X-Men 4, chapter 2

In some dark room later that day...

Mike'sPOV

"Hey Mike sweetie. There's nothing to be worried about. It's just a routine thing to update you on our database ok?" Jean said, obviously sensing I was a bit worried.

"Um... Ok" I said.

"Why don't you take out your earring and go and lie on that table kid?" Logan said.

I did as I was told. It was actually kinda scary. And I don't remember it being done the first time I came into the school either. I would have to ask Erin about it later.

This test was kinda like a CAT scan thing. I lay on the table and the table was sorta passed through a tunnel thing. Everything was ok until I heard these words fall from Jean's mouth.

"It can't be?"

"What did I do now?" I wondered out loud.

"You did nothing Mikey... Don't worry about a thing." She said to me in my mind. "Logan come look at this" she said ushering him to have a look at the screen.

"Holy Cow!" I heard Logan mutter. "How can that be...?"

"I don't know sweetie... " Jean said, trailing off.

"What?... What is it?" I asked becoming a little bit freaked out, my spikes scraping the edges of the tunnel thing.

"Calm down Mikey.... Let me finish the test and then I'll tell you ok?" she said to me in my mind. That calmed me a bit, but the look she had on her face was still scaring me... That and the weird noises I could hear that I was sure wasn't the machine I was going through.

The test finished and I jumped off the table.

"So what's the matter with me?" I asked, grabbing my earring out of Logan's hand and putting it back in.

"Well... Um... " Jean started. She obviously wasn't gonna tell me, so I looked straight at Logan. He gave me the answer I needed.

"We just found out you have telepathy powers that are higher than the Professors kid. This means that you can contact any mutant anywhere and talk to people in their mind even if they don't have telepathy... " he trailed off and looked at my face.

As soon as he said those words to me, the noises in my head turned to a jumble of loud and rambling voices. I shook my head to try and clear it, but it didn't work.

"Thanks... " I managed to get out as I stumbled out of the room. The voices were getting louder and louder. It was too much to take. I collapsed to my knees on the floor of the corridor with my hands over my ears. "Shut up. Shut up. SHUT UP!" I screamed. They didn't stop. There seemed to be a blue wave of something eminating from me. I screamed to Erin in my head. " ERIN!"

Erin's POV

I was sitting quite silently in my room doing a stupid project for Storm when I heard Mike scream my name. I looked around wildly and it took me a second to realise I could hear the voice in my head.

"Mikey?!... Where are you sweetie?... What happened?" I said aloud, not knowing if I could talk to him with my mind or not.

"I... I'm in... The fourth floor corridor... Please come quickly!" he said, sounding like he was in a lot of pain.

Not needing another excuse, I raced out of the door and to the fourth floor. I found Mike sitting on the floor, knees under his chin, rocking back and forth with his hands over he ears, crying quietly.

"Mikey!... What happened?" I asked rushing to his side.

"Voices... Make them stop... Please stop them... Please Erni." He whimpered.

"Shhhhh baby... Its ok" I replied, taking him in my arms and stroking his hair.

Logan then came down the hall. "Oh shit... Is he talking about voices by any chance?" he asked me with a confused look on his face.

"Yeah.... Do you know why?" I asked. He nodded.

"He just found out that he has stronger telepathy powers than the Professor. It's probably over whelming him a bit." He said as an explanation. I nodded.
"Well can you bring him to our room... Coz he just passed out." I said indicating to the now limp Mike in my arms.

"Sure" he nodded; taking Mike out of my arms and carrying him up to our room and putting him on my bed.

"Thanks... " I muttered, pulling the covers over us both. Logan left the room. I lay down watching Mike. He writhed a bit and then suddenly his eyes shot open and he sat bolt upright.

"Erni?" he questioned, looking around frantically.

"I'm here Mikey... Its okay" I said, reaching out and touching his arm. He relaxed slightly and fell back to the bed.

He rubbed at his eyes. "What the hell just happened babe?" he questioned, looking at me, blue locking onto blue.

