Britain's Finest:
The Braddock Twins

Kurt banged on his locker. "Come on!" He yelled, frustratingly.

He turned the knob to unlock the locker again. He put in his combination, and the locker didn't budge. "Hey Kurt!" Kitty smiled, walking towards him.

"I hate my locker, Kitty. My book is in there. And I'm late for history!" He snapped.

Kitty smirked, and looked around her. No one else was around. She phased her hand through the locker, and pulled out his book. "Here you go!" She grinned, handing the book to him.

"Thanks, Kitty, I owe you one!" Kurt smiled.

"No problem!" She grinned.

Kurt ran off towards his history class. Kitty saw Jean walk by her. She ran to catch up with Jean. "Hey!" Kitty smiled.

"Oh, hey Kitty!" Jean said.

"So, when is the Professor heading to England?" Kitty asked.

"He's flying out there with Storm, Beast, and Logan tonight." Jean explained. "Apparently, cerebro caught on to two mutants out there." Jean said.

"Do you have any idea who they are?" Kitty asked.

Jean shook her head. "Nope. The Professor hasn't said anything on who they were. Just that one is a telepath and telekinetic, and the other had flight and super human strength."

They walked by Peter, who stood at his locker. "Hey Peter!" Jean greeted.

Peter turned around and smiled, "Hey girls! What's going on?"

Kitty stopped, and held her books close to her chest. She blushed, and smiled at him, "Oh nothing. So, what do you guys say, we hold a little party at the mansion tonight?"

Peter looked at Jean, then back at Kitty. "I don't know, short stuff. We could get in trouble." Peter sighed.

"Yeah, and after the last party fiasco, I don't feel like getting in trouble again. And this time, we're not falling for you and Kurt's little tricks." Jean sighed.

Peter closed his locker, and threw his back pack strap over his shoulder. "Well, I'm off to class. I'll see you girls later." He smiled.

Kitty watched Peter walk away. "Oh, he is so handsome." Kitty gushed.

Jean put her hand on Kitty's shoulder, "Remember, he's dating Tara Potter."

Kitty sighed, "Yeah, I know. But, I could still look."

Kitty walked down the hallway with Jean.

Elizabeth looked out towards the grassy knoll, from the atrium. She wrapped her arms around her bent up knees, and then placed her chin on top of her knees. She stared at her twin brother, Brian, and her older brother Jamie, as they played a rough game of English football. She closed her eyes, and buried her face onto her knees. She sighed as she remembered the night before..

Elizabeth turned her head in her sleep, as she dreamt of her father's recent death. She dreamt of the explosion in his lab. She sensed something was terribly wrong, as she ran towards the manor. When she stepped into the manor, she saw the door to her father's lab below, closed, and locked. "Daddy?" She called.

She entered the combination to the lab, and saw fire rush up towards her from the stairs leading down to the lab. She screamed, and slammed the door. She rushed to the phone to call the fire department.

Elizabeth turned her head again, and began to cry as she dreamt. "Daddy!" She cried in her sleep.

She cried out in her sleep, as her room began to shake violently. As always, since she's had her nightmares, her mother rushed into her room. Her mother rushed to her bedside, and attempted to shake her daughter awake. Brian rushed into the room. "Betsy! Wake up, darling!" Her mother said.

Elizabeth couldn't open her eyes. Suddenly, her mother was levitated into the air, and thrown towards the window leading outside. "Betsy!" Her mother screamed.

"Mum!" Brian yelled, as he flew out the window.

Brian flew down towards his mother, and then, swooped down and caught her in his arms. He flew to the ground below, and placed his mother on her feet. "I think it'll be best if I wake her up this time, mum." He said.

His mother nodded, and Brian flew back towards the broken window that his mother flew through. He flew into the room, and saw that Elizabeth had sat up, and was staring at the window. He sat next to her at her bedside, and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Betsy!" He said, to get her attention.

"Brian, what have I done?!" She gasped.

Elizabeth looked behind her, as her mother placed her hand on her shoulder. "Darling, are you alright?" Her mother asked.

Elizabeth looked up at her, and took the cup of tea her mother offered. "Yes, mum. I was just thinking about what happened." She sighed.

Her mother sat next to her. Elizabeth stared at the cup of tea in her hands. "Mum, I'm very sorry about last night. I honestly didn't know that it would go that far." Elizabeth sighed.

Her mother placed her hand on Elizabeth's knee. "Oh, heavens to Betsy! Darling, I understand. I was just lucky Brian was in the room with me." Her mother smiled.

Elizabeth looked at her, "Mum, I could have killed you! How could anything justify for what I had done?"

Her mother sighed, and looked at her. "My darling, I believe the time has come for me to accept the fact that you do need help with your gift." She began.

Elizabeth looked at her mother uneasily. "What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked.

"Well, remember Charles Xavier? The one who helped your father and I find you when you were kidnapped?" Her mother asked.

Elizabeth nodded. "Yes, the man from New York in America?"

Her mother nodded, "Yes. That's the one. Darling, he's just like you and Brian. He has what your father had; the X Gene. It's an extra gene in your DNA that gives you these unique gifts. That's of course why you were kidnapped as a child. But, darling, Professor Xavier has an institute in New York for others like you and Brian. He can help you control your gifts. I had called him last night after our episode, and he's flying out today to speak with you."

Elizabeth sighed, and looked out towards her brothers in the field in front of them. "Mum, I'm not leaving," She looked at her mother, "I won't know anyone! I can't go by myself!"

Elizabeth's mother rubbed her daughter's back, "Darling, give Professor Xavier a chance. He may be able to help you. I just don't want you possibly hurting yourself. And, you're under a lot of stress here. You need to at least get away for a few days. Just to let yourself heal from your father's recent death." Her mother smiled.

Elizabeth sighed, and drank her tea.