An Accident with Consequences

            The fire burned as they all sat around in a circle, staring into the flames. "All the poor boy wanted was one dance. And his stupid friend had to come in and screw it all up! He pushes Cody towards me, and the poor klutz fell on top of me," Rogue let out a tiny laugh, as she stared towards the fire, "So, Cody tries to help me up, tellin' me he's sorry for his retarded friend's mistake. And then, he touches my arm." Rogue then looked up towards the faces of the others sitting around her, as they stared at her, paying attention to what she was saying, "I absorbed everything of him into me. Didn't know who I was for a while there." She then scoffed, "Some power, huh?" She sighed.

            "Hey, consider yourself lucky, yo. I had some serious hygiene problems." Toad smirked.

            Lance shook his head, gulping the beer in his mouth, "Well, try having massive headaches that are soon followed by rumblings in the ground! My parents kicked me out, and disowned me when they figured it was me who destroyed the house." Lance told them.

            Kitty pouted, and kissed her boyfriend on the cheek. "We all had to face problems like that at one point." She told him.

            "Yeah, Betts and Brian here are pretty lucky; at least their dad was a mutant." Rogue sighed.

            Crystal placed her chin on her hand, "Was? What happened to him?"

            Brian cleared his throat, as he hugged onto Tabitha, who sat in front of him, "He died."

            "How?" Wanda asked, curiously.

            "He was a scientist for some super CIA agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D, but he worked for the British division. He had a laboratory in the basement of our house; when he brought work home, stuff like that. So, one day, there was an explosion. Betts was the only person home besides our dad. She tried saving him, but she was too late." Brian explained.

            Elizabeth closed her eyes, as tears welled up, and she wiped her face as they began to fall. "I'm sorry, guys." Wanda sighed.

            Nathan hugged onto her, and kissed her cheek. "Yeah, Betts is still pretty upset about it." Brian solemnly told them.

            "But, I'm moving on." Elizabeth sighed, as she leaned her head back, against Nathan's chest.

            "What about you, Pietro and Wanda? How'd you guys discover your gifts?" Crystal asked the two other twins sitting at her side.

            They were about to speak, but their attention turned towards the cliffside. "Oh my god!" Elizabeth gasped, as she shot to her feet.

            A car tumbled down the cliffside towards the beach shore below. Elizabeth pointed her hand towards the car, using her telekinesis to stop the car from falling. It levitated where it stopped. Elizabeth clenched her eyes shut, concentrating, "It's too heavy!" She gasped.

            Nathan's left eye glowed, as he glared at the car, "Let go, Betts!" He told her.

            Elizabeth fell to her knees from the brink of exhaustion. Brian shot up into the air, and flew towards the car, as it turned from Nathan's telekinesis, to the wheels, and lightly placed on the ground. Pietro beat Brian to the vehicle. Brian knocked on the window, "Are you alright?!" He yelled.

            The others were running to the scene. "Oh man! There's a fire going inside!" Pietro gasped.

            "On it, mate!" John told them, as he looked into the car through the car window.

            He pointed the palm of his hand towards the tiny flames inside, and waved his hand, extinguishing the fire. "We have to turn this guy's ignition off in case the transmission sparks a blow!" Brian snapped.

            Pietro was on the passenger's side, trying to open the door. He grunted as he attempted to pry it open, "Man, it won't budge!" He snapped.

            Brian put his fist through the window, and reached in, turning the ignition off. He looked to the driver, seeing a man, hanging forward by his seatbelt. Brian's eyes widened with shock, as he saw blood pouring down his head. Rogue ran towards him, "Is he okay?" Rogue panicked.

            Brian stared at the body, as it looked lifeless. He gulped, "Mr.? Are you alright?" Brian said.

            Nathan rushed to Brian and Rogue's side. "He okay?" Nathan asked.

            Brian pulled out of the window. He looked at Nathan, "I don't know. He's not saying anything."

            "I can try." Nathan gulped.

            Nathan walked to the window, and stared at the driver. His eyes widened with shock at the blood pouring down the man's head, covering his face. Blood was splattered onto the steering wheel. He shook his head, and closed his eyes, attempting to probe the driver's mind, for signs of life. He grasped onto the temples of his own head, crying out, as he stepped back, feeling a burning pain in his head. He quickly turned, falling to his knees. "Nathan!" Elizabeth gasped, as she rushed to her feet towards him.

            Rouge rushed to Nathan's side, "Nathan, what's wrong?!" She panicked.

            Elizabeth knelt next to him. Nathan clenched onto his temples, "I can't stop the pain in my head!" He cried out.

            "What do we do?!" Kitty panicked.

            "You guys stay here! I'll get Nathan back to the institute!" Elizabeth told them.

            Wanda grabbed her cell phone out of her pocket. She dialed 911. Elizabeth grabbed onto Nathan's arm, attempting to put it over her shoulder, "Nathan, let go of your head, luv." Elizabeth calmly said.

            "Betts! The pain won't stop!" He gasped.

            Elizabeth looked at Brian, who still stared at the driver of the vehicle, "Brian! Help me get him to our car!" She told him.

            Brian rushed towards them, and grabbed onto Nathan. He easily lifted him up, "Hang on mate." Brian warned.

            Brian leapt into the air, with Nathan's arm around his shoulder, and he flew towards the parking lot above, at the Cliffside, towards Elizabeth's car. Pietro rushed to Elizabeth, and grabbed onto her, rushing to the car. "Betsy! Do you want me to come with you?" Rogue yelled out.

            No, luv, that's all right. Stay there and make sure that man is alright, Elizabeth telepathically told her.

*~*~*~*

            Hank walked into the infirmary, carrying Nathan, as he continued to grasp onto his temples, feeling the pounding pain flow through his mind. Elizabeth followed with Charles at her side, as she explained what had happened. "And he was going to tell you about it, Professor, but he never got around to it, I suppose." Elizabeth sighed, as they stood at the metal slab Nathan was placed upon.

            Hank grabbed onto electrodes, and began placing them onto Nathan's temples. Charles looked up at Elizabeth, "Betsy, why don't you step outside, we'll let you know when we find out what's going on." Charles told her.

            Elizabeth hesitantly turned towards the door, and walked out of the infirmary. She stood outside of the door, staring at it, as it closed in her face. She looked at the end of the hallway, as she heard the elevators close. Jean rushed towards the infirmary. "What happened?" Jean gasped.

            Elizabeth just stared at her, and sat against the wall, slumping to the ground. Jean opened the infirmary doors, "Where are you going?" Elizabeth hissed.

            "The Professor called for me to come down here, Elizabeth." Jean snapped, as the doors closed behind her.

Okay...so, a lil dramatic...that's to come in the next few chappies, as Nathan's powers begin to evolve extremely rapidly for him, and the Prof and Hank try to save his life...so yeah...hehehe...anyways, I kind of based it off of the real Nathan background in the comics, where he was told that because his powers were too powerful for his body to handle, that he may not live past the age of 21.....In this story, Nathan is 21.....hmm.....so, why don't we read on and see what happens? I'll update as soon as I can....and the fact of the car accident did have something to do with his power beginning to go haywire...it'll all be explained. Thanks so much for your reviews, Ya'all! *Hands everyone lollipops and sodas* WOOHOO!