"Your awake!" exclaimed Brennan excitedly as he came into the room and
hugged Mia tightly squeezing her without even thinking of the consequences.
When he realized what he'd was doing he pulled back really quickly not want
to make her upset again he began to apologize straight away, "sorry I
didn't-" until Mia cut him of, "Don't be it. It helps sometimes, even when
I can't feel it, it can help. The only reason I got upset last time was
because sometimes I'm more sensitive then usual, and I was sort of slightly
upset as it was," she explained smiling up at her brother. "I did tell,
well more of an order Brennan and Jesse to sleep, but obviously they
ignored me," Adam spoke with an amused yet annoyed look on his face as he
stared at both Jesse and Brennan sternly as they both looked anywhere but
towards Adam sheepishly, and seeing this Mia could only laughed. "What
happened in the dream?" asked Adam and the Prof Xavier simultaneously when
Mia had stopped laughing, but this in itself causes her to smile. She knew
she would seem weird seeming so happy after what had happened but she felt
that it was much better then acting gloomy. "Um I'm not sure, the dream
just kind of. faded and then I woke up, a few seconds later you guys came
in." Explained Mia not quite sure if she should voice what her theory was
to what had happened in the dream but decided not to and kept her thoughts
and feelings just closed enough so neither Prof Xavier, nor Emma would
suspect she was hiding something. "The only problem there is what happens
if they come back again?" Kurt said and looked around at everyone in the
silence that followed.
"Well how about I just don't sleep until we come up with a solution?" Suggested Mia looking uneasy about the suggestion but knew it was the only viable way at this stage, as she didn't want to be at the hands of Pietro and Ashlocke again. "its not like I haven't done it before." Mia quickly added to the disapproving looks everyone was throwing at her as soon as she had suggested it. "Yes, but last time near the end of two weeks you got really irritable," Logan replied justifying their looks, "its not like your not irritable all the time," Mia retorted gaining a smile from many of the X-men. "Well we just have to find an answer to all this before then," suggested Adam not exactly knowing what Mia had meant by the last statement but said this as he knew there was nothing else they would be able to do until they found an answer. "But if you need to sleep you will but just make sure someone knows as we don't want you getting hurt," Adam continued while giving Mia the same stern look Jesse and Brennan had gotten only a minute before. " We will deal with everything Ashlocke and Pietro do as it comes," Adam finished positively with a smile on his face, his statement was followed with sounds of agreement from everyone else as they too felt the same way.
Mia nodded and quietly decided to go back to her room to think while Prof Xavier and Adam went over all the information they had colleted from both hers and Jesse's scans during the dream. With a sigh Mia sat down on her bed thinking about everything that had happened that morning. Her right hand absent-mindedly moved to the base of her skull where the chip Magneto (her father,) had placed there when she was just a toddler. As she sat there silently Mia was started when there was a knock on the door, she quickly checked with her mind and found it was Jesse who was standing out there. "Come in," Mia sounded deflated as she spoke not on purpose but it had just come out that way. When Jesse came into the room he sat down in a chair across from her and watched her carefully as if he were still worried she might not be ok. "Um Mia, I need to ask about what happened in the med- lab." He stated slowly as if he did know what to say or if he should even say this at all. "Why my skin was shimmery huh?" Mia asked knowing that was exactly what Jesse was wondering about and just looked at her hands as if looking at Jesse would make it all seemed too real. "Yes that, and why you held my hand and then let it go. I know it could just be you didn't want me holding your hand in the first place or just. I don't know what to think really." Admitted Jesse sounding very confused while he tried to get Mia's eye contact.
