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"I don't shave, huh? Nice one," Tara spoke softly, an amused look gracing her features. Roland's appearance blocked her silly smooth get-away, but she was fine with that. He seemed a nice guy, even if he was an Alpha. Of course, when he praised Dimitri's ways, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. Talk about stereotypical. Of course, his response to her quip about his powers elicited a laugh from her and a shake of her brown tresses.

"Yea, and they should know that it's only the lava you can shoot on command," she joked back, her arms crossing over her chest as her team mate explained to the Omega about his powers. To be honest, Tara had yet to see them in action, but she had to think that it would be a show. If he was as theatrical with magma as he was with his women, it could at least be entertaining. Her eyebrows raised when he explained that the girls just wanted to "celebrate" Spring Break a little early, a soft snort escaping her as she tried to hold back a laugh. There was really only one kind of girl that wanted to celebrate spring break in that kind of manner, and frankly it wasn't the kind of girl she would be proud to bring home to mom and pop if he were a male. Then again, she wasn't a male - thank freaking God.

Roland invited them to a French dinner, Tara smiling and giving a curt nod.

"I'll see if I can clear my schedule," she said in a joking tone, giving him a soft wave as he went off to hopefully take a shower or something. They guy was glistening brighter than an oiled-up body builder on show day. As soon as he was gone, she started her exit once more, a grin forming when she heard Dimitri's steps hurrying to catch up with her. She had been counting on that persistence to keep him coming back for more. If he liked the pain, Tara could keep dishing out. His sense of self-entitlement to whatever woman he wanted was amusing at the very least, and would make for some great banter back and forth when she was feeling frisky. And she was really in the mood to string someone along like a little pup - he was perfect.

"Now, why should you get to wear the cuffs," she asked with a pretend pout, turning direction sharply to move through the food line. Grabbing a tray, she reached for a chicken sandwich, moving along to grab a side salad. Without looking at him, she continued to slid down to the utensils before turning to grab a bottle of water.

"Besides, it isn't really a date if you're taking me to a mutual friend's free dinner. If that's what's been getting you laid, then you've really been scraping the bottom of the barrel," she said simply, no real joking tone in her voice this time around. Tara was the master of this game - she was good at reading people and saying whatever she thought would keep them interested, but at an arm's length away. Her step-brother always thought that her love of manipulation was why she was 18 and had never had a serious boyfriend. Tara thought it was just because she had yet to find someone she wanted anything more from than witty banter and doting favors. She loved the chase, and that was about it. Did that make her a tease, or a b***h? Probably. But to be honest, she couldn't care less.

Paying for her meal, she walked over to a table, setting her tray and bag down before smoothing the back of her skirt and sitting down. He would follow her…she was a woman. How could he not?

"They don't know...
What I know...
They never seen this side of you...
They Know the lies, I know the truth

Omega: Lab then walking by lounge. It's to early for explosions.

Lillian unlike the others wasn't currently taking any courses through the college. Her studies were all self studies with help from some of the Academy instructors like Beast and Forge. With a month gone by since the reality nightmare of that Nathan kid she was glad things were back to normal. Or well normal for them anyway. The only thing she would ever miss from that place was being able to fly. She had to admit she really enjoyed being able to soar through the air. Which she missed greatly when they all were unceremoniously dumped into the lake upon the reality setting itself right once more. She had been quite scared when she saw Cissa's wound on her back and tried desperately to recall Elixir's powers once more but couldn't. Her body was just to tired even with the boost she had gotten back thanks to Cissa's ability it just wasn't enough her body was still drained. But over all things turned out okay as no one was killed because of the altered reality. And everyone seemed pleased to be back to normal after it a few she knew were more so then others as their changed form had been more drastic then her own.

Since returning she found herself with a new room mate Corinne Leblanc. Who funny enough was also transformed into a reaper in the kids Tim Burton fantasy come to life. But over all no problems seemed to be had between her and her new roomie so over all things were good.