"Well... You screamed to me in my mind or your mind or something, telling me to come to you... I came to you and you were rocking and talking about voices... Then Logan came and told me that you have telepathy powers better than the Professor... Then you passed out... " I finished. Taking a deep breath. "Any voices now?" I asked, as he remembered what had happened.

"Nope... All gone" he replied, smiling a bit and shaking his head. "Let's just go to sleep ok?" he said, pulling me closer to him.

"No objections here" I giggled as I snuggled into his side.

The next Morning...

Mike's POV

I woke up and saw Erin wasn't next to me and kinda freaked out. I had become used to seeing her next to me in the mornings.

"Where are ya babe?" I questioned, looking around.

"In here Mikey" she said, grinning and poking her head out of the bathroom.

"Ok... Shoot... I gotta get to Logan's class babe!... See ya a bit later" I said yanking clothes on and kissing her quickly before racing out the door.

In Logan's class.....

"Nice of you to join us... " Logan greeted me as I skidded through the door.
"Sorry... " I muttered, sitting down at my desk.

"Now as I was just saying before Mike interrupted." He said, glaring at me playfully. "I was gonna say that today we are gonna do practical... " he trailed off waiting for the inevitable reaction from Pyro.

Right on cue, Pyro jumped and screamed. "Praise the good mutant lords above!"

We all laughed and followed Logan out of the class room and down to a big field.

"Now I've set up tasks for you all to do... They have the instructions with them, so off you go... Mike your with me" he stated pulling me a bit behind him. "We are gonna do some combat training today... " he started, bringing his spikes out in the process. "Don't worry... I'll go easy on ya" he laughed, as I gulped and got my spikes out also.

I dumped my books on the ground. And when I looked up again, Logan was running at me, full speed. I yelped and stuck both lots of spikes in front of my face. Metal hit metal, and Logan chuckled.

"Good... Now make a stance like this... " he demonstrated. "And we're gonna practice blocking blows alright?"

I nodded and copied his stance. I managed to block all his blows. But I did miss some and had small slashes over my arms.

"Ok that's enough for today" he said panting slightly.

I retracted my spikes and picked my books up. I looked up and saw Erin coming towards me.

"This day just keeps getting better" I said smiling and kissing the top of her head. "Wanna go for a walk?"

"Sure" she grinned as we stopped off our room to dump our stuff. "How're you feeling today?" she asked more seriously as we left campus. "Any voices?" she said as a joke, but sounded serious.

"Only a little bit today... I had combat training with Logan, and I could hear what he was saying to me like in actual speaking and what he was thinking and/or saying to me in his head. It took some getting used to." I said, crumpling my face up in my slight confusion.

"Oooohhh! Let's go get ice cream!" Erin exclaimed, suddenly, like a little kid. "Can we please go get ice cream Mikey? Please?" She looked at me with her blue eyes and pouted. I had to cave in.
"We can go get ice cream... " I trailed off as she began dancing around and cheering.

Later on...

"Oooohhh look babe.... Bouncy hats!" I giggled excitedly, the alcohol I had consumed after our ice cream beginning to have an effect on me. She rolled her eyes and allowed herself to be dragged over to a large display of large, colourful and bouncy tops hats on the curb outside a shop. "I want one... Can I get one for me and Tre baby?" I said slurring slightly.

She nodded. "How much did you have to drink sweetie?" she said, holding me up a little before I went in to the store.

"This many... " I said holding up four fingers, even though I had had more than that. I stumbled into the shop and bought 2 of the hats. I shoved one on my head and held tightly onto the other one.

I slung one arm drunkenly around Erin and we made our way back to the campus. By the time we got to Logan's room I was beginning to sober a bit.
"Why are we in Logan's room baby?" I slurred hiccupping slightly.

"You're in my room coz your girlfriend is worried about you... " is I think what he muttered. "How many did you have kid?" he questioned.

"I only had four... " I trailed off as Logan came towards me to try and look at my eyes. I suddenly felt threatened by him and my spikes came out. "Back off!" I growled. The voices had started in my head again. I could hear the voices of my mother and father and the things they were saying to me. I thrashed around for a bit and finally settled in the corner.

