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Everyone piled out of the mall. Scott and Kurt headed for Scott's car, and Jean and the girls climbed in Jean's SUV.
"Need a ride Mr. Srevla?" Scott asked.
"No thank you." Chris grinned. "I have my own." He walked up to a 2013 not-quite-available-to-the-publice sports car. He revved the engine, causing quite a fuss. As he drove in front of Scott, he bragged. "She gets 43 miles to the gallon. How good is yours?"
Scott muttered something about 20-something, then pulled out the parking space.
"That was intense." Jean said.
"I know right?" Amanda was sitting up front in the passenger's seat.
"Do yah thahnk he really is Lahnce's cousin?"
Kitty glanced up. "I suppose. They look like twins."
"There was something familiar about him though..." Jean responded quietly.
Everyone was in better moods by the time they arrived at the mansion. The chattering ensued, and the professor rolled in. "You're back."
"Professor! You'll never guess who this is!" Kitty smiled.
Chris turned around. "Professor Xavier. So nice to meet you again."
Charles looked dumbfounded.
"This is Chris Srevla!" Kitty laughed. "He's Lance's cousin!"
Charles extended his hand. "It's...good to see you again...Chris."
Chris smirked, shaking the professor's hand hard. They clearly knew each other.
"Charles?" Ororo's sweet voice asked as she stepped in. "Lance?"
Charles cleared his throat. "It's Chris."
Ororo nodded, mouthing the name.
Logan closed the door behind him as he stepped in. He sniffed the air, about to speak.
"Logan, you haven't met Chris Srevla yet. He's Lance's-" Charles coughed, "-cousin."
Logan scowled at Chris, growling loudly. He glanced at Charles, saying, "We all know this won't work. He should just give up."
"Logan." Ororo glared. "Not here. Not now. Let's go."
Logan shook his head, taking a sip of his beer. "If Alvers' cousin-" Logan did his fingers as quotes around the word cousin. "-here comes near this place again, I swear I'll gut 'im."
"You'll do no such thing." Ororo grabbed Logan by the arm and guided him outside, where everyone could hear them arguing.
"That's...Mr. Logan. He's supposed to be our mentor. Or one of them." Kitty's eyes were wide.
So were Chris'. He regained his composure, smiling. "Lance told me about old Badger there. Said he had a sniffer better than anyone else's."
Scott nodded. "He can tell what kind of toilet paper you use, or so he says."
Chris smiled again. "Then he'll be impressed by mine."
Chris discussed all kinds of things with the X-Men, Lance being the biggest topic.
What scared Scott the most, was the fact that Chris knew everything about them, just like he said. He clearly knew what he talked about, and he talked in detail.
Jean had told Scott telepathically that Chris was blocking her. She couldn't read his thoughts, nor know his intentions. Neither one of them knew how he did that, because the one thing Jean could tell was that he was not a telepath.
Scott wanted to desperately ask the Professor, but he knew Charles was not going to talk. Maybe he could talk with Logan...
Yin: Guys, we're sorry about getting things out so slow the past month or whatever. We've all been sick _ plus the computer has been fritzy. So yeah. Dad was in the hospital over getting sick, so we were gone for a while too. We'll try to do better.