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“So you think that Magneto’s trying to recruit her?” Scott asked the professor.
“That’s what it looks like, yes.” Storm answered.
“So what’s the big deal?” Rouge asked crossing her arms. “Magneto recruits losers all the time. I mean, just look at the Brotherhood. What makes this girl so special?”
“Yeah, she can’t be anymore powerful than that Wanda chick” Kurt put in, hanging upside down from a chandelier. “We can totally take her.” He pounded his fist in his palm.
“I’m afraid she’s by far more powerful than Wanda could ever be.” Xavier answered gravely drawing the attention of all the elite Xmen in the room. “We aren’t certain what exactly her abilities are, but we do know that she is somehow able to take control over another’s body. A feat that I’ve only seen class 5 level mutants to be capable of.”
“Well we have Jean” said Kitty nudging said Jean on the couch “And she’s a class 6.”
“True, but I don’t wish to approach this girl with brute force. I’d like to talk to her first. I have a feeling there’s more to this story that we’re not seeing.” Xavier said thoughtfully.
“If that’s the case then you can count me out.” Grouched Logan who had been sulking in a corner. “I aint interested in any kina detective work.”
“Actually we were hoping you could go back to the last crime scene” Storm informed him. “Maybe track them down by scent.”
“I aint your bloodhound” Logan growled at her.
“No, but we do have reason to believe that Sabertooth has been in that area recently. Perhaps the two of them met up with him at some point. As I recall the two of you are due for a rematch.” Xavier chimed in.
Logan grumbled under his breath “I guess I could go check it out. Just to make sure that freak aint out there screwing something up.” He tromped out of the room scowling at everybody.
The front door slammed shut. “Professor, as I recall, you had last spotted Sabertooth in California, not Wisconsin.” Beast pointed out.
The professor grinned as he watched Logan speed onto the highway on his motorcycle. “I know.”

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A day had passed. Gambit had shown you around the lair and you were still attempting to settle into your new life. You weren’t certain yet how long you would remain here, but it was better than stealing for food every week. And Magneto did make a good offer. You pulled off the occasional jobs for him and he would help you take down the organization that had ruined your life. He had far more resources than you could ever have accumulated and it seemed that he wanted to destroy the organization just as much as you wanted to. So far everything was going great. The only problem you had was learning how to socialize once again…
“Good morning ma chérie.” Gambit said cheerfully rubbing your head as he passed you in the hall. Instinctively you swatted his hand away but he just looked over his shoulder and grinned.
Frowning, you followed him into the kitchen where it seemed everyone had communed. Passing the large round table where some frog looking guy was devouring his cereal in the messiest way possible, along with a couple of other guys, and passing the fridge where the biggest man you had ever seen was standing and eating right out of the containers, you found an open seat in a far corner next to a small round table, where you could observe everyone in the room. Gambit was at the counter preparing some coffee and chatting with a man made out of tin. The whole room was filled with disgusting slurping and munching sounds and you noticed that you seemed to be the only woman there. ‘Great’ you thought to yourself. ‘Not only do I have to learn how to socialize again, I have to learn how to socialize with men.”
“You going to eat anything chérie?” you jumped as Gambit sat down across from you with his coffee.
“No.” after a moment of silence “Why do you call me that?”
“Call you what?” he asked.
“Chérie.”
Gambit chuckled. “Is there something else you’d rather have me call you? By a first name perhaps.” He grinned over his cup.
You stared at him for a moment, he, never taking his eyes off yours. “________. My name is _________.”
Gambit smiled “_________. That’s a nice name.”
You said nothing and continued observing the others in the room. Suddenly your view was blocked by the large tin man looking down at you with a plate full of eggs and bacon. “You’re in my seat.” He stated. You tightened your fist, misreading his intentions, and preparing for a fight.
“Ah, Colossus. Have you two been introduced?” Gambit rose from his place to intervene, seeing the look on your face. “This here is my good friend Peter Rasputin. Otherwise known as Colossus.” He slung an arm around Colossus shoulders “Colossus, meet ________. The newest addition to our rabble.”
Colossus grunted and gave a short quick nod before pulling up another chair beside you. Gambit then retook his seat as well. “You should eat something” Colossus grunted at you. You soon began to realize that Colossus was not as intimidating as he seemed. His raspy voice was merely his own, not some intention to fend you off.
