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Legend: Speaking in thoughts like Professor X

Thinking

Emphasis on a thought

Flashback

Dreams

Disclaimer: I don't own anything X-Men or Twilight, all I own is Lexine, her foster parents, and her foster brother, who is sadly deceased.

Training

After I made my point, I left with the teen vampires and my three friends as the adults carried on the conversation, "Amelia! Dexter! Change into exercise clothes and get outside!" I heard them take off as I turned to my three friends, "Get your uniforms on. We need to start training." They nodded and disappeared while I quickly changed in a storage room before going outside. I stretched a bit and looked over at the vampires, "Wanna train with us?" Jasper nodded and he grinned with Edward as Emmett called out, "Heck yeah!"

I nodded with a small smile as the twins came out with the three older teens behind them, "Kitty, start training Dexter. Peter, train Amelia. Bobby, you're with me and the vamps." They nodded and headed to different parts of the clearing or nearby forest. I eyed the vampires and Edward commented to my thoughts, "Alice sees the future and reacts to it, Emmett uses his brute strength, Rosalie uses her beauty to distract before she attacks, I can read their minds and react to their moves, Bella wards off mental attacks with her shield, Carlisle uses his medical knowledge, Esme uses her protectiveness of her family against our enemies, and Jasper has battle knowledge and can control their emotions." My brain went a couple different directions as I compared their strengths to my friends and I faintly watched Edward's reactions to my thoughts when he followed them. We both nodded to each other before I smiled, "Okay, Bobby, go with the girls and show them some of the maneuvers we learned in school," he shot me a weird look when I paired him with the girls, but he nodded and led them slightly farther away as I spoke again, "You three boys are with me...again."

They smirked at me and Emmett growled playfully, "We get to have that fight after all, Pip." I tilted my head in confusion and Edward couldn't stop his chuckle as he explained, "Short for Pipsqueak." My eyes narrowed in slight offense as I crouched and let my teeth sharpen and my eyes change colors. Edward called out, "Use your claws!" I clenched my fists and gave a feral grin as my claws unsheathed. Emmett crouched across from me and we tensed before I shot forward. I aimed a slash at his head, but he ducked and I quickly moved to avoid a kick at my ribs. Our fight went on for about ten minutes before I managed to slice one of his fingers off and he punched me so hard that I went flying backwards in the air and I hit a tree thirty feet away.

I landed on the ground hard and gasped for air as pain swamped all my senses. I rolled onto my hands and knees before curling an arm around my ribs as I coughed up some blood, "Crap! I'm so sorry, Lexine!" I couldn't respond to Emmett as a voice screamed, "Carlisle!" It wasn't even a second before the blonde doctor was kneeling beside me with my brothers close behind, "You know better than to use you're full strength, Emmett! You could have killed her!" I regained enough breath to croak at Bella, "Don't blame...him...Isa. I told him...to go...all out."

Carlisle gently felt along my ribs as everyone else came over since Bella had screamed, "You've got two broken ribs, but I don't think you punctured anything. You should rest." I forced myself to stand and I wobbled a bit before regaining my footing, "I'm fine. We need to keep training." They tried to protest, but I ignored them as I had Kitty and Peter switch partners while Bobby stayed with the three girls and I stayed with the boys. As it became darker, most of the mutants went off to bed to relax and recuperate, but I continued to run through the motions of fighting. I practiced kung-fu, karate, close combat, mixed martial arts, boxing, and kick-boxing before repeating the process as my body dripped with sweat and my muscles trembled with exhaustion.

I eventually climbed into my bunk and fell asleep around 3 A.M. before getting up two hours later and putting on some exercise clothes that someone (probably Alice) left at the foot of my bunk. I headed outside and began stretching and doing some meditation to relax a little and focus before I got ready for a run. I got into a runner's starting position and took a couple deep breaths before shooting off and sprinting through the forest. I jumped over fallen trees, ducked under branches, ran up hills, slid down some, tripped over a few rocks, and kept a continuous sprint up until I made it back to the clearing two and a half hours later. I took a few deeps gulps of air as my heart tried to slow down and I nodded to the vampires that were watching me in worry with the adult mutants.

I headed inside and showered quickly before I started doing maintenance on the ship and checking what I need to fix. In the end, I had to repair the entire invisibility shield, had to repair a thruster, and I needed to replace some sheeting in the boiler room. I made a mental list in my head of supplies I would have to get, then I headed outside to train again. My brothers wanted some practice, so I sent Victor with Bobby to train Amelia and Dexter while Kitty and Peter worked with the vampires as I paired up with Logan. We both crouched and unsheathed our claws in unison before releasing growls at the same time.

