The B-Hood decided to blow up the disclaimer saying I don't own X-Men Evolution or any of it's characters, just Angelfish and a new character coming this chapter...~

Chapter 4

Arella was walking down the road towards the institute, with Kurt following next to her. "I could just 'port us there." he suggested.

She shook her head. "No. I prefer the exercise." Her wings spead out, fanning her. "Ah, what a day!"

A strange sound echoed through the air. It was high pitched and shrill. But more than that, it sounded like someone-or something- in distress. She grabbed Kurt's hand, then flew down the road. "Hey, woah!" he shouted as she raced down the path, towards the noise. It was coming from the park.

Kurt finally teleported out of her grasp, standing right near where the sound was coming from. Arella landed next to him, and gasped. "Oh... NOT good!" Before them was a small, black, winged kitten. But the worst part was the scratch marks, blood, and the huge dogs standing right next to it. The one who was clearly the leader was advancing for what seemed like the final time.

Before Kurt could do a thing, the green-haired girl stepped in front of the cat as the dog lept. It pushed her onto the ground, barely avoiding the cat. The dog clawed and bit her as she tried to fight back. She used her wings to push the dog back for a few seconds, then stood back up. As it lept back at her, Kurt grabbed it and 'ported it away. He was back a few seconds later, covered in snow.

The other three dogs seemed confused for a moment, but lept back at the mutant pair. Arella was ready this time. She flapped her wings as hard as she could, sending two of the dogs spiraling backwards. Kurt quickly teleported the one that he had scuffled with for a few seconds away, then the final two.

Arella bent down to the little kitten. When she touched it gently, it meowed in pain. As gently as she could, she picked it up, caressing it with care. "Kurt, you better take us home now." she said worriedly. Kurt grabbed her arm and teleported back to the Institute.

Arella looked at the sleeping kitten, it shivering every time it took a breath. She turned to the professor, who had just wheeled into the room. "Well, Arella. You're little friend here has gone through quite a bit. Bites, scratches, and a lack of food. We're doing the best we can, but," his gaze turned to the kitten. "He may not make it."

She blinked away tears that were welling up in her eyes. "No. He can make it. He WILL make it."

Kurt ported in, and Arella jumped a few feet in the air. The kitten struggled in fear for a second, even though it was unconcious. Kurt frowned. "Sorry."

She took a deep breath, trying to get her composure back. "I was talking with two of those Brotherhood or whatever guys earlier today. What are they like?"

Kurt grinned. "Why don't we go find out?" He grabbed her arm, pulled her out of the room, and teleported to the run-down Brotherhood house.

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But before they had gone, Arella had grabbed her bow and arrow. They had to be prepared.

In front of them stood the -story, run down Brotherhood house. Angelfish whistled. "Wow. It's big, but so run down! What a dump!"

Suddenly, Pietro was next to her. "Yeah-but-it's-our-dump. What-of-it?"

Arella grinned, ready to show off. "For one, I could buy out this place, AND remodel it. Plus, if I wanted to, I could lite and arrow and you're dump would go 'boom!'"

He frowned. "Show-off."

Lance walked up behind him. "You're a show off yourself."

Arella laughed. "I needed to pass some time, and I wanted to see what it was like here."

The earth-shaker grinned. "Then why don't you come meet the others?"

Kurt blinked in surprise, but Arella nodded. "Sure."

He led them inside to where the rest of the Brotherhood was waiting. "Guys, meet Arella, aka Angelfish."

A very slimy and frog-like kid came into the room. "Hi, yo. I'm Todd, but everyone calls me Toad."

Another teen came into the room, a very heavy-set one. "Hi." he said. The kid didn't seem too bright. "I'm Fred, aka Blob."

Toad looked to the stairs. "Ooh, Honeycakes in coming down." Arella turned to Kurt and Lance for an explanation when Toad hopped up the stairs. Seconds later, he was blasted back down the stairs by some powerful and unseen force. He groaned as he hit the ground.

She looked to the top of the stairs to see a girl with short black hair and a scarlet tank-top. Arella blinked. "Hi." the girl said. "I'm Wanda. And the annoying speedster's sister." she added, glaring at her brother.

He whispered into her ear, "Aka the Scarlet Witch."

Arella smiled and nodded her head. "I'm Arella Midnight."

Wanda nodded, looking her over. "Rogue told me about you."