The Professor seemed grateful for their information. His face had
brightened when they'd come in, and hardened with thought as he looked over
their paper. He nodded and sent them out, reaching for his PA.
"What do you think it means?" Alyx asked as they made there way back along the hall to the dormitories.
"It's the kids they wanted to kidnap." Chiara said, speaking from knowledge. Alyx looked at her confused. "On that list they've got a shape shifter, a healer, a telekinetic, a kid with power over water, a mind alterer, a wind maker, a girl who has power over tectonic plates and a guy who can knock you out with a single look. And me. They've got electricity too. But they only got a few of us." She sighed.
"But... why?" Alyx asked, still confused. They'd reached the girl's dormitory hallway now. They could hear people talking hurriedly behind the doors.
"Cause' Magneto wants to make a perfect mutant with our powers." She said. Alyx opened her mouth to say something again, but as they stopped at their door it came ajar and someone came out. It was a few moments before they came to terms with who it was.
"Don't go in there." Connor said. He was moving something in his pocket as he turned to look at the two of them. "What did you say your name was again?" he added on a side-note. Alyx and Chiara both responded at the same time. Alyx gave her full name. Connor suppressed a laugh.
"What's wrong with Twist?" Alyx asked.
"She's..." he started, looking for the right words. "She's a little upset right now. I don't think she wants to be disturbed."
Chiara nodded, dumbfounded. Alyx kept talking.
"Oh... okay. Did you help her at all?"
"I hope so." Connor said.
"We just found a piece of paper with the kidnapped students names on it." Alyx said. "And some others. We took it to the Professor, he said it should help re-locate them. We could tell Twist that, right?"
"I'm on the paper." Chiara erupted suddenly. Connor looked at her and then continued talking to Alyx.
"Maybe, I'll go back in and tell her." He reached for the door handle.
"We'll do it." Alyx said, taking the handle as well. Chiara watched her hand touch Connor's. She fell like a moron. Connor looked at Alyx for a moment, thinking.
"Fine." He said, letting go. He ran a hand through his long dark hair. "I'll be in the library if she throws anything at you." He smiled at Alyx and left them.
Alyx's blue eyes watched him go down the corridor. Chiara's grey one's stared at her.
"I hate you." She spat, exaggerating her annoyance greatly.
"Oh come on." Alyx said jovially, "All you have to do is talk!"
"I did talk. And when I did he ignored me." She sulked.
"So say something interesting." Alyx smiled brightly. Chiara frowned.
"I've got nothing interesting to say. I'm boring. I'm so boring my parents couldn't even spell my fucking name right. At least you can wow him with your heritage as a half-German Native American." She sighed. Alyx began to open the door.
"Well... if you don't at least attempt something in the next two days, I'm going full-throttle flirting mode." She giggled.
"I bet he has a girlfriend." Chiara said to spite her. Alyx opened the door. It was dark inside. The only light was from the golden glow of sunlight through the drawn curtains.
"Twist?" Alyx said. Twist was sitting on her bed, head down on her knees. Chiara saw white bandages on her wrists.
"Fuck off." Twist said, looking up at them. Her eyes were red, not just from crying.
"Twist. We've got news about Silence." Alyx said. They sat down on the bed next to her, cautious.
"Connor didn't help." Twist said. She pressed a finger angrily to her bandaged wrist. "He made it worse."
"We know what they've been planning to do." Alyx said. "Magneto wants him for an experiment." Twist made an angry noise in her throat.
Chiara looked around the room. All the china decorations near Cat's bed had been removed. The two crossed arrows above Alyx's bed where gone. Connor had taken away every sharp thing in the room.
"I want to kill Magneto." Twist said.
"So we will." Chiara said suddenly. The two of them looked at her.
"I thought the X-Men would do it?" Alyx said. "Chiara, we can't!"
"Whatever." Chiara said, standing up and going to the door. "But I don't think X can just let us sit here while they go get our friends. We're involved too now. I'm going downstairs to practice."
"What do you mean involved?" Twist asked.
"We were supposed to be part of the experiment too." Chiara said, looking at her. "But we escaped. I don't think the Dream Team can do this without us."
Twist nodded. Her eyes weren't red anymore. She seemed to have accepted the fact that Silence was gone for now and she had the chance to get him back.
