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

ImmortalAngel92: HAHAHAHAHA! Plot bunnies! I never thought of them like that, but on a more serious note; I'm sorry that your plot bunnies ran into my plot and began breeding uncontrollably. I wish you luck in trying to round them up again. Oh, and unexplained explosions make the world go round.

julieAKAweirdo: Yeah, I'd have to say that he probably has just a little bit of a crush.

Chapter 48

"Bloody hell." Midas said when they came back up at the front door, he leaned on the wall for a moment.

"Sorry," Naomi replied quickly then left him there and went toward the kitchen. Rogue was coughing at the door and apologizing while Sparky was sitting on the counter, tears running down her face through a layer of smoke and Hart looking at the electrical burns on her fingertips. Circuit was working with the microwave as the trail of smoke coming out of it began to lessen. There were also other electrical devices beginning to spaz through out the house.

"Wow, you really did a number on this thing Sparks." Circuit said as he pulled off the door to it. "Probably flipped every fuse in the house."

Logan came in, "What part of no powers wasn't clear?" he asked looking at Sparky while she continued to sniffle.

"It isn't my fault." She said stubbornly, "We were cleaning and the dust made me sneeze."

Rogue backed up Sparky's explanation. "She was on the counter and was falling backwards, I tried to catch her."

Logan snorted and looked to the door at Naomi, "Sparks may have a good excuse, but you I know couldn't of gotten back that fast."

Naomi shrugged, "Curiosity and concern over ran reason. What's the disciplinary actions required for wanting to make sure everyone was alright?"

Wolverine glared, "Wires, go check the fuse box. Naomi, go see if anyone's stuck in the elevator or downstairs."

Circuit blinked, "You mean me?" Logan waved him off and started in search of a first aid kit for Sparky.

Naomi walked down the hall to the elevator and shadowed into the box. The lights were flickering, but there wasn't anyone in the immobile elevator. Once in the basement she went to each of the doors, would pause outside of them and sense for shadows. There were a few rooms were there were people in them, she'd go into the rooms and give everyone directions to go through her shadow, they all started going up into the first floor just outside the elevator door.

The girl came to a door she'd never seen anyone go in or out of. She knelt down in front of it and looked at the strange glass ball set into the center of the door. It was dark at the moment but it looked like it was a locking device. Naomi pressed an ear to the door, no sounds, as far as she could sense there were no lights on in the room. It was like this room no longer existed in the building.

"Zhat is Cerrebro." Naomi jumped to her feet and spun to face Nightcrawler, "I apologize for startling you Naomi. I was told by the ozher teachers about that room. It was used by Proffezzor Charles Xavier, wit it he could find ozher mutants in the world."

"Really? Why doesn't anyone else use it? I bet there are thousands of others who would like to know about this place."

"I'm afraid only Proffezzor Xavier was strong enough to use Cerrebro." Nightcrawler said, "Are there any ozhers stuck down here? Storm asked if I would help retrieve the stranded."

"I think I got most of them. I can do a quick second look though." Naomi said, her shadow split into several long strands and went into each room, one slipped through the cracks of the door behind her and traveled along the surfaces within Cerrebro. " They're's no one else." Her shadow returned to its normal shape at her feet.

"You are becoming a very powerful mutant Naomi," Nightcrawler said with a smile, "You will be a great asset to zhe school. Shall we return to the upper floors."

"I was curious, there was another room that I haven't been in down here, but there wasn't anyone in it."

"Curiosity leads to trouble." Nightcrawler stated. The lights stopped flickering and the sound of the elevator's motor returned, "You best get back up stairs Naomi." With that he disappeared in his implosion of black smoke.

Classes were becoming restless as the end of the school year was starting to grow closer. Naomi was staring out the window thinking more about the next pending court appearance and what her father would demand when the tests came back proclaiming her a mutant. Hart's elbow nudged hers, she quickly turned her attention back to the teacher and the book on her desk. "Yes?"

A note levitated from the teacher's fingers to Naomi's book, "This arrived for you a moment ago." The professor said with a slight smile, the telepath teacher then returned to the lesson at hand, math.

She opened the note, it was from Storm. She was to go to her office as soon as class was out. Naomi quickly ran through the last few days of her life, she hadn't done anything too terrible that it would deem a visit to see Storm. Maybe it had to do with the hearing, or maybe her father had dropped out of existence entirely. A girl could dream.

Once homework was assigned she dropped her things through a shadow and into her room before heading to Storm's office. Beast, Storm and Mrs. Hollins were sitting in the room. "So the test came back positive?"

"Congratulations, your officially a mutant." Mrs. Hollins said, "You father wanted a paternity test too, and I'm sorry to say that he is your father. He's still trying for custody."

Naomi sighed and sat down, "Well I guess it wouldn't be worth anything to him if he gave up now." She sat up, "You could of just told me over the phone, why bring me into your office."

Beast cleared his throat, "With summer coming up and the end of the school year there's a decision that you have to make. Most of the kids will be going home for the summer and well, you have a few different options open to you."

The girl sat for a moment, then blinked in surprise, "I do?"