Chapter 6
"Who's first?" asked Xavier and Clark stepped up.
"I'll do it, but what are we supposed to do?" asked Clark.
"Just, first, explain to us any of your abilities, and then we'll work from there" said Xavier.
"Um, well I have super speed, super strength, and x-ray vision," began Clark and Jean began scribbling it on his record, "I got a new power, heat vision, like flames shoot from my eyes, but I don't how to control it, yet."
"Well what happened, what were you thinking or experiencing the last time it happened" said Xavier.
"I, I don't know" said Clark, stuttering and turning beet red. He stole
a glance at Meg, who was just looking around, amazed by the immense size
of the room and how it was so white and clean. His eyes began to water
slightly.
"Are you sure about that?" asked Xavier, "Well just in case you do, John, can you get the mannequin? It's for practice."
"Cool, I remember the mannequin" said John, chuckling a bit. John went to the corner of the room and opened an unseen door. He took out the mannequin, which could be seen that it was once white. Now it was black in some spots and badly scorched. Also, it had lost its head and the cloth around the chest area had melted or torn. Kacee smirked, she remembered the mannequin. Pyro had been the one who scorched it and badly burned it and Sil was the one who used her acid mist to eat away the chest area's cloth. It was also Sil's power that made the mannequin lose its head.
"Nice" said Clark, smiling, as the mannequin was placed 2 yards away
from, approximately.
"Are you sure you don't remember what made you start the flames?"
asked Xavier.
"I assure you, I don't know," said Clark, both knowing that that was a
big fat lie.
"Wait a minute. The fires started after I threw Cheerios at him, at
Pathmark. Maybe that's it!" said Gwen excitedly. Mutters of 'what?!' were heard. Gwen snatched Jean's pad out of her hand s and tore a sheet of fresh paper off and then returned it back to her. Gwen went over to a table near Xavier, took a pen, and began sketching. She then took a tack and tacked the sketching on the mannequin's chest. It was a very crude drawing of the cover of a Cheerio's box. It had Cheerios in big bold letters in the middle and there was a very sad drawing of a bee right underneath.
"It's not my best work, but it'll do" said Gwen, "Anything?"
"Um.nothing" said Clark. Kacee thought it over. It seemed as if every time he looked at Meg or was in her presence, he got nervous or 'stupid'. She laughed silently to herself; he was head over heels in love. He had only known him for about half an hour, but she was beginning to think that the fire thing happened every time he was in the presence of Meg, or the person he desired.
"Wait," said Kacee and grabbed Meg by the shoulders, "Clark, think Meg."
"What?" said Clark and then looked at Meg who was mildly surprised and
a little dazed. Clark's eyes, which had been watering, were now stinging and burning. They hurt painfully. He looked away from Meg and closed his eyes, but it was too late. Eruptions of fire were pushed out through his eyes. They hit the mannequin and it was alight. The Cheerio drawing crumpled and fell to the floor.
"Ack!" shrieked Gwen, jumping out of the way.
"Whoa" said Bobby.
"That is too cool, TOO cool, I like this guy" said John. Kurt was too startled to say anything as he watched the remains of the mannequin go alight. He was transfixed to the mesmerizing flickering lights.
"Which proves my point." muttered Kacee. Clark's eyes stopped finally. The pressure was relieved. He was little embarrassed though.
"Ok, there, that was a step, did you get that down Jean?" asked Xavier.
"Yes" said Jean, scribbling the last couple of things.
"How do you feel Clark?" asked Xavier.
"Refreshed?" said Clark, not sure how to put it and shrugged his shoulders.
"I think it only happens when he thinks about sex" said Sil excitedly. Clark became beet red once again at the mention of that. *Write that down Jean.* Xavier said telepathically to Jean. Jean who had been scribbling it down returned with *I am.* Kacee was laughing with Sil.
"You REALLY wanted to say that didn't you?" said Kacee.
"Yep, it was the right moment too" said Sil and they giggled some more. Meg, on the other hand, was not a happy camper; she didn't like being thought of like that and was VERY embarrassed. She also didn't like Gwen laughing at her.or Clark. She liked Clark, but not THAT much. Sheesh, they had only known each for at least an hour. Gwen had joined Kacee and Sil and they were laughing and talking about what had happened. She thought they were really cool.
