I own none of the X-Men characters/places. The character of Jessica Gion/Blaze is my own creation. The other characters and places belong to the creators of theX-Men comics and the creators of the X-Men films.
Pyro awoke first the next morning. The smell of Jessica's strawberry shampoo invading his nostrils. He pushed himself up slightly and looked down at the girl he'd made love to the night before. He smiled as he saw her cuddled up next to him with the covers pulled around her like a cloak. That strawberry scented hair of hers splayed out on the white pillowcase like a fiery waterfall. One tendril fell down into her face and Pyro reached down to brush it aside. Jessica stirred. She stretched and looked up at him.
"Morning sunshine," she said smiling.
"Morning," Pyro replied.
Jessica pushed herself up to where she was now equal with Pyro. They were looking at each other now in a staring contest of sorts. They both burst out laughing. Pyro leaned over and kissed her lightly. Outside in the hallway they could hear girls out in the hallway making their way to their classes.
As much as she didn't want to get up, she knew she had to. Jessica was going to meet one of her old childhood friends, Jason Kendal for lunch. They had been friends ever since she could remember, they had been neighbors at one time. Jessica had just recently learned that Jason had moved back into town, so they decided to meet for lunch. Jason had always accepted her for being different. Those silvery-gray eyes and that unnaturally red and orange hair made it evident that Jessica wasn't exactly human. Jason was human though, the All-American boy next-door.
She had survived her freshman and sophmore year of high school, because he had helped her through it. That was her perspective on it anyway. He had never judged her nor she him, that's the way the liked it. Then at the end of their sophmore year he had moved away and all hell broken loose at school and at home for Jessica. She became bitter and angry and had never looked back, until now.
"Well, I've got to get up," she told Pyro.
"What, now?
"Yeah, remember I told you I'm meeting my old friend, Jason today?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot," Pyro answered a little edge of envy in his voice.
"John Allerdyce that wouldn't be a hint of jealously I hear now would it?"
Pyro averted her eyes and looked away.
She laughed a little. "John you've got nothing to worry about. We're just friends, that's all we've ever been," a little tick of her British accent showing as she said 'been.'
Jessica was now sitting up on the side of the bed. She lean over and kissed him. She slid out from under the covers and stood up.
She gave him a playful smile and sexily threw his shirt she'd been wearing in his face. She let out a girly giggle. He went to grab her around that waist but she doged him.
"No, I've got to get ready," she told him.
Jessica went over to her closet and got out a pair of jeans and a gray and black striped sweater. She finished gathering up the rest her neccesities and grabbed her clothes from the night before off the floor and put them in the hamper. Then Jessica went into the bathroom and closed the door.
She came out newly fresh and clean from the shower and dryed her hair. She tossed that extremely long mane of her's up into some elegently twisted hairdo and put on her shoes. She grabbed her purse off the chair by the door and turned to Pyro.
"Well, I'll be back in a little while. See you then," she said giving him a little peck on the lips.
He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her closer deppening the kiss.
"Umph, John I've got to go," she said pulling away from him.
Her reluctantly let her go. She backed away from him, gave him a little wave and headed out the door. Jessica was meeting Jason at the small diner just down the street. She would have to walk down the back alley to get there. As Jessica turned the corner and headed down the alley. It was dark and foggy in the alley and smelled of grotesque rotted cheese and runoff water from the gutters.As she reached the middle of the alley a shadow moved in the rolling fog.
"Well, well what do we have here. Hiya honey," a man said.
He had corn yellow hair cut short, and spiked. He wore a pair of leather pants, and a black button-up shirt with a biker vest. His eyes were a crazy shade of clear blue that shone in the darkness. Not unlike Jessica's gray ones. He was human though, absolutely human Jessica could tell.
"Who's little girl are you," he asked.
"Certainly not yours!"
He grabbed her wrist.
"Wait, wait hold on now, where are you going baby? You talk tough but you're not dangerous at all are you," he said pulling her into himself.
She could smell his cheap cologne and beer he was drunk. He must have passed out in the alley because it was no place for a biker to hang out.
"Oh no not dangerous at all," she said an extremely innocent little girl tone.
In one swift swoop Jessica's hands were on fire. She burnt her attackers arm and he let go of her. Then she turned and engulfed his entire body in flames. The man didn't even have time to let out a scream he was already dead before his body hit the ground.
