A few days later- In the danger room
Kara met with Professor Xavier and discussed with him about what she knew about her mutant powers. He asked her to go through a sequence in the danger room for him to study how great her powers are.
"Kara, you will go through several levels until you've reached your maximum endurance level. There will be several holographs. You will have to fight these; they will fight you," Xavier said over the intercom. Kara stood in the danger room by herself. She wasn't exactly sure what she was supposed to do, except fight robot holograph type things.
I hope I don't screw this up. I really don't see how the Professor will see about my powers with this.
"Kara, are you ready?" the Professor said over the intercom.
"Yeah, I guess," Kara called out.
Computer Danger room sequence begins in 5,... 4,... 3,...
This is so weird. I hope it isn't TOO hard...
...2,...
Oh, god, here we go...
...1,...
Kara took in a deep breath, not really sure what to expect. She stood there. Nothing happened. She looked over her shoulder. She heard a metallic noise. She tossed her head back to her front and her quick reflexes pulled her out of the way of a robot type thing.
What the hell is this!
It was 2 feet taller than she is and had a laser weapon. Kara jumped over 2 times dodging the laser's hit. Her wings came out and she flew up dodging another shot.
Ok,.. what's the deal with this?
She flew up hoping it would keep the robot away. She turned around and saw a gun thing come out of the wall.
Wha?
She dodged the gun's shot several times.
I'm tired of this! You wanna mess with me!
Her claws and tail came out. Her eyes were glowing red, showing that she was in her full mutant 'form.' She flew up then to the gun on the wall. Pulling her arms over her head, she yelled out. She put all her weight into her blow, her claws ripped through the wires that connected it to the wall and she yanked it if the wall and threw it at the other robot. She felt anger rushing through her veins. When she was pushed to fight, she really did fight hard.
Afer going through several levels in the danger room she had gotten used to beating the shit out of robots, guns, and all those other stuff. A robot that looked like a really big, really tall mutant type thing. It had long hair and long caws(it's Sabertooth but she didn't know it). She sprung toward it and brought back her claws over her head to put force it her strike. It jumped away form her, leaving her dumbstruck.
She flew up, waiting for the robot to do something. It just stood there. She went up then down to it again, about to strike. It jumped up to her and scratched her side. That flung her back onto the floor. She got up, she was angry. She flew to it again and without her really thinking she flung her tail at it. Her tail was strong and it hit the robot-thing and hit it hard enough to fling it against the wall. It made the robot break and the hologram deactivated.
robot makes electric sizzling type noise
"Oh, god... that hurt,." Kara said, and examines her side. There was a large scratch that cut through her shirt.
Aw, shit. An this is my new shirt.
She ignored that little problem and looked around. There was nothing there. She assumed the danger room was starting something new. She could swear the door made a sound but she didn't see anything or anyone. But she smelled a scent, that was a feared scent to her. She wasn't sure who or what it was, but she thought she really didn't want to know. She stood up straight. She looked over her shoulder and a new danger level started up. Lasers frm the wall began to shoot at her. She flew up, dodging the shots, trying to get close enough to destroy the guns. One hit her, and she lost her balance over her wings and fell to the ground with a thud. She pulled herself up on her knees. The lasers stop but something, she knew was coming up behind her. She heard a metallic sound that sent chills up her spine; she recognized the sound, but was unable to identify it.
Kara jumped up, did a back flip in the air, and landed behind the thing after her. It turned around and she all but passed out. It was the man know as Wolverine. She didn't know whether he was real or not. She backed a few steps as "Wolverine" clicked out both pairs of his claws. She started to freak, but was sure it wasn't real.
This can't be real. Professor Xavier wouldn't make me fight the real Wolverine. Would he?
The "Wolverine" lunged toward her, growling. She flew up and to the wall and sorta sat herself up on the wall. It started jumping up at her, trying to hit her.
Ok, this thing can jump.
It jumped up and barely missed her legs. She flew to the center of the room and stood there. It ran toward her and she jumped up and over it. She landed two feet behind it and before it turned to hit her she jumped up, and landed on its shoulders.
This can NOT be a robot!
She jumped of and on it several times, to keep her from being cut with the claws. She attempted to grab hold of its neck, but it cut her deep in the arm; she started bleeding. She screamed.
Ahhh! GOD! AAAGGGG!
She was mad and just wanted to finish ths level and get out. She got herself a good grip around its neck and her tail stabbed it. She stabbed the thing again. As it fell the floor, but she realized something, that scared her,... this wasn't a robot.
Oh, dear god! This is the real Wolverine!But...what happened!
