Attention: Generation X and their villians, as well as any other mutant mentioned in this story, is property of Marvel Comics. The character Richard Cale is named after family relations. Any other reference to anything copywrighted is a chance happening.

Power Of Mind, Power Of Fury

New Powers

I. Grimore
Grimore walked around the building for the third time that day. He wasn't sure why, but he felt like he had to stay near the apartment. He felt nervous, just like he felt whenever the Cale's had an encounter with Marsh, or any of his kind. As he moved towards the door to the apartment, he heard a noise behind him. He turned to see Yvette and the girl named Jubilee helping Richard up to the apartment. He was startled, if not scared. He ran over to their side and said, "What's wrong with the Paladin?"

He figured that no one would answer due to the company, but Yvette just said, "He had a rough session, but he'll be alright after a little rest."

Grimore was more worried now. He had never seen Rich look so drained. He didn't want to say more, but he was wondering about Richard. "What exactly happened?"

He then noticed that Jubilee looked at Yvette puzzled and said, "Penny, are you talking to Rich's cat?"

He watched as Yvette just said, "I'll explain later, 'Sis'. Right now, it might be better to get Rich upstairs and laying down." He had to agree with that. Rich did need to recover, since it appeared that whatever hit him took a great toll.

He lead the way to the door and stopped. Something was wrong. He sniffed the air and hissed. "Something's up there." It was a warning, and he saw Yvette's eyes go wide. He then saw the door was ajar. Something was up there, and it wasn't good.

Yvette was first to open the door and he followed her. That was when he saw it. If looked like Marsh, but more hideous. He knew what it was, and what it was after. It was going after the one book, the more dangerous of the two that were in the care of the Cale family. He watched as Yvette ran over to the creature and swung at it. Grimore watched as Yvette struck a blow to the creature. He then heard Rich say to Jubilee, "Jubilee, get my sword over there."

He watched as Jubilee did what he asked. He noticed that Rich just leaned against the wall. Grimore was afraid that Rich wouldn't be able to do much. He then saw Jubilee launch some sparks at the creature. "Hey ugly. Take that," was all the girl could say. As both he and the creature adjusted to the sudden sparks, he heard a crash. When he finally saw something, he saw the book flying into Rich's left hand.

He also heard movement downstairs, and hoped it was someone from the X-Men or Generation X. He watched as the creature slowly advanced on Rich. Rich just said, "You want the book, you have to pry it from my dead hands."

He heard a growl and half expected the creature to lunge at the Paladin, but was surprised as the X-Man know as Wolverine came bounding up the steps, followed by a few of the X-Men and Gen-X. He was started at the speed that Wolverine took the creature down. He then heard the X-Man known as Beast say, "You seemed to be right, Logan. Something was fishy. I'm guessing that Rich's visitor from earlier had expected complications."

Grimore walked over to his master and said softly, "I don't think it was trying for the book, my Lord." He was concerned as Rich slowly slid to the floor. He watched as Mondo ran over and held Rich up.

Mondo just looked at the creature and said, "Definately not a very happy creature. Looks like it is part fish."

He heard Rich faintly say, "With the time it spends underwater, it should look like that. Mondo, help me get to the stand this book was one."

As Mondo helped Rich, he heard Sean say, "I take it you were the target instead of the book." He could tell the Irishman was concerned.

Yvette just said, "I think he believes that. Marsh wouldn't have known if the book was here. If it was here, it was waiting to ambush us." He then saw her look at them and say, "Why did you think something was wrong?"

He heard Logan again say, "Something didn't smell right, and I didn't think Rich could have handled it."

He then heard Sean say, "Besides, we want ye to come down to the med center. After that thing hit you, we wanted to check for any injuries."

He watched as she nodded and said, "Jubilee, could you stay with Rich for a bit. I'm a bit worried about him." He knew that Yvette was concerned, and maybe it would be best for a friend to be here. He saw Jubilee nod and Yvette left with the others. He just stayed there, hoping all would be alright.

II. Jubilee
Jubilee watched as everyone left, and then turned to see Rich as he almost fell. She ran over and said, "Rich, are you alright?" She knew that Rich was not in the best of states since what Darrett had summoned had stunned him.