"No not dangerous at all you jerk off," Jessica repeated again as she stepped over the man's body and went on down the alley.
She headed toward the diner. When she reached the door she did a double check on how she looked inthe glass first, then she pulled it open and went inside. Several people were sitting in the booths and tables that littered the diners floor. Some of them looked up at her making faces and she could almost read what they were thinking.
Crazy punk kids. Who is that? What's wrong with kids these days, have to have rings in their noses and lips and dye their hair weird colors.
Someone near the back stood up. It was Jason. His sandy brown hair was a little shaggy falling down into his face as always. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a nice black very fitted shirt. Jason had blue eyes, a long slender face, and a very pointed nose. He waved at her. Jessica walked over to the table.
"Hey, you," she cried joyfully. "How've you been man?"
Jason had an extremely worried look on his face.
"Good," he said uneasily.
"I-is something wrong," Jessica asked noticing his unease.
"Jess, I think something's happening to me," Jason said his eyes looking scared.
"Like what," Jessica asked.
"I killed a guy last night with my bare hands. He was trying to get fresh with Lilly."
"You're kidding right? Plain old gentle Jason? And, I thought you and Lily broke it off."
"Jessie I'm not kidding around here! I crushed his neck like it was a soda can! And Lilly's pregnant," he said.
Jessica knew that he was telling the truth. He never called her Jessie unless he really wanted her to take him seriously.
"I think I'm what'd they use to call you... freak?"
"Mutant is the right term. Okay let's not panic here. I know some people who can help you figure this out," Jessica forced the words out putting her hand to her forehead taking in all that he'd just told her.
Jason seemed to relax a little but his eyes still darted around the diner wildly.
"I don't...," he began. "I don't want the baby to be like me."
"Jason it's a huge possibility that it will end up a mutant. The males are the ones who carry the Mutant X gene and pass it on," Jessica informed him.
"Will it the same... abilities as I do?"
"I don't that Jason. Each of our abilities are different. Some of our parents aren't even mutants out fathers just carry the gene."
"Do you still want to eat," Jessica asked him.
"No, no I think we'd better go and see these people you know," Jason answered almost flying out of the booth and putting on his coat.
"Okay,"
The two of them walked out of the diner and into the dark alley.
"Ew what's that smell," Jason said wrinkling up his nose.
"Um nothing, probably just trash," well she'd told him part of the truth anyway. The biker guy had been trash.
They finally reached the mansion and stood outside the front double doors. Jason looked up at the sprawling building. It reminded him of a castle with its huge stone outer shell.
"What is this place?"
"The Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters," Jessica said.
"What is it like a prep school," Jason asked.
"It's not what you'd cala prep school. This is a home to people like us."
"You mean like you," Jason said.
"No, like us."
Jessica put her hand on his shoulder comforting him as she grabbed the knob and pushed open the door. The two of them walked in standing in the entry way of the mansion. Students were making their way to their next classes. Some where making things fly down the halls, another seemed to be reading with the book they were carrying closed. Some had strange colored hair and skin.
Jason was bewildred at all the kids he saw.
A scary looking creature came walking down the halls toward them. His entire body was a dark blue and he had rased scars everywhere. His eyes were like a tigers, they were amber colored. Jason could see he had pointed teeth. His hands and feet looked like those you might picture on a demon. He had a long pointed tail Jason grabbed onto Jessica's shoulder almost trying to hide behind her.
"Ha ha, Jason don't be such a scardie cat," Jessica laughed.
"Gutentag," the creature spoke.
"Hi Kurt," Jessica said. Then she took his tail and did a little spin while holding onto it, as a person would spin with a dance partner.
"You're getting better all the time," Jessica said. She had been giving Kurt dance lessons.
"Bitte schön," he replied.
Nightcrawler gave a small bow and headed off down the hall.
"Who or what was that guy," Jason asked still mystified with the encounter.
"That was Kurt Wagner also known as "The Incredible Nightcrawler" in the Munich circus," Jessica replied as Kurt did whenever he introduced himself to someone.
They were making their way down the hall to Storm's office, which had once been Professor Xaiver's before his death. Jessica spoted John a little ways down.