"Mikey what's the matter?" Erin asked stepping towards me cautiously. I growled a little bit but let her move.

"Voices... Everywhere... They're gonna get me...." I whimpered expecting to see the sources of the voices standing around me.

"Who's gonna get you sweetie?" she pressed a bit further, sitting down and shuffling towards me a little bit more.

"They... M-mom... Dad... Make it stop!" I pleaded.

She nodded and scooted the last short distance to me. I began whimpering again and leaned in to her. She held me and stroked my hair.


Erin's POV

"Shhhh Mikey... Its ok sweetie" I cooed, stroking his hair as we sat against the wall. "Do you wanna put your spikes away and we can go back to our room?" I asked him, kinda expecting a bad reaction.

"Spikes stay... But I'll come back... " he said shakily.

"Ok we can do that" I said getting up.

"How did you that?" Logan uttered, his mouth hanging open in shock. I kinda had to agree with him. He had gone from drunk, to angry, to whimpering and now I had managed to calm him down a bit and get him to come with me to our room.

"Call it my caring girlfriend power" I grinned, as Mike placed an arm carefully around me, his eyes flicking around cautiously.

We got back to our room and Tre was there.

"What happened to him?" he questioned, pointing at Mike who still had his spikes out.

"The alcohol had a weird effect on him... " I said, leading Mike to the bed. "Do you want me to sleep with you in the bed, sleep just in the room, or go and sleep in with Tre, sweetie" I asked as Tre's eyes lit up. I hit him playfully as I awaited my answer.

"Stay with me please... " he said, sounding like a scared little kid.

"In the bed... Or just in the room?" I asked again.

"In the room please... I might hurt you otherwise." He said still flicking his eyes around the room.

"Ok... Well goodnight... " I said to him, ushering Tre out of the room.

I snuggled down into the bed that was mine before me and Mike where together, and just watched him. I eventually fell asleep.

About 2 hours later I was awaken by him calling my name.

"Erni?" he called out cautiously.

"I'm here" I said rubbing at my eyes. "Are you ok?" I questioned noting the cut up sheets around him.

"I'm alright now... " he stated, getting rid of the sheets. "Can you come back with me now?" he asked, pouting and giving me pleading eyes.

"Course I will... " I said, grabbing the sheets and stuff off my bed, and shuffling over to the other bed.

I climbed in and snuggled under the covers. He hugged me close to him and I fell back asleep with a smile on my face.

Mike's POV

I woke up in a cold sweat at about 3 o clock. I didn't wake up because of the previous nights events though. I could smell something... Or someone... But I couldn't be sure.

"Wassa matter Mikey?" Erin said, sleepily from beside me. She propped her self up on her elbows and rubbed her eyes.

"I'm not sure... Stay here... I'll be back in a minute ok?" I said slipping on some jeans.

"Ok... " she said sleepily, falling back to the pillow and falling back to sleep again.

I smiled and went out of the room, running into Logan in the hall. He could sense something or someone too.

"You too huh?" I asked, realising that it was a rhetorical question as soon the words left my mouth.

He chuckled. "Ask a stupid question kid. If you can sense it... It's guaranteed that I'll be able to as well."

I laughed and looked around. "It's a boy about my age." I said sniffing the air.

"Yes indeed... " Logan started. "But where is he?"

I concentrated and my eyes went pure white. "He's outside in the garden" I concluded.

"Come on then" Logan stated, beckoning him to follow me.

We went down to the main garden and saw the small skinny form curled up into a ball. He was about my age and had pale skin, wearing a black hoodie that had the hood up so we couldn't see his face.

"Is he alive?" Logan questioned, raising an eyebrow.
I bent down and inspected the form more closely. "Yeah he is" I said. Suddenly the boy's eyes shot open and I jumped back.

"Stay back...." He said, a little unsure of how confident he could be.

