Greetings people. See I'm not dead yet, a new chapter to make you all hate me or love me. so not much to say, leave a comment and let me know how I'm doing.

The grand church echoed in the hushest of murmurs. Whispers in Latin, German, Italian and more traveled from lips to ears in the swiftest pace. The Vatican was more alive than it had been in years with urgent curiosity. Once inducted the Pope was relieved from the duty of confessions, and yet on this day an unknown request earned his presence. His dismissed his aids and other holy men from not only the confessional but the entire west wing were it resided. The humble man requested absolute isolation with this guest, permitting everyone to return only when they were called. Some of the younger members of the church were alive with brash rumors of hopeful returns of holy figures, mature members of the congregation gave more thoughts to what mortal power this visitor had. Who could effectively shut down the center of the catholic religion with such a simple request. And what truth did they have to pass to ask for such forgiveness.

The Pope slowly made his was to the confessional chamber, his guest already shut into the booth beside him. Tired and weak the aged man adjusted himself in his seat before opening a small screened window. It had been many years but his heart raced at the young voice that called out,

'Forgive me father for I have sinned.'

Bobby and the other teens raced from room to room in search of their lost friend. When all seemed lost they found her father and their teacher calmly eating breakfast in the kitchen. The other adults, Olivia, Dante, Beast and Storm were all with him eating a large array of tyropita, spanakopita and yogurts. Jean and Rogue exchanged worried glances as they entered the kitchen. Jean looked bewildered as she waved a urgent hand in Logan's face.

'Um hi anyone there. Your daughter's kinda missing and everyone's freaking out over it!'

'Oh whatever for dear?'

'D..Dante, she's missing. As in not here. You guys said tons of people were after her!'

'Yah, I mean what if Mystique took her to get back at her or something?'

'Oh relax dear, Talise if fine. My girl may have been rebellious enough to run off in the night with some man's pole but at least she left a note.'

Logan couldn't help but spit his coffee at Dante's choice of words. The collapsing sound of various teens entering the room could be heard, it would take some time to fully get use to Dante.

'What I mean is, Talise took it on herself to play the hero again. She snuck in last night and took Alex's staff and went out to return it. I guess she didn't think you all would fancy a trip to the Vatican. Alex is out taking a walk on the beach. Truth be told I think the poor dear is elated to be rid of that thing again.'

'But no one finds it weird she set off on her own?'

'That child has a mind of her own, she'll do as she pleases especially if she thinks it would take less strife on others. She said she'd be back soon, however long that is.'

'In the mean time we need to figure out what to do with all you kids.'

Beast motioned for the teens to take a seat as Logan stood up to address the mix bunch. Bobby took hold of a basket of pastries and set it down the line for everyone to take a slice. Surprisingly the basket was empty to the next person after it was given to Fred.

'I talked to Xavier and he said the choice is up to you. Elf, you got a big decision to make. That letter from your dad, it was an invite to meet him right? Well if you want to then we better head up. And by we I mean you. If you want some company for, I don't know emotional support, then fine. But the window's closing, we can only stay for another week before we head back. You all need to decide where you want to go, either with Elf, back home or here for a week. But don't get the idea this is a free ride, stay here or home but y'all need to get back to training.'

'Well not to sway any of you dears, but there will be a wedding this weekend that you're all invited to. My little Artemis is getting married! Ooo I can hardly wait I have such ideas for the dress, and the cake and the'

'They get it. I'm sure Talise will be back before then in case you're still worried. I'll give you all till lunch to come up with your answers, that should give us enough time to get everything in order.'

Logan took hold of his coffee cup as he exited the kitchen to leave the young ones to their thoughts. No doubt Jean and Scott would stay just to have a young lover summer on the beach. Watching the sunset, eating at the cafes and simply being able to walk down the street without being called on for being different. He himself had such a time when the island was new, before life cruelly took another precious love from his life.

He heard the side door shut as a pair exited their current resident. Two forms exited, a short haired brunette and a large mass of blue fur. Logan made eye contact with his friend before giving a cleaver smirk. Hank could do nothing but shrug in defeat as he happily bound and took the hand of his summer partner. Judging from her earlier costume, it seemed Olivia truly did favor blue.

On hearing the voice the Pope motioned for his guest to exit the confession chambers. He slowly made his way out when he saw the young woman standing before him. She had grown over the years, her features maturing into a lovely young lady. She wore a simple outfit of jeans, a simple shirt and what the kids called a hoodie. Even if she didn't practice his religion she still respected the holy land and tried to keep herself modest.

'You've grown my child.'

'Everyone seems to forget that youth was not one of my powers.'