"Okay." She said. Chiara smiled and left the room.
"What do you think it means?" Alyx asked as they made there way back along the hall to the dormitories.
"It's the kids they wanted to kidnap." Chiara said, speaking from knowledge. Alyx looked at her confused. "On that list they've got a shape shifter, a healer, a telekinetic, a kid with power over water, a mind alterer, a wind maker, a girl who has power over tectonic plates and a guy who can knock you out with a single look. And me. They've got electricity too. But they only got a few of us." She sighed.
"But... why?" Alyx asked, still confused. They'd reached the girl's dormitory hallway now. They could hear people talking hurriedly behind the doors.
"Cause' Magneto wants to make a perfect mutant with our powers." She said. Alyx opened her mouth to say something again, but as they stopped at their door it came ajar and someone came out. It was a few moments before they came to terms with who it was.
"Don't go in there." Connor said. He was moving something in his pocket as he turned to look at the two of them. "What did you say your name was again?" he added on a side-note. Alyx and Chiara both responded at the same time. Alyx gave her full name. Connor suppressed a laugh.
"What's wrong with Twist?" Alyx asked.
"She's..." he started, looking for the right words. "She's a little upset right now. I don't think she wants to be disturbed."
Chiara nodded, dumbfounded. Alyx kept talking.
"Oh... okay. Did you help her at all?"
"I hope so." Connor said.
"We just found a piece of paper with the kidnapped students names on it." Alyx said. "And some others. We took it to the Professor, he said it should help re-locate them. We could tell Twist that, right?"
"I'm on the paper." Chiara erupted suddenly. Connor looked at her and then continued talking to Alyx.
"Maybe, I'll go back in and tell her." He reached for the door handle.
"We'll do it." Alyx said, taking the handle as well. Chiara watched her hand touch Connor's. She fell like a moron. Connor looked at Alyx for a moment, thinking.
"Fine." He said, letting go. He ran a hand through his long dark hair. "I'll be in the library if she throws anything at you." He smiled at Alyx and left them.
Alyx's blue eyes watched him go down the corridor. Chiara's grey one's stared at her.
"I hate you." She spat, exaggerating her annoyance greatly.
"Oh come on." Alyx said jovially, "All you have to do is talk!"
"I did talk. And when I did he ignored me." She sulked.
"So say something interesting." Alyx smiled brightly. Chiara frowned.
"I've got nothing interesting to say. I'm boring. I'm so boring my parents couldn't even spell my fucking name right. At least you can wow him with your heritage as a half-German Native American." She sighed. Alyx began to open the door.
"Well... if you don't at least attempt something in the next two days, I'm going full-throttle flirting mode." She giggled.
"I bet he has a girlfriend." Chiara said to spite her. Alyx opened the door. It was dark inside. The only light was from the golden glow of sunlight through the drawn curtains.
"Twist?" Alyx said. Twist was sitting on her bed, head down on her knees. Chiara saw white bandages on her wrists.
"Fuck off." Twist said, looking up at them. Her eyes were red, not just from crying.
"Twist. We've got news about Silence." Alyx said. They sat down on the bed next to her, cautious.
"Connor didn't help." Twist said. She pressed a finger angrily to her bandaged wrist. "He made it worse."
"We know what they've been planning to do." Alyx said. "Magneto wants him for an experiment." Twist made an angry noise in her throat.
Chiara looked around the room. All the china decorations near Cat's bed had been removed. The two crossed arrows above Alyx's bed where gone. Connor had taken away every sharp thing in the room.
"I want to kill Magneto." Twist said.
"So we will." Chiara said suddenly. The two of them looked at her.
"I thought the X-Men would do it?" Alyx said. "Chiara, we can't!"
"Whatever." Chiara said, standing up and going to the door. "But I don't think X can just let us sit here while they go get our friends. We're involved too now. I'm going downstairs to practice."
"What do you mean involved?" Twist asked.
"We were supposed to be part of the experiment too." Chiara said, looking at her. "But we escaped. I don't think the Dream Team can do this without us."
Twist nodded. Her eyes weren't red anymore. She seemed to have accepted the fact that Silence was gone for now and she had the chance to get him back.
"Okay." She said. Chiara smiled and left the room.