A new mutant, Professor Charles Xavier strained himself, feeling the pulsing of various different mutants buzz around him, feeling them through the contraption they called Cerebro. There was one in New York, close to where they were - a female, by what he could tell. Pulling the device away from his own head, the man turned and wheeled his way back. "Storm!" he called out, waiting for the woman to appear . The door slammed open, as storm walked into the mental room. " Yes, professor, what did you find?" storm asked in interest of the subject."A new mutant, prepare everyone. I have a feeling this one's going to need a whole load of us to be there," he said slowly, stopping as he looked up at her.
"Who have we got?"
" Well There is Spike, Wolverine, Vectora, Shadowcat, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, cyclops , Myself and you, is that enough?" Storm asked politely.
Logan appeared not long after she had finish her sentence."What about the girl, Hayleigh? Why don't we send her along with them. She needs the experience, and besides, perhaps it will ensure that she makes the right decision as to whether she'll join us or not." He nodded to Logan, who simply nodded back, looking around for anyone else who may appear.
" Yes, Xavier but she doesn't have a uniform" Storm informed him. She glanced at the celebro screen, looking at the details of the mutants powers. Hmmm interesting powers she thought to herself
"Let her borrow someone's, either that or just let her make do in her own clothes. We'll only use her if it is absolutely necessary."
"Oh alright then, Logan will you tell the team to come to the blackbird hanger please" she said to Logan, as she leftd the room.
"Yes sir," he said, looking down at the man in the wheelchair.
"Ain't that your job?" he added with a smirk, walking out of the room as the professor stayed there for a moment, looking around the room before wheeling his way out. Logan walked around the mansion, trying to remember which room it was that Hayleigh slept in.
"Bloody kids," he muttered to himself, passing a few of the younger students on his way around. He stopped one and asked if she knew where it was that the girl slept, but with no luck at all. Finally he was in luck when a door opened in front of him, revealing the body of the girl in which he'd been searching for.
"You, you're coming with me. I'll explain once we're in the blackbird, now get in!" he said to her, grabbing her by the shoulder as they charged forwards.
" HEY, personal space please, and let go of me, " She yelled" The Blackbird? .. wait that Jet ... oh no you are not getting me on that thing again" She dug her nails into the side of the door. She smirked, as she tighten her grip around the door frame.
"Come on kiddo, don't make this harder than it has to be, let go!" he shouted at her, pulling at her shoulder harder as he tried to pull her away from the door.
" I seriously don't do flying, really i am a land lover " she joked , as he pulled her harder,"noo... " she felt her hand slide slowly off the down frame. She watched the pairs of beady eyes of the other students watching her.
"Just because you teenagers like to make a scene..." Logan muttered, pulling her away from the door finally.
"Come on kid, just get in the jet and get over yourself."She frowned, she had lost the battle between her and Logan.
" Stupid werido" she muttered under her breath, she felt Logan's hands grip her shoulder in a iron hold, he pushed her down the hallways, leading back to the elevator from before. Hayleigh felt the door slammed closer, stopping her from escaping anythime soon, though having a brawny man stood behing you didn't help either. the force of the lift pulling them further down into the firm grip on her shoulders remianed there. the door swooshed opened revealing a hanger with the Black Jet from when she first met the X-men, she frowned as more figures from that day emerged. There was Jean dressed in the all in one jumpsuit, all the suits looked amazing on them, she felt plain and normal, standing next to them. Logan nudged her out of the lift, she stumbled forward as the glaze of the team was turned towards her. trying to return to the evelator , Logan blocked her way , he smiled with a twisted look on his face. she grunted, as she walked to the back od the crowd.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Jacinta called out impatiently, her foot hitting the ground as she finally stopped using her vectors and put herself back down on the ground. Spyke nodded in approval and stepped forwards, making his way towards the jet. He was soon stopped by Logan, who put a hand on his back and pulling him away.
"Not just yet, kid," he said, looking up to the professor. "That's right," the bald man said, "just wait one moment. Scott, Jean - why don't you address the situation at hand to the rest of them who aren't in the know."
Jean and Scott nodded, stepping forward. Scott and Jean held themselves high as they began to explain.
" Thanks professor, well .. team , a new mutant has been located in the center of new york, not to far from here." scott stated, he looked at Jean for her to continued.
