Charles Xavier set at his desk, reading the newspaper. Normally, he
wouldn't have time to do this, but today, all the students had gone to the
park. It was peaceful, for once. Also, Cerebro hadn't detected any new
mutants for a while, so all Xavier had to do was relax. He was halfway
through an interesting article when the laws of the universe kicked in. In
other words, Cerebro sent out an alarm that signified a new mutant had been
detected. Xavier sighed and headed to the computer, only to be shocked.
~*Jean, get the others back home immediately, we have a few new mutants to
find.*~ He ordered the telepath. ~*Sure, Professor, we'll be there in ten
minutes.*~ She replied. Xavier nodded and typed in a few keys on the
keyboard.
^^Name: Riley Marsters.
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Age: 17 (7/2/86)
Features: Red eyes. Dark brown hair. 5'6. 120 LBS.
Power: Similar to a vampire^^
Xavier read a few more facts off the screen, and then he read the other
mutant's bio.
^^Name: James Jennings
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Age: 15 (4/24/88)
Features: Brown eyes. Brown hair. 5'7. 165 LBS
Power: Gravitational Manipulation. ^^
"I knew today was too good to be true" Xavier smiled to no one as he turned
and headed back upstairs.
"What is it Professor?" Scott asked as the group walked through the door. "Cerebro has detected two new mutants." Charles explained as he motioned for them to take a seat. "Two?" Tabitha asked in disbelief. "Yes, one in Alabama and one in Canada." He clarified. "Ororo, I want you to take Jean, Scott and Kurt to Halifax to retrieve Mr. Jennings. Logan, you take Rogue, Remy, Kitty and Tabitha to Birmingham to retrieve Ms. Marsters." He stated. The group nodded and dispersed to get changed. "When can we go on a mission?" Amara pouted. "As soon as you finish a few more training sessions." He smiled warmly as he went to his office to send coordinates to the Blackbird and the new X-Jet.
A few minutes later, the X-Men were ready. "We'll see you guys later." Scott waved as they started up the Blackbird. "Ok, so what do we need to know about this kid?" Scott questioned as Jean and Ororo took the controls. "James Jennings, he's 15 and lives in Halifax, Canada. Apparently he's been a mutant for a few months, but for some reason Cerebro hasn't detected him. Umm... let me see, powers...he has the ability to manipulate gravity." Jean read. "Ahhh...that's a new one." Kurt spoke up. The team nodded. "Latest news on him- his father kicked him out a while ago, since then he's been living on the streets. He's rarely ever seen. Seems like the timid type if you ask me. This means only a few of us need to approach him." Jean concluded. "Ok, you and me co-." Cyclops started, but Jean raised her hand. "No, we don't want to scare him, and well, your glasses and visor may freak him out, he may think the government if after him. Maybe Storm and I could go." She offered. Cyclops sighed, but then nodded. "Haha, you scare children." Kurt laughed as Scott sat down. "Yeah, well, your blue and fuzzy self isn't so attractive either." Scott replied. "What are you talking about, everyone digs da fuzzy dude." Kurt replied, shocked. Scott rolled his eyes, but went unnoticed thanks to his visor. "Neither of you scare children." Ororo called from up front. "But you do act like them." Jean muttered under her breath, causing both of them to burst out in laughter.
"So who we after?" Tabitha asked as Logan pulled out of the hangar. "Riley Marsters." He replied gruffly. "Dat won't help us find her, Mon ami." Remy stated as he took his place next to Rogue. "She's a teenager, brown hair, red eyes, and of yeah, she's basically a vampire." Logan replied sarcastically "Dis may be a problem." Remy muttered. "What Sugah?" Rogue questioned. "Red eyes? Dat's mah special thing." He replied, half serious. "Get over yourself Gumbo." Logan laughed. "Well, it is." Remy pouted. "Awww, don't worry, no one can take yah're place." She sarcastically comforted as she placed her bare hand on his cheek. "Better not. And by da way Cherie, remind me tah thank de Professah for helping yah control your powers." He said gruffly as he kissed the back of her hand. Tabitha rolled her eyes and stood up and made her way to the front of the plane with Logan, so not to disturb the couple. "Drives you crazy doesn't it?" Logan chuckled. "Oh yeah." Tabitha replied as she stared out the window. "Least you can't still here it." He pointed out as he cursed his sensitive hearing.
