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The ages of everyone is as follows-
Rob: 10
Jamie: 17
Jubilee: 20
Kitty: 20
Hayley: 20
Jack: 20
Rahne: 21
Nikki: 22
Bobby: 22
Roberto: 23
Rogue: 24
Piotr: 25
Luke: 28
Virginia: 28
Bruce: 29
Hank: 39
Logan: Uh… ^___^
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The metal under her skin had been cold to the touch at first but was slowly warming up from her body heat. Wearing only a thin paper gown like the ones they have in hospitals, Virginia rubbed her arms absentmindedly as she waited for Hank to return with the test results. She was sure something was wrong with her, something had to be wrong, it was the only explanation. There was a knock at the door before it slowly opened and Bruce poked his head inside.
"Hey!" Virginia grinned as he walked inside closing the door behind himself, "I didn't think you'd be here till tomorrow!" She hugged him around the neck when he was close enough.
"Dick said he'd take over for a couple of days." Bruce said hesitantly, he was still skeptical of leaving Dick behind to watch over his city.
"He'll be okay," Virginia reassured him, "If not, you'll be back in a couple of days to clean up."
Bruce frowned, "Not funny." He grumbled crossing his arms over his chest.
"Okay, okay," Virginia laughed, "But seriously, he'll be fine. You trust him, don't you?"
Before Bruce could respond the door opened and Hank walked in holding a clipboard, Virginia's smile faded as Hank looked over the papers then up to her.
"I believe I found your problem, Virginia." Hank said, his eyes still down on the clipboard.
Virginia and Bruce exchanged a look, "What's wrong with her, Hank?" Bruce asked, his face stone serious.
Hank looked up at the two, "It's your mutation, it's preventing you from being able to get pregnant."
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The snowstorm was pretty heavy now, with high winds and the occasional ice rain shower and hail. Logan sat in the living room with some of the others, a flashlight set between them all. The power outage had started about an hour into the storm and no one was willing to go to bed at four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Weird things always happen during storms," Rob whispered glancing about the room with wide eyes, "Just like in horror movies."
Jubilee put her arm around the boy trying to comfort him, "Nah, it's only during thunder storms that bad things happen. The worst that could happen now is we get snowed in and Wolvie had to dig us out with his claws." She grinned up at Logan who snorted and took a swig of his beer.
The wind howled loudly and Rob squeaked pressing himself against Jubilee's side, Jubilee rolled her eyes and glared at Kitty who was snickering into a pillow. Logan smirked, Rob tried hard to be brave but the kid just didn't have it in him.
Rahne shoved Bobby and giggled, "No!" She hissed glancing over at Rogue sleeping peacefully against Piotr's shoulder.
Bobby whispered something in Rahne's ear and she shrugged, "You can if you want."
"Fine." Bobby whispered climbing to his feet.
He started for the kitchen, "Where ya goin'?" Logan grunted stopping him in his tracks.
"'fridge." Bobby smiled innocently.
"Fer what?"
"…food?"
Logan glared at him and Bobby sighed sitting back down next to Rahne, "Never mind." He mumbled.
Jamie sat up and snickered having been eavesdropping on Bobby and Rahne, "Whip cream, Bobby?" He moved out of reach as Bobby swatted at him, "That's middle school stuff!"
"Well… it would have been funny." Bobby shrugged ignoring the look Logan was giving him.
Bruce silently walked into the room and up to the window and stared out it angrily. The room was quiet for a moment before Rob climbed to his feet and approached Bruce. He walked to the other side of the window and looked outside before turning to Bruce.
"What's wrong?" He asked raising an eyebrow like he had seen Logan do when asking him questions.
Bruce hesitantly looked down at the boy and shook his head with a sigh.
"Is Virginia sick? Is that why she came back?" Rob asked worriedly, he liked Virginia, even though it had been five years since he last saw her, he could still remember her sitting by his bedside when he had had a bad dream.
"No," Bruce said softly looking back out the window at the snow covering the ground in a thick sheet, "She's okay."
Rob chewed on his bottom lip before speaking again, "But she's sad… why?" He had seen her earlier crying, and when he had tried to see what was wrong she just wiped away the tears and forced herself to smile.
Bruce glanced at him briefly then turned and walked out of the room without saying another word. Rob sighed and walked back over to the group who had been watching quietly.
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