Disclaimer: The characters portrayed within are the property of Marvel Comics and are used without permission in a non-profitable fan fiction. I do not own these characters. I do however own the rights to the following characters as they are my own creation: Angelo Hernandez (Crickett), Ryan Christed (R.C.), Xi Kanwan (Shekay), Arthur Bantham (Shifter), Jane Doe (Wolf-pup) and Ashlyn Treudeax (Ivy). These characters are fictitious and any resemblances to any person, both real and unreal, are strictly coincidental. Please do not use these characters without prior permission.

Chapter 2
Wolfpup

As Black entered the infirmary, he saw that Xi was hooking up the gurl to various instruments including a respirator and I.V.

"Do we not have a doctor here?!" She said to Black as he entered.

"He's on his way, but wasn't supposed to start until tonight." The other five students were standing off to the side with concerned looks on their faces.

"Well, you're damn lucky my father is a doctor and I know a little bit about this stuff. But that doctor better get here fast. Otherwise she's not going to make it. I can't do stitches, and that." she pointed to the girls side, "is going to need them!"

Black moved around to the side that Xi indicated and realized the girl had a big gash and was losing quite a bit of blood.

"Ryan, come here." Black said taking off his black jacket. He handed it to Ryan. "Put pressure on the wound and if you can do it, try to stop the bleeding with your telekinesis."

"I don't think I can." Ryan said scared.

"Just try son. Just try."

Black heard the doorbell ring and realized it had to be the doctor. At least he hoped so, he didn't want to have another injured unexpected guest show up. He rushed out of the room and up to the door. He threw it open.

"Quick, we need your assistance!" Black said, pulling him through the door.

Without a word the doctor and another lady that was with him rushed to the infirmary behind Black.

When they got to the infirmary, he looked the girl over. "This is going to be bad." He said and motioned to his bag. "Jeska, start unpacking. Everyone else out. I'll let you know how things go."

One by one the kids filed out of the infirmary. Black thought it would be best if they retired for the night and tried to get some sleep. The kids climbed up the stairs back ot the main floor and the guys and girls separated to go to their dorms.

Xi caught up to Ashlyn at the stairs. "Ashlyn, I want to apologize for Ryan's actions, earlier. He often acts without thinking."

"Oui, he does. Just ask him not to hurt anymore plants around me. I can feel what they feel. Kinda." She said. "You think she'll be our sixth?"

"Maybe so," Said Xi, "If so, she's going to get that third room. Are you tired?" She said smiling.

"Not after what just happened." Ashlyn said. "Let's set up her room a bit and help her out. She's going to be here a while, regardless of whether she's the sixth or not. She's going to need a place to rest."

With that, Xi got the foldaway bed from in her closet (she had no idea why it was there in the first place, and she was sure there was a permanent bed somewhere for the room, but she didn't know where) and moved it into her room. Xi contributed some personal items. Of course, Ashlyn contributed some plants to lighten up the room. Then the two of them put up "get well soon, Jane" signs after Xi had decided to call her Jane Doe until they found out her real name. As the two girls were leaving to get some more stuff, they ran into the guys on their way up the stairs with some stuff.

"Looks like you guys had the same idea we did, chica." Angelo said to Xi as they went into the room.

"We just brought some simple stuff like pillows, blankets, you know." Ryan said.

"Oh, no! You guys have girlified the room all up already!!" Art sighed.

"Well, duh! She is a girl!" Xi said. "You guys realize Black sent us to our separate rooms on purpose right?"

"Settle down, chica." Angelo said. "We just want to help her feel right at home. Black would want that."

After everybody got their stuff in place, they all went to bed hoping for some good news in the morning.

Xi was the first one up in the morning. She hadn't slept well the whole night, constantly waking up to bad dreams involving the disturbing images of Jane's mangled body from the night before. When she awoke, she realized she was lying on the floor and her bed was resting against the opposite wall of her room. When she had bad dreams, she would randomly teleport things she touched in her sleep. It was frustrating, but she had hardly ever done any real damage, so it was just frustrating that it happened.

She got dressed and walked down to the kitchen. She was hungry and wanted to make sure she got what she wanted to eat before the other people woke up.

She was pouring hersef a bowl of cereal when Art came downstairs.

"Mornin'" Xi said to him.

"Good morning." He said, taking a seat next to her at the bar. He looked outside and saw that the storm outside had not subsided, and it was still puring down rain. "You heard anything yet?" he asked her.

"Nope. Just got up about 20 min ago."

"Well, hopefully the news will be better than the weather." He said jerking his thumb in the direction of the window.

"It's been doing that all night." Xi said.

Silence encompassed the next few moments, until Ryan walked into the room.

"Good morning, sweetheart." He said.

"Well, good morning to you, too, sexy!" Art said laughing.

"Very funny, Artie." Ryan said. "Pass me the cereal when you're done with it, funny man!"

Angelo was the next person to come down and he walked right past everyone and just waved on his way by. He headed straight into the living room where he turned the Walt and Recall show on the TV.

Ashlyn appeared at the top of the stairs and looked at the television. "What's this?" She asked as she walked down the stairs and plopped down next to Angelo.