"Her powers only have surfaced yesterday evening, so we must approach her with kind, not scarying her. We will divide into 3 groups, Scott, Spkye and Kitty , Next Myself and Storm and then Nightcrawler, Jacinta , Hayleigh and Wolverine, Understand?" she said. Hayleigh's eyes widened, as everyone stepped on to the jet, she tried to shuffle back, only to hit Logan's chest.
The jet landed, and Logan was the first to reach the door as it lowered to reveal the steps. He slowly walked down and waited out for his team, tapping his foot as he realised that Hayleigh wasn't going to be the most co-operative at all. "Why me?" he muttered, wondering why she couldn't have been put with Jean and Storm. Kurt appeared beside him, and Jacinta wasn't far behind him anyway. "Oi Blondie, get your friend will ya?" he called to her, wishing they could hurry up and get out of there.
Spyke however dawdled, hoping that he could somehow get his way out of this and end up staying beside Xavier to "protect him" instead of going out with the others. This was not to be however, as he saw Scott motion towards him.
"Oh brother," he whispered to himself, walking over to the older boy.
Jean and Storm began to discuss which direction to search first. Kitty and Kurt were laugh together, and smiling. Though Logan just stood there with his arms crossed. The faint aruguing in the jet from Jacinta and Hayleigh, made Logan smirked as he leaned against the Jet : waiting. Turning back, Jacinta sighed and looked at the brunette in the jet. "Just come out and try and do something useful for once in your life okay?" she snapped at Hayleigh, not wanting to give Logan the satisfaction of her losing. "Otherwise, we're just gonna go without you. S'fine with me. Although I'd assume you'll get shredded by puppy over there with his claws, it's your choice."" ohh puppy , i am so scared, and i dont have to go " she said turning to glaze out her window. Jean turned around to see Jacinta leaning against the inside of the jet , talking to Hayleigh , she felt the urge to but in but she refuse , hoping Jacinta could persuade her to come out.
"Fine, but I'm not going to make it easy for you to stay in here you know," she grinned, lifting one of her vectors in front of Hayleigh's face, grabbing a strand of her hair and pulling it, wanting to drag her out of the jet by it.
" ow ow ow , let go of my hair" she screamed as Jacinta dragged her out of the jet, the attention was turned to the screaming girl. Jacinta smirked as she let go of her hair. Logan patted Jacinta on the shoulder, as a sign of ' good job'. Hayliegh frowned as she watched Logan , Jacinta and this blue ceature talk. she stared at the creature, his yellow eyes, and blue fur and tail, she felt the fear engulf her. Kurt felt slightly odd, feeling eyes on him. The boy looked over at Hayleigh and swiftly moved on his conversation with Jacinta, disappearing for a moment as he made his way to just behind where Hayleigh was standing.
"Is it because I'm furry?" he asked her, holding out a hand to his face. "Are you allergic to animals?""No.. sorry i didn't mean to stare, i just remember you" she stated, though she had to force out the last word.
She felt the over whelming guilt of judging him so quickly, he seemed funny and friendly.
"Oh, okay," he whispered, looking down at himself still. He soon got over it however and looked over to Logan.
"So then, Vhat are we going to do? Just stand around here for ze entire time?"
"No," Logan replied quickly. "We're going to get moving, if you two don't mind," he snarled, looking over at Kurt and Hayleigh before eyeing Jace accordingly.
"We're going to move out right now," he grimaced, beginning to walk off. "Keep up then Blondie, didn't just bring you so you could gawp at everyone now, did we?"Hayleigh watched as Logan and Jacinta walked away. Kurt smiled, grabbing her hand teleporting into front of Logan, he grunted. " what was that ?" she said panicing as she had seen that they had teleported away from the Jet. Logan looked at her , as if she was over reacting. Giving Kurt the evils, Jacinta stormed ahead, making sure to keep the rest of them in her view. "Bloody Hell," she whispered, turning around as she stopped. "Where are we even going?" she called out, annoyed by their little 'mission.'
"Shut up Blondie, or I'll tie those vectors of yours around your neck. Keep your mouth shut, or I'll make sure that Crawly here teleports you to the absolute middle o' nowhere," called Logan, nodding to Nightcrawler for just a moment.
