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Chu: Chapter 8

~I'm in the infirmary again?~ I sat up as soon as I realized where I was. It was still somewhat confusing, but when I finally was able to sort it all out, I figured out that the person that caught me was Rogue, still ungloved, so it only made sense that I was drained. I yawned as I sat up and got off the bedlike thing. It appeared that I was the only one in the infirmary this time, thankfully. That meant that Pyro had recovered, and he would be out of my way for the time being. I decided that since no one was watching me, I was going to check up on the main computer in the lower levels of the mansion for mutants and see what they had going on there.

I carefully snuck down the emergency stairs and avoided some noises that I heard going around until I found the computer. It was pretty easy to find, which surprised me, since I hadn't ever been there before. Being a new member of the team, I wasn't allowed to go in official places. I loved to hang around the jet, though, knowing that Cyclops wasn't going to snitch on me unless I ruined something. He was pretty cool that way.

~So, what do I want to do first?~ I thought as I looked at the computer screen expectantly. It, however, chose not to cooperate with me, and demanded a username and password. I rolled my eyes and tried the first one that came to mind. ~Username: Jean Grey. Password: Scott~

However it didn't seem to work, and demanded another password, for which I tried several things that I could think of that sounded like it might be it. After failing completely, I decided that I had better be going soon. From what the computer said, I had slept until late afternoon and I was worried that someone would come and check on me soon.

I left the computer room the same as I had entered it and wandered down the hallways. They didn't seem to go the same way that I had remembered them going, as I couldn't find anything anywhere that I had left it. Then I remembered that I usually got things backwards and turned around the other way. It didn't help and I found myself wandering the passages under the mansion for quite some time.

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"For someone like me, it's…"

"Dangerous."

I stopped as soon as I heard the voices of Jean and Scott farther down the hallway. It took me a while, but I finally figured that they were talking about cerebro. That helped me find where I was in my mind, but it didn't help me to get out of there, since the only exit that I knew about was on the other side of them. Since I didn't exactly want to get into trouble, going out that way was out of the question.

"She's at the train station."

~Who is where?~ I thought, looking around the wall where Logan, Scott, and Jean stood by the Professor, who had obviously just exited cerebro. Jean, at this point, noticed me and looked over at me. I bolted as soon as I saw her focus on me, and promptly found myself lost for quite a while again. I was starting to get really thirsty again. It really stunk being dependant on water.

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"November rain…" I sang as I walked down the hallway of the corridor that made up the basement of the mansion. I still couldn't find anything around here. I had been wandering around this place for several hours, and was now officially bored. Then I saw someone walk past me down the hallway in a while.

~Hey, was that Iceman?~ I wondered, running after him. "Hey, Drake! Wait up a minute!"

He turned to me with a look of surprise, "Hi." He said, as though he had been caught. Well, technically he had, but I wasn't about to tell anyone, given the circumstances.

"Yeah, yeah. Where's the exit to this place? I don't care why you're down here, but can you at least tell me how to get out?" I asked, trying to give the impression of "you-don't-tell, I-don't-tell" to him.

"Go down that hall, make a left and follow it for three yards, then take a right to your left and you'll be at the foot of the elevator." He said.

~Huh?~ I thought, trying to understand what he had just said. By the time I thought to ask, he was gone. ~A right to my left?~ I wandered down the hallway for more time before I came upon a bathroom. How interesting. If I was lucky, I would be able to tell where I was from the water flowing through the pipes. I turned the water on and stuck my hand under it, concentrating. My eyes snapped open, and I banged my head on the counter. I had gone the wrong way from the start! Anyway, by this time, I needed a drink, so I stood there for a while, recharging. Rather, drinking the water.