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A few hours had passed, and Jacen slept as comfortably as he could. He was still being somewhat plagued by the scene of his friend being vivisected. Something like that doesn't leave one's subconcious instantly. This dream played out the exact way it happened, with him being chained up, being made to watch this heinous deed. And while he struggled to get free, he felt a gentle touch on his face. It was comforting....relaxing. Then, he woke up slowly.

As he woke, he felt someone gently touching his face. He stretched before completely opening his eye, and when he did he saw Kim staring down at him. She looked as good as ever, even though she wasn't planning on going anywhere. "Hey.....," Jacen said, still resting in his bed while looking up to Kim.

"Good morning." As she was saying that, she leaned down and gave him a quick kiss. "Sorry, but I was coming to see if you were here anyways, and I heard your alarm going off. I figured I'd wake you...."

"Thanks, hon," he said quietly, his voice still weak from him just waking up. "I appreciate it..." As he said that, she sat down on the bed, and rested her head on his chest. It almost seemed like something was bothering her. If he was more awake, he'd have known off the bat. "Kim? Somethin wrong?"

"I just missed you....." She wasn't crying or overly emotional, but what she said sounded sincere. "I knew you'd come back, but...there was something bothering me about that...."

Jacen sat up with her, and hugged her. "It's over now. I'll deal with the guilt of what I did....by myself, mainly...if you want to be there to help, then....." He sighed and hugged her a bit tighter. He had a small snippet from a memory come back of his time under Apocalypse's control. He thought of the only thing he wanted was to be back her, with Kim in his arms. Exactly what was happening right now. "....Kim...is your punishment over?"

"Yes...finally," she said with exasperation, "But I've still got to go to those redundant ethics classes."

"Well...it's better than washing the jet everyday," he said while finally getting himself out of bed. "You up to going somewhere with me?"

"Where?"

"Centuria Bank....I've got to go retrieve my parents' money that they left behind when...well...you know."

She gave him a skeptical look. Apparently, she had the same train of thought that someone else did. "I'd go, but honestly, I've a splitting headache right now...." Jacen leaned down after finishing getting dressed and kissed her forehead.

"I shouldn't be gone too long. A couple of hours at the most. When is your ethics class?"

Kim sighed. "In about ten minutes."

"Ok, I'll walk you to the Professor's study. I need to talk with him." Jacen gently took Kim's hand into his. "Come on...let's go." As they walked past the nearby dresser, Jacen thought briefly of the inducer given to him, reached over to grab it while they walked out, and slipped it into his pocket. "I might need this....," he thought as Kim started to half-lead him down the halls towards Xavier's study.

The color in TNL's eyes changed back to his orange-flecked violet, much like the color in one's cheeks leaves. "They change color every once in a while..." He was about to add when I would be blushing. but decided against it. "In truth, I've never met another mutant. I've never had any problems being one, although hiding oneself from the rest of humanity is a bit of a challenge, especially if one has orange colored eyes."

All around Bayville, the more observant eyes noticed something odd. As if out of nowhere, large stereo speakers were suddenly set up along every street, every corner, atop every building, and even found themselves attached to the roofs of several buses and taxis. Most people, however, didn't notice until the speakers all sounded at once, at the exact moment Pietro began walking down Main Street, wearing a newly obtained Armani suit, carrying flowers, wine, and strutting like there was no tomorrow.

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I’m a woman’s man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, I’ve been kicked around
Since I was born.
And now it’s all right. it’s ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times’ effect on man.

Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother,
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Feel the city breakin’ and everybody shakin’,
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive.

Pietro had spent roughly fifteen minutes beforehand swiping every stereo he could find and positioning them so that everyone in Bayville would hear it upon his arrival. However, though his strut was unmistakable, and the occassional dance move made girls weak in the knees and guys question their sexuality, there was really only one person Pietro had any plans of putting on a show for tonight.

He strutted into the hotel, his background music still fresh to anyone's ears, and knocked on Obsidian's door.

"I've considered the contact thing, but how many contacts change from violet to orange randomly like that? Maybe soon they'll event some so that I can use that excuse." He smiled, and shook his head, "Sounds like you've had it rough... I've had a very pleasant life, in afterthought. Good friends, good family. Shoot, I've been on a sports team, make good grades, even went to the junior olympics. The only thing I really have to complain about is the fact that my parents just shipped me off to a place I'd never been to, alone." TNL gave a half-smile again, "But overall, life's been good."

ooc: I think yukiko is the only one in the room... obsidian might be there but I'm not sure. And I guess noko got her own room for her and pyro *shrug*

"It works... Reese's nick name is Ifrit. I haven't seen his full form when faced with anger, but I'm sure it's impressive..." Regina commented, toying with her cup of coffee. She wasn't much of a coffee drinker. Too much caffiene and it stained your teeth fairly well, at least that's what she thought. "I'm Wraith if we ever do start going by code names. But I'd prefer Regina. Hm... I have found that I can use my own shadow like lightning... if ever in a fix. Otherwise I just use my powers to hide or move me and someone else away from danger."

ooc: for the sake of the plot line... we're going to say that Reese stayed back at the hotel and all the talk that happened wasn't in his presence. ^^

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"That's for sure..." Regina said with a short laugh. "Wanda, the psycho b***h that can stop a mutant's powers. Pyro, the flaming temper tantrum waiting to happen. Pietro, with an ego the size of the US continent... Noko's not so bad. Obsidian is cool too... And Alex."

She thought for a minute. "I'm there... because they accepted me. This thing happened in the Amazon and they said I could join them. We sort of have the same beliefs... I just don't see humans accepting us as just a small altered form of themselves anytime in the future. I guess that's why... but I'm not violent."