Agent-G: Michael is a mutant, I've mentioned it in the chapter 'Contact',
but I haven't told what his power is. If Marianne will stay? Just wait an'
see. And if you want to see Shadow use his power, and Michael, just read
the next chapter.
Just a Girl – Enter Shadow
"Are you certain you want me to call?" Xavier asked Marianne.
"Yes professor, I don't think they would take it well if they would hear me. I know them," Marianne nodded, it was true, if Devon would hear her voice, he would think it was a nightmare or something.
The night had been preety rough for Marianne, she had been constantly plagued by nightmares from the explosion and the young girl dying in her arms. The first time, she had woken up screaming and crying. After that, Michael had made himself comfortable on the floor of her room and refused to leave. Kitty thought it was 'sweet'. They didn't realise that, back before her memories, Michael's presence had kept her from freaking out after a nightmare.
"As you wish," Xavier nodded and dialed Devon's number, he had kept contact with the young man.
"Hi, Bridget speaking," he heared the overly cheerful voice of Devon's fiancée.
"Good day, Bridget, could I speak with Devon please?" Xavier replied and winced slightly as she called loudly for Devon at the other side.
"Yeah professor, somethin' I can help you with?" Devon came to the phone minutes later.
"Devon, do you have a chair present?" Xavier asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Sit down in it," he told him.
"Sittin', now, what's this all about?" he was losing his patience. Only the respect he had for Xavier kept him on the phone.
"We found out Marianne is alive," Xavier stated, thinking it would be better not to draw it out.
"Is this somekind of sick joke?!" Devon hissed, venom dripping off of his voice.
"No, it is not. She survived the explosion somehow. She's here now, do you want to talk to her?"
"Shit, you're not joking! O god, ofcourse I wanna talk to her!" his voice was choked up.
Xavier motioned for Marianne to take the phone.
"Devon?" she whispered, almost afraid to hear him respond.
"Marianne! What happened? How are you? Where were you?" he began to shoot questions at her.
"Wow, calm down Devon. I think it would be better if you'd just come here. I'll tell you everything once you're here. Oh, and I have a boyfriend, bye Devon," she quickly handed the phone back to Xavier and dashed out of the office. She couldn't believe she had just done that: not even a minute of talking to him, and she was already back to teasing her big brother, after he thought for two years that she was dead! He must think she was out of her mind.
Devon, however, thought otherwise: "Okay, I believe you. I'll try to get the first plane back and I need to see that boyfriend of her's. Please tell me it's not Shadow."
Devon didn't like Shadow, everyone knew that. The only reason he allowed him to stay around Marianne without wringing him out was because he had been the one who had enabled him in finding her.
"I'll send Ororo and Logan with the Blackbird, and no, the boyfriend is not Shadow," Xavier was unable to surpress a chuckle.
After much the same phonecall with Shadow, except with the part of Marianne talking to him, as she had gone to give Michael and the kids the grand tour.
~*In the gardens*~
"Kitty! Amara! If you guys wanna join us, come out, this is becoming very annoying!" Marianne called out. The two girls had been popping up everywhere she took the kids, as much as she loved her two friends, the 'casual' spying was annoying as hell and they were very bad at it.
"How did you, like, know?" Kitty whined.
"Even a blind bat could pick you two up," Jonathan snorted, being his charming adolescent self, recieving a scowl from Amara.
"What you, like, got in that pouch, Ezra?" Kitty asked the silent girl, she got no response.
"We went to Miss Ororo's greenery and she gave her a small pouch of seeds, so she'll always have something to work with," Connor told them, he was her voice, even though it took some getting used to for the X-men.
~Marianne, your brother and Shadow are arriving, perhaps you would like to meet them in the launch bay?~
"Devon's here! And Shadow!" Marianne informed them, before rushing towards the landing bay, followed on foot by Michael, who was looking forward to getting that 'Shadow' person in the danger room, showing him just what he thought of people kidnapping Anne, Marianne, he corrected himself. Again, he wondered if Marianne would return with him to Boston and stay. He honestly couldn't blame her if he didn't. What did he have to offer, anyway? A crappy house, always busy for the Underground and not nearly a quartre of the resources they had here.
"Devon!" Marianne cheered and flung herself around her older brother's neck. He was taller then her, but then again, that didn't take much. He had short, brown hair. Michael made a mental note to stay on the guy's good side, he looked as if he could do some serious damage if he got mad.
"It's really you, you can't imagine how happy I am," Devon whispered, hugging her tightly, "Bridget wanted to come too, but she had to watch the shop."
"I understand. O god, I can't imagine how hard it must have been on you, I want you to meet my boyfriend Michael," she tugged him towards Michael, who was looking warily at Shadow, who was in turn glaring at him.
After the exchange of introductions and a bit of talking, Michael turned to face Shadow.
"I was wondering if you were feeling like trying out that Danger Room against me," he said in a low tone of voice. Marianne snapped her head to look at him and groaned: someone had obviously told him about the kidnapping. Michael had this whole policy, when people he cared for were involved and put in danger, of hurt first, ask later.
