Title: The prophecies Chapter: 3 Disclaimer: I don't own the theme I only own original characters and some original concepts. Used some lyrics from Evanescence's songs, which I again do not own.

N.B. to the reader This story is set after the second X men film and uses the characters as portrayed in the film, although they some times differ from the original cartoon version.

Storm stood helpless for a few moments unsure what to do. When out of the shadows of the trees emerged Magneto followed by Mystic, Sabretooth, Avalanche and Pyro.

"Do not worry yourselves about the girl, she is coming with us"

Storm lifted her head, it was up to her, she would have to see to the Professors wishes now that ... well now that Scott couldn't.

"Not to day. Kurt quickly!."

With in seconds Nightcrawler had teleported beside the body of the hunched girl. Sabretooth leaped forward in an attempt to stop him when appearing from the woods Wolverine jumped out and flung him off course. Before anyone else could move the girl had disappeared. The two groups of mutants fought fiercely for a few moments with neither side gaining an advantage.

As soon as Scott was safely secured by the return of Nightcrawler, Storm shouted out above the din

"Everyone back to the jet" causing the X men to quickly retreat in a multitude of different directions, as practised in training, in order to confound their enemies.

Mean while back on the jet Kurt strapped the unconscious Scott into a seat for the flight. He then returned to the girl now passed out with pain and cradling her frail body in his arms, he readied him self for the long journey home.

When the others reached the jet they all clambered on board and set off back to the mansion. Bobby looked down at his hands in disgust "He actually tried to fight me, John my best friend!" but Rogue wasn't listening still in a state of shock, her recent realisation reverberated around her head.

'She can touch me.'

Xavier sat staring into the fire, when Kurt appeared beside him in a flash of blue smoke.

"Professor she's going pale"

"Take her down to the infirmary, so that Heidi can have a look at her"

Heidi was an old ex – student who had gone out to University some years back to combine her amazing remedial abilities with a degree in medicine. After the loss of Jean he had contacted her and asked if she would leave her post in International Aid and come back to be the school's doctor. She had willingly agreed and arrived about six months back. She was amazing with the children who confided with her about all there worries as their powers developed; but even with her extraordinary powers he was guessing this new patient might be a tough challenge.

Xavier leaving the lift entered the infirmary a couple of hours later. Heidi stood exhausted pulling back her classically Norwegian hair from her confused face. On realising his presence she turned to him.

"She has suffered major internal injuries, from what appears to be a dagger wound which has then been compounded by the attack of an explosive force."

Xavier sighed he would have to have a talk with Scott when he woke up; he had taken Jean's loss badly and blamed himself for her death. This had recently caused him to act irrationally if he felt threatened.

"Has she moved at all?"

"No, all in all she been a very good patient, but I am concerned. I was conducting some tests and she seems to heal at an incredibly slow rate meaning she might not be able to get up at all for at least two to three weeks."

"Do you think she'll make it?"

"Oh yes as long as she doesn't move too much then the new skin I helped her grow will strengthen and she be back to normal."

"Well you can rest for a while now, the only other to come in is Scott and I don't think there's much you can do about his condition"

"Well goodnight professor"

"Good night Heidi"

Scott stumbled out of the plane support by Kurt, as he stepped into the hanger his eyes focused in on the professor.

"Ah Scott, how are you feeling?"

"Like someone hit me over the head with a sledge hammer"

"Good that means your getting better, Kurt take him to his room to lie down"

Kurt nodded and disappeared in a flash.

Storm stepped slowly down the run way.

"Professor?"

"Yes she's here, Heidi has healed her wounds and she is resting in the infirmary"

"Do you think its wise keeping someone as dangerous as that?" questioned Logan who had had the entire night reconstructed for him by Kitty on the return journey.

"Some would say the same about you Logan, but until she wakes up, are most important issue is to find out why so many people seem determined to capture this one person. For Magneto wasn't the only force acting at that prison."

Nia tried to sit up but groaned loudly as the full pain of her injuries took hold. She opened her eyes and groggily inspected her surrounds. 'Looks like I'm in a hospital that or back in a Lab.' Her eyes then came to rest on a young woman of about 25 with long blonde hair and a Scandinavian look about her.

"You are awake, good. I have healed up all your wounds but you are very so healer yes. You stay very still or will break all my fabulous work. When better you get moved but till then no solids only water. When you need the toilet call and I will help you up yes"

She then proceeded to give her a wide smile and turned around to carry on her jobs.

'So' thought Nia 'This is only temporary, they must know I am incapable of movement and are just keeping me here till they can move me to a more secure place and find out how they can use me to there advantage. I wonder who controls this place, maybe this was the safe place that that boy spoke of, or perhaps I have been recaptured by Striker. Well I won't be there puppet I'll just have to investigate for my self,' and with that Nia's body went limp and her heart and breathing rate fell. Heidi who had been watching her patient out of the corner of her eye assumed she had gone back to sleep. Oh how wrong she was.

Rogue walked quietly beside the frozen river beneath the snow laden trees towards Bobby who sat hugging his knees a few metre's in front of her.

