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"My step-Father, the scientist, must've had it for a long time. And eBay is a great place to find parts for it...Lets take it for a spin" He said, sitting down and starting it up. "Well?" He said, looking up at her.

"Can you drive?" She asked.

"You think my parents would train me to be the ultimate ninja and not teach me to drive?" Said Tetsuo, pulling a license out. The picture on it was obviously edited, since when it was done he still was the raptor-boy...but it wasnt far from what he looked like in human form, though the eye color was off by a bit...but still blue. When he had goten it, he wasnt legaly old enough to drive...but now he was, and he was going to exploit that fact with his new car.

"Then let's go." Gen said with a smile. She was happy to get out of the mansion and all the people, as well as taking a ride in a car that she thought there was little to no chance of ever sitting in herself.

Penance's stomach was growling at that point. Even as nasty as it was, Jacen's idea of ptero-steaks had a certain appeal to it. She shuddered at the thought and looked at Avril who seemed quite content at sitting with Jacen. It was rather adorable actually.

"Maybe we should save Regina from what looked to be a painful experience," Penance nodded her head towards Regina being smothered by her parents almost literally, "Of course, the fun way."

Jacen gave her a curious look but recognized the mischeivious smile she already had on. Never was she a girl to do things the easy way, the 'PC' way. Penance pointed to Avril's hand and the little girl formed a small golden sphere of light. Nobody really noticed it since it looked almost like the candle lit.

"Now don't hit them with it, just distract them enough to let Regina escape," Penance told Dawn who floated the sphere over and around people to create a little distraction for Regina to break away, "You have been practicing."

When Dawn brought the sphere back, she tried to touch it. Still, it burnt her hand. She half wished that her abilities could be used in their trio but that was okay. Curiosity struck her, though, as she flexed her hand to speed up healing, "Does it burn you, Jacen?"

As they were experimenting with orbs of light and telekenisis, dinner was being served. Emma apparently went to no expense for this meal.

"Actually, this doesn't seem to hurt at all," Jacen remarked as he watched Avril take the orb of golden energy from his hand to hers. "Maybe it's cause I'm used to it?"

"Probably."

Without thinking, Jacen let a small orb of ebon energy form in his hand and Avril sat there looking at it with a slight awe. Black light was alot different than golden light. Curiousity took over both of the young girls, and Avril took it and held it in her hands.

"Does that hurt at all, kiddo?," Jacen asked. She shook her head just at the moment when Dawn used her particular gift and started to float it around in the air. Jacen, thinking hard for a second, controlled the energy enough to implode upon itself, trapping all of the light inside.

"Gettin' good at controlling that kinda stuff," Jacen said to himself as he saw some of the food being laid out in front of everyone. Instinctively, he went to start dishing out some food to those near him, but he moved just right to where it hurt his arm. With a defeated look on his face, he sat back and let someone help him.

While he sat back, he watched while everyone seemed to be enjoying the atmosphere. It was comforting to know that most everyone and everything seemed to be at peace. All he needed was to get his arm healed so he could get himself back on track. "Thank you," he said to Penance as she sat his plate in front of him. It was time to eat, and eat he was going to do.

"No, thank you," She whispered in his ear, "You made me realize awhile ago what was really important."

"I did, did I?" He asked as she filled their glasses with wine and fixed her sister's a plate of food.

"Yea, but you don't know it," Penance smiled as Regina and Porter sat down to join them, "Glad our little trick worked, Regina. Although, I'm starting to feel a little left out here. Seems everybody can control Avril's little power orbs."

She was joking of course. It was nice seeing her sisters have fun. It was just nice seeing her sisters again. It had been too long... too damn long. It had been her goal not to be non existant for them. Of course, as she already knew, it was out of her hands the last year.

"I don't know, Jacen, I think you could make stuffing better than this," She smiled and joked, "Be all domesticated and stuff. We can get you and Regina matching aprins for the kitchen."

"Nice, but put through an assembly line," Penance dipped some turkey in gravy and wondered aloud, "Why doesn't chicken make you sleepy like turkey... why this particular bird... wonder if it was a bird conspiracy..."

Jacen looked at her with a sideways glance, "And what did they put in YOUR wine?"

Penance shrugged, "Something potent enough to make me just that more insane."

Indeed it was. Emma knew people. It was a formula just changed enough to counteract any mutant interfearances. Her goal, not to deceive, to let people enjoy themselves.

Jonothan wasn't the first or last person at the Xavier Instititute who had never celebrated Thanksgiving before. In fact, he never celebrated any holiday. After leaving the military program and before the Institute, he was in isolation for fear of hurting others with his abilities. Holdiays were just another way to remind him that he was alone, that he had nobody. That's why he was glad to be back at Xaviers, to a place that really was home.

"I think, you should lay off the wine. If I didnt' know our headmasters any better, they probably found something not sold on the standard market," He was pretty sure he was right. Himself, he was avoiding it. He was not a wine person.

Penance already saw Dawn eyeing Regina's bottle of grape juice. She had already shoved her glass away for the time being, "Yes, you can have some."

"Now, after all this food, we need a big fireplace and... snow. That would be a nice Thanksgiving, I think," Penance leaned back in her chair gnawing on a roll, "Snowed in at the Institute with everybody's parents. You'd love it."

"No thanks. I prefer American homebrewed," Jacen said as he stood up and started away from the table. Penance looked at him questioningly, to which Jacen only smiled. It wasn't like he was planning on running away. Yet. As much as he would liked to have mingled, he was not really wanting to be around everyone. While he walked through the dining hall, he said a few hellos to the others as he passed by their seats, and quickly turned into a doorway to get away from the crowd.

Holding his arm to his stomach, he realized finally how much the broken bone was bothering him. He looked up when he saw a few of the others look at him with worry. Feeling embarrassed, he only chuckled and waved off their concern. He'd be fine, or so he told them.

"Need assitance to McCoy, mein freund?," Nightcrawler asked when he walked in behind Jacen.

"Perhaps," Jacen replied, "But isn't he up here eating with the rest of us?"

"Nein...he felt zat if he vere up here, he'd disturb ze parents," Nightcrawler said with a sigh, "I have no such aversions."

"Obviously. And don't worry 'bout me. I'll be fine." Jacen turned around to see Avril standing there, looking at Jacen.

"Come on! Their starting to serve dessert!," she said excitedly.

"See, I can't head out, Elf. See ya!" With that, he was led, by the hand, back to his seat to engorge in what was sure to be a rather well made dessert.