"Hey," Meg said, walking over, "You better not be talking about me."
"We're not" they said smiling at her. She was about to say something, when Xavier spoke first.
"Bobby, please cool the fire, and ladies have a seat. Clark you're finished for now. Who's next?" asked Xavier.
"Not me" said Gwen.
"Fine, I'll go" said Meg, sticking her tongue out shortly at Gwen, who only laughed. Meg stood up and walked to where Clark had been standing moments before. She was getting goose bumps all over her arms and legs. She was cold.
"Shall we begin?" asked Xavier.
"Yea, I'm ready" said Meg.
"Okay. Let's begin with you telling us your powers" said Xavier and Jean got out a new medical record.
"Uh." began Meg.
"Wait!" interrupted Kacee, "What time is it?"
"Inuyasha doesn't start for another 40 minutes, Kacee" scowled Scott.
"Oh okay, good" said Kacee, still a little jumpy. Gwen arched an eyebrow, but Sil explained to her briefly what Inuyasha was and why Kacee was freaked. Inuyasha was a Japanese anime show that came on at 5:30 everyday and anyone who was anyone knew better than to interrupt her while she was watching the show. The only, absolute only, person who was allowed to disturb her was John. Even teachers knew not to disturb her, not even Xavier did; he believed that it was only thirty minutes. Even though dinner was served at 5:30 too, if it saved him much damage to not disturb her, he would be in. He'd rather avoid the consequences. Sil told Gwen that she and Meg could come with her and Kacee to see Inuyasha; it meant having a possibly cold dinner, though. Gwen agreed to watch it with them, not caring about having a cold supper.
"May I begin now?" asked Meg.
"Yes" said Xavier.
"Okay. I can freeze time, levitate, and make other people levitate.when I'm excited" said Meg
"Interesting" said Xavier and waited for Jean to finish writing the last part up, "Do you think you would be able to demonstrate for us?"
"Um.ok" said Meg. She walked over to the table and picked up a pencil. She threw it high into the air. Just as she did so, she thrust her hands outward, toward the pencil and it froze in place. Everyone looked up in awe. It was all silent except for the scraping of the pencil Jean was using to write everything down. Meg then twitched her hand slightly and let the pencil fall to the ground.
"I love that.it's so cool" said Sil.
"Okay, now your other powers.what do you mean when you say you can make people levitate?" asked Xavier.
"Well, when I'm excited, people around me start levitating" said Meg.
"Would you be able to demonstrate that?" asked Xavier.
"I'm not excited" said Meg. Gwen stood up and walked over to Meg. She began whispering things into her ear.
"Think happy thoughts," she began, "Kittens, puppies, babies, what it's like to finally kiss a guy, a very cute guy, that you're in love with." The kissing guy thing seemed to do the trick because everyone in the room seemed happy and dazed; their spirits were filled with happiness.
"Yea, we always wanted to be kissed by a guy. Do you ever wonder what it's like to maybe kiss.Clark?" asked Gwen, knowing that would make Meg maybe hyperventilate. Gwen would rather have kissed any guy, but Clark, he wasn't her type. Whatever, it was, they were now levitating in the air. Everyone was. They looked amazed ad were sort of having the time of their lives. There were several shouts of 'WHEEE!' heard, but that was all. It looked as if they were swimming in air.
"Um, Meg, calm down," said Gwen, "Please, I'm getting like, airsick." With that everyone came crashing down, and not in one whole heap, but scattered throughout the training room. Jean got up quickly and swiftly, helped Scott, Ororo, and Xavier up and then went back to scribbling it all down.
"Oopsies.heh.heh" said Meg, who then smiled innocently as if nothing happened.
"Ya know, when I said for us to come down, a more comfortable landing would have been nice, but it could have just been me" said Gwen.
"I think I've loost all veeling in my tail" said Kurt, who was currently nursing his tail.
"Awwwwwww." said Sil.
"Dude.your tail always hurts" said John making Kacee laugh.