"John, John," she cooed.
Pyro turned around to see Jessica standing there with some big oaf behind her. He was standing too close for Pyro's liking and his shirt was a little too tight for his liking too. This must be the infamous Jason.
John was talking to Remy LeBou, Jessica noticed. He waved at her and then turned back to Remy to tell him he'd be right back. John reluctantly made his way through the crowd in the hall.
"Hey, what's up," he said finally when he'd made it through the maze of students.
"John meet Jason. Jason meet John. He's my roommate."
Pyro gave her a look and raised his eyebrows at her.
"He's my roommate and boyfriend," Jessica said finally.
Pyro's face relaxed and he looked positively smug. Jason stretched out his hand and Pyro took it.
"Wow that's a hell of a handshake you've got there Mason," Pyro said messing up the other guy's name on purpose.
"It's Jason, and sorry," Jason said removing his hand from Pyro's and shoving it into his pocket.
They stood there silent for a beat.
"Um Jess can I talk to you for a minute," Pyro said.
"Okay um sure," Jessica said. "I'll be right back, stay here you'll be safe."
Pyro pulled Jessica to the side far enough away to where Jason couldn't eavesdrop on their conversation.
"What is he doing here," Pyro asked.
"I brought him here," Jessica said.
"Oh wow really I never would've guessed," Pyro spat.
"John be nice I brought him here because he's having trouble adjusting to the fact that he's a mutant," Jessica told him.
"He's a mutant, but I thought you said he was human," Pyro grunted.
"I thought so but it seems a lot has changed with him since I've seen him."
"And what was that stuff about not telling him you're with me," Pyro said.
"John I didn't mean anything by it but I don't want to spring so many things on him at once. I don't want to fight with you."
"You're right I'm sorry. But, don't you think he should know just in case he gets any ideas," Pyro said his eyebrows going up on the word 'ideas.'
"Well he knows now doesn't he. Plus, his girlfriend is pregnant I don't think he's going to leave her."
Jessica let out a huff and stomped back to Jason.
"Are you okay," Jason asked.
"I'm fine," she said trying to compose herself.
Jones, the kid who could control electrical things with a blink of his eye cam up to Jessica.
"Hi Jones what can I do for you," Jessica asked.
"Storm wants to see you,"Jones replied.
"Okay thanks," Jessica said.
Just then Storm and Hank appeared in the hallway. They stopped in front of Jessica and Jason.
"H Jessica who's this," Hank asked.
"This is Jason, he's an old friend of mine. Just lately he's started to exhibit powers. I was hoping Storm might be able to help him," Jessica informed them.
"I can't right now but I do want to talk to you in my office in a few minutes. But, maybe Hank wouldn't mind sitting down with you friend and helping him with what he needs to know," Storm offered.
"Of course," Beast replied.
Jessica nodded.
"Thanks Jason, go with Dr. Hank McCoy. He'll explain everything you need to know."
Jessica know that Jason would be reluctant to leave her and go with a blue furry man wearing glasses and a three piece suit but he followed Beast up the stairs.
Storm waited for the two men to leave then turned to Jessica.
"Let's go talk in my office."
Along the way they picked up Pyro who had resumed his conversation with Gambit.
When they were safely inside her office the words flew.
"How could you even think of doing something like that in the mansion!? What if it had been some other younger kid that had walked in on you instead of Warren?"
"Then they would've gotten quite a show now wouldn't they," Pyro chuckled.
"Ugh! If you want to do that go off the grounds, get a hotel room. Something. Geez! You know better than to conduct yourselves in this manner! I would expect this kind of thing from you John but Jessica you are a sweet girl," Storm was shouting.
"I'm not that sweet, nor am I that innocent," Jessica said. "Or have you forgotten my criminal record?"
"And of all the things you could've killed Warren last night," Storm roared.
"No I couldn't have. I didn't want to get blood and ashes all over the nice carpet," Jessica spat sarcastically.
Storm balled her hands into fists and a dark thick cloud of fog was starting to roll around the ceiling.
"This is the final warning for both of you! If you so much as touch another student in this school and I find out about it I'll throw you both out! Jessica stay away from Kitty, and John if you so much as set foot in the same room as Warren you're gone! Now, get out of my sight before I change my mind."
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