Disclaimer: I don't own Mutant X. So don't sue me.
A/N: Yippee, two papers due on the same day two weeks from now. Looks like this will be the last update for at least a couple of weeks. Sorry if that annoys you, but school does take precedence (most of the time).
Visitors
Adam Kane. My grandfather. The creator of New Mutants. One of the only people who sticks up for us in the Government. And he's coming here to talk. Of course he goes to a lot of schools and stuff to lecture. But this ought to be interesting. My Biology teacher wants me to go because I love genetics. But the thing is, she doesn't know Adam is my grandfather. And I have the feeling my parents are going to come to be his bodyguards and to see me.
But the only people who know that I'm a New Mutant are Kay and Sara. They haven't told anyone else. My roommate would freak out and probably kick me out of the room or she would leave. I don't want to be found out- not right now. I want to have a normal life for once. It's not that I minded growing up in Sanctuary; it's the fact that I never really had any friends. I was spoiled rotten by the older members of Mutant X. But the only times I saw anybody my age was when we were putting kids in the Underground. There were always play dates at least once a month for kids in the Underground. It's not like I couldn't go to the park, or zoo, or something; it's just that I was always alone. There were times when my parents had to leave me alone with Adam for a week or two when they were on a mission. There were a couple of times when I had to pretend like I was visiting family because nobody was going to be in Sanctuary for a couple of days. Those were basically the only times that I had that let me live a normal life. So I wasn't sure if I wanted to see my parents.
I woke up that morning with butterflies in my stomach. I looked out of my window and saw the field across the street from my dorm was blocked off. I shook my head and smiled. It looked like they were coming in the Helix II. My roommate also looked out the window and groaned.
"Why can't those freaks come like a normal guest speaker? They're taking that stupid plane of theirs. And my political science teacher is making me go to his stupid talk," she complained.
I looked over at her. She was glaring at me. I smiled and turned away. I grabbed my clothes and got dressed. I could care less what she did. I know for a fact that she snooped on my computer and went through all my stuff. It's kind of hard not to notice, especially when her smell is where it's not supposed to be. She would never find my diary or anything incriminating on my computer; everything that could hurt me by having it revealed is encrypted. I keep nothing important hidden in my room. I know better than to; I have no desire to have my secrets revealed.
I went down to breakfast with Kay. Sara was still asleep. She looked over at the field and asked if that was where Adam and my parents were arriving. I told her yeah and that they were taking the Helix II. She smiled, barely showing her slightly elongated canine teeth. We went to class after we ate breakfast. Sara met us at the classroom. he looked barely awake. I handed her a cup of coffee and we went into the classroom. There, our teacher told us that Adam was arriving at three in the blocked off field. I looked over at my friends. They nodded. We were going to meet the Helix II there.
The rest of the day was torture. I could barely concentrate in any of my classes. When two thirty came, Kay and Sara came to my room. We left and walked over to the field. When we saw the amount of people there, we stopped dead in our tracks. Most of the people around the ropes were anti- mutant. They were wearing T- shirts, carrying signs, and chanting logos that all had an anti- mutant bent. I noticed a small group of people at the other end of the field that were looking around them in fear. I saw a slight shimmer in the air around them and figured one of the New Mutants in that crowd could create shields of a sort. A small group of teachers and who seemed to be the school president was standing near the New Mutants. The three of us walked over to the group of New Mutants. When one of them spotted us, he leaned over and whispered to another man. He saw Kay and Sara and lowered the shield just long enough for us to get under it. A few people looked at me suspiciously. Then a husky masser like Jesse stepped in between me and the rest of the group. He asked me what I was doing there.
I said, "I'm meeting my parents- Shalimar and Brennan Mulwray. I'm their daughter, Keitha. I'm the youngest member of Mutant X."
I held out my ring for him to examine. He looked at it, smiled, and moved aside. A telepath said she's telling the truth. That's when I was surrounded by everyone who wanted to know what being a member of Mutant X was like. I answered as best as I was able. Then I heard a noise coming from the sky. I looked around and only the ferals in the group acted like they could hear it.
I looked up and saw nothing. I switched to feral vision. I saw the heat signature of the jet. That's when everyone else heard the noise and looked up. That's when whoever was piloting the craft switched out of stealth mode. I heard gasps rising from most of the crowd. I shook my head. Those idiots had no idea that mutants had that technology. They really had no idea what they were up against if they did turn on us.
