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Tala could hardly contain her excitement. She had never flown before and it was amazing. She was running to all the different windows oohing and awing. Scott rolled his eyes. Come on girl sit down.
Storm looked at Tala. "K.C. if you sit down we could get back faster." Tala sighed within herself and sat down. She folded her arms and leaned back. The leather seat was comfy but she still felt uncomfortable. She squirmed making the leather squeak. That position wasn't comfortable either. She tried again and again the leather squeaked. Scott turned around and looked at her. She was pretty sure that was meant to be a glare. She brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs.
That's what was wrong with humans. They had no patience. She was always getting in trouble with humans.She put her head of her knees and started to drift off.
She was running down the street. Every once in a while she would turn her head and look back. She couldn't see anything but fear drove her to keep going. She didn't know what was causing the fear and she didn't want to know. She could see a house it was her house. She would be safe there she just needed to reach it. She was touching the door when something grabbed her leg and pulled her back. She screamed and tried to clutch at anything. "We got you K.C." The laugh, it was the laugh coming to kill her. She whimpered. "K.C. come on wake up, wake up." Something cold splashed against her face.
She started awake. She was breathing hard and there were shapes in front of her people. It's them. She punched at one.
"Ouch that hurt," complained a female voice. K.C. rubbed her eyes and the shapes turned into people. Jean was holding her arm. "That was rude K.C."
"I'm sorry Jean," Tala tried to explain. "I thought you were someone else." Jean smiled but then rubbed her arm.
"It's ok. It happens to the best of us. We're here by the way. Come on." Tala got up and looked out of the window. The view was stunning. There was a huge mansion and all around it was grass and wooded area. She loved it. Smiling she walked out of the plane and onto the soft springy grass. She pushed down the urge to run as fast as she could. She would do that later when she had time to enjoy herself.
Together Jean, Storm, and Tala walked to the mansion and inside. Tala's eyes grew large as she looked around. The entrance was as big as her entire complex back at home. Home, this was going to be home for a very long time. She took a step when a blue creature was suddenly in front of her. Tala stepped back and growled. The creature put up its hands and stepped back.
"I'm sorry." It said. "I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm Kurt." He stuck out his hand. Tala looked at Storm who smiled and nodded. Tala reluctantly stuck out her hand and shook his. "What is your name?"
"Tala."
"Nice to meet you Tala, do you want me to take you to your room." Tala quickly shook her head.
"No thanks. I'll find it." She said taking a step closer to Storm. Kurt shrugged and vanished. Tala shook her head and waited for Storm to take her to her room. They were walking up the stairs when a girl turned around the corner. She was holding a green apple, in her hand, which was half gone. She was wearing a pink long sleeved shirt and blue jeans. Her brown hair was up with pieces hanging out, framing her face.
"Ah Kitty, This is a new student here. I believe she is staying with you and Rogue. Do you think you could take her to your room?" Storm asked
"Yea, Like hi. I'm Kitty what's your name?" Kitty asked.
"I'm Tala." She glanced at Storm who was already walking away. Tala gulped and followed Kitty down the hall ways. She felt as if she were in a maze. How in the heck am I ever going to find my way around here?
"So what is your power Tala?" Tala looked at her confused.
"What do you mean power?" Tala was fully confused now.
"You know like I can go through stuff see watch. Give me your hand." Tala lifted her hand towards Kitty. Kitty held it in her hand then did a karate motion through her arm. A weird sensation sent shivers up and down Tala's body. She quickly took back her hand.
"I don't have any powers." Tala confessed. Kitty looked at her then shrugged and opened a door to the right.
"This is our room." Tala stepped inside. There were three beds in the room and a balcony that overlooked the pool. She could tell which bed was hers. It was in a corner and was the only one that was made. She sat down on it and then laid down. It was a nice room. She didn't get up for a while until she heard the door shut. Kitty had left.
She sat back up and looked around. She didn't have any possessions so she didn't need to unpack. She went over to the balcony and looked down. There sitting in the pool was a guy. Seeming to sense her he looked at her. She stepped out his line of vision and back into the room. He wasn't too bad looking she laughed at herself. As if she had a chance with any of the guys here. It seemed as if they all powers. She sighed left her room. She looked both ways but couldn't for the life of her remember which way she had come. Choosing to go left she started to walk.
It felt as though she had been walking forever. She turned around and decided she would just wait in her room until someone came to get her. She reached her door and opened it. She looked inside and was met with a wet towel.
"Hey get out of my room. Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" Tala backed out and ran down the hall.
Ray sighed and looked down. At least he had gotten his pants on before being intruded on. He quickly put on a shirt and walked out to see who had barged in on him. No one was out in the hall. His wet towel however was lying on the ground. Picking it up, he shrugged and went back in his room, shut the door, and locked it for good measure.
