Chiara ran back to her room. She burst through the door with a loud
sound. The other three were still in bed. Streak sat up and hit her head.
"What the hell..." she grumbled.
"They found them!" Chiara said in an excited voice. Twist looked up.
"Five more minutes." She said groggily.
"Found who?" Asked Alyx, who'd sat up like Streak, though not hitting her head on the low beam.
"The missing students, idiot." Chiara said. "With Cerebro! The Professor and Connor and I just found them."
"Missing students?" Alyx asked. The other three stared at her. "Oh right!" she said quickly, "Gaudi and Lucea and stuff." Streak rolled her eyes.
"Connor?" Twist asked, rubbing her head.
"Yeah, whatever." Chiara shrugged. "You lot could look happier." She sat down on the end of Alyx's bed, frowning.
"We're tired, Chiara!" Streak whined, suddenly loud.
"Wait... he walked in on you changing?" Twist asked. Her eyes were fully open, eyebrows arched.
"What?" Chiara asked. It took a moment for the fact that Twist had read her mind to settle in. Streak started laughing. "Oh... yeah. Well, I opened the door. I thought he was girl." She said quietly and shrugged again.
"She's going red." Alyx said, crawling onto Twist's mattress to get an audience view.
"I am not!" Chiara snapped, but she felt her cheeks anyway. The other three started laughing again. Their levity began to enrage her, but she shook it off. It was too early in the morning to be pissed at her friends.
"Do you want any help?" Twist asked. The sight of a smile on her face was almost miraculous.
"Help?" Chiara asked.
"Yeah, with Connor?" Twist giggled. Chiara rolled her eyes, coughing a laugh and trying to hide it.
"I doubt it." She said. "I can't 'have 'relationships." She sighed, for the millionth time.
"Why not?" Streak asked from the back. Chiara held up her right index finger.
"Me." She said, holding up the other, "Connor." She made a spark fly between them with a crack that made the others jump. "Dead Connor."
"Oh." Streak said in a small voice.
"Okay... your first rule is don't ask him about his powers." Twist said, climbing over Alyx. "Don't ask him about old girlfriends, don't make him use his powers unless he wants to, if you don't like driving fast, do not go out with him, don't ask him about his parents, don't ask him about how he met me and whenever he asks, 'Are you okay?' respond truthfully cause otherwise he'll just ask again and it gets annoying." She finished with another smile.
"Um, okay..." Chiara said slowly. "Thanks." She managed.
"My work here is done." Twist said, clapping her hands and getting off her bed. "I'm going to shower." She said and left the dorm.
"I knew you liked Connor." Alyx said with an air of pride. Chiara narrowed her eyes.
"I know, Alyx... I told you." she said, almost laughing.
"Yeah, but I knew anyway. I'll stay out of your way if you want. Simon Erickson is really hot... and then there's this new guy Marcus who-" she started.
"Okay, Alyx." Streak said, covering Alyx's mouth. "Let's just focus on reality right now." Behind Streak's hand Alyx nodded. Streak took her arm away and sat opposite Chiara, next to Alyx. "So where'd the Professor say Silence and Yuako and the lot are?"
"Vancouver. Or... New Westminster, just on the downtown outskirts." Chiara said. She wasn't quite sure what part of Canada Vancouver was in. The Cerebro map had been harder to read than most atlases she had to study. "The Professor said that he's going to try and get the Dream Team to set off tonight, place the mansion under high guard, but we have to go!" she said.
"Why? It's going to be dangerous." Streak said.
"Like I give a shit!" Chiara said, banging her fists on the mattress. "Yuako and Silence and everyone had to deal with it. If they hadn't fought we'd be the ones in Magneto's imprisonment. They want us too, anyway, what's to say this isn't a trap so they can kidnap us as well?" She spat. Streak was silent. Alyx seemed to have lost interest in being hyper.
"They won't let us go." She said. "There's no way they'd jeopardize-" The door opened noisily. Storm was standing in the frame, a concerned look on her face.
"Trinity, Chiara..." she said, looking at a piece of paper she had in her hand. "Come on. The Professor needs to talk to you." She glanced at Alyx. "Alyx... von Goeth?" she asked.
Alyx sat up and nodded.
"Yes?"