The plane went into VTOL mode and landed. The ramp came down and Mom came out, followed closely by Adam. Mom was still as thin as the pictures she had taken of her when she was younger. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a nice shirt. Her face was more lined and less carefree. Her blond hair was starting to gray. Her eyes never missed a thing. When she saw me, a small smile crossed her face. I looked at my grandfather then. His hair was totally gray, his face was terribly lined, and he used a cane to get around. He was wearing glasses. He still wore his customary black. He looked around at all of the people and finally noticed us. He smiled at us and motioned for us to stay where we were. The two of them walked over to the group of teachers and started talking to them. Dad came out of the plane then, aimed a remote at it, and shut the ramp. He also walked over to where the teachers were. The whole group of them walked off. That's when people started talking again. A few idiots walked over to the Helix II and started trying to figure how to open it. One of them got frustrated at not being able to open it, and he kicked it. I winced. That idiot was going to get himself hurt. After most people had left, the shielder finally let down his shields. The whole group of us split up. Some of them went back to their dorms; others went to talk to some of their friends. The rest of us headed to the cafeteria to get ready for Adam's talk.
When we walked in, we saw that all of the tables in the lower part of the cafeteria had been removed. Hundreds of chairs were set up in rows. The group of people that had met Adam and my parents were scurrying all around the room. Adam was standing next to the podium and talking to the school president. My dad was standing near one of the doors leading into the lower part of the caf from the hallway. The door was open and he was looking out of it. Mom was standing about ten feet from Adam. I walked down the stairs into the lower caf. My biology professor immediately intercepted me and told me to scram. I looked at her, told her no, and walked over to wear Dad was standing. He only noticed me when I was about ten feet from him.
"I thought you were paying attention to your surroundings?"
He turned around and smiled when he saw me. That's when my teacher caught up to me. She said my name. I turned around and asked her what she wanted. She said for you to follow my orders. By this time, everyone else in the cafeteria was looking at the two of us.
I said, "I want to talk to my dad."
Her jaw dropped when I said that. I turned around and walked over to my dad.
"Hey, there," he said. "How's school?"
"I think I just failed biology. She doesn't like New Mutants."
I shrugged. Dad reached over and ruffled my short brown hair. I swatted his hand away and brushed my hair back into place with my fingers. He laughed.
"You're just like your mother. Pity I didn't know her at your age. I know the boys are lining up to catch you."
"Yeah, well, the fact that I'm a New Mutant is going to damper that down a little. Just the fact that I hang out with New Mutants has already put a dampener on my social life."
Before we could talk anymore, both of us noticed students coming toward us. I sighed, and went to find a good seat with the rest of the New Mutants. They had managed grab the chairs immediately behind the teachers' seats. I walked over and grabbed the one seat in their section left. The leader of the group looked at me and asked why I wanted to talk to Brennan Mulwray. I shrugged and responded that he's my dad. I raised my eyebrows at him when his jaw opened. I guess he wasn't paying attention when I said that in the field. I look at lot like my dad. About the only thing I get from Mom is my eye color and wavy hair. I'm an intermediate in between their two heights. Before he could ask me any questions, the president of the college got up and started to speak.
"Everyone, welcome. It is my pleasure to introduce Adam Kane, the noted biogeneticist and mutant rights activist."
He moved away from the podium and everyone politely clapped. When Adam started to talk, everyone shut up. I'm not going to gi into the details of what he talked about, because that would take me twenty pages to type. Basically, he talked about what he did at Genomex- the unclassified portions, anyways. He talked about why he left Genomex. He talked, briefly, about Mutant X. Then he went into the genetics of mutants, how ferals and moleculars were recombinant DNA techniques, how elementals and psionics were deliberate missense mutations.1 He then talked about why New Mutants needed the Mutant Rights Amendment added to the Constitution. He wrapped up his talk by asking if their were any questions.
I inwardly winced when he asked that. He was going to get a lot of bullshit. Immediately one person stood up and asked why he wanted to protect New Mutants because they weren't human. His answer: they are human and they are my children. He didn't get mad, he just looked like he got that type of question all the time. It was then that I realized he had. The politicians and other people must ask him stuff like that all the time.
Half an hour later, the room was practically empty. The only people left in it were the teachers, the group of New Mutants, the college president, Adam, my parents, and me. The teachers started to leave one by one. The New Mutants went up to Adam and started to talk to him. The president was waiting for Adam to finish talking to the New Mutants. I went over and started to talk to my parents. When the group finally left, the college president walked over to my grandfather. Before they left, Adam said that he'd be fine if my parents didn't go with him. So my parents walked back to my dorm room with me. When we got up to my room, all of my stuff was out in the hallway.
1. Recombinant DNA techniques- combining different DNA from different creatures into one.
Missense mutations- changes in the base pairs so a different amino acid is made when the DNA is transcribed into RNA and then into a specific protein. (created a different proteins than what was originally supposed to happen.)
A/N: Thanks to my biology textbook for that technical stuff. All of that is my theory, not official stuff, except for the part about ferals, because that's the only way to get animal DNA to mix with human DNA. Okay, now back to my regularly scheduled author's note. Please R & R. A big thanks to all who do!