Tala hadn't stopped running. She ran until she was down the stairs and outside. When she reached the outside she felt as though she could breathe again. She took huge gulps of air and made herself walk around. She walked into the woods and walked until she found a small clearing. Here, this is perfect. She walked to the biggest tree on the edge of the clearing and started to dig a hole. It took her about two hours but when she was done it was perfect. She crawled into the tunnel and laid down in her little 'nest' under ground. She smelled the fresh dirt all around her. This had been her world the last two months. Isolated, in there, there was no privacy and confusion. She crawled back out of her 'nest' and then started throwing handfuls of grass down there and covered her hole with dirt so no one would find it.
Feeling satisfied she went back to the school. She was hungry and she was sure they would have food there. As she entered she could smell food. She followed the smell, her mouth watering before she even arrived. She opened the door a saw at least fifteen people sitting around the table eating. Kitty waved to her.
"Like come on over here Tala." Tala giving in to the smell went over to the table and sat next to Kitty. On the other side of her was a guy who was stuffing his face with as much food as he could manage. Tala followed suit and started chowing down. The food was the best thing she had ever had. It was perfectly cooked and she knew she wouldn't get sick for eating under cooked meat.
When her stomach wouldn't hold anymore she stopped and leaned back in her chair. She let a content smile play across her face. Then reality set in. She was still surrounded by humans. No longer preoccupied by food she felt her body tensing and her heart starting pumping faster. She was right next to a guy and he was looking at her now. It is ok he won't hurt you he has no reason too.
"You new here?" She looked at him and nodded. He was the guy she had seen in the pool and his bedroom earlier. "Cool. My name is Bobby what's yours?"
"I'm Tala." He smiled and stuck out his hand. She wanted to smile back but something wouldn't let her. She just wasn't comfortable around people.
"So where are you from?" Bobby asked.
"I'm from California."
"Oh cool. Did you like it there?" Tala shook her head.
"No. I hated it there." He seemed to get the hint and backed off the subject.
"So how old are you?" asked a girl across the table.
"That's Jubilee." Kitty told Tala.
"I'm 15."
"So are you going to be a freshman?" asked another kid.
"That's Ray." Kitty informed.
"No. I'm actually going to be a sophomore." He looked like the kid she had walked in on. She blushed, thinking about it. The table kept up a steady stream of people and she felt weird being the center of attention. When the last person paused she stood up quickly and walked out of the kitchen. Kitty followed her.
"Where did you go after I took you to the room?"
"Oh I just needed to get some fresh air. I'm not really used to a lot of people." Kitty nodded.
"Hey I'm going out with some of my friends from school. Do you want to come?" Tala shook her head.
"Thanks anyways." Kitty shrugged and walked out the front door. Tala watched as a group of guys drove up in a blue corvette. Kitty jumped in and the drove away. Tala shivered. She would never be able to do that. She walked out of the mansion and back to her grove. She felt as though she was being followed so when she reached her clearing she didn't go to her 'nest'. Instead she sat on the other side of the clearing and waited.
She didn't need to wait long stumbling into the clearing came Bobby. He looked at her and smiled coming closer to her. She felt her body involuntarily stiffen. He sat down next to her but far enough away so they weren't touching. He looked at her and did his little grin. She had to look away. She didn't know what he wanted and she didn't like that he had followed her.
"Cool place." She shrugged trying to make it seem unimportant. "Tala I don't mean to seem too pushy or anything but, if you need anything you are welcome to come to me." He stuck out his hand and she shook it. Getting up he offered his hand once again to help her up. Not wanting to be rude she took is hand. They walked back together and he led her to her room, which she was very grateful for. He smiled and walked away. Tala sighed she could get used to this.
Around three in the morning Tala woke up to being in a room. She looked around in panic she had never been here before. She sat up and ran to the door. She couldn't get it opened. She pulled and shook the door before looking at the handle. She unlocked the door and ran down a hallway. The walls were closing in on her. She ran faster and faster until she reached the door. She almost didn't have enough time open the door.
She breathed, just now realizing she had been holding her breath. She walked to her clearing trying to calm her nerves. She sat against the tree that she had sat with Bobby earlier and cried. She cried really cried for the first time since she had left home. She needed to get away from the humans and their walls. She shuddered remembering how those walls had imprisoned her. She wrapped her arms around her legs rocked back and forth. She was just about to crawl into her hole when she heard a voice.
'K.C. where are you?' Leave me alone. She begged. Please… 'Where are you? Help us find you. Tell me, please.' She couldn't resist the voice. I'm in a clearing not too far from the mansion. Bobby knows where. She could feel his relief and felt her mind belong to her again. She tried her best to wipe her eyes to gain some control before they came.
It didn't take them long to find her. There were just the two of them Logan and Storm. Storm helped her get up and kept her arm around her shoulders as they walked back. She didn't yell at her didn't hit her just said everything would be ok. As they walked through the doors Tala Shivered but told herself she had to keep going. Instead of going up the stairs they went to the right and into an elevator. She couldn't tell if she was going up or down but she could tell she was going faster than normal.
The doors opened and they nodded with their heads for her to go. Storm gave her an encouraging pat and the doors closed behind her. She walked down the hall and knocked on the door. "Come in." said a voice. She opened the door and stepped inside.
A man was sitting in a wheel chair his hands clasped in his lap. It was him. She didn't know how she knew but she did. "Hello K.C."
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