"Who are you?" I asked. He jumped up a bit and landed on his feet like a cat.

"Wh... Who are you?" he questioned trying to sound more tough than he appeared.

"I'm Mike... And this is Logan... But whoever you are... We aren't gonna hurt you alright?" I said trying to keep this boy calm. It was obvious he was a mutant, but I wasn't too sure of the powers he might have.

"H-How can I-I be sure?" he questioned pointing to Logan who had one lot of his spikes out.

"Dude... Spikes... " I said to him motioning to his hand.

"Oh right... " he said, retracting them back in.

"Listen... We aren't gonna hurt you... I know you're a mutant... You're names Billie yeah?" I questioned, looking at him. His eyes went from green to yellow and suddenly gross images were running through my head.

"Better believe it... " he smirked, as I hissed in pain.

"Oh I do believe it... " I said, as the images left my head. "Were all mutants here buddy... Come on... The professor wants to see you" I said, leading him back to the building.

"Lemme go!" he said, suddenly confident. "I can walk by my self ya know... "

"Okay... Okay!... Jeez!" I muttered, letting go of him.

We walked down to the Professor's office. I knocked on the door and we both went in. Logan had gone back to his room.

"Hello there Billie... Michael" he greeted us.

"Who the hell are you... And how the bloody hell do you know my name?!" Billie questioned angrily.

"I am Professor Charles Xavier and I am in charge of the school for the gifted... And I know your name because it is printed on your shirt." He chuckled.

I looked down and laughed.

"Oh yeah... God damned shirt" he said aloud. "Sorry for the language." He said, his eyes become wide with fear. I read his mind and saw that he hadn't had the easiest life, and saying something out of place or swearing got him beaten and tortured.

"It's quite alright Billie... Just don't make it a habit. After all, I can understand why you are so apologetic about it after the life you have had." The Professor said, as I nodded in agreement.

"What? How did you know?" Billie asked confused.

"I am one of the many people on this campus that can read minds... " the Professor explained. "You will get to meet some of the others during your time here" he said smiling. "Now I'll let Mike take to your room and we can discuss classes and what not tomorrow... "

"Whatever... "Billie stated, trailing off, and allowing me to take him to his room. "So everyone here is a mutant huh?" he questioned, staring at the side of my head.

"Yep... " I replied bluntly, as I unlocked his room. "The Professor will see you in the morning... " I said shutting the door and walking back to my room before he had a chance to protest.

"What or who was it baby?" Erin questioned from the bed, her eyes still closed.

"It was a boy... And you'll probably see him around tomorrow... " I trailed off as I yawned. I stripped back of down to my boxers and climbed into the lovely warm bed.

"You tired Mikey?" Erin questioned as she rolled over, wrapped her arms around me and placed little kisses over my bare chest.

"Errnniiiiiiiiiii!" I whined. Damn her and her round the clock horniness. It made us worse than Tre sometimes. She silenced me for a minute or two by taking my lips with her own, our tongues fighting for dominance. She raised an eyebrow as I tried to win, but it didn't work. We broke for air and she giggled. "Tomorrow then?" she questioned, as I rolled onto my back and grinned.

"Definitely tomorrow... " I smiled as I pulled her even closer to me and felt her warm breath on my chest, and her hair tickling at my upper arm.




The next morning...

Erin's POV

I awoke the next morning to the sound of birds and small rays of sunlight filtering through the blinds. I then rolled over and was met with Mikey's face. It had a huge grin plastered all over it.

I looked confused for a second to tease him and then pretended that I had suddenly remembered about it.

"Oh that... " I giggled as he pounced on me.

For once I let him win in the battle for dominance and grinned at his reaction when we broke for air.

"You let me win?... That's actually a turn on... " he smiled as he nibbled at the skin on my neck. About half a minute later he withdrew, and I knew I would have to check the hickey out later. He trailed his kisses all the way down to my belly button and up again. What happened after that I'll leave to your imaginations. But did I tell you before how great mutant sex is? With Mikey it is Fan - fucking - tastic.