"Well, I believe that it was fun while it lasted" said Bobby, "Are you okay?" Clark didn't like the whole levitation thing and turned a sickly green. He keeled over and everything from dinner last night all came out. The onlookers looked very much revolted.
"Aw man.and the sink.it was in the other room.you couldn't have just.like.held it in?" asked Kacee, who was very disgusted.
"Here, have a water bottle and a towel, Bobby take him to the bathroom" said Jean, glad to be taking some authority.
"Me?" asked Bobby, who seemed a little squeamish.
"Yes, you" said Jean.
"Ok." said Bobby and led Clark out of the room.
"Ugh.gross" said Kacee. Gwen and Meg gave an involuntary shudder. Everyone watched in amazement as Jean telekinetically cleaned the spot on the floor. The towels were then telekinetically thrown away and once again they were ready to begin.
"Well, I guess I'm next, save the worst for last. Heh" said Gwen.
"Yes.Jean, are you ready?" asked Xavier.
"Yea" said Jean, flipping to a new medical record and got ready to write.
"Now, Gwen, what are your powers?" asked Xavier.
"You guys are both telepathics," began Gwen, mentioning both Xavier and Jean, "So you should know that my powers hurt people, badly."
"Yes, that's true, you give a strong electric shock that-" said Xavier.
"That left my brother in a coma, and with Meg, it gave me her powers. For humans I get energy, they heal though, in time, but with mutants, I also get a little piece of their powers, also," said Gwen, "That's why I wear turtlenecks and sweater and elbow-length gloves, even in the summer; to keeping contact with another human being almost impossible." She added the last part so that Kacee would understand. She hadn't exactly explained properly WHY she was wearing the gloves and turtleneck sweater, which had been sleeveless. So there it was. Out in the open. A brief explanation of her life story and Jean was sitting there scribbling away.
"Whoa.that's.intense.wow." said Kacee, "What time is it?"
"Kacia! It's only 5:05! There is enough time 'til Inuyasha comes on!" scowled Scott. Scott was obviously very annoyed of Kacee after hearing Gwen's very touching story. The room went silent as if to see what Kacee's reaction would be. Pyro was loving the tension, while, for Meg, it was killing her. Kacee took in a large amount of breath sharply. Everyone was in shock. Sil dropped her mouth wide open as if to see if she would scream or not. It was very silent and everyone what the next few seconds would hold. Then, everyone jumped as Clark took his chance.
"BOO!" said Clark, who looked much healthier and Bobby stood there next to him shaking his head sadly. Acid mist shot outward, thankfully, for Sil, hitting no one, but at the same time she jumped and sort of phased through the floor and her stomach and below were stuck in the floor. Nightcrawler teleported in and out. Meg jumped up and then unfortunately was left sort of floating there. There were a couple of small explosions. Pyro then fell off his chair laughing so hard he could hardly breathe. Gwen's heart had jumped and Kacee had become very wide-eyed.
"Ugh.a little help," said Sil.
"That's not fair.you can't do that.you almost gave me a heart
attack.it's not allowed.mean" said Meg, as she managed to get down. Clark didn't seem to care what anyone thought and wore a foolish innocent grin. John by now had collected himself and got up and sat down again. He wiped away the tears that had come to his eyes from laughing so hard. Nightcrawler had teleported back so fast he lost all sense of balance and fell on his butt.and Sil's hand.
"OW!" screamed Sil, "Dude, that hurts!"
"Sorry.so sorry.I didn't hurt it that much.did I?" asked Kurt. He took her hand and sort of teleported her in and out. She was now okay and was able to breathe. On first chance, she gave Clark the look of death, but then turned to Kurt and gave him the sweetest smile ever, despite the awful sulfur stench that had arose.
"Thank you!" said Sil and gave Kurt a hug, surprising him, herself,
and the rest of the group.
"Ok.this has been odd.," said Gwen.
"Yea.I agree.can we get a tour of this place?" asked Meg.
"Tours will be given tomorrow, bright and early, and we aren't
finished yet.Jean are you ready?" asked Xavier. He waited for her nod of acknowledgement. Scott stood by her protectingly, just in case any more ruckus occurred. Jean looked up and telepathically said *Ready*, and got ready to write.
