A/N: Hey, I'm so sorry that it took me so long to get this up. I hope the wait was worth it. Had work and plus my internet went down for a while. But so far my computer screen has been doing fine, so that's a plus.
The class had turned out uneventful. It started with an introduction, Alexis could have lived without. Stretches followed then a short warm up. Many kids were left panting, sweating, and whining for the class to be over. Trans simply stood off by herself, no sweat on her face, her breathing normal. She shook her head through most of the class even as they worked their way through the rules of all of the games they would be playing for the semester.
By the time the class was finally over, Alexandria had had enough of the other kids. I don't see how I'm going to stand going through that over and over again. The other students filled past her, rushing to get a shower and change. It was the break time between classes and dinner, unless you had private lessons.
"Hey, Alexis right?" Turning her head, one eyebrow arched, she looked over at the male who had spoken. When he didn't say anything, he went on taking her silence as his answer. "You were really good out there." Shaking her head, the female turned away from the male and kept walking.
"Hey, I really meant it. Don't listen to the side comments the others make. They're just jealous." Finally, she stopped walking and the male jogged over to catch up.
"And you're just brown nosing. So unless you have anything useful to say like I promise to practice not whining, then I'm not listening." The male stood rigid, blinking a few times before his face fell.
"Oh… okay." He muttered. A group of girls from the class laughed as they walked by.
"We warned him. But since when does he ever listen to anything anyone has to say."
"Oh, did you hear?"
"What?"
"Randy was dared to ask that new girl out." About five shocked faces stared back at the blonde haired girl.
"Really?"
"Yeah, he's supposed to do it tomorrow after lunch."
Alexis shook her head about twenty feet away and kept walking. Stupid kids. They never learn. I guess this Randy kid will have a surprise waiting for him tomorrow. She chuckled, walking out of the mansion and back towards the forest. Unlike the rest of the surrounding area, nothing had changed out here by the appearance, but Trans knew better.
The tree she had climbed earlier had a fresh scent. Taking in a deep breath, a small growl sounded in the back of her throat. What the hell? How can an animal smell like a human too? Shaking her head, she climbed the tree about half way up and looked around. There wasn't anything in sight, and the smell was fresh. Nothing out… That means a predator. Normally there would be birds singing at this hour.
For hours the female refused to move, missing dinner and the warning bell to go back inside. Nearly midnight, Alexandria heard the first sounds of life. Sighing, she stayed still. The smell was becoming much too familiar for her tastes.
The man stopped just below the tree, she was sitting in and looked up. "Storm wants you to come in. "
"And I'm sure she sent you out here because you're the only one that can find me."
"Look, kid. I don't like this any more then you do." Jumping out of the tree, Alexis landed lightly beside of him.
"Yeah, I'm sure you don't," Looking around, she strengthened her senses so she could see much better then before. "Something isn't right. Smell the base of the tree." The scent was hours old, but Trans knew that since Wolverine had a much better sense of smell then she did that, he would still be able to smell it.
"What does it smell like?"
"A wolf," He said bluntly before taking in another whiff. "And a human with the same smell." Alexandria nodded her head.
"Odd isn't it? That a human and a wild animal can smell the same." The man didn't say anything, just letting the comment drop.
"Let's go, kid." The man responded as he started walking back towards the mansion. Shaking her head for the millionth time that day she followed after him.
Storm was waiting on the two of them when they reached the door. Her arms were folded across her chest, looking unpleased.
"I except you to follow the rules like everyone else. I may have been nice with your schedule, but you can't break the rules. I'm sorry."
Alexis folded one arm over the other in response. "I don't except to be treated any different. I'm just breaking the rules because I feel like it." She walked past Logan who didn't look like he cared about what was going on.
Storm turned to the man when she thought the teen was out of hearing range. "Logan, you understand her. Maybe you can help her out a bit. She needs someone and I seem not to be that person."
"It's not my place and you know it. People like us do what we want." They turned their heads and watched Trans walk up the stairs. There was a slight pause before rounding the corner and Logan nodded his head.
"What?" The white haired female asked.
"Nothing." He too, turned and walked to his room. Stopping off at the first level he turned and a few feet down the hall, was the brown haired girl who reminded him so much of how he used to be when he first arrived.
"I heard."
"I know." They stared at each other for a few seconds before both nodded at each other at nearly the same time.
"Thanks." Alexandria replied before turning to leave.
"Tell me something." The female stopped walking but didn't turn around. "Why don't you like people calling you Alexandria?"
"You'd understand more than anyone else," she turned back towards the man. Wolverine looked down at the girl, seeing for the first time, the child behind the mask- scared, alone, isolated, understanding, grown. "It was the name my mother gave me." She left the subject alone turning and walking back to the room she would not have any privacy. Logan nodded his head, heading to his own room.
Opening the door, Alexis could hear that most of the girls were asleep. The few that weren't opened their eyes, seeing who it was before closing them again and trying to sleep more than before. Shaking her head, the teen walked over to her bed and climbed in, still sleeping over top of her covers.
What the fuck? Bolting awake, Alexis climbed out of the bottom bunk and went straight to the window. Looking out below, she caught sight of a large animal trying to stay within the shadows. Eyes narrowing, she opened the window as quietly as she could. One of the other girls woke up and looked at her strangely.
"What are you doing?" Alexis pressed a finger to her lips before climbed out onto the roof below the window.
With the animal still in sight, she climbed down as quietly as she could, dropping the last feet and landing on the dew covered grass, staying low to the ground. A low growl sounded out, but it sounded odd. Sounding back with her own, Trans listened to a few leaves being rustled. Running after the sound, she ran across the yard, the early morning cold still settling.
Stopping at the edge of the woods she took a deep breath of air. Another growl sounded out of her own throat before she could stop it. That damn smell. Half animal, half human. Staring into the trees, she walked backwards until she was closer to the mansion than the woods before turning around. She walked back to the house and climbed up a small drain pipe, her light weight coming in handy before climbing back into the window. All of the girls were asleep.
Its weirder here than in the wild. She thought to herself, laying back down into a restless sleep.
A light shaking aroused, Alexis. Opening one eye, her hand darted out and stopped short of a small female's throat.
"I'm so sorry." The girl replied. "I didn't want you to be late for classes and the other girls don't like you so…" Trans pulled her hand back before pushing the girl away from her. "I didn't mean to upset you or anything." The girl kept on talking, but Alexis didn't hear her.
"What are you still doing here?" She snapped. The other girl shrank back before nodding swiftly before scurrying out of the room. Glancing out the window, Alexandria's eyes narrowed. Either I've finally lost it or something every strange is going on. For once I think I need to trust someone else. At least he's someone like me.
Heading down the hall, she started out towards where she knew Wolverine's classes would be. She could wait until the afternoon if she had to. But she figured he liked to be out there for a while making sure everything worked fine. Didn't want some stupid kid thinking he was strong just because some faulty equipment broke during an exercise.
"Excuse me, uh, Alexis right?" Turning around just as a hand was about to come down on her shoulder, the female looked up at a boy she had never seen before.
"What?"
"I was wondering if you would… uh, like to go out with me?" And this must be Randy.
Without thinking, Alexis allowed the animal nature she honed, loose. A growl formed in the back of her throat, her eyes changed as every sense was over loaded with powers, and she reeled back and punched the male in the jaw. There was the sound of crushing bones and screams from the surrounding students.
