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Everyone was brought to the infirmary to make sure they were all okay. Jen had a few broken ribs, but she would be okay.
Bobby just had some minor bruises. Tal had a concussion. Lily had a broken arm and leg. Other than that, everyone was fine.
Lily made her way to the Professor’s office, with the help of Amara and Kitty. Lily presented her journal to Xavier
and explained the battle as much as she could remember.
“This is Amara, or Magma. She went to White Queen’s School for Mutants, but Amara wasn’t happy there. She
wants to enroll in this Institute.”
Xavier examined Amara and smiled. “Welcome Amara. It’s a pleasure to meet you and have you join us. I hope you
enjoy your stay here.” Xavier turned to Lily. “As for you, we have to work on your concentration.” Lily
looked down, disappointed in herself for not being able to hold up the connection.
“It’s not her fault,” Kitty cut in. “She’s been blocking us from Emma for a couple of weeks
now and what she was doing needed a lot of concentration. She had already drained her energy before then. How was she supposed
to hold it up? She was distracted. She never expected what came. It’s too much for one person.”
“No,” Lily stopped her. “He’s right. I should have been able to handle that. It was my fault. When
I went on this mission I had many doubts. Those doubts and fears became real. I wasted my energy being afraid. If I had more
confidence in myself it would have been okay.” Lily looked at Xavier. “Help me to improve my concentration Professor.
I’ll do whatever if takes.”
Xavier smiled and nodded. “Your training will begin tomorrow.”
“Thank you Professor.” Lily then dismissed herself and left Xavier’s office. Leaving, she ran into Rogue.
“Rogue, I’m so happy to see you.”
“I see you’re all back.” Rogue smiled. “It’s been a little lonely here without all of you.
You look like you were in a battle.”
“We were.” Rogue’s eyes widened in fear. “Don’t worry. Everyone made it out okay thanks to
Kurt.” Lily made her way to her room. “Rogue, while me and Bobby were gone together you were afraid, weren’t
you?”
“How did you…?”
“Sorry. I didn’t mean to intrude. It’s just your thoughts just now were very loud. I’m so exhausted
I can’t control what I hear and don’t hear. It’s too much effort to block it all out.”
“Lily… I…”
“Don’t worry about it.” Lily stopped in front of her door and looked over at Rogue. “I don’t
blame you Rogue. I decided I can’t be friends with Bobby any longer.”
“What?”
“It’s too hard for me.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Rogue, you had reason to worry. I like Bobby, more than just a friend, but I would never try to destroy our friendship.
I just want you to know that whatever I feel for Bobby doesn’t matter.” Lily tried to force a smile. “You’re
more important to me than he will ever be.”
“Lily…”
Lily’s door opened, Jen stepping out. “Oh.” Lily went inside, not able to say anything more to Rogue. “Did
I miss something?” Jen asked Rogue as the door shut behind her.
“She likes Bobby…”
“Oh Rogue, she actually told you that?”
Rogue nodded. “I knew she did, but I never expected her to tell me herself.”
“That’s Lily for you. She cares a lot about you Rogue. She doesn’t want to hurt you.” Jen remembered
the CD in her hand. “Anyway, I have to get to Professor Xavier right now. I’ll see you later.” Jen waved
as she ran off. When she reached Xavier’s office, the door opened on it’s own. She walked inside.
“Hello Jen. I trust you have something useful for me.”
“Yes Professor. I do.” Jen handed him the CD. “This explains the person we fought and White Queen’s
plans. White Queen is building an army. She sends her mutants out to certain places and they destroy the people there. She
even records on mutants who don’t know what they are yet. She’s going to use Angel to trick others into following
her.” Jen stood there, just staring at the professor for a moment. She expected him to say something, but he never said
anything. “We have to do something Professor. She’s manipulating mutants into hating humans. She even had Amara
there and forced her to kill a few times. Amara never said anything, but it’s on record and Lily read it on her mind.”
“We will do something Jen. Just give it time. We can’t rush into things.” Jen nodded, understanding. Xavier
dismissed her and she left for her room.
“Jen!” Jen was knocked to the ground as Sakura glomped her. “You’re back. Guess who’s here!”
“Who?” Jen stood and dusted herself, then looked up and jumped back. “Micki!” Jen hugged her friend.
“What are you doing here?”
“I need to talk to everyone. Are Lily and Tal around?”
“I’m here.” The girls turned to face Tal. “Lily’s in her room though. I just visited her.”
Tal was holding an ice pack on her head. “How are you Jen?”
“I have bandages all over my chest and stomach. They aren’t very comfortable.”
“I can only imagine. I can’t believe that White Queen has a diamond hard body.” Tal looked over at Micki.
“We so needed you there.”