Rich just started to stand up and said, "I just need to rest for a bit. Could you help me to my bed?" She helped Rich over to the bed, wondering how much that thing took out of him. When she finally got him to his bed, she watched as Rich just laid down. As he did, she heard Rich say, "Jubilee, could you turn the stereo on?"

Jubilee walked over to the stereo and turned it on. All of a sudden, her ears were assulted by an opera. Deep down, she never liked opera, but something about it made her listen to it. She then looked at Rich and said, "Is this the one sent from your friend in Germany?"

She noticed that Rich nodded and said, "Yep. Gabe sent us this. This is the lost Wagner opera."

As it started to go into full swing, she just said, "Rich, what is it about?" It did sound a bit interesting.

Rich just smiled and said, "Well, from what I could get out of what Gabe told me about the first preformance, the hero has been cursed to be a werewolf. You should hear the end of the preformance."

She looked over at him and he just closed his eyes and smiled. He and Penny both knew something about this music. She wondered what was so special about the opera, and then said, "Rich, do you know why Wagner did this opera?"

Rich just said to her, "King Ludwig, the mad king of Bavaria, had requested it." She noticed that Rich wasn't telling her everything. She figured he liked to keep some things secret. At least the intercom was still there, so if any of those creepy things came back, she could call for help. She was almost startled when Rich said, "Jubilee, what do you know about Logan's past with Sabertooth?"

She shivered as he asked the question. "I don't know much. I just know that they hate each other. Sabertooth hates Wolvie so much that he'd kill me just to hurt Wolvie." She knew Rich was worried about that happening since the meeting with Emma's sister.

She noticed the uneasiness in Rich's form as he said, "I wouldn't be surprised if he would be around. I just hope I'm back up to par by then." She wondered more what that thing had done to Rich, but there was no way to know until she heard from the others. She just sat back, listened to the music, and waited.

III. Jean
Jean could not believe how much of a lecture Emma could give, but she couldn't blame Emma for her reactions. She just stood back and hoped Emma wouldn't step out of line. She listened as Emma just said, "After your little incident with that Ghen fellow, I'm surprised you would even try something like those two. We'll be lucky if Yvette doesn't have any broken bones. The purpose of these training sessions is to avoid that."

She watched as Darrett started to speak. "Emma, I didn't think that they would rebel, let alone cause alot of damage."

Jean was almost surprised when Emma almost shouted. "Were you thinking? I mean look at the state you put Rich into with what you called up. I just hope nothing happens that his life is in danger"

Jean was a bit surprised when Sean came in and said, "A bit late for that one. Apparently, Rich's one guest decided to try and ambush Rich. Good thing Logan was here."

Jean could see Emma was about to yell at the boy when Jean said, "Emma, you can't blame Darrett for his mistake. At least things didn't get out of hand." She noticed that Emma calmed down a bit.

She then saw Emma face Darrett and say, "I'm sorry, Darrett. I think my sister's visit here has had me a bit shook up. It's just that with your ability, we get a bit worried when you try something new."

Jean saw the boy nod and then leave the room. After he had left, Jean heard Emma sigh and she asked, "Emma, what's wrong?"

She heard Emma sigh even louder as she said, "We know so little about that boy, yet the less I know, the better I sometimes like it."

Jean then heard Professor Xavier say, "You mean you never tried to even use your powers on him. I guess you have learn some self control." Jean felt abit impressed by that as well.

She was surprised when Emma said, "I'm afraid I'll find all of Generation X's deaths in his mind. I don't think anyone here wants to know how they died in that horrible world he came from." Jean now understood why Emma wouldn't want to use her abilities on the boy.

She was almost startled when Hank walked into the room and said, "Well, maybe Darrett's stunt might have been a blessing. Sean, Emma, I think you'll find this most interesting." She watched as Sean and Emma looked at the document Hank was carring. She could tell they were both shocked. She wondered if it meant something good or bad.

IV. Hank
Hank noticed the surprised looks on Emma and Sean's faces. He had been surprised when he saw the results of his examination. He then heard Emma say, "Hank, are you positive about this?"

Hank nodded and said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. It appears that when Yvette got her mutant ability, she also got abilities to help her with it. She knows about the psyonic ability to help her communicate, but she also has a healing factor."

He was surprised to hear Everett say, "So what you are getting at is that Penny has recovered from Darrett's stunt. What about Rich?"

