Chapter 2

Logan stood up and cracked his neck as his mutation started healing the broken jaw and bloody lip Serpent had just given him.

"What do you mean?" asked Storm trying to hold Serpent back from Logan. "How old are you?"

"You don't remember me, do you?" Serpent asked in a deadly low voice, taking a step towards Logan as she started searching through his mind for some sort of answer. Logan tried to think of where he had seen her before but nothing came up.

"I don't," he replied.

What a bonehead, stated Frost conjuring up a couch of ice and laying down in it inside Serpent's mind. Blaze nodded her head and Elect… well she started with the music and more dancing again.

Who let the dogs out? She sang along with the c.d. as she started dancing, nearly causing Serpent to laugh out loud.

"I know… and stop playing music," muttered Serpent, shaking her mutation figures out of her thoughts for now, turning around and she sat back into her chair. "Go ahead and start for the school. It doesn't matter anymore." Storm looked at Scott and Logan before taking off again. Logan started to go over to Serpent but Kiya jumped off of Kitty's lap and hissed loudly as she put herself between her master and the offender. Logan growled low in his throat and sat down in his own chair and began to wonder who Serpent really was.

"What are your mutations Serpent?" asked Rogue leaning forward and looking at the hooded mutant before her. Kiya jumped back up into Kitty's lap for more petting.

"Yes, what may I ask are they?" Ramses agreed looking at Serpent while adjusting his black trench coat he had on.

"I had three mutations originally. Healing, telepathy and one kinda like yours Rogue, but I can control it and I can only take other mutant's mutations by taking it out of their blood," replied Serpent looking straight ahead. Rogue wondered who told her about her mutation but then she remembered that Serpent was a telepath.

"You mean you can take mutations just like that?" asked Kitty snapping her finger while saying so.

"For a tidy sum of course. I don't want to have anymore annoying voices in my head without getting paid," Serpent said. The mutations inside her head glared at her.

That's not very nice! Ani stated.

Yeah, I thought you liked to have us telling you what to do, said a newcomer to the conversation, her mutation of teleportation (a.k.a. Tele). Followed by her two other original mutations, healing and advanced senses (a.k.a. Hope) and telepathy (a.k.a. Ty).

"Just leave me alone," muttered Serpent, trying not to let the others hear her talk to herself. "And turn off the music again Elect." Elect looked sheepish but did as her master told her to do.

"Who were you talking to?" asked Bobby, who apparently had heard.

"And what exactly do you mean by you don't want anymore annoying voices in your head?" asked Kitty with a confused look plastered onto her face as she continued to stroke Kiya.

"Never mind. And I talk to myself sometimes, it's a habit," lied Serpent.

You're a bad girl, you told a lie, said Blaze getting a cheeky look on her face. Serpent rolled her eyes at her arguing mutations as they started playing various games inside her head.

A lie for a good reason Blaze, she doesn't want the others to think that she is too different, said Hope in a melodious voice as she started reading a book in the corner of the living room with everyone else around her talking loudly save for Ty and Ani.

"We're here," said Bobby looking out of the front window at the approaching mansion. Serpent came out of her little trance and looked ahead of her too and was surprised that they had gotten there so quickly.

"That's a school?" she asked as the basketball court opened up and Storm and Scott landed the jet inside of it.

"Yes it is. As I said before, a school for the gifted," replied Storm, getting up and starting to head down the stairs that lead outside the jet.

"Everyone here calls it Mutant High though," said Rogue, as she undid her seatbelt and followed Storm out. Kiya jumped off of Kitty's lap and walked over to her master.

What an interesting creature, said Tele looking at Kiya in awe, she had always loved animals but never wanted to admit it because she was suppose to be the tough one.

"I know Tele," replied Serpent getting up and swinging her bag over her shoulder before walking down too with Scott and Logan following her.

"Lunch is being served now. You want to eat with us?" Rogue asked. Serpent's stomach pretty much answered for her as it growled loudly.

"Sure. But first I need to put my stuff in my room… which is where?" replied Serpent searching random people's minds for that answer as she followed the other four down the maze of hallways.

You are sharing a room with Rogue and Kitty if you don't mind, said Xavier's voice inside her mind.

Hey! Get out of her head! It's our territory! Elect yelled shaking a fist in the air.

"By quiet Elect. Do you want to get us kicked out of here already?" Serpent hissed causing Ramses to look at her strangely.

Would you mind coming into my office Serpent? Xavier asked in her head again.

I'm sorry! She didn't mean it honestly! Ani exclaimed as Blaze hit Elect upside the head.

"Nice going Elect," muttered Serpent. "I'll catch up with you guys later. Xavier wants to walk to us." The others nodded, not catching onto the fact that Serpent had referred to herself as more than one person. Walking down the many hallways as if she had lived there her whole life, she knocked on the office of Xavier.

"You may come in." Came the response from the other side. Serpent took a deep breath and opened up the doorway to see the professor sitting down at his desk smiling at her.

"Look if this is about us talking back to you it wasn't me. It was Elect!" Serpent blurted out, nearly dropping her skateboard in the process.

"That is not it at all Serpent. I would just like to talk to you," he said as he motioned to the chair in front of his desk. Serpent dropped her things down beside the chair and then sat down, waiting for the professor to ask her the questions.

"First of all I would like to know why you refer to yourself as more than one person some of the time," Serpent shifted in her seat uncomfortably.

