"Ow, ow, ow, ow." Allesandre muttered, pulling her shirt over her head, she
fixed the sleeves so they were sitting off her shoulder, then grimaced at
the large purple bruise holding residence on her left shoulder.
She sighed and sat down on one of the empty bottom bunks, running a brush through her hair. It had been two days since she arrived and she was fitting in pretty well considering the age difference between herself and the other students. She got along with Bobby especially well. He was very nice to her, and also funny.
"'Sandre?" Jamie asked, poking his head into the room.
"Yes?"
"The Professor found a new mutant and potential student. We're going to Spain."
Allesandre nodded, and quickly pulled her hair up into a ponytail, grabbing her bomber jacket from the back of the desk chair on her way out.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Why is SHE coming?" Savanna hissed to Jamie, just loud enough for Allesandre to hear.
Allesandre smirked at her and began to speak in rapid and fluent Spanish to Scott. "I believe the better question, Miss Crooks, is why are YOU here?"
Savanna glared at her and began to buckle up.
"You three better make yourselves comfortable, even in this it'll be a long ride." Scott called back to the three teens, patting the Black Bird's console.
Allesandre sighed and sat down next to Jamie, strapping herself in.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Five hours later Savanna stood up, joints popping. "Can you get any more cramped in here Cyclops?" She asked stretching.
"Beast can fit in one of these seats comfortably. I don't see why you're complaining." He stated.
Savanna made a face at his back and stuck out her tongue.
Allesandre rolled her eyes at the black haired girl and turned to Scott. "Who are we here to collect?" She asked as he led the three down the stairs.
"His name is Marcos Perez. He's 15, and has control over vegetation, such as trees. Just last week when his powers manifested he uprooted a tree, almost hitting the boy who had been teasing him."
"Poor boy." Allesandre murmured, shaking her head, as they walked up the large front steps of middle sized home.
Scott rapped smartly on the door and stood back.
"Any day now sweetheart." Savanna drawled, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Savanna, behave yourself." Scott snapped as the door creaked open.
"Professor Xavier?" The tiny woman in the doorways asked.
"No, but the Professor sent us. I'm Scott Summers. May we come in?"
Allesandre quickly translated what he said into Spanish and the woman nodded, opening the door wider, ushering the four in.
"Marcos!" She yelled up the stairs.
A moment later a tall dark haired boy trudged down the stairs.
"Who are you?" He asked the group.
"Marcos! Compórtese!" [1] The mother reprimanded, hitting her son lightly on the shoulder. "Please, sit down." She said and led the group to the living room.
"Marcos, I'm Scott Summers, this is Allesandre Mannus, Savanna Crooks, and Jamie Madrox. We're from the Xavier Institute in New York."
Marcos raised an eyebrow in question. "What does this have to do with me?" He asked in halted English.
"The Xavier Institute is a school that teaches mutants how to control their gifts." Jamie explained.
Marcos snorted. "Yeah right." He said with a glare.
"Before I went to Xavier's I had no control over my powers. If I bumped into anyone or anything I would multiply before I could say 'yikes'. That's my power, I can multiply myself." Jamie stood up and clapped his hands. Two Jamie dupes now stood in the room. A look of concentration passed over his features and the two dupes got sucked back into the real Jamie. "Now look at me."[2]
"Marcos, we know what happened last week. We want to prevent it from happening again. I won't say that you'll be free of the discrimination that mutants are presented, but I can say that while at the Institute you will be in the presence of people like you. They will judge you by WHO you are, not WHAT you are." Scott said.
"How do you know about me, and why do you care?"
"The Professor has a mutant locator called Cerebro, that's how we found you." Jamie explained.
"Cu idamos porque usted es como nostros."[3] Allesandre added.
Marcos sighed. "May I have time to think it over?" He asked.
"Of course," Scott said with a nod. "We'll come back in the morning if that's all right with you."
Marcos nodded, shook Scott and Jamie's hands and lightly kissed Allesandre and Savanna's knuckles.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Well that was pointless." Savanna commented as they made their way down the front stairs.
"Actually, I think it went pretty well. He didn't reject the offer right away and he wants to think it over." Jamie commented, helping Allesandre down the last stair, which was a good two feet off the road.
"Grazie." Allesandre murmured.
Savanna rolled her eyes, mimicking Allesandre behind her back.
Allesandre swung around and glared at the black haired girl, giving her a slight telekinetic push.
"Behave yourselves you two." Scott snapped.
"I don't think he likes us." Allesandre commented to Jamie.
"No, really?" Jamie asked.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Señor Summers! Hola!" Mrs. Perez greeted.
"Hola señora Perez." Scott greeted with a smile. "Is Marcos home?"
Mrs. Perez nodded and motioned them inside. "Marcos!" She yelled. "Consigue abajo aqui!" [4]
A moment later Marcos stumbled down the stairs in just his pyjama bottoms. "Oh! Hola!" He greeted." I'll just go put a shirt on now." He said, and disappeared back upstairs.
