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Xavier and Storm entered his old office, the Professor saw his old wheelchair waiting for his former self in the middle of the room.
-"I have missed it"- said Xavier walking towards it-"I won´t be needing it but still"
-"I will call Kurt and the others, the kids will be happy, you cannot imagine how hard it was for them. I have to call Hank too, he won´t believe it,
who I am trying to fool? I can hardly believe it myself"- Storm was extremely happy-"Where is Logan?"
-"In the garden, I think"- Xavier was looking at the dust layer on his desk-"Where have you been working?"
-"I couldn´t"- Storm answering while opening the door of the office-"it did not feel right. I have to tell them, Professor, please, you will be here
when I come back?"
-"Sure"- the Professor opened a window to let some air in
Storm run on the hallway calling the other x-men
-"Kurt, Bobby, Kitty?"- Storm raced through the other students who came out of their rooms.
-"Storm?"- Warren was eating a donut in the kitchen-"Kurt left me a message for you"
-"Where is he?"-
-"He left with Bobby, Kitty and Marie, someone called from a hospital, something to do
with Scott"- Warren told her while finishing his donut-"What happened? You looked
spooked"
-"Scott, no, what now?"- Storm was just too surprised –"Has Hank called?"
-"No idea, when I arrived I talk with Kurt and then I came here, that is all I know"-
Warren shrugged his shoulders
-"And I thought that today was going to be another boring day"- Storm run back to the office.
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Hank McCoy followed the official to a small room at the end of the corridor, he saw a young woman, dark curly hair, bright eyes all dressed in
red and looking miserable as hell. He felt some pity for her, it was obvious she was scared.
-"Hello, my name is Hank McCoy, I work as an ambassador, I defend Mutant Rights"- he said to her
-"Hi"- she said still not sure if she should trust him, he was a mutant alright but she knew that some mutants were sometimes more dangerous than
humans-"I am Wanda, where is my brother?"
-"We do not know, he escaped"- Hanks answered her and decided to sit next to the woman-"Are you okay?"
-"Tired, I thought I would be able to sleep after the ship but…well, things have not been easy lately"
-"I understand. You have not done anything wrong, you have the right to walk out of here but I want to help you. I know a place where you can
rest until you feel better, a safe place for mutants."- Hank told her
-"A safe place for mutants? Is that possible?"- She sneered
-"Yes, I promise you"- Hank understood her reserve-"it is a school for mutants, there you will be safe and we can help you locate your brother"
-"Why are you helping me?"- She demanded
-"Let´s say that it is part of my job"- Hank knew that was not entirely true but he did not want to scare her further-"What can you tell me about
your family?"
-"It is just me and my brother"- she answered rubbing her eyes with the back of her right hand-"our mother died and we have no father, we
came here, we escaped"
-"Persecution?"- Hank was interested, anti-mutants groups were growing stronger since the events at Alcatraz
-"They tried to kill me, Pietro got in the middle, he heals faster, he does everything faster than most people"- Wanda looked at Hank and he
could see the tears she won´t allow herself to shed
-"Let´s get you out of here"- Hank raised and held out his hand for her.
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Mystique saw how Hank was walking away with the unknown woman, she concentrate on his image. She knew she was able to make it. She
has been feeling a certain tingling in her skin for days now. She just needed to concentrate hard enough. It wouldn´t be very difficult.
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Bobby saw how the nurse looked at Kurt, she was terrified by the blue devil-like mutant, she could not know that Kurt Wagner was one of the
most peaceful souls she was going to met in her life. Kurt smiled at her hoping to improve the situation, but the effect was just the opposite, she
flinched and moved a step further from him.
Marie was not paying attention to her or to anything else, she has started to feel weird on the car, she could not put a name to what she was
feeling, but she was certainly uncomfortable.
-"He shouted for about an hour, then he relaxed and asked for someone, Jean, or something like that. When the doctor asked him his name he
said he was Scott Summers and gave us your phone number"- explained the nurse, while at the same was making sure that Kurt was at a good
distance-"he has refused to open his eyes since then. There is no way to convince him, he is rather headstrong, and sometimes a bit rude"
-"He is just protecting all of you"-snapped Kitty a but annoyed at the nurse´s attitude toward Kurt.
-"Is he a mutant too?"- The nurse couldn´t believe it, she has been interested in one…one of these creatures. Her father would have loved it, to
have mutant grandchildren.
-"Yes, and we will like to see him"-Bobby did not want to start a discussion about mutants in the middle of a hospital hallway.
Scott Summers was laying on the bed, his eyes shut tight, he heard the footsteps and smiled relieved.
-"Jean?"- he asked, hope in his voice
-"No, Bobby, Kitty, Marie and Kurt"- answered Rogue
-"Where are the others?"- Scott was suddenly very worried, Why on Earth they had sent the kids for him?
-"Well, most are somewhere else, and they think that you are dead"- Said Bobby
-"The doctor said I have been a month in coma, so you have thought I was dead all this time? Jean never told you what happened?"-Scott was
almost shouting again
-"She…she said she had killed you"- Kitty wanted to run away and become a student again, Storm should be here doing this.-"She was a bit
different"
-"Different? Yes, I remember, her face was strange, she looked changed"- Scott was having a hard time remembering-"But she is still alive?"
-"Actually, no"- Kurt wanted to disappear more than ever
-"No, Isshe dead?"- Scott was already shouting
-"It is a long story, we should take you back to the school, let Storm and Logan tell you the rest"- Bobby said
-"No, I need to know, Jean is dead, again, she is dead"- Scott was choking on the words, it was just to hard, to cold all over again-"I saw her,
she was alive!"
Marie felt an incredible amount of pain coming from her former teacher, the man was broken, she moved near him with the glasses that Kurt has
taken out of his pocket, She gently put the glasses on his face and touched his cheeks to let him know that he was not alone, but the instant her
hand touched his skin she felt a rush of power overwhelming her, her eyes were burning, the pain was extreme and real, she felt hot tears running
down her cheeks and then everything changed colour, everything was in red, different shades of bright red.
-"Rogue!"- she heard Bobby shouting, she let go of Scott´s face and covered her eyes with her hands, the tears kept running through her fingers.
-"Close your eyes!"- Kitty shouted
-"Stop the pain!"- Rogue was desperated-"please, do something"
-"Close your eyes"- she heard Scott´s weak voice-"Or you will open a whole through the nearest mountain, believe me"
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