Hank just held his hand up. "As I was about to say, this healing factor in Yvette has had a chance to really get a workout. Her imprisonment at the hands of Emplate helped her develop it. I wouldn't be surprised if she's immune to most diseases. As for Rich, I don't think the healing factor is as powerful as Yvette's, but I also doubt it will help. What ever Darrett's creature did, it doesn't appear to be something normal. If Rich is resting, it might be best." After he got done saying what he said, he motioned Sean and Emma over and said, "She did appear to get a broken rib from that bull-like thing, but it's completely healed. I must admit, with her ability, she can vary her size by a bit. She can make herself a smaller target, but she seemed a bit ashamed about that?"

He listened as Emma said, "She's a bit self conscious. Most times, we judged her size when she had used her mutant ability. It's abit harder to judge her now since she isn't tensed up."

He then heard Sean say, "Besides, she feels like the other girls envy her since something happened at one of the slumber parties. One of the reasons we've been trying to get clothing she can't cut through with her skin."

Hank nodded and said, "I guess that would explain some of the self consciousness. I think I can understand her embaressment when it happened at that party." He couldn't totally imagine the situation, but he understood the reason for embaressment. He then looked at Sean and Emma and said, "Do you think she is totally aware of her quick healing?"

He watched as Emma shook her head and said, "No, but no doubt that Emplate is totally aware of her quick healing. It would explain all the attempts he's made to get Yvette back into his clutches."

He then said, "Well, maybe if she is not aware of it, she should be made aware of it. I think she should know about this ability, especially if Rich has this ability as well." He watched as both Sean and Emma nodded. He then led them to the med center.

V. Monet
Monet had walked over to the med center when she saw Hank enter the room earlier. Now she wanted to check on Yvette. She wondered how Yvette was doing after the session. She entered the med center, only to see an empty room. She was puzzled and said, "Yvette, are you still in here?"

She was startled when she heard Yvette say, "I'm back here, getting dressed. This was just like a medical check up." She could hear the irritation in Yvette's voice. She knew Yvette was very shy, especially since the incident at the slumber party.

Monet stepped over to the screen and said, "Yvette, did Dr. McCoy find something wrong?" She noticed from the shadow Yvette case that she was just finishing getting dressed. She then started to wonder what Rich and Yvette did when they were alone, but she quickly got her mind off of that. She realized that when she thought about stuff like that, she was usually putting herself and Everett into the images. She still had a crush on Everett.

She snapped out of her thoughts when Yvette came out from behind the curtain. She saw the nervous look on Yvette's face. Yvette just said to her, "This was weird. He ran tests, and he even cut me. I don't know why he did it, but the cut is gone now."

Monet could tell that their was concern in Yvette's voice when she had said what she said. Monet then said, "Yvette, I think he found something interesting. He was talking to Sean and Emma about it. He mentioned that what he found was a reason why my brother is after you."

Monet could tell the Yvette didn't like the sound of that as she tensed up. "What do you mean by that?"

Monet just said, "Calm down. I don't know what Dr. McCoy found, but you must have a healing factor like Logan's. Your body must heal all your wounds quickly. Think about it, Yvette. It's like a counter to your ability if you injured yourself."

She was startled when Hank McCoy said, "That's exactly what I discovered. I just told Sean and Emma about your healing factor. Monet is correct in her assumption."

She watched as Yvette said, "Is that why you had to cut me?"

She watched as Hank nodded. "Not the best of tests, but for a small cut like that to be healed in a second is extrodinary. Not even Logan has that fast of a healing factor."

Monet thought it might be best to leave at the moment. She felt a small pain in her head, a psychic pain. She hoped it wasn't Claudette. Last thing they needed right now was for Claudette to break free. As she left the med center, she was startled when Professer Xavier said, "Monet, what is wrong?"

She didn't know if the Professer had been informed about Claudette, but she didn't want to say a word about it. She was scared about what it could do if she mentioned it to him. She just shook her head and said, "I think I have a headache. I'm going to head to my dorm room to lay down." She then left the area. She hoped that it was a headache. The last thing she wanted was for Claudette to break free. She wondered if the pain she had felt in her head was from Claudette breaking one of the psyonic locks on her psyonic cell. If that were the case, it wouldn't be long until Claudette would get to the lock Emma put on. Monet entered her dorm room and laid down on her bed, and started to focus on that barrier.