Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews guys! I can't believe I forgot about Russ...I'm so ashamed of myself. Russ can phase through walls, for those who didn't know. Also my vacation was lovely, thanks for the well wishes, and I hope everyone has a good easter. Some fun new stuff in this chapter, seeing things from a different angle

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Chapter 3: Kaylee and Parker: A New Generation

I wake up and look down at the foot of my bed. Bobby's curled up in a ball there. I smile. I'm fifteen, I'm not supposed to be raising my brothers. But it's not like I mind. I love them. I want to take care of them.

"Kaylee," the brown haired girl comes in. "Are you awake?"

"Yeah," I say, she smiles and sits down. "He was having nightmares, I let him come in."

"That's fine," she nods. "I'm Connie."

"I know," I laugh, "John won't stop talking about you, I think he's in love." She laughs. "So what is this place?" I look around.

"It used to be a prep school," she explains, "But then a few years ago, it, we got attacked. By the same people who went after you actually. They shut down the school, and we took it over, made it our headquarters and we teach other people."

"You really are the X-Men!" I laugh. She smiles and nods.

"They are our inspiration." She says. "Do you want a tour?" I nod. "Come on." She stands up and lifts me out of bed.

"Hi Connie!" Two identical girls say.

"Hi Ana," The two girls become one.

"Whoa," I say, "I thought what I could do was cool."

"It is pretty cool," She nods, "Or from what Charlie and Julie said it is." We get to a clearing and there are a group of boys, who look about my age.

"Hey, new girl," One of them points at me. Another one smiles and nods. I smile back. He's cute and seems oddly familiar.

"Parker," Connie says to the one who smiled, "Aren't you supposed to be with Julie right now?"

"Yeah, but I figured you guys got in so late last night," He says sheepishly.

"Mm mm," Connie shakes her head, "Move it Also, you promised to babysit tonight, don't bail on me Pierce." He smiles and runs in the other direction. "OK, so the program's two fold, you'll work with other people in group classes, learning how to work together, be a team that kind of thing, and you'll have private sessions with one of us to learn how to control and develop your powers."

"And what about my brothers?" I ask, I have to, I have to look out for them.

"Well, we have regular school stuff too," Connie smiles, "They'll do that and if they manifest when they get older, they'll learn too." She puts an arm around me, "You're not alone anymore Kaylee."

"Hey new girl," A few hours later the guy who Connie yelled at walks up to me, while I'm moving some things into a locker.

"Kaylee," I say softly.

"I'm Parker," He says confidently. "So, what's your freak factor?"

"Excuse me?" I look at him.

"What can you do?" He laughs. I shrug, point to the light above our heads and pull the energy out, and then send it back up. His eyes get wide. "Cool."

"Yeah," I smile, "What about you?"

"I'm a psychic," He shrugs, flicks his hand and closes my locker.

"Like Julie?" I ask him.

"I'm not that powerful," He shakes his head. "But generally it's the same type of thing, yeah."

"Oh," I nod, he smirks at me, "What?"

"I'm glad you think I'm cute," I blush furiously. "See you around Kaylee." How did he know what I was thinking?

"He can read your mind," A girl with a long red ponytail laughs, appearing from no where. "That's how he knew. You'll learn how to block him out. Blocking against psychic interference is one of the first things they teach us. I'm Danielle."

"Hi," I say quietly, "How did you?"

"I can turn invisible," She shrugs, "That electricity thing is pretty cool. Anyway, just ignore Parker. Dean says it's inevitable, psychics always think they're better than everyone else."

"Who's Dean?" I ask her. She smiles.

"You haven't met Dean yet?" She giggles, "You will, and trust me you'll know who he is."

"Danielle," A tall older guy, with light hair pops his head out of one of the classrooms, "I'm ready for you."

"Alright Adam," She rolls her eyes, "I'll be right there. It was nice to meet you. See you around." She jogs into the room. I look around to see if anyone else is going to sneak up on me. Obviously, you have to watch your back at this place.

