Final Battle Part 1 (those involved in Cain plot)

[logan]

Logan had been the last to arrive at the school, and he wanted to visit with the professor and tell him that he wasn't quitting the X-Men after all. He walked down the hall and saw Hazel standing in the doorway, his curiosity growing as he approached, and even more so when he got to the doorway and saw Tim, Alex, Ian and Anya standing there.

"Ah, Logan, do come in." Xavier said, smiling as he did.

For some reason Xavier seemed more cheerful about things once Logan came back. Did he know about Logan's metal coming back already? He had only just arrived a few moments ago. Xavier looked to the students and gestured for Logan to close the door, allowing the group some privacy. Logan closed the door, then looked to Xavier, who focused his attention on the students.

"Now, I'm going to ask all of you about what you may know, and after that I must request that you confine yourselves to the mansion until the move." Xavier said, looking to each of them, "Alex, if this becomes to hard for you, you are free to go, but I must insist in your cooperation. Do you understand?"

[decemberfirst]

Anya couldn't help but stare for a moment when Logan entered. He's back? What happened to leaving? And he didn't look all depressed like he did before... he even looked less angry, if that were possible. He got his metal back, didn't he? She turned back around to face Xavier again with a small smirk on her face. She knew that depressed and low self-esteem Logan wouldn't last very long. It was only a matter of time before he found a way.

And Xavier's sudden cheerfulness just proved Anya's thoughts correct. Either that, or Xavier was just really overexcited that Logan came back. But then he was back to explaining, and asked them not to leave the mansion. That Anya didn't like so much. She needed to leave the mansion sometimes. The only place she could clear her head was at the beach. Being stuck here might be a problem, but she guessed she could manage.

[Alexandra Kavi]

When Logan entered the room Alex smiled at him seeing that he was hear she nodiced that the Professor seemed happier once he entered she wondered why.
Alex didn’t like the idea of staying couped up in the mansion she loved to walk around the town she wanted to go to New York again before the move happened she’d kill her self if she had to stay hear there was never anything to do but she would stay as much as she didn’t want to.
When the professor addressed her she smiled at him
“Don’t worry Professor I’ll be fine, also don’t worry you have my full cooperation” she looked up at Tim after and finished her hug with one final squeeze and letting go then standing firmly right beside Tim preparing her self for what ever the Professor would say or what the others would say, she wouldn’t leave the room not even if the professor told her that her home town where she grew up was blown up and everyone died it didn’t matter she was going to help as much as she could and her freaking out would not be helpful so she’d keep her emotions under control.

[xavier]

"I understand your frustration, but it is for the good of the school and it's students for now."

Tim was kind of bummed about not being able to leave school, and Ian just stood there, listening to what needed to be said. Ian didn't care, mainly because no matter where the school moved, he would be back in New York within minutes, if not seconds. Xavier could see the frustration in Anya and Alex, but he smiled a little when Alex rattled off her willingness to help, and a half smile formed on Logan's face. When Alex was done, he looked to her and Tim.

"Alex, you and Ian were involved in Cain's army, but you were there longer. I need you to tell me all that you can remember from being there."

[Alexandra Kavi]

Alex didn’t want to go first mostly because she didn’t think she knew that much and she hated everything that happened there she sighed knowing she had to go she said she’d give her full cooperation to the professor.
“I first off want to get this out before I start I’m sorry for everything that I did if I could take it back I would in a heart beat”
Alex bit her lip not knowing where to start she had grained in to her memories almost everything that happened to remind herself that was not what she wanted to be and she needed to some how take it back.
“when I first met Cain I didn’t know it was him I was a little mad and confused about the school talking about working with the brotherhood I expressed my anger towards Cain about it and he said that he was part of some group that could help me control my powers better and that when they got attacked by someone they wouldn’t hide and get help form someone that hate us..so I went with him…Trust me if I knew I would of ran away and gotten help I didn’t know I just wasn’t thinking, anyway when we got there he said that if I went in this machine then I’d be more powerful then I’d ever imagine…It worked but it also made me evil I don’t know how but it made me more powerful like he promise I didn’t see things all the time I didn’t have to think to use my power he was right the things I found that I could do with my power I could of never imagine I could make someone feel that there arms fell off with out blinking an eye….After I went in the machine he said I needed to get Ian for bate for someone…maybe it was rose I don’t know after I got Ian and meet we Jackie…witch I don’t like at all she’s mean and I think she hates me, anyway where was I o yea…I was sent to India to…” Alex looked down at her feet
“to keep the mutant slave market moving and when ever I got bored “play” with the mutants that’s where I really discovered what I could do with my powers I keep playing and playing hurting more and more people when they came in just for the heck of it, I never got to show Cain what I could really do before Tim came and he helped me break away form Cains control”
Alex leaned onto Tim she really hated everything she did and she couldn’t thank Tim enough for saving her, risking his life to help her and Devika
“Is there anything else Professor if you have any questions I can do my best to answer them I remember quite a lot about being with Cain something’s you can’t forget”

