Chapter 13
Sami stared unblinkingly at the body lying on the floor in front of her, as the boys around all turned to her and stared at her horrified. "What the hell did you do?" One of the boys shouted at her. All at once the boys erupted in chaos, all except for Lance who knelt down beside Toad and checked his pulse. "Oh my God, he's not breathing!" Lance yelled up at the boys and Sami. "Get somebody! Do something!" "Screw that!" One of the boys shouted back at him. "Let's get the hell out of here!" All the boys but Lance made for the door of the library and disappeared beyond it. "Oh shit! Oh man, don't just stand there, do something!" He yelled up at Sami, who continued to just stand there. Suddenly the door to the library burst open and a tall man hurried in. When he saw the boy lying on the ground he ran over to the scene. "What the hell is going in here?" Wolverine asked them, kneeling beside to Toad and looking from Lance to Sami. "She did it!" Lance said accusingly, pointing his finger at Sami "She did some kind of freaky mind thing and turned the gun around and made it shoot him! Please, you gotta help him!" Logan looked at Sami who was still staring at Toad, as though in some sort of trance! "Hey!" He said to her. When she didn't respond, grabbed her arm and shook it a little too roughly. HEY!" He shouted at her again. Sami seemed to come awake then and blinked and turned to Logan, staring at him with fear in her eyes. But still she said nothing. "You!" He said turning to Lance "Go find professor Grey and bring her back here. Hurry!" Lance took off down the aisle and through the library doors.
"You're name's Genesis, right? Logan asked Sami. "Gene." Sami answered him. "They call me Gene." "Ok, Gene. Professor Grey told me about you once. She said you're some sort of healer. Is that right?" At Sami's nod, Logan continued. "Ok, then I what I need for you to do right now, is heal this kid. Now can you do that?" Sami shook her head at him frantically "I've only ever done it on small animals! Never on people! I don't know if I can!" Logan took her by both arms gently and said to her. "I know you're scared, but you're only shot this kid has right now. And if you don't at least try, then he will die. So will you do that for him Genie? Will you try?" Something about what Logan said and the way he said it, got through to Sami and she nodded at him. She turned and knelt over Toad's seemingly lifeless body. She placed her hands over the bullet wound and closed her eyes. At first nothing happened and then Sami's entire being began to glow. Logan had to shade his eyes against the light, it was so blinding. Slowly the glow spread from Gene into the bullet wound in Toad's chest. Logan looked away briefly as Jean Grey came running towards them, Storm and Lance at her heels, and skid to a halt at the scene before her. The bullet slowly pushed it's way out of it's hole and slid off of Toad's body and onto the floor, as the blood disappeared back inside his body and the skin closed over it. The glow surrounding Sami and Toad slowly receded and the group could see the gentle rise and fall of Toad's chest now. Jean knelt down beside Toad to check his vitals, as Professor Xavier rolled towards the group with Scott Summers by his side. "How is he?" Xavier asked Jean. "He needs medical attention, " Jean answered him. "Now!" "Scott, please take young master Toad up to the medical wing." Professor Xavier said. Scott nodded and picked up Toad carrying him out of the library without a word. "Storm please take Lance up to my office and have him await me there. "Yes Professor!" Storm said. "Come on." she said to Lance taking him by the arm and leading him out. All attention now turned to Sami who knelt there, a slight glow still around her. "Genesis?" Jean said softly, noticing as the glow finally diminished completely, that Sami's was quite pale. "Are you alright Genesis?" Professor Xavier asked her. "Yes Professor." Sami answered faintly. "Way to go there kiddo!' Logan said to her placing his hand on her shoulder. She turned to him with a small, tired smile and collapsed into his arms.