Thanks again for the great reviews, hope you still like the story. I have a lot of characters and each one deserves some time to talkbut it is hard to keep the plot moving and all of them happy about their screen time...I can hear Halle, Storm has had few lines...well, she had lots in X3 so...I will try to do more Storm soon. )
14.
Xavier was in his office with some of his X-men waiting to meet her. A knock on the door and Kitty entered bringing Wanda Maximoff with her. Wanda glanced around the room
and wondered why was she in the middle of that office surrounded by unknown faces.
-"Please, do not worry"- Xavier told her walking to her with his hand extended-"I am Charles Xavier, this is my School for Gifted Mutants, I hope that you have slept well"
-"You have a beautiful school here, sir"- She offered still unsure of so many things-"I am not trying to be rude, you have been all very nice with me but I do not know why you are
helping me, I am not used to be helped out of pity"
-"Well, as I told you before this is a safe place for mutants, we help each other, that is what we do"- The Beast said
Logan rolled his eyes, it was true that they helped mutants and all that but someone should tell her the truth, that she was just too powerful to be let wandering the streets where her
mass- homicidal father could find her. Scott was standing on the opposite side of the office doing a poor job of avoding looking at Wolverine. Definitely, today was going to be an
interesting day.
-"You and your brother were escaping, you needed help"- Xavier could feel at the same time Wanda´s fears, Logan´s worries and Scott´s fury. It was overwhelming-"There is
also something else. There is a mutant, a very powerful one who might be interested in using you, we wanted to protect you from him and his Brotherhood of mutants"
-"Using me?"- Wanda blinked a couple of times-"How can he use me?"
-"Your powers are quite impressive young lady, this mutant would love to be able to use them in benefit of his cause"- Xavier knew, from what he had seen, that Wanda was a
kind soul not a furious mutant-"His name is Magneto, he believes mutants should rule the world and humans should, well, die."
-"Funny idea"- Wanda looked around her. She kind of liked this man called Xavier, he seem to be a peaceful man. She already knew Logan and Hank and she liked them,
specially Logan. But she was intrigued by the others. There was this girl who has brought her in, so thin and petite, but obviously strong, and a huge young man who was staring at
the petite girl as if she was the most precious thing in the world while she was gazing at a blond boy whose mind was certainly somewhere else. And then, there was the tall, dark
and broody man in the other corner of the room. He was the man she had seen sleeping in the lab down in the underground level of the school. He was still wearing those strange
glasses, but even with them on he was one of the most attractive men she had ever beheld. She felt a sudden shiver.
Scott was deep in his thoughts, the image of Logan plunging his claws on Jean´s body was just to terrible to be erasen from his memory. He knew, but he hated the idea, that if
Logan had done that it was because there was no other way. Scott loved Jean but he knew that Logan was also in love with the red-head. Scott had feared that Jean might have
returned the feeling but Logan told him that she had made her choice and that it wasn´t the Wolverine. Still, Scott has seen how Logan looked at Jean while he was killing her, how
he kissed her and he couldn´t stop thinking that maybe, while he was gone, something had happened between Jean and Logan that had changed the frail balance between the
three.
-"I am not interested in killing people, or in being killed."- Wanda couldn´ t tear her eyes from Cyclops-"I have heard about Magneto before, my brother had been impressed by
his work, But none of us approves his methods or results"
-"Is good to hear that"- The Beast was relieved
-"I thank you for you kindness but there was no need"- Wanda stated matter of fact-"Even if he found me he would not be able to use my powers."
-"He is a strong man"-Logan told her-"He could force you to use them, he could find a way"
-"Even if he did, Logan, my powers, as I told you, are not easy to control. I could try to make a hex and things could go the other way around."- Wanda was realistic-"my hexes
have backfired against me more than once, you should know that already"
Xavier looked at Logan, curious to know what she was talking about, but the furrowed brow of the Canadian was not inviting him to do a little searching on his mind.
