"You can stay in here." The Professor took me to a room. "I apologize that you won't have a roommate but this is one of our more recent additions."
"It's no problem Professor. I'm just happy to be allowed to stay in this lovely school of yours." I opened the door to the room and stared at the walls of my temporary home. They were pink. God I hated pink.
Charles chuckled slightly. "Flattery will not get you anywhere here."
"It was worth a try." I smiled.
"Do you need to send for some clothes?" Oh, I forgot my clothes at the house. Stupid head!
"No, I'll get them. Um, Professor, what am I going to do here? I mean, I'm not on your team so it'd be a little pointless to practice maneuvers and stuff with them."
"Nothing says you can't join in on the Danger Room sessions."
"Yeah, last time I was in there it didn't quite work out for me, so I'm gonna try to steer clear of it. That's if you don't mind." He chuckled again.
"It's fine."
"But what do I do? I can't just sit in my room and do nothing! I'll go mad."
Charles shrugged his shoulders. "Do what other kids do during summer."
"Did you not get anything from that summary?"
"Why don't you ask Kitty? She's a social butterfly."
Like I'm really gonna know who Kitty is. "You know, I'm just gonna take a little walk around the grounds to kind of explore a little."
"Of course, I'll leave you to it then. You missed dinner, but there are always left overs in the fridge so you can help yourself. Uh, you might to cover up a little before you go outside, it's a tad bit chilly."
I looked down and started laughing. I'd forgotten that I was barely clothed, oh, and my tattoos came back. Le sigh, damn. "I am so sorry. I will get a sweater on right away and never take it off."
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He was right, it was a little nippy out. So, now clad in a dark brown hoodie with bright green swirl designs and a pair of light colored jeans and a white pair of shoes, I took a walk around the huge lawn. I got a whole bunch of stares and whispers from the younger kids and after a while, one brave soul decided to approach me.
"Excuse me?" I turned and saw a kid about thirteen with blonde hair and vibrant purple eyes. I had never seen purple eyes before, but this kid pulled them off.
"Yes?"
"Uh, w-who are you?"
"I'm Andi Hojem. And you are?"
"Zack Carson at your service." We shook hands and he jumped right to the point of all the kids' curiosities. "So what are your powers?"
I chuckled, "Um, I can control plants and the weather. And you?"
"I can make things come to life."
"Really?" That is such a cool power!
"Yeah. You don't happen to have a toy or something on you?"
"Well," I pulled out my wallet. "I have this little paper bird that my friend Daisy made me." I riffled through some papers and business cards and took out a paper bird about an inch and a half big.
Zack stared at the paper for a few seconds and his eyes glowed like a black light and just like that, the bird started flapping it's wings. It actually started flying away but I grabbed it out of the air before it could.
"Sorry," He took the life out of the little bird. "I hate killing them." He mumbled as I put it back into my wallet.
"Trust me, I know the feeling." Like we needed anymore depressed people in place.
"Does tha' mean y' killed befo'?" The voice of a familiar man said behind me.
I turned around sharply and came face to chest with Gambit. Okay, I was short, but not yay-high short. I was seventeen inches taller. "No." I hated lying, but I wasn't going to tell him of all people.
"Me t'inks you're lying." He said in an annoying tone.
Zack got this scared look in his eyes when I didn't retort right away. "I gotta go." he said quickly then he went to the pack of young ones by the bushes.
"Great! Now the whole school is going to think I killed someone." I stalked away from him, he followed me and grabbed my arm to stop me. "Thanks a lot asshole."
"Hey, I'll make sure tha' i' won' be spread. I jus' wan' a straight answer."
I ripped my arm from his and crossed them over my chest. "Why do you want to know?"
He lowered his voice to a whisper. "Would you've killed me back dere?"
"Come here." I grabbed his arm and teleported the two of us to my room. "No, I wouldn't have decapitated you. The only reason I even went after you is because Rogue wanted you back here. Yes, I have killed in the past. Over five thousand in fact. If there's anything else ask it now before I change my mind!"
"Why?"
"Because if I didn't, millions of people would have died. I made the choice of thousands of lives over millions. What side of the ultimatum would you've been on?"
"Di' y' try not killing 'm?"
"What, you think I like murdering? I gave them a choice: leave the planet forever, or face extinction. They chose extinction, not me. Now unless there is anything else, please leave me alone."
I was about to push him out the door when he asked, "Why were y' wit Stryker?"
"I was helping out my friend."
"And how di dat work out fer y'?"
"Well, he's in a coma so it's better than before."
"I' was tha' bad?"
"Yeah it was. Now please leave me alone." He left the room willingly and shut the door behind him.
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"Professor! Professor! Is it true?" Zack ran into Charles' office.
"Is what true?"
"Did Andi Hojem really kill people?" That single question threw him for a loop. How did the children find out so quickly? She's only been awake for a half hour.
"Non," Came a reply before Charles had time to answer. "Brève-Remplir has no' killed anyone." Gambit came out of the shadow next to the Professor's bookcase.
"Then why did she say that she knew what it was like to kill things?"
"Brève-Remplir was trying to make y' feel be'er. I's wha' she does." Gambit got real close to Zack and whispered. "Now don' go spreadin' no lies aroun' de school. I's no' nice."
Zack looked into Gambit's red and black eyes, nodded with fright, and left the office.
"I didn't think you liked Andrea, Gambit." Charles said after Zack closed the door.
"Remy don'. But he's no' abou' t' ruin her vie 'ere. Brève-Remplir can do dat 'erself."
