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Lance shook his head fondly as Todd left his room, the smaller boy having just cheered and leapt as high as the ceiling after Lance had finally helped him understand and finish his homework. One of the bad things about living with Xavier, on the other hand... there was a very, very GOOD thing about living with Xavier...

Four years ago the FOH had launched simultaneous attacks on both the Brotherhood home and Xavier's mansion. Many members on both sides had died fighting them off, before the two groups had finally joined and defeated them. Of both teams only eight remained, and only two of them were from the heavily decimated Brotherhood.

He sighed, but smiled again as an arm wound reassuringly over his shoulders, and lips met his neck.

"Problems babe?" Scott asked.

  Lance shook his head. There were no problems at all.

Downstairs several of the others, Professor Xavier, Kitty, Ororo, and Logan were having a light conversation about nothing in particular. Logan, bored with the topic of 'Plants' stood up from his chair, beer in hand, and went out into the foyer where he heard a soft whimper followed by scratching at the door. Furrowing his eyebrows he sniffed the air finding the light metallic tang of blood and dirt coming from the other side of the door.

Opening it up he found himself faced to face with a small scrawny boy covered in blood and dirt and a wolf, equally as dirty.

 Nikki looked up as the door opened and, faced with Logan, took one look and bolted for it, running back into the scarred trees, which surrounded the large house, absolutely terrified out of his wits.

 "What the Hell?" Logan grunted watching the boy disappear into the woods before he dropped his eyes onto the wolf.

 Luke bowed his head, tired of their long walk and his fight with the orderlies.

 'Nikki,' He sent out telepathically and glanced up at the large man before him, 'It's okay, he won't hurt you.'

 Logan, having heard Luke's voice in his head raised an eyebrow.

Nikki, hiding where he could keep and eye on Luke, but not be seen by Logan, shook his head violently as flashbacks of some similar giant man in his past swept over him, making him shudder. He wouldn't come near that guy.... no matter what Luke said.

"I will handle this Logan, why don't you go and prepare the other's for two new members?" Logan glanced over his shoulder as Xavier came up to them in his wheelchair; he nodded and disappeared back into the kitchen.

 "I am Professor Xavier, owner of this school, who might you be?"

 'My name's Luke,' Luke sent as he looked over his shoulder, 'Nikki's hiding.'

Nikki relaxed marginally as the scary man left his view, but knew he was still around somewhere and didn't move an inch.

'Nikki has... some problems,' Luke sighed mentally, 'I'll go see if I can get him to come out.'

 Xavier nodded and watched as Luke ran off towards the thicket of woods.

 Nikki, eyes still watching the front door and the man in the wheelchair, spoke softly to Luke.

"He's still there... I don't wanna go near him Luke..." He trembled, but held still, refusing to look away from the door, "I don't wanna be here."

'We can't go back Nikki,' Luke sat down, 'It'll be safe here, I promise.'

Nikki remembered Luke promising him the same thing about escaping the asylum, and slowly looked down at him, "If you promise." He said unsteadily

Luke nodded standing up, 'I promise.'

Nikki, putting his thumb in his mouth nervously, cautiously followed Luke out.

Xavier smiled kindly as Luke and Nikki approached him again.

 "Hello, you must be Nikki. I am Professor Xavier." He introduced himself noting Nikki's mental stability.

 'You said we could stay here, right?' Luke asked referring to the letter he had sent a while before their escape from the asylum.

 Xavier nodded, "Yes... how did you get out anyways?"

Nikki held back, still behind Luke.

He answered the question though, "I screamed and a guard came in and Luke took him down, then we left, then we tried to get out the door but it was locked, then we went to find the key, then I poured ink on some papers, then I found the key, then I opened the door with the key, then the other orderlies came then Luke locked me out, but I crawled back through the ventilation system, then I saw Alex and I hate him, so I jumped on his back and bit him in the head, but he pulled me off, then Luke spilt him all over the floor, all pretty, pretty then we came here."

Xavier looked to Luke now noticing the dry blood matting his fur, "Uh... why don't we speak about this later. I'm sure you two could use a shower and some clean clothes." He directed the last part to Nikki, since he was the only one still wearing clothes at the moment, "I'll have Scott and Lance show you to your rooms."

Nikki squeaked and bent down to grab Luke and hold him tight. "No!" He said vehemently, "I wanna stay with Luke! PLEASE, please let me stay with Luke, please?" The tears running down his face made white track marks in the grubby dirt on his cheeks.

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