Twist was the one who came looking for her. She said that Yuako's parents
had called and had had sent her instead.
"It's okay." Twist reassured her when she found Chiara sitting by a lake about a mile from the mansion gates. "Everyone has they're first slip up. They probably deserved it anyway."
Chiara stifled a laugh,
"I don't know... if maybe, there is just something with my mutation that makes me angry." She sighed.
"No worries," Twist smiled. "I know what that's like, and you don't have it, they're just arseholes. It's getting dark, the team cleared up after you. We'd better get back."
Chiara nodded and the two of them slowly walked back to the mansion gates.
"X wants to see you." Lizette said sourly when they went inside. "If he wants to conference you on good and evil and control shit, I'll kill myself." She moaned.
Chiara tried to smile, but it was already tricky to say anything, what with the idea that she could be leaving the school in a matter of hours because of her actions. She started down the hall for X's office, waving goodbye to Twist and Lizette. Half way down an anonymous corridor, her memory lapsed and she couldn't remember the way to the head-masters office.
"Oh damn..." Chiara said, turning around, starting back for the way she'd come. There was a stairwell to her right and another forked corridor to the left. She went down the fork and took the right hand side. After a few more minutes of confusion she went back and continued up the stairs until something, the girls' dorm corridor, looked familiar.
From here, she almost knew the way. Coming back down the stairs, she followed two more corridors until she found the reception, empty, and the Professor's office up ahead.
She looked at the door handle and sighed, reaching for it. An immediate yellow spark leapt from her hand to the shiny gold knob. She was too worried and full of anxiety. She closed her eyes and started to open the door again, when a sudden raised voice from inside the office made her stop.
"Then what is you're course of action!" came the male voice she did not recognize, emphasizing the 'what' in the sentence. Chiara shied away from the door, leaning into the wall incase the speaker should see her.
"The truth is. I don't know what." Came Xavier's voice, steady and calm as always.
"Professor." Started a woman, this was one that Chiara knew: Storm. "Are you saying that we just sit back while Magneto tries to-"
"Of course he's not!" came the unfamiliar voice again, "Are you?"
"I have already told you." Xavier said. "I do not know what Eric's actions will be, this is just what we have found from one source... but I can use Cerebro to track him, see if he'll let me see..." A shy chuckle came from one corner of the room, a new voice.
"I am sorvy Professor," the voice apologized. "If I created any insecurities vith zis information..."
"No Kurt..." the Professor sighed. "It was an excellent decision on your part. If Magneto is trying to target any of our students to create his own genetically modified mutant, it is good that we know." Chiara held her breath... genetically modified mutants?! As in... Frankenstein-type mutants, but with powers?
"Just keep on our guard then?" came the voice of the surly man around the campus, Wolverine... or Logan... whatever Yuako had said.
"That would be wise." Xavier finished. "Now... if you excused me, Kurt, Ororo, Logan, James. I have a student waiting out side who has just heard everything we've just said."
Chiara's vision pulsed in shock for a moment, and then the door opened and Cyclops... the unfamiliar voice looked out. Chiara could say anything, but he looked angry. He opened the door wider for her to come inside which Chiara did.
She stood in the middle of them. Ororo, Wolverine and Cyclops in a half circle behind her, Kurt sitting in a chair in the back and X sitting behind the desk before her. Now she was sure to be expelled, now she'd been eavesdropping on the all-important Xmen.
"I assure you Miss. Myste. I have no intention of expelling you," X said calmly to her seeing Chiara looked shocked that he'd just read her thoughts twice in the last two seconds, "but, if you utter a word of what you've just heard to any of your classmates, one word, it will be a sure ticket back to your father." He said. Chiara stared at nothing, trying to throw off the fact of ten eyes all glaring at her. "Do you understand?"
Chiara nodded, still not lifting her gaze.
"In that case, we will begin our conference. James, Logan," he addressed the group behind her, "keep a lookout. Ororo, keep the security cameras on the gates... the metal ones preferably. And Kurt... no more teleporting around the area without my knowledge." The Xmen began to leave the room and X turned to Chiara.
"I'm sorry, Professor." Chiara said finally. "I just..."
"Now now... that's quite alright. As you can see, I have some work on my hands." He said kindly gesturing that she should pull up a chair.
"Were you saying that... Magn... some guy was trying to create a modified mutant?" Chiara asked, wondering if she was asking a questio n she shouldn't have been.
"Yes." X said after some thought. "Take the DNA from several young, venerable mutants; harness their powers, even those unknown to them; and essentially create a perfect mutant to use for himself." Chiara twisted her mouth.
"Wow." She said uneasily.
"Not to worry. I doubt that it'll be much of a problem when it arises. Mr. Wagner's exploits have kept us strangely informed. Now... on with your conference."
