***In Sanctuary***
Carli walked around Sanctuary, she didn't know that it was in Stormking Mountain. "Wow . . . this is so cool. You live here?"
"Yup," Jesse replied.
"Wow, since when did superheroes get the good place to live, I mean, Batman lived in a cave, Superman lived in a place where it was only ice."
"Yeah, we're different . . . so you like superheroes?" Emma asked.
"Of course, the best kind of heroes. The ones with super powers, not very ironic, is it?" Carli asked. "So, when can I go back home?"
"Uh---we're not sure you can go home, Carli. The GSA won't stop looking for you if you go back."
"Well it's not like I can just get out of town, now can I? I'm under age, I haven't even got my permit yet! . . . But I could---"
"Wait, you can't stay here," Adam replied. "I don't need to be a telepath to know what you're thinking."
"You can stay at a safe-house. With a lot of other mutants."
Carli blinked. "Not all mutants are good people, Adam. I know it."
Shalimar leaned closer to Brennan. "She kinda creeped me out there," she whispered.
"Look, Carli, you can't stay here," Adam said more final. "Not forever, maybe a couple of days."
Carli's expression brightened up a little. "OK."
Shalimar stepped in and put her arm around Carli's shoulder. "So, Carli, tell me about your favorite superheroes."
"Yeah, me too," Emma stated as she walked beside Carli as well.
"Well, there's JLA. Superman, Batman, Wonderwoman, Hawkgirl . . ." her voice trailed off as they disappeared around the corner.
Jesse sat behind his computer. "Carli's right, I mean, all the mutants that we have in that safehouse is twice her age at the most. She needs to be with people she knows."
"I know that, Jesse, but not us."
* * *At Dinner* * *
Carli got her own small pizza and she crossed her legs in a chair, she hadn't spoken much.
"Hey, Carli," started Brennan. "How come Superman took bullets with his chest but he always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?"
Carli grinned. Jesse answered. "As a bulletproof man myself, I'll answer that: Even though we're impervious to bullets, when something thrown at our head, it could hit our eyes and we could lose sight of them for a second, giving them a chance to run away: as with ducking, we could keep our eyes on the person easily."
Then everyone started to laugh at Jesse's answer, though it wasn't very funny, it took the tension away between them. Jesse watched Emma laugh 'she is so beautiful when she smiles' he thought. Suddenly, someone elses voice came into his head. 'You love her don't you?' Carli's voice asked. 'I can tell'
Jesse turned and Carli wasn't facing him but was concentrated. 'Get out of my head'
Carli blinked and then took a bite out her pizza.
Jesse knew that Carli was hiding something about her powers.
Carli walked around Sanctuary, she didn't know that it was in Stormking Mountain. "Wow . . . this is so cool. You live here?"
"Yup," Jesse replied.
"Wow, since when did superheroes get the good place to live, I mean, Batman lived in a cave, Superman lived in a place where it was only ice."
"Yeah, we're different . . . so you like superheroes?" Emma asked.
"Of course, the best kind of heroes. The ones with super powers, not very ironic, is it?" Carli asked. "So, when can I go back home?"
"Uh---we're not sure you can go home, Carli. The GSA won't stop looking for you if you go back."
"Well it's not like I can just get out of town, now can I? I'm under age, I haven't even got my permit yet! . . . But I could---"
"Wait, you can't stay here," Adam replied. "I don't need to be a telepath to know what you're thinking."
"You can stay at a safe-house. With a lot of other mutants."
Carli blinked. "Not all mutants are good people, Adam. I know it."
Shalimar leaned closer to Brennan. "She kinda creeped me out there," she whispered.
"Look, Carli, you can't stay here," Adam said more final. "Not forever, maybe a couple of days."
Carli's expression brightened up a little. "OK."
Shalimar stepped in and put her arm around Carli's shoulder. "So, Carli, tell me about your favorite superheroes."
"Yeah, me too," Emma stated as she walked beside Carli as well.
"Well, there's JLA. Superman, Batman, Wonderwoman, Hawkgirl . . ." her voice trailed off as they disappeared around the corner.
Jesse sat behind his computer. "Carli's right, I mean, all the mutants that we have in that safehouse is twice her age at the most. She needs to be with people she knows."
"I know that, Jesse, but not us."
* * *At Dinner* * *
Carli got her own small pizza and she crossed her legs in a chair, she hadn't spoken much.
"Hey, Carli," started Brennan. "How come Superman took bullets with his chest but he always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?"
Carli grinned. Jesse answered. "As a bulletproof man myself, I'll answer that: Even though we're impervious to bullets, when something thrown at our head, it could hit our eyes and we could lose sight of them for a second, giving them a chance to run away: as with ducking, we could keep our eyes on the person easily."
Then everyone started to laugh at Jesse's answer, though it wasn't very funny, it took the tension away between them. Jesse watched Emma laugh 'she is so beautiful when she smiles' he thought. Suddenly, someone elses voice came into his head. 'You love her don't you?' Carli's voice asked. 'I can tell'
Jesse turned and Carli wasn't facing him but was concentrated. 'Get out of my head'
Carli blinked and then took a bite out her pizza.
Jesse knew that Carli was hiding something about her powers.