Everyone sat down and made themselves comfortable, ready to hear
Yuriko's story. She fiddled with her fingers, fighting the urge to crack
her knuckles as she thought about what she should say first. Taking a deep
breath, she started.
She had come from Japan after being hired as a bodyguard to the president due to her above average skill in hand to hand combat. When she got to the White House, she met some very important men, but oddly not the president.
Instead of him, she met a man named William Stryker who claimed to be the head of security. When Yuriko asked when she would see the president, he brushed it away and said she needed to go through some questions first.
Was she a mutant?
At first, the question confused her since they didn't use the term "mutant", but when he explained what he meant, she said she was and demonstrated by cutting the palm of her hand. The wound healed a moment later and Stryker's eyes lit up hungrily.
He told her that there was a way to make her a better fighter and protector for the president. He said it was a simple procedure that wouldn't hurt at all. Yuriko agreed with a smile, wanting to be able to fight better should the need arise.
In the next moment, she was on the floor, blackness filling her vision.
When she finally woke up, she found that she was too weak to open her eyes. Her hands felt like they were on fire, and she groaned softly in disgust at how weak she was.
She felt a hand gently take hers and she flinched at the first but as the person spoke, she felt comforted. She recognized the accent as a German one, and she wished she could talk back to him somehow since her mouth felt like it was filled with cotton.
When her claws first came out, she had been thinking about Stryker with extreme hatred. She gave a weak cry as something forced its way through her fingers and then she heard soldiers talking and one of them beating her new friend whom he called Creepy Kurt. She had wanted to help Kurt but she was too weak to move and fight the soldiers.
When Kurt was taken away from her, Stryker started to visit and he told her about his plans with Kurt. Once, she had been able to strike him and cut him under his left eye but she was restrained and he started to use the serum on her.
She remembered everything else as if she had been watching a movie. She remembered the pain and feeling of becoming full of heavy liquid. Then she saw nothing as she fell into a coma.
The next thing she remembered was looking up at a falcon made out of fire that made the metal inside of her melt away. Then she swam to shore and headed for this school.
Kurt sighed softly, shaking his head a bit as she finished her story.
"I can still remember that cell and those soldiers too." He admitted, his tail curling lightly around his feet. Yuriko sighed softly, looking at her hands.
"What I don't understand is if you really saw a fire bird or if it was just some kind of hallucination." Scott said. "I mean, it sounds a bit far fetched if you ask me."
"I'm not asking you anything." Yuriko said. "I told you everything I remember seeing and doing. Besides, if that bird wasn't real, how did all that adamantium simply melt out of me?" she asked.
Xavier was listening quietly, his hands under his chin in a steeple position. Clearing his throat slightly, he leaned back and turned to Yuriko.
"Whatever the reason is for your sudden survival and arrival to the school; I am glad you were able to get here safely, Yuriko." He said with a smile. "I am sure you will be a welcome addition to this school. Kurt? Could you show Yuriko around please? Since you're both newcomers here, I believe it would be beneficial for you both to be able to talk alone for a bit."
Smiling happily, Kurt took Yuriko by the hand and led her out of the room.
She had come from Japan after being hired as a bodyguard to the president due to her above average skill in hand to hand combat. When she got to the White House, she met some very important men, but oddly not the president.
Instead of him, she met a man named William Stryker who claimed to be the head of security. When Yuriko asked when she would see the president, he brushed it away and said she needed to go through some questions first.
Was she a mutant?
At first, the question confused her since they didn't use the term "mutant", but when he explained what he meant, she said she was and demonstrated by cutting the palm of her hand. The wound healed a moment later and Stryker's eyes lit up hungrily.
He told her that there was a way to make her a better fighter and protector for the president. He said it was a simple procedure that wouldn't hurt at all. Yuriko agreed with a smile, wanting to be able to fight better should the need arise.
In the next moment, she was on the floor, blackness filling her vision.
When she finally woke up, she found that she was too weak to open her eyes. Her hands felt like they were on fire, and she groaned softly in disgust at how weak she was.
She felt a hand gently take hers and she flinched at the first but as the person spoke, she felt comforted. She recognized the accent as a German one, and she wished she could talk back to him somehow since her mouth felt like it was filled with cotton.
When her claws first came out, she had been thinking about Stryker with extreme hatred. She gave a weak cry as something forced its way through her fingers and then she heard soldiers talking and one of them beating her new friend whom he called Creepy Kurt. She had wanted to help Kurt but she was too weak to move and fight the soldiers.
When Kurt was taken away from her, Stryker started to visit and he told her about his plans with Kurt. Once, she had been able to strike him and cut him under his left eye but she was restrained and he started to use the serum on her.
She remembered everything else as if she had been watching a movie. She remembered the pain and feeling of becoming full of heavy liquid. Then she saw nothing as she fell into a coma.
The next thing she remembered was looking up at a falcon made out of fire that made the metal inside of her melt away. Then she swam to shore and headed for this school.
Kurt sighed softly, shaking his head a bit as she finished her story.
"I can still remember that cell and those soldiers too." He admitted, his tail curling lightly around his feet. Yuriko sighed softly, looking at her hands.
"What I don't understand is if you really saw a fire bird or if it was just some kind of hallucination." Scott said. "I mean, it sounds a bit far fetched if you ask me."
"I'm not asking you anything." Yuriko said. "I told you everything I remember seeing and doing. Besides, if that bird wasn't real, how did all that adamantium simply melt out of me?" she asked.
Xavier was listening quietly, his hands under his chin in a steeple position. Clearing his throat slightly, he leaned back and turned to Yuriko.
"Whatever the reason is for your sudden survival and arrival to the school; I am glad you were able to get here safely, Yuriko." He said with a smile. "I am sure you will be a welcome addition to this school. Kurt? Could you show Yuriko around please? Since you're both newcomers here, I believe it would be beneficial for you both to be able to talk alone for a bit."
Smiling happily, Kurt took Yuriko by the hand and led her out of the room.