So nowLogan brought Kasie to the mansion. Now Professor X and Ororo are with her and they're trying to find out exactly how she came. Also, you'll find out a little how Kasie can have so many different powers for a mutant.
I'll just put this in right now: Kasie's codename is Shadowkid, just like my penname. The thirteen comes in later in the story. Just so you people don't get confused.
Chapter 2
Reliving her Past
"Exactly, what year are you from?" Professor Xavier asked Kasie. Logan had brought her back from where he'd found her. They were now sitting in the professor's study along with Ororo.
"2031," Kasie said. She looked at the faces of those that were dead in her time. "I was born at this Institute… or I will be born… in nine years. 2015."
"So you're sixteen years old?" Ororo asked.
"Yes," Kasie said.
"Who are your parents?" Logan asked. "I saw what you did to me." He extended his claws in his left hand.
"You're not my father," Kasie answered, looking over at Logan. "They discovered that if two mutants have a child, it will have both of their powers. I'm different." She gazed up at Professor Xavier. Her skin started to change and her hair retreated into her head. Her skin wrinkled slightly and soon she looked like the professor. "Don't worry," she added, seeing the look of the other three's faces. "I'm not the offspring of Mystique." She changed back to her usual self. "And besides… I don't fight for Magneto's side."
"You're on our side?" Professor Xavier asked.
"I'm on no one's side," Kasie answered, her voice going cold. "I haven't seen the outside world of my time from the age of eleven." Logan could see the hurt in her eyes. "Unlike my siblings, I wasn't allowed out. I was always being in containment centers, being experimented on, having other mutants' DNA being injected into me and a hell load more stuff." She glared at the professor. "You're lucky I'm not on his side. I do believe in what he wants, Mutant Equality. But it's because of him I was where I was."
"What did Magneto do?" Ororo asked.
"He killed everybody!" Kasie exploded. Tears fell down her face, her blue eyes watery. "He killed everybody left. He got his powers back! Jean killed Scott and you!" She pointed at Professor Xavier. "And you killed Jean!" She glared at Logan. "Then Magneto got his powers back after years. He came to the Institute and killed you!" She turned to Ororo. "He killed my mom and dad. He killed everybody!"
Logan stood up. He put his hand on Kasie's shoulder. Kasie remembered how Logan always comforted her like that. He did every day until she was thirteen when he was killed.
"What about me?" Logan asked her quietly.
"They tried to 'fix' you," Kasie said. "The stupid idiots turned you back to a human before the surgery! That killed you!" She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. Logan massaged her shoulder with his hand.
"Everyone's dead?" Professor Xavier asked.
Kasie shook her head. She brushed her brown hair out of her face. "No. Not everybody. My siblings and I were in this building after Magneto killed everyone. They wouldn't let Logan stay to watch us. They claimed there were too many of us. They wouldn't even let you keep your own kids."
"I have kids?" Logan repeated.
Kasie nodded. "Three of them."
"I'm gonna be a father," Logan thought. He stared at the girl. She pulled her legs underneath herself.
"Yeah, two boys and a girl," Kasie answered. "I need to thank Justin for getting me out when I get back there."
"Justin?"
"Your oldest," Kasie explained. She lowered her eyes as she felt the professor probing her mind. "Don't try to get in my head. I know how to keep you out."
"How?"
Kasie grinned slightly. "My sister knows how to get in my head. She would try to get me to talk after… after tests." She was trying not to show her weakness. Logan had taught her to never show it. But the memories hurt her. "I wouldn't talk and so she would go through my head to find out what happened. Her name's Adriana. My other sister is Bree. Anyways, I eventually kept her out of my head." She shifted slightly in her chair. The last time she'd seen Adriana had been three months ago. The scientists found that she was more resistant when she was able to talk with her family.
"Any others we should know about?" Professor Xavier asked.
"They found their DNA," Kasie murmured.
Ororo rose and eyebrow at Kasie. She got closer to her Kasie and kneeled in front of her. "Who's DNA?"
"Scott's," Kasie said quietly. "And Jean's. They made two mutants from their DNA. But neither of them are as powerful as I am. They thought if they could make a more powerful mutant, they could then extract their DNA and make a better cure. I certainly wouldn't let them…"
"A better cure?" Professor Xavier repeated. "You mean they've found a cure before this?"
"What day is it?" Kasie asked.
"April 6th, 2006," Ororo said.
"They'll announce it in a few months," Kasie said. "Right now it's still being perfected. But it won't work for the powerful ones."
"What type of mutant are you?"
Kasie raised her hand and passed it through Logan's hand. The others stared at her as she started to sink into her chair. Then she raised herself back out of it. She touched the arm of her chair with her finger. Ice extended from her finger and covered the chair.
"That type," Kasie said. "Don't tell anyone. You can draw who my parents are from that." She removed the ice andlooked up at the professor. "But do you have any idea what Rogue will do? When she got rid of her power, Bobby still stayed with her. They had two daughters and a sonbut then Rogue was killed. So Bobby went with Kitty and… and I was born."
"What about your sisters?" Ororo asked.
"I'm a quintuplet," Kasie answered. "There's me, Adriana, Bree, Todd, and Bobby Jr. Adriana, Bree, and I are identical. As well as Todd and Bobby. Do you know how that happened?"
"Because of Kitty's power," Professor Xavier finished. "It was transferred to you as a fetus."
"Even before I was born I knew how to work my gifts," Kasie answered. She began to split into separate bodies. "I didn't copy myself. I started phasing as a few cells." She returned back to one person. "That ended up getting my sisters. Now Bobby and Todd… don't ask me because I don't know."
Logan took his seat again. He stared at Kasie's knuckles where her claws came out. "But you still haven't explained how you have adamantium claws."
Kasie smiled and looked out the window. "I learn from watching. I can use any mutant power that I've seen. The mutant can be before me or I can be watching an old film. Either way, I learn the power. Watch."
Her blue eyes clouded over before succumbing to whiteness. The clouds outside gathered together and began to swirl in circles. They became darker and a rumble of thunder sounded through the room. Rain lashed at the windows as it turned into a downpour. Lightening forked the sky and another thunder clap sounded. Wind swirled around Kasie, blowing her hair around. Then she began to quiet the storm. A minute later and it was sunny just how it was before.
"I learned how to do that at four years old," Kasie said proudly.
"Unbelievable," Ororo murmured.
"But to everybody, I'm Shadowkid," Kasie said. "I chose it to honor my mother. After she died, I became Shadowkid."
"But why are you here?" Professor Xavier asked.
"I have to change what happened," Kasie explained. "Justin got me out of my cell. I stole plans to make a new time machine to get back. I ran down to the room and got in. Now I'm here."
"Change what though?" Logan asked.
"I have to stop Scott from going to Alkali Lake," Kasie said. "And if I can do that, I can stop the future."
"Other than the fact that most of us are dead… why?" Logan asked.
Kasie glared up at him. "Because I don't want to be cured."
So, Kasie's extra powers sort of come from how Rogue does... only without the touching. Even though she does have identical sisters, they can't do that. In the upcoming chapters, there'll be more of the others she left behind. There's twelve of them. And seven of them are either her siblings or half-siblings. Don't worry, I'll make it easy to understand who's who
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