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Just a Girl – Sibling quarrel
"Devon!" Marianne looked up as the door entered and saw her older brother enter. She had just tried to make heads and tails out of the assigned homework with Kitty's help. It amazed her that Kitty was so smart.
"Child, let's leave Marianne and her brother to talk in private," Ororo motioned to Kitty to leave the kitchen. Kitty nodded and quietly followed the older woman out of the kitchen as Devon sat down in the chair she had formerly been seated in.
"Is something wrong, Devon? You look serious," Marianne identified the look on his face as the 'I need to tell you something and you're not going to like it' look.
"You lost control at school. Marianne, we have to face this, we're in over our head. You need better help at learning to control this then me and father can give you. The man who runs this place, Professor Xavier, offered to take you in and teach you how to maintain in control," Devon observed his younger sister carefully.
"No way! I... I just let my thoughts wonder. I promise I'll stay focused from now on! I'm not staying here, Devon. I am going home with you!" Marianne jumped up. Devon sighed: he knew her too well, he knew she would react like this.
"It's not like you'll never see me again. I'll still live in Bayville, you just move here. The professor has assured me you can come over to my place as often as you wish. Just think about it, it will be better if you'd stay here," Devon tried to pacify her.
"Better for whom? For you! You're just looking for a way to dump me and no longer having to look after me! That's it, isn't it? Tell me the truth, Devon," Marianne began to pace around the room, tears forming in her eyes.
"That is not true and you know it! Marianne, I would never dump you for my own good. You know that! You're my little sister and it is my job to make sure you get the best of what you need, and right now, you need somewhere you can safely develop and use your powers. This is the best place I can come up with," Marianne inwardly groaned as she saw the look on his face evolve into the fearsome 'I'm your big brother and I know what's best for you and you damn well are going along with it' look.
"What about dad? He's not going along with this and I'm not going against his wishes!" Marianne tried her last option.
"I will give dad a call this evening and believe me. He WILL agree. You are staying here and that is final!" Devon was beginning to lose his patience with me.
"Don't tell me what to do Devon!" Marianne turned to face him, pure rage filling her eyes as she moved towards him. Devon winced, knowing he had pushed his little sister too far for her fragile control to handle. A string of colourfull curses escaped his mouth as he saw an illusion beginning to take form. Flames began to form around the two of them. He was stuck between either running for his life or trying to calm his sister down.
"O god..." he heard her whimper, "Devon! Get out of here! It's out of control!" a fire blazing up an inch from his face convinced him of that. The door behind him burst open and the one intoduced as Logan jumped in.
"What the..." he looked at the fire and then saw Marianne being surrounded by it.
"I got her angry. It's an illusion, I don't know if it's tangible," Devon's eyes were fixed on his younger sister, who was crying for help. She crumbled to the ground, sobbing violently as the fire formed a wall around her.
~Marianne, calm down,~ the professor projected his thoughts towards her, he could sense the fear of the girl for hurting her brother clearly, he was not breaking through to her.
"Professor, like, knocking her out made the illusion go away at school too," Kitty offered an idea.
"No way! There ain't no way in hell you're gonna knock her out!" Devon objected forcefully.
"I will simply 'urge' her to fall asleep. This is very traumatic for her," Xavier explained to the worried boy. Devon nodded, although it was with reservation. Xavier brought his right hand to his temple and 'urged' Marianne to fall asleep. As she responded to it, the flames slowly disappeared, without and damage to the kitchen.
"I guess it was intangible," Ororo checked the kitchen for any damage as Devon picked Marianne up.
"You can, like, bring her to my room," Kitty said, before guiding Devon to the room she shared with Rogue. Rogue was still in her room and had been completely unaware of what had happened in the kitchen.
"Like, Rogue, this is Devon, Marianne's brother. She had an episode in the kitchen. There were, like, flames everywhere. Totally icksome.The flames weren't real," Kitty informed the confused looking goth as Devon put his siter carefully on the bedm where she curled up and continued sleeping.
"I think she's sleeping better then she has in months," Devon quietly said.