A/N: Yippee, two papers due on the same day two weeks from now. Looks like this will be the last update for at least a couple of weeks. Sorry if that annoys you, but school does take precedence (most of the time).
Visitors
Adam Kane. My grandfather. The creator of New Mutants. One of the only people who sticks up for us in the Government. And he's coming here to talk. Of course he goes to a lot of schools and stuff to lecture. But this ought to be interesting. My Biology teacher wants me to go because I love genetics. But the thing is, she doesn't know Adam is my grandfather. And I have the feeling my parents are going to come to be his bodyguards and to see me.
But the only people who know that I'm a New Mutant are Kay and Sara. They haven't told anyone else. My roommate would freak out and probably kick me out of the room or she would leave. I don't want to be found out- not right now. I want to have a normal life for once. It's not that I minded growing up in Sanctuary; it's the fact that I never really had any friends. I was spoiled rotten by the older members of Mutant X. But the only times I saw anybody my age was when we were putting kids in the Underground. There were always play dates at least once a month for kids in the Underground. It's not like I couldn't go to the park, or zoo, or something; it's just that I was always alone. There were times when my parents had to leave me alone with Adam for a week or two when they were on a mission. There were a couple of times when I had to pretend like I was visiting family because nobody was going to be in Sanctuary for a couple of days. Those were basically the only times that I had that let me live a normal life. So I wasn't sure if I wanted to see my parents.
I woke up that morning with butterflies in my stomach. I looked out of my window and saw the field across the street from my dorm was blocked off. I shook my head and smiled. It looked like they were coming in the Helix II. My roommate also looked out the window and groaned.
"Why can't those freaks come like a normal guest speaker? They're taking that stupid plane of theirs. And my political science teacher is making me go to his stupid talk," she complained.
I looked over at her. She was glaring at me. I smiled and turned away. I grabbed my clothes and got dressed. I could care less what she did. I know for a fact that she snooped on my computer and went through all my stuff. It's kind of hard not to notice, especially when her smell is where it's not supposed to be. She would never find my diary or anything incriminating on my computer; everything that could hurt me by having it revealed is encrypted. I keep nothing important hidden in my room. I know better than to; I have no desire to have my secrets revealed.
I went down to breakfast with Kay. Sara was still asleep. She looked over at the field and asked if that was where Adam and my parents were arriving. I told her yeah and that they were taking the Helix II. She smiled, barely showing her slightly elongated canine teeth. We went to class after we ate breakfast. Sara met us at the classroom. he looked barely awake. I handed her a cup of coffee and we went into the classroom. There, our teacher told us that Adam was arriving at three in the blocked off field. I looked over at my friends. They nodded. We were going to meet the Helix II there.
The rest of the day was torture. I could barely concentrate in any of my classes. When two thirty came, Kay and Sara came to my room. We left and walked over to the field. When we saw the amount of people there, we stopped dead in our tracks. Most of the people around the ropes were anti- mutant. They were wearing T- shirts, carrying signs, and chanting logos that all had an anti- mutant bent. I noticed a small group of people at the other end of the field that were looking around them in fear. I saw a slight shimmer in the air around them and figured one of the New Mutants in that crowd could create shields of a sort. A small group of teachers and who seemed to be the school president was standing near the New Mutants. The three of us walked over to the group of New Mutants. When one of them spotted us, he leaned over and whispered to another man. He saw Kay and Sara and lowered the shield just long enough for us to get under it. A few people looked at me suspiciously. Then a husky masser like Jesse stepped in between me and the rest of the group. He asked me what I was doing there.
I said, "I'm meeting my parents- Shalimar and Brennan Mulwray. I'm their daughter, Keitha. I'm the youngest member of Mutant X."
I held out my ring for him to examine. He looked at it, smiled, and moved aside. A telepath said she's telling the truth. That's when I was surrounded by everyone who wanted to know what being a member of Mutant X was like. I answered as best as I was able. Then I heard a noise coming from the sky. I looked around and only the ferals in the group acted like they could hear it.
I looked up and saw nothing. I switched to feral vision. I saw the heat signature of the jet. That's when everyone else heard the noise and looked up. That's when whoever was piloting the craft switched out of stealth mode. I heard gasps rising from most of the crowd. I shook my head. Those idiots had no idea that mutants had that technology. They really had no idea what they were up against if they did turn on us.
