Chapter 5

When I arrived at the school I realised how homesick I felt. Then I realised that Storm and the team would be shocked, but I had to do this for my child.

I went to the front door and rang the doorbell. I heard the voice of Kitty.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" she said.

When she opened the door, she gasped.

"Hello Kitty." I said.

"Professor, how?" Kitty replied, still shocked.

"There is much to explain Kitty, but first I must use Cerebro." I said urgently.

I stared at the ceiling of my room. I was a prisoner, but not in a prison. When I didn't give Erik his answer, he had taken me to his house as his 'guest'. I wasn't allowed to wander about, and definitely not allowed to use my telepathy. I still had the strange device on my head (I found out it was called an inhibitor). Erik made sure I was monitored 24/7 to make sure I didn't take it off.

I also had trouble coming to grips with the fact that Xavier was my father. I mean it was possible, and the connection seemed very likely. But if he was my father, why did he leave me to be found by the MRD, and if he was the greatest telepath in the world, how come he had never found me. These questions whizzed around my head. It was too much for me to take in.

Then to add on top of it, I was incredibly lonely. Even at the school I was lonely. I only ever really talked to Storm and that was it. I didn't even attempt to make any friends. I was lost in my thoughts when I heard a sharp knock at my door.

"Enter." I said a bit too hastily.

A girl with green hair entered my room carrying my breakfast.

"Sorry if I scared you." She apologised.

"It's alright I was just thinking about-" I replied.

"Your father." She cut me off.

"Yes." I replied, unsure "Are you-"

"No, I'm not a telepath like you." she quickly answered, "My father runs things around here."

"You're Erik's daughter?" I asked

"Yes," she answered, "but everyone calls him Magneto."

"Why?" I asked

"You'll see if I don't get out of here." she said starting to look worried.

She placed the tray containing my breakfast on a table. She then turned and started to leave.

"Wait" I yelled to her, "What's your name?"

"My name's Lorna." she replied looking worried. "I really must be off."

That's when my lunch tray started to move and I flew towards the wall. It was like I was magnetised to it. Magnetised... Magneto! I realised Erik was a mutant also. I had a hunch that his mutation had something to do with magnetism. Erik ran into the room furious, he started yelling at Lorna. It was something about her not listening to him. She stood in protest and said that I needed a friend, someone to talk to about my father. She then reminded him of when she found out that he was her father. Erik looked at her and then to me and said, "Okay you win this time Lorna, but don't ever do that to me again. Okay?"

She gave a tiny nod.

"I'll let you two talk, but," he said looking directly at me "if anything happens then you'll be back were you started, Elwyn."

Erik lowered me down from the wall. I looked towards Lorna and smiled. She smiled back.

Kitty stared at me with a stunned look. Eyes wide, mouth closed and shaking. I grabbed her by the shoulders, she flinched at the touch. I closed my eyes.

"Kitty, it's me the Professor. Yes, I'm alive" I said to her.

"But Professor, how can you be here? Storm said that the Phoenix killed you." she replied.

"I know, Kitty, but I came back. This is important. I need to use Cerebro." I pleaded.

I opened my eyes; Kitty's arms were around me, her eyes bulging with tears.

"It's good to see you again Professor," she choked out "We've all missed you but don't worry about Cerebro, I'll get Elwyn. She's our new telepath."

I looked at Kitty unsure what to say.

"I'll wake her up if you'd like me to." she asked.

"Yes" I replied, "I would love to meet her."

We walked up to Jean and Scott's old room. Kitty knocked on the door lightly.

"Elwyn, it's time to wake up you won't believe who's here!" She said.

Kitty pushed the door open. We went inside. The floor was littered with metallic objects. I heard a scream in my head. I fell to the floor. The screaming continued but this time only a single word was audible: Father. Elwyn, as I had suspected, was my daughter, but I was too late. Judging by the state of the floor, Magneto had already kidnapped her.