Mia paused before answering Jesse's questions slowly not quite sure how to explain at all, before she spoke she looked over to Jesse looking him straight in his blue eyes, "ok, when my skin is shimmery, its in its natural state, no shielding to make it safe for others. My theory is the energy from you helped me get out of the dream by your presence being there with me in some way. It helped me over come their, well Ashlocke's power over my dream and soul. I changed my skin back to the protected way it usually is when the others came in so they wouldn't be hurt. And I let go of your hand cause not because I didn't want you holding my hand, but I didn't know if something would happen and I'd hurt you. I didn't want to hurt you." Mia admitted with a small smile on her face. "So even with your real skin I didn't get hurt. How is that?" Jesse asked still confused but was starting to accept what Mia was explaining. "I don't know, maybe it was a one time thing and it would hurt next time. Um but maybe we could ask the Prof. He has this theory that there maybe someone might be immune to my skin," replied Mia. "Could you change your skin to normal again please? To test his theory." Jesse asked Mia but she didn't say anything for a few seconds as she thought about if she should do this or not. "I don't want to hurt you," Mia said not wanting to do it out of fear of causing Jesse pain. "I know," replied Jesse earnestly, "but I just need to know if what happened in the Med-lab was real. Please!" Jesse continued and all Mia could do was sigh as she let her barrier over her skin go and let watched as her skin again became shimmer as he changed from protected to its normal state.
"Well how about I just don't sleep until we come up with a solution?" Suggested Mia looking uneasy about the suggestion but knew it was the only viable way at this stage, as she didn't want to be at the hands of Pietro and Ashlocke again. "its not like I haven't done it before." Mia quickly added to the disapproving looks everyone was throwing at her as soon as she had suggested it. "Yes, but last time near the end of two weeks you got really irritable," Logan replied justifying their looks, "its not like your not irritable all the time," Mia retorted gaining a smile from many of the X-men. "Well we just have to find an answer to all this before then," suggested Adam not exactly knowing what Mia had meant by the last statement but said this as he knew there was nothing else they would be able to do until they found an answer. "But if you need to sleep you will but just make sure someone knows as we don't want you getting hurt," Adam continued while giving Mia the same stern look Jesse and Brennan had gotten only a minute before. " We will deal with everything Ashlocke and Pietro do as it comes," Adam finished positively with a smile on his face, his statement was followed with sounds of agreement from everyone else as they too felt the same way.
Mia nodded and quietly decided to go back to her room to think while Prof Xavier and Adam went over all the information they had colleted from both hers and Jesse's scans during the dream. With a sigh Mia sat down on her bed thinking about everything that had happened that morning. Her right hand absent-mindedly moved to the base of her skull where the chip Magneto (her father,) had placed there when she was just a toddler. As she sat there silently Mia was started when there was a knock on the door, she quickly checked with her mind and found it was Jesse who was standing out there. "Come in," Mia sounded deflated as she spoke not on purpose but it had just come out that way. When Jesse came into the room he sat down in a chair across from her and watched her carefully as if he were still worried she might not be ok. "Um Mia, I need to ask about what happened in the med- lab." He stated slowly as if he did know what to say or if he should even say this at all. "Why my skin was shimmery huh?" Mia asked knowing that was exactly what Jesse was wondering about and just looked at her hands as if looking at Jesse would make it all seemed too real. "Yes that, and why you held my hand and then let it go. I know it could just be you didn't want me holding your hand in the first place or just. I don't know what to think really." Admitted Jesse sounding very confused while he tried to get Mia's eye contact.
Mia paused before answering Jesse's questions slowly not quite sure how to explain at all, before she spoke she looked over to Jesse looking him straight in his blue eyes, "ok, when my skin is shimmery, its in its natural state, no shielding to make it safe for others. My theory is the energy from you helped me get out of the dream by your presence being there with me in some way. It helped me over come their, well Ashlocke's power over my dream and soul. I changed my skin back to the protected way it usually is when the others came in so they wouldn't be hurt. And I let go of your hand cause not because I didn't want you holding my hand, but I didn't know if something would happen and I'd hurt you. I didn't want to hurt you." Mia admitted with a small smile on her face. "So even with your real skin I didn't get hurt. How is that?" Jesse asked still confused but was starting to accept what Mia was explaining. "I don't know, maybe it was a one time thing and it would hurt next time. Um but maybe we could ask the Prof. He has this theory that there maybe someone might be immune to my skin," replied Mia. "Could you change your skin to normal again please? To test his theory." Jesse asked Mia but she didn't say anything for a few seconds as she thought about if she should do this or not. "I don't want to hurt you," Mia said not wanting to do it out of fear of causing Jesse pain. "I know," replied Jesse earnestly, "but I just need to know if what happened in the Med-lab was real. Please!" Jesse continued and all Mia could do was sigh as she let her barrier over her skin go and let watched as her skin again became shimmer as he changed from protected to its normal state.