“I don’t doubt it.” Micki looked at her two friends. They looked pretty beat up. It might have been avoided
if she had been there. “We should go get Lily. I need to talk to everyone.” Everyone nodded and went over to Lily’s
room. Jen opened the door and allowed everyone in.
“Micki?” Lily was sitting at her desk, attempting to write, not really succeeding. “What are you doing
here?”
“What why I want to talk to everyone.” Micki took a seat on Lily’s bed, everyone else sitting down as well.
Jen passed out sodas and gave her cousin a bottle of water.
“If it’s about the planets we should invite Mara,” Lily explained.
“Mara is that pink haired girl, right?” Micki asked. Lily nodded. “Very well then.”
“I’ll go get her,” Sakura offered. She ran out of the room. Maybe ten minutes later she was back, Mara
in tow. The two girls took a seat.
“Alright, so then is everyone here now?”
“You forgot me.” The six girls looked to the door at Kat. “I’m from the planets as well.”
“I see you got the message.” Lily smiled and motioned for Kat to sit down.
“How could I not? I was in the middle of a good book and then suddenly your thoughts come bursting through my head,”
Kat complained as she sat in the chair right next to Lily. “It was very disturbing. I couldn’t concentrate on
my book after that.” Lily only laughed and apologized.
“Can we start now?” Micki asked. All the girls nodded. “Good.” And so her explanation began. “I
was sent here by Queen Makoto of Jupiter. All the planets had gathered together. They already know that you’re here.”
“We don’t have to go home do we?” Jen asked.
“Of course we do,” Sakura answered. “We were never supposed to be here to begin with. This place is forbidden.”
“No,” Lily interrupted. “They have a mission for us. Micki, what’s going on?”
“People from the other planets have come to Earth, but not just anybody. They’re our enemies. They want to destroy
the universe, starting with Earth.”
“That would explain why Angel was here,” Lily said more to herself than anyone else in the room. She looked over
at her cousin, and noticed that Jen had a dark look in her eyes. Lily wanted to kill Angel for all that he had done.
“You saw Angel?” Micki looked over at Jen as well. “Is that who you all fought against?” Lily nodded.
“I see.”
“So, am I gonna get to kill my cousin?” Kat asked.
“If someone else doesn’t kill him first,” Sakura answered, glancing at both Lily and Jen. She knew their
past with Angel. Kat shrugged and picked up a book off of Lily’s desk, reading it. Lily handed her the other two books
to the series, knowing that Kat would just borrow the whole thing. Kat took the books and tucked them into her bag, then continued
reading the book that she had picked up.
“So what do they want us to do about the other people?” Tal asked, finally joining in on the conversation.
“We have to stop them somehow and maybe find a way to send them back to their rightful planets where they will then
be tried and maybe put to death if we don’t kill them first,” Micki explained. “We have to stop them any
way possible.”
“Understood.” Lily sighed. “I never thought that anyone else could really find their way here. The portals
are blocked, and only those with keys can get through. There are very few that aren’t royalty or have a military family
that have keys. So then how?”
“They’re finding a way somehow.”
“My guess is my cousin has a little to do with it,” Kat suggested, still reading her book. “Unfortunately,
he’s royalty, but not just that, his father is part of the Saturn military. He would definitely have a key or a way
to travel around. He has a thing for destroying everything, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he helped some people.”
The girls all agreed, but also agreed that there were more people behind this as well. They wondered just how many of them
they would know. As royalty, you knew a lot of people.
“Wait!” Lily shouted, causing all the girls to jump up and stare at her. “Mara!” Everyone looked
at Mara.
“What did Mara do?” she asked, pointing to herself.
“I’m a Princess of Mars. Jen’s a Princess of Mercury. Kat is a Princess of Saturn. Sakura is the Princess
of the Moon. Royalty all have portal keys. Then there’s Tal, whose father is a general for my father, so that gives
her access to a portal key as well. Then there’s Micki who’s an elf. They’re warriors, so they’ve
always had keys to the portals. The only one without reason to a key is you. Mara, how did you get on Earth?”
“Mara’s not sure,” Mara said matter of fact. “Mara heard someone talking saying that they were going
to Earth. Mara saw them enter a portal so she followed them in. When Mara got out they were no where to be seen.”
Lily nodded, deep in thought. “Okay, so you followed someone. Do you remember what they looked like?”
Mara shook her head. “They were wearing cloaks.”
“Hmm. That’s too bad.” Lily sighed. “Let’s all get some sleep. I’m sure some of us here
are tired, and just want to get some rest. Plus it’s great to be back here. I don’t quite want to think about
any war or whatever, so let’s discuss all this tomorrow.” The girls all agreed and set up a meeting place and
time for the next day.
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