This morning like many before found her working down in Forge's lab. She was helping him working on a new engine system for the blackbird that would allow the jet to break free from the atmosphere. Cause previously when ever they traveled to space it was with the Shi'ar on one of their ships. Plus Forge just wanted to make it so it could just encase the need ever arose. And the project that was next was making it ready to be able to be space worthy. Which according to Forge was a much easier task then the new engines.

As she was taking the fuel mixture to put into the fuel cells Forge designed. There was a short in the power supply for the containment field. On another project of Forge's that was being held in a vacuum as it couldn't be exposed to air. Lillian was quick as the explosion happened jumped in front of Forge to shield him from as much of the blast as she could not even thinking. As the smoke cleared Lillian was standing there her clothes were in tatters barely covering up her private area's. But the thing was her skin wasn't it's normal fair completion. Nope now it was the metallic silver color of Colossus when he powers up. "Are you okay Forge?" She asked coughing as the fire was being put out by this special foam stuff Forge came up with.

"Yes thanks to your quick reflexes and the good fortune that you had borrowed Piotr's abilities." Forge said as he coughed a little as well. As he set out to start checking on damage and helping to put out any fires. Not at all worried about any burn or cut or anything that may of happened to himself. Beast was quick to enter the room along with Kurt who telephoned in to see what happened.

"Ms. Hart why don't you go on up stairs and get some new clothes. Kurt and I can assist Forge." Beast said to Lillian.

"Okay Dr. McCoy." Lillian said she was originally going to refuse to leave so she could help as well. But when he mentioned new clothes she then realized her clothes were torn up. Pulling her lab coat closed around her Lillian left the lab. She was glad though that the had gotten Colossus' abilities or did she that bit was currently fuzzy to her. Her powers had been slightly strange since returning from the Nathan kid's reality.

Upon exiting the elevator she began walking toward the stairs as she passed the lounge doors her steps faltered slightly as her head started to throb for a moment but faded quickly. Clutching her lab-coat closed around her even though it wasn't helping really anymore then the current state of the clothes under it. It was still better even if it was frayed that the bottom and had some holes in it thanks to shrapnel. Shortly after she made her way up the stairs toward and into her room to get the change of clothes.

Code Name: Siren
Team: Alpha
Location: Towards the Student Lounge
Ability: Sound Manipulation
Singing: Desnudate...

Isabella for the time being, forgot that Narcissa was in the room—Suddenly surrounded by so many new faces. The songstress smiled pleasantly, genuinely happy to see them all. Studiously, she marked them all off on her little clip board when they arrived. She beamed at the first one to approach her, Aurelie. She looked so…Nervous, it was entirely adorable. “It’s great to meet you…Mr. Summers told me that you really enjoy music…”, she intoned lightly, making little hearts in the margins of the paper.

“I do too—You’ll have to join me in the music room sometime.”, Isabella offered with a dainty tilt of her head. Another new recruit came in then, fairly bouncing on the balls of her toes. She had short cropped hair, and a rather sweet looking disposition. “It’s good to meet you Reggie—Call me Isa or Bella… So long as you don’t call me late for dinner… I don’t mind.”

For a moment… She thought she heard the light, quick little footsteps of Bianca… Her heard turned, catching a glimpse of dark hair before she disappeared as quickly as she’d come. Bella’s expression was sad for a moment… Was Bianca still upset with her for Catalina? Not for the first time, she was tempted to send her some kind of peace making gift… Jean and Emma had informed her that she would be a little skittish…Though they didn’t say why. Sighing quietly, she vowed to talk to her later.

A dark skinned boy with a cap on entered, and Bella stood up then to wave at him—She recognized him almost immediately from his file… “Marcel Porter?”, she questioned, hoping to get his attention… She didn’t like anyone to feel left out. “Hello—I’m Bella… You’re here for the new Alpha meeting right?”

