It seemed that the news I had given Xavier didn't spread, I was glad,
I didn't want everyone to know, it might make him do something crazy. I was
wandering down the halls, randomly choosing hallways for no apparent reason
when I walked right into him.
Jordan was just heading out of the infirmary, the doors shutting behind him. I froze in my tracks, I'm standing in a hall with a murderer, I thought as he took notice of me. He smiled at me, he didn't look to bad, that might have been an understatement. He had dark brown, wavy hair, growing down past his eyes. His eyes were deep pools of bright, electric blue. He was fairly tall and muscular.
"Hi, I'm Jordan," He smiled and walked closer to me. Just pretend I don't know he did anything, I thought as I smiled back.
"I'm Jessica, what's up?"
"I was just cleared from the infirmary, I figured I would just walk around a little bit and get to know the place if I'm stuck living here for a while and all."
"Hey, I got here only a few days ago, you can walk with me, I all ready know where some rooms are."
"Thanks," He said.
Together we roamed the hallways, I was nervous the whole time, what if he lost control of his powers again? What if he wanted to kill me like the 2 people in the apartment? I walked tensely down the halls and jumped when he finally broke the silence.
"So what are your powers?" He asked. Should I tell him? Should he know what my powers are? He murdered people!
"I'm not that sure actually," I quickly lied, "I just freak out sometimes, you know? Like I can't breathe, and my eyes change, it's really weird, but I guess I've never fully mutated before, if that makes any sense."
"That's weird," He frowned slightly.
"So how long do you plan to stay here?" I changed the subject as fast as possible.
"As soon as I get control over my powers, I am outta here! I already can control them somewhat, it's only when I get really mad or get really upset or something." He frowned again.
I decided to take him to the kitchens where I was sure everyone was having dinner by now, I had eaten early. That way he could talk to someone else and leave me alone.
Sure enough, when we reached the kitchens, Xavier and Beast were there. I walked in quietly and Jordan followed. Xavier looked up and smiled at us, I half grimaced back.
"Jordan, good to see you are doing well, have a seat, Beast was just fixing burgers. Do you want one Jess?"
"No thanks, I already ate, I'll catch you guys later." I waved, Jordan waved goodbye and I walked out of the kitchen. Breathing a sigh of relief I walked back into the TV room and flipped on the TV again. There was nothing on, boredom crept over me. Too bad it wasn't Monday, that way I could be having a class, something to occupy my mind. I turned off the TV and went wandering aimlessly through the halls.
I went slowly down my hall, when a door opened and out came Chris from his room.
"Hey!" I said so that he could notice me. He turned with a slightly startled expression on his face, but soon recovered.
"Oh, hey," he said nonchalantly, waving me over to him. Something was different though, in his eyes, I couldn't tell what.
"What's wrong?" I asked with a worried expression, if anyone messed with him I would be sure to rip that person to shreds.
"Nothing," He said hesitantly, I was shocked, he was holding something back and he had never done that with me before, "Where are you going?"
"Nowhere, I was just going to my room," I decided, I was right outside my door anyway, and he right outside his.
"Oh, Ok, well I guess I'll see you later," He replied and waved goodbye as he turned and walked down the hall, leaving me to go to my room. Something was definitely wrong with him, but I couldn't put a finger on it. I shut my room door and flung myself on my bed, the ceiling became a wide screen playing back the day. I wonder how long Chris has actually been here? I would have to ask him. I glanced at the clock, it was 6:38, I would have to stay awake or else I would wake up at like, 4 in the morning or something like that. My eyes flickered, I had to stay awake, I had to. I forced my eyes open, the ceiling started to spin. Stay awake. . .
"Hey Jess! I came to show you the grounds before we go to bed!" Kitty said as she knocked on the door, "Jessica?" She stuck her head through the door and saw her lying on her bed, in her mermaid form. Gasping she turned and ran from the room.
"Professor Xavier! Come quick! Jessica!" She cried as she ran to his office and through his door, he was looking over some papers before lifting his head.
"Something's wrong with her! She's blacked out or something and is like, lying as a mermaid on her bed!" Kitty cried worriedly, Xavier gave a worried frown.
"Run down to the lab and fill the large tank with salt water, if she stays long in normal water she won't get the right nutrients." He said as Kitty held the door for him and he wheeled his way to Jessica's room, in his mind saying, "Jean, come quickly, and bring Mr. McCoy."