Mrs. Perez rolled her eyes. "Excuse my son." She said.
Two minutes later the six were back in the living room. "So, Marcos. Have you thought about our offer?" Scott asked.
Marcos nodded. "I have decided that I would like to join you. Anything to control this. curse.
Jamie grinned. "Welcome to the team Marcos."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Wow!" Marcos whispered, staring at the mansion. "It is very big."
"Word of wisdom Marcos." Jamie began. "Find someone who knows their way around and cling onto them for the first couple days. It makes things a lot easier."
Marcos nodded as he picked up his bags and followed the quartet up the large stone stairs.
"Ah Scott you're back" The Professor stated, rolling into the foyer. "Hello Marcos. I'm Charles Xavier."
"Hola Señor Xavier."
"There's someone I would like you five to meet. Please follow me."
The group followed Professor Xavier into the Anteroom. Inside, a long blonde haired girl sat, her back facing the door.
"Alexis." The Professor began.
The blonde haired girl turned around and gave the group a charming smile. "Hello Professor." She greeted.
"Hello Alexis. IO would like you to meet five students who were away when I introduced you to the mansion. This is Scott Summers, he is my oldest student and the field leader of the X-Men. Jamie Madrox, he is one of our younger students, and these three are Savanna Crooks, Allesandre Mannus, and Marcos Perez. They, along with you, are the newest students here. Everyone, this is Alexis Fitzgerald, she arrived from England yesterday, not long after you left."
"If you'll excuse me, I have a shielding session with Jean." That said the Professor rolled out of the room and out of sight.
"I'll show you where your room is Marcos." Jamie said, grabbing one of the other bags and leaving the room, Marcos not far behind.
"I'm gonna go see if Jubes wants to play a round of Evil Zone. See yeah later. Oh and it was nice meeting you Alexis." That said Savanna disappeared as well.
Scott left soon after and the two foreign girls were left alone.
"What are you reading?" Allesandre asked, pointing to the sheets of paper in Alexis' lap.
"Oh! Notes my friends gave me before I left!" The girl replied in a thick British accent. "Would you like to read some?"
Allesandre smiled and took the offered note.
[1] Comportese= Behave yourself
[2] Does that remind anyone else of those self-help commercials, or hooked on phonics commercials?
[3] Cu idamos porque usted es como nosotros = we car because you are like us
[4] Consigue abajo aqui = get down here
R/R
She sighed and sat down on one of the empty bottom bunks, running a brush through her hair. It had been two days since she arrived and she was fitting in pretty well considering the age difference between herself and the other students. She got along with Bobby especially well. He was very nice to her, and also funny.
"'Sandre?" Jamie asked, poking his head into the room.
"Yes?"
"The Professor found a new mutant and potential student. We're going to Spain."
Allesandre nodded, and quickly pulled her hair up into a ponytail, grabbing her bomber jacket from the back of the desk chair on her way out.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Why is SHE coming?" Savanna hissed to Jamie, just loud enough for Allesandre to hear.
Allesandre smirked at her and began to speak in rapid and fluent Spanish to Scott. "I believe the better question, Miss Crooks, is why are YOU here?"
Savanna glared at her and began to buckle up.
"You three better make yourselves comfortable, even in this it'll be a long ride." Scott called back to the three teens, patting the Black Bird's console.
Allesandre sighed and sat down next to Jamie, strapping herself in.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Five hours later Savanna stood up, joints popping. "Can you get any more cramped in here Cyclops?" She asked stretching.
"Beast can fit in one of these seats comfortably. I don't see why you're complaining." He stated.
Savanna made a face at his back and stuck out her tongue.
Allesandre rolled her eyes at the black haired girl and turned to Scott. "Who are we here to collect?" She asked as he led the three down the stairs.
"His name is Marcos Perez. He's 15, and has control over vegetation, such as trees. Just last week when his powers manifested he uprooted a tree, almost hitting the boy who had been teasing him."
"Poor boy." Allesandre murmured, shaking her head, as they walked up the large front steps of middle sized home.
Scott rapped smartly on the door and stood back.
"Any day now sweetheart." Savanna drawled, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Savanna, behave yourself." Scott snapped as the door creaked open.
"Professor Xavier?" The tiny woman in the doorways asked.
"No, but the Professor sent us. I'm Scott Summers. May we come in?"
Allesandre quickly translated what he said into Spanish and the woman nodded, opening the door wider, ushering the four in.
"Marcos!" She yelled up the stairs.
A moment later a tall dark haired boy trudged down the stairs.
"Who are you?" He asked the group.
"Marcos! Compórtese!" [1] The mother reprimanded, hitting her son lightly on the shoulder. "Please, sit down." She said and led the group to the living room.