She shook her head, sending auburn waves tumbling as she chuckled at her own stupid question. Of course he was.

“Welcome to the Alpha’s…”

Next came a boy that seemed a little bit like someone she had met before… Though she couldn’t recall from where. Her memory failed her for a moment, but thankfully the gentleman offered his name and the small songstress gave her usual perfectly dazzling smile. “You’re in the right place Robert… My name is Isabella.”, she greeted, inclining her head faintly.

It entertained he that he seemed to be the same height as she was—Though she cheated. She was wearing pumps to improve her meager height.

“You’re also in the right place Alexandria…”, she greeted the wind user, trying to make sure that she got to everyone—At least to say hello. The student lounge was quickly becoming very crowded. “And you don’t have to call me Ms Stone—Silly amiga…Isa or Bella is fine.”

She saw Tsukino come in, but the girl didn’t come over right away—So for the time being Isabella waved and smiled in her direction, marking the girl off as well.

Leonardo came over to stand next to her—And she smiled, emerald eyes brightening. “Si—It seems like it’s the Alpha’s turn for an influx of members…”

She tilted her head for a moment when he addressed the crowd, a little impressed that he would take it upon himself to be so friendly. Maybe she was just used to dealing with Omega’s all the time…Or rather, Narcissa, who would just as soon bite her head off—As she would be to spit in her drink. A touch of pink went to her cheeks, just slightly, when he referred to her as being pretty—And she elbowed him good naturedly with a cheerful laugh. “I’ll do my best…”

Turning her attention from the new recruits for just a moment, she moved her lips—Though no sound came from them… Speaking without sound, the message she needed to convey carried directly to Leonardo’s ears, “How are you feeling?”

It was a month removed from the accident… But the songstress still worried daily about his injuries.

Her head dipped for a moment as she finished marking off everyone on her checklist… There were a few stragglers…But she hoped they would make it. As she looked up, a shiny red apple crossed her vision and she reflexively caught it—Confused. Did apples fall from ceilings now? And then she realized that Gideon had dropped it for her, hearing him behind her… Turning her head she smiled prettily at him. How had he known she was still hungry, her cinnamon bun not doing much to curb her hunger. “Gracias…”, she turned towards the assembled group.

“Everyone this is Gideon—He’s another Alpha.”, she introduced him to them, mouthing at the wolverine clone to, ‘Say Hello’, through a grin.

Isabella brought her fingers to her lips and released a shrill whistle to get the attention of all of her new friends. “Again—Thank you all for coming, Welcome to the Alpha’s… It’s getting crowded in here, so why don’t we go for a short walk while the weather is still cooperating.”

Gently she shouldered past a few of them, setting her clipboard on the coffee table—She’d get it later. Isa waited for them to follow, and then ducked out the door. It would be easier to talk without being in the same room as the Omega leader… She was…Too volatile, to unstable in Isabella’s opinion to be allowed around any students…Let alone her own.

The songstress walked backwards, so that she could look at their faces…Using the echolocation portion of her power to see around her, so as no to trip and fall on anything. The clicking of her shoes on the wooden floor, and then the sidewalk provided her the noise she needed to read back the echo. “I’m sorry for all the confusion… My name is Isabella Stone. On the field, or in training sessions—You all can call me Siren. On the Alpha’s… We are a little more…Laid back that the Omega’s… But we usually carry the same goals. Both teams go out on field missions—Just like Storm and Wolverine. We are known as Junior X-Men. Our team colors and black and blue…”

“And we usually get into trouble, at least twice a week.”, she intoned with a laugh, showing that she was joking… At least, mostly joking.

Bella led them towards a grassy area that held a few bleachers. Hiking up her skirt just slightly, so as not to trip—She nimbly climbed the metal seats, no doubt left from some team related game. Her hands gestured for them all to sit… “Do any of you have any questions for me? I don’t want to talk your ears off…”

Omega - Is it too early for beer?