"I almost missed breakfast for that... " I trailed off giggling as we both gasped for air.

"Did not! We still have a whole hour! But that was better than breakfast wasn't it?" he questioned rolling over and grinning.

"I've had better... " I joked, as I watched his face contort into a look of fake hate.
Then he pounced again and began tickling me. Why the hell does he have to know all my weak points! I writhed and squirmed as his fingers continued to torture my sides. "Mikey!... Please stop!..." I panted, trying to breathe. "I'm gonna wet myself." I laughed.

"You don't have anything on that you can 'wet' sweetie... " he started off. "Oh hang on...... Eww!" he said and took his hands for me as I jumped out of the bed, grabbed a shirt and ran to the bathroom.

Mike's POV

I grinned as she ran to the bathroom. I lay there for a few more minutes before jumping outta bed and pulling random clothes on. I slipped out of the room and headed down the corridor to Billie's room. May as well let him know breakfast is on. I knocked on door and waited for him to answer. He opened his door and I stood in awe as I saw a huge pair of wings spread out behind him.

"Du... Dude... No offence... But where did you get them? There awesome!" I said as he looked straight at the floor.

"They kinda come with the whole eye colour change and bad mental images trip... Other than that... There just there to make me look like a freak... " he said sadly.


I nodded. "Well... Just wanted to let you know that breakfast ready... Come down when you're ready ok?"

He nodded and shut the door. I continued down the hall and a flight of stairs and went into the dining room. I didn't have any idea where everyone was until Tre whistled. I walked over and sat down next to Erin.

I began eating until I noticed Billie come in. He was wearing that black hoodie again, and he came and sat at the very end of our table.

"Hey Billie... Do you wanna sit with us?" I asked beckoning him closer.

Erin looked at me weird. "Are you sure? Isn't that the kid you and Logan found last night?" she questioned, looking between me, Logan and Billie.

"Yes I'm sure... " I replied. "Why? Do you have a problem?"

"No... Don't worry about it" she huffed slightly. Billie moved further down the table and sat next to Tre who was busy stuffing his face with Cheerio's.

"So... Is Billie gonna be classed as a dangerous mutant like me?" I questioned Logan, as he looked like he would rather be somewhere else right now.

"No idea kid... " he replied. "That's up to Charles... But if he is... He'll be joining us in class tomorrow... " he hung his head in his arms. Logan could never function very well without sleep.

I continued to eat my breakfast until I sensed something in the air. "Not again... " I muttered, getting up as Logan followed.

"What now?" he moaned.

My eyes went pure white. "It's a girl... " I said. "But she has humans with her." I scrunched up my face. I looked at Logan to get him to come with me. Vas much as he looked like he didn't want to... He knew he had to.
"Alright... I'm comin... " he moaned, following me out the door and drawing his spikes out, as I did.

We paced the corridors looking for what we could sense. It was really over whelming. The sense of humans I guessed. We turned a corner and I saw it. There was a group of humans dropping off a girl she looked small and frail and had black hair. All of a sudden something set off a loud noise in my head. I dropped to my knees with my hands over my ears. The last thing I heard before I passed out was Logan groaning... 'ah crap'. I came to about a minute later. The humans and the girl were gone.

"What the heck is up with you passing out all the time?" he snapped at me. Ah great. He's having a bad day.

"I'm sorry ok!" I spat out in retaliation. "I cant help it alright!... Tell Erin I'll see her later ok?" I asked him, still reeling with annoyance.

"Fine... " he muttered as I walked in the opposite direction.

After a few minutes I stopped walking and punched the nearest wall. "Why the fuck does this happen to me all the time!" I yelled in frustration.

Then the voice of the Professor came to me in my head. "It doesn't happen all the time... You're just taking longer to get used to your new powers that's all." He said trying to calm me.

"It's not fair though... What if I hurt Erin again?" I questioned him in my mind.

"If I recall correctly... Nothing bad has happened to hurt Erin except for the minor incident where you cut her... Am I right?" he said.

