The rest of the flight on the Blackbird was fairly quiet, Rogue and Bobby simply held hands, and Katie quickly fell asleep. Dreams of the horrible things she'd witnessed in the last few years danced through her head. Everyone was dying, over and over in her continuous nightmares.

Katie awoke with a start when she felt Rogue's gloved hands gently shaking her.

"We're 'bout to land," Rogue explained in a whisper. Katie nodded, still recovering from the horrid dreams.

Bobby leaned over towards the two girls, "If I were you, I'd hang on. Scott's not the best at landings." He whispered with a playful smile. Rogue tried to keep from laughing, which resulted in a huge grin.

Katie looked over at them feeling so much like the outsider that she knew she was. Just then, the Blackbird took a sudden drop, causing a quick jolt for those in the back.

"Told ya," Bobby said, as they began to undo the military-style seatbelt straps.

"Sorry about that." Scott said a few moments later as he came out of the cockpit, followed closely by Storm. They exited the Blackbird, and Katie looked around confused. They seemed to be in some sort of huge airline hanger.

Katie paused, looking at the two adults. "I thought we were going to Xavier's School," She said with confusion.

Ororo turned and looked at her for a moment, unsure of what the girl was talking about. A few seconds though, it dawned on her, and she laughed. "We are – in fact, we're there." She explained with a smile.

"This is a school?"

Storm nodded, then continued walking with the others across the large hanger towards a door. Katie shook her head and followed along behind.

The door apparently was some sort elevator, taking them up to the 'real' part of the school. Once there, Rogue and Bobby split off in their own direction with cheerful 'good-byes'; but Scott and Ororo gestured for Katie to follow them instead.

They two older mutants walked side by side in front her, silent. As she walked, her eyes drifted around the room. Rich mahogany walls and elegant décor made her wonder about whom exactly ran this place.

Abruptly, Scott and Ororo stopped in front of a large wooden door. Katie cautiously stepped inside, which they entered slowly, gesturing for her to do so as well. The first thing her eyes drew to was the bald man sitting behind a desk. His face plastered on a chiseled smile, as he stared at her. Beginning to feel uneasy, Katie's eyes wandered around the room. Various plants and more pieces of lavish furniture where scattered decoratively about.

'Katie,' the man finally said. Err wait, he didn't actually speak – oh, Xavier. Katie made the simple deduction.

She heard him telepathically chuckle in her head.

'Ok, Fun's over. Would you mind getting out of my head now?' Katie thought sarcastically.

This time the professor's laugh was audible.

"Gee, Thanks." She mumbled.

"I am sorry my dear. Now, as you quite clearly already know, my name is Charles Xavier, and this is my school," He paused. Katie nodded and waited for him to continue.

The Professor raised his hand and gestured to the two adults behind her. "And you have already met Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops. And Ororo Munroe, also known as Storm. Dr. McCoy and Kurt should be up momentarily." He added.

As if on cue, the heavy oak doors opened – revealing a sight that almost made Katie's jaw drop. There stood a…a.. well, she couldn't really describe the thing in front of her. It was a man (at least at some time), and was very large, muscular, and blue. His hair was swept back in a style that possibly could have been considered normal, if not for the fact that it was blue. Her eyes widened when she saw what appeared to be rather large teeth, but then of course, it could have merely been the stress of the moment.

"Katie, This is Dr. Hank McCoy." Xavier said, interrupting her unfaltering stare.

Hank offered out his hand to her, and it took a moment for her to slowly react. Timidly she offered her hand and was kinda amazed at how gentle he was. Katie was about to comment on that when yet another 'guest' arrived.

BAMF.

"What was….." Katie started to ask as she turned around to look behind herself. Her eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped in a mixture between shock and just plain fear.

In front of her stood a demon. Literally! His skin was a deep indigo blue, as was his short, curly hair. The demon's eyes were a dark yellow. Behind him, a long, pointed tail whipped back and forth anxiously.

Katie struggled to speak. Shetried to calm herself, reminding herself of all the mutants similar and certainly as freakish as this before. But, nonetheless, when you see something that is the perfect living illustration of the horrors you learned about in Sunday school, you did tended to become a bit overcome.

The professor, seeing her reaction, quickly interrupted with introductions.

"Kurt, this is Katie. As I mentioned earlier, she is the new student. Katie this is-" The professor was cut off by Kurt.

"Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich Circus, I vas called ze Incredible Nightcrawler!" He exclaimed with a smile. A smile that showed his pointed, yellowed teeth, that is.

This was the last straw for Katie. Absently she crossed herself and promptly fainted.

'Hank, catch her!' Xavier warned telepathically. Fortunately Hank was able to catch her, and scoop her body up in his oversized arms.

"Should I take down her to the med.-bay?" He asked. The Professor nodded with a slight smile, as Hank left.

"I am so sorry Professor," Kurt sad, slightly bowing his head.

"It's not your fault, Kurt. Too much, too fast." Xavier mumbled the last part.

After a moment of silence, Scott who had been silent for quite some time spoke up. "Well, that went well." He said sarcastically. To that, Xavier shot him a uncharacteristic glare.

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