"Whatcha mean, a new doctor?" Logan asked. Kurt shrugged, taking off his
image inducer and immediately becoming blue again.
"His name vos Henry McCoy," he said. "I don't know much else."
"Well he's a mutant isn't he?" Logan said, pushing his can of beer around on the countertop. Kurt nodded when suddenly Kyle walked in, freezing when she saw the adults.
"I... didn't mean to interrupt anything," she said, eyes wide when she saw Kurt. "Sorry."
"Don't be, yeh didn't interrupt anything," Logan answered. "Meet anyone yet?" Kyle blinked.
"Not really," she said slowly. "Besides you and Professor Xavier, and Dr. McCoy."
"Yeh talk to him at all?" Logan asked, raising an eyebrow. "What's he like?"
"He asked me about my cut," Kyle said softly. Kurt looked at her.
"Vot did you say?" he asked gently.
"Accident, that's what it was anyway," Kyle said quickly. "You look- different," she said. Kurt smiled.
"Image inducer," he said, showing the gadget to her. He put it on his wrist and turned it one, immediately looking like a normal man. "The professor gave it to me."
"Cool," Kyle said as Kurt took it off again. "Can the professor hide my darts?"
"Nope," Logan grunted, taking a sip of his beer. Kyle looked crestfallen when he spoke again. "Chuck'll teach ya how to control them and keep them hidden, and fire them whenever yeh want."
"They shoot out every five minutes," Kyle said, smiling sadly. "They come out if I need them to."
~Kyle?~ Kyle jumped and looked around when Logan smiled.
"Chuck," he said. "He's a telepath. Yeh'll get used to mental calls, just answer him with yer thoughts." Kyle closed her eyes and concentrated.
~Y- yeah?~ she said nervously. She heard a mental chuckle.
~I'm sorry to startle you,~ he said. ~But our new doctor would like to see if he could get a sample of the liquid which emits from your darts, Logan or Kurt could show you the way.~
~Uh, sure~ Kyle said, opening her eyes. Kurt looked like he was lost in thought for a moment, then he blinked and smiled at her.
"I vill show you the vay if you vant," he said. Kyle nodded and followed the blue man out of the door when Logan called to her.
"Hey kid, find somethin' about Dr. Whats-his-face I can use against him," Logan said. Kyle nodded.
"Ok," she said, then turned and followed Kurt down more halls. Halfway to the medbay a girl with brown hair with a white streak in it walked past them and slowed down when she saw Kyle. Kurt smiled at her.
"Hey Kurt," the girl said, looking at Kyle curiously. "Who's this?"
"This is Kyle," Kurt said. "Kyle, this is Rogue, she is in some of your classes." Rogue smiled at her.
"New girl huh?" she asked. Kyle nodded and felt the familiar smooth feeling of one of her darts coming out. She crossed her arms and tried to get the dart to go back in like she had managed to do once the day before and tried to smile. Rogue nodded and looked back at Kurt. "Well I have to get to class, see you later Kyle," with that she turned and walked down the hall.
"See?" Kurt said as they continued to walk as well. "Everyone here understands vot can come vith being a mutant, I think Rogue may be in your dorm." Kyle nodded and tried to make the long needle go away while she walked, but she felt the muscles in her wrist contracting. She knew any sudden hand movement would set teh dart off into who knows what.
A silver door glided open as they approached it and Kurt walked in.
"Dr. McCoy?" he called. Dr. McCoy looked up from his bags and computers and smiled.
"Oh, hello," he said, coming over. "Kurt, wasn't it? And Kyle?" Kurt nodded. "You can call me Hank," the doctor said, putting out his hand. Kurt shook it but Kyle shook her head.
"Dart problems," she said, looking at the floor. Hank smiled.
"One of them is coming out?" he asked. Kyle nodded and Hank pointed to the wall. "Shoot it at the wall, and I can get the sample from it. I bet you know hoe to release it?" Kyle pointed her palm at the wall and immediately a dart exploded out of her skin and buried itself halfway into the wall. Hank smiled and Kurt looked at it in slight shock.
"Vow," he said. Hank nodded and walked over, putting a plastic glove on his hand and taking a small test-tube out of his pocket he tugged the needle- like dart out of the wall and let the purple liquid seep into the tube. When all of the liquid had come out he put the cap on the tube and carried the tube and dart over to his desk and sat down, swiveling around in his chair to look at Kyle.
