I don't own X-men, but regardless the original characters that I'll be using in here do belong to me.

School is evil, that's all I have to say, I needed a quick break from all the homework that has had me buried up to my eyebrows. Enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 47

Wolverine was waiting next to the front door with Sparky, Mara, Midas, two others that Naomi had only seen in passing in the school, and a girl that she didn't recognize were with him. She wore a short sleeve green shirt, but also had on green gloves that left only about an inch of visible skin between the end of the sleeve and the edge of the gloves. She was looking at the floor, white swatches of hair were falling around her face, the rest of her dark brown hair was pulled back into a half-ponytail. Her arms were crossed over her chest. This girl looked all together very introverted. Naomi's attention then fell to Midas, she raised an eyebrow at him, he shrugged in her direction.

"Alright, time to dish out the detentions." Logan began, "I bet you all thought you'd get away scot-free from it when I left. Well you were wrong." He looked from one face to the next. "You'll be splitting into groups of two, and yes I know that leaves one extra, Rune's late." He pulled out a piece of paper. "Ok your groups are Rogue and Sparky. Mara and," he looked at the name again, "Slick?" the boy with green hair and orange looking skin stepped over to Mara's side. "Rune and Frank," The other boy sighed and just crossed his arms at the lack of his partner. He looked all together rather unremarkable for a human, other than when his skin turned transparent, followed by the muscles then his skeleton. "That leaves Midas and Reckless." He crumpled up the paper and put it in his pocket. "You're gonna be cleaning up the school and the grounds, and not using your powers to do it."

They all groaned as Wolverine began dividing up the chores. Naomi and Midas were assigned to garbage duty. They had to walk the trails around the school and clean as they went. Naomi was just glad they didn't have window duty. "So," she began as they collected their tools for their job outside the door. "What did you do to get detention this fast?"

Midas sighed, "A water balloon turned to lead at a bad time, went through a window and left a waking dent in the wall."

Naomi laughed,"So you can't really control when things change?"

"Sometimes I can." he said slightly annoyed, "I'm not a complete plonker."

Rune appeared beside his partner in time to discover they were the ones to do the windows. Naomi waved at him, he smiled and nodded back. Midas' eyes followed her wave.

The two walked in silence for a moment after they had walked away from the school and down one of the paths, "So, how'd you and Prod find out about the school?"

Midas grabbed some crumpled papers from along the side of the path, "My mum got a bell a few months ago. Got told all about places meant to help kids like us, then bob's your uncle and Prod got dragged along behind."

"Bell?"

"A bell," Midas said, "on the telly."

"Oh, ok." Naomi replied catching on. She looked around in the woods then started off the path. "Come on, there's more stuff this way."

Midas blinked, "How can ya tell?"

She smiled and looked back at him still standing on the path, "I'm amazing that way."

Midas grinned, "Bril." He hopped out after her.

"What made them send you here?" She asked while she picked up trash while she walked. "Your parents just want you to be able to control your power?"

He nodded, "That and mum was sick of my turning her pots to somethin else." He looked up at her, "Can't do much cookin in a pot that can't take the heat and melts."

Naomi had to agree. The two of them continued talking while they walked through the trees, Naomi led the way while they continued to gather garbage. The two of them took a rest at a pile of rocks at the edge of a small clearing in the woods.

Midas closed his eyes and rested with his hands behind his head. "Decent place this, specially to take a nap." Naomi was perched up on the top of the rocks staring out up at the sky. He sat up after a second and started going through the garbage they'd picked up so far. She looked down at him curiously while he kept looking, he produced a piece of paper and began flattening it.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

He didn't reply as he then began folding the paper up. After a moment he closed his hands around it then offered the paper up to Naomi. It wasn't paper any more.

In his fingers was what had been a folded rose, he'd changed it into a clear stone rose. She took it from his hands and turned it around in her hands, "I thought you weren't as good at your power as you hoped." She offered it back, he was already laying down with his eyes closed again.

"Paper becomes ash and coal when it's burned, coal becomes a diamond." He stated simply, "its easier when it can be what I turn it into on its own."

"And the water balloon?" She put the rose on the stone beside her.

"Purely by accident." he replied, "unless the water has lead in it in these parts I can't understand why." he opened an eye, "A fancy gift for a fit girl." then he closed his eyes again.

"I have a boyfriend." She replied.

"Noticed," he said quickly, "Not really expectin anythin to come of it, but should ya fall out of interests with 'im I'll take up the slack."

Naomi smiled and looked back up to the sky. "I can always use more friends."

Midas opened his eyes looking up at her without her notice, the smile slipped from his face to a almost sad look for a moment then he got up. "Guess we should keep goin then." He got up and grabbed the bag, "How long the slave driver 'spect us to keep forragin for rubbish?"

Naomi hopped down, and shrugged. "I say we head back a different way and," she was interrupted by what sounded like a small explosion from the direction of the school. "Never mind." She grabbed his hand and pulled him through a shadow back to the school.