Key
"Blah" = talking
'Blah' = thinking
::Blah:: = someone talking telepathically
/\/\/\/\ = Change of P.o.V
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Xavier's P.o.V
The teens standing in front of me looked like their ages ranged from fourteen to nineteen years of age. Looking at them for the first time two things struck me. The most obvious one was that these children, for such a young age, they held their weapons with a practiced air. Like they had used them on more than just wooden blocks. Maybe they had used them to defend themselves? Those same weapons were also pointing in our direction.
The other thing that struck me was that what I had felt from Cerebro had felt…older. More ancient. Older than these children certainly. But this is the place that Cerebro had shown me where the Mutant signatures were coming from. Also, from what I gathered from the boy that I had talked to, he seemed to know the other Mutants. This confirmed it.
"No." the long brown haired boy answered snapping me out of my observations. "Not until you tell us why you called us here." He continued.
I nodded. "It's perfectly understandable that you would want some answers before you go."
"If." The red haired girl beside him interrupted.
Again, I nodded. "I called you here because you are Mutants." I paused for them to take this information in. When I scanned their faces, I expected varying degrees of shock and/or total denial. Instead, their expressions were more along the lines of sceptical and confusion. Except from one boy. He had blonde hair and was wearing mostly blue and yellow coloured clothing along with a yellow scarf that nearly touched the ground behind him. His expression was different from the others as his face was calculating and thoughtful. I presumed because of this that he was the person who I had spoken to before. They sheathed their weapons while they were thinking.
Soon enough, eight pairs of eyes glazed over and stared into empty space. Curious, I shot Storm a glance. Her returning look said that she didn't have any more idea to what was happening that I did.
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Ivan's P.o.V
I mentally massaged my temples in annoyance. ::You guys! Could you stop arguing for at least one minute? I'm starting to get a headache.::
::Okay. Let's just get this sorted as fast as we can, for Ivan's sake.:: Felix said helpfully.
::Why couldn't you get Sheba to host this meeting?:: I grumbled.
Sheba laughed. ::Because I hosted the last one, remember?:: she answered.
::I still think we should blast them. Or at least do something to them so that they won't come back. Mutant indeed!:: Garet snorted.
::May I ask something?::
::Piers, you just have.::
::Apart from that. But seriously, what is a mutant?::
Finally silence reigned. There was a lot of errs and ums before;
::I know what a Mutant is.:: Isaac said quietly.
::Isaac? But how? Have you met these people before?:: Mia questioned him.
::No. I haven't. It's just, before I came here somebody was talking to me telepathically. He's the one who told me about Mutants. He's also –I'm pretty sure anyway- that person who is sitting in that strange steel chair with wheels.::
::That can't be!:: I said incredulously ::There's no way that he can be a Jupiter Adept! He doesn't…he doesn't…:: I was lost for words.
::I know this sounds weird.:: Isaac admitted, ::But I experienced this first hand. He was definitely talking to me through my mind.::
::But he doesn't look like a Jupiter Adept.:: Jenna said suspiciously.
I sighed. ::Um, before my head does a Nova Blast, could we decide whether or not to trust these people enough to go with them. Oh, and Isaac? What's a mutant?::
::A Mutant is a person who was born with powers that normal people don't have. So basically it's another word for an Adept.:: Isaac explained.
::So then why did he say Mutant?::
::I don't know. It's pretty obvious that he isn't from near here so maybe that's why he said it?::
::So yes or no?:: Felix asked suddenly. ::Are we going with these two people?::
::Heck no!::
::I've got to agree with Garet on this. We don't know what they want with us. And what's an X-Jet?::
::Isaac? Do you know?::
::I don't know what an X-Jet is but what I do know what they want with us. I'm not sure how he found out but somehow he knows that our powers have been starting to get out of control recently.::
::WHAT?!:: I winced physically at Garet's shout. ::How could he have found out about that?::
::Garet please, calm down. I think Ivan is going to have a very large headache by the end of this. If he doesn't end up fainting first.:: Mia said with a slight laugh.
::Thanks…I think.:: I muttered.
::He said that he something called a
machine to help him. Before you ask, I have no idea what it is but what he
wasn't with us is that he wants us to go with him so he can help us to control
our powers better.::
::And you trust him?:: Piers probed.
