Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men
A/N: My first fic, please be nice and let me know what you think? #?# means telepathic speech.
19 – Victory
"Storm you have to get me down there!" Crystal called up to the woman holding her.
"But…"
"No buts I'm the only one who can save her now!" Crystal cut her off. One look into the ten-year olds eyes told Storm more than she had learnt about her newest student in the few weeks of knowing her. She flew down to the battle and dropped off the youngest X-Man yet.
As soon as being dropped off Crystal ran to the tank and climbed up to the stand the trainers used. I can do this, she thought. She remembered that time spent inside her own mind learning what she could about her powers. Even though she didn't understand it all she knew what she had to do…
She dived straight in to the water. Ignoring the icy cold touch. She called, asked, and begged the water to let her friend go. But salt water can be unforgiving so she had to offer it something else. The sentinels. She pictured them in her mind and showed it to the water. It agreed they would be more fun to play with than the little human.
She directed it to the three sentinels all still fighting but the X-Men were almost all down… Then more water joined in. A flood of cold seawater spilled over the ground. Crystal on the front most waves, looking more like an adult than a scrawny ten year old.
"Now that's what you called riding the tide." Blaze, Rogue and Sam said simultaneously from their three different vantage points.
The water washed over the sentinels washing them down the path and into then small lake at the entrance. Short-circuited and completely useless they lay there as the small lonely and very sick looking child X-Man walked shakily to a bench, sat down and threw up.
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"Crystal! Are you alright?" Iona said running to her friend who looked extremely miserable.
"I'm never going on a roller coaster again in my life!" Crystal grinned at Iona's face and guessed she was feeling the same thing.
"Oh well we'll just have to take Gambit on instead," Sam said coming up to the two girls closely followed by Vertigo and Wolfsbane, "Storm says if you feel up to it we'll take the Jet back to the hotel, pick up our stuff and go home,"
"That would be great, but can I get changed before we leave the Hotel?" Crystal asked looking at her soaking clothes smiling at her friends. "At least I haven't passed out yet," Then she fainted.
