Chapter 2
"Inna, Inna, INNA" Actaeon called out for her housemate as she slipped off her jacket, "INNA MAKATZA."
"What, Actaeon?" Inna called back.
"Come on out, I brought home a guest, and you'll never guess where I found him."
"No, absolutely not. You know what happens when humans people see me" whined Inna.
"Don't worry he's not what you'd call normal, I think he's an alien. He called himself a she-something." Called out Actaeon.
"I'm a Shi'ar, not a she-something," said Corbin in an offended tone.
"Thanks. HE'S CALLED A SHI'AR." Actaeon yelled quite loudly.
Corbin winced at the noise level.
He looked around at the house. They were in the kitchen, it being the first room you enter, after a hall way, in the house. It had a faded white floor tiles, and red paint on the walls, which had framed pictures of recipes on it, well either recipes or chemical weapons he hadn't figured it out.
From here he could see the living room which had white walls, and faded blue carpet. It had a leather couch and love seat, a TV, on top of a cabinet, which was open, and he could see movies within. On the walls there were bookshelves built in, and pictures of three girls, one was Actaeon; Corbin guessed that the other two were Laura and Inna. Above the couch was a painting of the ocean. He saw cardboard boxes behind the love seat with games in them.
Looking at another direction he saw a dinning room. It had light pink rose patterned wall paper with white background, and wood flooring. There was a table with four chairs around it with light pink pads, which matched the roses, on the seats. The room also had a china cabinet with, well, china in it, and if he leaned he could see a door leading to the outside. Next to that was a bin with newspapers in it.
"Keep the noise down you two I was trying to nap." called out Laura annoyed at being awakened as she walked into the room.
Laura wore a long-sleeved black shirt and a pair of hard worn jeans as well as black boots, with a hole in the front, like something had cut through it. She had green eyes and brownish-black hair, and appeared to be sniffing him.
"Um, Hi I'm Corbin, I'm guessing you're Laura?" he said.
"Yup, welcome to the Asylum called Actaeon's house." She looked at him curiously.
Corbin began to feel uncomfortable, "Is their something you want to ask me?"
"Yeah, what is someone who is half human, and half royal Shi'ar doing here? And what part of the family are you, I know Lilandra's, D'ken's and Deathbird's scents."
"You have met my cousins? How Earther, and what do you mean by scents" asked Corbin, who did not think he could get more confused.
"Um, Talon here is a mutant; heightened senses are part of her mutation." Said Actaeon surprised at Laura's words. "So is Inna, who is still HIDDING IN HER ROOM."
"AM NOT." Came the expected reply.
"COME ON OUT, LAURA'S ALREADY REVEALED HER MUTATION."
Once more Corbin winced, though this time he was accompanied by Laura.
"FINE" said Inna stomping out of her room.
When she entered the kitchen, it was immediately clear to Corbin why she would be uncomfortable about being around a human. He had heard of the humans prejudge against mutants, and it was obvious that Inna was a mutant.
She had dark blue skin with light blue spots on her face. Her hands were webbed, and had she not been wearing shoes he would have seen that her feet were to a greater extent webbed. Her pupils were like cats only sea green, and her hair looked at first to be a black color, but looking again he could see it was actually very dark green. Her hair was short just to her shoulder.
She wore dark brown shirt, jeans, and black boots. She also wore a long black coat, not a heavy one though, had a deep blue amulet around her neck
"Who are you?" she asked.
"As I told your friend when I first met her I am Corbin Neramani, First born son of the Majestrix, future ruler of the Shi'ar Empire, or maybe not I believe my cousin wish to take my place, thus the reason for imprisoning me." Corbin paused thinking, "My father, Rr'av'en, had become quite ill so we were coming home early. With me gone and my father dead his father would have been given the throne, though I don't believe he knew of D'ken's plot. All he would have to do would be to get rid of his sister Cal'syee. With his elder sister out of the way, he would have gotten the throne. "
"You are D'ken's cousin then" said Laura frowning.
"Yes, may I ask how you know of my family?" asked Corbin curiously.
"I am a clone of the mutant wolverine. He along with the X-men got D'ken off of that throne…"
Corbin growled, and whispered "I knew it"
Laura glared at him and continued "The X-men were first involved with your family when D'ken tried to use the M'krann crystal to reshape the universe."
"HE DID WHAT?"
This time all three women glared at him.
"Sorry."
"Continuing, your cousin Lilandra and the X-men's Professor X created a telepathic bond before the incident, and they later married. D'ken is now locked up in where ever you guys put crazy people, his mind completely fractured when he tried to merge with the crystal. One of the X-men Jean Grey was thought to have become part of the Phoenix force, but we later learned it had just copied her body and put Jean Grey in the bottom of a lake. , Though she might have it in her actual body now. I'm not quite sure."
Corbin felt like he was going to pass out, so he decided not to fight it.