Tell him, he may be able to help us, said Ty looking up from the floor. Serpent took another deep breath.

"As you probably know, I have many mutations that I've gained from my one mutation," started Serpent. "Well each time I take one away from the mutant… their mutation becomes a person inside my mind. They can talk to me and do everything I can do in real life. The mutation has the personality of their original owner. They live in a house-type-thing inside my head."

"So they talk to you telepathically and you have to talk our loud to respond to them?"

"Yeah, it makes people stare at me a lot, but I've become use to it."

"What are all of your mutations Serpent?" she looked at a piece of paper on Xavier's desk.

"I can write them down for you," Xavier pushed a piece of paper and pen forward. Serpent took it and started to write a chart that looked like this:

Fire- Blaze

Ice- Frost

Telepathy- Ty

Teleportation-Tele

Healing- Hope

Electricity- Elect

Talking to animals- Ani

Serpent wrote them down carefully and slowly as Ty helped her spell out each word in English. Once she was done, she passed it over to Xavier, who looked over the list of mutations with interest. "These are all of the ones you gained?" Serpent nodded.

"Save for Ty, she's been with me since the start. Also part of Hope," was the reply. "I gained more of each of them so they are more powerful."

"I know what the first column is for but what is the second one for?"

"Their names. That's what I've named them and what I'll usually refer to. Oh and my hair is also part of my mutations." Serpent pulled off her black hood to reveal her multi-coloured hair. "With each mutation I gain, another streak is added that refers to that certain one. Fire is red, ice is icy blue, telepathy is black, which is what my hair used to be all of, and teleportation is dark blue and also caused my ears to go pointy." She demonstrated that by pulling her hair back to reveal her pointed ears.

"Please continue," Xavier was interested and also jotting down the colour of each mutation on the same sheet of paper.

"Healing is white, electricity is purple and talking to animals is green." She said finishing her list off.

I'm glad you didn't forget any of us. Ask the professor dude if he has any questions for any of us! Frost said, who was running down the hallway to the big computer room where they had to go to unleash their powers. They each had their own containment center to do so. They also had their own computer where they could talk freely to a person if they were a telepath.

"Ice wants to know if you have any questions for them," said Serpent dictating for Ice. All six of her other mutations also went into the computer room to answer any questions.

"Not right now. I would like to know where your parents live though,"

Don't tell him, don't tell him, don't tell him… Ani repeated over and over inside Serpent's head.

"I have to," Serpent replied, she sighed before replying. "I don't have any parents, I can't remember them actually. They were so long ago, They've become just a fading memory."

"You lost your memory?"

"Yeah, but not all of it because of Ty. Some psycho guy, I forget his name, kidnapped me and did something to me that I wasn't quite happy with."

"I see. How old are you exactly?"

"Umm… well… I may look like I'm sixteen but I'll be four hundred and ninety-nine on June seventh." Xavier looked at her sternly.

"You may go now. Find Rogue or Kitty to show you your room." Serpent nodded, grabbed her stuff and headed out the door leaving a pondering professor behind.

"Hey Serpent!" called Kitty as Serpent entered the cafeteria. "We saved you a seat over here!"

Man she's loud. Tele stated. Teleport over there and scare the whit's out of them!

"No, I don't want to introduce you guys until I know them better." Serpent replied to the little voice in her head as she walked over to the table with Bobby, Rogue, Kitty, Ramses and even Kiya.

"What did the professor want?" asked Rogue as she ate her salad. Serpent sat down and replied with.

"Nothing really. Just wanted to tell me that I'm sharing a room with you and Kitty." Kiya let out a happy meow and went back to eating her steak.

"Great! Are you hungry?" asked Kitty. "The foods right over there." Serpent was about to say that she wasn't hungry but after receiving deadly glares by most of her mutations she got up and walked over to the buffet table. That's when Logan came in searching for her.

"Hey kid. Why did you freak out back on the jet?" he asked walking over to Serpent and grabbing her arm in an iron grip.

Attack him! Kill him! DO SOMETHING! Blaze yelled. If he doesn't remember you then he is no use to you anymore!

"Because you don't remember me. Now let me go," replied Serpent. Logan looked at her right in the eyes.

"You know who I am, don't you?" he asked.

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! Elect said very sarcastically as she sat back in her chair. Battle stations my little voicy friends! All seven of her mutations went running to the back of the room where there were seven bubble-looking contraptions. After getting into them they sat down and put on walky-talkies and strange looking glasses.

We're ready, said Frost.

"Let me go. I don't want to hurt you," Serpent said with her eyes starting to turn seven different colours.

"You can't hurt Me." Came the reply.

"Watch me," Serpent said before throwing Logan across the room. The few student that were in there quickly got out, save for Rogue, Kitty, Bobby and Ramses who stayed back and watched. Logan got up with a small groan, stood up and unleashed his claws.

"You think you scare me don't you?" Serpent asked. "Well you've got something coming at ya." Her arms got tense and with a familiar snikt claws like Logan's appeared!

"Who am I?" Logan asked taking a few steps closer to her.

"You are…"

LVM: I'm tryin' my best to keep them in character, but it's really hard sometimes. Hope you like this chappie too!

danzin mushrooms: thank you very much. I like the voices too, made her seem less Mary-Sueish in my opinion. Hope I was clear on her mutations in this chappie. Here chappie 2 for ya!

Toxic-Beetle: glad you like it and hope you like this chappie too!