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Previously...
"Same to you," she replied, hugging them all. She boarded the plane with the others and took one final look back as the cargo ship rose into the air and flew off. Sam let out a breath and sat down in one of the seats, buckling herself in.
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"How'd it go?" Cassie asked the next day.
"Same old, same old," Sam answered. "Tortured to death and brought back, nearly turned into a Goa'uld…the usual," she added, a grin on her face.
"Which Goa'uld?" Cassie asked, her voice low.
"Ba'al," Sam replied. "Alex crushed some manners into his head."
"Ouch," Cassie winced, having seen the man's powers. "Run into SG-1?"
Sam nodded. "They had been captured before us."
"So they know about mutants?" the girl queried.
"Yeah, but they won't tell anyone. And the X-Men won't tell anyone about the SGC," Sam said.
"Mom said that the program might go public soon," Cassie said after a moment.
"Be helpful if it did, though I'm sure there'd be some people wanting to ship every mutant off to some world to live in a colony," the blond said.
"And vice versa," Cassie added.
"Yeah. There's that," Sam said, her mind drifting towards Magneto. She shuddered slightly as she remembered coming face to face with him for the first time. The X-Men had barely won the fight.
"So…were you and Alex ever an item?" Cassie asked slyly, seeing the look on Sam's face as he passed by.
"What? No. We're just good friends," Sam replied. "I was…seeing someone else at the time too."
"Really? Who?" Cassie asked.
"Kurt Wagner," Sam replied. "You haven't met him yet."
"What's he like?" Cassie demanded, her curiosity piqued.
"He's smart, gentle, compassionate, a little religious, but really sweet. Last I heard he was in Germany. I tried to get stationed over there, but…"
"No luck," Cassie finished. Sam nodded, a small smile on her face as she remembered her first true love.
"Hey Pebbles," Logan said, joining them on the railing.
"Pebbles?" Cassie repeated.
"That's what I use to call her anyways," Logan explained, grinning at Sam.
"Before I beat you," Sam replied. "Any new recruits coming in?"
"Yeah. Jean's little brother," he answered.
"She has a kid brother?" Sam asked in shock.
"Yup. His name's Sage Grey," Logan replied. "His powers are exactly like Jean's. Least that's what she said."
"Exactly?" Sam repeated, a hint of worry in her voice.
"For the most part," Logan confirmed. He glanced down at his watch. "Well, I got some newbies to train. Later."
"Good luck," Sam called after him.
Sam sat propped up in the library, absorbed in her book. Cassie was sitting at one of the tables with a few of her new friends studying. She heard something behind her and a pair of arms wrapped around her. A smile formed on her face and she turned.
"Hello Kurt," she greeted, smiling up at his blue face.
"Güten tag Samantha," he replied in a distinct German accent. He easily leapt over the couch and landed lightly on the cushion next to her. "I must confess I was not expecting to see you here."
"Me either, but the daughter of one of my friends at work started developing her powers, and I agreed to come here to keep an eye on her. That and I needed a vacation," she answered, marking her place in her book before closing it.
"So it wasn't to see my wonderful face?" he asked in a mock-hurt tone.
"That was actually reason two," she replied, her smile growing. "So what brings you back here? The Professor said you were in Germany."
"Truth be told, Jean let it slip that you were back when I talked to her a few days ago. So I boarded the first plane I could and came back," he answered.
"You are one of the sweetest people I know," she told him, resting her hand on his. They smiled at each other. Cassie glanced over and immediately turned back to studying, a smile on her face.
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