More Than Us

Chapter One

"So, Paige, do you know what Summers wants this time around?" asked Emma, while attempting to brush her hair as the wind blew it around.

"Not a clue, he just said something about we're going on an 'exercise'." Replied Paige as they walked through the grounds outside of the mansion.

"Exercise? Man, I hate exercise!" said Anthony, waiting for someone to laugh at his joke.

"Well, you could sure use some, kid." Said a voice behind them. They turned around and saw Scott Summers, headmaster of the school standing there.

"We were just looking for you, sir…" said Emma.

"I bet you were. For the rest of the day, you four have been assigned to an assignment. As a team, you must locate a large, clear quartz in the forest just south of the mansion. Report back to me as soon as you have found it." He said, and walked away. They four looked at each other, and Juliet began to laugh. Soon Emma and Paige were laughing, and the three started walking.

"Did…did he call me fat!" asked Anthony slowly, gaining more laughter from his team mates.

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The four teammates walked through the forest carefully, looking at everything.

"How are we going to find a quartz in all of this!" said Emma exasperated.

"Very carefully." Replied Paige with a laugh.

"Say, Charm, why not take on another form?" asked Anthony.

"Hmm…okay." She replied, and transformed into a hawk. Emma began to rant about how ridiculous it was that they could find a gem in this forest, and Paige and Anthony fell a bit behind her strides, realizing it was better to just let her go at it, while Juliet soared above them.

"..and I mean honesty, it's not like any of our mutant powers will help us find this thing! Nope! It's just a bloody wild goose chase until we AHHHHH!" the end of her sentence was cut off as she fell down into a hole with a scream. She landed hard on her back, and looked up at where she came from. Way up high, she saw the faces of Paige and Anthony look down at her.

"Are…are you okay?" asked Paige. Emma sighed.

"Yeah, I'll be alright."
"Then get back up here!" said Anthony.

"I can't get back up there, you idiot! You guys'll have to come down here, it's much too high to climb or anything. Besides, you can all fly!" she said angrily. Paige and Anthony looked at each other, and shrugged before floating down with control. Juliet flew down as a hawk, but switched back to her human form as she landed.

"Terra, think you can light up this place a bit?" asked Juliet.

"Yeah, sure." She replied, and brought her arms upwards, light shooting out of her palms. As the four looked around, they saw scraped pieces of sentinels lying around.

"Emma…you might've found something…" said Anthony, and they decided to explore further.