"Ok, Gwen, I've briefly read your mind in the last couple of minute
and I've to a concl-" said Xavier.
"Whoa.that's cool," said Gwen.
"Cool, you could do that? I want to do that. That is so COOL!" cried
Meg.
"Yes.I'm a telepathic. Anyway, Gwen, have you made physical contact
with anyone ever?" asked Xavier.
"What?" asked Gwen, who hadn't comprehended a word he had said.
"Have you touched anyone in this room skin to skin?" asked Xavier,
breaking it down for her.
"No.wait.wait.no.no.wait.oh yea.oh yea.yea, I did. I almost put Meg
in a coma. It's how got a replica of her power," said Gwen.
"What are you stupid? How can you forget a thing like PUTTING YOUR
FRIEND IN A COMA?" asked John.
"Hey, watch what you say" said Sil, showing him her right hand, where
acid mist had recently come out.
"HEY, watch what YOU DO," said Kacee.
"Shouldn't I have some say in the matter of my friend forgetting she
had put me a coma?" asked Meg sarcastically and everyone gave a
chuckle.
"Gwen, this may sound strange to you, but I want you to take off your
gloves and go up to Meg and touch her arm" said Xavier.
"WHAT? Wait shouldn't I HAVE any say in THIS matter?" asked Meg.
"Are you crazy.sorry.but I don't want to kill her!" said Gwen.
"I'm pretty sure I'm accurate, so if you please both don't mind.I'd
like you to continue.or I might have to use force to find the results"
said Xavier and Gwen began to take off her gloves.
"Wait! Is that like a threat?" shrieked Meg.
"No.it's not.trust me.I believe I know what I am doing." said Xavier Meg scowled unhappily. The first time was worse enough. Gwen and Meg had been at the beach and they had been playing a card game, Spit, so when they went for the smaller pile, they touched hands and *ZAP!*. The next thing they knew, Meg was on the sand twitching away, practically dead, and Gwen was screaming as a portion of Meg's energy and powers had entered her. It was really horrible.and now they had to experience it again. Gwen looked away from Meg as she reached out her hand and touched her. When they made contact, Gwen heart jumped. Nothing happened and Gwen pulled her hand slowly away from Meg's arm.
"What happened? Am I dead?" asked Meg.
"Whoa.how did absolutely nothing happened? She's alright and I'm
alright.how?" asked Gwen.
"I figured this would happen, now, I want you to touch Jean's arm"
said Xavier.
"I'm not going to take any chances," said Gwen.
"You'll have to in life, so start taking some now," said Xavier,
keeping his temper surprisingly calm. It was tense in the room. Bobby looked worried, for Gwen. Scott was more worried for Jean, if she got hurt; he would never forgive himself. Everyone else didn't know what to expect; they hoped for the best. Meg joined Kurt in a silent prayer for the both of them. Clark and Pyro just gawked and Kacee and Sil were just silent. Gwen walked over to Jean. She touched her arm and pulled back fast, but it was already too late. Jean gave a sharp gasp of breath and Scott held her. She, oddly enough, didn't get hurt that bad, but was more in a state of shock. Gwen fell on her knees, screaming. So many voices, so many, saying so many things. She heard everybody and their thoughts all at the same time. Her hands caught in her hair. The voices were overwhelming her and she let the blackness take her.
"Gwen.oh my god.what happened to her.is she okay?" Bobby asked. Bobby ran over to Gwen and held her close to him, making sure not to make skin contact to her. Xavier looked around. Jean was in Scott's arms, Kacee had sort of cuddled up near Pyro, Meg had her arms swung around Clark and had sort of lay Sil sort of leaned into Nightcrawler, and Bobby had Gwen in his arms, who was still unconscious. Ororo stood watching everyone. Once again, it was silent. Xavier grimaced; he had known this might have happened.
"She's not dead is she?" asked Meg and looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"No, she isn't, she's still breathing, Bobby I want you to carry her to her room and I think the training session will be done for the day. Kacee and Sil you can go with them to see Inuyasha, you have five minutes before it begins. Meg, I want you to go with Bobby, so you know where your room is. Clark, you will find out where your room is later, but for now you will come with me, and everyone else I didn't mention. It's dinnertime," said Xavier.
