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Cats with Claws

Chapter 2: New Home

LAST TIME:

"We can leave right now. At a small airport we have our private jet there, waiting for us."

Sandra raised an eyebrow, 'Their own Jet, DAMN!'

"But, Sandra, are you well enough to drive?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I'm sober now. I'll be fine."

Shout outs! OMG I actually got reviewS faints

Leslienicolespeaks – THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! You have no idea how much that means to me, that A, you like my OC, and Two you think I wrote it well. Well HA to my third grade teacher flicks off third grade teacher

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mattb3671 – Glad you like Sandra, though, she's not always drunk, she was depressed… But I promise some good times, plus interesting interaction with Logan… MWHAHAHA

Looking over the house one last time, Sandra picked up her trusty coffee machine and last belongings and carries them to the front door. This would most likely be the last time she'll ever see this place again. There were so many memories here, good and bad and she just didn't want to think about them. Writing down quickly which moving boxes were going to which charity she finally finished her last obligations to this place. The house was in the process of being sold and she had to leave soon anyways. When she opened the front door she couldn't believe the smells in the air. Her nose was being bombarded by God only knows what, she then went into a sneezing fit which lasted five minutes.

"What the hell." Sneeze "Why am I," Sneeze "Sneezing like," Sneeze "Crazy."

The Professor paused for a moment then spoke, "Well, it seems your sense of smell has become enhanced and your not use to it just yet. Also I would advice you to wear a pair of sunglasses and a hat. We would want to cause any trouble or any accidents on the road."

When she was done sneezing she dug into one of the charity boxes and pulled an old pair of sunglasses and a ragged baseball hat. She felt weird with the hat on top of her ears.

'This is going to take some adjusting to.'

She pulled out her keys and walked outside and Sandra had to stop herself from hissing. It was hot out here, not to mention bright. She was never one for the out doors really and now she felt hotter, due to her fur. She then walked to her car, though she didn't quiet get there in a perfectly straight line.

Rogue saw that Sandra's car was a forest green 2000 Malibu, but the most notable part besides the fact it was over flowing with packed boxes, was the bumper or the entire back of the car. First off, the whole bumper and back of the trunk was a collage of bumper stickers from dozens of bands, which included Linkin Park, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, American Hi-Fi, Blink 182, Sum 41, Gorillaz, The Used, Papa Roach, Evanescence, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, Slipknot, and Simple Plans (I don't own any of them either) to name a few. Also her licenses plate read 'B173 M3' which oddly worked for her. The one bumper sticker that not only sent a small chill down Rogue's spine and at the same time reminded her of Kitty, it was a black bumper sticker with white writing that said, "If you don't like my driving, get off the sidewalk!" This wasn't boosting her confidence in Sandra's driving in the least.

By the time they got to the small airport Sandra ran three red lights, clipped five cyclists, and Rogue lost count of the number of pedestrians that had to jump out of her way. This being said, she still drove better then Kitty half drunken. Rogue was thinking maybe Kitty could drive drunk, since there was little room for her to drive worse. ((A/N: J/K))

Finally stopping at the front of the airport an old man came out and greeted the Professor.

"Hey Charles! Did everything go okay?"

"Yes, my friend. Thank you again for the use of your airport for the day."

"Aw, t'was nothing.' After the way you helped me out back in the 70's with my wife this is the least I can do."

Rogue vaguely wondered what in the hell they were talking about, but decided to check on Sandra to make sure she was still conscious. Sandra just got out or her car, tumbling head of heels on herself.

"Stupid gravity."

"You okay ther'? Maybe Ah should take your car into the jet."

"Don't scratch her! She's my baby."

Rogue gave her a weird look that clearly said, "What the…"

"This was my graduation present. Why do you think I missed all those stupid pedestrians, I didn't want them to dent my car."

"So you were trying to avoid them."

"Yeah, not my fault they kept getting in my way."