"Thank you," he said. "I'll try and figure out what is in the darts, and I'm sure the professor will help you control when they come out and how powerfully they shoot. Now I would like to talk about those bruises and that cut, if you don't mind." Kyle looked at him, a hand instinctively going up and causing another dart to shoot itself into the ceiling. Immediately Kyle lowered her hand.
"It was an accident," she said. Kurt looked up at the dart as the liquid started to seep out and drop of Kyle's head, which she ignored. Hank sighed.
"I must say, Ms. Munroe and the professor didn't seem to think it was an accident," he said. "Would you tell me what happened? Or would you feel more comfortable talking to Ororo or the professor?"
"I almost shot my dad," Kyle said, looking at her wrists. Hank nodded.
"And he hit you?" he asked. "Did he attack you with a knife?"
"He said that when my blood became red again I wouldn't go to hell," Kyle said softly. Hank stood up and walked over to her, looking closely at the cut.
"I can't tell if it's infected or not, though I don't think it is," he said. He looked Kyle straight in the eye. "You're still a human being Kyle, don't let anyone tell you different, just because you look different. It was unacceptable what your father did to you, but I don't have enough knowledge or the ability to do anything about it. But I can tell you this, you will not go to Hell because you are a mutant, and it doesn't matter what color your blood is." Kyle nodded and ran her tongue over her lip.
"You go there because of what you do, right?" she said. Hank nodded and stood up.
"Right, now I was wondering if I could get a blood sample as well?" Kyle shrugged and looked up at the dart in the ceiling.
"Oops," she said. Hank looked up and grabbed it with his gloved hand and set it next to the other dart.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "Now if you'll just sit over here-"
*****
Kyle arrived with Kurt late to dinner, and she took her seat in silence and looked at the food in front of her. Logan looked over his own large plate of food at the teen and grunted.
"So what yeh get?" he asked.
"Huh?" Kyle said, looking up. Logan chuckled.
"Yeh didn't get any dirt on McCoy for me?" he asked.
"Oh, he's nice," Kyle said, nodding her head a little. "And he likes Twinkies."
"Twinkies?" Logan repeated, stifling another laugh. Kurt nodded.
"Ve saw him taking out two boxes of them," he said, smiling himself. "Ve didn't vant to steal any, but he vos still protective of them."
"They are my private snacks, and from where I come form the term 'private snack' is like an invitation for many people to steal them," Hank said, walking over. Logan looked up.
"Yer the doctor?" he said. "Henry McKay?"
"McCoy, and you may call me Hank if you prefer," Hank said, smiling.
"Logan," Logan grunted. "And I don't plan on seeing you in the medbay at all, so don't get sugar defenses up." Hank chuckled.
"Well, Logan, I don't believe anyone plans on needing medical attention-"
"Oh, he vont be," Kurt spoke up.
"Really?" Hank said skeptically.
"Nope," Logan replied, stuffing more hamburger in his mouth.
"May I ask why not?"
"Secret, bub," Logan said. Kyle looked at him, sure she had heard somewhere he had some kind of healing mutation and wondering whether or not she should speak up.
"Kyle, vy don't you go sit vith the other kids?" Kurt asked suddenly. Kyle jerked, having never been good in social situations, and looked at the adults, quickly gathering her things up.
"I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't mean to- I didn't know you wanted to talk,"
"No," Kurt said immediately. "I just thought you vould like to meet the others, that's all."
"You're welcome to stay Kyle," Hank said. "It is nice knowing I am not the only one mystified by this man." Logan snorted.
"Yer not the only one mystified in the school," he said. "I doubt anyone ain't mystified, partially 'cause I don't get myself, except maybe Chuck." Kyle tried to smile and just walked away, sitting closer to the other kids and wondering how in the world she was going to fit in at the school, they all seemed so close here.
"Who's that?" She was aware of a few glances she was getting and heard the same question repeated a few time, but instead she focused on her food when she heard someone say her name.
"Kyle, right?" Kyle looked up and saw Rogue smiling at her, flanked by two other girls. Rogue smiled at her and Kyle nodded.
"Yeah, um, Rogue," she said.
"Yep, mind if we sit here?" Kyle shook her head and Rogue and one of the other girls sat down across the table from her and the other sat next to her.
"Hi, I'm Kitty, and this is Jubilee," the girl sitting next to Kyle said, her voice bright and cheerful.
"Hey," Jubilee said. Then she looked down the table. "Oh man, Bobby's looking, watch out Rogue and get your makeup all pretty for your boyfriend." Rogue made a face at her.