The plane went into VTOL mode and landed. The ramp came down and Mom came out, followed closely by Adam. Mom was still as thin as the pictures she had taken of her when she was younger. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a nice shirt. Her face was more lined and less carefree. Her blond hair was starting to gray. Her eyes never missed a thing. When she saw me, a small smile crossed her face. I looked at my grandfather then. His hair was totally gray, his face was terribly lined, and he used a cane to get around. He was wearing glasses. He still wore his customary black. He looked around at all of the people and finally noticed us. He smiled at us and motioned for us to stay where we were. The two of them walked over to the group of teachers and started talking to them. Dad came out of the plane then, aimed a remote at it, and shut the ramp. He also walked over to where the teachers were. The whole group of them walked off. That's when people started talking again. A few idiots walked over to the Helix II and started trying to figure how to open it. One of them got frustrated at not being able to open it, and he kicked it. I winced. That idiot was going to get himself hurt. After most people had left, the shielder finally let down his shields. The whole group of us split up. Some of them went back to their dorms; others went to talk to some of their friends. The rest of us headed to the cafeteria to get ready for Adam's talk.
When we walked in, we saw that all of the tables in the lower part of the cafeteria had been removed. Hundreds of chairs were set up in rows. The group of people that had met Adam and my parents were scurrying all around the room. Adam was standing next to the podium and talking to the school president. My dad was standing near one of the doors leading into the lower part of the caf from the hallway. The door was open and he was looking out of it. Mom was standing about ten feet from Adam. I walked down the stairs into the lower caf. My biology professor immediately intercepted me and told me to scram. I looked at her, told her no, and walked over to wear Dad was standing. He only noticed me when I was about ten feet from him.
"I thought you were paying attention to your surroundings?"
He turned around and smiled when he saw me. That's when my teacher caught up to me. She said my name. I turned around and asked her what she wanted. She said for you to follow my orders. By this time, everyone else in the cafeteria was looking at the two of us.
I said, "I want to talk to my dad."
Her jaw dropped when I said that. I turned around and walked over to my dad.
"Hey, there," he said. "How's school?"
"I think I just failed biology. She doesn't like New Mutants."
I shrugged. Dad reached over and ruffled my short brown hair. I swatted his hand away and brushed my hair back into place with my fingers. He laughed.
"You're just like your mother. Pity I didn't know her at your age. I know the boys are lining up to catch you."
"Yeah, well, the fact that I'm a New Mutant is going to damper that down a little. Just the fact that I hang out with New Mutants has already put a dampener on my social life."
Before we could talk anymore, both of us noticed students coming toward us. I sighed, and went to find a good seat with the rest of the New Mutants. They had managed grab the chairs immediately behind the teachers' seats. I walked over and grabbed the one seat in their section left. The leader of the group looked at me and asked why I wanted to talk to Brennan Mulwray. I shrugged and responded that he's my dad. I raised my eyebrows at him when his jaw opened. I guess he wasn't paying attention when I said that in the field. I look at lot like my dad. About the only thing I get from Mom is my eye color and wavy hair. I'm an intermediate in between their two heights. Before he could ask me any questions, the president of the college got up and started to speak.
"Everyone, welcome. It is my pleasure to introduce Adam Kane, the noted biogeneticist and mutant rights activist."
He moved away from the podium and everyone politely clapped. When Adam started to talk, everyone shut up. I'm not going to gi into the details of what he talked about, because that would take me twenty pages to type. Basically, he talked about what he did at Genomex- the unclassified portions, anyways. He talked about why he left Genomex. He talked, briefly, about Mutant X. Then he went into the genetics of mutants, how ferals and moleculars were recombinant DNA techniques, how elementals and psionics were deliberate missense mutations.1 He then talked about why New Mutants needed the Mutant Rights Amendment added to the Constitution. He wrapped up his talk by asking if their were any questions.
I inwardly winced when he asked that. He was going to get a lot of bullshit. Immediately one person stood up and asked why he wanted to protect New Mutants because they weren't human. His answer: they are human and they are my children. He didn't get mad, he just looked like he got that type of question all the time. It was then that I realized he had. The politicians and other people must ask him stuff like that all the time.
Half an hour later, the room was practically empty. The only people left in it were the teachers, the group of New Mutants, the college president, Adam, my parents, and me. The teachers started to leave one by one. The New Mutants went up to Adam and started to talk to him. The president was waiting for Adam to finish talking to the New Mutants. I went over and started to talk to my parents. When the group finally left, the college president walked over to my grandfather. Before they left, Adam said that he'd be fine if my parents didn't go with him. So my parents walked back to my dorm room with me. When we got up to my room, all of my stuff was out in the hallway.
1. Recombinant DNA techniques- combining different DNA from different creatures into one.
Missense mutations- changes in the base pairs so a different amino acid is made when the DNA is transcribed into RNA and then into a specific protein. (created a different proteins than what was originally supposed to happen.)
A/N: Thanks to my biology textbook for that technical stuff. All of that is my theory, not official stuff, except for the part about ferals, because that's the only way to get animal DNA to mix with human DNA. Okay, now back to my regularly scheduled author's note. Please R & R. A big thanks to all who do!