She looked at her tail and she was starting to freak. Her tail had a spike coming out of the end. It was only about 1 and a half inches long, but it looked sharp.
Ommigod! What the hell is this!
She was too scared to touch it herself. She turned and looked at the defeated Wolverine. She felt blood running down her leg from her arm. She clutched her arm to her chest as the pain slowly drained from it. She was confused and scared. She fell to the ground and laid there with her knees under her and her face on the floor. She wasn't sure why but she started to cry.
Why? Why did he come in? Why did that guy try to hurt me. I don't know what's wrong with me. What IS wrong with me! I don't even know what my own powers are anymore. Why did he try to hurt me? What did I do?
She thought this over and over. She heard the danger room door open; she pulled up her head and saw someone walking towards them. She became dizzy and passed out.
In the medical room
"What happened exactly?" Storm asked Jean. She wasn't sure what had happened since she was not in the control room watching these events take place.
Jean moved Kara's bed to one of the corners in the room. "Kara was in the danger room going though some sequences and Logan came in. I don't know why but he took her on. And she probably thought he was just one of those holographic robot images, she fought him," Jean said.
Storm walked over to Kara and examined her. "How has she injured?"
"Logan cut through her arm. But in response to that, she pierced his neck with some sort of spike at the end of her tail. And something strange that is of great interest. Logan has fell ill as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake or something. And usually even that wouldn't make this many affects on him. It puzzles me," Jean said and stood by Logan's bed. He was stable and breathing on his own.
"It may be a power of Kara's. I am not sure. But I have never seen or heard of anything like that. But there is the possibility..." Storm said and she loomed back over to Kara's bed. She sat there and seemed to be thinking. "Jean," she finally said, "don't you remember when we x-rayed the girl and we found little gland-like organs in her neck and tail? But we decided not to do any tests on them. Perhaps they might be,..." she drained off.
Jean apparently read Storm's mind and said, "Yes, I do. That could be it," she said. "Hurry. Get two blood withdrawing sets,(sorry I can't think what these are called) and we will soon find out," Jean said, and both women rushed to gather supplies.
While they were not there, Kara woke up and looked around her. She had been in the medical room WAY too much for comfort. She sat up in her bed and looked over her shoulder. There lay Wolverine on a different bed in the corner. She was even too scared to look at him; she turned when Jean and Storm returned.
Storm and Jean came form the supply room with what they needed. "Here," she said and handed the small box to Jean. "Kara, we're going to draw blood from you to study it and see if there's anything different in it that could have caused what happened to Logan," Jean said to Kara softly.
Kara looked at Jean then at Storm and back, "Okay, sure... " she said.
Jean took the box and unwrapped three small tubes. She readied them to withdraw blood from Kara.
I wonder what exactly she's thinking this stuff could be... I have NO clue, but I'm so scared. What COULD it be!
As Jean reading the tubes, Kara talked to her. "I don't know what happened. I didn't know I could do that, I swear! It just,... scares me," she said.
"Its okay Kara. No one is mad, we just need to find out exactly WHAT happened and what caused it," Jean said and smiled. "Are you ready?" Jean asked and walked to where Kara sat.
Kara closed her eyes as Dr. Grey withdrew blood from her arm, and spot on her upper back, near her neck. "Could I please see your tail?" Jean asked kindly.
Why... ?
Kara moved her tail and it lay perpendicular to her on the bed. She felt no pain as Jean stuck her with the needle.
Wow, was that supposed to hurt?
Dr. Grey took her blood samples to the back room where they were tested by Dr. Henry McCoy(a.k.a.- Beast). "What's she gonna do with those?" she asked Storm.
"She will give them to Mr. McCoy, who will sample them for any signs of poison or anything different, that may have been caused by your mutations," Storm replied.
Mr. McCoy?
"So is Mr. McCoy a doctor like Jean? I thought he taught math class," Kara said.
Storm turned and sat beside Kara on the bed. "Well,.. he is a math teacher," she said. "But he's also a research scientist. He does a lot of the scientific studies that helps Jean's doctoring skills become more advanced than a normal doctor's at a hospital,"Storm explained.
Oooohhhh,...
"Oh, so is he gonna study those blood samples?" Kara asked.
"Yes, and he will try to figure out what exactly made Logan pass out like he did," Storm said. Kara didn't say anything else so Storm stood up and walked over to the other side of the room, where Logan lain on the other hospital bed. She felt his forehead, and seeming felt okay with his temperature she stood there.
Kara was curious to what happened to him. She stood and walked to where Ororo stood. She stood beside Storm quietly.
