It was dark when Theressa and Luke reached their destination. It was
new to Luke, although he had heard of it, but it was very warm and familiar
to Theressa. It had been too long since she and her father sat on the front
steps and watched the sunrise. It had been too long since she had scowled
one of her children for not playing fairly with another student. This had
been her home since she was twelve. Yes she had left when she married Chris
but she came back when Jasmine was taken from her and then left again last
year. It did her heart good to see the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters
again but she would have to take in the cites later. Right now she had some
business to attend to.
"Are we going in?" Luke asked.
"Not this way. We'll park the truck a few blocks from here so that no one knows were here and I'll put my bike in the garage." Theressa telekinetically lifted her bike out of the back of Luke's truck and lifted the garage and gently set the bike down and shut the garage very quietly. Then Luke drove his F-150down a little ways and soon returned.
"So what's the plan?" Luke asked.
"Follow me." Theressa said as they walked around to the back of the mansion. They passed several people on the way but they didn't seem to notice them at all.
"T, why didn't those people see us when we passed them?" Luke asked when they were at the back door.
"Because we are just three flies in their eyes. I'm telepathically disguising our appearance. Now, it's around seven so everyone should be eating dinner or just be finished with it except for one person. I'm going to have to ask you to stay out here. Wait never mind. You can stay in my old room."
"What makes you so sure that they didn't give it away?" Luke asked.
"My dad." Theressa replied. Theressa telekinetically opened the door and they walked in. Everyone they passed didn't seem to notice them, luckily. Theressa was glad she hadn't seen her children yet. Even though she would look like a fly to them she knew that Andi and Mian would figure out who it was if she wasn't careful.
After Theressa was sure that Luke was comfortable, she, still disguised as a fly, went to the elevator and down to a room she hadn't seen in a little over a year. It had been her favorite room in the whole house. It was the Danger room. When she opened the doors she saw a man who was older that dirt, in some people's way of thinking. Theressa smiled to herself. She hadn't seen him workout in forever and she missed it until that moment. She had missed his growling, cursing and howling. She had missed seeing and hearing his six metal claws slash through things. Most of all she had missed calling him dad. Theressa walked up behind the man and shot him with a laser. He didn't expect it so he fell forward.
"What the heck? I haven't felt a blast like that since......"
He turned around only to see a fly buzzing around his face. He moved the fly out of his face as he scratched his head. "Yo, Cyke, kill the danger will yah?"
"Sure thing." Scott said s he shut the program down. "What's wrong?" Scott asked.
"I think T's here."
"How?"
"She shot me with a laser and I know her lasers when I'm shot with one." Logan looked around the room. "T you here?"
What do you think Dad?
Where are you?
Try and guess.
Well, you ain't any where in the room.
Wrong!
You up there with Cyke?
Wrong again. Give up?
Yeah where are you?
Theressa lowered her telepathic disguise and showed her father that she was in front of him the whole time. She lowered her self to the grown and hugged her father. "What are you doing here?" Logan asked.
"Logan, is that anyway to treat your daughter?" Theressa asked.
"I'm sorry. What the heck are you doing here?" Logan said as a huge smile came on his face. "You sound just like I did when you came home." Theressa said.
"Good to see you kid. So what's the trouble?" Logan asked as they walked out of the danger room and on to the elevator.
"What makes you think there's trouble?"
"So far yah've done everything I did. So the reason yah've come back now is because there's trouble." Both of them stepped out of the elevator but Logan's words made Theressa stop in her tracks. Logan pulled his daughter's chin up so that his gaze met her's. "Hon, you can tell me anythin'. I ain't tryin' to make you feel bad fer leaven' but you are here for a reason."
"There's a thing running lose around America. It is killing people, somehow, without leaving a singel scar. I'm here to talk to you, Scott, my kids, Jean, Storm, and Xavier about it. I've brought a friend that is also working on the case." Theressa blurted out all at once.
"Where's your friend?"
"Up in my old room. You didn't give it away did you?"
"You got in didn't yah?"
"Yeah."
"Then, I didn't give it away."
In the conference room:
"Charles," Jean said. "What is the big Surprise?"
"You will soon see Jean." Xavier replied as he looked at Wolverine, who had just walked in.
Where is she? Xavier asked.
Outside. She's talkin' to her friend that not even I have met yet. Logan replied.
Must be some friend. Xavier replied.
Must be. Logan said as he looked from face to face. Xavier sat at the end, Scott on his left and Jeannie next to Scott. Storm sat next to Logan and Beast and Logan sat to the right of Xavier. "Still no sign of Andi or Mian?" Scott asked. "You did call them didn't you?"
"Yes I did." Xavier said.
"Hope they get here soon." Jean said.
"I would like ya'll to meet........." Logan said, giving his daughter her cue. She came into the room and everyone but Xavier and Logan gasped. "Fox!" Jean and Scott said as they ran to give her a hug.
After she had given out hugs, Fox stood before the X-men. "Now, for the real intro. X-men I would like you to meet Luke Davidson." At the sound of his cue, Luke walked in and stood by Fox. "Hold off on the welcomes for right now." Fox said. "There is a mutant or alien or robot running around America killing people. It kills them without leaving a scratch."
"How is it doing this?" Scott asked.
"We are not sure yet." Luke said. "But we think it's a mutant."
"Also, I heard some guys at the bar in Tennessee talking about it." Fox added.
"Like I said earlier," Logan said with a grin. "You've done everything I've done."
"You said that it might be an alien." Xavier began. "Could it be one of the Shi'ar's enemies or a shi'ar traitor?"
"I don't think so Professor." Fox said. "We have yet to see the killer. That is, we have yet to see the security tapes. Would you mind if we put it in now?" Theressa asked Xavier.