"I'm coming," He heard in his head as he wheeled quickly towards her room.
"Jessica," He tried to contact her, but she never heard she couldn't hear him for some reason, and if she had, she couldn't respond. He reached her room, Jean and Beast were all ready there, opening her door. Jean let out a gasp as she saw Jessica's mutant form slide off of the bed and thud on the floor, she could hear her rasped breath for water.
"We need to get her to the tank, now." Jean said hurriedly.
"I got her," Beast said as he picked her up gently and put her over his shoulder. Her jeans we ripped where her legs had formed together and hung uselessly at her waist. Beast loped ahead of Xavier and Jean as he headed quickly through the halls to the tank. Those who were in the halls looked worriedly at them as they saw Beast running by with a mermaid over his shoulder. Nightcrawler appeared ahead of the hallway.
"Dr. McCoy, I can take her, it will be faster," He said quickly. Beast ran up to him.
"Put her in the tank, Kitty should have filled it, there isn't much time." He replied, handing Jessica into Nightcrawlers arms. All of a sudden, he vanished from the hallway.
Reappearing in the lab, Kitty had just finished filling the large tank with salt water.
"Quickly! Put her in!" Kitty almost yelled at Nightcrawler in frenzy as he transported to the edge of the tank and slowly lowered her in, her scaled were starting to dry, and her heart rate had begun to slow. Xavier appeared in the doorway, Beast and Jean directly behind him.
"What's wrong with her?" Nightcrawler asked.
"All the stress of this past week must have made her lose control, who knows when she will gain it again." Xavier said sorrowfully, "I will stay with her though, another professor with have to teach my classes, I need to keep trying to talk with her, to see if I can help her gain control again." He took his wheelchair nearer to the tank and lowered his head, as if to sleep.
"Tell me when she gets better?" Kitty asked.
"Yes, I will, in the mean time don't worry about it, she will come to in a while." Xavier replied. "This coma may not last long, I hope," He said this almost to himself, but Kurt heard it as he set himself in a darker corner of the room, waiting hopelessly that Jessica would wake up and be all right.
"You can leave too, Kurt, she won't go anywhere." Xavier said once everyone had left the room.
"No, I will stay." He said simply, "I won't bother you."
Jordan was just heading out of the infirmary, the doors shutting behind him. I froze in my tracks, I'm standing in a hall with a murderer, I thought as he took notice of me. He smiled at me, he didn't look to bad, that might have been an understatement. He had dark brown, wavy hair, growing down past his eyes. His eyes were deep pools of bright, electric blue. He was fairly tall and muscular.
"Hi, I'm Jordan," He smiled and walked closer to me. Just pretend I don't know he did anything, I thought as I smiled back.
"I'm Jessica, what's up?"
"I was just cleared from the infirmary, I figured I would just walk around a little bit and get to know the place if I'm stuck living here for a while and all."
"Hey, I got here only a few days ago, you can walk with me, I all ready know where some rooms are."
"Thanks," He said.
Together we roamed the hallways, I was nervous the whole time, what if he lost control of his powers again? What if he wanted to kill me like the 2 people in the apartment? I walked tensely down the halls and jumped when he finally broke the silence.
"So what are your powers?" He asked. Should I tell him? Should he know what my powers are? He murdered people!
"I'm not that sure actually," I quickly lied, "I just freak out sometimes, you know? Like I can't breathe, and my eyes change, it's really weird, but I guess I've never fully mutated before, if that makes any sense."
"That's weird," He frowned slightly.
"So how long do you plan to stay here?" I changed the subject as fast as possible.
"As soon as I get control over my powers, I am outta here! I already can control them somewhat, it's only when I get really mad or get really upset or something." He frowned again.
I decided to take him to the kitchens where I was sure everyone was having dinner by now, I had eaten early. That way he could talk to someone else and leave me alone.
Sure enough, when we reached the kitchens, Xavier and Beast were there. I walked in quietly and Jordan followed. Xavier looked up and smiled at us, I half grimaced back.
"Jordan, good to see you are doing well, have a seat, Beast was just fixing burgers. Do you want one Jess?"
