H.O.Me: A story of Family
By Xenomorph666
"Aliens" is © Century Fox Production I do not own it
X-Men: Evolution and its respective characters are © Marvel, Again I do not own them (But I sure as hell wish I did)
Chapter 3
HOMe
HOMe was panicking at the sudden noise, dashing from one end of Kitty's room to the other on all fours; his claws leaving the carpets shredded.
~Bad NOISE! BAD NOISE! KITTY-QUEEN MAKE BAD NOISE STOP!? ~ The terrified creature tore up a wall in fear of the sirens.
"HOMe, its all right it just, like the alarm, right Rogue?" Kitty turned to her roommate for some support, but she wasn't there and Kitty made the connection. "Oh no!" she gasped and she fainted. HOMe instantly sprang to catch Kitty, and was instantly regretful of his actions, because there in the doorway was the man with the facial hair from earlier.
"Get AWAY FROM HER!" the man screamed at HOMe as he lunged forward.
All of HOMe's instincts told him to attack, but he didn't want to disobey Kitty. So instead he turned his back on his attacker cradling Kitty in his boney arms. He felt the pain in his back as six sharp points entered his body, he hissed and screamed in pain, then he felt the discharge of his caustic blood, and he heard the scream of his attacker as the blood burned his face and arms. Then the world went black.
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It had been a week since Logan attacked the creature. Professor Charles Xavier stared at it through the two way mirror. He wondered how this creature could possibly live with acid for blood. Of course this was a minor thought compared to the real problem: was this creature harmful or was it truly as harmless as Kitty said it was. He could only stare in wonder at the creature's unconscious body. Whatever the result of his decision there would be angry students and faculty, he had to be sure.
"Ororo, open the door. I'm going to try and contact it mentally."
Ororo Munroe just stared at the Professor, but did as he asked.
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In his unconscious state HOMe was dreaming and it wasn't a pleasant dream. He was being chased by many of his own kind. Their claws tearing at the ground, tails whipping in the air and their hisses echoed in HOMe's head. Then it all stopped and he was in a new area, the alley where Kitty had found him. He calmed down a little, still nervous of his kind coming for him to rend him limb from limb. He walked into the alley and heard crying, it was Kitty! He ran to her with out delay. But it wasn't Kitty that was waiting for him; it was the strange man who sat down.
"Good evening" He said "I'm Professor Charles Xavier. I help Kitty."
HOMe looked around at who this strange man was talking to, it took him awhile to realize that he was speaking to him.
~HOMe protect Kitty-Queen. ~ He said pointing to himself.
"Really? Why do you protect her?" Xavier raised an eyebrow at HOMe
~Kitty-Queen protect HOMe. Now HOMe protect Kitty-Queen. ~ He shifted nervously. ~Why Xavier-Man help Kitty-Queen? ~
"I help her control her powers, so she can use them for good, to help people."
HOMe just stood there staring at Professor trying to understand what he had just been told. ~Kitty-Queen, different? ~
The Professor was both stunned and amazed at this question. IT was obvious to him now that this creature had an amazing ability to learn. "Yes, she like all of the other students and faculty here are mutants." He paused looking for the right words to explain "We were born different."
~Like HOMe? ~
"Pardon?" The Professor was a little confused.
~HOMe not like HOMe's kind. HOMe's kind… ~ the creature paused and tilted his head to the side searching for the best way to present a horrible fact ~HOMe's kind kill, kill all days they live. But HOMe no like killing. ~ He hung his head in shame.
The Professor sat their in HOMe's mind staring at him for a few minutes. If it weren't for his years of training he could have sworn that this creature was a child, but he knew better it was large fierce and deadly. He also knew that it was harmless to the students, so long as it knew not to attack. Logan wasn't going to like this news.