Chapter 11
The door to the lounge unlocked and a woman entered the room, causing all heads to turn. She approached Xavier. "Professor", she said to him "Ahh, allow me to introduce my colleague Dr. Jean Grey. He said to the group. "Jean's been working with me on tracking down Sami. Jean what news do you have?" "We've located Genesis and Flare." "And where are they now?" Charles asked her. "Flare is on his way to the school, and Genesis is already there. " She hesitated and Charles turned to her. "But?" He asked her quietly. "But there's a problem. We picked up a transmission from Mystique to Magneto. They've detected Genesis' presence at the school and they're heading that way." "Oh dear." Charles said in response to this unwelcome bit of news. "We need to get to that school right away." "Logan's already on his way, Professor." Jean said to him. "And Storm and Scott have the jet on standby in the field outside of town." "Good!" Charles said and then turned back to the very confused looking group. "We'll need to depart immediately, so if you will all follow me." "Go? Go where? Will someone please explain to me what is going on?" Roman yelled. "What is going on Captain Brady," "Charles said, " is that your daughter is in danger and unless we leave right away, we may not be in time to help her."
Sami opened her eyes and blinked confusedly. It took her a moment to remember where she was but then she did. She sat up and looked around her at the abandoned room where she'd managed to find a bed that wasn't burned to the ground. She stretched and then looked at her hands in amazement as she lowered them. She turned them over, still unable to believe what she had done with them. She'd actually turned the floor to ice. But how, and why had she forgotten her ability to do so? Why in fact, had she forgotten so many things about her life here and about her other abilities. And also why had she suddenly remembered them and gotten the abilities back. Her head began to swim again as it had earlier when she'd started to remember. She was still getting her memories in bits and pieces, but she had definitely remembered who she was and what she could do. She was Genesis, a healer and a telekinetic/psychic with the ability to produce ice out of the air around her. But when she'd lost her talents was a mystery to her. She remembered being at school, laughing and talking with her friends. One of them, Bobby was the boy from her dream on the bus. He too had had the ice-forming gift and they'd spent a lot of time freezing things around the campus for fun. She smiled remembering her crush on Bobby and how he'd seemed to return the feeling. Though they'd been too young at the time to understand those feelings, they had enjoyed each other's company and she'd felt very close to him. Aside from Bobby she'd had only her brother Eric or Flare as he'd been called and Kitty or Shadowcat as was her nickname. None of the other students had ever warmed to Sami. She'd been thought of as the teachers' pet, since her abilities had garnered the notice of the head of the school Professor Xavier and he'd taken her under his personal tutelage. Then as now, she'd found herself an outcast and alone. She'd had her brother and Kitty and Bobby, but she was never truly accepted by the other students in her classes. She could still remember how the girls had whispered behind her back and the boys had been careful to avoid her. Of course her teachers had tried to help her, but they couldn't order the other students to like her or to be friends with her. But back then Sami had never been very bothered by what others said or did. She had her brother and her two best friends and she was quite indifferent to all the rest. Much like her abilities, she'd been as calm and as cool as ice, earning her the nickname of "The Ice Queen" There was one other person at the school though who had seemed to share her experiences at being an outcast and he was the person at the school with whom she'd been the closest. His image came into her mind now, for the first time since she had stepped back into the school…The Wolverine, Logan.