It was a miracle there were no cops in the area or Sandra would have gotten god knows how many tickets. Rogue took Sandra's keys and pulled her car in the jet. The Professor just finished saying farewell to his old friend and boarded the jet, Sandra soon followed onto the jet as well. Finding a seat Sandra strapped herself down and tried to remain calm. This was her first time on a plane and she was already feeling nauseous and they haven't even left the ground yet.

'I'm gonna be sick, again.' Sandra moaned a little as the jet engines came to life. The first jerk made her feel close to throwing up right in front of her, second one made her give her chair a death grip. It was rough take off and as soon as they were in the air, Sandra un strapped herself and barfed in the back row of extra sets.

"Ugh, Professor, whose turn, is it to clean the jet?" Rogue asked glad it wasn't her

"I believe its Bobby's turn due to his recent prank." His last prank was truly weird and yet, it pissed off every female in the whole mansion. He went in to the girl's bathrooms and not only stole all of their pain killers but froze over all of their 'feminine hygiene products.' That was truly a site to see, every one of the X-Women including Storm chasing him with promises of pain worse than death.

"Good." Rogue was truly pissed at Bobby and she wanted to make sure he paid dearly.

MEAN WHILE

Back at the Institute Kitty was cooking a welcoming surprise for the new student, as in baking something. Needless to say no one else came with a hundred feet of the kitchen. If one did so, they would meet a fate worse than death, they would be forced to taste Kitty's infamously bad cooking. She was attempting to bake a cake, which looked like a huge lump of coal at the moment.

"Hmmm, like, I'll just scrap of like the burnt parts and add pink icing."

And so Kitty went forth on her quest to cook something eatable.

Ororo Munroe wasn't on the grounds today though she was currently visiting her sister. After Evan left the first time their relationship was strained and they had hardly talked to each other, but after Apocalypse, Evan came home a few times and actually spoke to his parents before returning to the depths of the sewers. Even though there times when there was tension with the two sisters it was still manageable. Ororo wanted to mend the broken bridge with her sister, she really did miss her. So they sat there eating and exchanging stories and catching up, avoiding anything that has to do with Evan. There was hope though, that one day he would return, hopefully.

In the Danger Room, a very tired looking Jean and Scott were just leaving from having some 'private training' together. They were currently cleaning up and straightening out their clothing and hair.

"Jean, don't forget about that tape in the control center."

"Already on it." And so a tape was destroyed with the day's activities on it.

"So, Jean, when do you think we should have another Private session?"

Jean casually walked up to Scott and whispered, "Real soon." This statement caused Scott to have a grin plastered on his face for the next hour as he started to work on a Danger Room schedule.

Kurt was off having a cozy date with Amanda in the Park, just relaxing holding each other by the lake. They didn't want to take for granted the time they have together. Ever since Apocalypse they have been spending more and more time together since they came so close to the end, tittering so close to the endless abyss. Amanda was cuddling Kurt, who was wearing his holowatch for obvious reasons. Kurt had his tail gently wrap around Amanda's waist, but he was a gentleman through and through. Getting her flowers when he can, little gifts, even doing little bows and kissing her hand were a few of the things Kurt would do for his Liebe.

"Kurt,"

"Ja, Liebe, wat iz it?"

"My parents would like you to come over again. You know, after explaining how none of that mess was your fault, the fact I wasn't going to listen to them if they said 'no' and the whole Apocalypse thing."

Kurt was already feeling apprehension about this, especially after last time. "I suppose I can do thiz, but only for you Liebe." Kurt bent down and gently kissed Amanda's forehead, "Anything for you, Liebe."

Since the professor left most of the younger mutants were sitting down and wondering who this new mutant would be like, but one person was by himself plotting; Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman, and local prankster only rivaled by Kurt Wagner. He was trying to come up with a welcoming prank for the newest mutant; it was like tradition for him. Finally something hit him, it was simple, and yet… oh, t'was evil, in a good way. Anyone with any sense stayed clear of Bobby's room as he started to laugh manically.

Most of the other students were either catching up on lost sleep or gossiping, since there wasn't much to do on this day. Logan wasn't here at the moment; he took X23 to a forest where they would do some 'bonding' that didn't included fighting. They were fishing together, but Logan was showing X23 how to do it with a fishing rod. It was somewhat harder than X thought it would be. She still needed to learn patients, she then jerked her rod pissed off that she still hadn't caught anything. Knowing she could have easily jumped into the stream and speared several fish on her claws.

