They headed down to the kitchen and sat down by Beast who had already
gotten meals out for them. As Aurora had been drug about by Cecilia, she
thought she saw someone she recognized. While looking around the room, her
eyes had for a second locked with the eyes of a familiar young man with
blonde hair. He was sitting at a table with two redheaded girls, an African-
American man with cornrows, and the boy Aurora had already been introduced
to, Bobby. All through lunch, her mind continued to wander back to back to
why the blonde boy was so familiar.
After finishing their hamburgers, the doctors went back to their research, leaving Aurora to find her room alone. Walking down the locker- lined hallways, she almost jumped when the bell rang and students began to pile back into their respective classrooms. She must have looked confused for a voice came from behind her, "You lose yo' way to class, Petit'?"
"Not exactly." She said turning around. She stared into red on black eyes set on a well-chiseled face. Then she exclaimed. "It's you!"
Gambit grinned and said, "Last time I checked. Not sure I know what you mean though. Care t' enlighten?"
"You're the dude that chased me through the forest."
"My name's Remy. An' ya never t'anked me for it. Othe'wise you might neva gotten here." He outstretched his hand.
"Mine's Aurora. And thanks, too. Would you by any chance know where the elevator is?"
"Jus' down de hall."
"Thanks again. It was nice meeting you."
Up in her room, Aurora began to assemble her furniture. Just as she was hanging up the last of her clothes, the phone rang. She headed for the phone, glancing at the clock as she went. She had been working for nearly four hours.
"Hello?" she said, picking up the receiver.
"Someone will be up shortly to take you to the professor." A voice on the other line said and then Aurora heard the dial tone.
She hung up and continued to clean until she heard a knock on the door. A man who was slightly taller than she greeted her. He had brown hair and wore a visor over his eyes.
He held his hand out to her, "I'm Scott."
"Aurora." She warily put her hand into his. "Are you the one who is supposta take me to the 'professor?'"
"That's me."
Aurora had an odd sense of dÄja vu as she stood before the massive oak doors. As she walked through them, she glanced around her. Once again, the man was sitting in his wheelchair behind a large desk. He wheeled forward to meet her.
"Hello, Aurora. My name is Professor Xavier. If you will sit down, I would like to ask you a few questions." He gestured to the chairs facing his desk.
After they had gotten comfortable, the Professor began his interrogation. "How exactly would you describe your powers exactly?"
Feeling Scott's eyes on her, she said, "All I know is that they have to do with my mind. It's also kinda aesthetic."
"How so?"
"Well, some of my powers don't work unless I either do a little dance or concentrate really hard. Since dancing is easier in tough situations, I tend to choose that over that latter."
"Would you mind doing a small demonstration for me? Nothing big, we'll get to those later."
"Okay." She looked around for a second, "May I use your desk? I won't blow it up or anything." The professor motioned Aurora forward. She placed her hand on the desktop and held it there for a few seconds. When she lifted it up, the spot where her hand had been was now see through. Scott and Xavier looked down in wonder.
"If you look underneath, it should still be solid. It's like one of those two-way mirrors."
Xavier backed his chair up and Scott peered underneath the desk. "Wow," he said, touching the desk.
"If you will follow me down to the gym, "Xavier said, wheeling out the doors. "I would like to show you something."
Angela curled up with her oldest dog-eared romance novel into an overstuffed armchair in the Rec room. She had not been reading very long when strong arms lifted her and she was placed on a masculine lap.
"Dinner should be ready in a bit."
Angela looked into red-on-black eyes and smiled. "Ya know, ya're even more annoyin' now that Ah kin control mah powahs."
"Gee, chere. Didna even know dat was possible."
"Gee, chere. Didna even know dat was possible." Angela mimicked, doing her best imitation of the man she loved.
"Dat cut real deep. Remy t'inks you should make it up to 'im." He raised his eyebrow suggestively.
"An' how does 'Remy' suggest Ah do that?"
"Maybe a little midnight skinny-dippin' in de Atlantic?"
Angela placed her hand on Remy's cheek and blushed when her turned his head to kiss her palm. "Now you know Ah cain't do that, shugah."
"An' why not?"
"Cuz' if Ah do that, Bobby always finds out, an' he'll do somethin' to the water, ya know he will."
"Have you gotten him back yet?"
"Naw. Ah cain't think of anythin' good."