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Riley Marsters sniffed the food in disgust after she paid the boy at the window and drove off in the car she stole. She could eat normal food, and enjoyed most of it, but certain foods just made her sick. She drove into downtown Birmingham and parked her car in a tow away zone and grabbed the bag. Riley had never been a wasteful person, so she walked around until she saw a homeless person and tossed the bad full of artery clogging foods at his feet. "Thanks ma'am!" He smiled, showing only 2 or 3 teeth. The pale girl nodded in reply and continued down the sidewalk, only to be halted around the corner by some thug. "Hey there beautiful." He smiled, as he looked her body up and down. "Not in this lifetime." She assured him as she stepped past. "Ah think yah better learn respect." He growled as he grabbed her arm and threw her against the wall. Riley once again curled her upper lip in disgust as the greasy man pinned her to the wall. "I respect people who deserve it." She explained as her eyes began to change to a violent shade of red, and her teeth began to elongate. The man gasped and scrambled back, only to back into a lamppost. Riley smiled; she could smell his fear, and it was making her hungrier. She lunged at him and sank her fangs into the soft flesh of his neck, causing him to first become stiff, then to collapse. As he fell, Riley licked her lips and walked away, cursing herself for biting something so much worse than the burger she had tossed to the homeless. She stopped a few blocks down and cracked her neck, getting the stiffness out. In this form, everything was more interesting: heightened senses and abilities allowed her to do so much more. She was half way across the street when a car rounded the corner, blinding her with its high beams She hissed and jumped on the hood as the car stopped. "Hey Kid!" The man called as he threw open the car door to see if she was Ok, but to his surprise, she was gone. "They need to lower the speed limits in this town." Riley muttered as she stared down at the man in humor from her perch on the building roof. She cracked her neck again and walked into the night. ~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~**~~~***~~~~***
James Jennings sighed as he saw someone knock a few bags out of an elderly woman's hands. He glared at the back of the man's head as he continued on. "Here ma'am." He offered as he picked the bags up for the woman. "Thanks sonny." She smiled warmly. "Do you need anymore help?" He asked as he shifted the weight in his arms. "Would it be too much trouble to help me to my house? It's only a few blocks from here." She requested. "No problem." He shook his head as he followed the lady. A few feet from the door, a man stepped out of the shadows. "Hey Granny." He snapped as he grabbed her purse and ran. James acted quickly and dropped the bags and reached out his hand. The man suddenly rose from the ground and hung suspended in the air. The crook dropped the bag in fear and it fell to the ground. James used his free hand and motioned for the purse to come to him. He grabbed it out of the air and handed it to the shocked woman. He then flung his other hand to the side, causing the man to be flung across the street. He landed in a heap and scrambled away. "I'm sorry for the disturbance ma'am, I'm gonna go." He said hurriedly as he ran down the street and into an ally, leaving the woman standing shell shocked on her doorstep.
"What is it Professor?" Scott asked as the group walked through the door. "Cerebro has detected two new mutants." Charles explained as he motioned for them to take a seat. "Two?" Tabitha asked in disbelief. "Yes, one in Alabama and one in Canada." He clarified. "Ororo, I want you to take Jean, Scott and Kurt to Halifax to retrieve Mr. Jennings. Logan, you take Rogue, Remy, Kitty and Tabitha to Birmingham to retrieve Ms. Marsters." He stated. The group nodded and dispersed to get changed. "When can we go on a mission?" Amara pouted. "As soon as you finish a few more training sessions." He smiled warmly as he went to his office to send coordinates to the Blackbird and the new X-Jet.
A few minutes later, the X-Men were ready. "We'll see you guys later." Scott waved as they started up the Blackbird. "Ok, so what do we need to know about this kid?" Scott questioned as Jean and Ororo took the controls. "James Jennings, he's 15 and lives in Halifax, Canada. Apparently he's been a mutant for a few months, but for some reason Cerebro hasn't detected him. Umm... let me see, powers...he has the ability to manipulate gravity." Jean read. "Ahhh...that's a new one." Kurt spoke up. The team nodded. "Latest news on him- his father kicked him out a while ago, since then he's been living on the streets. He's rarely ever seen. Seems like the timid type if you ask me. This means only a few of us need to approach him." Jean concluded. "Ok, you and me co-." Cyclops started, but Jean raised her hand. "No, we don't want to scare him, and well, your glasses and visor may freak him out, he may think the government if after him. Maybe Storm and I could go." She offered. Cyclops sighed, but then nodded. "Haha, you scare children." Kurt laughed as Scott sat down. "Yeah, well, your blue and fuzzy self isn't so attractive either." Scott replied. "What are you talking about, everyone digs da fuzzy dude." Kurt replied, shocked. Scott rolled his eyes, but went unnoticed thanks to his visor. "Neither of you scare children." Ororo called from up front. "But you do act like them." Jean muttered under her breath, causing both of them to burst out in laughter.