"Bobby?"

He didn't even acknowledge she was there

"Bobby I know it's been really hard on you not being able to go back to your parent's for the holidays but well its Christmas and the mansion is practically empty, why don't we go inside and roast some marshmallows."

"You don't understand, they don't want me, they hate me!" replied Bobby thickly. "Even at Christmas."

Rogue slid her arms around him.

"I know how you feel, my father when he found out practically tried to throw me out of the house, he said that I was no longer his daughter. That the girl he knew was dead. It hurt a lot but I realised that well just because people are related to you doesn't make them family. Its how you treat each other, the X men are my family now"

Bobby turned to her tears filling his eyes, forgetting himself he reached a hand out to touch her cheek. Rogue jerked back and Bobby's eyes hardened.

"Family you can't touch?" and he leapt up, and began striding back towards the mansion.

"Bobby!" Rogue cried out in desperation "Bobby wait" he wasn't listening. Overcome with emotion she slid to her knees, sobbing to herself "You know I can't help it" she whispered in vain.

"Don't cry" answered a voice as far off and light as the tinkling of bells on the wind.

Rogue looked up in horror to find the image of the girl she had met last night crouching beside her, reaching out a hand to wide the tears from her face. She giggled as the spectral hand touched her cheek.

"That tickles"

"Really" replied the girl amused with a loving grin blooming on her fair face "I've never knew!"

She sat back on her haunches. "You shouldn't let him get to you, he doesn't know what he's saying, he needs time alone to realised what an immense jerk he's being"

Rogue who still felt a little scared at this 3D electrical image in front of her giggled nervously. "Umm sorry if this sounds rude but am I imaging you or what?"

"Oh this?" replied the girl passing her twinkling translucent hands through her stomach. "It's just what I do to get around when my body's incapacitated, I'm not entirely sure what happens but it's kind of like being in two places at once my mind is here talking to you but at the same time I can see what's happening to my body. It's all a matter of concentration really.

"But you look so real, blue and sort of see – through, but real"

"Oh no this isn't my body it's just electricity shaped to resemble my body, you have to use quite a lot so that you get the right density. Otherwise people can't see you at all."

"Does the professor let you do this?"

The girl cringed for a moment, "Uh it's kind of a secret in fact I haven't let anyone see me but you. I just felt so bad and I don't know after yesterday I feel like I can trust you. Promise me you won't tell! Please!"

Rogue felt torn was it safe to trust this stranger, was she trying to trick her? No she'd saved her life when she didn't have to; she wouldn't do a thing like that. Well it didn't much matter anyway the professor could read her mind any moment without her saying a word, so she may never need to break her word.

"O.K., I promise"

"You won't tell anyone you talked to me?"

"No"

"Well I have to go for now, I've got a visitor"

"Will I see you again?" Rogue asked desperately trying to cling on to the only person capable of touching her like a normal person.

"If you want" she laughed and with that the electric blue figure disintegrated before her eyes.

Professor Xavier was on his way to the elevator when Scott approached looking not best pleased.

"Professor is it true that you kept that girl after what she did the other night?"

"Scott you must try to understand, she had just been released from a high intensity prison, was being chased by more than one group of militants and was badly injured. I am sure that she was acting out of malice but fear."

"But you don't know anything about her!"

"I know that she is very powerful, I know that she is critical to all our futures and I know that in the wrong hands she is a dangerous weapon."

The lift jolted to a stop as they reached the ground floor.

"You may join me if you wish"

Scott grumbled as he followed the professor into the infirmary.

The girl lay on a table fast asleep with her still unwashed hair, tied back into a long thick plait reaching down to the small of her back.

"Good morning professor" said Heidi as she broke off from the conversation with Beast on the book "Wuthering Heights".

"Good morning Heidi and how is our patient today?"

"Healing slowly as I predicted, spends most of her time asleep, not that I'm complaining she's the best kind of patient to have but I think she has not slept soundly in a while."

"Communicated to you in any way?"

"No" replied Heidi with a confused frown on her face.

"Not even asked where she was?"

"No professor, but ..."

"Yes"

"Well she's woken up a couple of times, quiet as a lamb, even when I have to help her move not a single complaint but ... well when you look in her eyes. She has no pupils."

Xavier sat for a moment lost in thought,

"I checked when she was sleeping once" continued Heidi "None at all, it's like they've never been there. Also she doesn't like being touched."

"In what sense?" "If I touch her wrist to check her pulse she flinches, even when she's asleep, and when she does let me touch her it's like... Well she has the face of a person with a fear of needles who grimaces with an injection waiting for it to be finished as fast as possible."

"Well it seems we have aIot of questions that need answering and I suppose if she won't come to us then it is up to me to make the first move."

"Professor" cried Scott outraged "You don't know what you're letting yourself in for!"

"My dear Scott, she is not some kind of wild animal. She is a living breathing person like you and I."

The Professor positioned himself in comfort beside the girl and on closing his eyes entered her mind.