Remy raised eyes to the ceiling, thoughtfully. After awhile, he returned them to Angela with a mischievous sparkle. "I have an idea."
Aurora watched in awe as Scott battled the computer-generated Sentinel. He delivered the final blow by shooting plasma out of his visor and cutting through the robot's spinal column. As the robot fell, the program ended and Scott leaned over to catch his breath.
"If you don't mind, I'd like you to do this program as well." The professor said.
"Me?" Aurora put her hand to her chest. "You're kidding, right?"
"Surprisingly, I'm not. I want you to show me exactly what you did to that Sentinel in Canada. That is, if you feel strong enough..."
"Actually, yeah, I am. Let's do this."
Standing in the center of the large metal room, the "Danger Room" as they called it, Aurora began to have second thoughts. The blue and yellow spandex cat suit they had given her to wear itched terribly and made her self-conscious, as if she were standing in front of the two men naked.
"Are you ready?" Scott said over the intercom. Aurora gave him the thumbs up and she was suddenly in a forest. She stood still, collecting her bearings, and heard heavy, metallic footfalls. They continued to get louder. Sinking into a squat, she placed her hand and the ground. The footsteps were coming from her left. She rose and began to form a shield around her.
She walked toward the source of the reverberations, foliage and flowers parting around her shield. A blast of plasma scorched the ground next to her, causing her to jump, despite the fact that as of that moment, she was invincible. Spying the Sentinel towering above her, she swept her arms up and over her head Her shield detached and crashed into the robot's shin. As he fell, a plasma beam nicked her upper arm. She was surprised at how muck it hurt. For some reason, she had assumed that the image could not do any physical damage.
Unfortunately, for the hologram, the pain increased her adrenaline. She raised her hands and violet spikes protruded for the tips of her fingers. Charging the fallen enemy, she slashed a hole into the array of wires. She closed her eyes and concentrated. Pretty soon, all of the nerves and lifeline wires began to jump, short-circuiting the system. The sentinel shut down in a whirr of dying motors.
All at once, the projection disappeared. Aurora fell to her knees and put her hands on her face. The doors opened behind her with a whoosh and Scott, now dressed in street clothes, jogged up to her. Leaning over, he placed his hand on her back.
"Are you alright?" he asked. Aurora removed her hands and nodded as she looked up at him. "I know. The first session is always the hardest."
Aurora got back to her room after supper. Once again, she had eaten with Beast and Cecilia. She had actually been too wired to eat and had just pushed her food around her plate. After her Danger Room session, the professor had offered her a place on a team called the X-men. She got a hundred dollars per mission for risking her butt. Against her better judgment, she took the job. She had two weeks to settle in and she was to start school the coming Monday.
To calm her nerves, she changed into some pajamas and went out on the balcony. The breeze ruffled her hair as she cautiously approached the balustrade. She leaned on it and looked out over the estate. Her room was on the back of the school and she could see a lot from her position.
Below her was an Olympic-size swimming pool. Just beyond that she could see a small stream with a swinging rope at the edge of a wood. Off to her right was a cliff and she saw the sun setting over the ocean.
There was a lot of noise coming form the rooms next door but it didn't ruin the moment. She was finally at her destination and it felt good.
After dinner, Angela spotted Bobby and said goodbye to Remy. Bobby was walking away from the kitchen with Sam.
"Bobby, Ah need t' talk t' ya." Angela said, grabbing his arm.
"Bye, Sam." Bobby yelled as he was dragged away.
Angela stopped in front of a supply closet and pulled Bobby inside. It was completely dark in there and Bobby fumbled for the switch. The single bulb in the center of the ceiling illuminated to reveal Angela leaning against the uncovered wall in a short, green miniskirt and a button up top. The top two buttons were undone and Angela breathed in deeply. "Bobby. Do you think Ah'm sexy?" Bobby's eyes were drawn to her neckline.
"Y-yes." He stammered. Angela detached her form from the wall and sauntered over to him.
"What if I were to tell you," She reached up to brush a lock of hair out of Bobby's eyes, leaning up against him. "That Ah think you are incredibly sexy."
Angela kissed Bobby, activating enough of her powers to drain his and not let him know it. He pulled away.
"What about Gambit? And Tori?"
Angela placed her hands on his chest. "Ah won't tell if you don't tell. What they don't know won't hurt them."