"X, it just takes a little patients. Just wait it out. They'll come to you." Logan was trying to show her how to handle herself a little, and fishing just seemed like a bonding thing.

"Just relax. There's no hurry. Let the fish eat the bait a bit more. Don't worry though, it takes practice."

Glaring at the spot where the end of her fishing pole X sat there. Her mind started to wonder off a bit, back to the mansion and a little reflection on how much her life has changed. First off, she wasn't as weary around people as she once was, though it took a little time to gain her trust still, some habits die hard. Then there was understanding the social habits she missed out on because she lived in a cage most of her life. She was still trying to wrap around the idea of make up and boys.

In particular, she was still sorting out these new emotions, especially when it came to Alex. Her relationship was very complicated, one minute they would be talking and then the next she would sense some tension between them. She had much to learn and as she started to contemplate the cosmos and the answer to life something brought her back to reality.

"See, you got something." Logan pointed out to X. Her pole was being tugged and Logan started to tell her to gently real it in. X ended up catching the biggest fish of the day. It was nice day for the two. They didn't get back till very late in the night, well after everyone was asleep.

-In rest of the mansion-

Some of the new mutants were discussing school work, and how much Senator Kelly their former Principle sucks, and other things. Jubilee was trying to decide which nail polish to use. She had only been back for a month but she was glad. After the Apocalypse thing there had been a nasty anti-mutant presence in her home town and her parents were getting afraid for her.

So after months of begging and pleading they allowed her to return. She was surprised to see a few new mutants here as well. She was glad to see that Rahne's mom Moira had decided to send her back. But she was also surprised that one of Sam's little sisters Paige had just became a mutant and was sent to live with her brother. She was also surprised to see Forge and Scott's younger brother Alex living here now too as well as Danielle.

All in all it was great to be back in the one place where she felt like she fit in and with all the new people around things were a bit more interesting too.

Also in the room Tabby was playing with Amara's hair, trying out new styles and what not. Paige was reading some random magazine on the couch giving Danielle one of those quizzes in the magazine. Rahne was chewing on a stick of beef jerky and reading a book for school (summer reading), To Kill a Mocking Bird. Jamie was in the basement with Beast working on his powers. Forge was locked in his 'lab' working on his latest project.

The rest of the new mutant boys where having a 'friendly' game of catch the football all over the mansion. Sam was throwing the ball to Roberto but it had been easily intercepted by Ray.

"Ha Ha, you're too slow Roberto. LOSER!" As Ray skidded on the hard wood floor as he was racing down the stairs with Roberto, Alex, and Sam hot on his heels. There was several crashes and several yells of 'I didn't do it' that rang through the air. Luckily for the Professor, even before the "New Mutants" came he had put all of his valuable positions and such in a very safe place, very far away from the mansion.

Kitty was just finishing up her last touches on her cake which now looked like a lump covered in pink icing. Kurt just walked back into the mansion still feeling light-headed. He walked into the kitchen and was trying to walk away slowly so Kitty would notice him. Ah, but no luck.

"Oh, Hi Kurt. Look I baked a cake." Kitty beamed. She then picked up a very large knife and Kurt was two seconds away from just porting somewhere very far away. "Like the cake I baked, it's for the new guy or girl. Oh, wait they're like here."

At that moment though a familiar jet pulled into the skyline and quickly the news spread that they seemed to have the new arrival here.

Kitty placed her cake on a plate and went to the hanger and Kurt followed her, but made sure not to be too close incase she wanted him to try her cake. He was very thankful that Amanda could cook.

Scott and Jean also made their way too the hanger and ran into Kitty and Kurt. Scott raised an eyebrow at the cake. He pitied the pour soul who ate that. Kitty's curiosity got the best of her,

"SO Jean, do you know anything about the newbie?"

Jean just shook her head, "I know as much as you, I noticed their presence, but I didn't get much information."

