I am picking up where I left off so, if it hasn't been a while since you read the last chapter, you might want to go back and read it to refresh your memory. There are a few plot holes I have discovered but that's Ok right? Remember if you have any questions just let me know!

Before the night is over

And the time we have is done

Before our courage fades away

Let our hearts be bound as one

     The man with the red glasses was very familiar to Kate. The light in the eyes of the boy onstage reminded her of something long ago. She winced at the thought. She had let Callie die. She didn't exist anymore. In her place was Katherine Sumner. She could remember running away, dyeing her hair, and changing her name. She had left her old life behind. I guess it's time for everyone to know she thought. She looked around. Everyone in the crowded theater was crouching behind their seats and trying to hide from the crazed maniac on the stage. Hesitantly shaking, she stood up.

     "What are you doing?" Andrew asked, trying to pull her back down to their hiding place in the back row. Kate shook her head and pulled free of him.

     "Did you not hear me? Are you deaf?" The boy onstage said.

Callie was standing in the shadow of the balcony. She stood still for a moment, afraid to move or even breathe. She remembered the time that she was in the training room and John had accidentally shot flames at her. For some reason she had been immune. She used her telepathy to block John's control over the flame, causing it to move away from her and die. Professor Xavier had been fascinated with John's inability to harm Callie and he had fathomed that John had let Callie into his heart and therefore, she was the only one who could get into his head as well.

     "You! Are you hearing me? Fine. You'll be my example." John laughed and the brotherhood who had appeared on the stage from their entrance through the stage door in the back laughed with him. Kate looked up. She took a couple shaky steps forward.

"Get down!" Yelled the surrounding people but Kate wasn't listening. John lit a flame with his lighter and threw his hands back throwing it at Kate with all of his might. The crowd collectively gasped, but what happened next shocked everyone to no end. Kate grunted as if she had been hit hard. She put up her hands to shield her face, and pushed them forward. The flame shot toward John. He was forced to recover from his shock quickly; he caught the flame and reduced it.  He wasn't sure who this girl was but she reminded him of Callie. She had long straight brown hair and green eyes. It couldn't be her though; Callie had blonde hair and blue eyes. Plus this girl was really thin, almost waif-like. Although Callie had been thin she had been a healthy sort of thin, not as frail as this girl looked.

     For a moment, time stood still. Avalanche jumped from the stage, raised his hands and the balcony came crashing down. The empty balcony was careening down, about to hit all those in the back rows. Gambit reacted quickly, tossing several cards into the air, causing the balcony to explode in midair. The bits flew about the room, and Andrew ran to the door.

     "Come on!" he shouted. All of the children in the room ran out the door after him, leaving only the three X-men, the mysterious girl and the brotherhood in the room.

"You've spoiled our fun stupid girl," Magneto said. He tossed a heavy metal beam at Kate and she flew back slamming into the wall. Cyclops began to blast at the stage.

Suddenly their came a loud yell from outside:

POLICE! COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP NOW!

     "Ta-ta for now!" and with that the brotherhood flew out the door they came in from.

     "You need some help?" Logan asked softly, picking up the metal beam and gently lifting it to the side. He outstretched his hand waiting for the girl to grab it. Instead she threw it to the side.

     "I can get up fine on my own!" She snapped. She angrily tucked her long hair behind her ears. She turned to Cyclops. "Scott," Her voice broke. She was at a loss for words. What do you say to someone who you've hidden from for so long? What would he say?

     "Do I know you?" Cyclops answered, cocking his head to the side. Not what I was expecting, but it'll do. Kate thought to herself.

     "How do I say this?" Kate said aloud. "Ok here goes," Kate took a deep breath, and all in one breath she said. "Ididn'tmeantoleaveIjustdidn'tknowwhattodoItwasn'tJohn'sfaultpleaseforgiveme."

"What did she jus' say?" Gambit asked.

"No idea." Wolverine replied.

"Callie?" Scott asked.

Kate nodded somewhat timidly. Neither knew what to do for a moment. Then Scott rushed forward and Kate threw her arms around his neck. He kissed her forehead.

"I was so worried," Scott held her even tighter.

"I dun no was' goin' on here," Gambit said, looking at Wolverine.

"I don't either but I know if we don't get out of here soon, authorities'll be swamping the place." Wolverine replied "Kitty? Jubilee? Ya' in there?" A girl with dark hair pulled into a ponytail stepped out of the wall. Several children were grabbing on to her, as well as another teen that was holding a bit of her sleeve. In normal circumstances, Callie would have been surprised to see her walk out of the wall. In normal circumstances, Callie would've wondered about all those kids grabbing on to that other girl. But Cal was majorly short on sleep. Therefore, she cocked her head for a moment and then decided it wasn't even worth wasting the energy on.