"I don't have to put on any makeup for him," she said. Then she paused. "Hmm, looks like Evan sees you Kyle." Kyle looked up at table briefly and saw a boy with dark skin and yellow hair looking at her curiously. Kyle dropped her gaze immediately and picked up her fork, in the process shooting a dart right past Rogue's ear. Rogue, Jubilee, and Kitty jumped and Kyle's eyes widened as they stared at her.
"Whoa, what was that?" Kitty said.
"I- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" Kyle said, putting her hands down. Small gasps and cries of "Did you see that? She shot something at Rogue! Who *is* she?" came from down the hall. The adults down the table looked up and Logan walked over.
"What happened?" he said.
"She just shot some needle thing at Rogue," Jubilee said, her mouth open in awe. Kyle looked at Logan.
"I didn't mean to, it was an accident," she said.
"Hey, no, that's ok," Rogue said. "You missed, right?" Logan walked over to the wall and pulled out the needle as Hank stood up.
"I wouldn't touch-" Logan looked at the purple liquid seeped into his hand and then disappeared a moment later, a purple mark left behind. All of the sudden he felt woozy and started to breath hard, closing his eyes and leaning against the wall for support.
"Logan!" Rogue said, getting up. Kyle hurried around the table and grabbed the dart just as the last of the liquid washed over her own hands, then disappeared without leaving a mark.
"I'm- I'm ok," Logan said, putting up his hand. Kyle backed away.
"I'm sorry," she said again, tears forming in her eyes. Logan forced a chuckle.
"No, no problem kid," he said. "Happens all the, all the time." He closed his eyes again and leaned his head on the wall, and after a moment his breathing returned to normal and he opened his eyes. "There, all better, no problem at all-" he said, looking around.
"Vere did Kyle go?" Kurt asked, looking at where she had been a moment before. But Kyle was nowhere to be seen.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Hank asked, walking over to Logan. "I thought it was some kind of poison, but perhaps not one strong enough to-"
"Oh it's strong," Logan said, smiling and looking at his hand, where the last of the purple was fading away. "Didn't I tell yeh, healing mutation?" Hank stopped.
"I'm going to need to run some more tests," he said.
**
Ororo was walking down the hall to go to dinner when Kyle rushed past her, tears leaking down her face and holding something in her hand.
"Kyle?" Ororo turned and hurried after her, finding her in the dorm she had been shown earlier. "Kyle, what happened? What's wrong?"
"I almost shot Rogue!" Kyle said, more tears leaking down her face. "And when Logan picked up the dart, he almost died!"
"Is he alright?" Ororo asked, "Is Rogue alright?"
"Rogue is, I don't know about Logan though," Kyle sobbed.
"Oh, there there, Logan will be fine," Ororo said, putting her arm around Kyle's shoulder. "That man has been through much worse than this, I promise you. He'll be fine, and you'll learn how to control those darts of yours-"
"But what if I kill someone first?" Kyle sobbed. "What if I don't miss one time and hit someone who can't heal that fast?"
"You won't kill anyone," Ororo said.
"I shouldn't have come here," Kyle said. "I should have stayed where I wouldn't hit anyone who didn't deserve it."
"Kyle-"
"Sometimes I deserve it," Logan said from the doorway. Kyle looked up and then away, her purple eyes slightly gleaming in the lights.
"Kyle, there are many children here who had mutations just as dangerous as yours," Ororo said. "You know what Rogue's mutation is? She can't even touch someone with her bare skin without taking their life force and memories-"
"She nearly killed me as well," Logan said.
"And there is a boy who," Ororo continued, ignoring Logan. "When he first came here couldn't control his powers and nearly turned everything and everyone he got close to into blocks of ice-"
"He's going out with Rogue, and he nearly froze my hand off," Logan said.
"And professor Xavier himself could kill every mutant and human in the world with his machine Cerebro," Ororo said. Logan didn't say anything as a flood of memories came back from one month before, and Ororo felt the same thing as she stopped talking.
"But they haven't killed anyone?" Kyle asked slowly. "You guys helped them out in time?" Ororo nodded, bringing herself back to the present moment.
"Yes, and the same thing will happen to you," she said. "We'll help you learn to control your darts, and soon you won't even need to think about them when you don't want to."
"I could keep them hidden forever if I wanted?"
"Yes."
"Jus' don't shoot me again."
"Logan, that's not helping."
