CHAPTER 7
Pirate was half awake. She wasn't really asleep, but she wasn't quite awake. She was aware that she was lying on something cold and metal but that's about it. The sudden sound of footsteps brought her to complete consciousness and she opened her eyes. She found her self looking into the eyes of none other than Jean Grey! "Well, I'm glad to see you've finally woken up. You're going to have quite a bump on that head of yours. If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen? Logan found you lying unconscious outside our gates." Logan was the only word needed to get Pirate talking. She looked up to him as a father seeing as up until about five minutes ago she wasn't aware she even had a real father.
"It's a long story, and I'd rather not relive it thank you." She said as politely as possible. "If you want to, you can have the Professor look inside my head. It'd probably take much less time than if I explained it."
"That's a good idea but- wait. How did you know about the Professor?"
Pirate sighed. "Just have him read my mind. He'll tell you."
Jean, who was still quite puzzled, agreed to take her to the Professor.
They had just left the med-lab when a familiar gruff voice came from behind them. "Hey, it looks like sleeping beauty's finally awake." Pirate didn't even have to turn around to know who it was. "Oh be quiet Logan. Whoa, wait a minute, Logan?" Pirate slowly turned around. "Yup you're Logan." she said before passing out a second time. This time she woke up in the Professor's office. She guessed that the Professor had read her mind while she was out because he was deep in a conversation with the other X-men. "Hold up! X-Men?!" she thought. Then she remembered what had happened and where she was. "Oh yeah." She murmured. Logan's super hearing had picked up the girl's comment and he smiled over at her. When he smiled at her she thought for sure she was going to pass out again.
Now that Pirate was back to her old self she decided to freak them out a little. Well, she doubted she'd scare Logan or the Professor but if she at least scared Scott it would make her day. Jean who had been listening in on the new girl's thoughts had to hold in a giggle when she heard what she was planning. Logan looked at Jean curiously and she told him telepathically what the girl's plan was. He smiled mischievously. Rogue, who was also there, had had a special bond with Logan ever since the Ellis Island incident. The bond often allowed her to see what Logan was thinking and when she heard she had to smile. The only people oblivious were, of course, Scott, Ororo, Kurt, and Bobby. Although no one had told him, it was most likely that the professor already knew.
Pirate walked over to the little group. She got big smiles from Jean and Rogue and a wink from Logan. "Hi Scott, Jean, Rogue, Logan, Bobby, Kurt, Ororo, Professor." She said nodding to each of them as she said their names. Then she walked directly over to Scott. She put on her best Logan face, grabbed the collar of his jacket and said in her best Logan voice "Cyclops right? You wanna get out of my way?" All the X-men except for Scott started laughing hysterically. Scott just kind of stood there with a very confused look on his face. Jean managed to get out "Scott *gasp* you should *gasp* see your face!" in-between gales of laughter. Logan walked over to Pirate and put his hand on her shoulder. "I think you and I are gonna get along just fine."