"Who's first?" asked Xavier and Clark stepped up.
"I'll do it, but what are we supposed to do?" asked Clark.
"Just, first, explain to us any of your abilities, and then we'll work from there" said Xavier.
"Um, well I have super speed, super strength, and x-ray vision," began Clark and Jean began scribbling it on his record, "I got a new power, heat vision, like flames shoot from my eyes, but I don't how to control it, yet."
"Well what happened, what were you thinking or experiencing the last time it happened" said Xavier.
"I, I don't know" said Clark, stuttering and turning beet red. He stole
a glance at Meg, who was just looking around, amazed by the immense size
of the room and how it was so white and clean. His eyes began to water
slightly.
"Are you sure about that?" asked Xavier, "Well just in case you do, John, can you get the mannequin? It's for practice."
"Cool, I remember the mannequin" said John, chuckling a bit. John went to the corner of the room and opened an unseen door. He took out the mannequin, which could be seen that it was once white. Now it was black in some spots and badly scorched. Also, it had lost its head and the cloth around the chest area had melted or torn. Kacee smirked, she remembered the mannequin. Pyro had been the one who scorched it and badly burned it and Sil was the one who used her acid mist to eat away the chest area's cloth. It was also Sil's power that made the mannequin lose its head.
"Nice" said Clark, smiling, as the mannequin was placed 2 yards away
from, approximately.
"Are you sure you don't remember what made you start the flames?"
asked Xavier.
"I assure you, I don't know," said Clark, both knowing that that was a
big fat lie.
"Wait a minute. The fires started after I threw Cheerios at him, at
Pathmark. Maybe that's it!" said Gwen excitedly. Mutters of 'what?!' were heard. Gwen snatched Jean's pad out of her hand s and tore a sheet of fresh paper off and then returned it back to her. Gwen went over to a table near Xavier, took a pen, and began sketching. She then took a tack and tacked the sketching on the mannequin's chest. It was a very crude drawing of the cover of a Cheerio's box. It had Cheerios in big bold letters in the middle and there was a very sad drawing of a bee right underneath.
"It's not my best work, but it'll do" said Gwen, "Anything?"
"Um.nothing" said Clark. Kacee thought it over. It seemed as if every time he looked at Meg or was in her presence, he got nervous or 'stupid'. She laughed silently to herself; he was head over heels in love. He had only known him for about half an hour, but she was beginning to think that the fire thing happened every time he was in the presence of Meg, or the person he desired.
"Wait," said Kacee and grabbed Meg by the shoulders, "Clark, think Meg."
"What?" said Clark and then looked at Meg who was mildly surprised and
a little dazed. Clark's eyes, which had been watering, were now stinging and burning. They hurt painfully. He looked away from Meg and closed his eyes, but it was too late. Eruptions of fire were pushed out through his eyes. They hit the mannequin and it was alight. The Cheerio drawing crumpled and fell to the floor.
"Ack!" shrieked Gwen, jumping out of the way.
"Whoa" said Bobby.
"That is too cool, TOO cool, I like this guy" said John. Kurt was too startled to say anything as he watched the remains of the mannequin go alight. He was transfixed to the mesmerizing flickering lights.
"Which proves my point." muttered Kacee. Clark's eyes stopped finally. The pressure was relieved. He was little embarrassed though.
"Ok, there, that was a step, did you get that down Jean?" asked Xavier.
"Yes" said Jean, scribbling the last couple of things.
"How do you feel Clark?" asked Xavier.
"Refreshed?" said Clark, not sure how to put it and shrugged his shoulders.
"I think it only happens when he thinks about sex" said Sil excitedly. Clark became beet red once again at the mention of that. *Write that down Jean.* Xavier said telepathically to Jean. Jean who had been scribbling it down returned with *I am.* Kacee was laughing with Sil.
"You REALLY wanted to say that didn't you?" said Kacee.
"Yep, it was the right moment too" said Sil and they giggled some more. Meg, on the other hand, was not a happy camper; she didn't like being thought of like that and was VERY embarrassed. She also didn't like Gwen laughing at her.or Clark. She liked Clark, but not THAT much. Sheesh, they had only known each for at least an hour. Gwen had joined Kacee and Sil and they were laughing and talking about what had happened. She thought they were really cool.
