A/N: thanks to cynic11 and roguepixie04 for reviewing.

Chapter III

Cerebro

Jean, Storm, and I left the infirmary.

"I now that the Professor said to show you around the school, but classes are still going on, so we can hang out down here for a while," Jean said with a smile.

This is gonna be interesting. I returned the smile.

"Speaking of classes, I have to be getting back," Storm said with a frown. "I'll see you guys later," she said as she headed for a section of the wall.

The section of wall slid open and Storm stepped into, what appeared to be an elevator. She smiled and waved good-bye as the door slide shut.

This place is so COOL!

Jean and I walked around, what I guessed to be the basement. Which was just a bunch of corridors, with a bunch of circular doors with big "X"'s on them.

"This is the subbasement," Jean informed me. "It's where we keep all the X-Men gear."

X-Men? So that's who they are.

They're always on the news, but no one really knows who they are. All anyone knew for sure was that they were mutants. Some say that they're out to destroy the band of evil mutants known as the Brotherhood and protect a world that hates and fears them.(A/N: yep, I borrowed that from X1 hehehe,) Others say that they're working with the Brotherhood and that they're out to destroy us.

Well, I guess that I can't really use "us" like that anymore, seeing how I'm not...well human anymore.

"You're still human you're just...gifted," Jean said, not even realizing that she had said it out loud.

"How did you know what I was just thinking?" I asked, giving her a confused look.

"It's my mutation, I'm telepathic and telekinetic," She said, turning her head to look at me.

"So, you can read minds?"

"Yes,...but I never do without asking first," Jean added quickly trying to keep me from freaking out.

Too late.

"But, you just read my mind and I don't remember telling you that you could," I said slowly, acting like I had to think really hard to remember what I had said.

"I know, it's just...," Jean stopped, her voice trailing off.

We stopped in front of a door that didn't look like the rest. Well, it was round and it did have the "X", but in the middle of the "X" was a small circle and inside that circle was a smaller blue circle. Jean walked up to the door, knelt down and looked at the small blue circle. A thin line of blue light passed by her eyes.

"Welcome Jean," a female computer voice said as the door slid open.

Jean turned to look at me.

"Stay on the walkway. Trust me, you don't want to fall off," she said with a small smile.

OK, she's acting weird again.

That made her crack an even bigger smile. I smiled back. I followed her inside. It was dark, so I stayed closed. Then the lights on the sides of the walkway started to come on. We were in a large, round room, with a small table with a helmet on it at the end of the walkway. Jean went to the table and pressed a few buttons. The room went dark and a light blue light shown up from the desk.

"Find information on Jennifer Holden," Jean said into the empty, round room.

"Searching...," said the same voice that had welcomed Jean in.

"This is Cerebro, she can give us info. on any mutant, and she's how we found you," Jean said in a voice like 'maybe this isn't the best idea.'

"Search complete. Jennifer Holden: 14 years old, born November 10, 1990 in Manhattan, New York," Cerebro said.

My picture appeared in the blue light. My light brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail and my long dark blue bangs hung down in my face. Through my bangs I could see my dark green eyes staring back at me.

"Parents: Mike and Jane Holden. Mike Holden deceased in car accident with oldest son Steven Holden on December 26, 2001."

Tears started to swell in my eyes, but I fought them back. Jean was looking at me.

Now I know why she thought that this might be a bad idea.

"Jane Holden remarried to Vince Black on November 26, 2002."

I started to lose it. I started to cry, so I ran for the door. It slide open and I took off at full speed down the corridor.

A/N: alright there it is ch.3. So what do ya think? Yeah kind of dumb i know but i have to write it cause it ties everything else together so bear with me. I'm trying to get up to ch.5 typed but i got nailed with a huge history report on the Holocaust due monday so we'll see.