Bobby shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Okay. Now where were we?"
He tried to put his arms back around her but she pulled away.
"Actually, Bobby," Angela began, "Ah have a better idea. It's getting' pretty dark out. How about some midnight skinny-dippin'?"
"Let's go." Bobby grabbed her hand and pushed open the door. He made sure the hallway was empty before he ran to the doors to the pool, pulling Angela behind him.
The lights were off around the pool and the two quietly approached the ladder.
"You first." Angela kissed Bobby again, stealing more of his power, and watched him strip to nothing and jump into the pool.
Before Bobby surfaced, Angela gathered all of Bobby's clothes and tossed them back into the mansion.
"Your turn, Angela." He said, shivering. "The water isn't that cold." He watched as she walked over to the box for the lights and switched them on.
"Looks like Ah'm not the only one who is affected by the cold, huh, Bobby? This is what you get when you mess with me!" She walked over to the fire alarm and pulled it down, hard. Students began to pile out of the mansion and laughed when they saw Bobby. He huddled in the center of the pool, covering his nakedness, and shivered sadly. Sam finally threw Bobby's clothes into the pool and Bobby got out in waterlogged clothing.
As he walked through the crowd, Sam at his side, he saw Angela give Gambit a high five and a hug. Gambit pointed over in Bobby's direction and Angela turned. They both waved at Bobby, huge smiles on their faces, and began to laugh hysterically.
Bobby returned with a death glare. Turning to Sam, he growled, "This means war." Not receiving a reaction, he put his mouth next to Sam's ear and screamed, "SAM!"
Sam's attention snapped back to his comrade. "Dude, don't go screamin' in mah ear! What do ya want?"
"I have declared war upon Angela." He said, affecting a Napolean-esque air.
"Now why would you go an' do a thang like that?"
"Because I can. What were you looking at anyway?"
"Nothing. Let's get out of here. It's frickin' cold." Sam started to walk faster. Bobby looked where Sam had been looking. That girl he had met earlier, ---what was her name? ---Aurora, was standing in her pajamas near the school. Bobby smiled a little and followed Sam back inside.
Well, that's the fourth chapter. I know, I know. A lot of it was just meaningless junk but, eh, what can you do? I love Sam. He's so cute. I'm not sure how long it will take for me to get up the next chapter but review and it might come faster. o Anyway, Peace out. SHUGIE
After finishing their hamburgers, the doctors went back to their research, leaving Aurora to find her room alone. Walking down the locker- lined hallways, she almost jumped when the bell rang and students began to pile back into their respective classrooms. She must have looked confused for a voice came from behind her, "You lose yo' way to class, Petit'?"
"Not exactly." She said turning around. She stared into red on black eyes set on a well-chiseled face. Then she exclaimed. "It's you!"
Gambit grinned and said, "Last time I checked. Not sure I know what you mean though. Care t' enlighten?"
"You're the dude that chased me through the forest."
"My name's Remy. An' ya never t'anked me for it. Othe'wise you might neva gotten here." He outstretched his hand.
"Mine's Aurora. And thanks, too. Would you by any chance know where the elevator is?"
"Jus' down de hall."
"Thanks again. It was nice meeting you."
Up in her room, Aurora began to assemble her furniture. Just as she was hanging up the last of her clothes, the phone rang. She headed for the phone, glancing at the clock as she went. She had been working for nearly four hours.
"Hello?" she said, picking up the receiver.
"Someone will be up shortly to take you to the professor." A voice on the other line said and then Aurora heard the dial tone.
She hung up and continued to clean until she heard a knock on the door. A man who was slightly taller than she greeted her. He had brown hair and wore a visor over his eyes.
He held his hand out to her, "I'm Scott."
"Aurora." She warily put her hand into his. "Are you the one who is supposta take me to the 'professor?'"
"That's me."
Aurora had an odd sense of dÄja vu as she stood before the massive oak doors. As she walked through them, she glanced around her. Once again, the man was sitting in his wheelchair behind a large desk. He wheeled forward to meet her.
"Hello, Aurora. My name is Professor Xavier. If you will sit down, I would like to ask you a few questions." He gestured to the chairs facing his desk.
After they had gotten comfortable, the Professor began his interrogation. "How exactly would you describe your powers exactly?"