"Marcos, I'm Scott Summers, this is Allesandre Mannus, Savanna Crooks, and Jamie Madrox. We're from the Xavier Institute in New York."
Marcos raised an eyebrow in question. "What does this have to do with me?" He asked in halted English.
"The Xavier Institute is a school that teaches mutants how to control their gifts." Jamie explained.
Marcos snorted. "Yeah right." He said with a glare.
"Before I went to Xavier's I had no control over my powers. If I bumped into anyone or anything I would multiply before I could say 'yikes'. That's my power, I can multiply myself." Jamie stood up and clapped his hands. Two Jamie dupes now stood in the room. A look of concentration passed over his features and the two dupes got sucked back into the real Jamie. "Now look at me."[2]
"Marcos, we know what happened last week. We want to prevent it from happening again. I won't say that you'll be free of the discrimination that mutants are presented, but I can say that while at the Institute you will be in the presence of people like you. They will judge you by WHO you are, not WHAT you are." Scott said.
"How do you know about me, and why do you care?"
"The Professor has a mutant locator called Cerebro, that's how we found you." Jamie explained.
"Cu idamos porque usted es como nostros."[3] Allesandre added.
Marcos sighed. "May I have time to think it over?" He asked.
"Of course," Scott said with a nod. "We'll come back in the morning if that's all right with you."
Marcos nodded, shook Scott and Jamie's hands and lightly kissed Allesandre and Savanna's knuckles.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Well that was pointless." Savanna commented as they made their way down the front stairs.
"Actually, I think it went pretty well. He didn't reject the offer right away and he wants to think it over." Jamie commented, helping Allesandre down the last stair, which was a good two feet off the road.
"Grazie." Allesandre murmured.
Savanna rolled her eyes, mimicking Allesandre behind her back.
Allesandre swung around and glared at the black haired girl, giving her a slight telekinetic push.
"Behave yourselves you two." Scott snapped.
"I don't think he likes us." Allesandre commented to Jamie.
"No, really?" Jamie asked.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Señor Summers! Hola!" Mrs. Perez greeted.
"Hola señora Perez." Scott greeted with a smile. "Is Marcos home?"
Mrs. Perez nodded and motioned them inside. "Marcos!" She yelled. "Consigue abajo aqui!" [4]
A moment later Marcos stumbled down the stairs in just his pyjama bottoms. "Oh! Hola!" He greeted." I'll just go put a shirt on now." He said, and disappeared back upstairs.
Mrs. Perez rolled her eyes. "Excuse my son." She said.
Two minutes later the six were back in the living room. "So, Marcos. Have you thought about our offer?" Scott asked.
Marcos nodded. "I have decided that I would like to join you. Anything to control this. curse.
Jamie grinned. "Welcome to the team Marcos."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"Wow!" Marcos whispered, staring at the mansion. "It is very big."
"Word of wisdom Marcos." Jamie began. "Find someone who knows their way around and cling onto them for the first couple days. It makes things a lot easier."
Marcos nodded as he picked up his bags and followed the quartet up the large stone stairs.
"Ah Scott you're back" The Professor stated, rolling into the foyer. "Hello Marcos. I'm Charles Xavier."
"Hola Señor Xavier."
"There's someone I would like you five to meet. Please follow me."
The group followed Professor Xavier into the Anteroom. Inside, a long blonde haired girl sat, her back facing the door.
"Alexis." The Professor began.
The blonde haired girl turned around and gave the group a charming smile. "Hello Professor." She greeted.
"Hello Alexis. IO would like you to meet five students who were away when I introduced you to the mansion. This is Scott Summers, he is my oldest student and the field leader of the X-Men. Jamie Madrox, he is one of our younger students, and these three are Savanna Crooks, Allesandre Mannus, and Marcos Perez. They, along with you, are the newest students here. Everyone, this is Alexis Fitzgerald, she arrived from England yesterday, not long after you left."
"If you'll excuse me, I have a shielding session with Jean." That said the Professor rolled out of the room and out of sight.
"I'll show you where your room is Marcos." Jamie said, grabbing one of the other bags and leaving the room, Marcos not far behind.
"I'm gonna go see if Jubes wants to play a round of Evil Zone. See yeah later. Oh and it was nice meeting you Alexis." That said Savanna disappeared as well.
Scott left soon after and the two foreign girls were left alone.
"What are you reading?" Allesandre asked, pointing to the sheets of paper in Alexis' lap.
"Oh! Notes my friends gave me before I left!" The girl replied in a thick British accent. "Would you like to read some?"
Allesandre smiled and took the offered note.
[1] Comportese= Behave yourself
[2] Does that remind anyone else of those self-help commercials, or hooked on phonics commercials?
[3] Cu idamos porque usted es como nosotros = we car because you are like us
[4] Consigue abajo aqui = get down here
R/R