'From what I hear your final powers have grown in, who's to say if they were not.'

Talise smiled as she offered her hand to help his balance. The made their way to the curted window, where a small tray of fruit and wine were waiting. She helped him to one of the chairs before taking the one adjacent to it. they were at least civil enough with each other to speak face to face. The holy man set about pouring him and his guest a glass as he took hold of a cylindrical package from her shoulder. His eyes widened, hoping he knew what was inside.

'As par our agreement. In exchange for your neutral stance I swore to return your precious spear. I was surprised when I saw it was stolen, your guards are getting sloppy.'

'I'll set about to tell them they need to upgrade those darn security measures. Let us be frank though my dear, loyal followers of the church have invested many dollars into the cause. We have up to date, uh laser and scanners and all that fancy techno jumble. But our one true stance is you, no matter what happens I always keep the faith that you will return our treasure back safely.'

'You are by definition a man of faith. Alex would have returned it himself, you know how devout he is, but he's been threw a lot. I figured to give him a rest.'

'You always try to take the burden of others my dear, I worry it may be too much for you to bear.'

'I could say the same to you. First for your father, than your town, your church and even the man before you. Always cleaning the messes of others so that peace shall reign over the land.'

Talise poured the remaining drink onto the pile of cloth napkins resting on the table between them. The old man gave a small smile before holding his hand above them. Slowly and silently the red stain began to fade until there was no sign of the previous encounter. Sot a sight, not a smell, nothing at all.

'You said you have sinned, normally you give me a more cheery greeting. Did something happened on the way here?'

'I was ambushed on the way here, I was forced to take a few lives to ensure my safety.'

'You killed them, oh but Talise they were'

'Don't speak to me like there were other ways. You know where they were from and what they are capable of. If I didn't then they could have followed me, and reveal more than your little secret to the world.'

The old man place a wrinkled hand or hers, trying to calm the enraged woman. With a few deep breaths she returned his gaze. He looked like he was concern for her not judging her.

'What I was trying to say was that they increased your number of kills. I'm not sure how many there have been since our last meeting but you should be close to a hundred. Far too many for one so young.'

'Its..it's been over for some time now. But that's not what I'm worried about. I felt nothing John. Nothing at all. I killed them in such a way that they wouldn't suffer, not that they deserved it, and I felt nothing. No sympathy, no hatred, no regret or anything. Oh God what am I turning into!'

'You are turning into a young woman, one who has taken on more burdens than she should ever have to face. You have surrounded yourself with pain and death for so long, you need to banish the wicked out of your heart, embrace life and the good instead of hate and the bad.'

'And how do you suggest I do that?'

'By forgiveness my dear.'

'Excuse me?'

'Forgiveness my dear. You need to forgive those who have hurt you and keep close the ones who love you. I know the pain you went through in that terrible place, but I also know some of the love you found after. Your parents, your brother and from what I hears quite a few friends.'

'So you're saying I should just forgive them, all of them for what they've done. The betrayal, the beatings, the rape, the broken spirit.'

'Let's be frank my dear, your spirit was never broken. Your body may have been but never your spirit. I fear not even Lucifer himself could break that.'

Talise smiled at his comfort. Perhaps that was the reason, like when you eat too much of something the flavor becomes bland. Perhaps she had had too mush of the taste of rage. Talise smiled before taking to her feet.

'Thank you John, you really good at cleaning up messes. Even the ones tossed about in my head. But I should take my leave before the others start getting too curious. I'll take the back way out so no one will see me.'

'Feel free to come back, we can form some way to hide the suspicions to that we can talk more freely.'

'Like what, sneaking me in as a nun? Wonder if that would give me free reign to slap random children with rulers.'

'Oh come now not all nuns are like that.'

Talise turned on her heel to face the holy man with a suspicious glare.

'Well most are not.'

Talise shared in a laugh before heading towards the confessional. She took hold of the banister and with a sharp turn to a detailed knob, a wall panel slid open to reveil a secret hallway.

'You know I could write a book about all the secrets in this place.'

'As long as you cast that Morgan Freeman to play me.'

'Sorry but I have another holy role in mind for him.'

Talise gave a final wink as she made her way threw the hidden door. A slight click was heard as the door returned to it's camouflaged state. The holy man took a moment to enjoy the sweet sound of silence in the room. He removed the lid to the package as the spear was pulled from inside. His fingers griped the staff, wondering if the young girl truly knew what she had returned. Such an item held such power to a great many in the world for it's religious presence. But even more so, the power it would govern should the world know of it's mutant effects. This single staff could either save or destroy the world and yet she didn't care. The thought of such power at her control never seemed to affect her. The old man could help but wonder if this was because she had no desire for such power or if she had gained enough to even rival the staff.