"Hey," Meg said, walking over, "You better not be talking about me."
"We're not" they said smiling at her. She was about to say something, when Xavier spoke first.
"Bobby, please cool the fire, and ladies have a seat. Clark you're finished for now. Who's next?" asked Xavier.
"Not me" said Gwen.
"Fine, I'll go" said Meg, sticking her tongue out shortly at Gwen, who only laughed. Meg stood up and walked to where Clark had been standing moments before. She was getting goose bumps all over her arms and legs. She was cold.
"Shall we begin?" asked Xavier.
"Yea, I'm ready" said Meg.
"Okay. Let's begin with you telling us your powers" said Xavier and Jean got out a new medical record.
"Uh." began Meg.
"Wait!" interrupted Kacee, "What time is it?"
"Inuyasha doesn't start for another 40 minutes, Kacee" scowled Scott.
"Oh okay, good" said Kacee, still a little jumpy. Gwen arched an eyebrow, but Sil explained to her briefly what Inuyasha was and why Kacee was freaked. Inuyasha was a Japanese anime show that came on at 5:30 everyday and anyone who was anyone knew better than to interrupt her while she was watching the show. The only, absolute only, person who was allowed to disturb her was John. Even teachers knew not to disturb her, not even Xavier did; he believed that it was only thirty minutes. Even though dinner was served at 5:30 too, if it saved him much damage to not disturb her, he would be in. He'd rather avoid the consequences. Sil told Gwen that she and Meg could come with her and Kacee to see Inuyasha; it meant having a possibly cold dinner, though. Gwen agreed to watch it with them, not caring about having a cold supper.
"May I begin now?" asked Meg.
"Yes" said Xavier.
"Okay. I can freeze time, levitate, and make other people levitate.when I'm excited" said Meg
"Interesting" said Xavier and waited for Jean to finish writing the last part up, "Do you think you would be able to demonstrate for us?"
"Um.ok" said Meg. She walked over to the table and picked up a pencil. She threw it high into the air. Just as she did so, she thrust her hands outward, toward the pencil and it froze in place. Everyone looked up in awe. It was all silent except for the scraping of the pencil Jean was using to write everything down. Meg then twitched her hand slightly and let the pencil fall to the ground.
"I love that.it's so cool" said Sil.
"Okay, now your other powers.what do you mean when you say you can make people levitate?" asked Xavier.
"Well, when I'm excited, people around me start levitating" said Meg.
"Would you be able to demonstrate that?" asked Xavier.
"I'm not excited" said Meg. Gwen stood up and walked over to Meg. She began whispering things into her ear.
"Think happy thoughts," she began, "Kittens, puppies, babies, what it's like to finally kiss a guy, a very cute guy, that you're in love with." The kissing guy thing seemed to do the trick because everyone in the room seemed happy and dazed; their spirits were filled with happiness.
"Yea, we always wanted to be kissed by a guy. Do you ever wonder what it's like to maybe kiss.Clark?" asked Gwen, knowing that would make Meg maybe hyperventilate. Gwen would rather have kissed any guy, but Clark, he wasn't her type. Whatever, it was, they were now levitating in the air. Everyone was. They looked amazed ad were sort of having the time of their lives. There were several shouts of 'WHEEE!' heard, but that was all. It looked as if they were swimming in air.
"Um, Meg, calm down," said Gwen, "Please, I'm getting like, airsick." With that everyone came crashing down, and not in one whole heap, but scattered throughout the training room. Jean got up quickly and swiftly, helped Scott, Ororo, and Xavier up and then went back to scribbling it all down.
"Oopsies.heh.heh" said Meg, who then smiled innocently as if nothing happened.
"Ya know, when I said for us to come down, a more comfortable landing would have been nice, but it could have just been me" said Gwen.
"I think I've loost all veeling in my tail" said Kurt, who was currently nursing his tail.
"Awwwwwww." said Sil.
"Dude.your tail always hurts" said John making Kacee laugh.
"Well, I believe that it was fun while it lasted" said Bobby, "Are you okay?" Clark didn't like the whole levitation thing and turned a sickly green. He keeled over and everything from dinner last night all came out. The onlookers looked very much revolted.
