X - Angel

Chapter 5

They all sat together in the Canteen, on one table. There was another group of people at the other end, and Piper thought to herself, how some of these Children could have been abandoned, and disowned by their Parents, just because, they had Physically, moved up the evolution ladder from themselves.

"Hey Paige?!" Called out a young Man. Piper quickly looked to her right, to see a guy with Black hair, with a silvery sheen to it, and grey skin, waving at her. "How about you wingin' me some of those Fries my way?" He called.

"You have to some and get 'em Angelo!" Paige called back. "I 'aint your personal slave." She let out a slight chortle, as she held up her plate, and Piper watched in astonishment as Angelo's hand stretched all the way down the table. As his arm reached passed her face, she saw closely, that his skin pores, were stretched to a limit, like she had not seen before.

"Holy Shit..." She gasped, as his hand passed her face again, with a handfull of French Fries.

"That's Angelo." Jubilee filled her in. "If you hadn't of guessed already, he can stretch his skin to almost any length."

"Rubber finger's then?" Piper quipped.

"Something like that."

"So what's your Power?" She asked Jubilee.

She smiled, and placed the palm of her hands together. She then pulled them apart, so show a little ball off sparkling light, which then quietly expolded. "Fireworks." She grinned.

"Cool." Piper commented, flicking her eyebrow's. "Warren told me you could change yourself into Steel." She looked over at Paige.

"I prefer to 'Husk' down to Steel." She said, with a lazy smiled expression. "That's my Codename, Husk."

"What's with all these Codenames, anyhow.... what are they for?" Piper asked confused.

"You mean you dont know?" Jubilee asked. Piper shook her head, with a clueless look on her face. "Basically, we have these Codenames for when, and if we can join the X-Men."

The same clueless expression.

Paige lent forward on the table. "The X-Men are a group of Mutants, mainly the teachers -from here- which serve the right, of protecting the world."

"Well not entirely the world." Jubilee added. "You hear about that incident at Liberty Island a while ago?" Piper nodded. "Well, that was down to Magneto-"

"That's right, I heard about him." Piper butted in. "They said on the News he was trying to turn everyone into Mutants."

Jubilee continued. "Anyway... it was the Teacher's here that stopped him from killing all those people."

"Yeah, and you see Rogue over there..." Paige pointed to the other side of the room. "How d'you think she got the White streak in her hair?... Magneto practically Killed her if it wasnt for Mr. Logan."

"Why, what did he do?" Piper asked more intently.

"Magneto used Rogue to power the Machine. You see her Power is to absorb the life forces of others... well that's what happens with humans, like you." Paige continued. "But with Mutant's, she takes on their Power's for a short amount of time. But its only with skin on skin contact."

"That's a pretty cool mutation... isn't it?" Piper asked, as she saw the saddened look on her two new friends faces. "Isn't it?" She asked again.

"She hasnt got any control over her power's. That's why she keep's herself covered up like that." Jubilee said, as Piper glanced over at Rogue.

"Geez, that's bad." Piper commented.

"No kidding." Paige added. "People like her, Kurt, and Angelo, are going to be in the Institute for life."

"Who's Kurt?"

Jubilee pointed overhead. "You see that Blue guy over there... with the Tail...?" Piper looked over, and shocked herself, at the Crouching, deamon looking person. "That's Kurt, or Nightcrawler. Whatever you like."

"Would you like to be in the X-Men?" Piper asked the Two.

"Hell yeah!" Jubilee spurted out. "You get to run around in cool leather outfit's, and kick the bad guy's butts." She laughed.

"Piper?" Ororo called out walking over to her. "We've got you a bed, in one of the Dorm Room's. So you wont be staying on your own anymore... I hope that's okay?" She asked.

"That's fine." Piper smiled. "I'm used to staying in rooms with other people." Ororo gave her a brief quizzical expression.

"Who are her Roomies?" Jubilee asked looking up at the teacher. "Because, we've got a spare bed in our Room?"

"Not any more you don't." Ororo smiled. "Piper will be staying with you two from now on." Ororo smiled. "You can move in now, if you like? Before you start lesson's tomorrow."

"I start lesson's tomorrow?" Piper asked following her out of the Canteen, with her new friends in tow. "Shouldnt I have a timetable or something?"

"I think we can arrange one for you." The Teacher smiled, as they walked up the stair's.