A day with and without sunlight

The plane landed and people got off. They walked into the airport. Some had people waiting for them others just went on their way to get a rental car. Holly which one of those people she was. She wasn't sure if someone was waiting for her. It's been so long since anyone had waited for her or even knew her. She looked around the airport as she started walking. No one had her name on a sign. She sighed and went searching for her suitcases. "Excuse me, are you Holly Diamonds?" A man's voice asked from behind her. Holly turned and faced him. He had brown hair and had on dark sunglasses. "Yea, I am. Who are you?" She asked. "Scott Summers. We spoke on the phone." He said and put out his hand to shake. She had talked to Scott on the phone a couple days earlier. She had heard of a mansion where mutants could live and go to get away from all the people against mutants. So she got the phone number and called. Scott was the one who answered and she talked to him about getting a room. She was sick of living by herself. "Nice to meet you" she said and shook his hand." Do you have your things? We must be going." He said. "yes, I do." She smiled. "Lead the way.".

He turned and walked towards the exit of the airport. As they walked he looked around as if looking for something. He then stopped. Holly stopped. 'What is he stopping for?' She thought. "Is something wrong?" She asked. "I hope not" He said. "What?" She asked. She was completely confused. "That guy over there is part of the Mutant Brotherhood I told you about." Scott said pointing to a guy who looked like he had green skin and green hair. "So what's the deal? Is he doing anything wrong?" She asked. "He could be. He must be here for a reason." Scott said. "But he's not doing anything wrong." She said. He looked at her annoyed. He watched the guy. "Can we please go?" Holly asked after awhile."Wait."Scott said as The guy he gotten a paper bag from someone who walked by. Scott took off in towards the guy. The guy looked into the back. He sensed something…someone. He looked up and saw Scott. He got up and started to walk away. Scott walked faster. So did the guy. Holly watched Scott. She looked at the exit of the airport. 'It's not like you have more important things to do, than chase some stranger in an airport.' she thought to herself and the followed Scott who was pretty far away.

Scott continued to follow the guy. The guy then ducked into a crowd. Scott stopped and searched to try and find him. "Scott" Holly called to him. He turned and saw her making her way to him. "I lost him" He said. "Oh…..well, maybe next time" She said and was getting ready to head back. Scott thought. " Wait, you can feel people's heart beats right?" He asked her. She sighed "Yes". She knew what he wanted her to do. "But I don't understand why we are going after this guy. I mean he wasn't doing anything wrong…." She started to say. Scott interrupted her "Look, Holly, this guy is part of the Brotherhood. He works for Magneto, which means he is probably running some errand for Magneto." He said. "ok, but what if he isn't" Holly said. Scott just looked at her. She couldn't see his eyes though the sunglasses. It gave her the creeps . Scott looked back at the crowd. Then he spotted the guy again. He was running out and exit. "Come on!" Scott yelled over his shoulder, not really caring if she followed or not. Holly did follow though, He was her ride. She followed Scott out an exit which lead to an alleyway. Her suitcase seemed to get more heavier as she ran. She threw it behind a dumpster as she continued to run after Scott. The guy turned a corner , then Scott ,with Holly turning last. It was a dead-end . Holly stopped. She tried to catch her breath. The guy turned and looked at Scott. "Looks like a dead end, Toad" Scott said stepping forward. He had his hand on his sunglasses like he was going to lift them. Toad seemed frightened by this motion. Holly hadn't asked Scott about his powers. She had been afraid to offend him in someway. Toad looked around and then he looked up. He smirked. "No!" Scott said and was about to lift his glasses, but Toad threw the bag at him and Jumped over the wall that made the dead-end a dead-end. The bag a hit Scott's hand. There was something hard in it. "How did he…?"Holly asked in amazement. Scott shook his hand as if that would stop the pain. "I'll explain later" He said as he picked up the bag. Holly was starring at the wall which was about 20 feet high. Scott opened the back and grabbed what was inside. "This is why we were chasing him" Scott said showing her the item. Her eyes widened. It was a gun.

Holly threw her suitcase on her new bed in her new room at the mansion. She looked at the blank white walls and the plain blue red carpet. She smiled. 'Well, this is home' She thought happily. She opened her suitcase and started to take out clothes. As she put them into the drawers of her new dresser she started to think about what had just happened. The chasing a bad guy thing. The way Scott had just known that guy was up to something. She wondered if in time she would be doing the same thing.

After Toad had gotten away Scott and Holly had finally made their way out of the airport. Scott's car was parked in the front of the airport so they didn't have to walk far. It took them less than 20 minutes to reach the mansion and when they did Holly was in awe. She had know the mansion was going to be big, but she didn't know how big. Scott then lead her to Professor Xavier's office where she met the Professor and was given her room. She had expected the Professor to start questioning her or make her do some test or something, but didn't. A red haired woman the Professor had called Jean had showed her where her room was. Scott had stayed behind. Holly knew he was probably telling the Professor about "the incident" at the airport.

Holly finished unpacking and put her now empty suitcase under her bed. She sat on the bed. She looked around the room again. She hadn't been in a room this nice since she actually had a home. That had been about 5 years ago, when she was 15. Her mother had died when Holly was 4 years old. She had lived with her father after that. Holly had had 2 other siblings. They were both mutants like her. Her older brother, Marshal, had x-ray vision and other small abilities . Her sister, April, had the power to make people hate each other and want to kill each other. Holly had the power to make people fall in love. When her father found out about her and her siblings powers he was excited. Holly and her siblings were surprised, but glad. Next thing they knew their father wanted them to rob banks and was telling them other plans of his. When they tried to refuse, their father would threaten to tell an Anti-mutant group about them. Their father also would beat them. He would grab anything and hit them with it. Finally Holly couldn't take it. She and her sister ran away. They had made it about a mile away when their father found them. Their brother had told their father about their planning hoping that he would then be favored by his father. April then used her powers against her brother and father, giving Holly a chance to escape . April then yelled what city to meet up in. Holly never saw her sister after that night. Holly stayed in that city a year hoping and waiting. Her sister never came. The next 4 years Holly was just trying to live life as a normal person. But then she started seeing all these Anti-mutant protests. She got kicked out of her apartment and was thrown on the street. That's when she called the mansion.

As Holly sat there reminiscing there was a knock on her door. She jumped a little startled. "Um…come in". Scott opened the door. He stayed in the doorway. "look, we normally don't ask newcomers to come with us on something like this, but…we need you" he said. "Something like this? Something like what?" Holly asked sort-of worried. "There is going to be a party thrown at this hotel. A bunch of senators and politicians are going to be there. So some of us are going there to make sure the Brotherhood doesn't try to crash this party" Scott says. "And why do you need me?" Holly asked. "Because you can feel someone's heart. We're going to need you to tell us if there are any people in place that we can't see" he said. "Ok, but I'm not sure if I can really help." Holly said. "How do I dress for this…party?". "It's not going to be social" He said flatly. "But we have to fit in, don't we?" She asked. He looked at her and sighed.