I Hate Mondays

Chapter 5: Synthia

By

The Uncanny R-man

And

Anything but Ordinary

Disclaimer- We don't own anything, all familiar characters belong to Marvel.

Shout Outs-

Showstopper- Glad you liked Helia, more from her next.

Ldypebsaby- Yeah, Mondays suck for me too. We're undecided whether to make Helia a mutant yet.

Agent-G- The other guys are going to meet Helia and Synthia next.


Xavier's-

Hank and Emma were hurriedly removing the bullets from Tigra's body. Well, Hank was actually doing the operating while Emma stood by with the necessary tools. Hank wasn't much of an expert on bullet wounds so he called in Annie Ghazikhanian, the human nurse that worked at the Institute. Before she became the school's nurse, she worked at an emergency ward and was used to dealing with lots of people with bullet wounds.

'Thankyou Emma, that will be all for now.' Hank said as he removed the last bullet from Tigra's body. 'Annie and I will finish up here.'

Emma silently nodded her consent and left the med bay.

Once outside, she slumped against the wall and let out a groan. It wasn't that she was a squeamish person, you'd never get to be White Queen of the Hellfire Club if you were scared of a little blood, it was just that she felt dirty after almost getting covered in Tigra's blood as she held the weretiger in her arms.

'I'm going to need to shower for a month.' She muttered to herself.

Unfortunately for Emma, Jean Grey was just around the corner and heard everything that was going on.

'What's the matter, Emma dear?' The redheaded telepath asked with a cocky smile. 'Afraid of a little blood?'

'Oh, get a flaw you cow.' Emma muttered before storming off to have a shower.


The teachers' lounge-

Synthia and Helia were waiting patiently in the teacher's lounge for Hank to finish his business. Emma had kindly offered Synthia some coffee, which she gratefully accepted.

Synthia looked over at her daughter who was sat in front of a small TV happily watching cartoons. She marvelled at how similar to Hank she was, yet so much different too. Helia and Hank had the same blue eyes that shone with childlike wonder and the same love for fun. But then again, Helia wasn't a fuzzy blue cat, unlike her father. Although, Hank was in his fuzzy blue ape form when Helia was conceived and it was a wonder that the young girl wasn't fuzzy and blue herself. Synthia just shrugged off the thoughts. Perhaps her mutant powers, if she even has any, will manifest during puberty.

Synthia's musings were halted when someone walked into the teachers' lounge.

'I'm telling you Warren; I was so over that Sentinel. I woulda aced that simulation if you hadn't messed it up for me.'

'Bobby, we've got guests.'

Bobby Drake and Warren Worthington stopped in midstep and stared blankly at the woman and young child sitting in the teacher's lounge.

'Can we help you?' Warren asked. 'This area is for faculty only I'm afraid.'

'I was told that it was alright if I stayed here for a while.' Synthia replied. 'Well that's what the blonde woman told me.'

'This blonde woman didn't happen to be wearing tiny white leather hot pants, did she?' Warren asked.

'Yes, that's the one.' Synthia replied.

'Definitely Frosty.' Warren and Bobby both said at the same time.

While the adults were talking, Helia had grown bored of watching cartoons and looked curiously at Warren, well his wings.

'Excuse me...' She said, tugging slightly on his sleeve. 'Are you an angel?'

Warren smiled slightly and kneeled down so he was eye to eye with the young girl.

'Kind of.' He replied.

'Do you live in heaven?' Helia asked.

'No, I'm afraid I don't.' Warren chuckled. 'I live here, so does Bobby.'

'My name's Helia, what's yours?'

'My name's Warren. Does your Mommy have a name?'

'My Mommy's name is Synthia.' Helia replied.

'Hello Synthia.' Warren said, nodding towards the older woman. 'What can we help you with exactly?'

'I'm actually here to see Henry McCoy.' Synthia replied. 'I came in here with him but he had to go to the med bay to operate on somebody called... Tigra, I think.'

'Wait a minute!' Bobby said. 'Tigra is here? Right in this very building? I'll just be one minute...'

'Hold it right there, Romeo.' Warren said, stopping Bobby in his tracks. 'Do you want us to show you around while Hank is busy?'

'I would like that very much.' Synthia replied.

'No offence or anything.' Bobby said. 'But how exactly do you know Hank?'

'He's my daddy.' Helia replied.

Warren and Bobby both fell silent as the sudden revelation dawned on them...


Meanwhile-

Hank and Annie had just finished patching up Tigra and were waiting her to come around from her anaesthetic.

'Well this is certainly a surprise.' Annie said. 'I've never actually met and Avenger. Well, I once saw Captain America but that's it.'

'Oh we know all the cool people.' Hank replied as he began to wash his hands. 'Some of them are even conscious.'

Hank turned as his sensitive hearing picked up a soft groan from the operating table.

'Oh God, what happened?'

'It's alright, Tigra.' Hank said as he made his way back to the operating table. 'You were shot but you're all patched up now.'

'Oh yeah, now I remember.' Tigra said as she put her hand to her head. 'There was a carjacker. I tired to stop him...'

'What exactly happened to this carjacker?' Annie asked.

'I think he crashed the car and went up in a ball of flames.' Tigra replied. 'My memory's still a bit muzzy.'

'That's just the anaesthetic.' Hank replied. 'It should wear off in a little while. I suggest that you get some rest while you heal.'

Tigra nodded silently and laid down onto the bed to get some rest. Then her eyes snapped open again.

'Twinkies!'

'Excuse me?' Hank asked, a little surprised at the sudden outburst.

'Twinkies.' Tigra replied. 'I was in the store buying some Twinkies for you before I saw the carjacker. I must've lost them somewhere.'

'That's quite alright.' Hank said as he gently patted her shoulder. 'We have plenty of Twinkies here. Now, get some rest.'

'Whatever you say, Doc.' Tigra replied.

After he was sure that Tigra was alright, Hank left the med bay along with Annie. Annie took one last look at the weretiger lying on the bed and cocked a curious brow.

'She's got the hots for you.'

'What?' Hank gasped. 'That's ridiculous!'

'Trust me on this one; she was buying Twinkies for you. We all know how much you love them, she was going to ask you out.'

'Rubbish.' Hank snorted. He then looked back into the med bay himself. 'Do you really think she has the hots for me?' he asked with a mildly curious look on his face.

'Oh yeah.' Annie replied. 'She's got it bad.'


The teachers' lounge-

Synthia, Helia, Warren and Bobby were joined by several of the other faculty members. Scott was there, as was Jean. Emma was back from her shower and dressed in a new reverse X-Bra and tiny hot pants. Logan was pouting in the corner, as he wasn't allowed to smoke his cigars because Helia was there. Kurt was there, entertaining Helia with his tail and Alex was there too, brewing up the coffee. The buzz of conversation stopped as soon as Hank and Annie entered the room.

'Daddy!' Helia squealed as she ran up and gave Hank a huge hug.

'Anything yer want ter tell us, Blue?' Logan smirked.

TBC...