"Aw man.and the sink.it was in the other room.you couldn't have just.like.held it in?" asked Kacee, who was very disgusted.
"Here, have a water bottle and a towel, Bobby take him to the bathroom" said Jean, glad to be taking some authority.
"Me?" asked Bobby, who seemed a little squeamish.
"Yes, you" said Jean.
"Ok." said Bobby and led Clark out of the room.
"Ugh.gross" said Kacee. Gwen and Meg gave an involuntary shudder. Everyone watched in amazement as Jean telekinetically cleaned the spot on the floor. The towels were then telekinetically thrown away and once again they were ready to begin.
"Well, I guess I'm next, save the worst for last. Heh" said Gwen.
"Yes.Jean, are you ready?" asked Xavier.
"Yea" said Jean, flipping to a new medical record and got ready to write.
"Now, Gwen, what are your powers?" asked Xavier.
"You guys are both telepathics," began Gwen, mentioning both Xavier and Jean, "So you should know that my powers hurt people, badly."
"Yes, that's true, you give a strong electric shock that-" said Xavier.
"That left my brother in a coma, and with Meg, it gave me her powers. For humans I get energy, they heal though, in time, but with mutants, I also get a little piece of their powers, also," said Gwen, "That's why I wear turtlenecks and sweater and elbow-length gloves, even in the summer; to keeping contact with another human being almost impossible." She added the last part so that Kacee would understand. She hadn't exactly explained properly WHY she was wearing the gloves and turtleneck sweater, which had been sleeveless. So there it was. Out in the open. A brief explanation of her life story and Jean was sitting there scribbling away.
"Whoa.that's.intense.wow." said Kacee, "What time is it?"
"Kacia! It's only 5:05! There is enough time 'til Inuyasha comes on!" scowled Scott. Scott was obviously very annoyed of Kacee after hearing Gwen's very touching story. The room went silent as if to see what Kacee's reaction would be. Pyro was loving the tension, while, for Meg, it was killing her. Kacee took in a large amount of breath sharply. Everyone was in shock. Sil dropped her mouth wide open as if to see if she would scream or not. It was very silent and everyone what the next few seconds would hold. Then, everyone jumped as Clark took his chance.
"BOO!" said Clark, who looked much healthier and Bobby stood there next to him shaking his head sadly. Acid mist shot outward, thankfully, for Sil, hitting no one, but at the same time she jumped and sort of phased through the floor and her stomach and below were stuck in the floor. Nightcrawler teleported in and out. Meg jumped up and then unfortunately was left sort of floating there. There were a couple of small explosions. Pyro then fell off his chair laughing so hard he could hardly breathe. Gwen's heart had jumped and Kacee had become very wide-eyed.
"Ugh.a little help," said Sil.
"That's not fair.you can't do that.you almost gave me a heart
attack.it's not allowed.mean" said Meg, as she managed to get down. Clark didn't seem to care what anyone thought and wore a foolish innocent grin. John by now had collected himself and got up and sat down again. He wiped away the tears that had come to his eyes from laughing so hard. Nightcrawler had teleported back so fast he lost all sense of balance and fell on his butt.and Sil's hand.
"OW!" screamed Sil, "Dude, that hurts!"
"Sorry.so sorry.I didn't hurt it that much.did I?" asked Kurt. He took her hand and sort of teleported her in and out. She was now okay and was able to breathe. On first chance, she gave Clark the look of death, but then turned to Kurt and gave him the sweetest smile ever, despite the awful sulfur stench that had arose.
"Thank you!" said Sil and gave Kurt a hug, surprising him, herself,
and the rest of the group.
"Ok.this has been odd.," said Gwen.
"Yea.I agree.can we get a tour of this place?" asked Meg.
"Tours will be given tomorrow, bright and early, and we aren't
finished yet.Jean are you ready?" asked Xavier. He waited for her nod of acknowledgement. Scott stood by her protectingly, just in case any more ruckus occurred. Jean looked up and telepathically said *Ready*, and got ready to write.
"Ok, Gwen, I've briefly read your mind in the last couple of minute
and I've to a concl-" said Xavier.
