"Ink's a female? A girl?" Logan repeated. Belle looked horrified and shook
her head, but it was clear that her stammers were lies.
"No! Ink's a boy, male, a he!" After a moment she fell silent and put her head in her hands and started to cry.
"Oh," Ororo said, getting up and going over to the small girl and hugging her. "Shh, it's ok, you didn't do anything wrong."
"Yes I did!" the girl sobbed. "Ink made us swear to not tell anyone she was a girl! Betty doesn't even know what she is! She said call her Ink instead of he or she, so if they ever met anyone they would think Ink was a boy!" Logan exchanged bewildered looks with Kurt and Hank, this was more than they ever expected to hear.
"Why would Ink want people to think she was a boy?" Ororo asked, looking down at the brown haired girl in her arms. After a little bit her tears subsided enough to let her look up at Ororo.
"I don't know, she never said. She just gets all mean and stiff, and she looks just like Dad did before he..." but the tears started again and she buried her head in Ororo's shoulder. The white haired woman exchanged significant looks with the men, who were watching speechless. But Hank seemed to get the message and walked out to go find the professor. He motioned for Kurt and Logan to follow, and they had a hurried whisper conference in the hall.
"I'm going to go find Professor Xavier, you two have to keep Ink away from here, if he, she finds that Belle has told what she has obviously worked very hard to conceal, well, who knows how Ink will react?" he said. Logan and Kurt nodded.
"Kurt, if you can find Ink and trail him, I mean, her, I'll stay and stop her if she comes," Logan said gruffly.
"Vat vill you tell her if she comes back?" Kurt asked. Logan shrugged.
"Whatever I think of," he growled.
"Yes, but make sure you don't let her know that you know she's a girl, if you slip up..." Hank said.
"Yeah, yeah" Logan said, waving his hand and going back to the kitchen. Kurt nodded at Hank and then teleported off to find Ink and Hank left to find the professor.
Five minutes later he knocked on the door and heard a groggy voice say "Come in Hank." When the large man walked through he found the professor, who had appeared to have fallen asleep reading a book, which lay in his lap.
"Professor, I have something to tell you about Ink," Hank said. Xavier seemed to become awake instantly, and he straightened in his chair and looked at Hank.
"Yes?" he asked. Hank hesitated.
"Ororo and Logan is downstairs with the girl, Belle," he said. "Kurt is looking for Ink. We were talking with the girl, she told us, well, she accidentally told us the Ink is, is not, a boy." Hank said, still confused about what he had just found out. Xavier blinked.
"Ink is a girl? Why didn't she let us know?" he said. Hank shrugged.
"Belle doesn't know either. Nor does any of the other children. She says that Ink told the older ones to call her Ink or boy, never tell anyone else that she was a girl. We don't think the younger children even know Ink's gender, or they think she's a boy." Xavier thought for a moment, and then wheeled over to the door. Hank followed him as they went down to the kitchen.
Ororo was rocking Belle, who appeared to be asleep in her lap, her head on Ororo's shoulder. The white haired woman and Logan looked up as the professor and Hank entered. Xavier looked at the girl and Logan and Ororo. Then the man cleared his throat softly and spoke to the small group.
"These children need a home, whether it's here or somewhere else."
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Short chapter, I know. Forgive me. Also, since school is close I may not be able to post as often, so sorry. I started writing in the summer, and I'll continue to write when I can, but I'm going to be doing sooo much, sigh. School, basketball, and plays come first for me and my parents. Review, tell me whatcha think about this, might prompt me to write faster.
-Ice Lynx
"No! Ink's a boy, male, a he!" After a moment she fell silent and put her head in her hands and started to cry.
"Oh," Ororo said, getting up and going over to the small girl and hugging her. "Shh, it's ok, you didn't do anything wrong."
"Yes I did!" the girl sobbed. "Ink made us swear to not tell anyone she was a girl! Betty doesn't even know what she is! She said call her Ink instead of he or she, so if they ever met anyone they would think Ink was a boy!" Logan exchanged bewildered looks with Kurt and Hank, this was more than they ever expected to hear.
"Why would Ink want people to think she was a boy?" Ororo asked, looking down at the brown haired girl in her arms. After a little bit her tears subsided enough to let her look up at Ororo.
"I don't know, she never said. She just gets all mean and stiff, and she looks just like Dad did before he..." but the tears started again and she buried her head in Ororo's shoulder. The white haired woman exchanged significant looks with the men, who were watching speechless. But Hank seemed to get the message and walked out to go find the professor. He motioned for Kurt and Logan to follow, and they had a hurried whisper conference in the hall.
"I'm going to go find Professor Xavier, you two have to keep Ink away from here, if he, she finds that Belle has told what she has obviously worked very hard to conceal, well, who knows how Ink will react?" he said. Logan and Kurt nodded.
"Kurt, if you can find Ink and trail him, I mean, her, I'll stay and stop her if she comes," Logan said gruffly.
"Vat vill you tell her if she comes back?" Kurt asked. Logan shrugged.
"Whatever I think of," he growled.
"Yes, but make sure you don't let her know that you know she's a girl, if you slip up..." Hank said.
"Yeah, yeah" Logan said, waving his hand and going back to the kitchen. Kurt nodded at Hank and then teleported off to find Ink and Hank left to find the professor.
Five minutes later he knocked on the door and heard a groggy voice say "Come in Hank." When the large man walked through he found the professor, who had appeared to have fallen asleep reading a book, which lay in his lap.
"Professor, I have something to tell you about Ink," Hank said. Xavier seemed to become awake instantly, and he straightened in his chair and looked at Hank.
"Yes?" he asked. Hank hesitated.
"Ororo and Logan is downstairs with the girl, Belle," he said. "Kurt is looking for Ink. We were talking with the girl, she told us, well, she accidentally told us the Ink is, is not, a boy." Hank said, still confused about what he had just found out. Xavier blinked.
"Ink is a girl? Why didn't she let us know?" he said. Hank shrugged.
"Belle doesn't know either. Nor does any of the other children. She says that Ink told the older ones to call her Ink or boy, never tell anyone else that she was a girl. We don't think the younger children even know Ink's gender, or they think she's a boy." Xavier thought for a moment, and then wheeled over to the door. Hank followed him as they went down to the kitchen.
Ororo was rocking Belle, who appeared to be asleep in her lap, her head on Ororo's shoulder. The white haired woman and Logan looked up as the professor and Hank entered. Xavier looked at the girl and Logan and Ororo. Then the man cleared his throat softly and spoke to the small group.
"These children need a home, whether it's here or somewhere else."
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Short chapter, I know. Forgive me. Also, since school is close I may not be able to post as often, so sorry. I started writing in the summer, and I'll continue to write when I can, but I'm going to be doing sooo much, sigh. School, basketball, and plays come first for me and my parents. Review, tell me whatcha think about this, might prompt me to write faster.
-Ice Lynx