"No thanks, I already ate, I'll catch you guys later." I waved, Jordan waved goodbye and I walked out of the kitchen. Breathing a sigh of relief I walked back into the TV room and flipped on the TV again. There was nothing on, boredom crept over me. Too bad it wasn't Monday, that way I could be having a class, something to occupy my mind. I turned off the TV and went wandering aimlessly through the halls.
I went slowly down my hall, when a door opened and out came Chris from his room.
"Hey!" I said so that he could notice me. He turned with a slightly startled expression on his face, but soon recovered.
"Oh, hey," he said nonchalantly, waving me over to him. Something was different though, in his eyes, I couldn't tell what.
"What's wrong?" I asked with a worried expression, if anyone messed with him I would be sure to rip that person to shreds.
"Nothing," He said hesitantly, I was shocked, he was holding something back and he had never done that with me before, "Where are you going?"
"Nowhere, I was just going to my room," I decided, I was right outside my door anyway, and he right outside his.
"Oh, Ok, well I guess I'll see you later," He replied and waved goodbye as he turned and walked down the hall, leaving me to go to my room. Something was definitely wrong with him, but I couldn't put a finger on it. I shut my room door and flung myself on my bed, the ceiling became a wide screen playing back the day. I wonder how long Chris has actually been here? I would have to ask him. I glanced at the clock, it was 6:38, I would have to stay awake or else I would wake up at like, 4 in the morning or something like that. My eyes flickered, I had to stay awake, I had to. I forced my eyes open, the ceiling started to spin. Stay awake. . .
"Hey Jess! I came to show you the grounds before we go to bed!" Kitty said as she knocked on the door, "Jessica?" She stuck her head through the door and saw her lying on her bed, in her mermaid form. Gasping she turned and ran from the room.
"Professor Xavier! Come quick! Jessica!" She cried as she ran to his office and through his door, he was looking over some papers before lifting his head.
"Something's wrong with her! She's blacked out or something and is like, lying as a mermaid on her bed!" Kitty cried worriedly, Xavier gave a worried frown.
"Run down to the lab and fill the large tank with salt water, if she stays long in normal water she won't get the right nutrients." He said as Kitty held the door for him and he wheeled his way to Jessica's room, in his mind saying, "Jean, come quickly, and bring Mr. McCoy."
"I'm coming," He heard in his head as he wheeled quickly towards her room.
"Jessica," He tried to contact her, but she never heard she couldn't hear him for some reason, and if she had, she couldn't respond. He reached her room, Jean and Beast were all ready there, opening her door. Jean let out a gasp as she saw Jessica's mutant form slide off of the bed and thud on the floor, she could hear her rasped breath for water.
"We need to get her to the tank, now." Jean said hurriedly.
"I got her," Beast said as he picked her up gently and put her over his shoulder. Her jeans we ripped where her legs had formed together and hung uselessly at her waist. Beast loped ahead of Xavier and Jean as he headed quickly through the halls to the tank. Those who were in the halls looked worriedly at them as they saw Beast running by with a mermaid over his shoulder. Nightcrawler appeared ahead of the hallway.
"Dr. McCoy, I can take her, it will be faster," He said quickly. Beast ran up to him.
"Put her in the tank, Kitty should have filled it, there isn't much time." He replied, handing Jessica into Nightcrawlers arms. All of a sudden, he vanished from the hallway.
Reappearing in the lab, Kitty had just finished filling the large tank with salt water.
"Quickly! Put her in!" Kitty almost yelled at Nightcrawler in frenzy as he transported to the edge of the tank and slowly lowered her in, her scaled were starting to dry, and her heart rate had begun to slow. Xavier appeared in the doorway, Beast and Jean directly behind him.
"What's wrong with her?" Nightcrawler asked.
"All the stress of this past week must have made her lose control, who knows when she will gain it again." Xavier said sorrowfully, "I will stay with her though, another professor with have to teach my classes, I need to keep trying to talk with her, to see if I can help her gain control again." He took his wheelchair nearer to the tank and lowered his head, as if to sleep.
"Tell me when she gets better?" Kitty asked.
"Yes, I will, in the mean time don't worry about it, she will come to in a while." Xavier replied. "This coma may not last long, I hope," He said this almost to himself, but Kurt heard it as he set himself in a darker corner of the room, waiting hopelessly that Jessica would wake up and be all right.
"You can leave too, Kurt, she won't go anywhere." Xavier said once everyone had left the room.
"No, I will stay." He said simply, "I won't bother you."