"Well, that hombre on the left is a guy by the name of Walt Norman. He's pretty much an anti-mutant activist. Although I have to admit, he's softened up quite a bit over the years."

"And the cute guy on the right?" Ashlyn prompted.

"Scooter McCloud. A.K.A. Recall. A mutant with the apparent ability to find lost things. He started with Walt on the radio program 'The Walt Norman Show' and eventually helped make the radio show such a hit that it became the Walt and Recall show. And as you can see, it got popular enough for them to get their own Talk show."

"A talk show? About Mutants?"

"Yup, today they are going to be talking to a mutant by the name of Jonothan Starsmore. He's a member of the X-Men."

Both of them fell into silence as Jonothan Starsmore, the mutant known as Chamber, walked onto the stage at the show. Walt and Recall took turns asking questions and remarks. Just as Chamber was about to show why he was called Chamber, the television shut off.

"Hey! What gives, chica? That was the best part!" Angelo said looking at Ashlyn.

"Wasn't me." She said pointing to the remote still lying on the coffee table.

Angelo reached over and picked up the remote to turn the TV back on, but to no avail.

"What gives?" Angelo said throwing the remote on the couch.

All of a sudden the intercom came alive. It was Black. "All students come to the Living Room if you aren't already there." Came the announcement.

Ryan, Art, and Xi came into the living room carrying their cereal with them.

"Man! Can't the guy let us eat?" Art complained as he plopped into the recliner.

Black emerged from the stairs leading down to the infirmary. He walked over to the center of the living room.

"How's Jane?" Xi asked, using the name she had given to the girl last night.

"Who?" Black asked, confused.

"Sorry, I started calling the girl Jane Doe last night. It came out unintentionally."

"Well, that's what I came up here to talk to you all about. She's going to be fine, although she has no memory of her previous life before waking up in the infrirmary. Therefore I was going to ask you all to help me pick out her name for her, but I believe you already did." He paused and signaled toward the stairs to the infirmary. "I'd like to introduce everyone to Jane!"

The girl that had shown up last night on their doorstep shyly came walking up the steps. She had a mid-drift shirt on that revealed the gauze that was wrapped around her waist over her wound.

"Jane doesn't remember anything about her past, but she does know she possesses a gift." Black watched as smiles came across the faces of a couple of the students. They knew she was going to be staying with the team, and they were happy to have their sixth member. "Everyone come outside."

"Um, it's still raining, big man." Art said looking out the window.

"That's fine, we only need to go out on the porch." Black said.

Black led the way toward the door. Once outside on the covered porch, he turned toward Jane. "Show them what you can do. Then they will each show you what they can do."

Jane closed her eyes and concentrated. A squirrel came running down a tree to the right of the porch, and came running across the lawn toward the porch. Right through the driving rain, and straight up Jane's pant leg to rest on her shoulder. She bent down and picked up an achorn off the porch and handed it to the little guy. "Everyone, I want you to meet.." She paused for a second, "Achorn, my pet squirrel."

Angelo looked at her confused. "So what, chica? You have a pet squirrel and you call that a gift?"

Xi elbowed Angelo in the side. He let out a rush of air and rubbed his ribs.

"Um, guys?" Ashlyn said pointing to the edge of the trees. A mountain lion came running out of the woods and up to the porch. It stopped and stared right at Angelo.

Everyone backed up against the wall, and Ashlyn pushed Angelo toward the front of the porch. The mountain lion growled.

"Easy, Samson, it'll be alright." Jane said and apparently at the suggestion of Jane, the lion took off back into the woods.

"Whoa! Chica does have some skills!" Angelo said, wiping the sweat off his brow.

"Let's go back inside." Black said and all the students filed into the living room. Once back inside the house, all the other members proceded to show Jane their gifts and how they can use them. She was getting more and more used to everyone by the minute. Black had the feeling that she was going to fit in very well here.

"Now that we have a full roster; everyone is going to pick out a code name to go by during missions. Try to pick something you are going to like, because you are going to be using it for a while. Ryan, we'll start with you."

"I've already thought about this. I'm using R.C. Not only is it my initials, but my teleportation ability is kinda like a radio controlled car." He said smiling.

"Wow, I haven't even thought about it." Xi said. "I guess I'll do the same. I'll use Shekay. My first name and my last initial."

"I'm going to go by Crickett." Angelo said.

"Shifter for me." Said Art.

"I'll go by Ivy." Ashlyn offered.

Everyone looked toward the newest member.

"Umm, I have no idea. Everyone's name fits them somehow. Why don't you guys give me a name?"

"Wolfpup." Everyone turned toward Black.

"What.." Art said "kinda name is Wolfpup?"

"I have my reasons." Black said remembering the pair of wolves by the front gate last night.

"I kinda like it." Ashlyn said walking up to Jane. "C'mon Wolfpup, let's go show you your room. Xi and I decorated it ourselves. Mostly." She said smiling at the boys. Achorn was still riding on Jane's shoulder all the way up the stairs.

Black excused himself out the front door without saying a word.

The guys took turns looking at each other.

"Well, that ended rather abruptly." Ryan said.

"Ya'll want to go shoot some pool?" Angelo asked.

The boys disappeared to the boy's dorm to enjoy the rest of the day.