering above the ground and then dropped him, but that didn't mean he hated her. He did want to know why she'd lied to them though.
"Nothing. Maybe she'll remember what she said and explain later." Xavier wheeled himself to the door, but paused at the exit,
"Don't say anything yet, from what I could read without entering her mind was that she is frightened of something. I fear it may be us."
With that he left, leaving two puzzled mutants to leave in his wake.
****
Starting down the nearest corridor they began explaining small things about the school, when Jean asked,
"So, do you have a name? Other than Falcon?"
"Yep." Stated Falcon, looking into an empty classroom.
"Can you tell us it?" the older woman ventured,
"Yep."
Jean, seeing that no answer was forth coming, and the all-knowing look on her boyfriends face, decided to find out what was going on. Rather than scanning the girl's mind, she contacted Scott silently through their telepathic bond, to find out what he was smirking about.
//What are you so happy about? Do you know why she won't answer the question?//
//Yes.//
//Are you going to tell me?//
They walked outside into the gardens and Scott took the chance to grin at her whilst Falcon wandered about a few paces ahead.
//But it's so much fun!//
//Scott// her mental voice screamed that he was in danger of annoying her, but it was so much fun.
//You have to phrase your question just right or else she won't answer it. Like, you said 'Can you tell us it?' and she can, because she has a voice and she knows her real name -but you didn't ask her to tell us it, not really.//
//Smart Ass.//
//Thanks.//
New information in mind, Jean tried again with another try,
"Will you tell us it?"
"No."
"Why?" asked Scott,
"Don't wanna."
The couple didn't push it, if she wasn't going to tell now, they could always ask her later, once they'd all had something to eat -maybe then Falcon would see she could trust them.
On cue, they arrived at their final destination: the cafeteria.
"You hungry?" asked Jean as they went to get trays.
Falcon nodded, "Yeah, just a little."
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Post Authors Notes: Hmmm, so her powers don't have much to do with her name. I know. Its allll to do with whats gonna happen, don't worry folks. :D
Please review, if you do i'll review you too as soon as i can. (bribery :O)
--lani,
xxx