I nodded. "Yeah... But I'm scared"

"There's no need to be... If the last time you hurt someone was months ago... I'd say you are learning to control your powers."

"Ok... Thanks professor... But if you don't mind... I sorta need to be alone for a bit" I said a little sheepishly.

"As you wish Michael... " I heard before there was a silence.

I continued back up to our room and just sat on the bed staring into space until Erin entered the room.

"Hey babe... Are you ok?... Logan said you went of all upset earlier?" she said frowning and sitting down next to me.
"Yeah I'm ok... I'm just a bit down coz I seem to pass out all the time when something gets too much for me" I said dropping my head.

"It's not your fault Mikey... I thought you knew that?" she said, grabbing me in a hug.

"I know"

"Well stop being all sad... You make me feel shit when your upset" she said grinning and trying to lighten to the mood a bit. "So what happened anyways?"

"I saw this girl... She was brought here by her parents... They were both humans... She's like Billie" I said, trying to remember the details myself.

I got up and looked around aimlessly.

"What's really wrong sweetie?.... You know you can tell me anything right?" she said. She always knew when something was really wrong.

"Nothing to do with me... It's just I think that this girl is related to Billie... " I trailed off.

"Really?... Well I guess that would give him someone else to hang around with... " she said, reasoning with herself.

I frowned a little bit and read her mind quickly. "You don't really like him do you?" I asked.

"Well he hasn't really said anything yet... So I can't judge him or anything... He could be a wonderful person for all I know... That and the fact that he won't let me read his mind... " she said with a look of confusion.

"Yeah I tried too... " I chuckled. "All I got was a busted lip" I said pointing to the small cut at the side of my mouth.

I kissed her. "I'm sorry I've been so off lately babe" I apologised.

"Its ok sweetie... " she replied. "Your powers take some getting used to... I understand that." She smiled.

I leant back in to kiss her again, ready to begin a makeout session, when Tre walked through the door. "Dammit Tre!" she cursed. "You officially have the WORST timing ever"

" I aim to please... " he said grinning.

"Look... I know this is your room and all.... But would you mind like getting out for a while" she whined, clearly wanting to go on with what we didn't get to start.

"Yeah alright... Just don't do anything to get in the way of Billie... He's acting weird" he trailed off.

"Yeah whatever... Hang on... Why?" she asked for both of us. We looked at Tre in confusion.

"Well... He whined a bit... Lets say that he can change into very bad animals... He's a wolf at the minute and is lying in his room... Logan tried to get him back to human but he bit Logan" he said.

"He bit Logan?" she pressed further.

"Yeah... He's ok now though... Just crabby" he said. I gulped.

"Logan's always crabby my dear" Erin said beginning to stroke my hair.

"Not like this... " Tre said, looking quite scared.

I frowned. "So he's in his room at the minute yeah?"

Tre nodded. "Yeah... Well he was when I walked past just before... "

I nodded. "Ok... Erni sweetie... Stay here with Tre... I'll be back in a minute." I started towards the door but turned back and kissed her deep and hard. "Then we can get down to business k?" I said grinning.

"Will we ever... " she said grinning also. Tre mimed that he was puking as I ran out the door. I turned a corner and accidentally bumped into Logan. "Great" I thought, bracing myself for his onslaught.

"What the heck" was all he said.

"Um... Sorry... I just bumped into you... Wassa matter... Wol... " I didn't get to finish my sentence because he grabbed me round the neck and slammed me into the wall. I gulped and was frozen to the spot.

He didn't say anything. He just stared at me for a minute, then dropped me and wandered off down the hall.

I sat stunned for a minute before getting up and walking into Billie's room. "Billie... Are you in here?" I questioned, looking around the dark room.

"G... Go away!" I heard shakily from a corner of the room.

I walked over to that said corner and read his mind. It wasn't nice things. "Listen Billie... I'm not going to hurt you ok... Nothing bad is gonna happen" I said as a reassurance.

"Bu... But... " he stuttered out.

"Tell me what happened... Why did you bite Logan before?" he looked up at me with eyes that were a really bright green.

