He grabbed my shoulders and shook me, saying, "Snap out of it!" I calmed down, and pushed him away. "I'm sorry. It's force of habit." "The prof. said you had amnesia. Is there any way I can help? I turned to face him, tears falling down.
"The amnesia's gone now. He's coming. I'm the one he wants, and he's not afraid to kill for me. I must go."
He caught my hand. "Stay. He can't have you. I won't allow it." He led me back to a private study where the rest of them were waiting. The professor insisted, "Hannah, we need to know the truth. It may save lives." I took a deep breath, thinking, "Fine. If they want it, they're gonna get it."
"Hannah Carter is dead, Charles Xavier. She died on Friday, October 13, when he uncle adopted her from the orphanage. She was six years old. Aria Lovella was born in her place. I was there for eight years. I escaped six and a half years ago. He caught me only once. Then, he caught me outside of New York, and there is where Cyclops and Storm found me."
The prof. asked, "Do you have any other family? Who is your uncle and is he the one chasing you?" I shook my head. "My parents were killed during a subway hijack. The tunnel collapsed. Only the five children survived: me, three others, and my brother, David Logan Carter."
I fastened my eyes on Logan, whom I hadn't seen in 15 years. Before they could speak, I continued, "My hunter is Sabertooth. My uncle- Eric Lenscher."
In the silence that followed, I bowed my head, and displayed what abilities I had. Wings, with a 30-foot span, unfolded from my back, an orb of water appeared in my left hand, and ropes of water spun from the fingers of my other hand, twirling around me.
I raised my face, changed to resemble the professor's, with eyes of pure white, and spoke, in a dragon-deep voice. "I am she who controls the seas, she who bends air beneath her wings. I am she who is dead, and lives. I am Aria Lovella. I am Aqua."
The water ropes spun faster and faster around me as I spoke, obscuring all but my dead-white eyes. They slowed and shrank, along with my wings and orb, finally disappearing. I bowed my head, awaiting their judgment. The professor rolled forward, laid a hand on my shoulder and said, "Welcome to the X-Men."