Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or the X-Men Evolution
Summary: This story takes place post Terra and pre Titans Rising. Terra's powers almost get her killed and in the process, Cerebro picks her up and the X-Men save her. Now Terra is being fostered by the X-Men. They want to help her, but who else wants to help her?
Chapter Summary: It is Terra's first training simulation with the X-Men. How long can she survive in the Danger Room?
Chapter 5
Training Simulation
I sat up
screaming. I pulled my blanket up to my face and gave a small sob
into it.
It took me a moment to realise where I was. I was
sitting in a large bed viewing a beautiful room. The sun was pouring
into my room and the clock on the wall told me it was seven in the
morning.
I climbed out of the bed to find myself in my clothes
from yesterday. I combed my hair and pushed the blonde hair that was
falling into my face. I almost regretted leaving Beast Boy my hair
clip. But it was something for him to remember me by. I just hope he
would never forget me. I mean, he wouldn't, right?
"Terra?"
"Come in," I replied.
A brown hair girl with white bangs
walked into the room. She reminded me of Raven, dark and slightly
creepy.
"My name's Rogue," the girl said with a southern
accent.
"Hi," I said nervously. "What's your power?" I
blurted out.
Rogue smiled and walked up to me. She removed one of
her the gloves covering her hand.
"I can absorb memories and
powers of anyone who touches my skin," Rogue said with a hint of
sadness in her voice. "If I come in contact with someone for too
long, there's a chance I could kill them. One touch of me and
you'll be in coma for a month."
I bit my lip. I felt slightly
nervous around her. And sorry for her, only the last thing she needed
was my pity. I closed my eyes for a brief second to imagine what it'd
be like to be her. Not being able to touch anyone without possibly
killing anyone. She didn't have control of her powers.
Neither
did I.
"Rogue, can you bring Terra down for some breakfast?"
Xavier's voice rang in Rogue's head.
"Hey come on," Rogue
said slipping the glove back on her hand. "It's time for some
breakfast."
I followed Rogue around the beautiful manor,
bumping into many other students along the way.
"What do they
teach you here?" I finally asked as we neared the kitchen.
"We
just learn to control our powers," Rogue said simply. "A lot of
us can't control our powers. Scott can't control his powers so he
has to wear special glasses so he can open his eyes without hurting
anyone."
We walked into the kitchen to find thirty or so people
sitting down, chatting loudly and munching down breakfast.
"Morning," a brown haired boy with scarlet sunglasses said as
he passed Rogue on his way out. I recognized him as the guy that
grabbed me last night.
"That was Scott," Rogue said.
Rogue
and I grabbed two empty chairs and began piling food onto our plates.
I felt so stupid taking a lot of the food at this strange place. I
hadn't even been there for 24 hours and I was sitting here scarfing
down the food!
"Hey Terra," a chirpy brown haired girl said
taking a seat next to me. I recognised her as Kitten…or something
like that.
"Yeah," I said nervously pushing my blonde hair
out of my face again.
"You've got really awesome powers, you
know?" Rogue said.
"They're terrible," I breathed.
"Yeah, but at least you can touch people without hurting them,"
Rogue replied.
"What's your power uh…Kitten?" I guessed.
"Kitty," she corrected. "And I can phase through things."
"Phase?" I asked confused.
"Like this," Kitty said
grinning as she placed her hand through her cereal bowl.
I gave a
yell of surprise and jumped back. "Whoa! You're like a…ghost!
You can walk through walls!" I squealed. That would explain why
that jet seemed to go through the rocks yesterday, I thought.
"Come on," Rogue said taking my hand. "If you're done
with breakfast, I'll show you around."
"Bye!" Kitty said
waving goodbye to me as Rogue dragged me out of the kitchen.
After
the tour of Xavier's mansion, Rogue took me to see Xavier and
another man, who looked really scary. He had three metal claws
sticking out of his hands. I knew I had a look of fear on my face
because the guy retracted the claws. I gave a scream.
"Heya
kid," the guy said.
"Terra, this is Logan. He trains the
X-Men to control their powers," Xavier explained. "We have a
training session in twenty minutes. I want you to work in the Danger
Room. Rogue, suit her up."
"Suit me up?" I asked confused
as Rogue dragged me back to my room. "Danger Room? Training
session?"
"We all get special uniform as X-Men," Rogue said
taking a navy blue suit out of my empty wardrobe. "And the Danger
Room is just full of simulations that help us train against…the
world I guess."
"Spandex?" I said with a faux disgusted
look on my face.
Rogue grinned and left my room.
I put on the
suit and Rogue led me to a room where other teenagers in navy blue or
black suits were standing.
"You're late," Logan snarled.
"Sorry," Rogue said. "Anyway, I'll go watch you from the
controls, OK?" Rogue said. I nodded and Rogue headed with Logan to
a control room.
Suddenly, weapons were being fired at us from
guns coming out of the floor, ceiling and walls.
One of the boys
turned his whole body into ice and began shooting icicles at the
orange droplets raining down on us. They froze and smashed to bits on
the ground.
"Ahh!" I screamed as some orange droplets flew
towards me. I wasn't sure if they were poison or not so I threw my
hands up into the air and managed to get a chunk of the ceiling off
the ground. I jumped on top of it and dodged the orange droplets.
I
noticed that whoever got hit disappeared immediately. I shivered
wondering where they were going.
I found myself screaming again
as the rock I stood on disappeared. I was falling head first to the
ground. I concentrated on the floor to rise up as a column. I landed
on the uneven rock and concentrated on sending it to the nearest gun
on the ceiling. The column shot up and I jumped off it, somersaulting
and landing safely on the ground.
"Look out!" the ice boy
shouted jumping in front of me. He created an ice shield and it
disappeared almost immediately.
"Thanks," I said smiling
shyly at him.
He gave me a cocky smile and then turned around and
ran off to destroy a gun but got hit. Suddenly, I felt something wet
hit me on the back of my neck and then a funny feeling and I was
standing in the control room.
"You did awesome Terra!" Rogue
said smiling.
"Really?" I squeaked. "I didn't lose
control or anything this time as well!"
"You might be getting
a hold on your powers then kid," Logan said appearing from a
doorway.
I smiled feeling genuinely happy, a feeling I hadn't
felt for a long time.
Author's Note: I am really sorry for the previous chapter. It sucks, I know. I really hope this chapter cleared up any confusion. As for updating other stories…um…yeah. Sorry. I have so much homework. Curse you evil teachers.
