Chapter 2

The loudest ringing sound was sheering through Raine's head; the hushed voices around her were like hearing a high-pitched dog whistle. Slowly she lifted her head opening her eyelids. The white sterile surroundings blinding too her now sensitive eyes. Raine sat up, pulling along with her force a rather agonising head-ache. It took her a moment for her head too clear, and her train of thought kick in as too where she was. The Xavier Mansion. Raine then sat up rather quickly, sensing a shadow about the room with her. She had been right, her thoughts sensing the presence of two of The X Men. Colossus and Gambit. Raine recognised, Colossus faintly from the fight earlier on and his part in it. And as her eyes fell on Gambit Raine gave a very faint smile, knowing that she was safe now.

"You awake den Chere?" Gambit said, looking too Raine. Raine looked too him, taking in his rather messy appearance. It was his hair that gave her this impression it was organised chaos! A mess of auburn that was spiked up in many differing directions. The rest of his appearance was fine, Gambit wore tight clothing, that showed off his muscled abs for all too see. He wore almost equally tight black trousers and as if too throw off his whole concept of masculine desire he wore a loose long length coat. Each button of which was a different symbol of a pack of cards.

"Yes, I think so." Raine commented as she held herself up on her elbow's her eyes diverted then too the door, as it opened. Three more members of the X men walked into the room, Cyclops, Wolverine and someone being pushed in a wheelchair by The X Men's leader. Professor Xavier himself, Raine would have felt honoured if her head was clearer.

Raine looked too the side of her then, almost jumping out of her skin as a rather large furred blue male appeared at her side, she hadn't seen him earlier on due too him having his back turned too her, wearing a long white lab-over coat. "Everything seems too be in working order." He said too both Xavier and Raine, "How are you feeling Miss?" Beast asked then, turning his direction and attention too her totally, Raine just wanted to hide from all their looks.

"Like a million bucks." Raine said, though it wasn't the first thing that had come too mind. "My head is still ringing." She added then, telling the truth. Vertigo would certainly not get away with affecting her so badly. A grimace crossed her face.

Xavier moved too the side of Raine's bed, his wheelchair wasn't being pushed at all it was hovering. He looked too Raine, who quickly put up a mental block on her mind and true thoughts. Knowing that he was a very powerful psychic. She didn't want her cover too be blown just yet, if at all.

"Who was that man?" Cyclops asked, taking a few stops of his own too Raine's bedside. Colossus left the room, though Gambit stayed behind, as did Wolverine.

"Yeah, and what did he want with you?" Wolverine put in, his voice was gruff and very harsh. Though, it was rather typical of a man of his height and build. Wolverine appeared to be pretty hairy all over, his muscular arms being rather thick. Though, compared too what Raine was used too when it came too hair Raine had seen much, much worse. He was stood at the foot of Raine's bed and she found the whole situation rather intimidating.

"His name is Sinister." Raine announced as she looked too the faces of the X Men the surrounded her bed. Her nerves had started too kick into overtime, and her voice was somewhat shaking. "I. I don't know what he wanted with me." Raine said as she continued too look to the expressions of each of the X Men. "Please, you can't make me go back out there, what if he finds me?" Raine then pleaded with them, her eyes looking too Xavier.

"Your welcome too stay here as long as you want to." Xavier offered Raine, her ploy of playing on his sympathy. Too which Raine eagerly nodded, until the thundering of her headache started again. Her hand rose to her temple. Beast then handed over a glass of water and a pill.

Raine, recognising the small tablet as a pain-killer. Took it with a sip of the water. "Thanks." She said too both Beast and Xavier. She then lay back down again.

"Ah don't trust her Remy, and that's final!" Rogue said in a rather heated argument in the living room. Rogue was pointing at Remy, with her other arm folded across her chest. They had been in the room for quite some time before Rogue broke the silence, furthering their discussion about the mansions guest.

"She was attacked Rogue, Da X Men did what tha X Men do." Was Remy's response. Whatever point Rogue was trying to make, he wasn't seeing it. He was sat down on the sofa in front of Rogue, who was blocking the television. "I don't see why you don't like her." He added, trying to put an end to the conversation.

"Ah don't know what it is, but she's not right." Rogue continued on the subject. "Woman's intuition." She then added, her southern accent filling the room rather loudly.

Gambit rolled his eyes and got up. "You've been on about this for hours and my answer is still the same. You should see Xavier about it." Gambit then headed out the door himself. "I'm gonna' get something to eat. Hearing all that's made me hungry."

Beast looked to Raine who was awake once again. "How are you feeling now?" He asked her, heading over to the side of her bed as she lifted herself into a sitting position once again.

"A lot better, thank you." Raine said with a slight smile too her face. Her head had cleared with her continued sleep and her ears had finally stopped ringing also. Raine gave a look about, "Where's my bag?" She asked with a bit of a panic too her voice, if she had lost that then it would all be game over, the end of her mission. It had all of her little bits of equipment in it.

"Fear not, it has been taken too your room." Beast returned too her. "If you're ready to move then I'll show you?" he offered. Too which Raine nodded eagerly, she would need too know the Mansions layout, but more importantly she would need her own room so that she could get in contact with The Nasty Boy's and with Sinister.

Raine threw the covers off of the bed, and stood up. Finding her shoes underneath the bed she slipped the heeled boot's on, and joined Beast who was waiting at the door to the medical bay.