"It's okay." Twist reassured her when she found Chiara sitting by a lake about a mile from the mansion gates. "Everyone has they're first slip up. They probably deserved it anyway."
Chiara stifled a laugh,
"I don't know... if maybe, there is just something with my mutation that makes me angry." She sighed.
"No worries," Twist smiled. "I know what that's like, and you don't have it, they're just arseholes. It's getting dark, the team cleared up after you. We'd better get back."
Chiara nodded and the two of them slowly walked back to the mansion gates.
"X wants to see you." Lizette said sourly when they went inside. "If he wants to conference you on good and evil and control shit, I'll kill myself." She moaned.
Chiara tried to smile, but it was already tricky to say anything, what with the idea that she could be leaving the school in a matter of hours because of her actions. She started down the hall for X's office, waving goodbye to Twist and Lizette. Half way down an anonymous corridor, her memory lapsed and she couldn't remember the way to the head-masters office.
"Oh damn..." Chiara said, turning around, starting back for the way she'd come. There was a stairwell to her right and another forked corridor to the left. She went down the fork and took the right hand side. After a few more minutes of confusion she went back and continued up the stairs until something, the girls' dorm corridor, looked familiar.
From here, she almost knew the way. Coming back down the stairs, she followed two more corridors until she found the reception, empty, and the Professor's office up ahead.
She looked at the door handle and sighed, reaching for it. An immediate yellow spark leapt from her hand to the shiny gold knob. She was too worried and full of anxiety. She closed her eyes and started to open the door again, when a sudden raised voice from inside the office made her stop.
"Then what is you're course of action!" came the male voice she did not recognize, emphasizing the 'what' in the sentence. Chiara shied away from the door, leaning into the wall incase the speaker should see her.
"The truth is. I don't know what." Came Xavier's voice, steady and calm as always.
"Professor." Started a woman, this was one that Chiara knew: Storm. "Are you saying that we just sit back while Magneto tries to-"
"Of course he's not!" came the unfamiliar voice again, "Are you?"
"I have already told you." Xavier said. "I do not know what Eric's actions will be, this is just what we have found from one source... but I can use Cerebro to track him, see if he'll let me see..." A shy chuckle came from one corner of the room, a new voice.
"I am sorvy Professor," the voice apologized. "If I created any insecurities vith zis information..."
"No Kurt..." the Professor sighed. "It was an excellent decision on your part. If Magneto is trying to target any of our students to create his own genetically modified mutant, it is good that we know." Chiara held her breath... genetically modified mutants?! As in... Frankenstein-type mutants, but with powers?
"Just keep on our guard then?" came the voice of the surly man around the campus, Wolverine... or Logan... whatever Yuako had said.
"That would be wise." Xavier finished. "Now... if you excused me, Kurt, Ororo, Logan, James. I have a student waiting out side who has just heard everything we've just said."
Chiara's vision pulsed in shock for a moment, and then the door opened and Cyclops... the unfamiliar voice looked out. Chiara could say anything, but he looked angry. He opened the door wider for her to come inside which Chiara did.
She stood in the middle of them. Ororo, Wolverine and Cyclops in a half circle behind her, Kurt sitting in a chair in the back and X sitting behind the desk before her. Now she was sure to be expelled, now she'd been eavesdropping on the all-important Xmen.
"I assure you Miss. Myste. I have no intention of expelling you," X said calmly to her seeing Chiara looked shocked that he'd just read her thoughts twice in the last two seconds, "but, if you utter a word of what you've just heard to any of your classmates, one word, it will be a sure ticket back to your father." He said. Chiara stared at nothing, trying to throw off the fact of ten eyes all glaring at her. "Do you understand?"
Chiara nodded, still not lifting her gaze.
"In that case, we will begin our conference. James, Logan," he addressed the group behind her, "keep a lookout. Ororo, keep the security cameras on the gates... the metal ones preferably. And Kurt... no more teleporting around the area without my knowledge." The Xmen began to leave the room and X turned to Chiara.
"I'm sorry, Professor." Chiara said finally. "I just..."
"Now now... that's quite alright. As you can see, I have some work on my hands." He said kindly gesturing that she should pull up a chair.
"Were you saying that... Magn... some guy was trying to create a modified mutant?" Chiara asked, wondering if she was asking a questio n she shouldn't have been.
"Yes." X said after some thought. "Take the DNA from several young, venerable mutants; harness their powers, even those unknown to them; and essentially create a perfect mutant to use for himself." Chiara twisted her mouth.
"Wow." She said uneasily.
"Not to worry. I doubt that it'll be much of a problem when it arises. Mr. Wagner's exploits have kept us strangely informed. Now... on with your conference."