"Oh, well. It's like a surprise; I hope the newbie likes cake. I made a swirl cake with a few secret ingredients."

At that last comment Scott, Jean, and Kurt suppressed a shudder, what horrors could be a 'few secret ingredients.' By the time they got to the hanger most of the other students were there, asides from Forge, Jamie, X23 (who is still fishing with Logan), and most notable was Bobby. Usually he was one of the first to 'greet' new recruits. Even though almost everyone was down in the hanger, everyone gave Kitty a wide berth, they didn't want to bump into her or cause an accident, or so they claimed, but Kitty just smiled.

The engines finally shut down and the hatch opened and Rogue stepped out and behind her was the professor and finally there was a short figure who came into light, it Sandra and she was scowling at the group of people who was staring at her. It was a good thing Sandra cleaned herself up a bit before getting off. Too bad to whoever got stuck with that ass happy job of cleaning that mess up. She now had on a different black shirt, this one said in big yellow letters, "You have the right to remain silent," then underneath that in smaller letters, "Anything you say will be misquoted, and then used against you." She's feeling a bit better now that she's had some time to recover.

She then blinked rapidly, trying to adjust to the light and now she finally noticed that her vision had change. All the color seemed more mute, not a bright or vivid as they had been, it was like someone messing with the color contrast on a TV. Even though everything seemed almost faded, everything seemed sharper to Sandra. It's hard to describe it, but it was like having 40/20 vision. She would have noticed earlier except she was busy getting drunk off her ass. Finding out lift altering news about her mutation, and then vomiting her guts out on a freaking Jet can do that to a person. After blinking a bit she started to glare again ignored any looks of surprise.

Xavier cleared his throat, "I see almost everyone is here. I'd like to introduce you to Sandra," He seemed slightly amused about how everyone came down to greet the new recruit.

Scott then decided he might as well do the welcome speech, "Hi my name is Scott Summers and welcome to the Institute. My mutant ability is that I can produce an Optic blast from my eyes, which is the reason I wear these glasses. This is Jean Grey; she's a telepath and also has telekinesis too…." At this point Sandra phased out, and she started mentally singing a song in her head from South Park, 'Well, Kyle's mom's a bitch, She's a big fat bitch…'

And so, Scott went over everyone's name and powers and everyone gave an encouraging smile, or in Roberto's case a saucy wink. All through the introduction Sandra had the same scowl plastered on her face and it only deepened when Roberto winked at her; tail swished back and forth during the whole time, in a steady tempo. Though when she phased out Jean gave her a look but Sandra didn't give a damn.

There was an uneasy pause where Kitty stepped forward presenting her cake, "Like, hi! You already know, my name's Kitty and I like baked you a cake." Kitty shoved the cake in Sandra's face and immediately her face started to get a greenish tint then Sandra push the cake out of her face.

"Please, if I wanted to be sick again I would rather eat garbage." A sudden hush befell the group of mutants. Breathing in fresh air helped Sandra from vomiting, again; she then squared her shoulders and looked straight at the crowd in front of her. She quickly scanned over the faces of people and trying to figure out type of person they were.

'Prep, Prep, Uber Prep, Clown, 'Ladies Man,' Wild Girl, Wannabe Prep, Don't think I like anyone here. Better make this clear though.'

"I'm here," she began, "for obvious reasons. If you can't tell what my mutation is you need mental help. But rest assured I'm not here to be your friend, or to listen to your pathetic problems about some chick or guy because frankly I don't give a damn. I'm NOT going to school with you so don't come to me about homework questions either. So we'll get along fine if you stay out of my fucking face!"

Everyone was stunned, except Rogue and the Professor, at her foul language and blunt insults. She continued to glare then slowly walked forward looking directly at Scott.

"Okay, Scotty boy, here catch," she throws her keys at him, "My car is in the jet, do me a fave and pull it in to the garage or wherever the hell the rest of the cars are and bring my boxes to my room." She then slung a duffle bag onto her shoulders and as she was passing Kitty she added, "Oh yeah, almost forgot to add this, but I believe I should mention this. So there's no miss understanding and such, but I believe that Brittany Spears is the Anti-Christ and her evil clone Christina Aguilera, who is second in command, are going to be the ones whom will destroy society as we know it, and do it all in pink. That is all." She then started to stalk off leaving Kitty in a verge of tears hearing what Sandra said about her favorite singers.