Just a Girl – Sibling quarrel
"Devon!" Marianne looked up as the door entered and saw her older brother enter. She had just tried to make heads and tails out of the assigned homework with Kitty's help. It amazed her that Kitty was so smart.
"Child, let's leave Marianne and her brother to talk in private," Ororo motioned to Kitty to leave the kitchen. Kitty nodded and quietly followed the older woman out of the kitchen as Devon sat down in the chair she had formerly been seated in.
"Is something wrong, Devon? You look serious," Marianne identified the look on his face as the 'I need to tell you something and you're not going to like it' look.
"You lost control at school. Marianne, we have to face this, we're in over our head. You need better help at learning to control this then me and father can give you. The man who runs this place, Professor Xavier, offered to take you in and teach you how to maintain in control," Devon observed his younger sister carefully.
"No way! I... I just let my thoughts wonder. I promise I'll stay focused from now on! I'm not staying here, Devon. I am going home with you!" Marianne jumped up. Devon sighed: he knew her too well, he knew she would react like this.
"It's not like you'll never see me again. I'll still live in Bayville, you just move here. The professor has assured me you can come over to my place as often as you wish. Just think about it, it will be better if you'd stay here," Devon tried to pacify her.
"Better for whom? For you! You're just looking for a way to dump me and no longer having to look after me! That's it, isn't it? Tell me the truth, Devon," Marianne began to pace around the room, tears forming in her eyes.
"That is not true and you know it! Marianne, I would never dump you for my own good. You know that! You're my little sister and it is my job to make sure you get the best of what you need, and right now, you need somewhere you can safely develop and use your powers. This is the best place I can come up with," Marianne inwardly groaned as she saw the look on his face evolve into the fearsome 'I'm your big brother and I know what's best for you and you damn well are going along with it' look.
"What about dad? He's not going along with this and I'm not going against his wishes!" Marianne tried her last option.
"I will give dad a call this evening and believe me. He WILL agree. You are staying here and that is final!" Devon was beginning to lose his patience with me.
"Don't tell me what to do Devon!" Marianne turned to face him, pure rage filling her eyes as she moved towards him. Devon winced, knowing he had pushed his little sister too far for her fragile control to handle. A string of colourfull curses escaped his mouth as he saw an illusion beginning to take form. Flames began to form around the two of them. He was stuck between either running for his life or trying to calm his sister down.
"O god..." he heard her whimper, "Devon! Get out of here! It's out of control!" a fire blazing up an inch from his face convinced him of that. The door behind him burst open and the one intoduced as Logan jumped in.
"What the..." he looked at the fire and then saw Marianne being surrounded by it.
"I got her angry. It's an illusion, I don't know if it's tangible," Devon's eyes were fixed on his younger sister, who was crying for help. She crumbled to the ground, sobbing violently as the fire formed a wall around her.
~Marianne, calm down,~ the professor projected his thoughts towards her, he could sense the fear of the girl for hurting her brother clearly, he was not breaking through to her.
"Professor, like, knocking her out made the illusion go away at school too," Kitty offered an idea.
"No way! There ain't no way in hell you're gonna knock her out!" Devon objected forcefully.
"I will simply 'urge' her to fall asleep. This is very traumatic for her," Xavier explained to the worried boy. Devon nodded, although it was with reservation. Xavier brought his right hand to his temple and 'urged' Marianne to fall asleep. As she responded to it, the flames slowly disappeared, without and damage to the kitchen.
"I guess it was intangible," Ororo checked the kitchen for any damage as Devon picked Marianne up.
"You can, like, bring her to my room," Kitty said, before guiding Devon to the room she shared with Rogue. Rogue was still in her room and had been completely unaware of what had happened in the kitchen.
"Like, Rogue, this is Devon, Marianne's brother. She had an episode in the kitchen. There were, like, flames everywhere. Totally icksome.The flames weren't real," Kitty informed the confused looking goth as Devon put his siter carefully on the bedm where she curled up and continued sleeping.
"I think she's sleeping better then she has in months," Devon quietly said.