They stepped out of the jet after it landed in the garage under the basketball quart. The five children were still a little shocked of what they saw of the mansion out of the windows of the jet. It was huge, far bigger then any of them had ever seen. They fallowed the x-men to the elevator (except for Kurt, he teleported) and went up to the above ground floors.
"Okay first things first, you guys have to go and see Professor Xavier." Warren said. "He'll probably want to ask you a few questions, they you can go see Hank in the infirmary to get yourselves looked at make sure you're all alight and I'm sure Ashley and Trace will be there so you can say hiya to them."
"Alroight, sounds loike a plan." Rachel said.
They walked down the hall and met up with Kurt about half way there. Hank went off to the infirmary to prepare it for them and Ororo went off to tell Ashley and Trace that they were back. Logan went off to do his own thing and this left Warren, Scott, Jean and Kurt to take the five kids to the Professor. In a few minutes they were there at the door they had to wait a few seconds until they went in because he had a class going on but soon the door opened and about eleven or twelve students ran out, a couple gave them warm smiles or curious looks but nothing more then that.
"Good afternoon." Xavier said as soon as they walked in. The children gave him small, shy smiles not looking at him directly. "Don't be shy." He said. "Now I know you've told this story a number of times, but could you lease tell me your whole story again."
The four younger children looked to Rachel, she sighed and once again told their story to the Professor. When she was finished she raised her eyebrows slightly as if to say, 'how was that'.
"That's an interesting tale you have, and I can assure you none of you will feel any prejudice against you while you stay here. And please feel free to explore the school as much as you want, now I believe Hank is waiting for you all down in the infirmary?" Everyone nodded. "So I suggest you head down there."
They all nodded once again and the x-men gave small thank yous to the Professor. The x-men stopped off at their rooms first to change into some normal clothes then they took the elevator down once again (except Kurt) and the steal doors open they walked down the hallway and into the infirmary. The second they walked in they were bombarded by Ashley and Trace. Ashley hugged Rachel first before anyone else, Rachel didn't exactly seem like the type to like to be hugged often but she took the abuse. After a few minutes of a reunion the kids separated and the five headed over to Hank to begin with the examination.
"Who's first?" He asked as he looked between the five.
All of them (including Ashley and Trace even though they've already been looked over) looked over to Rachel. "Must oi alwoys be first?"
"Yes, you must alwoys be first." Mark said mocking her accent.
She took off her combat style boots and walked onto the scale to be weighed. Hank put the scale over to one hundred and fifty, that would be the average weight for a girl of her height, but it dropped severely so Hank moved it to forty and it didn't budge.
"Hm… Must be something wrong with the thing." He moved it down to thirty and it moved slightly. "I'm sorry something must be wrong here."
"No, everyt'ing's foine, me bones are holla, means I'm real loight." Rachel explained as Hank continued to work with the weight.
"Should have known," He said smiling. "Warren here has the same thing, and your mutation would also explain that your so muscular and lean as well."
"Aye." She said smirking. "So now whot?" She said as she hopped off the scale and Hank took down her weight.
"Now we do height." She walked over to get her height measured. "Okay, so you are 5'8 and 126 pounds." He murmured to himself and wrote a few things down on a clip board. "Hey Warren how tall are you?"
"Six foot, why?" He answered.
"Just comparing, I don't exactly know how much a person should weigh with hallow bones. And how about your weight?"
"About one fifty." He said and everybody looked at him.
"Holy crap, you weigh less then I do." Ashley said who also was a bit tall for her age.
Warren simply shrugged.
"Okay good, now a few things about your powers, could you spread out your wings to full wingspan?"
Rachel nodded and checked her surroundings, making sure there was enough room and she spread out her golden brownish wings. Hank was a little shocked at how big they were but quickly recovered and began measuring. "Okay so you have a full wingspan at thirteen feet. "
"Yeah, mines sixteen feet!" Warren said pumping his fist slightly; he soon realized everybody was giving him odd looks. "Sorry." He said and calmed down.
"Tha' ain't roight… we're comparing wingspans, does anyone else see 'ow tha's not roight." Rachel said and everybody nodded. "Okay, jus' wanted 't make sure I wasn't the only one."
After Hank did a few more things such as blood type, eye tests, blood pressure he called the next one to go up. Mark went up and the same tests were done to him (with the exception of the wingspan). Soon everyone's physicals were done with, Ashley and Trace showed them to their rooms along with Jean Ororo. Scott and Warren walked down the halls and eventually ended up in the game room. Almost no one was in there except for a few kids who had an off period playing air hockey.
"So what now?" Scott said as he walked over to the pool table and started to set it up.
"What?" Warren asked a little confused as he pickedpool cueand chalked it up.
"Ya know, gonna stay now? I mean your company kinda… died." Scott said trying not to push the subject.
This triggered something in Warrens head and he rushed over to the TV, he turned on the news and just as he thought he was the top story.
