A New Development

The next morning Alicia and about everyone else in the large mansion woke up to the doorbell at the mansion's gates ringing as loud as it could. "Who could that be this early in tha mornin'?" asked Amy Griffin as she took a sip of her morning coffee and looking to Logan for an answer. "That's the exact same thing I was goin' ta ask." He answered not looking up from the newspaper he was reading. "Ah'll git it." Amy said getting up from her chair in the rec. room. She was walking to the door when a gust of wind rushed past her. "I can get it Mrs. Griffin." Said Pietro while reaching for the door of the door and pushing a button to open the large gates.

The young boy of about fifteen walked through the gate's space and walked down the concrete path up to the front doors. "Ah'm here ta see Alicia." The boy said with a southern accent. "And you are… Who?" Pietro asked as he raised an eyebrow. Pietro, the rest of the Brotherhood, the whole (minus Sabertooth) Acolyte group, Rogue, Kitty, Kurt, Logan, and Scott had all gotten especially close to Alicia, her siblings, and her parents. Pietro felt Alicia wouldn't want to see this guy, and he'd be darned if he'd have a hand in upsetting his new friend. "Okay, come on in." Pietro and this young man walked through the door and into the rec. room. In the rec. room Alicia, Pyro, Katie, and Remy were playing a game of pool two on two. "Um, Alicia someone's here to see you." Said Pietro a little nervous about what her reaction would be to this visitor.

Alicia turned around and an expression of surprise and anger set onto her face. "Jay, I told you before that I did not want to ever see your face again. Get out before ah kick ya out." Said Alicia with a look of apparent anger on her face, you could tell through her light make-up. "Please listen to me. Ah have somethin' really important ta tell ya." Jay spoke up in a nervous voice. "Ah understand perfectly whah(why) ya broke up wit' me. You hated me because ah'm a freak as ya called me when ah finally told ya. Ah had hope that you'd understand and nuthin' (nothing), but ah was dead wrong. Okay, good bye forever and have a nahce (nice) life." She finished and started to leave the room, but Jay grabbed her am as she walked past him. "Would ya please listened ta what ah have ta say before ya put a label on me?" he asked not looking at her. "You've all ready got a label as a 'Mutant Hater' and ' The Most Lousy Boyfriend'. And let go 'o my arm before Ah slap yer face."

"Ah probably deserved all that, but ah really need ta talk." "So talk." Alicia practically yelled. "Let's let 'im explain, chere." Remy finally spoke. "First off ah'm extremely sorry for everythin' ah eva said ta hurt yer feelins'. Second ah just found out ah have powers too." He finished. "Sure. You're still pokin' fun me, ah'mm sick of it. Now either hit tha road or ah'll get Mr. Logan ta throw ya out on yer kiester, bye." Alicia said as she pushed past him and stomped upstairs. "Let's go talk to 'er." Said Katie to Pyro and Remy while giving her best death glare to Jay. The look even gave Pietro the creeps and it wasn't even directed at him. The threesome walked out of the room and walked up the long flight of stairs. Upon entering Alicia, Kitty, Rogue, and Katie's room Pyro, Remy, and Katie saw Kitty talking to a sobbing Alicia as she cried her eyes out into her blue pillow. "Sheila, it's gonna be fine. We'll kick him out." Spoke Pyro with a comforting smile.

"Ya'll never know how hurtful he was when he was breakin' up with me. He said tha most hurtful things. Before we even started ta date we were friends forever. We met in kindergarten and we went from there. Ah'm still shocked bah(by) some 'o tha things he said in his rave." Said Alicia taking her face from the pillow. 'Please forgive me, words can't tell ya how sorry ah am.' Came into her head just like the professor. "Huh?" Alicia sounded and looked at the door and saw Jay, Pietro, and Alicia's parents standing at the doorway to her room. "Jay, did you just do that?" asked Alicia referring to the telepathy message. "Ah sure did. Now can we talk?." "Talk, man." Said Pyro. "Like ah said before, ah just learned ah became a mutant. Mah(my) mom sent me here to learn ta control these new powers, ah did some lookin' and found out you had moved here. Ah got ta thinkin' and thought ah could get on my hands and knees and beg for yer forgiveness." Jay finished by putting on a sweet face to try and make her forgive him.

"You can stay here, but ah'm not gonna be yer girl anymore. We can rewind back to when we were jus good friends, that's as far as ah'm gonna go. Got me?" Alicia giving in to his innocent face. "Ah guess ah could live with that." Jay answered with a hurt look. Alicia pulled him into a hug "Ah'm sorry about this, but ah can't easily forgive and forget all those horrible words that were spoken." Alicia said while wiping away a few tears she missed getting on her pillow. "Students, come to the planning room quickly we have an emergency. This means the new recruits are to come." Said the professor through an intercom. "Ah'm not ready mom." Said Alicia with apparent fear and nervousness. "Don't worry baby. We're comin' too." Said Amy, Alicia's mom. "Really, ah don't think ya should." Said Katie. "We're an official group of teachers and fighters, for pete sake why do ya think we've been in those sessions with you youngsters?" said Stan.

"Let's git suited up an' to tha planin' room ASAP." Said Jon as he ran by the open door with Kurt running behind him. In a couple of minutes the five girls and the two young men where running down the staircase to the planing room. "Mama, are ya nervous as Katie, Jon, and ah are?" asked Alicia apparently still freaed by the pop up of her first mission so suddenly. "Calm down everything will be fine." Replied her father. "Now that everyone is here, you have to stop this dangerous mutant from harming anyone. It is believed he is hiding downtown in this warehouse. We must hurry, make me proud new recruits and be very cautious.

" The all new team got in the newly painted black x-jet. They arrived at the warehouse a short time later. By all looks it seemed really calm. "It seems fine." Said Alicia while looking out her window down at the warehouse. "That's got a neon sign and has the word trap on it." Said Lance. "You have to keep your eyes peeled rookie." Said Kurt teasingly. "Ah'll git tha hang of it eventually." Answered the fifteen-year-old girl sitting behind him. All the sudden Alicia seemed to space out. She was having her first vision.

-THE VISION-

Alicia is lying in a med. Room bed asleep when Hank is running a test she wakes up with a scared and confused look on her face. She has a bandage around her head. "Nice to see you awake Alicia." He says with a big smile. "Do ah know you?" Alicia asks very confused about the fuzzy man staring at her. "Oh dear." He replies

-END OF VISION-

After the vision is over she raises an eyebrow from the weird and confusing vision. "'Ello, Earth to Alicia." Said Pyro waving a hand frantically in front of her face. "That was weird." Alicia said with an eyebrow still raised. "What was weird, love?" Pyro asked. "Katie ah just had a vision and…" Katie interrupted "I know ah saw tha same thing you did. Your goin' ta get amnesia." Her sister replied with a worried look. "How?" asked Alicia. "Mah(my) guess you get a head injury and that will cause ya to lose yer memory." Her sister answered matter-a-factly.

"Great my first mission an' ah'll blow it. Ah knew ah wasn't ready." Alicia said bowing her head in shame. "It's alright, ve can all vatch your back for you." Replied Kurt. The team got off their hidden jet and stalked towards the warehouse. "Ready?" whispered Scott to his team. Everyone nodded in reply. Scott gave a signal and everyone was sneaking inside the huge building.

UNTIL NEXT TIME!