Sandra was starting to walk towards the door when Rogue realized something, "Hey, wait. Do ya even know where ya goin'?"

Turning back Sandra just gave a shrug, "Well, I was just going to open every door until I found an empty one." This was odd, since she was being serious.

"Come on, I'll show ya where ya goin' stay. You can really get lost in here." Rogue started to guide towards the dorms.

As soon as they left the rest of the students started buzzing. Tabby, Amara, Jubilee, Paige, Danielle, and Rahne couldn't believe how she just acted to everyone. Though Tabby thought it was rude how she just blew everyone off like that.

Kitty stared at her cake as if to will it do exploded, then rage built up inside of her and she raised the knife she brought with her and tried to stab the cake in frustration, except the knife skid on the crust of the cake. "Well, like fine. I'll take my cake somewhere where it will be appreciated. Lance will love it! You mean brat!" Kitty then stomped off with the destination in mind of the Brotherhood to deliver her cake.

The Professor just rubbed his temples on his head, Sandra was going to be difficult to work with, he could tell, and he wasn't even using any powers either. He also knew that there was going to be protests to Sandra getting her own room, she just wasn't in school anymore. There were surely going to be more arrangements made and soon.

Scott made his way towards the jet to the car and sighed when he saw all the boxes in there.

Eventually, the residents of the mansion disbursed to do whatever until dinner. Sandra found her bedroom with the guidance from Rogue. It was a bare room, with just a single bed, a small desk, a closet, and a small stand. About ten minutes after finding her room, Scott started to bring some of her boxes in. Forty-five minutes later, all of her boxes where in her room, Scott paused a moment to stretch his back. That wasn't fun. Sandra just nodded to him and mumbled a 'thanks' before he left. She sat there and stared at the boxes, she was too tired and lazy to start unpacking, and she would like to pull out her TV and other things. Knock on the door disturbed her musing,

"What!" She then marched towards the door and flung it open. She was a little startled to see a boy standing on the other side; she half expected one of those cocky looking guys.

"Umm, hi, I'm Jamie!" He said brightly, as if she hadn't just yelled at him. "I would've come to meet you when you first arrived but I was busy practicing control over my powers. It's nice to meet you."

"Yeah, whatever, my name's Sandra." She said nonchalantly, though she was a bit curious to why he was here, no one does something for nothing.

"Well, that's a nice name, do you want to play a game with me." He said hopefully, he even had the puppy dog face and slightly trembling lip.

'Damn, he's good.' Sandra thought quickly, part of her wanted to slam the door in his face, but she just couldn't do it. It seems her conscience decided now to come back from vacation. "Okay, I have some videogames somewhere in these boxes. Tell yea what, you help me unpack and fix up my room a bit then we could play a few video games or something." She half expected his to say 'no' but instead he just grinned.

"Sounds great, I can help you unpack in less then fifteen minutes." Sandra raised an eyebrow in skepticism since there was a lot of work to be done. Jamie just smiled and then stomped his foot a couple of time and there before Sandra was a mini army of Jamies.

"Wow, that's impressive. You must really come in handy around here." One of the Jamies, Sandra assumed the original, blushed a little and mumbled something. So they set off to work and in no time everything was unpacked and in place. There were a lot of clothes, mostly black, a small TV with a 10' screen, and a few games systems though most of them were older ones. Sandra started to hook up her PS2 to her TV. There was a lamp too, but Sandra kept it off.

Jamie absorbed his clones and started looking through the games. After looking he put to the side several games he wanted to play with Sandra. There a bunch of games, like a few racing games "Gran Turismo 4", and a foot ball game "Madden NFL 01", and a fighting game "Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi" and others. After an hour straight Sandra pulled out two of her favorite car games, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" and "Simpson's Hit and Run." They would switch off and Sandra gave Jamie tips here and there.