As if a command was given, we leaped at each other and slashed at each other. We sped up as our fight progressed and we ended up travelling around the clearing while avoiding the other people training. Our fight ended without a winner as the professor spoke, "That's enough for today. You all need to rest and enjoy life. You are still teenagers and you need to have fun." I could see relieved looks on my three friends and the twins' faces at the thought of a break and I felt guilt hit me when I took full notice of the pressure I had put them on. I was blaming myself for it, even though I knew it was illogical for me to take full blame of everything, but I couldn't help it cause I didn't want to lose anyone else in my family.

I stood up straight and sheathed my claws as I watched my team go inside the ship to clean up. I sighed almost silently before walking away and climbing a tree. I sat in the shadows as I closed my eyes and tried to clear my mind, but all I could see was images from my nightmares of my family being ripped to shreds and bloody like Jaime. A couple tears slid down my cheeks from under my eyelids and, unbeknownst to me, they were seen by the vampires that I had come to add to my family. I sat in my tree for a few minutes before Peter called out, "Lexi! Get changed! We're going out!" Heaving a sigh, I forced darker thoughts to the back of my mind before leaping to the ground and I managed to give a smile, "Where we goin'?" He just grinned, "Surprise."

I chuckled and headed inside before grabbing the new set of clothes on my bunk and changing in the bathroom. Once I was clean and dressed, I headed back out to my boyfriend and he greeted me with a small kiss before we walked through the forest with Bella and her husband. We climbed into Edward's Volvo and he drove us four to Seattle, "Wow, I've never been to Seattle before." They all grinned and Peter wrapped an arm around my waist, "First time for everything, Lex." I smiled at him as Edward parked and we headed inside a restaurant, "How may I help you?" I saw the vampire flash a dazzling smile to the hostess as he smoothly answered, "Reservation for Cullen."

She nodded like she was physically dazed and I giggled quietly with my best friend as we followed the hostess to a table in the farthest corner away from people. We had a lighthearted dinner before our topic turned to the coming battle, "I don't think this is going to be the only battle," I continued when I saw Peter and Bella look at me in confusion, "Stryker is determined to kill every mutant or control all of them. He isn't going to stop until he's eradicated us all. Nobody will be safe and I think this is going to turn into a war." Edward's grip on Bella's hand tightened as he spoke, "Lexine's right. As much as we all hate the idea, this is going to turn into a war. It will be World War 3 between mutants and humans. I read Stryker's mind when we were there, he is only going to stop once he's completed his mission or someone kills him first."

Peter wrapped an arm around me and pulled me close, "We've already lost so many to battles. How many more?" I gently hugged my boyfriend because I knew he was thinking about Jean and Scott, who had both mentored him and treated him like their son. On that lovely note, we paid (Edward paid actually cause he wouldn't let us pay for it) and my next surprise was when we went to the Space Needle. I stared out the window in amazement as Peter stood behind me and I leaned back into his embrace while he whispered into my ear, "Like it?" I smiled up at him, "Love it." He grinned and pressed a kiss to my lips before we held each other tighter and we only broke for air. Peter pressed his forehead against mine as he breathlessly whispered, "I love you, Lexine." I replied as breathless as he was, "I love you too, Peter."

We eventually headed back to the Cullen house before I went back to the clearing with Peter and we fell asleep against a tree as we held each other. We woke the next morning when someone yanked us apart and we were about to attack before we realized my brothers had literally separated us. I rolled my eyes and purposely kissed Peter for a little bit before going back inside the ship to let my brothers have their torture time. Kitty and Bobby were cackling at the entrance of the ship because they had been watching and I winked before grabbing my uniform to change into a train again. Time went by and it was finally the night before the battle and I couldn't sleep.

Bella was taking Professor X, Thomas, Julie, and Renesme over to La Push to be guarded by shapeshifters known as Collin, Brady, and Seth. The vampires were staying at the ship tonight and then I would fly us somewhere more deserted for the battle. I nodded to my friend when she came back, but I continued to stalk around the clearing while the vampires watched me with growing concern. Finally, Jasper began to lull me to sleep and I curled up using Bella's lap as a pillow and clutching her free hand between my hands. Morning came and everyone was prepared for battle as I got the ship into the air with Storm as my copilot, but Logan and Beast were also in the cockpit. Carlisle came in and directed me to a large area to land and we all climbed out before standing beside our significant other, except Logan and Victor stood near me while Beast stood with Storm. I saw dots flying closer in the distance and everyone prepared to fight as I took steadying breaths, Please let us all make it out alive.