A few weeks later

Inara 's P.O.V.

So my strength is slowly coming back so I'm no longer hooked up to any machinery or medicine, well apart from painkillers. I've started using my arm again but my shoulder is still extremely painful. Dad comes down every single day without fail and just talks to me. Sometimes I talk back, others I just sit there thinking about how i failed everyone. From the day they took me in, Hank and Dad have trained me to take on people with powerful mutations, but i just couldn't read Jackson, i let him in and he knew weaknesses, my family. I've been too distracted with everything, i should have focused on my training and not missed all those sessions, i failed.

A voice then came into my head

"Don't do that to yourself, Inara" It was Jean, i then replied

"What have i told you about going into my mind"

"I'm sorry, your thoughts were to loud… You didn't fail us Inara"

"Yes i did Jean. i should have stopped Magneto but i got caught up fighting Mystique, i lost control. I was going to kill her"

"But you didn't"

"I wanted to. After what she put Hank and my father through, i wanted to kill her, what does that make me"

"That makes you Human, Inara. More human than Magneto, Mystique and that traitor Jackson could ever be. Inara you can't let this get to you, okay, you did what you could. You took on Mystique and won. Not many people can say that"

"I don't know Jean, i just don't know if i can keep doing this" the voice then changed

"Yes you can, and you aren't doing this alone anymore. Me, Jeany and Pete, we're going through the same training that you did. And we need you to show us how to be X-men"

"Scott?"

"Yeah, i'm right here. Well in Hanks science lesson but you get it"

"Peter there too" the voice changed once again

"I'm here sweetness" definitely Peter, i smiled before replying

"I owe you my life Peter"

"No you don't. You saved me, i saved you, we're even"

"Pete.." he cut me off by saying

"If you really want to repay me for saving you, then come back. Because the Inara i'm talking too, is not the Inara i met. She's in there i can feel it but you just have to get back up and you have to come back to us. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" i wiped a tear away, when i heard Dads voice

"They are right Inara" I turned my head and saw dad coming in. he then said over the mid-link

"Miss Gray it's nice to see you embracing some of your skills but i do believe that you have a test at the end of the week so pay attention. You can see Inara Later" all three of the then replied

"Sorry Professor"

After that the mind link went silent, when dad was certain that the others were not listening he spoke

"Why didn't you tell me, you were feeling this way?"

"You've been worrying about me for months, i didn't want to add to that" He let out a sigh before holding my hand. He then said

"Inara you are my daughter. It's my job to worry about you"

"What did Erik want"

"Same thing as last time" this wasn't the first time that Erik has asked me to join him. Erik believes that my unique DNA is the key to unlocking the secrets to Mutations. I then said

"Dad could he be right. Can my blood change things for Mutants"

"maybe , we can't be 100% certain unless we test it but that's up to you"

"If we test it and it turns out to be true we are just going to cause more trouble for us. So let's just forget it"

"That's my girl. On a different note Jean, Scott and Peter. Do you think they will be able to cope with the same level of training that you did"

"Maybe, in a few months. Go with the basics for now. Hand-to-hand, Sessions for them to control and aim their powers a bit better. Looks like you and Hank are getting your Army"

"An Army needs a leader, Hanks has agreed that you are the best choice"

"Me?"

"You've been doing this since you were 13. Honey, Scott, Jean and Peter will follow even said it themselves, they need you to lead them" i then gestured to my leg and said

"I'm going to be out of it for a while"

"I know but i've had an idea to keep you involved in the X-men until you are fully healed, it will also keep you entertained over the holidays" i totally forgot that the christmas holidays are coming up. Not all the children will be able to go home, either because their families don't want them due to their mutations or they might not even have family. For those that stay, they have a normal christmas just like everyone else. We always go out and pick a tree from the forest behind the house, we bring it home and decorate it. On christmas day we get up really early and head downstairs to open our presents. We spend the day like every other family.