“I already told here that” Gambit threw up his hands and leaned back in his chair against the wall as he too watched the goings on of the morning.
“I’m not hungry” you informed him.
“Look at you” Colossus poked you with his fork “You’re as skinny as a bone.” Swiftly you snatched the fork up away from him glaring at Colossus’ stunned expression.
Gambit laughed “You better watch out for that one Peter. She’s a fighter.”
“So I’ve heard” suddenly a boy with shocking white hair in a blue and white jumpsuit approached your table. He crossed his arms and grinned down at you with the massive hulking figure and the slimy frog looking guy from before. “Word is, you might be even stronger than Magneto himself.” The boy looked down on you.
“Leave her be Pietro.” Colossus growled resuming his meal.
“Shut up tin man.” Pietro spat as he smacked him up the backside of his head. Colossus continued to eat as if he didn’t feel a thing while Pietro cursed and rubbed his sore palm. He then turned back to you. “Names Quicksilver.” He introduced himself “fasted kid alive. This is Toad” Toad waved from his crouched position on the floor “Avalanche” he was one of the other guys who was sitting with Toad at the table, “and Blob” who cracked his knuckles. “What do we call you?” Quicksilver asked.
Before you could open your mouth Gambit intervened. “She goes by Crimson.” He was leaning back casually in his chair, its front two legs off the ground, up against the wall.
“Ok then, Crimson” Quicksilver looked back to you from Gambit “What’s your power? What makes you, so special?”
You decided that you didn’t like this situation. You didn’t know what he was after, what his ultimate goal was. Was he just socializing? Or did he have a deeper motive? Either way you decided to remove yourself from the equation.
Standing you attempted to go around the group.
“Hey! What’s the hurry?” Pietro grabbed your arm.
You hissed lightly “Let. Me. Go.”
Pietro and his posse laughed. “What’s the matter? Don’t like being so close?” Quicksilver pulled you up against his body. You had seen that look before, in the guards in the prison. You knew what he wanted.
Gambit placed the legs of his chair back on the floor. “I would do what the little lady says” he suggested as he stood up.
“Or what?” Avalanche got in Gambits face, assessing the threat.
Gambit grinned and shrugged before taking a seat again, causing Avalanche to frown. Colossus glanced over his shoulder as you started to move.
As you only had one arm free, and you didn’t want to reveal your hidden stash just yet, you took a sharpened nail and swiftly sliced a line down your captive arm drawing blood.
“What the hell?” Pietro cursed dropping your arm.
You slowly drew a long stream of blood out, the entire room looking on in awe as it seemed to dance and flow like water. Then just as suddenly the beauty was gone as the blood hardened into a spear which you slammed into Quicksilver’s head. He went down hard. Blob screamed in fury and grabbed the staff but it just as quickly turned back into liquid form and reformed into a set of daggers which you used to draw gashes into Blob’s knees, effectively dropping him to the floor. You swiftly dodged as a long tongue spat your way before you wrapped your blood around it like a spring, and pulling it tight threw Toad over the counter behind you and into an open cupboard. Colossus held the table as the floor began to quake and Avalanche screamed at you. He caused a ripple effect in the floor which shot you up into the air. Flipping backwards however you drew your blood in and formed it into dozens of tiny needles which you shot back at Avalanche, pinning him to the opposite wall of the kitchen, before you landed on top of the counter behind you. Hearing Toad attempting to crawl out of the cupboard you turned and slammed the door shut on his tongue. “It tastes like iron” you heard him moan from inside.
You jumped down from the counter as Gambit began to clap in wonder. “You really are something else.” He laughed. “Do you know how long that took you? A minute and a half to take out 4 mutants. Well done chérie, well done.”
You stopped in front of him. “I told you what my name was.”
“And that’s fine and all” he shrugged “But round here, you’ll want something with a little more…class.”
Fury took hold of you. You grabbed Gambits collar and pushed him up against the wall.
“Ooh, frisky are we?” Gambit grinned but kept his hands where you could see them.
“You know I could end you right here if I wanted to.” You glared at him.
“You could” Gambit shrugged “But I don’t think you will.”
“Don’t tempt me.” You growled. “My name is my own. I had it taken away from me once. I won’t replace it again.”
“Aww come on chérie, Crimson’s a good name.” Gambit wined innocently.
You dropped him back in his chair. “But it’s not mine.” You stalked out of the room.