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<< >> means telepathic messages
" " means regular conversation
' ' means thoughts
<<Everyone, proceed to my office please. Quickly.>>
Sitting on their bed, Jean Grey glanced up from the book she was reading and looked beside her at her fiancee, Scott Summers, who was marking some papers. She waited for him to look up so they could get going, but she waited. And waited.
"Scott!" Jean exclaimed. "Didn't you get the Professor's message?"
"Yeah... hang on..." he replied absentmindedly. He was busy correcting an essay that one of his students had written for his class. With a huff, Jean got up from the bed and mumbled a "fine, see you there" before slamming the door behind her. The slam had gotten Scott's attention as he looked at the door, wondering why Jean would slam it so hard. 'Who knew what was bothering her lately anyway,' he thought. "She's so fuckin' edgy..." he mumbled to himself as he gathered his papers in a nice pile, placed them in his night stand drawer. He ran his fingers through his hair in an attempt to fix the mess. Without any significant luck, he sighed and headed to the Professor's office.
Upon stepping into the office through the big oak doors, he realized he was significantly late. All eyes were on him as he apologized and looked for a seat. With none in sight, he decided on leaning against one of the bookcases.
"As I was saying," the Professor started, "I have detected a new mutant on Cerebro. She is a runaway, like Rogue was, and is inexperienced at her powers. I want us to get to her before Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants does. And Scott? I believe you would like to lead this mission."
Scott wondered why the Professor would mention that since he leads the majority, if not all, their missions anyway. "Why the special mention?"
"Let's just say that you'll be the one that can help her adjust the most..." Professor Xavier smiled. Everyone was left in a confusion when the Professor adjourned the meeting. All he was able to find out about her was that she was 21, her name was Angelina, she was a runaway and that she was at the local pub.
"Alright! Let's head to the bar!" joked Logan as he walked with Jean and Ororo to the Danger Room to change into their civilian clothes. Uniforms were not necessary because they wouldn't want to attract any unwanted attention. Scott lingered back to talk to the Professor.
"I want to apologize again, Professor..." he began.
Xavier stopped him in mid-sentence. "Don't worry about it Scott. I understand. Now go before they leave you behind."
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