"Sorry Ro, just making sure the kid's got the facts straight."
"Logan."
"His name vos Henry McCoy," he said. "I don't know much else."
"Well he's a mutant isn't he?" Logan said, pushing his can of beer around on the countertop. Kurt nodded when suddenly Kyle walked in, freezing when she saw the adults.
"I... didn't mean to interrupt anything," she said, eyes wide when she saw Kurt. "Sorry."
"Don't be, yeh didn't interrupt anything," Logan answered. "Meet anyone yet?" Kyle blinked.
"Not really," she said slowly. "Besides you and Professor Xavier, and Dr. McCoy."
"Yeh talk to him at all?" Logan asked, raising an eyebrow. "What's he like?"
"He asked me about my cut," Kyle said softly. Kurt looked at her.
"Vot did you say?" he asked gently.
"Accident, that's what it was anyway," Kyle said quickly. "You look- different," she said. Kurt smiled.
"Image inducer," he said, showing the gadget to her. He put it on his wrist and turned it one, immediately looking like a normal man. "The professor gave it to me."
"Cool," Kyle said as Kurt took it off again. "Can the professor hide my darts?"
"Nope," Logan grunted, taking a sip of his beer. Kyle looked crestfallen when he spoke again. "Chuck'll teach ya how to control them and keep them hidden, and fire them whenever yeh want."
"They shoot out every five minutes," Kyle said, smiling sadly. "They come out if I need them to."
~Kyle?~ Kyle jumped and looked around when Logan smiled.
"Chuck," he said. "He's a telepath. Yeh'll get used to mental calls, just answer him with yer thoughts." Kyle closed her eyes and concentrated.
~Y- yeah?~ she said nervously. She heard a mental chuckle.
~I'm sorry to startle you,~ he said. ~But our new doctor would like to see if he could get a sample of the liquid which emits from your darts, Logan or Kurt could show you the way.~
~Uh, sure~ Kyle said, opening her eyes. Kurt looked like he was lost in thought for a moment, then he blinked and smiled at her.
"I vill show you the vay if you vant," he said. Kyle nodded and followed the blue man out of the door when Logan called to her.
"Hey kid, find somethin' about Dr. Whats-his-face I can use against him," Logan said. Kyle nodded.
"Ok," she said, then turned and followed Kurt down more halls. Halfway to the medbay a girl with brown hair with a white streak in it walked past them and slowed down when she saw Kyle. Kurt smiled at her.
"Hey Kurt," the girl said, looking at Kyle curiously. "Who's this?"
"This is Kyle," Kurt said. "Kyle, this is Rogue, she is in some of your classes." Rogue smiled at her.
"New girl huh?" she asked. Kyle nodded and felt the familiar smooth feeling of one of her darts coming out. She crossed her arms and tried to get the dart to go back in like she had managed to do once the day before and tried to smile. Rogue nodded and looked back at Kurt. "Well I have to get to class, see you later Kyle," with that she turned and walked down the hall.
"See?" Kurt said as they continued to walk as well. "Everyone here understands vot can come vith being a mutant, I think Rogue may be in your dorm." Kyle nodded and tried to make the long needle go away while she walked, but she felt the muscles in her wrist contracting. She knew any sudden hand movement would set teh dart off into who knows what.
A silver door glided open as they approached it and Kurt walked in.
"Dr. McCoy?" he called. Dr. McCoy looked up from his bags and computers and smiled.
"Oh, hello," he said, coming over. "Kurt, wasn't it? And Kyle?" Kurt nodded. "You can call me Hank," the doctor said, putting out his hand. Kurt shook it but Kyle shook her head.
"Dart problems," she said, looking at the floor. Hank smiled.
"One of them is coming out?" he asked. Kyle nodded and Hank pointed to the wall. "Shoot it at the wall, and I can get the sample from it. I bet you know hoe to release it?" Kyle pointed her palm at the wall and immediately a dart exploded out of her skin and buried itself halfway into the wall. Hank smiled and Kurt looked at it in slight shock.
"Vow," he said. Hank nodded and walked over, putting a plastic glove on his hand and taking a small test-tube out of his pocket he tugged the needle- like dart out of the wall and let the purple liquid seep into the tube. When all of the liquid had come out he put the cap on the tube and carried the tube and dart over to his desk and sat down, swiveling around in his chair to look at Kyle.