"Whoa.that's cool," said Gwen.
"Cool, you could do that? I want to do that. That is so COOL!" cried
Meg.
"Yes.I'm a telepathic. Anyway, Gwen, have you made physical contact
with anyone ever?" asked Xavier.
"What?" asked Gwen, who hadn't comprehended a word he had said.
"Have you touched anyone in this room skin to skin?" asked Xavier,
breaking it down for her.
"No.wait.wait.no.no.wait.oh yea.oh yea.yea, I did. I almost put Meg
in a coma. It's how got a replica of her power," said Gwen.
"What are you stupid? How can you forget a thing like PUTTING YOUR
FRIEND IN A COMA?" asked John.
"Hey, watch what you say" said Sil, showing him her right hand, where
acid mist had recently come out.
"HEY, watch what YOU DO," said Kacee.
"Shouldn't I have some say in the matter of my friend forgetting she
had put me a coma?" asked Meg sarcastically and everyone gave a
chuckle.
"Gwen, this may sound strange to you, but I want you to take off your
gloves and go up to Meg and touch her arm" said Xavier.
"WHAT? Wait shouldn't I HAVE any say in THIS matter?" asked Meg.
"Are you crazy.sorry.but I don't want to kill her!" said Gwen.
"I'm pretty sure I'm accurate, so if you please both don't mind.I'd
like you to continue.or I might have to use force to find the results"
said Xavier and Gwen began to take off her gloves.
"Wait! Is that like a threat?" shrieked Meg.
"No.it's not.trust me.I believe I know what I am doing." said Xavier Meg scowled unhappily. The first time was worse enough. Gwen and Meg had been at the beach and they had been playing a card game, Spit, so when they went for the smaller pile, they touched hands and *ZAP!*. The next thing they knew, Meg was on the sand twitching away, practically dead, and Gwen was screaming as a portion of Meg's energy and powers had entered her. It was really horrible.and now they had to experience it again. Gwen looked away from Meg as she reached out her hand and touched her. When they made contact, Gwen heart jumped. Nothing happened and Gwen pulled her hand slowly away from Meg's arm.
"What happened? Am I dead?" asked Meg.
"Whoa.how did absolutely nothing happened? She's alright and I'm
alright.how?" asked Gwen.
"I figured this would happen, now, I want you to touch Jean's arm"
said Xavier.
"I'm not going to take any chances," said Gwen.
"You'll have to in life, so start taking some now," said Xavier,
keeping his temper surprisingly calm. It was tense in the room. Bobby looked worried, for Gwen. Scott was more worried for Jean, if she got hurt; he would never forgive himself. Everyone else didn't know what to expect; they hoped for the best. Meg joined Kurt in a silent prayer for the both of them. Clark and Pyro just gawked and Kacee and Sil were just silent. Gwen walked over to Jean. She touched her arm and pulled back fast, but it was already too late. Jean gave a sharp gasp of breath and Scott held her. She, oddly enough, didn't get hurt that bad, but was more in a state of shock. Gwen fell on her knees, screaming. So many voices, so many, saying so many things. She heard everybody and their thoughts all at the same time. Her hands caught in her hair. The voices were overwhelming her and she let the blackness take her.
"Gwen.oh my god.what happened to her.is she okay?" Bobby asked. Bobby ran over to Gwen and held her close to him, making sure not to make skin contact to her. Xavier looked around. Jean was in Scott's arms, Kacee had sort of cuddled up near Pyro, Meg had her arms swung around Clark and had sort of lay Sil sort of leaned into Nightcrawler, and Bobby had Gwen in his arms, who was still unconscious. Ororo stood watching everyone. Once again, it was silent. Xavier grimaced; he had known this might have happened.
"She's not dead is she?" asked Meg and looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"No, she isn't, she's still breathing, Bobby I want you to carry her to her room and I think the training session will be done for the day. Kacee and Sil you can go with them to see Inuyasha, you have five minutes before it begins. Meg, I want you to go with Bobby, so you know where your room is. Clark, you will find out where your room is later, but for now you will come with me, and everyone else I didn't mention. It's dinnertime," said Xavier.