"So who we after?" Tabitha asked as Logan pulled out of the hangar. "Riley Marsters." He replied gruffly. "Dat won't help us find her, Mon ami." Remy stated as he took his place next to Rogue. "She's a teenager, brown hair, red eyes, and of yeah, she's basically a vampire." Logan replied sarcastically "Dis may be a problem." Remy muttered. "What Sugah?" Rogue questioned. "Red eyes? Dat's mah special thing." He replied, half serious. "Get over yourself Gumbo." Logan laughed. "Well, it is." Remy pouted. "Awww, don't worry, no one can take yah're place." She sarcastically comforted as she placed her bare hand on his cheek. "Better not. And by da way Cherie, remind me tah thank de Professah for helping yah control your powers." He said gruffly as he kissed the back of her hand. Tabitha rolled her eyes and stood up and made her way to the front of the plane with Logan, so not to disturb the couple. "Drives you crazy doesn't it?" Logan chuckled. "Oh yeah." Tabitha replied as she stared out the window. "Least you can't still here it." He pointed out as he cursed his sensitive hearing.
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Riley Marsters sniffed the food in disgust after she paid the boy at the window and drove off in the car she stole. She could eat normal food, and enjoyed most of it, but certain foods just made her sick. She drove into downtown Birmingham and parked her car in a tow away zone and grabbed the bag. Riley had never been a wasteful person, so she walked around until she saw a homeless person and tossed the bad full of artery clogging foods at his feet. "Thanks ma'am!" He smiled, showing only 2 or 3 teeth. The pale girl nodded in reply and continued down the sidewalk, only to be halted around the corner by some thug. "Hey there beautiful." He smiled, as he looked her body up and down. "Not in this lifetime." She assured him as she stepped past. "Ah think yah better learn respect." He growled as he grabbed her arm and threw her against the wall. Riley once again curled her upper lip in disgust as the greasy man pinned her to the wall. "I respect people who deserve it." She explained as her eyes began to change to a violent shade of red, and her teeth began to elongate. The man gasped and scrambled back, only to back into a lamppost. Riley smiled; she could smell his fear, and it was making her hungrier. She lunged at him and sank her fangs into the soft flesh of his neck, causing him to first become stiff, then to collapse. As he fell, Riley licked her lips and walked away, cursing herself for biting something so much worse than the burger she had tossed to the homeless. She stopped a few blocks down and cracked her neck, getting the stiffness out. In this form, everything was more interesting: heightened senses and abilities allowed her to do so much more. She was half way across the street when a car rounded the corner, blinding her with its high beams She hissed and jumped on the hood as the car stopped. "Hey Kid!" The man called as he threw open the car door to see if she was Ok, but to his surprise, she was gone. "They need to lower the speed limits in this town." Riley muttered as she stared down at the man in humor from her perch on the building roof. She cracked her neck again and walked into the night. ~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~**~~~***~~~~***
James Jennings sighed as he saw someone knock a few bags out of an elderly woman's hands. He glared at the back of the man's head as he continued on. "Here ma'am." He offered as he picked the bags up for the woman. "Thanks sonny." She smiled warmly. "Do you need anymore help?" He asked as he shifted the weight in his arms. "Would it be too much trouble to help me to my house? It's only a few blocks from here." She requested. "No problem." He shook his head as he followed the lady. A few feet from the door, a man stepped out of the shadows. "Hey Granny." He snapped as he grabbed her purse and ran. James acted quickly and dropped the bags and reached out his hand. The man suddenly rose from the ground and hung suspended in the air. The crook dropped the bag in fear and it fell to the ground. James used his free hand and motioned for the purse to come to him. He grabbed it out of the air and handed it to the shocked woman. He then flung his other hand to the side, causing the man to be flung across the street. He landed in a heap and scrambled away. "I'm sorry for the disturbance ma'am, I'm gonna go." He said hurriedly as he ran down the street and into an ally, leaving the woman standing shell shocked on her doorstep.