The roof seemed an obvious choice in Kurt's mind. You could see almost the entirety of the X-Mansion's property. There was the swimming pool out back, and the long driveway in front. On either side there were large green open spaces where a few of the earlier risers at the institute played and fought with each other. A couple of students waved at them, but for the most part, they passed unseen.
"Woah..." said Haddy, taking a peak over the edge of the roof. "How did you do that?"
Kurt puffed his chest out proudly. "Easy. This was nothing. I can do cooler. Watch this!" He ran along the edge of the roof before throwing himself off. He waited for the gasp as the girl processed what he had done, then reappeared behind her in a puff of smoke.
"Ta-da!" he said spreading his arms widely. "That was good, eh?"
She nodded, her eyes wide. He'd quite obviously surprised her.
"It is all part of being an X-Man," he said with a certain smugness in his voice.
"Jumping off of buildings?"
"What? No. I meant, you know- Poof." He spread his fingers to imitate the puff of smoke he generated. "It's my power. Though, come to think of it, jumping off of buildings seems to be something we do quite often..." He cocked his head at her, scrutinizing her with a pair of yellow eyes. "You must have some clue what your power is. Can you phase?"
"Huh?"
"Go through things."
She shook her head. "Nope. If I could, do you think I would have spent last night trapped in that room?"
"Hm... What about the laser eye thing Scott does? Can you do that?"
Haddy answered that with a look that clearly came across as, "Are you kidding me?"
"Apparently not," said Kurt. "And you don't seem to teleport. Do you change into any animals? Unexplained hair on your legs?"
"Only when I forget to shave," she said. "I'm pretty sure I'd know if I was a werewolf or something."
"Probably," said Kurt, giving a smirk. "Hey, what about telepathy, like Jean and the Professor? Have you been doing anything like that recently?"
The girl paused, looking out over the trees. There was quite the forest on the property, and the green trees were slowly but surely starting to fringe with yellow for the coming Autumn. Sooner than later, the entire forest would break out in the color of a banana, then after a few weeks, similar to a banana, the leaves would turn brown before falling off. Once the leaves fell, massive leaf pile action would be going down, that was for sure.
"The Professor talked with me in my head last night, but I don't know. I don't feel any different. I don't know what you're thinking about right now."
"Bananas and leaf piles," Kurt informed her.
She laughed. "Okay, then..."
"Come on," he said, grabbing her wrist. "We've got more to see!"
And with that, he whisked them both off to the ground in a puff of gray smoke.
"So, Professor, what is she? How can she not know what her power is?" asked Scott
Evan had gone outside to practice basketball and Kitty was still asleep. Rogue had come down shortly after Kurt had left to give Haddy the tour. Now, everyone besides them had gathered around the table discussing the new recruit.
"Scott, let me put it this way. Envision a balloon. Right now, her power is fueling up from something, I am not sure what quite yet; the fueling up is what Cerebro sensed. Now, when she gets the headaches, that is her beginning to over fuel, as it were. With a balloon, you know what happens when it is overfilled?"
"It explodes," Rogue said. "So what you're saying is she's gonna blow up?"
The Professor frowned. "I am not positive. I have never dealt with a situation like this before. It is possible that she could simply grow out of this and learn how to use her power, with the correct coaching. However, without it..."
"Pop goes the weasel," Logan said grimly, while munching on a piece of toast.
The Professor nodded. "In the meantime, I will monitor her closely with Cerebro. If any of you suspect that the headaches are getting worse, find Logan, Storm, or me and alert us immediately."
"Of course, Professor," said Scott, answering for all of them.
"Oh, and, Jean?"
"Yes, Professor?" Jean leaned forward in her seat.
"I want you to stay as far away from her as possible. One slip of your powers could be the nudge to push her off of the tipping point. She seems extremely frail and vulnerable when it comes to telepathy. When you are close to her, watch yourself."
Jean nodded. "Got it, Professor," she said, though she did seem slightly put out. Jean was a social butterfly; having someone off limits for her to befriend was quite a new prospect.
"Why can't I just drain some of it?" asked Rogue, lifting a glove clad hand. "The stuff in her head, I mean. Couldn't that stop the pressure?"
"It might," said the Professor. "Or it might cause her to lose control of the fuel in her mind. I have considered it, but that will be our last resort. Besides, I am afraid of what it could do to you, do not even know what this fuel is."
"I can handle it," she said, sinking back into her seat and fiddling with a lock of her hair.
"At any rate, you should probably go about finding Kurt and Hadrianne. I believe Logan had some exercises planned."
A collective groan rang out around the table, cut short by a growl from Logan. At that noise everyone immediately quieted and put on their best fake grins. After a few uncomfortable seconds of Logan glaring at them individually, they all excused themselves to go find Kurt and Haddy, except for Jean, who had volunteered to wake Kitty up. Jean was a good person for the job since she could stop any of the objects Kitty might decide to throw at her.
"I'll check the sides," said Scott. "Rogue, can you check the back? We can check the front last and-"
"Why'd you have to pull her tail?" Haddy.
"It was supposed to be a joke! I can't help it if she has no sense of humor." Kurt.
Scott sighed. "Never mind. I think we've found them."
"Dude," said Kurt, running up to Scott and grabbing his arm. "She's going to kill us, I swear!"
"Did you pull one of the lycanthrope's tail again?"
"I didn't think she would react so fast!"
"Kurt..."
"She's found us! Hide!"
He grabbed their arms and they reappeared inside the mansion. Logan walked into the room.
"Good," he said. "You found them."
"We have sessions?" Kurt moaned. "Why didn't you tell me? I would have teleported somewhere else."
"What sessions?" asked Haddy.
Logan grinned mischievously. "Trust me, kid. You'll love 'em."