[xavier]

Xavier listened intently to what Alex had to tell him, even if it made her feel lousy. Ian's eye twitched when she mentioned turning him to Cain, and Tim placed a hand on Alex's shoulder as she poke of what Cain had turned her into and caused her to do. When she was done, Xavier rolled over to Alex and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You did a great job Alex, and though I'm upset that you didn't come to me about your problems with the school, I understand your intentions were ment to be well. If you wish to leave you may, but again I must ask that you stay within the school."

He looked to Tim, who gave Alex a gentle squeeze on her shoulder. When Tim's eyes met Xavier's, he knew that it was his turn to talk. He had to admit he didn't have that much involvement with Cain, but he did have his fair share of involvement in the process. Especially when Xavier mentioned him defending the school with Devika.

"I can't say much about my involvement, sir, just that I was here when the Sentinels attacked the school. Devika and I destroyed them, but were pretty surprised that nobody came out. Then later on I helped Devika free the slaves, and that's where I met Alex again and saw Cain for the first time. I don't really know what happened after that, but Alex says I did some damage to the man." Tim finally finished.

Tim didn't know how exactly how he was able to defeat Cain, especially with the man off Devika's creatures and tossing him around like a ragdoll. From what the others said it was due to his "other form", which he still was curious about that. Xavier could tell his thoughts even from looking in his eyes. Something was different about him, more then any mutant.

"Tim, you and Alex are a very valuable asset to this school now. I need you to go and get yourself checked with Hank in infirmary. He'll need to give you your physical." he looked to the two of them and nodded, "Go on now, both of you." Tim smiled, then looked to Alex to see if she was ready to go.

[Alexandra Kavi]

“I don’t want to leave anymore Professor this is my home and this is my family” She said moving her hand to her shoulder where Tims was and giving Tim hand a small squeeze
Alex listened as Tim talked about what he did and just nodded when he said that he did some damage to him.
She then turned back to the professor when he spoke, not saying anything as he spoke about them needed to get there physical and when Tim smiled at looked at her she just smiled back at him she was ready to go if he was.
She did thought just before they left looked back at Ian wondering what bits he had to add and if he’d tell the professor why he was acting so strange lately

[xavier]

Tim hugged Alex one more time before taking her hand in his, leading her out of Xavier's office. It was only Anya, Ian and Logan there now, and all three he needed information from. He looked to Anya next, saving both Logan and Ian for last. He wanted to know all that Logan knew about the incident at the factory, and Ian...there was something else besides Cain he wanted to bring up.

"Anya, since David has left us, I need you to explain to me what you two were thinking when you went to that building, and what happened. Certainly you weren't able to get this without any danger."

When Xavier said "this", he held up the flash drive once more. Logan looked at it in surprise, wondering where Anya and David had to have gone and what they managed to get. It had to do something with Cain, otherwise they wouldn't be here, at least not with the others who were involved. Could they be the reason for the MRF building's collapse?

[decemberfirst]

Anya wasn't surprised by Xavier turning to her next. No doubt he was saving the grumpy and complicated one for last. But she couldn't help but smirk slightly at Logan's surprise when he saw the flashdrive.

"Well, I was bored," Anya admitted truthfully. There was no point in trying to cover up for David with Xavier being a telepath. "And I found David... hacking into the school's computer. He wanted to find something to use against Cain. Obviously he couldn't find anything, and we knew that there probably wouldn't be anyone in the MRF building, and that's where all the information was. So, sneaking out wasn't hard. Neither was getting into the secret room under the MRF building."

Thanks to Anya's detective powers, it had been very simple to find their way down the narrow and pitch-black hallways to the room with the fancy computer. "But, as we downloaded the stuff on the flashdrive... Cain showed up. That wasn't... fun. At all. David somehow threw him into the now spark-flying computer, and he turned into electricity. That wasn't fun, either. But, the place started collapsing so I grabbed the flashdrive... and David up off the floor, and we ran. Very fast. Back here."

