Rhapsody

X-Men: The New Era

They had caught up quickly with Nathan, mostly becasue he had stopped next to the fountain in the courtyard. Also, the two of them had been joined by another girl. She studied the girl when she came over, nodding at what she said. Yeah, there was something upsetting Nathan, and Ali she was rather sure she knew what had triggered it. It was sort of obvious, she guessed. What the teachers had done, making them believe all that had really happened and having them scramble to fight for their lives and not really accomplishing anything, because they hadn't even gotten around to introducing themselves to each other properly, didn't know the others strengths and weaknesses, that had managed to get even Ali angry. And Alison was seldomly ever really angry.

Alison let him finish talking, then noticed movement beside her. She glanced at Casper as he left, without a word and frowned a little at his back. She guessed he was leaving it to them to handle this, although the fact that he had been willing in the first place that he did care. And that was a good start, considering they were supposed to be a team from now on. A team. Alison had never been part of a team like that. She was nice to people, she ahd a lot of friends and a few very good ones. But this? This was going to be a wholly different business. They had to trust each other with their lives, eventually, had to work together and have each others back. Right now, that all seemedso far away and like it would take some serious hard work. But she had the feeling that they wouldn't be giving up easily.

She turned back to Nathan and smiled at him, noticing his eyes were averted but figuring he was just socially awkward like that. "We did." she affirmed what he had said about them as a team. "I mean, we were all totally overwhelmed and half of us in serious shock, but considering the fact that we only just met, we did a pretty good job taking care of each other." She waited patiently for him to look up, even if it only was a glance. She wanted him to see the warmth in her face, needed him to know she didn't mind if he was a little awkward. "Although you almost gave me a heart attack jumping out to let yourself get hit like that. Really could have used some warning that you would actually survived that." she added, not really sounding scoulding, just concerned. "Is that you power? Absorbing.. energy?" she asked, figuring he might get more comfortable if they didn't immediately start questioning about why he had freaked out enough that he had stormed out of the building.

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Well I was going to just control them all of the time, but for free roam stuff and for other situations I don't mind other people using them. Just not the headmaster....because he's special...muahahahahahaaaa!

@ShieldsOfWar

He's special because he's David Tennant :D

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Well, Casper is actually just walking casually. He was gonna' hoist all of this on Ali xD

@Shard

I totally expected him to xD

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best x-men nickname ever xD

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@Shard I was about to suggest a Turtle-Man-Mutant and then make him do martial arts and call him teenage mutant ninja turtle ^.^

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Alison was changing into a different shirt slowly, staring at nothing as if she was in a trance remembering all that had just happened. She felt like she would need some time to process it all and also, decide whether she was simply shocked or damn angry at being manipulated like that. She felt like she should have noticed somehow, Illusions being her area of expertise, and vaguely recalled that the first thing she'd though when it had all started was 'this has got to be a test'. Well, she might want to consider listening to her intuition more often. Alison pretty much felt like her heart had stopped in there more than once, when their teachers had seemed to be hurt so badly, when nothing any of them could think of had worked against that thing, when she'd seen Nathan letting that robot thing hit him. It would have definitely helped if they ahd gotten around to proper introductions before they had been thrown in there to fend for themselves alone.

Okay, so maybe she would decide on being angry. At least as long as she ever managed to stay angry at anyone. So not very long.

She understood that they had been tested. That their capability as a team had been tested, to make sure they would be a good match and didn't work against each other. And in that respect she found they hadn't been all that bad. They had taken care of the injured and they had tried to protect each other. With some training and proper coordination, she was sure they would even manage to work together properly and come up with plans that would involve all their talents and sue them as best as possible. That was, after all, how a team was supposed to be.

She stuffed the shirt into her bag and pulled on the dark-green sweater she had packed, thin, slightly loose and perfectly comfortable for training in. She sighed and grabbed her bag, leaving the room and forcing herself to wake out of that stupor since she was facing the world again as soon as she went through those doors.

Alison had just entered the hallway when she saw, and heard, the door of the boys' changing room get thrown open and loudly banging against the wall. She watched wide-eyed as Nathan stormed outside and blinked for a second, then noticed Casper had seen as well. He seemed to be thinking for a moment, then started following the older boy. She wasn't sure for a second, whether she should do the same or leave it to him, then decided it couldn't hurt if they both tried.

She was fit, so it wasn't hard to catch up to Casper, not wanting to startle him though, she jogged closer and called out from a few feet away. "Casper?" she asked, trying to get his attention. "Casper! Hey, Nathan headed this way, right? He seemed upset..."

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I'll finally get to posting as well, now. Busy day >.< So, post'll be up in a bit :)

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@Shard Is Ali Hokus Pokus? xD

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@Kaalee Sorry bout that, I tried to keep the action to a minimum though

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Alison's initial look of wonder as she took in the huge, empty room and had only just caught a glance of the control room that had appeared high on one of the walls when Professor Pierce demanded their attention again. What happened next had that look of wonder quickly turn into one of horror. She flinched around when the doors locked shut behidn them, then immediately turned and watched with wide eyes as a huge robotic looking hand crashed through the roof of the room. It took both their professors out so fast she could barely follow, although maybe that was just the shock of this happening at all.

She barely noticed Casper talking, her eyes fixed on the two injured bodies of their teachers, her thoughts jumping from 'this has got to be a test' to 'we need to get over there and help them'. It was Alex's voice that snapped her out of it, barking orders like he was happy to go with the 'Captain Native' stuff. Not that she wasn't happy he had the mind to be somewhat level-headed, considering the situation.

"There's your weapon. Make a copy! Casper, Connor, stick together. Kimberly, you and the blond teleporter! Ali, Make an illusion, cover us in rock, invisible, lots of us, take your pick! Nathan, keep Ali safe! Danny, follow me to the professors!"

And the next minute he was moving towards the two bodies without giving anyone much time to react, not to mention protest. "Damn it, Alex wait!" she called out as she started after him, only just managing to touch the back of his shirt. Which was enough. She concentrated on her power and a barely visible string appeared, clinging onto the cloth, only visible when it caught the light. She send as much of her own energy into it as possible in the second she had to do so and as Alex sprinted off ahead, the string multiplied and wove into a square, growing bigger until it slowly covering the boy from head to toe. It shimmered and then he was gone, vanished from sight. Alison sighed in relief when she saw her Illusion take hold.

She turned to Danny and reached out. "Your turn." This time her powers worked a little quicker because she had the chance to help them along with a few trained gestures, letting it snag onto several places and letting it unfold from there. "Go on, then." She told him with a nod towards where Alex was heading with a strained smile.