Isaac sighed. ::He seemed honest; I couldn't sense any kind of deceit when he talked to me. But then, I don't know what deceit feels like.::
::So that's one vote to go with this
man.::
::Charles. His name is Charles Xavier.::
::So now we have a name.:: Felix said sarcastically. ::It's two people against one. Who wants to go and who doesn't? We have to do this as a group you know.::
::I'm agreeing with Isaac.:: I said. ::I'm not sensing any kind of maliciousness from either of them.:: I looked at Sheba to see if she thought the same.
She nodded. ::I want to go as well. I mean, what would happen if we got angry with someone over a little thing and we accidentally…we accidentally.:: she trailed off.
::If we can't control our powers then what can we do? If he can help us, then…I would want to go as well.:: Piers said thoughtfully.
::Exactly. If. If he can help us.:: Jenna countered. ::Well what if he can't?
::He believes that he can.::
::Isaac.:: Felix said tiredly. ::How do we know we aren't the first people he's actually helped. Look at him. He can't walk. The person beside him must be his carer. My vote is with Jenna and Garet. That means it's three against four. Only Mia has to vote now.::
It was quiet for a while before Mia started talking. ::I suppose out Mercury psynergy wouldn't give us any problems. You can't really over heal someone can you? But for the sake that somebody could get seriously hurt, I think we should go.::
::If that's what you want to do.:: Jenna resigned.
::Hey, if he does end up being a fraud or something, we could always go with my original idea.:: Garet said brightly.
::It's not as if there is anything else for us to do here. New Vale has nearly been completely rebuilt and I don't think our parents like us when we are walking around the village bored.::
Felix said, probably thinking of the time Sheba and I had gotten bored and decided to cast Storm Ray to get rid of some excess energy. How were we supposed to know we'd end up making the skies rain for the next two weeks non-stop?
::So it's agreed then?:: I said quickly before anyone else remembered. :We're going with them?::
::Yes!:: was the unanimous cry.
::Good. Now get out of my head please!::
Snapping out of my semi-trance I was conscious enough to hear Felix say;
"Okay, We'll go with you."
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Xavier's P.o.V
All at the same time the young adults blinked and started to take in their surroundings once more.
"Okay," the long brown haired boy said, "we'll go with you."
'Did they just discuss this?' I thought. "Then you should tell your parents or guardians that you're coming with me." I said out loud.
As soon as I had heard that, they turned towards the youngest boy and girl in the group. I frowned because I thought they were going to make them go and do it for them. While Ororo and I were watching, the boy shook his head wearily and pointed to the girl, whereas she closed her eyes. Her brow creased making her look like she was concentrating for some reason. I felt a strange wave of energy coming off her. I also had a feeling that this was the Ivan and Sheba the boy had talked about before. After a minute or two the energy stopped. Sighing, the girl opened her eyes, looked at the people around her and nodded.
"They all said it was okay as long as you didn't get hurt. Oh, and Felix?" she said while fixing her gaze towards the long brown haired boy, "Your mum was asking where your Sol Blade was because she couldn't find it." she continued.
Felix patted his sheathed blade. "I've got it right here."
Had she just communicated with at the very most sixteen different people in such a short time over quite a bit of distance? She must have.
"Sir?" the blue haired boy said politely.
"My name is Charles Xavier." I said helpfully.
"Okay Mister Xavier, what's an X-Jet?" he finally asked.
"The X-Jet is this." I motioned my hands to indicate what I meant.
I was met with blank stares.
"You mean that's what you call the growling bird?" the red haired boy said in awe.
'Growling-? Oh, he must mean the engine.' I thought.
"How do you control it so it opens its stomach for you?" the older blonde boy asked.
I sighed. "I would like to explain it to you but it would take to long. What you need to know for now is that the X-Jet isn't a living animal, so it won't hurt you. So if you will follow me and Storm, we can introduce ourselves easier inside."
This time though, they were staring at Ororo.
"Strom?" I heard them mutter among themselves.
Storm tried to explain, "That's my Mutant name. My real name is Ororo Munroe. My name is Storm because I can control the weather, mostly wind and lighting."
Again, they young adults turned towards the two youngest people. I also caught the word "Jupiter" as well but I couldn't understand why. Why would they be talking about Ancient Greek gods? How would they even know about Ancient Greek?
Strom was just as confused as I was. "Have you changed your minds?" I asked patiently.
They all shook their heads. With that, they followed Storm and I into the X-Jet. Logan was still there in the cockpit.
Measuring them up with a glance he said, "Hey" gruffly.
There was a few quiet hi's and hellos in response.
