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"You bastard! You sick fuck! I can't believe you'd manipulate me like that!" Shadowcat yelled, lunging at me. "I'll kill you, I swear to God I'll fucking kill you!" She really took 'seeing red' to a new level.

I managed to duck out of the way, just as confused as everyone else. In her blind rage, she was thankfully less coordinated.

"Something's wrong! Her mind is nothing but pure anger!" Phoenix shouted

"Well we can't just stand here while she tries to strangle Psych, you have to shut her down." Cyclops said

"I've been trying."

*VWOOSH*

"But it just won't work!" Phoenix sobbed, eyes clouded over with deep blue

"That sound! It has to be—"

*VWOO*

"Alright, now get off me."

A guy suddenly appeared in the wind. He had short white hair swept back, and wore a blue suit with a lighting bolt across his chest. The guy was carrying some girl bridal style, who he unceremoniously dropped. She wore a mostly black outfit, with multicolored accessories. She had fingerless gloves, red on her right hand and green on her left, with white and purple boots as well. I'm no fashion designer myself but that outfit is horrendous.

"Quicksilver. And I see you've brought a new friend, care to introduce us?" Cyclops finished

"Her name's Trick, emotions through touch." He said impatiently. "What about these two?"

"I'm Psych, subliminals through touch. That's uh, Rogue, knockout kiss." I cut in

"Hmph, nice try." He turned to Trick "Don't touch the girl."

Cyclops tried to blast him, and immediately he punched me in the face. Shadowcat was holding her head as if hungover, seemingly dizzy.

"Phoenix, little help?" Cyclops tried

"Oh what's the point! Everything's going wrong!" She kept crying

"What the hell's going on?" Shadowcat asked

"Don't let the girl touch you!" I answered

"Don't forget about me." Quicksilver interjected, knocking her off her feet.

I thought Phoenix might be calming down, but had better things to worry about as Trick tried her luck against me. She's a lot less skilled than Shadowcat. I think I can actually keep up. Unfortunately, Phoenix was hit with the next optic blast, thanks to Quicksilver.

"Oh my God!" He paused for just a second, I had his attention. "Don't you ever Stand Still!?" I complained with laced words. His fault for looking at me.

".. Sure I do." He smirked, crossing his arms

Cyclops took the opportunity to hit him with a powerful blast, knocking him out for awhile. Trick looked to me in her confusion. She looked at my face, in fact, and a little too long. As her expression disappeared she could only manage one word:

"What...?"

"Who are you, Trick?" I asked assertively

"My...My..name..is..Rebecca..Elling..."

"What are your powers, really?"

"When I touch someone, I can make them feel emotions.. based on..the colors..I..can..see.."

"Why are you here?"

"For..Rogue.."

"My powers work through people's eyes, doesn't that make sense?"

"Yes.."

"And I can subtly affect minds with my powers, yes?"

"Yes.."

"Whenever I am in your field of view, your vision goes pink, as if looking through a tinted window. Your eyes will only adjust by staring directly at me. It would make sense for that to be the case, wouldn't it?"

"..Yes..." That should cover our asses if they try this again.

"When I snap my fingers, you will fall into a deep, comfortable sleep. When you wake up, you won't remember this trance at all."

*Snap*

She dropped to the ground ****.

"I've alerted Nightcrawler and Wolverine, we should get going." Phoenix said, finally herself again.

"What in the world just happened!?" Rogue spoke up

"The job, I guess" I laughed

"The gist is this: there's a school in New York where you'll be safe, and can learn to control and wield your mutant powers. We're the X-Men, and operate out of that school. You can come with us and transfer there if you want, though usually you need your parents' permission. Are you in?" Shadowcat summed up

"Sure, yeah. But how are we supposed to get to New York?"

"Oh it's the coolest thing, we have this high-tech Jet that goes like mach three at least." I provided

"What about your parents? Wouldn't they have a problem with you disappearing?" Cyclops asked

"N–nah, don't worry about that.." Rogue responded cryptically

It was obvious there was something to unpack there, but I felt it best not to pry. We regrouped at the Blackbird and, after checking everything was right, departed for the academy.

"That boy... It's almost like he doesn't belong, everything is so uncertain. I'm unsure if she'll truly be safe, Raven."

"Those self-righteous children won't do anything to harm her. We only have to be patient my love, she will return to us of her own volition. For now, I have other work to do."