Clara let out a steady breath as she made a right turn through the maze that she already knew by heart. A student was in the middle walking through making Clara leap over to the side before she jumped back into the center once more. She could feel a slight gleam of sweat coming up from her skin as she loved the feeling of her lungs expanding more than normal as she ran faster. Working on the student's grades felt almost too cramping as she never even knew that being a physical education teacher would have homework. Sometimes, days like this she would just blow it off and make a mental note to work on them… or until Charles tells her to bring in her progress report on her students.
She heard something rustling on the other side of the maze and decided to take a turn left to figure out what was going on. Once she turned, she noticed a couple as the girlfriend giggled from her boyfriend sucking on her neck. Clara couldn't help but give a wicked smile as she made her way over to the children. She stopped just a few paces away from them and placed her hands on her hips as she tried to catch her breath.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Clara asked brightly.
"Miss Clara!" the girl gasped as her boyfriend leaped back.
The boy cleared his throat, "We were just, uh-"
"I know a great place to take it to second base… detention, Saturday morning" Clara gave a thumbs up.
The girl groaned as the boy tried to justify what they were doing but Clara didn't pay attention as she gave him a helpless shrug. Clara turned and ran back down into the maze as she couldn't help but chuckle to herself. Sometimes it was great to have the authority that she does as a teacher.
Charles sometimes worries that she might abuse her power but so far, Clara's been a good girl. Only giving punishment when it was needed but also has a slight turn for enjoying it too much.
She burst through one of the exits as she stopped and placed her hands on her hips once again, leaned her head up to the sky, and gave a sigh.
Clara checked the time as she found that even stopping to give off detention, she still beat her target time. With a smile on her face she walked away and started to head on over to the mansion. She rounded the corner just as she noticed Charles and Hank with a blonde haired man and a boy with a bandage over his eyes. Her curiosity got the best of her as she turned and started to head in their direction. Clara gave off a friendly smile as she waved at Charles before he stopped and waved out to Clara.
"I would like you introduce you to another teacher, she's our physical education teacher" Charles turned to Clara, "Clara this is Alex Summers, one of my first students and his brother Scott"
Clara reached out and took Alex's hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you"
"You too" Alex nodded.
"We were just about to test out Scott's gifts, Clara" Charles looked up to her, "Would you like to join?"
Clara beamed, "Of course, it's one of my favorite parts of meeting a student"
Clara looked over to Scott who seemed to pinch his mouth into a tight line as they all continued to walk. She's seen that look before on most students who had trouble with their abilities being outward. She remembered the times of waking up to her room being in flames again. Unlike everyone at this school, Clara had to learn to control it on her own, until Erik found her and made her see the endless possibilities of being the higher species to mankind.
"What are your powers, Clara?"
"She's a pyromaniac"
Clara glared at Hank, "Not exactly. My powers are fire based, I can heal myself and see into the future with my flames too"
"So can you win the lottery or something?" Scott asked.
"I tried that" Clara laughed, "No, I only get visions when I sense danger"
Charles cleared his throat, "And other things, like visions that have no meaning, sometimes she can check in on us just to see how we're doing"
"I can make those come at will" Clara told them, "Some of them are warnings believe it or not"
"Am I missing something here?" Hank asked, "I thought that we were here to assess Scott's powers"
"Absolutely!" Clara yelled out a little bit too loudly.
"The first step to understanding one's power is learning the extent of it" Charles began, "Only then can we begin the process of teaching you how to control it. If you do decide to stay, I can promise you that by the time you're done here, you'll be able to go back into the world and play a stable and productive part in it. Why don't you take your bandages off and we can have a look at what we're dealing with here? Alex, will you line him up? Face him in the right direction, as it were. There's a target just across the water. When you open your eyes, try and hit that"
Clara folded her arms over her chest as Alex moved Scott so he was standing in front of the direction of the target. When Scott took off his bandages, he let out a shuddering breath as he wiggled his fingers around. Clara looked up and exchanged a look with Hank before turning back towards Scott.
"You can open your eyes, Scott" Charles beckoned, "There's nothing to be afraid of. It's quite-"
Suddenly, a blast of ruby light shot out of Scott's eyes as it lasered across the lake, past the target, and up a tree. Clara couldn't help but jump back and let out a yelp before Scott jammed his eyes shut.
"Look out! Get back!" a girl shrieked.
"Get back! Get back!" yelled more students.
Once everyone recovered, Charles let out a laugh as he smiled at the thin, black, line running straight across an old tree.
Charles turned to Scott, "My grandfather planted that tree when he was five years old. I used to swing from the branches of it, myself"
Clara heard a groan as she turned and noticed that the tree collapsed, split in two as Charles stopped for a moment before confessing, "I think that was probably my favorite tree"
Clara couldn't help but giggle as Scott asked, "Does that mean I'm expelled?"
"Oh, on the contrary" Charles beamed, "You're enrolled"