He shock his head and Fox moved to the TV and VCR that was on the wall. She remembered when Scott and her installed it. Just as Fox had gotten the tape in and was about to play it, the door flew open and Andi and Mian bragged in. Out of breath, Andi said, "Michael's gone!"
"Are we going in?" Luke asked.
"Not this way. We'll park the truck a few blocks from here so that no one knows were here and I'll put my bike in the garage." Theressa telekinetically lifted her bike out of the back of Luke's truck and lifted the garage and gently set the bike down and shut the garage very quietly. Then Luke drove his F-150down a little ways and soon returned.
"So what's the plan?" Luke asked.
"Follow me." Theressa said as they walked around to the back of the mansion. They passed several people on the way but they didn't seem to notice them at all.
"T, why didn't those people see us when we passed them?" Luke asked when they were at the back door.
"Because we are just three flies in their eyes. I'm telepathically disguising our appearance. Now, it's around seven so everyone should be eating dinner or just be finished with it except for one person. I'm going to have to ask you to stay out here. Wait never mind. You can stay in my old room."
"What makes you so sure that they didn't give it away?" Luke asked.
"My dad." Theressa replied. Theressa telekinetically opened the door and they walked in. Everyone they passed didn't seem to notice them, luckily. Theressa was glad she hadn't seen her children yet. Even though she would look like a fly to them she knew that Andi and Mian would figure out who it was if she wasn't careful.
After Theressa was sure that Luke was comfortable, she, still disguised as a fly, went to the elevator and down to a room she hadn't seen in a little over a year. It had been her favorite room in the whole house. It was the Danger room. When she opened the doors she saw a man who was older that dirt, in some people's way of thinking. Theressa smiled to herself. She hadn't seen him workout in forever and she missed it until that moment. She had missed his growling, cursing and howling. She had missed seeing and hearing his six metal claws slash through things. Most of all she had missed calling him dad. Theressa walked up behind the man and shot him with a laser. He didn't expect it so he fell forward.
"What the heck? I haven't felt a blast like that since......"
He turned around only to see a fly buzzing around his face. He moved the fly out of his face as he scratched his head. "Yo, Cyke, kill the danger will yah?"
"Sure thing." Scott said s he shut the program down. "What's wrong?" Scott asked.
"I think T's here."
"How?"
"She shot me with a laser and I know her lasers when I'm shot with one." Logan looked around the room. "T you here?"
What do you think Dad?
Where are you?
Try and guess.
Well, you ain't any where in the room.
Wrong!
You up there with Cyke?
Wrong again. Give up?
Yeah where are you?
Theressa lowered her telepathic disguise and showed her father that she was in front of him the whole time. She lowered her self to the grown and hugged her father. "What are you doing here?" Logan asked.
"Logan, is that anyway to treat your daughter?" Theressa asked.
"I'm sorry. What the heck are you doing here?" Logan said as a huge smile came on his face. "You sound just like I did when you came home." Theressa said.
"Good to see you kid. So what's the trouble?" Logan asked as they walked out of the danger room and on to the elevator.
"What makes you think there's trouble?"
"So far yah've done everything I did. So the reason yah've come back now is because there's trouble." Both of them stepped out of the elevator but Logan's words made Theressa stop in her tracks. Logan pulled his daughter's chin up so that his gaze met her's. "Hon, you can tell me anythin'. I ain't tryin' to make you feel bad fer leaven' but you are here for a reason."
"There's a thing running lose around America. It is killing people, somehow, without leaving a singel scar. I'm here to talk to you, Scott, my kids, Jean, Storm, and Xavier about it. I've brought a friend that is also working on the case." Theressa blurted out all at once.
"Where's your friend?"
"Up in my old room. You didn't give it away did you?"
"You got in didn't yah?"
"Yeah."
"Then, I didn't give it away."
In the conference room:
"Charles," Jean said. "What is the big Surprise?"
"You will soon see Jean." Xavier replied as he looked at Wolverine, who had just walked in.
Where is she? Xavier asked.
Outside. She's talkin' to her friend that not even I have met yet. Logan replied.
Must be some friend. Xavier replied.
Must be. Logan said as he looked from face to face. Xavier sat at the end, Scott on his left and Jeannie next to Scott. Storm sat next to Logan and Beast and Logan sat to the right of Xavier. "Still no sign of Andi or Mian?" Scott asked. "You did call them didn't you?"
"Yes I did." Xavier said.
"Hope they get here soon." Jean said.
"I would like ya'll to meet........." Logan said, giving his daughter her cue. She came into the room and everyone but Xavier and Logan gasped. "Fox!" Jean and Scott said as they ran to give her a hug.
After she had given out hugs, Fox stood before the X-men. "Now, for the real intro. X-men I would like you to meet Luke Davidson." At the sound of his cue, Luke walked in and stood by Fox. "Hold off on the welcomes for right now." Fox said. "There is a mutant or alien or robot running around America killing people. It kills them without leaving a scratch."
"How is it doing this?" Scott asked.
"We are not sure yet." Luke said. "But we think it's a mutant."
"Also, I heard some guys at the bar in Tennessee talking about it." Fox added.
"Like I said earlier," Logan said with a grin. "You've done everything I've done."
"You said that it might be an alien." Xavier began. "Could it be one of the Shi'ar's enemies or a shi'ar traitor?"
"I don't think so Professor." Fox said. "We have yet to see the killer. That is, we have yet to see the security tapes. Would you mind if we put it in now?" Theressa asked Xavier.
He shock his head and Fox moved to the TV and VCR that was on the wall. She remembered when Scott and her installed it. Just as Fox had gotten the tape in and was about to play it, the door flew open and Andi and Mian bragged in. Out of breath, Andi said, "Michael's gone!"