Talise made her way back to the familiar beach to hitch a ride back on Popo to the island. The skies were blue, the seas were clear, it seemed like all around it would be a great day. Until she heard the unmistakable sound of her name. She turned to the sound just to have to world crumble around her. The years had not been kind to him. There before her, skinny, ragged and balding was her father Talbot Tolensky.

She stood frozen staring at the stern man. Part of her felt like a small child again, fearful that she had done something wrong and was about to be punished, the other part of her felt like a starved beast who wanted nothing more to shred the monster in front of her. Swallowing the large lump in her throat she regained her senses as the first man who betrayed her spoke.

'You've grown up good, passable now. Except for those eyes, but figure there's a way to cover them up along with your hair.'

'Twelve years and that's your opening line to me? What do yah want and please keep it brief.'

'Always a lady, just like I taught you.'

'Like my mother taught me.'

'As you say. Been hard to find you but I'm glad I did.'

'Really. And what fore?'

'Can't a farther speak to his little girl before she gets married?'

'Excuse me?!'

'God don't tell me you're as stupid as the whore that spit you out. You're sixteen now, time for you're to uphold your end of the marriage pack.'

'Let me see if I understand this. You abandon me in that hell hole for years, not knowing if I was even still alive, track me down only to tell me you think I'm going to go threw with some marriage you set up the night you murdered my mother!'

'Of course I knew you were alive my dear. You think I'd have let my investment fade away. Especially when I heard that later you bloomed into something I could be proud of. Or at least appear to be.'

Talise found her body acting on its own. Her fist collided with his cheek before sending him in the air. Her knee made contact with his back as blood coughed from his mouth. A final kick send him landing hard on the sandy beach below. Talise stood in her original spot as the man that aided in her creation staggered back to his feet. Her body stung from the bout but in a pleasing way, he had such actions coming for the past twelve years.

'Listen to me carefully old man. I have killed many men in the past, some for doing a lot less than what you have done. If I ever see you again or if you try to make contact with me I will make it my mission to make to suffer ten times what I have. The only reason I haven't killed you now is so you can return to the Nakamura clan and tell them the wedding is off. Talise turned to leave before felling a sharp pain in the back of her head, Talbot had found his footing and had his hands rooted in her hair. Talise remembered seeing this grip as memories of her mother flooded back. Talbot screamed in pain as he knelt to the ground. His body felt like it was going to explode, the very veins in his arms were engorging themselves pulsating as the pulled away from his skin. It was if some unseen force was pulling his veins from within his body away from their host. Talise watched as the man cried in agony, the veins growing from his neck and towards his eyes. The echoing words from her religious friend bombarded her mind, with a quick swipe from her hand in the air the pulsating stopped. The veins returned to their original state within his skin as Talbot Tolensky laid crippled on the grown. Talise began walking towards the sea before a great beast arose from the water. Jumping on his head the young mutant took off, never looking back at the man she once called father.

Talbot had never felt such pain before. He knew that his daughter had gained new powers over the years and couldn't control his laughter on the matter. He had no idea what her full powers were, but to be able to cause so much pain without leaving any signs or marks was unbelievable. From within the forest a small group of suited men filed out to help Talbot to his feet. Two men walked past the group, an aged Asian man with a large scar across his left eye and a missing right arm was accompanied buy a strange man who seemed to be cut down the middle. On his left side his skin was light and fair with Caucasian features. On his right side his skin was a dark brown with strong African features. The men approached Talbot as he spat the remaining blood from his mouth onto the sand.

'Didn't I tell you long ago she would be perfect for your son.'

'Indeed, I was afraid her powers would make her to obvious, but now.'

'Now she can make your son the most powerful Yakusa leader in all of history.'

Talbot opened his hand to reveal a few strands of hair he had plucked from his daughters head. Her handed them to the strange divided man as he inspected each strand.

'How long till it's done Perception.'

'Not long, a week or so and it shall be done.'

'One week, until everything changes. And the world becomes ours.'

And there we have it. I think I set up a good bit for what I have coming soon. I want to do a spin off with Kurt and everyone who went with him. Pretty much I noticed I had a butt load of characters and felt conflicted on how to give them enough notice each. So we're shortening the list some will go with Kurt, some to the mansion and a few to stay on the island.

Yes Hank McCoy has a new lady friend. God I have had a crush on this guy since I saw the old cartoon, I mean he was brilliant (I have a think for smart guys), beyond sweet, and helped save the world how many times?

So any guesses on what Talise's powers are? God it's been twenty something chapters maybe I should just come out and say it.