Inara's P. O. V.

It's been just shy of a year since Scott joined the school. He's come a long way since he first came here and it's a nice thing to see. Scott and I have grown rather close since he's been here. I'll admit my feelings for him have started developing into something more than just a friendly way but at the moment we're just really, really good friends. Anyway, Scott, Jean and I are currently sitting in revision class. Scotts' left arm is currently resting across the back of my chair and he gently playing with the tips of my hair. Then all of a sudden Hank entered the classroom came in and said

"Sorry to interrupt. Inara, you're late for your session" I glanced up at the clock and said

"Damn, sorry Hank" I quickly packed up my stuff before following Hank down to the training room on the lower level.

When we stepped out of the elevator Hank said

"Get changed and meet me in the training room in 5 minutes, no later" I just nodded and walked to the changing room. I could tell that Hank was angry by the tone of his voice. I put my school bag in my locker before changing into my training clothes. We agreed that my training clothes would pretty much replicate an X-men uniform if I decide one day to go down that route. So my "Unifrom" consists of faux leather trousers, a black t-shirt, a leather hooded jacket, thick-soled combat boots and black padded leather gloves made from a special fibre to help aim my powers. On the way back to the training room I pulled my hair up into a scruffy ponytail leaving two bits of hair dangling either side of my face. When the training room doors opened I saw Hank had transformed into Beast and was in his uniform.

As soon as he heard me enter the room, he chucked me a metal retractable bow staff and said

"Get into position" I did still not say anything. He got into his and within seconds made his move. I blocked his attacks but when they got stronger I said

"Why are you so mad at me?" I ducked under his staff as he said

"Because for the past year, you have been forgetting all of your training sessions"

"I'm not a child anymore! Hank, I don't need you telling me what to do!"

"I know you aren't but to me and the professor you are still the little girl who broke in here looking for food" I kicked his feet from under him and pressed the staff against his neck whilst saying

"That was 4 years ago Hank! I've grown up. I can control my powers and I'm stronger than I was back then" He batted the staff away and said

"If you can control your powers then why have your eyes changed to black and purple" (A/N: for her eyes imagine Gambits eyes from the X-men animated series, just purple instead of red)

I stepped back just as Hanks' pager bleeped from the side. He got up and went over to one of the worktops, Picking it up he said

"I have to go upstairs. Keep training, I'll be back"

"Whatever" I began spinning the staff around in my hands as his footsteps echo through the training room. When they stopped I heard him say

"All of this… All this training, we're doing it for you. We just want you to be safe, Inara. You know that don't you?" When I didn't say anything he started walking again. I looked up just as the door slid shut and mumbled

"I know…" I whipped a stray tear away before carrying on with my training.

After roughly 40 minutes something didn't feel right...

Retracting my bo-staff, I went to the computer and brought up the CCTV footage of the school. I was taken aback by what I saw. Hank was unconscious on the floor and chained to the wall, the other students were sitting on the floor looking really scared with their hands tied behind their backs. Dad on the other hand was in his normal wheelchair tapping on the armrest. I recognised the tapping to be Morse code. I grabbed a pad and wrote down the Morse code to translate. It translated into

'Magneto and Mystique are in the school' Just then I heard the elevator open. So I grabbed my bo-staff and went out through the emergency door.

The emergency door leads me through a corridor that opens up at the back of the house, by the garage. Once in the garages, I decided to climb up into the vents and made my way through the building until I came out on the south side of the 2nd floor. I jumped out quietly and hid behind a pillar and listened to Magneto talk to my father

"Where is she, Charles? Where's Inara?"

"I don't know, Erik. She went out this morning and I haven't seen her since" I then looked over and saw one of the students, Jackson Bower, staring up at me. At first, I thought he was relieved to see me but then he said to Erik

"She's upstairs"

I sighed before standing up and moved to lean against the railing. I looked down at Erik and said

"What are you doing here Erik?" He looked up and smiled before saying

"Look at you. Little girls all grown up and now a member of the X-MEN"

"I'm not an X-man yet and you didn't answer my question?" He held out his hand said

"I wanted to give you the opportunity to reach the full potential of your powers by coming with me" I let out a sarcastic laugh and said

"Yeah, Like that's gonna happen" he smirked and I realised that Mystique was gone. I them mumbled

"Shit…"

I grabbed my bo-staff and then turn to my left. Mystique was running towards me and when she went out to punch me she said

"if you think he cares about you then you're wrong. He just felt sorry for you, that's why he took me in too" I blocked her attacks and said

"The difference between us, Mystique, is that I'm better in every way" I knocked her back before doing a triple backflip down the hall. Once I reached the end of the hall I jumped over the railing. Mystique jumped over the railing further down but landed in a small bit of water from a previously spilt water bottle. I put out my hand and the water grew and travelled up her leg. When the water covered half her body I held my hand out flat, freezing the water and in turn freezing Mystique. As I did that Erik yelled from down the hall

"Inara!"

I turned and saw Erik using his power to hold up metal spikes pointing them at the students. Jackson was now untied and standing next to Erik. With his helmet on Dad couldn't get into Eriks' mind stopping him from doing all of this. Briefly looking at my father, I reluctantly lowered my hands and backed away from Mystique. Before I could process anything else, I was flung across the room. My head collided with the wall with extreme force and all I heard was two bloodcurdling

'CRACKS!' I became extremely disoriented and was in extreme pain. All I heard was Dad yell

"Inara!" I slid down onto my right side, I was trying so hard to stay awake but was quickly losing the fight. From what I could make out Eric, Mystique and Jack were making their way towards me. I managed to say

"Jack, don't do this"

Everything quickly faded away…