Christian was busy mowing down on a chunk of steak he’d cut off of one of the strips when he saw Leion walking into the kitchen. The guy was inquiring about what was on the tube that Christian had just shut off. Deeming it worthy not to mention what he just saw, he figured it best to not say anything at all about it. “Naw, ain’t nothing good on. Just the same ol’ BS that’s on the news every day,” the wilderness boy replied after swallowing what food he was chowing upon.

Leion’s questions leaned towards what had happened in that Halloweentown. My, how word spread fast around this place. Again, he didn’t know how to reply to that though. So, he let those words hang in the air for a moment before speaking up… after scooping some bits of scrambled egg into his gullet.

“Methinks it’s best served as a movie,” Christian said dryly, picking up a stray piece of bacon, “You didn’t really miss much, honestly. ‘Cept for people literally fallin’ apart and me runnin’ round like a chicken with its head cut off.” He smirked briefly before mowing down on the bacon he held.

It was true that most everyone had some sort of gruesome transformation in that Halloweentown reality. But, since it was a month removed, Christian tried his damnedest to not think about it. He rather enjoyed having his head sitting upon his shoulders and not held in his hands.

Christian wasn’t oblivious to the fact that Leion stood at the counter while he ate his omelet. He kind of wondered as to why he would, but… he tried his best to push that thought from his mind. Every person, as strange as it seemed, had their own way of doing things, their own customs. Far be it from him to cast aspersions upon someone for doing things just a wee bit different than the norm.

After a few more bites, Christian’s meal was completely done, and whether Leion liked it or not, he was going to go about cleaning up the dirty dishes. If he didn’t do that, who would?

“Either way,” he said to his fellow Omega teammate, “It’s good to see you around, Leion.” Christian went about scraping what scraps were on his plate into the sink’s disposal. He wasn’t forgetting what it was Rave did to assist him when they were back in Limbo. Hell, if it weren’t for Leion, Christian would have been dead meat fighting against all those demons.

Whilst he kept rinsing off the plate he used plus the pans, his thoughts drifted towards the brief amounts of rhetoric that he heard over the television. He was sure it was common knowledge amongst the higher-ups, but should the ‘foot soldiers’ know? If they did need to, Christian wouldn’t want to be the one to tell them. Again, his thoughts drifted momentarily before deciding on a new topic of choice.

“Overheard a lil birdy sayin’ we’re gettin’ some new blood in the Omegas. Alphas too. Wonder how well this is gonna go over.”

Omega – O Brave New World…

Jacen and Leion had made up. After getting back from Halloweentown, it had been near impossible to avoid the other omega for any period of time, and the stealth had grown tiring to begin with. So, the friendship was back on track, along with Jacen’s joking stipulation that if Leion ever tried kissing him again, he’d wind up somewhere along the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Coupled with that bit of back-story, a bit of homesickness had brought Jacen to take a little trip to his home-island of Toatani. It had been Shandra’s idea actually, and she, Leion and Jacen had all gone down there for a week in the tropics. It had gone slightly better than The vacation to Catalina, with Jacen wrestling a real octopus, Leion and Shandra meeting his rather extended family, and the three of them keeping the island’s extinct volcano from becoming not-so extinct. Typical stuff really.

With that trip, the only slight westernification he had been getting a steady supply of since starting the academy seemed to have regressed. He was just as blunt and naïve as ever, and his thirst for adventure was jumpstarted since their little alternate reality travel.

As for the present, Jacen was flipping through the kitchen window from the academy grounds, his hair dripping wet. “Dudes, did you guys know you can jump from the roof to the pool?” He asked, before frowning for a second. “Also, somebody might want to tell Emma that there- Er… Isn’t a diving board anymore.” He said, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Thank you for owning up to that Mr. Reilly." The omegactopus heard the headmistress' voice in his mind, which sounded significantly colder than normal. He winced inwardly, looking back to the other two Omegas.

“So what have you guys been up to today?”

That has such people in it…