Feeling Scott's eyes on her, she said, "All I know is that they have to do with my mind. It's also kinda aesthetic."
"How so?"
"Well, some of my powers don't work unless I either do a little dance or concentrate really hard. Since dancing is easier in tough situations, I tend to choose that over that latter."
"Would you mind doing a small demonstration for me? Nothing big, we'll get to those later."
"Okay." She looked around for a second, "May I use your desk? I won't blow it up or anything." The professor motioned Aurora forward. She placed her hand on the desktop and held it there for a few seconds. When she lifted it up, the spot where her hand had been was now see through. Scott and Xavier looked down in wonder.
"If you look underneath, it should still be solid. It's like one of those two-way mirrors."
Xavier backed his chair up and Scott peered underneath the desk. "Wow," he said, touching the desk.
"If you will follow me down to the gym, "Xavier said, wheeling out the doors. "I would like to show you something."
Angela curled up with her oldest dog-eared romance novel into an overstuffed armchair in the Rec room. She had not been reading very long when strong arms lifted her and she was placed on a masculine lap.
"Dinner should be ready in a bit."
Angela looked into red-on-black eyes and smiled. "Ya know, ya're even more annoyin' now that Ah kin control mah powahs."
"Gee, chere. Didna even know dat was possible."
"Gee, chere. Didna even know dat was possible." Angela mimicked, doing her best imitation of the man she loved.
"Dat cut real deep. Remy t'inks you should make it up to 'im." He raised his eyebrow suggestively.
"An' how does 'Remy' suggest Ah do that?"
"Maybe a little midnight skinny-dippin' in de Atlantic?"
Angela placed her hand on Remy's cheek and blushed when her turned his head to kiss her palm. "Now you know Ah cain't do that, shugah."
"An' why not?"
"Cuz' if Ah do that, Bobby always finds out, an' he'll do somethin' to the water, ya know he will."
"Have you gotten him back yet?"
"Naw. Ah cain't think of anythin' good."
Remy raised eyes to the ceiling, thoughtfully. After awhile, he returned them to Angela with a mischievous sparkle. "I have an idea."
Aurora watched in awe as Scott battled the computer-generated Sentinel. He delivered the final blow by shooting plasma out of his visor and cutting through the robot's spinal column. As the robot fell, the program ended and Scott leaned over to catch his breath.
"If you don't mind, I'd like you to do this program as well." The professor said.
"Me?" Aurora put her hand to her chest. "You're kidding, right?"
"Surprisingly, I'm not. I want you to show me exactly what you did to that Sentinel in Canada. That is, if you feel strong enough..."
"Actually, yeah, I am. Let's do this."
Standing in the center of the large metal room, the "Danger Room" as they called it, Aurora began to have second thoughts. The blue and yellow spandex cat suit they had given her to wear itched terribly and made her self-conscious, as if she were standing in front of the two men naked.
"Are you ready?" Scott said over the intercom. Aurora gave him the thumbs up and she was suddenly in a forest. She stood still, collecting her bearings, and heard heavy, metallic footfalls. They continued to get louder. Sinking into a squat, she placed her hand and the ground. The footsteps were coming from her left. She rose and began to form a shield around her.
She walked toward the source of the reverberations, foliage and flowers parting around her shield. A blast of plasma scorched the ground next to her, causing her to jump, despite the fact that as of that moment, she was invincible. Spying the Sentinel towering above her, she swept her arms up and over her head Her shield detached and crashed into the robot's shin. As he fell, a plasma beam nicked her upper arm. She was surprised at how muck it hurt. For some reason, she had assumed that the image could not do any physical damage.
Unfortunately, for the hologram, the pain increased her adrenaline. She raised her hands and violet spikes protruded for the tips of her fingers. Charging the fallen enemy, she slashed a hole into the array of wires. She closed her eyes and concentrated. Pretty soon, all of the nerves and lifeline wires began to jump, short-circuiting the system. The sentinel shut down in a whirr of dying motors.
All at once, the projection disappeared. Aurora fell to her knees and put her hands on her face. The doors opened behind her with a whoosh and Scott, now dressed in street clothes, jogged up to her. Leaning over, he placed his hand on her back.
"Are you alright?" he asked. Aurora removed her hands and nodded as she looked up at him. "I know. The first session is always the hardest."
