4
I woke up the next morning and got dressed. Afterwards, I just sat and thought. Millions of thoughts ran through my head, I must have exploded nearly everything in the room by the time I made up my mind.
Jean had brought me up my breakfast, but I had not touched any of it. I couldn't eat. I was so nervous about what I was going to do, that I just wanted to throw up. I only drank because I was thristy, then I left my room.
The hall I stepped into was long and there were many doors. I felt dizzy, but I organized my thoughts and walked down the hall, trying to find the stairs.
I eventually found them and walked down them into a large room. I was not sure where to go. I looked around, hoping for an answer.
"So you decided to come out?"
I jumped at the voice and looked around wildly. Logan came over to the bottom of the stairs.
"So, have you made a decision?"
"I...I want to talk to the professor."
"Suit yurself! Down the hall, second door to the right."
I nodded, mumbled "Thanks," and headed down the hall. Before I could knock a voice said "Come in" and the door opened.
I timidly entered. "Um..I need to.."
"What do you wish, Kole? I know.."
"How do you know what I am thinking?" I got uncontrollably upset, "You are probing my mind! I don't want anyone in my head!"
"Kole, calm down! Please, I won't go in your head!"
I nodded and whispered, "My mother...she would want me to stay here...this was what she wanted...for me to be in a place where I was safe from...from....from them.."
"From who?"
"Them. They want me. They want to hurt me. They want my powers."
"Who is 'them'?"
"I don't know. Mutant hunters, fake people, the like."
"Fake people?"
I nodded, "People who pretend to be someone. This lady, she was one. She said she was my mother, but she wasn't. She couldn't make the connection, she didn't know the ancyronym. My mother was into ancroynyms, she told me never to say what Kole ment."
"But you told us."
"Yes I did. That is because I want to stay. I heard that Mystique is back."
"How do you know Mystique?"
"She was the lady. I do not want to see her again. I do not like her."
"Kole.."
"I don't wish to talk about it. Please, I wish to stay and train, but I cannot if you don't promise me this, please do not call me by my real name, it is too dangerous. People do not like Kaori--she isn't safe. People do not understand that Kole and Kaori are one in the same."
"I promise. Now come and I will show you around."
I woke up the next morning and got dressed. Afterwards, I just sat and thought. Millions of thoughts ran through my head, I must have exploded nearly everything in the room by the time I made up my mind.
Jean had brought me up my breakfast, but I had not touched any of it. I couldn't eat. I was so nervous about what I was going to do, that I just wanted to throw up. I only drank because I was thristy, then I left my room.
The hall I stepped into was long and there were many doors. I felt dizzy, but I organized my thoughts and walked down the hall, trying to find the stairs.
I eventually found them and walked down them into a large room. I was not sure where to go. I looked around, hoping for an answer.
"So you decided to come out?"
I jumped at the voice and looked around wildly. Logan came over to the bottom of the stairs.
"So, have you made a decision?"
"I...I want to talk to the professor."
"Suit yurself! Down the hall, second door to the right."
I nodded, mumbled "Thanks," and headed down the hall. Before I could knock a voice said "Come in" and the door opened.
I timidly entered. "Um..I need to.."
"What do you wish, Kole? I know.."
"How do you know what I am thinking?" I got uncontrollably upset, "You are probing my mind! I don't want anyone in my head!"
"Kole, calm down! Please, I won't go in your head!"
I nodded and whispered, "My mother...she would want me to stay here...this was what she wanted...for me to be in a place where I was safe from...from....from them.."
"From who?"
"Them. They want me. They want to hurt me. They want my powers."
"Who is 'them'?"
"I don't know. Mutant hunters, fake people, the like."
"Fake people?"
I nodded, "People who pretend to be someone. This lady, she was one. She said she was my mother, but she wasn't. She couldn't make the connection, she didn't know the ancyronym. My mother was into ancroynyms, she told me never to say what Kole ment."
"But you told us."
"Yes I did. That is because I want to stay. I heard that Mystique is back."
"How do you know Mystique?"
"She was the lady. I do not want to see her again. I do not like her."
"Kole.."
"I don't wish to talk about it. Please, I wish to stay and train, but I cannot if you don't promise me this, please do not call me by my real name, it is too dangerous. People do not like Kaori--she isn't safe. People do not understand that Kole and Kaori are one in the same."
"I promise. Now come and I will show you around."