" No .. but Logan seriously where are we going?" Hayleigh asked Logan, as Nightcrawler walked beside her.
They continued walking down the block, waiting for Logan to answer." well!" Hayleigh yelled at Logan, seeing his face turn towards her. Nightcrawler watched as Logan sniffed the air, as if a dog during hunting season. Logan sighed, rolling his eyes.
"I don't know okay? Why do you kids think I'll know where she is? Go ask the professor back there, he can read minds. Otherwise, you can shush your little mushes right up right now. Got it?"" fine, Blue can you please teleport and ask him, and wait... take me back to the jet" she begged, grabbed his fore arm, she felt the brush of the fur against her: it was soft not like she had thought it would be like. Kurt looked at the girl and obliged, not wanting Logan to say anything to him before he went. The two of them teleported right out of there, back to the professor.
"You've got to be kidding me..." Jace muttered, looking beside her to where Logan was. After the incident just a year ago, she could never fully appreciate his company any longer, and felt the need to constantly battle him with petty insults. It seemed to work, and he was happy to oblige. "Just you and me, kid," he muttered looking down towards a café in front of them. "I'm getting food, you can stay here and wait for Kurt Cobain."
Kurt and Hayleigh returned from the jet, Hayleigh had her eyes forced close, clenging onto Kurt for dear life. Cracking one eye open, she saw the amused face of Jacinta." Is it over?" She stammered out, looking at kurt she released his arm." sorry , i am kinda not used to teleporting." she giggled looking around. she smiled at the coffe shop, she stomach growled. Not now she thought to herself.
"You get any information off old Xavier over there? Or are we going to just have to follow Mr 'I'm-so-full-of-myself' into that café over there?" Jace asked, hoping that the two of them would have some kind of useful info for her. "Oh, and how kind it is for you to stay with us Hayleigh."" Well i kinda had my eyes closed the whole time, when we ... proofed" she said smiling" but i did hear that she was sitting ina buliding , eating , what else did he say Kurt?"
She turned to face Kurt, waiting to hear what blue boy smiled, proud of the fact he was actually going to be able to help out. "He said something about a café, so why don't ve follow Logan in there - you never know vhat ve might find?""One word for you guys: bye" she said darting into the cafe, eyeing all the cakes and cookies. from the corner of her eye, she saw a girl slipping a hot chocolate, she had eleltric blue hair , her eyes were a mixture of blue and strolled in, looking around for Logan more than the supposed girl she was looking for. She grinned, spotting him as he sat over in a corner by himself.
"You feelin' a little lonely over there puppy?" she smirked, walking over to him as she sat by the table. Nightcrawler joined the two of them, sitting down beside them.
"I suppose Hay-Barn's got a lead on the girl, so we're all done here, yes?"
Hayleigh thought: Okay so how am i supposed to talk to her? would she want their help, unlike me, who refused took a deep breath and walked over to her table, she smiled at the girl. the girl peered up at her." Can i help you?" the girl asked politely" Well yeah there are no free tables, may i sit here?" Hayleigh said smiling." Sure , i be happy to let you sit here "" So... My name's Hayleigh Trueheart, what's yours?"" Mina Jarvis, nice to meet you" Logan watched the girls talk together, he watched their every move. Mina noticed Logan staring at her." God, that guy is staring at us, what is his problem?"" Trust me i ask myself that too" Hayleigh swung his legs underneath his chair, grinning as he watched Logan look over at the two girls every once in a while.
"You like those two girls over there then?" he asked, unaware that it was sending Jacinta into a fit of giggles. She couldn't help herself any longer.
"Of course he likes the younger girls, anything older than sixteen is just beyond him, right puppy?" she laughed, calling over to him. Jace knew that it would provoke him - but he wouldn't dare release his claws out in public now, would he? Hayleigh looked at Mina's food, she felt her mouth water. Mina glanced up at Hayleigh.
" You can have it if you want, i dont want it" Mina offered, Hayleigh smiled and ate the donut with pleasure.
" Mina, have you noticed any changes about your self at all, like your hair changing colour, or .." Hayleigh paused." Powers" Mina froze, and stared at Hayleigh as if she was crazy.