Aurora got back to her room after supper. Once again, she had eaten with Beast and Cecilia. She had actually been too wired to eat and had just pushed her food around her plate. After her Danger Room session, the professor had offered her a place on a team called the X-men. She got a hundred dollars per mission for risking her butt. Against her better judgment, she took the job. She had two weeks to settle in and she was to start school the coming Monday.
To calm her nerves, she changed into some pajamas and went out on the balcony. The breeze ruffled her hair as she cautiously approached the balustrade. She leaned on it and looked out over the estate. Her room was on the back of the school and she could see a lot from her position.
Below her was an Olympic-size swimming pool. Just beyond that she could see a small stream with a swinging rope at the edge of a wood. Off to her right was a cliff and she saw the sun setting over the ocean.
There was a lot of noise coming form the rooms next door but it didn't ruin the moment. She was finally at her destination and it felt good.
After dinner, Angela spotted Bobby and said goodbye to Remy. Bobby was walking away from the kitchen with Sam.
"Bobby, Ah need t' talk t' ya." Angela said, grabbing his arm.
"Bye, Sam." Bobby yelled as he was dragged away.
Angela stopped in front of a supply closet and pulled Bobby inside. It was completely dark in there and Bobby fumbled for the switch. The single bulb in the center of the ceiling illuminated to reveal Angela leaning against the uncovered wall in a short, green miniskirt and a button up top. The top two buttons were undone and Angela breathed in deeply. "Bobby. Do you think Ah'm sexy?" Bobby's eyes were drawn to her neckline.
"Y-yes." He stammered. Angela detached her form from the wall and sauntered over to him.
"What if I were to tell you," She reached up to brush a lock of hair out of Bobby's eyes, leaning up against him. "That Ah think you are incredibly sexy."
Angela kissed Bobby, activating enough of her powers to drain his and not let him know it. He pulled away.
"What about Gambit? And Tori?"
Angela placed her hands on his chest. "Ah won't tell if you don't tell. What they don't know won't hurt them."
Bobby shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Okay. Now where were we?"
He tried to put his arms back around her but she pulled away.
"Actually, Bobby," Angela began, "Ah have a better idea. It's getting' pretty dark out. How about some midnight skinny-dippin'?"
"Let's go." Bobby grabbed her hand and pushed open the door. He made sure the hallway was empty before he ran to the doors to the pool, pulling Angela behind him.
The lights were off around the pool and the two quietly approached the ladder.
"You first." Angela kissed Bobby again, stealing more of his power, and watched him strip to nothing and jump into the pool.
Before Bobby surfaced, Angela gathered all of Bobby's clothes and tossed them back into the mansion.
"Your turn, Angela." He said, shivering. "The water isn't that cold." He watched as she walked over to the box for the lights and switched them on.
"Looks like Ah'm not the only one who is affected by the cold, huh, Bobby? This is what you get when you mess with me!" She walked over to the fire alarm and pulled it down, hard. Students began to pile out of the mansion and laughed when they saw Bobby. He huddled in the center of the pool, covering his nakedness, and shivered sadly. Sam finally threw Bobby's clothes into the pool and Bobby got out in waterlogged clothing.
As he walked through the crowd, Sam at his side, he saw Angela give Gambit a high five and a hug. Gambit pointed over in Bobby's direction and Angela turned. They both waved at Bobby, huge smiles on their faces, and began to laugh hysterically.
Bobby returned with a death glare. Turning to Sam, he growled, "This means war." Not receiving a reaction, he put his mouth next to Sam's ear and screamed, "SAM!"
Sam's attention snapped back to his comrade. "Dude, don't go screamin' in mah ear! What do ya want?"
"I have declared war upon Angela." He said, affecting a Napolean-esque air.
"Now why would you go an' do a thang like that?"
"Because I can. What were you looking at anyway?"
"Nothing. Let's get out of here. It's frickin' cold." Sam started to walk faster. Bobby looked where Sam had been looking. That girl he had met earlier, ---what was her name? ---Aurora, was standing in her pajamas near the school. Bobby smiled a little and followed Sam back inside.
Well, that's the fourth chapter. I know, I know. A lot of it was just meaningless junk but, eh, what can you do? I love Sam. He's so cute. I'm not sure how long it will take for me to get up the next chapter but review and it might come faster. o Anyway, Peace out. SHUGIE