She smirked slightly then, knowing that her explanation of things definitely wasn't be as good as David's would've been. "Unfortunately, though, there wasn't much useful infromation on the disk, either... So, it was kind of a waste, but I got use my hookswords on something besides drones in the Danger Room, at least." That was Anya, always so optimistic about everything.

[xavier]

Xavier listened as Anya spoke, hearing every word she said yet finding she was keeping some pieces out. He stared into her eyes and scanned her thoughts, focusing on all the ones that involved Cain only and getting what he could from them. Within her thoughts he saw their moment in the computer room, their walk into the building, the battle with Cain, and finally the collapse of MRF and their return.

"Anya, I must impose upon you the importance of what you've taken from the facility. This could be the key to finding mutants as well as protecting this school against others. Though you and David put your lives in danger, I will admit I'm surprised and impressed by this. Now I need you to find David and make sure he stays within the school. Can you do this for me?"

[decemberfirst]

Anya only left out the pieces that she thought weren't that important. It's not like he couldn't find it in her thoughts if he wanted to. And she smiled as he said he was impressed. At least he wasn't angry about it like she and David had feared. But she didn't exactly know how a little information from the MRF that they'd obtained from the fancy computer could be as important as Xavier seemed to think. She didn't doubt that he could find something more in it than she and David could.

And she wasn't all that shocked that he wanted her to leave. Whatever Logan had done to get his metal back, it wasn't surprising that Xavier would want to talk to him about it without a little over-happy teen student in the room with them. And whatever Ian was going through, they probably wanted privacy, too. So she wouldn't argue, not matter how much her curiosity wanted her to eavesdrop.

"Sure," she nodded and slipped passed Logan swiftly, and couldn't help but give him a little smirk as she went by. She'd never really talked to the guy, but she knew how empty he must've felt without his metal. Now that it was back, which had been pretty obvious to her since he'd stepped foot in the door, she couldn't help but feel happy for him.

Anya slid through the door and down the hall to find David.

[xavier]

The door closed, and then there it was, just the three of them in the room. Logan and the professor made eye contact, and Logan smiled a bit, extending his claws which were indeed back to the metal coating they had been. Xavier nodded and smiled, Logan's claws retracting into his hand.

"It's good to have you back, Logan." Xavier said.

"Good to be back."

"Indeed. I'll have to ask you to give Ian and I some time alone."

Logan looked from one to the other, then nodded and headed out the door. Ian and the professor stared at each other then, both waiting for the other to begin the conversation. Ian knew what Xavier wanted, he wanted to know why Ian was acting so distant, so lost from his former self. More importantly, why he had put Cain on the back burner even after all the man had done to him and his friends.

"Ian, would you mind telling me what's wrong?" he finally asked

"Wrong professor?" Ian asked, doing his best to hide the annoyance of being in the office.

"Yes. You've been distant from your peers, and the teachers have been telling me you aren't involving yourself in classes."

"Sir, I don't see what involving my classes have to do with anything. I'm still myself."

"Are you?" Xavier asked, his voice sounding curious.

The question struck Ian rather harshly. Was he still himself? Of course he was. He still was a member of the school, still was keeping good grades as much as he use to. The only thing he was having problems with was...

"Sir...I can't run anymore." Ian said.

"Beg your pardon?" Xavier said, a hint of worry in his voice.

"I can't run anymore. Rose she...she was my life, I did everything just to keep her safe. Now she's gone...I can't run anymore, I don't know why."

"How long has this been going on, Ian."

"Since she died, sir."

Xavier was a little worried about this, mainly because Ian had been a valuable asset on many missions. He had placed himself among the top five to be enlisted in the Jr. X-Men class. But now that his speed was gone, it seemed that the possibility was gone as well.

"Ian, I suggest you talk with Hank about this. Let him see what is going on with you."

"It's nothing physical sir, just don't feel it anymore."

"Then I suggest that you especially remained confined to the school. You need to discover why your power seems to have disappeared and how you get it back."

"Yes sir."

Ian sighed, then turned and left the office. Logan came back in again, the silence just as heavy as the weight of the school. David, Ian and Tim had met Cain on separate occasions, and even Anya and Alex had met him. But among all of them, the ones affected the most were David and Ian. Though David was angered by it, it seemed Ian was interested in something else.

"Keep an eye on them, Logan, I fear they may take matters in their own hands."

"What if they do?"

Xavier turned and looked to Logan, his eyes becoming watery at the thought of a few of his best students running off to possible .

"Protect them."

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