" I have no idea, what you are talking about, Goodbye" Mina said before darting out of the cafe.
" Well, okay this is my first time, telling someone join Mutant school" She whispered to got up as if to make a move and Jacinta kicked him back down, laughing to herself. "Hey Kurt, why don't you go get her and take her back to Xavier? We can't afford to lose her now, eh?" she said, keeping her foot firm on Logan's chest. She knew it would only annoy him more, and waved Hayleigh over to where they were sat. "Oi Hay-Barn, come help me calm the animal down, will you?"
" Okay, how can i help" Hayleigh said smiling, though her expression was wiped off as soon as she saw how mad he looked.
Jacinta laughed as Logan puffed out a sigh staring at just sat down next to Jacinta, watching Logan trying to calm down, trying now to run striaght after blue boy nodded and disappeared within seconds, heading out to where the blue-haired girl was now running down the street. "Hey look, we match!" he laughed, grabbing her arm. "Just hold still a moment there, and I'll get you back to Charles Xavier in just a moment. Save your questions for him!" They were gone before she could even respond.
Grinning, Jacinta continued to keep her foot there, enjoying the little fiasco. "Well, for a start you can get him a glass of water - it's what you give to dogs when they get all het up, right? Besides, we don't want to drag him out of here with his tongue hanging out because of blue-girl over there now, do we?"" Jacinta , lets just go now, ready" Hayleigh said standing up from the table , walking towards the door. Jacinta and Logan followed after her. She paused in the middle of the street. Logan tapped her shoulders." I dont remember which way we came ..." she said .
"Where's blue beast when you need him?" Jace called from behind, watching as Logan veered off towards the left. I swear he always seems to think he's right, Jace thought to herself, looking up and down before following yeah, and mean beginning and end of italics. " Why don't guys look down there, and i will look down there" Hayleigh said walking down the alleyway.
"Because that takes effort," Jace mumbled, following Logan once more. He grinned and walked a little faster, watching as Jacinta trudged behind him.
"Better keep up, little stalker." Hayleigh followed at a distance behind Logan and Jacinta, feeling like a third wheel. She saw a small alleyway leading to the main road, she wondered: Maybe i could get a pizza or slip anyway from them. She slow her pace down, allowing move distance to be created, before shuffling a bit to the right. Logan carried on forwards, ignoring the two girls behind him. Wretched things, when would they learn? He caught sight of Jace beside him, breaking into a run. What on Earth was she doing that for?
"Oi," he called out to her, seeing a vector fly past his face. Usually the things were invisible.. but just then, they'd been dark red Rolling his eyes, he realised what she was doing - racing herself. "Pathetic," he mumbled, shaking his head. Hayleigh watched as Logan and Jacinta fought, she used this to slip out of sight, down the alleyway. She slip and brushed against the bricks, only to feel the smell of fuel linger in the lungs. Jace made her way further into the alley, only feeling extremely disappointed in herself when she came to the end. This was obviously not the way they'd come to start with, and now she was stuck there with Logan. Fantastic.
Hayleigh returned thinking she could get food later, she only came back to see that they were in the middle of a agurment, they went silent when she appoarched them.
" Okay, so the Jet isn't that way, it must be up there." She said pointing to the top of the alley." So let's go already!" she said walking faster, trying not to be caught in the middle of the cat fight.
Jacinta closed her eyes slightly, looking over at Hayleigh before nodding and walking over to her. On her way past Logan, they bumped shoulders and she couldn't help but grin when she heard him grunt slightly. "I'm coming, stoopid," she called out, purposely pronouncing her words as if she were some kind of fool. Hayleigh sighed, as they reached the end of the alleyway, she glanced back seeing Logan calling at her. she sighed, the black jet appeared. She saw the rest of the x-men, along with Mina. franictally shuffling his glaze between the figures.
Logan looked at each of them, folding his arms as he kept his eyes fixed on the new girl. She looked surprisingly sad, being held up by Nightcrawler as various people tried to make contact with her. Whatever it was, she looked better off with them than she did when they'd first seen her. Hayleigh watched as Mina to talking to Professor Xavier, everyone else climb aboard the Jet, though she stayed and watched as Mina's eyes slowly looked better. The professor gestured to the jet, she was heist but climbed aboard. They flee into the night sky ...