"Sure," Shadow smirked.
Just a Girl – Enter Shadow
"Are you certain you want me to call?" Xavier asked Marianne.
"Yes professor, I don't think they would take it well if they would hear me. I know them," Marianne nodded, it was true, if Devon would hear her voice, he would think it was a nightmare or something.
The night had been preety rough for Marianne, she had been constantly plagued by nightmares from the explosion and the young girl dying in her arms. The first time, she had woken up screaming and crying. After that, Michael had made himself comfortable on the floor of her room and refused to leave. Kitty thought it was 'sweet'. They didn't realise that, back before her memories, Michael's presence had kept her from freaking out after a nightmare.
"As you wish," Xavier nodded and dialed Devon's number, he had kept contact with the young man.
"Hi, Bridget speaking," he heared the overly cheerful voice of Devon's fiancée.
"Good day, Bridget, could I speak with Devon please?" Xavier replied and winced slightly as she called loudly for Devon at the other side.
"Yeah professor, somethin' I can help you with?" Devon came to the phone minutes later.
"Devon, do you have a chair present?" Xavier asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Sit down in it," he told him.
"Sittin', now, what's this all about?" he was losing his patience. Only the respect he had for Xavier kept him on the phone.
"We found out Marianne is alive," Xavier stated, thinking it would be better not to draw it out.
"Is this somekind of sick joke?!" Devon hissed, venom dripping off of his voice.
"No, it is not. She survived the explosion somehow. She's here now, do you want to talk to her?"
"Shit, you're not joking! O god, ofcourse I wanna talk to her!" his voice was choked up.
Xavier motioned for Marianne to take the phone.
"Devon?" she whispered, almost afraid to hear him respond.
"Marianne! What happened? How are you? Where were you?" he began to shoot questions at her.
"Wow, calm down Devon. I think it would be better if you'd just come here. I'll tell you everything once you're here. Oh, and I have a boyfriend, bye Devon," she quickly handed the phone back to Xavier and dashed out of the office. She couldn't believe she had just done that: not even a minute of talking to him, and she was already back to teasing her big brother, after he thought for two years that she was dead! He must think she was out of her mind.
Devon, however, thought otherwise: "Okay, I believe you. I'll try to get the first plane back and I need to see that boyfriend of her's. Please tell me it's not Shadow."
Devon didn't like Shadow, everyone knew that. The only reason he allowed him to stay around Marianne without wringing him out was because he had been the one who had enabled him in finding her.
"I'll send Ororo and Logan with the Blackbird, and no, the boyfriend is not Shadow," Xavier was unable to surpress a chuckle.
After much the same phonecall with Shadow, except with the part of Marianne talking to him, as she had gone to give Michael and the kids the grand tour.
~*In the gardens*~
"Kitty! Amara! If you guys wanna join us, come out, this is becoming very annoying!" Marianne called out. The two girls had been popping up everywhere she took the kids, as much as she loved her two friends, the 'casual' spying was annoying as hell and they were very bad at it.
"How did you, like, know?" Kitty whined.
"Even a blind bat could pick you two up," Jonathan snorted, being his charming adolescent self, recieving a scowl from Amara.
"What you, like, got in that pouch, Ezra?" Kitty asked the silent girl, she got no response.
"We went to Miss Ororo's greenery and she gave her a small pouch of seeds, so she'll always have something to work with," Connor told them, he was her voice, even though it took some getting used to for the X-men.
~Marianne, your brother and Shadow are arriving, perhaps you would like to meet them in the launch bay?~
"Devon's here! And Shadow!" Marianne informed them, before rushing towards the landing bay, followed on foot by Michael, who was looking forward to getting that 'Shadow' person in the danger room, showing him just what he thought of people kidnapping Anne, Marianne, he corrected himself. Again, he wondered if Marianne would return with him to Boston and stay. He honestly couldn't blame her if he didn't. What did he have to offer, anyway? A crappy house, always busy for the Underground and not nearly a quartre of the resources they had here.
"Devon!" Marianne cheered and flung herself around her older brother's neck. He was taller then her, but then again, that didn't take much. He had short, brown hair. Michael made a mental note to stay on the guy's good side, he looked as if he could do some serious damage if he got mad.
"It's really you, you can't imagine how happy I am," Devon whispered, hugging her tightly, "Bridget wanted to come too, but she had to watch the shop."
"I understand. O god, I can't imagine how hard it must have been on you, I want you to meet my boyfriend Michael," she tugged him towards Michael, who was looking warily at Shadow, who was in turn glaring at him.
After the exchange of introductions and a bit of talking, Michael turned to face Shadow.
"I was wondering if you were feeling like trying out that Danger Room against me," he said in a low tone of voice. Marianne snapped her head to look at him and groaned: someone had obviously told him about the kidnapping. Michael had this whole policy, when people he cared for were involved and put in danger, of hurt first, ask later.
"Sure," Shadow smirked.