Realistic or Modern Mutant Academy

[SolarLuna21]

Ava felt a surge of energy hit her like electricity. "What the hell is going on" She looked around as if something was pulling her in the direction she needed to go. Ava started to run through building and around outside to find herself in front of the staff room. She put her ear up against the door. She could hear things going on. Ava heard the voices, They both sounded familiar.

Is that Jacob?

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Ava tapped into the power she had taken from Jacob the day before. Ava tried to walk through the door but couldn't. "Jacob? Jacob are you in there open up!" Ava could feel panic rush over her. She remember that Jacob could teleport. Ava thought really hard about being in the room with Jacob. She could slowly feel herself disappearing and reappearing into the staff room. Ava opened her eyes and found herself staring at her worst nightmare. The man that had attacked her and alex in the allyway. "Jacob!" Ava screamed and started to run toward the dark figured man, knocking him off his feet and releasing Jacob from his clutch. Ava struggled with man but was kicked off him and sent flying into towards Jacob hitting the wall. "Ugh!" Ava struggled to get up. She looked at Jacob and winced "Are you alright?" Ava was in shock. This was the man from her nightmare. The one that had haunted her every night for the past 3 years. She couldn't believe he had found her.


"What are you doing here!" Ava screamed demanding an answer. Ava was prepared to fight. She could feel all of the energy that she had absorbed the day before and was prepared to use them on the man.

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob saw a girl come in to his view, he saw her mouth move but no sound was coming out, was this man doing that? right now, the entire room was silent, except for his own panting. How many powers did this man or thing have? Was he Weapon X? Suddenly the figure's control on Jacob seized and he fell to the ground only to have the girl thrown onto him. "Ugh.." he let out. The figure shot the rod at Jacob and Ava. The electrical wire only just missed as Jacob managed to teleport them both right outside of the room, infront of the wooden staff room door. Although since he had to rush the teleport they both hit the ground with a bit of force. The figure instantly appeared where they had just appeared. Jacob was getting the feeling that this figure had ALOT of powers.


Jacob pushed himself up tackling the Figure, then they were 100ft above new york city rapidly falling to the thousands of cars below them, Jacob managed to teleport again, this time to Hawaii, he was panting rapidly, he had just moved thousands of miles in a split second which made him quite tired. He lay sprawled across the dark beach, but then only a second later the figure appeared. Could this "man" follow him anywhere? somehow know where he was teleporting? The man shot the rod at Jacob and it connected with his skin just as Jacob managed to teleport back into the hallway, bringing with him a giant heap of sand and the figure.

 

[Rise of Albion]

Scarlett extinguished her flames as soon as she reached the main dorm building, careful that she wouldn't wake anyone up with unnecessary light in the dark hallways. There had already been to many close calls that night. She didn't know what she'd do if she met anyone else. Make up a quick lie? Or actually just blurt out the entire truth? A tough decision that she hopefully wouldn't have to make. Fingertips trailing along the walls so she wouldn't bump into one, Scarlett kept her breathing slow and steady, mentally counting the number of rooms that she passed. With what always happened when she tried to be quiet, her heart was pounding away in her chest. She was pretty sure that the whole school could hear it. A sm sigh of relief escaped when she reached her room and found it unlocked. There would be no more awkward encounters. For that, she was incredibly grateful.


Slipping off her shirt underneath her jacket, and then somehow managing to pull on her pajama top, she quickly got dressed and then made her way to her bottom bunk bed. Her thoughts wondered to Jacob, about whether or not he would actually decide to try and go back to that staff room. Although the room was well protected, with its mutant proof boundaries, she didn't find it to be the safest place to hold important documents. If someone was trying to kill them all, then unless the rest of the teachers were in on it, it was rather unsafe. Scarlett groaned and rubbed her tired eyes, settling herself further under the covers. She was not going to think about it anymore. It was too much for one night.

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob covered his face as he lay in the sand which was swirling around him. Like he expected the figure appeared with a long blade coming out of it's knuckle. The figure thrust the blade into Jacob's thigh "AHHH" he let out a yelp of pain and before much more could happen there was a great roar and a flurry of green which turned out to me Mr Lencher. Lencher tackled the figure and they both went crashing into a wall. Jacob managed to watch most of the battle. Mr Lencher slashed the figure on the face before it managed to teleport away.


After the figure had gone Mr Lencher turned and rushed to Jacob. Numerous other teachers rushed down the hall towards himself and Ava in the huge pile of sound scattered across the hall. "Get the nurses quickly" Mr Lencher said to a middle aged female teacher. He quickly wrapped some sort of cloth around Jacob's thigh. Jacob was absolutely exhausted from the struggle of thousands of volts of electricty pulsing through him to teleporting all over the place, he started to lose consciousness and the last things he heard were "They came for him..." and then "his rare..", then all was black.