"So what can you do?" the red haired boy asked boldly to try and break the ice.
"I can heal fast and I can make claws come out of my knuckles." Logan answered and demonstrated. Nearly all of them backed up half a step except from the yellow scarfed boy. He was staring at his claws and whispered, "A Venus."
"Excuse me?"
The boy looked up from Logan's claws. "You're a Venus Adept." He said matter-of-factly, probably assuming that it would explain everything.
Logan raised an eyebrow. "A what?"
"An Adept." The blue haired girl repeated. "You call it being a Mutant though."
I was intrigued by what they were saying. It would explain why the boy had felt confused when I said that he was a Mutant. But what was with the Greek gods? "But what did you mean by saying Wolverine is a Venus Adept?"
"There are four kinds of Adepts." The red haired girl responded. "Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury."
"Venus Adepts have the power to control the earth and can also heal themselves or other people." Felix continued.
"Is that why you think I'm a Venus Adept? Because I can heal myself?" Logan questioned.
The boy shook his head. "No. It's because of your claws. There's a special attack that I can do called Odyssey. It involves three swords." He looked at Logan's hands again. "The length of your claws are either the size of daggers or short swords."
"I…see."
"So what can a Jupiter Adept do?" Ororo's curiosity was aroused now.
The small blonde boy replied with, "A Jupiter Adept can do the same as you and a little bit more. We can control wind and lightning but we can also read minds." When he said this, he looked directly at me.
I soon realized why. "You think I'm a Jupiter Adepts as well, don't you?"
They all nodded. "So what are the specialities of the other Adepts?"
It was the red haired girl who replied to me this time. "A Mars Adept has the ability to control fire. I'm also able to do some healing psynergy but Garet can't." she pointed to the red haired boy.
"Psynergy?"
"It's short for Psychic Energy. That's what people who are Adepts use. Each Adept has a specific type of psynergy that only their element can use. What Mercury Adepts can do is manipulate water and ice. We are also the healers of the four Adepts."
"Okay." I said while closing my eyes. I wanted to remember all of this. "Now that we know more about you, will you introduce yourselves and what kind of Adept you are? Oh, and please have a seat."
"I'm Isaac and I'm a Venus Adept." The boy with the long scarf said.
"I'm Felix and I'm also a Venus Adept." The boy beside him said.
"I'm Mia and I'm a Mercury Adept." The blue haired girl said this.
The youngest boy stepped up. "I'm Ivan and I'm a Jupiter Adept."
The red haired girl spoke next. "I'm Jenna and I'm a Mars Adept."
"I'm Sheba and I'm a Jupiter Adept." That would explain how she was able to talk to their parents I mused.
"I'm Piers and I'm a Mercury Adept." The blue haired boy said politely.
The red haired boy was the last to speak. "I'm Garet and I'm a Mars Adept."
"All right, now that is done, would you like to put on your seatbelts we'll be flying soon." This brought on a torrent of new questions.
"What are seatbelts?"
"Flying!?"
"But how can we fly? It's impossible!"
"Um, a seatbelt?"
I waited for them to quieten down before I answered their questions. "The seatbelts are those materials dangling from your chairs. What you do is you hold the metal piece from you left hand side and slot it into the small reddish box on the right hand side. It will help you if something should happen.
"Yes, we will be flying. We have the technology to do this. So now that you are buckled up Strom, could you bring up the ramp and then we can leave."
"Yes Professor." She said with a nod. She pushed the button that raised the ramp to its original place. She then positioned her hands on the steering controls, flicked a few more buttons and then the engine rumbled back into life before I felt the familiar pull of gravity telling me the X-Jet was in the air.
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And that's me finito. I just want to say one thing about this chapter before I go and do a reviewers response. I HATE THIS CHAPTER!!! I don't know why but I think it's because all they've done so far is talk and that's it! * Sigh * Anyways, here's my response to my reviewers;
kaka !!!: o_OU Heh. You were just a tad bit hyper when you reviewed this fic weren't you?
WildfireDreams: And you just got some more. ^__^
NeoBlitz: When I checked the GS:TLA manual, I found the world map at the back. It said it was called Kibombo. Looks like we were both wrong.
kanta rose kaiba: Of course I'm going to include more characters! They're going to the Institute now, aren't they?
Now that's been said, I just want to say two more things.
1) I'm looking for a beta reader. If you're interested, tell me in either a review or e-mail me.
2) Please review!