"I was twelve," Danielle explains to me later, "It used to happen as a reflex when I was scared, I would just disappear. Then about year later, Adam and Ken came to my house, and talked to my parents about the school. Adam's like me, he's invisible too, so he really swayed them." We're sitting in what looks like a normal common area, except there are kids practicing their powers everywhere. My eyes glance over and I see Parker in the corner with a girl with long blonde hair. He nuzzling her affectionately and she's giggling obscenely.

"He has a girlfriend?" I sigh to Danielle.

"Who?" She asks, "Ugh, you're still thinking about Parker?" I nod. "Stop, OK, that girl he's with now is Cami, last week he was with someone else, he's a total player. He gets in girls' heads and tells them what they want to hear. It's disgusting." I nod, but I wonder what Cami's power is? Maybe I could blast her with a lighting bolt a fry her.

"Parker, stop it," Cami giggles, as I move my hand just barely past the hem of her skirt. I never have much trouble with girls, but Cami is particularly easy. She's incredibly insecure, so she just needs to hear that she's beautiful over and over again and she'll do anything. I can't believe he likes me.

"I can't help it baby," I whisper and nibble on her ear a little, "You're so beautiful I can't stop myself." She giggles again.

"Just not in front of everyone," She says softly. "Meet me in my room in a little while." Tonight's the night, I'm going to sleep with Parker Pierce. She leans down and kisses me softly.

"I wish I could," I whisper, she looks at me, "I'm on Justin duty." She sighs. "Connie needs to do some research." She nods and walks away. I smile and stand up, walking past Kaylee, who's been staring at me the whole time.

"Take a picture," I wink at her walking past, "It'll last longer." She blushes. Danielle Carey looks at me venomously. She wants me, I know it. "Need something Carey?"

"Not from you," she spits out and stands up. Why is he such a jerk? She stamps out of the room.

"Alone at last," I smile and sit down next to her. "So, who retrieved you?"

"Julie and Charlie," She says, "You?"

"No one," I say quietly, "I ran away here. I've been here for years. I was one of the first students." She nods. He has the most incredible eyes!I laugh. "Yours are nice too."

"What?" She says sheepishly, looking down.

"Your eyes Kaylee," I say looking into them. Now that I'm see her, flesh and blood, not just a picture in my head, it's all different. I want her, but in a different way than I want Cami. I want to know her.

"Oh you heard that?" She whispers. Maybe it's unfair to read this girl's mind. She had absolutely no clue how to block it.

"I can shut it off if you want," I say softly. She smiles. "Kaylee," He say and touch her face. She closes her eyes. This guy's a weirdo. I guess she would think that, she doesn't know, she doesn't know that I've been seeing her for months, that I've felt her presence. "Sorry." I mumble, "I have to go, babysit for Connie."

"Connie needs a babysitter?" She says confused.

"No, her son," I laugh, "Her and her husband, Guy, they have a kid, he's three. You have brothers right?" She nods. "You want to meet him?"

"Um, sure," She says. We stand up and walk. We get to one of the "apartments." We walk in and there he is. He's got Guy's blond hair and Connie's big brown eyes.

"Parker!" He runs over and I hug him. "Who's she?"

"This is Kaylee," I smile. He looks at her. The thing about Justin is, he sees things, gets things. It's weird. He hasn't manifested any kind of power yet, we don't know if he will. Julie says he has a psychic temperament, but I think its more than that. "She's new."

"You're pretty," He says to her. She leans down.

"Thanks Justin," She says.

"Parker thinks you're pretty too," He smiles, I stare at him, "Don't you Parker?"

"OK," I say scooping him up. "So," She's laughing, "What is going on little man?"

"Mommy went to the lab," He says, "Again."

"She's working hard for you," I say softly. "Why don't you go get a snack buddy huh?" He nods and runs off.

"He's cute," She smiles.

"Yeah, he is," I smile, "He's special." She nods. I think she understands. She's different this one.

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