((im ready for a timeskip now, Albion, want to do the honours? haha ))

 

[SolarLuna21]

Ava crawled over to Jacob as Mr. lencher fought off the man. She applied pressure on his wound. Ava could feel herself trembling uncontrollably.

Get a grip Ava... Its over.. For now..

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Ava tried to stop shaking but couldn't. As Mr. Lencher ran up to Ava and Jacob, She pushed herself away. Many teachers came up to her and asked if she needed help but she brushed them off. Hiding her wounds. Ava was to in shock to think about the pain she was in. Why was he here? What did he want? Are there more of them? As Ava thought about tonight and the night that Ava and Alex got attacked she felt like something was off. "Somethings not right here.." Ava spoke alittle to loudly and caught the attention of Mr. Lencher as they carried Jacob off. "What was that Ava?" Mr. Lencher asked with a concerned look on his face, "Its nothing.." She looked down avoiding his gaze. She could hear him order some nurses to attend to Ava while the rest attended to Jacob but Ava wouldn't let that happen.


"IM FINE!" Ava yelled finally at one of the nurses. "I DONT NEED ANYONES HELP!" She got up and started heading back to her dorm room escorted by some security guards from the orders of Mr. Lencher. Ava rolled her eyes "Like that's going to help me if the guy comes back"


She finally reached her dorm room and shut the door behind her. Ava's mind was going wild picking over every detail from both tonight and the last night it happened 3 years ago. It wasn't the same guy. But they were dressed the same and had the same weapons. Ava sat on her bed her eyes wide. "Who are these men?"

 

[Rise of Albion]

The bright glare of the morning sun washed over her with unabashed cruelty as one of her fellow dorm members pulled open the room's curtains, forcing Scarlett to drag her covers over her head with a drowsy hiss. The late night had left Scarlett with less than probably six hours of sleep. Although she hadn't checked the time when she finally got to bed, to her it felt like she had simply been sleeping for ten seconds. As her mind began to grow more alert to her immediate surroundings, she was able to recognize that there was an excited chatter coming from both the girl's in her room and from the corridor outside. Figuring it was just talk about the coming classes that day, she did her best to ignore it all. The sleep in her eyes was almost forcing her back to sleep, so she rubbed it away almost ruefully. The day was going to be too long, in her opinion. It would be best if she started then. Groaning one last time, Scarlett pulled the sheets down to around her shoulders and promptly froze when she caught on to what exactly they were talking about.Her heart hammered away in her chest as she listened.


"... has a wound on his leg from the attacker. His name is Jacob, but there's another girl too. Someone who got here last night or something."


"They say he brought back an entire beach with him. Managed to almost drown the guy just before Mr. Lencher got there. People are saying he's a real hero."


Having heard enough to provide her with some important information, Scarlett launched up from her bed, slipped on her shoes and ran out the door. Jacob must have been attacked just after she left. Not only did she feel bad about leaving him, but she was also worried that Jacob had been right after all. Someone really was trying to kill people. She needed to see if he was okay. Her first choice was the little first-aid office. When she finally arrived, she was surprised to find it wasn't so little after all.


"Jacob? Oh my god, are you okay?" Scarlett cried, voice laced with worry and guilt as she rushed over to his bed.

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob awoke breathing heavily. He was in a rather large room with multiple rows of beds. The morning sunlight hurt his eyes as he sat upright.


He remembered the battle he had had with mysterious figure, the ton or so of sand he had managed to spill throughout the hallway. He heard alot of noise, voices outside of the closed hospital door. He assumed the whole school knew about last night. The door opened slightly and Scarlett quickly rushed through the door towards him.


"Im fine" He said, he looked at his thigh, there was no sign of a wound there at all, he assumed one of the nurses probably had the ability to heal his wound. When she asked what happened he decided to come clean "Well i actually li-" He was cut off by a rush of voices and out of a side door a group of men and nurses came bustling into the room argueing loudly, among them included Mr Lencher, back in his suit again, a few teachers and a bunch of men also in suits, including.. The President? Jacob caught bits of the arguement "Boy... must be moved.... academy is safest... white house.." He couldnt really make out what they were saying, they all stopped as they saw Jacob and Scarlett. "Is this the boy?" The President asked Mr Lencher. "Yes, it is" Mr Lencher replied. "Uh, Jacob, why dont you and your friend run off to the breakfast hall...we'll talk soon" Mr Lencher said to Jacob, as he and Scarlett reached the door a Nurse called "Oh, and dont mind the News crews" NEWS CREWS? how had this become known? Jacob didnt really want all the attention that he was about to get...