"You're coming too. Quickly now, we don't have much time."
"What the hell..." she grumbled.
"They found them!" Chiara said in an excited voice. Twist looked up.
"Five more minutes." She said groggily.
"Found who?" Asked Alyx, who'd sat up like Streak, though not hitting her head on the low beam.
"The missing students, idiot." Chiara said. "With Cerebro! The Professor and Connor and I just found them."
"Missing students?" Alyx asked. The other three stared at her. "Oh right!" she said quickly, "Gaudi and Lucea and stuff." Streak rolled her eyes.
"Connor?" Twist asked, rubbing her head.
"Yeah, whatever." Chiara shrugged. "You lot could look happier." She sat down on the end of Alyx's bed, frowning.
"We're tired, Chiara!" Streak whined, suddenly loud.
"Wait... he walked in on you changing?" Twist asked. Her eyes were fully open, eyebrows arched.
"What?" Chiara asked. It took a moment for the fact that Twist had read her mind to settle in. Streak started laughing. "Oh... yeah. Well, I opened the door. I thought he was girl." She said quietly and shrugged again.
"She's going red." Alyx said, crawling onto Twist's mattress to get an audience view.
"I am not!" Chiara snapped, but she felt her cheeks anyway. The other three started laughing again. Their levity began to enrage her, but she shook it off. It was too early in the morning to be pissed at her friends.
"Do you want any help?" Twist asked. The sight of a smile on her face was almost miraculous.
"Help?" Chiara asked.
"Yeah, with Connor?" Twist giggled. Chiara rolled her eyes, coughing a laugh and trying to hide it.
"I doubt it." She said. "I can't 'have 'relationships." She sighed, for the millionth time.
"Why not?" Streak asked from the back. Chiara held up her right index finger.
"Me." She said, holding up the other, "Connor." She made a spark fly between them with a crack that made the others jump. "Dead Connor."
"Oh." Streak said in a small voice.
"Okay... your first rule is don't ask him about his powers." Twist said, climbing over Alyx. "Don't ask him about old girlfriends, don't make him use his powers unless he wants to, if you don't like driving fast, do not go out with him, don't ask him about his parents, don't ask him about how he met me and whenever he asks, 'Are you okay?' respond truthfully cause otherwise he'll just ask again and it gets annoying." She finished with another smile.
"Um, okay..." Chiara said slowly. "Thanks." She managed.
"My work here is done." Twist said, clapping her hands and getting off her bed. "I'm going to shower." She said and left the dorm.
"I knew you liked Connor." Alyx said with an air of pride. Chiara narrowed her eyes.
"I know, Alyx... I told you." she said, almost laughing.
"Yeah, but I knew anyway. I'll stay out of your way if you want. Simon Erickson is really hot... and then there's this new guy Marcus who-" she started.
"Okay, Alyx." Streak said, covering Alyx's mouth. "Let's just focus on reality right now." Behind Streak's hand Alyx nodded. Streak took her arm away and sat opposite Chiara, next to Alyx. "So where'd the Professor say Silence and Yuako and the lot are?"
"Vancouver. Or... New Westminster, just on the downtown outskirts." Chiara said. She wasn't quite sure what part of Canada Vancouver was in. The Cerebro map had been harder to read than most atlases she had to study. "The Professor said that he's going to try and get the Dream Team to set off tonight, place the mansion under high guard, but we have to go!" she said.
"Why? It's going to be dangerous." Streak said.
"Like I give a shit!" Chiara said, banging her fists on the mattress. "Yuako and Silence and everyone had to deal with it. If they hadn't fought we'd be the ones in Magneto's imprisonment. They want us too, anyway, what's to say this isn't a trap so they can kidnap us as well?" She spat. Streak was silent. Alyx seemed to have lost interest in being hyper.
"They won't let us go." She said. "There's no way they'd jeopardize-" The door opened noisily. Storm was standing in the frame, a concerned look on her face.
"Trinity, Chiara..." she said, looking at a piece of paper she had in her hand. "Come on. The Professor needs to talk to you." She glanced at Alyx. "Alyx... von Goeth?" she asked.
Alyx sat up and nodded.
"Yes?"
"You're coming too. Quickly now, we don't have much time."