She heard them getting closer to her and her fear grew, she tried to run faster. Her bare feet were tortured by the ground as she ran over sticks and stones, her body warm against the cold night air. She was left gasping for breath and she whizzed by the trees and bushes trying to find a retreat, a sanctuary. Her senses were keenly aware of everything happening around her, all the people in the forest all the machines above her.
Piotr finally spotted her as he followed her; he saw her marked skin against her dark shorts and bra. He followed her deeper into the forest his determination never letting up as he seemed to never get closer. She was different, he could tell even from the distance between them, the weather and forest seemed to give her strength as his faltered. She never tripped on the rough ground; she seemed to glide over the land with her grace and speed. Piotr finally gained ground quickly and she glanced back causing her to almost lose her footing then something amazing happened, something that awed Piotr as he thought he was dreaming.
As she gained her footing again for a second she had beautiful colors around her that contrasted against the darkness of the night. For a second they took the shape of a pair of wings before out of exhaustion and confusion she ran straight into the chest of St. John Allerdyce, Pyro. She fought against his body as they both tumbled to the ground and soon she had found her feet under her again. This commotion had allowed Piotr to catch up though and he grabbed her arm before she could lose herself running again.
"Whoa girl, calm down its okay. You're safe now, don't worry." He gasped as she fought him as he pulled her close, not wanting to give up.
She pushed away and he pulled her into his strong arms towards his chest. She was dwarfed against his 6'8" figure and out of pure exhaustion she let go of the fight and settled into Piotrs body. She breathed deep following his rhythm of breathing as everyone else surrounded the both of them. She hid her face from both sides as Piotr began to rub her back but was startled to feel the series of bumps that she had over her upper half of her back. He looked down to see that over those up rises there was a tattoo of a pair of wings, they were multicolored and the colors seemed to shift under the water running down her back from the rain.
"We'll take her now." Magneto calmly spook joining both sides in the clearing.
"You will not, how do we know you didn't have a part of why she was running away." Logan angrily spat back.
"I may be somewhat of a future thinker but she would have a better place on my team. We'd know how to care for her, how to let her grow, and how to train her. What do you know about her, absolutely nothing." Magneto told the X men standing in front of him.
"Well than if your so sure that she'd rather go with you than lets make it her decision, she's not a piece of meat she's a human being. No one will fight over her because it's her choice." Storm set him straight.
"She doesn't know what she wants but if you want her to make the decision so be it, let's see if you can make her speak. Go on ask her." Magneto challenged Storm.
This argument continued on as Piotr stood there holding the stranger in his arms. She stood still as stone the only movement was the colors on her back and her shoulders to finally breathe from the running. He kept a close eye on her as the drama around them continued; she seemed to be in her own world as she stood there still. Piotr didn't know how to address her without being rude.
Finally he spoke quietly in her ear. "Excuse me, sorry about the chase and all, but we just needed to find you to keep you safe. I know you probably don't trust anyone right now but I can't just leave you out here alone. Now I just wanted to know if you were going to stay with us, with me, or go with Magneto and the guy you ran into?"
She spoke no reply back and the others by this time had stopped arguing to look at the two in the center for an answer. It seemed to take forever as they all stood there silently waiting.
"See I told you, she has no idea where to go." Magneto quipped up nastily.
As she heard the mean reply she decided right there where she wanted to be. In a very definite gesture she looked up at Piotr with her violet eyes and moved her arm up to his shoulder to hold on back to him. In that movement right there everyone knew wheat she meant, she would go back with the X men and learn what she needed to know from them.