"Ugh." I moan as i awaken from whatever the heck had happened to me. I move my hand up to touch my head and as soon as i do i sharply recoiled from the touch. What had happened to my head? Why did it pound like ten drummers drumming right next to my ears. I was in a pure white room, i have never been in here before. Must be some sort of... Hospital like area? Or at least that's what i figured by what was around.

I heard my dad say from the outside "Is she okay Professor? What happened to her? Will she be alright?" He sounded so rushed. I never heard him sound so rushed before except when i had broken my arm the previous summer while trying to play with some of the mutants.

The Professor said "She will be fine, she just banged her head pretty hard." When did i bang my head? Where did i bang my head? The Professor then continued "But i have noticed a few.." He got to quiet for me to hear what he said next, but my father gasped at whatever he said.. Then he spoke louder and said "Well Scott, shes awake now if you want to speak with her." Really? It took him that long to notice i was awake? He usually was able to notice when i was awake the exact moment that i was awake. So, what was different?

My dad said "Okay." and in a few seconds he walked through the door to talk to me.

He said "Hey Jessica. Are you okay?"

I said "Kinda. My head hurts."

He took a second to check how harmed i was and he said "What happened?"

I said "I think a kid from The Brotherhood ran into me..."

He said "The Brotherhood? Like The Brotherhood?"

I said "Yeah that's what some of the kids said... Why?"

He didn't respond, he just stormed out of the room with this look that said "Time for Revenge."

The Professor decided to roll in at that moment and said "Hello Jessica Alexandria."

I said "Hi Professor."

He asked "Are you okay?" The same exact thing my father asked me...

I said "Yeah. Just a little cranium damage."

He said "Yeah. You gave us quite a scare."

I said "How?"

He said "Well, its pretty big."

I said "Oh."

He said "But we have run some tests while you were out and everything seems okay..." He trailed off. For the first time since he ever talked to me he trailed off. Woah. What second dimension did i throw myself into with that hit?

I said "Professor, what are you keeping from me?"

He said "It's nothing Jessica."

I said "Well then, would you mind telling me the thing that's nothing?"

He said "I'm sorry Jessica, but you don't need to know any of this."

I said "Then answer me this Professor, Who is this Brotherhood?"

He said "Another group of mutants, a real bad group. The group is run by a woman named Mystique."

I said "Okay."

He said "Any other questions?"

I said "Nope."

He said "Okay. Well i'll just leave you alone with your thoughts."

Actually, the only thing i could think about was what was so secretive that the Professor couldn't even tell me about. I mean that was so unlike the Professor...