"Warren Worthington III was just exposed as a known mutant not to long ago." Said the woman on the news, behind her was a partially destroyed Worthington Enterprises with the sign still hanging up. "We have just got word that there is a possibility that Worthington is involved with the mutant that caused the White House incident not to long ago and many other known mutants, this is a clip of what we have recovered of Worthington." A short clip began to play of Warren swooping down and landing with his wings at their full span.
"Holy shit…" Warren muttered to himself. "I am so screwed…"
"I think that's underestimating it, man." Scott said. They continued to watch the news until everything about Warren was over. Warren completely ignored the pool game they started and he was now collapsed on the couch, Scott came and sat next to him, neither spoke for a few seconds.
"What am I gonna do?" Warren asked staring at the wall, it seemed that everything that just happed just hit him all at once and he was finally realized what happened. "I'm finished, I'm ruined. That company was my life."
"Then you need a life." Scott murmured but Warren heard him and shot him a look.
"I'm serious Scott, I have nothing now, the company's gone, all my stock is dead, my money too of course I had some saved away but ya know. Oh God and my reputation… my family's reputation is gone." Warren moaned
"Calm down, man. Ya still have us." Scott said. "Ya lost everything but ya gained one thing."
"And what the hell would that be?"
"If you still had your company, you'd be going back to it now, wouldn't you?" Warren nodded. "Well now you get to stay with us, become a full time X-Man again."
Warren smirked slightly and looked over to Scott. "I guess I really don't have a choice but to hang out with you freaks again, huh?"
"No you don't, now let's go tell the Professor we can take my car and pick up some of your stuff and you luxury palace." Scott said.
"Shut up." Warren said and they went to see the professor to let him know where they were going. Soon they were ready to head out the door and to the garage to get to Scotts car.
"Wait, you wanna go out like that?" Scott asked motioning to the fact that Warren was wearing a button up shirt with holes in the back exposing his wings.
"Why not." Warren said glancing back at the white wings. "Everyone already knows they probably interrupted programs for this news. It's no secret anymore. I have nothing to lose."
Scott smiled and they jumped in the car (which was now a blue mustang convertible considering his last car was left at a house in Boston). They drove all to Warren's place getting looks all the way there from people in other cars who saw the wings. Scott even flipped someone off who yelled some profanity at them.
"Okay here we are." Warren said getting up out of the car. Scott looked up at the large building.
"This is where you live?" Scott said. "Are you crazy? This place is huge."
"Correction, was where I lived." Warren said and walked up to the door man. "Hey, man." He said, the door man of course knew he lived there and normally wouldn't care if he walked by but now that Warren was a known mutant the man was on edge.
Scott fallowed him in and when they walked into the lobby everyone paused and stared at the two. Warren acted casual and just continued on his way, but Scott wasn't used to all the attention on him. They went in the elevator and Warren pushed the button for the top floor. Finally they got to the top floor where Warren's place was and when he unlocked the door Scott was shocked at what he saw.
"Jeez… I know you had money but this is just amazing." Scott said, the apartment had a lot of light because of the almost all glass wall on the one side that had a door that opened up to a large balcony. The living room was huge with a plasma screen TV and the furniture looked expensive.
"Yeah…" Warren said and he walked off. "Come on we're going to my room." Scott fallowed Warren into a large bedroom with its own bathroom. The bed looked like it hadn't been used for some time and then Scott remember what happened with Stryker. Warren pulled out a suitcase and pulled his drawers open and shoving clothes into it not bothering to fold them. "Hey, Scott, could you get the photo album under my nightstand?"
"Sure." Scott walked over to the nightstand and picked up a heavy photo album and of course curiosity got the better of him and he took a peek inside. When he looked at the various pictures he recognized them as pictures of them all in their years at Xavier's school. Starting from around when they were fifteen or sixteen to nineteen and twenty.
"Oh I didn't know you cared." Scott said looking up to Warren when he reached him. Warren grabbed the book and shoved it in the suitcase.
"Shut up. " He said.
"Now that's the second time you told me to shut up in about an hour."
"Fine, be quiet." Warren said smugly.
Scott smirked and continued to wander the room. "Ya gonna leave all this stuff behind?"
"Yeah, I don't need any of it." Warren said. "It's just junk, let the person who buys this place have it." He shoved a few last things in his bag before latching it up. "Okay I'm done, let's go."
When they got down to the lobby Warren threw this keys to the apartment on the counter and said his final farewells to the people who worked there before leaving.
AN: Okay that's over, now happy? Warren gets to stay, woo! I'm sorry to say though I think the next chapter just maybe the last one, either that one or the next. Sorry but I think this story had a good run don't 'cha think? Well tell me how much ya love it in those lovely reviews! Speaking of which, Wen1 thanks for reviewing and bring on the flames (pulls out two super soakers) I'm ready!
