Disclaimer: I don't own the Xmen, mores the pity. I do however own Siannagh and Salla, so hands off! Lol.
Scott looked up through his heavily tinted glasses as Kurt appeared with a loud bamf. His eyebrows shot up as he realised a girl wrapped in a blanket had materialised with the blue-haired boy. His jaw nearly hit the floor as the bundle of large rags the girl was holding began to screech in fear.
"This is Siannagh," Kurt said quickly. "Her baby is Salla. Look after her for a moment, will you? Get her some food."
With that, he teleported away. Scott frowned in confusion.
"Where am I?" Siannagh asked as she comforted her child. She peered around the strange, brightly lit kitchen she had arrived in and blinked a couple of times to adjust. Her glare fixed on Scott, who was in his full uniform, visor and all. "Who are you?"
"I'm Scott Summers madam," he said, reaching out his hand for her to shake. She didn't, but pulled the blanket closer around her and the baby. "You're at the Xavier Institute. Are you hungry?"
She nodded reluctantly. "Do you have baby food?"
"I don't think we have, but I could get some, I suppose…?" Scott said. The little girl had stopped screeching now and the air was still around him. "Or I could mush up some fruit."
Siannagh just nodded and took a seat by the empty table. As Scott reached to the fridge to fetch some food, Kurt appeared, hands latched on to Xavier and Ororo.
"Hallo again," Kurt grinned. "Feeding the mother and child yet?"
"Nearly," replied Scott. "Where are they from?"
"Just downtown," sighed Ororo, making preparations for a sandwich for Siannagh as Scott proceeded to mash up a banana or two. "Siannagh, who was your baby's father?"
Siannagh lowered her gaze. Her pale cheeks reddened. Kurt saw for the first time that she was in fact quite pretty under the dirt that marred her body, with wide eyes and, strangely, slightly pointed ears. Her red hair was long but tangled and unkempt; her nose was almost unnoticeably crooked and freckles sprinkled randomly around her cheeks.
"I don't know," she admitted. "It's not like it sounds, though…I couldn't see him to know his name."
There was a stunned silence. Only Scott didn't react as he had turned the blender on and was too drowned in the sound to hear. Xavier looked increasingly disturbed that anything like this could happen less than a mile from here. They had fought numerous enemies and sometimes friends, seen things no human would believe, yet this sickened him more than most.
"I'm sorry," Ororo said. She dropped the plate of cheese sandwiches on the table and embraced Siannagh. Siannagh looked vaguely embarrassed. "Would you like to stay here? No one has asked you yet."
"I don't know," she replied. Xavier approached her. She looked embarrassed. "I wouldn't want to put you to trouble, or anything."
"Have you got anywhere else to go?"
She shook her head dejectedly. Scott placed the mangled bananas in front of Salla. Siannagh picked up the spoon and began to feed her carefully.
"Then please, stay with us. We can help."
