We were all jumping around, laughing togther, and for once I was beginning to feel like I was fitting in. We were all so engrossed in our fun that we didn't hear them come up to us.
"What are you guys doing?!" Charles yelled, taking us all by surprise. Hank jumped down from the ceiling and Angel landed back on the ground. Raven got up with a smile.
"Charles! We all have cool names now! Alex is Havok, I'm Mystique, That's Darwin and Angel, Cassidy is Banshee, Erik you're Magnito, and Aubrey is Wonder!" Raven yelled enthusiastically. Charles looked around in disappointment.
"Really guys? And come on Raven I expected more from you" He said and then walked away. I grabbed Raven's hand and smiled at her. She sighed and we all sat back down.
"I liked the names though, they really suit us" Banshee smiled at Raven and we all agreed with him. Raven smiled slightly and looked over at Hank, who smiled at her. I gasped slightly and winked at Raven who giggled softly.
We all sat around, talking quietly about our new friendship. We were talking when all of a sudden there was a loud pop. We all jumped up in a panic, glancing around for whatever caused the sound. Out of no where came a group of people. A red man, a young guy in a suit, a girl who looked like a big diamond and in the middle was this man who screamed power. We all took a step back. Even the way he talked spoke power. He told us that if we weren't with him, then we were against him. Then he reached out a hand, hoping we would join him. I hate to admit that I thought about it for a second. A place were it was just mutants did sound nice, but it wasn't a place were I wanted to be and apparently so did everyone else. The suddenly Angel grabbed his hand. We all gasped. Then suddenly Darwin went and stood beside her. I gasped and looked at him.
"Darwin" I whispered. Then suddenly he nodded to Havok, gabbed Angel and grew armoured chestplates. Havok stepped forward and threw his lasers out towards the man with power. He just laughed and obsorbed the power.
"See children, that's my special gift. The ability to absorb energy and use it in other ways. See observe" He said and walked over to Darwin, using the power on him. Slowly Darwin became hard as stone, then exploded into dust.
"Darwin!" I screamed running forward. I could feel myself turning invisible and getting even more angry. I reached my hand out towards the red guy and sent him flying backwards. He disappeared into a cloud of smoke and reappeared beside the powerful man. They all liked hands and disappeared again. I sank down to my knees, tears streaming down my face, even though we had only known each other for a short time, I felt close to him still. I was still invisible, I could feel it. I just sat there, and eventually everyone walked out, in search of Charles, but I wasn't ready to say goodbye yet. I felt two hands on my shoulders. I gasped, and looked up, knowing that I was still invisible. I looked up into the eyes of Havok.
"It's time to let go" He said, pulling me up. I started to feel myself turn back into being seen.
"How.. How did you see me..." He looked down at me then took my hand, pulling me in the direction that everyone went in. I hope Charles could fix this. We waited at the base while Charles and Erik were heading to Russia headquaters. I sat in my room, just staring at the wall. Everyone was in bed now, asleep as it was already late. How could they sleep when something like just happened. I got out of bed and walked into the hall, heading towards the kitchen area. Maybe some warm milk would help me forget. I walked into the kitchen and saw Havok sitting at the table. He looked up when I walked in, his eyes guarded. I immediately turned and walked back towards my room. I couldn't deal with this tonight.
The next morning, we were all sitting outside when Charles returned. He told us that he was sending us all home. I gasped, I couldn't go back there and be feared and hated.
"We aren't going anywhere! I can't go back and he can't go back to prison!" Banshee said.
"He killed Darwin!" Havok said. After a loud debate we ended up at Charles' house, deep in the mountains. He told us that we were going to avenge Darwin. That's when we started our training. Each day we would work with Charles, building up our powers. Charles and I went down to the training room underground.
"Your mind is just a muscle in your head, you can control it, and I believe in you" He said patting my shoulder.
"I can only do it when I'm overly emotional" I said, looking away. He pulled my head towards him.
"I know you can do it, you just need to control it, may I?" He asked and put his finger up to his head. I nodded, and in seconds I was pulled through my life in memories. The good ones between my family together and the bad ones with my mother, to finding Charles, to when Darwin died, and through each moment with Alex. Suddenly I was back with Charles.
"Now use those pent up feelings to control it" He said and I closed my eyes, pulling up my memories with my mother. I could feel myself turning invisible and opened my eyes. I looked down and only noticed that my arms were invisible and my legs up to the knees. I sighed in disappointment.
"No, don't give up yet. That was good, just not strong enough. We will work on this more tomorrow. Now go back and get something to eat and get some sleep" He smiled and patted me on the back. I smiled slightly and made my way back upstairs. I noticed it was late, really late. We must have been down there for hours. I had missed dinner. I padded quietly to the kitchens, knowing everyone should be in bed. I opened the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. As i closed the fridge I screamed and jumped back.
"Do you like never sleep?" I asked, calming myself down and drinking a sip of water. Alex chuckled and sat down at the table.
"Do you?" He smirked and I frowned at him.
"For your information I was down with Charles working on my powers" I crossed my arms over my chest and his smirk fell.
"With Charles" He said and I saw something flash I his eyes, before he pulled his expression back to nothing. I sat down in front of him, looking away fro him.
"He thinks that I can do this, but I don't think I can" I whispered and looked down at my hands, noticing that my fingertips were gone. I heard him sigh.
"Wonder-"
"Please call me Aubrey, everyone else can call me wonder, but I would really like it if you would call me Aubrey" I whispered and he smiled, the first real smile I had seen him give.
"Aubrey, you can call me Alex. I know you can do it too" He whispered and I smiled, hearing him breath in quickly. I was invisible again.