 Scott let go of Callie. "He's right," he said softly, beaming at her. "We should go." The group rushed to the X-jet and made their way back to the mansion.

~*~ On the plane ~*~

"Let me introduce you to my cohorts, Gambit and Wolverine." Scott said. Callie shot them a fake smile and rolled her eyes. Even though she was ecstatic to be back with her brother, she was not pleased to be dragged back to The Xavier mansion, not to mention the fact that she had very little sleep and it was really starting to weigh in on her. She was sitting in between the guy introduced as Gambit and the girl who introduced herself as Jubilation Lee and then proceeded to (in unabridged form) tell her whole life story. She could feel her eyes start to droop. Was it four or five when I went to sleep last night?

"What time is it Scott?" Callie asked.

"My watch says 1:00 so that means your time it's-

"4:00?" Callie made a face.

     The crew arrived at the mansion very late. The children were promptly sent to bed with the exceptions of the older children and all of the X-men (plus Jubilee and Kitty) were assembled to meet the newest student A.K.A. Scott's pride and joy. Storm immediately recognized Callie. She went forward and hugged her sweetly.

     "Hey, Where you been hiding out at?" She smiled.

     "Around," Callie replied.

     Once all the other mutants had arrived, Professor Xavier began to introduce Callie and her powers and her whole history as a mutant. Callie could hardly stay awake now. She was nodding frequently and barely paying attention when someone led her upstairs. She was led to her old room and her old bed. She took a deep breath. The pillow still smells like John's cologne.

John was sitting on the bed and he smiled when Callie walked in.

"Hey stranger," John said slyly

Callie giggled and sat down on the bed next to him. He smiled and looked deep into her eyes. They sat still for a moment, and then John leaned to her and kissed her. He ran his fingers through her hair. And she laid back and they laid there for a moment.

"I've been meaning to give this to you," John said softly. "It belonged to my mom." He handed her a locket. It was silver and slightly tarnished. It had engraving on it and a small diamond shaped ruby in the center.

"Thank you," Callie replied, looking at John lovingly.

"Happy Birthday, Baby" He replied before kissing her again.

{{{Ring}}} [[[knock,knock]]]

"Aaahh" Callie screamed falling off the bed in the process.

"Wakey  Wakey!" Jubilee shouted.

Callie stood up to see Kitty standing in the doorway looking rather bemused. Jubilee had a bright smile on her face.

"C'mon, Breakfast has already started for like, 3 minutes now!" Jubilee persisted.

Callie grabbed a ponytail holder off her dresser and pulled her hair into a haphazard bun. Curls and pieces of hair were sticking out all over. "Do either of you have any makeup?" She asked.

"I figured you might want some." Kitty said handing her a case.

"Me too," Jubilee answered happily. Jubilee's colors were mostly loud pinks and blues and Kitty's were mostly earth tones. She borrowed taupe eye shadow, brown eyeliner and black mascara form Kitty. She borrowed some Popsicle-colored lip-gloss from Jubilee. She tossed on a tee shirt and short shorts along with an oversized sweatshirt.

"That's what you're wearing?" Jubilee asked raising her eyebrows. "Let me help you," she said matter-of-factly. She pulled out a brightly colored shirt and even more brightly colored skirt. Callie made a face. "I'm not letting you out of the room without it."

~*~ minutes later ~*~ 

"Wow, you have changed since the last time I saw you," Scott said eyeing Callie.

"Not that much, Jubilee dressed me. Can't you tell?" Callie said irritatedly.

"Where's that teleporting guy? I gotta run upstairs and change before anyone else sees me like this." Callie pleaded.

"I think it's kinda funny," Scott replied, receiving a sharp hit for the comment. "Over there, the blue guy. His name is Kurt and more than likely he will help you."

"Thank you!" Callie said sweetly kissing his cheek. "Hi," Callie started. She was no good at making friends, she was too shy. This was gonna be hard. "Uh… Could you?" She pointed at her shirt. He smiled because Callie didn't realize she had been whispering in her head (and his too) please take me upstairs please please please… He nodded. "Please and thank you," She said with a smile. A few minutes later, Callie arrived at her first class a bit disheveled but one piece. She had on the outfit from earlier, oversized sweatshirt and all.

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I am really losing steam on this story. If no one cares to read it anymore I simply won't finish it. (I am tired of writing it) PS- characters are marvel's, song is Gaelic storm's