AN: So sorry for the long wait! I've decided to combine a couple of the original chapters so they're not so short...

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Chapter 11

"I had better get this over with…I can't stand the unanswered questions." Rose thought, as she looked around for Kurt. "And I really wish I didn't have to go to the bathroom right after math. Now I have to try to find him again." She finally spotted Kurt by her locker.

"Hey! Kurt!"

"Hey! Got your stuff, huh? Vell, I guess I'll see you tomorrow"

"Yeah. Oh, wait, I wanted to ask you something!" She called after her as he started to walk away.

"Ya?"

"Um, uh..." Rose watched him for a moment, as they studied each other's eyes, and she felt a familiar shiver.

"Oh, never mind, I...um, forgot what it was."

Kurt looked at her curiously. "Oh. Okay. Later!"

"Thanks for helping out today, Rose, we were really swamped with that group 'a swim meet kids, n'all."

"That's okay, Marv, I'm happy to help!"

"Well, thanks just the same. 'nite!"

"G'nite, Marv."

Marv turned put the light as he went into the back. Rose sighed, then lay down on the cot by the counter; thinking. "I like helping Marv, but I didn't even make it to the junkyard today, so I couldn't try out Kurt's power. And he has one, too." She closed, her eyes, feeling the as of yet untapped power in her veins. "I can feel it. I think that there's more going on that I don't see. I hope I can figure out what it is...I wonder if that institute is really what it says it is…" She stretched, closing her eyes and thinking.

Suddenly, a crash from outside the diner sent her bolting from her cot. Except, she bolted elsewhere. Suddenly she found herself on the middle of the street in front of the institute.

"Wha-what's going on here?" She barely stopped herself from screaming. Instead, she just stared blankly, trying to collect her wits. "I-I was in bed, and I was st-stretching, and then I just- wait! This is Kurt's power! Teleporting! Like from the old sci-fi movies? Oh, I was thinking of the building, and the crash… then I- oh, it must be thought-directed!" She noticed a light turned on in the building. "I have to get out of here. I hope this works again-" She disappeared into a small cloud of smoke.

"You mean he-"

"Or she"

"Ok, ok, or she, was here last night? Right in the street?"

"Yes, Jean. And this time we have more information. I was alerted by a distressed thought pattern outside and looked out in time to see her-" he stopped to take a drink of water.

"See her? Come on, see her vhat! Finish!"

"Please, Kurt, be patient. Anyway, I was able to see her use her powers-assuming I'm correct in assessing her as a girl."

"Her powers? Well, what are they?"

"Kurt, I'm sure you will be interested in knowing that she teleported away last night."

"Wha-what? She teleported? Are you sure, professor?"

"That is what I saw. Now we know something about her. And we can start tracking her. Kitty, Kurt, this new girl you told me about, I strongly suspect she is the one. The facts coincide with her arrival. In that case, we must make sure. Continue to asses her. Once I can confirm my suspensions, we will approach her with the offer to join us."

"Sure"

"Yeah, okay."

"Good. For now, let's all get some sleep."

"Okay"

"Goodnight"

"Nite!"

"Goodnight, everyone." The group of teens and adults filed out, but Kurt stopped by the door.

"Um, professor?"

"Yes, Kurt?"

"She- she teleported? Are you sure?"

"Yes, Kurt, that is what I saw."

Kurt looked out the window over the yard. "Somevone like me..."

Then he teleported to his room.