In Grand Theft Auto she pointed out secret places to go and where to hide when the cops showed up and how many people you can beat the shit out of without drawing too much attention. In "Simpson's Hit and Run" she showed him secret codes like to go into God Mode and other codes.

"And remember, never REALLY hit someone in real life."

"Because it's wrong to hurt people like that."

"No. Hitting all those people would destroy your car and not to mention your insurance rates would go through the roof." Jamie was deadpanned, but he just nodded.

Jamie got up and stretched, but he was smiling, "Thanks for playing some games with me."

"Meh, it was no big, you helped me unpack all my crap, would have taken me forever by myself."

Jamie looked at the floor for a second and mumbled, "Well the other kids don't play with me because I'm too young." Sandra rolled her eyes at this, 'Oh, yes, one or two years is such a big difference in age.'

"Well then, I guess I shouldn't hang out with them then."

Jamie looked up and gave Sandra a confused look, "Wha?"

Shaking her head she scratched the back of her head, "See, you probably couldn't tell, but I'm 22. I already been through High School and I just finished my bachelors degree."

Jamie was shocked; someone that who was older then him didn't totally blow him off. "Thanks." He left feeling much better.

Flopping back on her bed Sandra mumbled something about stupid kids and the difference of a year or two. Though she vaguely thought about that little girl she saw who was at her welcoming, Paige she thinks her name is. They looked about the same age, kids today.

Sandra started to doze off when she heard a fervent knocking at her door. She just ignored it and rolled over to the other side, but when the knocking persisted then got louder she started to get pissed. She flung open the door, but saw no one. Stepping out of her room she tripped on something falling on her ass. Then there was a sheet of ice that she slid on into a wall where a snow drift feel on her head, burying her in snow.

Bobby jumped out of a bed room he was hiding in and laughed, "Welcome to the Mutant Mansion, I'm Bobby Drake and I'm the King Prankster." He continued to laugh as he turned around to escape, but he didn't see Sandra get up her eyes a light with pure anger.

"Wait, Bobby." Sandra slowly walked towards Bobby with a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

"Yeah, what is it?"

"You know, I like pranks too." She purred she was now three feet from him.

"Well, you're in the right place then," He laughed again and turned around again to run, but Sandra dove at him and grabbed his ankle.

Bobby looked shocked, "Well Bobby, that's good to know." She twisted his ankle a bit so he let out a yelp of pain. "Yeah, I LOVE pranks." She started to drag a struggling Bobby towards a girl's bathroom, she was a lot stronger then she looks. Locking the door Sandra held the back of Bobby's neck.

"What the hell are you going to do?" The edge of fear started to creep into his voice.

"You'll see." She then flushed the toilet, lifting the lid and shoved the top of Bobby's head intending to give his a nice little prank, but in a panic he froze over the water causing just the top of his head just above his eyebrows to be stuck in the girl's toilet. Looking at her working, as Bobby struggled to get his head out of toilet, "Well, this turned out better then I thought."

"Get me out of here." Bobby's muffled voice echoed out of the toilet, but Sandra just laughed and picked one of those 'Occupied' things you hang on the door knob.

"Have a nice day Bobby." She slammed the door leaving a desperate Bobby in a frozen bathroom.

One Hour Later

Everyone was starting to gather for dinner but Kitty wanted to get some more Midol before eating. She knock on the girl's bathroom, "Come on, I need to get in." She then noticed some frost on the edge of the door, "Oh, no, Bobby I swear I will kill you if you froze the bathroom again." But she wasn't prepared for the scene she walked into. Bobby's head was still stuck in the toilet and he was whimpering, the whole bathroom was covered in snow and ice. "Oh, my GOD!"

Too be continued…

Things to look for next time: Sandra meets the Danger Room and get to know more of the residents. Also she meets Logan… that'll be fun…

FINALLY I want to Thank Agent-G again, for with out him none of this would have been possible. Go check out his stories too, they kick ass!

A/N: One last thing, I don't own any music or bands mentioned in this fic, though I might own CDs and Video games… that is all

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