Disclaimer: Although a girl can wish, I in no way shape or form own Mutant
X or any of the characters. Michael, Mari, Will, Nicole and Alex are mine
though.
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Part Four: Genius
"Uncle Jesse! Uncle Will! Alex is here." Mari screamed as she saw Alex walk through the doors of Sanctuary. He smiled when he saw her and chuckled to himself. It had been one year since her and Michael's birth and today he would be able to fully reverse the advanced aging. Today they would be normal children, well as normal as a new mutant could be, Alex thought.
"Where is everyone?" Alex looked around. It was unusually quiet and a little disturbing. "Aren't you and Mike usually attached at the hip?"
"Nicole and Emma are out shopping. Jesse and Will are in the kitchen, where else would they be? And Mike, Mom and Dad are in the lab with Adam. They're waiting for you to arrive." Mari looked up at Alex and frowned.
"What's wrong calamari?" Alex didn't understand why this perfect little girl would be frowning on her birthday.
"It's just that now that me and Michael will be better, you won't be coming anymore. I won't get to see you anymore and there will be nobody to call me calamari." Mari looked down at her feet and started to sniffle. Alex was the only person who called Mari by that nickname and she loved it.
"What makes you think I won't be around anymore? Just because you will be all better doesn't mean I can't still come and visit every once in a while does it? Are you kicking me out or something?" Alex joked, trying to make Mari smile.
"I guess not. You promise you'll still come and visit?" When Mari saw him nod and smile her face lit up immediately and she grabbed Alex's hand. As she drug him off to the lab he chuckled. "Well my little calamari, it appears you are eager to have this done with."
When they entered the lab Michael immediately hopped off the table and ran to Alex. ~"Hello. I'm happy you are here."~ As Michael had begun speech therapy almost immediately after his diagnosis, he was actually getting quite good at speaking again.
~"I'm happy to be here buddy. Let's get this over with so we can begin with the birthday party."~ Alex suggested scooping Michael up and putting him back on the lab chair.
Within the hour both Michael and Mariella's procedures were complete and their growth rate had returned to normal. After the procedure they had a birthday party in Sanctuary before Alex had to leave again. In all it was a great day for both twins and they enjoyed all their new presents.
Although the twins appeared to be seven years old physically, Adam had to run a few more tests on there mental and emotional state to fully gage where their growth had stopped at. It was not going to a fun day, but Adam figured that he could get through it.
"Shal. Brennan. I need you to bring the twins down here." Adam called into his COM ring. "I need to run those test we talked about today."
Five minutes later Adam watched as Michael came walking in followed by Shalimar and Mari in Brennan's arms.~"Grandpa, do we have to do more tests. We are always taking tests?"~ Michael asked before crossing his arms indignantly.
~"Yes, we have to do these tests Michael. If we are going to know what to teach you and how old you are, I have to do these test."~ Although the twins were only a year old, they knew about the advanced aging and understood what he was talking about.
"Fine, but lets get them over with quickly." Mari said in annoyance at the whole situation.
After running a whole battery of tests that took the better part of their morning, Adam sent Mari and Michael to get lunch while he reviewed the results. What he found surprised but didn't totally shock him at all. He called the twins and their parents back into the lab to go over the results with him.
~"Alright, I have some interesting news for all of you guys."~ Adam started a little tentatively, ~"Through all of the testing I've been able to place a physical age on the twins for official records. They are about eight years old which, using their actual birthday, makes their 'official' birthday as January 15, 1996."~
"That is about what we thought, so what is the interesting part of these results Adam?" Brennan looked at Adam for the answer and then at his children questioningly.
~"The interesting part is that their emotional age is actually that of an eleven or twelve year old and while I thought that their intellectual capacity might suffer during the advanced aging, I was wrong. I was about as wrong as I've ever been. Their intellectual capacity and level is in the genius range. If I were to start teaching them now, I would say that they could pick up the basics in about two months and begin middle and high school classes after that."~
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Part Four: Genius
"Uncle Jesse! Uncle Will! Alex is here." Mari screamed as she saw Alex walk through the doors of Sanctuary. He smiled when he saw her and chuckled to himself. It had been one year since her and Michael's birth and today he would be able to fully reverse the advanced aging. Today they would be normal children, well as normal as a new mutant could be, Alex thought.
"Where is everyone?" Alex looked around. It was unusually quiet and a little disturbing. "Aren't you and Mike usually attached at the hip?"
"Nicole and Emma are out shopping. Jesse and Will are in the kitchen, where else would they be? And Mike, Mom and Dad are in the lab with Adam. They're waiting for you to arrive." Mari looked up at Alex and frowned.
"What's wrong calamari?" Alex didn't understand why this perfect little girl would be frowning on her birthday.
"It's just that now that me and Michael will be better, you won't be coming anymore. I won't get to see you anymore and there will be nobody to call me calamari." Mari looked down at her feet and started to sniffle. Alex was the only person who called Mari by that nickname and she loved it.
"What makes you think I won't be around anymore? Just because you will be all better doesn't mean I can't still come and visit every once in a while does it? Are you kicking me out or something?" Alex joked, trying to make Mari smile.
"I guess not. You promise you'll still come and visit?" When Mari saw him nod and smile her face lit up immediately and she grabbed Alex's hand. As she drug him off to the lab he chuckled. "Well my little calamari, it appears you are eager to have this done with."
When they entered the lab Michael immediately hopped off the table and ran to Alex. ~"Hello. I'm happy you are here."~ As Michael had begun speech therapy almost immediately after his diagnosis, he was actually getting quite good at speaking again.
~"I'm happy to be here buddy. Let's get this over with so we can begin with the birthday party."~ Alex suggested scooping Michael up and putting him back on the lab chair.
Within the hour both Michael and Mariella's procedures were complete and their growth rate had returned to normal. After the procedure they had a birthday party in Sanctuary before Alex had to leave again. In all it was a great day for both twins and they enjoyed all their new presents.
Although the twins appeared to be seven years old physically, Adam had to run a few more tests on there mental and emotional state to fully gage where their growth had stopped at. It was not going to a fun day, but Adam figured that he could get through it.
"Shal. Brennan. I need you to bring the twins down here." Adam called into his COM ring. "I need to run those test we talked about today."
Five minutes later Adam watched as Michael came walking in followed by Shalimar and Mari in Brennan's arms.~"Grandpa, do we have to do more tests. We are always taking tests?"~ Michael asked before crossing his arms indignantly.
~"Yes, we have to do these tests Michael. If we are going to know what to teach you and how old you are, I have to do these test."~ Although the twins were only a year old, they knew about the advanced aging and understood what he was talking about.
"Fine, but lets get them over with quickly." Mari said in annoyance at the whole situation.
After running a whole battery of tests that took the better part of their morning, Adam sent Mari and Michael to get lunch while he reviewed the results. What he found surprised but didn't totally shock him at all. He called the twins and their parents back into the lab to go over the results with him.
~"Alright, I have some interesting news for all of you guys."~ Adam started a little tentatively, ~"Through all of the testing I've been able to place a physical age on the twins for official records. They are about eight years old which, using their actual birthday, makes their 'official' birthday as January 15, 1996."~
"That is about what we thought, so what is the interesting part of these results Adam?" Brennan looked at Adam for the answer and then at his children questioningly.
~"The interesting part is that their emotional age is actually that of an eleven or twelve year old and while I thought that their intellectual capacity might suffer during the advanced aging, I was wrong. I was about as wrong as I've ever been. Their intellectual capacity and level is in the genius range. If I were to start teaching them now, I would say that they could pick up the basics in about two months and begin middle and high school classes after that."~