What could have I done to him? He's like so tough-looking surely I didn't do THIS to him.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Kara asked Ororo.
Storm looked at Logan then looked into Kara's face and said, "Yes, he will. Whatever happened to him his immune system apparently is able to fight it off," she said then paused. Then she finished, "What surprised both of us is since Logan can heal himself very quickly, he should have been able to overcome this more quicker than he is," Storm said. "That is what Dr. McCoy will test. He will see if there is anything within the blood that could've done this much harm."
Kara looked at Logan. He started to stir. She didn't want to be near him when he woke up so she walked back and sat on her bed. A door behind her opened and she turned around and looked. Dr. Grey walked out of the room, and big and blue, Mr. McCoy followed her.
"What did you find?" Storm asked her.
Jean turned to Mr. McCoy and he started his exclamation. "From the withdrawal of blood from Kara, I have studied and discovered there is a great amount of venenum caused by her mutation, supposedly created by the small glands in her neck and tail. It appears as this venom is created within her tail, it is secreted through the lower tip of it, and with this we believe the poison runs throughiut her whole body," he said in a as-a-matter-of-factly voice.
In English please...
"However, we are not positive exactly how powful this venom is," Dr. Grey said.
"But comparing it to various other venoms, we believe that this may be as malignant as some of the world's most deadly arachnids," McCoy finshed.
Kara sat there a minute trying to take this all in. She finaly said, "So,.. you're sayin that this stuff in my tail is like something from a spider!" She stopped and had a disgusted look on her face. "And it can kill someone!" she said in a small voice.
"We are not quite sure yet, but more than likley, .. yes. We will take blood samples from Wolverine to retrive his antibodies that can fight off this venom. Hopefully we will be able to create an anti-venom to prevent other accidents," Mr. McCoy said.
I can't believe this! I didn't mean to hurt him. It was an accident... I didn't even think THIS would've happened. Why? ... Oh god, I hope I didn't kill him! Oh, that would be so horrible! The professor would kick me out for good if that happened! OH... PLEASE, Mr. McCoy,.. please find a cure for it!
Kara sat there then turned to look at Logan on the bed behind her with a worried look on her face. Jean looked at Kara and apparently reading her mind, she said, "Kara, it's okay," she said, and put her hand on Kara's shoulder, "Don't worry. Logan'll be fine. He heals very quickly, so he will be just fine," she paused then said in a joking voice, "But I'd avoid him after this if I were you. He's really NOT going to be very happy about being knocked down by you," Jean said and smiled, hoping to get her to feel better.
Kara looked at Jean, and tried to smile; she couldn't. There's tooo much that she's thinking; too much she's to deal with.
What will happen if I get someone else with this? What if I hurt them? What if they die? she gasped What will the professor do? What would I do?
Kara's room
She sat on her bed, trying to think of what she had to deal with... venom like a spider's,... tail like a scorpion's... wings like god-knows-what...
What will I do? I don't think the professor is angry or anything, but why do I still have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach?
There was a knock at her door, "Come in," she hesitantly said. It was Jean. She carried a small medical pouch with her.
I wonder what's in that bag...
"Kara," Jean said, and sat on the bed beside her, "Listen, Dr. McCoy and I found and anti-venom for your venom..." she said.
...uh-huh,...
"And he created an anti-venom that should act as a "venom-depressant", if you want to say. You would insert it into your blood stream, much like a shot, and it should help decrease the amount of venom that's being made. This should keep you from accidently hurting anyone," Jean said.
Accidently?
"Ok,.. well thanks,... uhh,.. how exactly does this thing work?" Kara asked.
"Well, it will be like a daily shot. You will be given a supply of the anti-venom whenever you will need it and you will inject yourself and that's really it," Jean said. "Here let me show you exactly what to do," she said and unzipped the small pouch. Inside it contained several small, carefully packaged tubes. "See, first you'd take out the correct tube. The tubes that have blue caps are your anti-venom. The ones with green caps are the anti-venoms that would be given to any other person, injected with your venom. You would take the tube, and unscrew the cap. The needle is pre-attached so you'd only have to take off the cap then inject it in your upper arm," she said. "Give me your arm and I'll show you the right vein."
This is all too weird... (me: yeps)
Jean showed Kara exactly where and how to inject the special anti-venom. Jean warned her that it probably isn't strong enough to last too long, so she'd have to be careful if she ever kissed anyone or anything of that nature and if she was to unintentionally "sting" anyone she was to inject them with the other anti-venom. Jean told her Professor Xavier instructed that Kara was to have her small pouch of anti-poisons with her at all times. Just in case...