"Thank you," he said. "I'll try and figure out what is in the darts, and I'm sure the professor will help you control when they come out and how powerfully they shoot. Now I would like to talk about those bruises and that cut, if you don't mind." Kyle looked at him, a hand instinctively going up and causing another dart to shoot itself into the ceiling. Immediately Kyle lowered her hand.
"It was an accident," she said. Kurt looked up at the dart as the liquid started to seep out and drop of Kyle's head, which she ignored. Hank sighed.
"I must say, Ms. Munroe and the professor didn't seem to think it was an accident," he said. "Would you tell me what happened? Or would you feel more comfortable talking to Ororo or the professor?"
"I almost shot my dad," Kyle said, looking at her wrists. Hank nodded.
"And he hit you?" he asked. "Did he attack you with a knife?"
"He said that when my blood became red again I wouldn't go to hell," Kyle said softly. Hank stood up and walked over to her, looking closely at the cut.
"I can't tell if it's infected or not, though I don't think it is," he said. He looked Kyle straight in the eye. "You're still a human being Kyle, don't let anyone tell you different, just because you look different. It was unacceptable what your father did to you, but I don't have enough knowledge or the ability to do anything about it. But I can tell you this, you will not go to Hell because you are a mutant, and it doesn't matter what color your blood is." Kyle nodded and ran her tongue over her lip.
"You go there because of what you do, right?" she said. Hank nodded and stood up.
"Right, now I was wondering if I could get a blood sample as well?" Kyle shrugged and looked up at the dart in the ceiling.
"Oops," she said. Hank looked up and grabbed it with his gloved hand and set it next to the other dart.
"Don't worry about it," he said. "Now if you'll just sit over here-"
*****
Kyle arrived with Kurt late to dinner, and she took her seat in silence and looked at the food in front of her. Logan looked over his own large plate of food at the teen and grunted.
"So what yeh get?" he asked.
"Huh?" Kyle said, looking up. Logan chuckled.
"Yeh didn't get any dirt on McCoy for me?" he asked.
"Oh, he's nice," Kyle said, nodding her head a little. "And he likes Twinkies."
"Twinkies?" Logan repeated, stifling another laugh. Kurt nodded.
"Ve saw him taking out two boxes of them," he said, smiling himself. "Ve didn't vant to steal any, but he vos still protective of them."
"They are my private snacks, and from where I come form the term 'private snack' is like an invitation for many people to steal them," Hank said, walking over. Logan looked up.
"Yer the doctor?" he said. "Henry McKay?"
"McCoy, and you may call me Hank if you prefer," Hank said, smiling.
"Logan," Logan grunted. "And I don't plan on seeing you in the medbay at all, so don't get sugar defenses up." Hank chuckled.
"Well, Logan, I don't believe anyone plans on needing medical attention-"
"Oh, he vont be," Kurt spoke up.
"Really?" Hank said skeptically.
"Nope," Logan replied, stuffing more hamburger in his mouth.
"May I ask why not?"
"Secret, bub," Logan said. Kyle looked at him, sure she had heard somewhere he had some kind of healing mutation and wondering whether or not she should speak up.
"Kyle, vy don't you go sit vith the other kids?" Kurt asked suddenly. Kyle jerked, having never been good in social situations, and looked at the adults, quickly gathering her things up.
"I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't mean to- I didn't know you wanted to talk,"
"No," Kurt said immediately. "I just thought you vould like to meet the others, that's all."
"You're welcome to stay Kyle," Hank said. "It is nice knowing I am not the only one mystified by this man." Logan snorted.
"Yer not the only one mystified in the school," he said. "I doubt anyone ain't mystified, partially 'cause I don't get myself, except maybe Chuck." Kyle tried to smile and just walked away, sitting closer to the other kids and wondering how in the world she was going to fit in at the school, they all seemed so close here.
"Who's that?" She was aware of a few glances she was getting and heard the same question repeated a few time, but instead she focused on her food when she heard someone say her name.
"Kyle, right?" Kyle looked up and saw Rogue smiling at her, flanked by two other girls. Rogue smiled at her and Kyle nodded.
"Yeah, um, Rogue," she said.
"Yep, mind if we sit here?" Kyle shook her head and Rogue and one of the other girls sat down across the table from her and the other sat next to her.
"Hi, I'm Kitty, and this is Jubilee," the girl sitting next to Kyle said, her voice bright and cheerful.
"Hey," Jubilee said. Then she looked down the table. "Oh man, Bobby's looking, watch out Rogue and get your makeup all pretty for your boyfriend." Rogue made a face at her.