"He scared me... He was trying to make me change but I didn't wanna" he said, green eyes tearing up a little bit.

"Hey... It's ok" I said scooting closer to him. "No one is going to hurt you... I promise." I then frowned. "What happened with your parents?" I said, hoping not to get bitten for my troubles.

"They didn't love me anymore" he stated sadly.

"I understand that... But what did they actually do to you?" I pressed further, seeing as the reactions I was getting weren't too bad.

"I... They... " he said trying to tell me, but he couldn't.

"Come on... You can tell me can't you?" I said.

He nodded a little bit. "I guess... They beat me... They teased me... They tortured me... They locked me up... " he said, but once again couldn't go on.

"Oh... Listen bud... I know what ya went through... I went there my self but then Erin found me on the streets... She brought me here, where I was safe... And your gonna be safe as well" I concluded. "Do you know anything about the girl that came here the other day?" I asked.

"Yeah... She's my sister... They did to her what they did to me... " he said becoming a bit more comfortable with me.

"Ok... Well when you're ready to come out, there'll be some food in the hall ok?"

He nodded. "Ok... Thanks"






Erin's POV

Mike came back into the room with a satisfied grin on his face... And I couldn't help but grin back.

"I believe we have 'business' to get on with?" he said grinning and taking me in his arms.

I grinned back. "Yes... I believe we have some very major business to get on with Mr Dirnt" I said smirking.

He smirked back at me and instead of kissing me on the lips first, he dove his head straight to my neck. "I already have enough hickeys from you!... Do you really think I need ANOTHER one?" I joked.

He emerged from my neck and nodded. "Oh you need more than just one other one." He grinned wiggling his eyebrows. I laughed, but he shut me up by taking my lips with his own. Damn! He always made me melt when he kissed me off guard like that... Once again I'll spare you the details... But you can guess what happened. And I have been lucky enough to get it twice today! How good is that?

"We gotta stop doing this and let Tre catch up" I joked, while I gasped for breath.

"Personally I say we leave Tre for dust and power on... " he grinned kissing me on the top of my head.

I smiled. "I love you Mikey... " I began, unsure of what his reaction would be.

He pulled my chin up and looked me straight in the eyes. "I love you... And I'll never be able to tell you or show you how much... " he said, his crystal blue eyes misting over as he kissed me almost made me turn to a puddle of water. He was so sweet to me... How could I not love him?

Billie's POV

I came out of my room very slowly. I could still tell people were around me, staring... I unflipped my hoodie and looked around, my pale green eyes flicking this way and that. I kept my newly formed wings which were still dripping with blood flooded open like a bird a bit. I looked round the corners but grew a bit anxious... I hope that Mike... Whoever he was doesn't mind getting wings... Poor kid... Well he touched me so it's his own fault really, but look at him. Claws. Telepathy or whatever it is... And now this. God, I always mess things up. Maybe I am a failure after all...



Mike's POV

Erin was rubbing my back, but suddenly pulled back. "What is it?" I asked.

"You have like 2 lump things on your back that aren't your shoulder blades... " she said worriedly.

"What?" I whined. Not something else wrong with me. Jean must have heard me whining in her mind because a few seconds later she was in the room.

"What is it?" she questioned.

Erin just pointed and couldn't string together a proper sentence. "He... Lumps... Not shoulder blades... What's the matter with him?" she was obviously shocked and scared and sad that I had to go through all this. Whatever it was.

Jean looked at my back, and as soon as she touched what I guess were the lumps, I heard Erin give off a strangled whimper.

My breathing began to speed up... I looked at myself in the mirror and saw two huge black wings that had come out of my back. They were jet black with red stripes... And there appeared to be blood dripping off them. This time Erin wasn't the only one scared out of her mind.

"This cant be from his new telepathy Jean!... It cant!... It can't!... She repeated, tears streaming down her face. So much hurt and pain filled her eyes, that it made tears start falling from my own. I knew this wasn't my fault, but it had become unbearable.