AN: Yay! Next chapter posted! I'm really sorry that it's taking so long to get to the meat of the story but I have to get the characters slightly settled in first. I'm pretty sure things will heat up in the next chapter or two.
MidnightRebel: Sarah should scare you a bit. Don't worry; she won't be so violent in the future (at least towards her friends).
The Pebble: If I told you it would ruin the suspense. Suffice it to say that Sarah's not really that strong when it comes to hitting people. She's not normally violent but hey, if an extremely close friend of yours showed up after letting you think he was dead for 5 years wouldn't you be pissed? By the way...you'll find out how Dustin is doing in the next chapter.
Sarah groaned. Where was she and why did her head feel like it was trying to split in half? She didn't dare open her eyes, as the bright light was too much for her even with her eyes squeezed shut. The lights ruled out any possibility of her being in her room but failed to answer where on earth she was. She reached a hand out and could feel a cold metal railing. That's odd. Sarah thought. I don't remember having steel near me. Sarah stretched her other hand out experimentally and found that there was another metal railing on the other side. Am I in a hospital or something? Sarah wondered. Her head was still throbbing making her feel rather ill but Sarah knew she wouldn't figure anything out until she opened her eyes.
Sarah immediately groaned loudly and shut her eyes again throwing her arm up to cover them. I should remember not to look directly into lights like that. Muttering a few curses Sarah gingerly rolled onto her side making sure not to disturb any of the wires she could now feel connected to her. When she judged that she was turned enough so that she wouldn't look directly into the lights she opened her eyes again.
She was, in a word, impressed. The hospital or whatever it was she was in was huge. It was also apparently well supplied. Sarah could see rows of tubes bottles and IV bags; some neatly stored some, well, not. She could see a large man, at least she guessed that was what he was, but it was hard to tell with the masses of blue fur that covered him. Sarah would have been frightened but she was still trying to fight off what she could only describe as the world's worst hangover. Memory came flooding back and she looked around hoping she'd see Dustin there. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him lying in a similar bed next to hers. He was all right. That was good, because she still hadn't gotten her answers.
Henry McCoy had been startled from his research when he heard a faint sigh. Figuring that one of his patients was up he strolled over to the beds to see which of his patients had regained consciousness. He didn't really know much about the two people who were benefiting from his medical care. He had tested their blood and they were both mutants but the girl's blood had another genetic anomaly in it. He knew about genetics, but he hadn't really seen anything like this before. He supposed it didn't matter though. He would be able to ask the girl when she woke up.
Sarah saw the doctor approaching but she let him get to the beds before showing any signs that she was conscious.
"Um...who are you and why do you have blue fur?" Sarah asked.
"Ah...you're awake. That's good." Henry said cheerfully.
"Would you mind trying to keep it down a little? I've got the world's worst headache." Sarah grumbled.
"That would more than likely be an after effect of your passing out." Henry stated.
"Ok...that makes sense. But you still haven't told me who you are or why you have blue fur." Sarah reminded the strange man.
"Oh yes. Forgive me. My name is Dr. Henry McCoy, but you may call me Henry. As you may have guessed from my title I am the resident doctor for the mansion. My fur is this lovely shade of blue due to my mutation." Henry informed his "guest."
"Oh...ok...Um...I'm Sarah. Logan and Ororo brought me here. Then the dumb ass over there came and ruined it." Sarah said jerking her thumb in Dustin's direction.
"I see. I assume you know him from somewhere?" Henry inquired.
"Yeah. I met him when I moved to Michigan. We were really close there and he sorta became an older brother to me. Helped me out a lot even when my mutation caused some trouble. He helped me get back to Massachusetts. I thought he was dead until I saw him fighting with a guy who wore really odd sunglasses." Sarah replied.
"That would more than likely be Scott. He is the leader around here along with Ororo. I must say that he is very vexed with your friend and even more vexed that Professor Xavier, the man who runs this institute, cannot return to deal with the two of you." Henry said with a hint of amusement.
Sarah smiled a little. She kinda liked the big, blue, furry guy. He was funny and reminded her of her father.
"So...would it be all right with you if I checked your vitals?" Henry asked with a twinkle in his eye.
"Do what you gotta do." Sarah replied smiling.
"Um...is Dustin gonna be all right?" Sarah asked after a few minutes.
"Well...he has not regained consciousness but I am sure he'll be just fine." Henry reassured her.
"Oh...by the way...I'm Sarah." Sarah said mildly embarrassed.
"A pleasure to meet you." Henry replied.
After a minute or so longer, Henry informed Sarah that she was perfectly fine. He cleared her to leave the med lab and promised to let her know when her friend woke up.
"Just one question before you go." Henry said.
"Shoot." Sarah replied turning to look at him.
"You're blood, when I tested it, showed the genetic anomaly of your mutation but it also showed another genetic difference." Henry informed Sarah.
"Oh...that...I have Turner's Syndrome." Sarah informed him.
"Ah...That's what it is. I knew it was something I had studied but had not seen in real life before." Henry mused.
"It's no big deal." Sarah quickly stated.
"Well it could very well affect your mutation." Henry said.
"How could it possibly do that?" Sarah asked incredulously.
"I'm not quite sure myself. I'll have to research it some more." Henry informed her.
"Oh. Ok. Well I'm going to go see if you guys keep any decent food around here." Sarah replied as she headed out of the lab.
"I'll let you know if I find anything." Henry assured her as she reached the door.
"Thanks." Sarah said as she went to go find the kitchen.
AN: I know this is short and I apologize for that. I apologize once again for the fact that nothing has happened to give you guys a clue as to what's going on. I promise that next chapter I'll start to explain what Dustin's doing attacking the X-Men and all that. Please stick with this story and read and review!
