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Conner casually looped the drill over his neck and leant against the raised back section of the X-van. He watched the young mutants get ready to go out in Scott's car.

"You're going to get caught one of these days Victoria, you know that don't you?" He asked her. "And I'm sorry Morgan, I go off in to my own little world when I work." He apologised. He spent the time waiting for the teens to go by unscrewing the wheel nuts by hand that he had loosened with the drill.

Damon had spent much of the day in the room he had awoke in. It seemed like the best place to keep himself out of everyone else's way while he brooded over the circumstances at hand. He wasn't in a fit of anxiety, having used all of his fears and grief in those days of running. Sorting through each individual moment in his mind, the ability to see them objectively was returning. He had also been able to think of a few answers to some of his dilemmas.

He would have to speak with the professor again and address these issues, but that could come later. He needed to do something to empty his head after having sat there for so long, the only company having been a bed, a window, and a dresser.

He left the room, silently opening and closing the door, before glancing around for any sign of life. The upstairs hall was silent and relatively empty, save for furniture. Seeing no reason to stay, he made his way downstairs and into the foyer. Content with wandering, Damon selected a hallway at random ad proceeded to walk down it.

'I don't know what exactly I'll do if I meet someone...' Damon's eyes scanned the hall, searching for any signs of life. 'But... maybe it doesn't matter...' The awkward feeling of a little social interaction seemed insignificant to the stress he had experienced recently.

Blade noticed Ellen remove herself from her embrace but said nothing about it. Ellen had just met her so perhaps she just wasn't used to her personality. Punching a fist into her hand, Blade cheered.
"Alright! I don't feel so bad being new now. I'm not alone!"

Ellen nodded and smiled, unaccustomed to Blade's nature. Her stomach gurgled loudly, her hand instinctively reaching over to touch it. Smiling sheepishly, she contemplated asking Blade where the kitchen was, but soon remembered that they were both new to the building.

"You wanna look for the kitchen with me? I haven't eaten anything yet." Ellen said telepathically, looking over her shoulder as she headed for the nearest doorway.

Sara took one look at the red vet and almost drooled. "We're taking that?" She asked in an almost awe struck voice before watching Victoria and Morgan get in. She almost squeeled and ran for the car. "It's fast isn't it?" She asked almost unnessissarilly as she practically flew into the cars' back seat and hurried into her seatbelt. Oh yea Sara was very fond of fast cars and this was was the grand daddy of them all. Her brain clicked and ordered her to calm down before she accidentally damaged the car since most of her 'accidents' happened when she was overly excited. "Okay...all set!" She said.

Conner watched the car leave then re-attached the air hose of the pneumatic drill and got back to taking off the wheel. The last bolt quickly dropped onto the ramp with it's counterparts, followed by the drill as Conner put it down. He grabbed the tyre by its tread and pulled it from the axle and then dropped it onto the concrete floor.

He went back to the toolbox and pulled out several different sized wrenches and then returned back to the van, he started to take apart the brake. Once it was off he had a good side-on look at the axle and, luckily, there were no cracks or bends; all that needed repairing was the rear section panel which was only a couple of hours with an welding torch and a hammer.

Ellen let herself be dragged along, even though she found it very awkward. It wasn't long before they had arrived in the kitchen, her stomach gurgling almost in response to the area. She gently removed her hand from Blade's, smiling weakly as she rummaged around through drawers and cupboards for foods. After a few moments of searching, she finally found a box of cereal, Sugar Crisp, specifically. Two more minutes of searching produced a bowl and a spoon, as well as the jug of milk.

"Thanks for showing me the way, Blade." Ellen smiled, pouring the cereal into the bowl, would you like some? Can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp... She sang the last sentence in her mind, not truly realizing that she'd sent that message to the other girl as well.