-"I need to find my brother"- Wanda stated
-"We can help with that, meanwhile you are welcome to stay here, protected and safe. You are not afraid of Magneto, you shouldn´t be afraid of us."- Xavier said
-"I like it here"- Wanda couldn´t stop herself from looking again at Scott-"if you help locate Pietro I would always be thankful"
Wanda left the office at the same time Storm entered in it. She had been teaching a class and came to call Bobby.
-"Drake, your students are waiting, Kitty, Piotr you are needed in the gardens"- Storm told them
-"Storm close the door, please"- Xavier told her after the younger X-men left.
-"Why have you lied to her?"- Logan started-"We know where is her brother, she is worried sick for him"
-"He is with Magneto"- Beast answered-"What could happened if she knew that? Haven´t you wondered about it? What if she decided to go to meet them?"
-"What if she does? You heard her, she is not like Magneto"- Logan defended her
-"She might not be, but for what I read in the records her brother could be"- Beast answered-"She loves him, they have been alone most of their lives, if he joins Magneto, she will
follow him"
-"And that is a risk that we cannot accept"- Xavier added-"I agree that she seems to be different, more like her mother than like Magneto but her ties with her brother are too
strong"
-"Talking about strength"- Scott decided to be part of the discussion-"you said she is very powerful"
-"Yes, more than she even imagines"- Xavier said-"She has little control over her hexes but she could change the world we live in and we wouldn´t even know"
-"Nobody should have such power"- Storm whispered-"It is a curse more than a gifl"
-"She can learn to control it"- Logan said-"She a lovely girl, she would not hurt anyone"
-"Professor, maybe you could help her"- Storm added-"Like you helped Jean"
-"You mean block her powers?"- Logan was suddenly angry-"Not again, we are not going there again"
-"It is a possibility, at least for the time being. That way if Magneto finds her, he would not be able to use her power against humans"- Beast agreed
-"What is wrong with you? Haven´t we witnessed what that kind of mind control can do? Have you forgotten about the Phoenix?"- Logan was losing control-"Scott, you have to
agree with me, controling Jean drove her insane, the solution is not caging what we do not understand"
-"This time I hate to admit that I am with Logan"- Scott said
-"Me too"- Xavier looked out into the gardens, from there he could see Jean´s grave, the only one that was still there, Storm had ordered someone to remove the other two
tombstones.-"I do not want to control her mind, but I think that I should help her control her powers, unfortunately we have no time to train her. Some mental blocks could do
some good but I won´t do it unless it is completely necessary"
-"What about the truth, Chuck"- Logan continued-"She deserves the truth, to know where is her brother and who she is"
-"No, Logan, for her, family is everything, we would lose her"- Xavier had made his decision
-"Lies are not the best way to make people trust you"- Logan stormed out of the office
-"You are right Logan"- Xavier thought but he did not stop Wolverine.
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Bobby was teaching biology to the younger kids, his mind elsewhere. He noticed Rogue watching him through the door. He gave some task to do to the kids and walked to meet
her.
-"How are you feeling?"- Bobby asked
-"Better"- Rogue smiled-"Thanks, for being there"
-"It was the least I could do"- Bobby looked at her gloved hands-"I must be crazy, but I missed them"
-"I cannot say the same"- Rogue caress his cheek with one gloved hand-"I am sorry that you didn´t understand but….well, it doesn´t matter anymore"
-"Look Rogue, I know this is hard for you but let me help you"- Bobby felt such tenderness for this girl, it had always been like that since their first meeting-"We can train
together, until you find how to use your powers in a fight, come on, it would be fun, you will join the team again, but hey, now you are the newbie"
-"What happens to the newbie?"- her smile broadened
-"She has to do all I tell her"- Bobby could not resist it and kissed her glover hand
-"Bobby, your students"- Rogue warned him but it was too late, all the kids had stopped doing the exercise and had turned around to watch how the couple exchange tender
words. There were some sniggering. Bobby blushed and Rogue laughed
-"See you later, sugah"- She said and walked away.