"I don't have to put on any makeup for him," she said. Then she paused. "Hmm, looks like Evan sees you Kyle." Kyle looked up at table briefly and saw a boy with dark skin and yellow hair looking at her curiously. Kyle dropped her gaze immediately and picked up her fork, in the process shooting a dart right past Rogue's ear. Rogue, Jubilee, and Kitty jumped and Kyle's eyes widened as they stared at her.
"Whoa, what was that?" Kitty said.
"I- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" Kyle said, putting her hands down. Small gasps and cries of "Did you see that? She shot something at Rogue! Who *is* she?" came from down the hall. The adults down the table looked up and Logan walked over.
"What happened?" he said.
"She just shot some needle thing at Rogue," Jubilee said, her mouth open in awe. Kyle looked at Logan.
"I didn't mean to, it was an accident," she said.
"Hey, no, that's ok," Rogue said. "You missed, right?" Logan walked over to the wall and pulled out the needle as Hank stood up.
"I wouldn't touch-" Logan looked at the purple liquid seeped into his hand and then disappeared a moment later, a purple mark left behind. All of the sudden he felt woozy and started to breath hard, closing his eyes and leaning against the wall for support.
"Logan!" Rogue said, getting up. Kyle hurried around the table and grabbed the dart just as the last of the liquid washed over her own hands, then disappeared without leaving a mark.
"I'm- I'm ok," Logan said, putting up his hand. Kyle backed away.
"I'm sorry," she said again, tears forming in her eyes. Logan forced a chuckle.
"No, no problem kid," he said. "Happens all the, all the time." He closed his eyes again and leaned his head on the wall, and after a moment his breathing returned to normal and he opened his eyes. "There, all better, no problem at all-" he said, looking around.
"Vere did Kyle go?" Kurt asked, looking at where she had been a moment before. But Kyle was nowhere to be seen.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Hank asked, walking over to Logan. "I thought it was some kind of poison, but perhaps not one strong enough to-"
"Oh it's strong," Logan said, smiling and looking at his hand, where the last of the purple was fading away. "Didn't I tell yeh, healing mutation?" Hank stopped.
"I'm going to need to run some more tests," he said.
**
Ororo was walking down the hall to go to dinner when Kyle rushed past her, tears leaking down her face and holding something in her hand.
"Kyle?" Ororo turned and hurried after her, finding her in the dorm she had been shown earlier. "Kyle, what happened? What's wrong?"
"I almost shot Rogue!" Kyle said, more tears leaking down her face. "And when Logan picked up the dart, he almost died!"
"Is he alright?" Ororo asked, "Is Rogue alright?"
"Rogue is, I don't know about Logan though," Kyle sobbed.
"Oh, there there, Logan will be fine," Ororo said, putting her arm around Kyle's shoulder. "That man has been through much worse than this, I promise you. He'll be fine, and you'll learn how to control those darts of yours-"
"But what if I kill someone first?" Kyle sobbed. "What if I don't miss one time and hit someone who can't heal that fast?"
"You won't kill anyone," Ororo said.
"I shouldn't have come here," Kyle said. "I should have stayed where I wouldn't hit anyone who didn't deserve it."
"Kyle-"
"Sometimes I deserve it," Logan said from the doorway. Kyle looked up and then away, her purple eyes slightly gleaming in the lights.
"Kyle, there are many children here who had mutations just as dangerous as yours," Ororo said. "You know what Rogue's mutation is? She can't even touch someone with her bare skin without taking their life force and memories-"
"She nearly killed me as well," Logan said.
"And there is a boy who," Ororo continued, ignoring Logan. "When he first came here couldn't control his powers and nearly turned everything and everyone he got close to into blocks of ice-"
"He's going out with Rogue, and he nearly froze my hand off," Logan said.
"And professor Xavier himself could kill every mutant and human in the world with his machine Cerebro," Ororo said. Logan didn't say anything as a flood of memories came back from one month before, and Ororo felt the same thing as she stopped talking.
"But they haven't killed anyone?" Kyle asked slowly. "You guys helped them out in time?" Ororo nodded, bringing herself back to the present moment.
"Yes, and the same thing will happen to you," she said. "We'll help you learn to control your darts, and soon you won't even need to think about them when you don't want to."
"I could keep them hidden forever if I wanted?"
"Yes."
"Jus' don't shoot me again."
"Logan, that's not helping."
"Sorry Ro, just making sure the kid's got the facts straight."
"Logan."