 

[Rise of Albion]

At first, Scarlett had been slightly worried about being out in public in her pajamas, but her fear about Jacob's safety had been a more paramount issue. That had, however, drastically increased when not only did Mr. Lencher enter the 'hospital', but he was also followed by the actual President. Fate seemed to want to finish it off by introducing news stations. Whatever had happened to Jacob had obviously captured the attention of the whole nation. Trying to quell the embarrassed blush on her face as she and Jacob braced themselves to face the outside world, Scarlett couldn't help but either glance back at the arguing President, or down at the powerful mutant beside her. The thought suddenly crossed her mind that maybe she was actually still dreaming. Pulling back her jacket sleeve, Scarlett proceeded to pinch her skin, quick yet hard. With a wince, she realised it was all real. Good God was she glad that she wasn't Jacob in those moments.


When Jacob opened the door and he stepped out, Scarlett's eyes widened and she gasped.Just outside of the academy gates must have been around 50 news crews currently in the midst of prearing for their separate reports. It was only early morning too. At Jacob's appearance however, it was as though it all exploded. Questions and demanded attention were shouts and screams of jumbled words. Cameras flashed and although she couldn't see it, there were little blinking red lights that signalled videos recording. Uncertain about whether they should be talking to the media or not, Scarlett simply grabbed his wrist and began to lead him towards the Great Hall where breakfast would be, also aiming to lead him out of their sight.


"I've heard that the entire school thinks you're a hero. It was just from the girl's in my dorm because I came straight here. Obviously, the rest of the country seems to think you've done something. I actually think I heard some people saying you almost had to get your leg cut off because of your wound. That it was torn to shreds. I can see the stories might have become a little exaggerated." Scarlett informed him.

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob pushed open the large wooden door of the First aid office, as soon as he stepped out with Scarlett there was an explosion of noise. To his left, crammed at the closed school gates had to be atleast 50 news crew all yelling at hime excitedly to come over to the gate. He knew that Mr Lencher probably wasnt letting them in the school, and he was quite thankful for that. As Scarlett him to the breakfast hall hundreds of students were crowded the halls many ran up to him asking him about the night before.


"Is it true you teleported to Hawaii?" A voice yelled at him.


"Did you really bring back half the ocean?" Another voice yelled.


Great. Everyone knew about the night before, all he wanted to do was get that file and read it back in his dorm, instead the entire Nation knew what had happened, well an exagerrated version of what had happened.


As they reached the breakfast hall he replied to Scarlett "I was just.. trying not to die".


"I sort of lied to you.." Jacob started as they sat down at one of the long wooden tables.


"I actually did manage to teleport into that room.. before you got there.. and then i pretended that i couldnt do it when i was with you"


He went on to explain the entire story to Scarlett "I only brang back like a handful of sand.." he said as she questioned him on wether he really brang back the entire ocean. "A handful of sand? Have you seen the hallway?" Some called out, sitting not far down from them. Unbeknown to Jacob he had actually brought back over 6 tonnes of sand which was at that very moment being cleaned up by the very unhappy cleaners.

 

[EmilyPower]

Hope finally entered the door, she fell asleep in the office. It was a miracle she didn't get caught by some teacher. When she entered, she saw the entire place destroyed. She could hear the voices of the news crews in the hall and students trying to get their attention. Hope got out of the office as fast as she could.


The gossip in the halls was really loud and Hope could hear every word of the conversation everyone was having about the same thing.


" I heard he saved the entire school from evil villians"


Hope began to laugh, whatever happened last night was already in the media and everyone was making up fake stories about it. While Hope was going back to her room. She heard the words " he was fighting agains a guy with a lot of powers" Hope froze after she heard those words. After a few seconds, she ran to her room and closed the door behind her. She searched through her bag until she found her phone and called the people who she worked with. "I´m Hope, let me talk with Nathan,yes is urgent". She waited until she got an answer. "Nathan they are back"


"Are you serious Hope?"





"Yes"


"Did they attack you?"


"No, I did what you said"


"Then why were they there?"


"They attacked another student"


"Did he or she use his powers before the attack?"


"If they found him, that means he did"


"Well, tell him what you know"


"I dont even know him"


"Just find him and warn him, and remember dont use your powers, they will find you if you do"


"I wont, I have to go, bye"


Hope ended the call and ran back to the hallway, she could see the cleaning crew take sand from the hallway.

 

[Rise of Albion]

Scarlett sighed and closed her eyes, pressing a hand to her aching forehead and then pulling her fiery locks into her grasp and up into a quick bun. She had been right after all, yet she had fallen for his trick all the same. It should have been simple to realize at the time, but understandably her brain hadn't been in the greatest capacity. Embarrassment, fear and shock had taken it's toll on her. Jacob's lying hadn't truly been his fault in the end, if she looked at it in the right light. It could all possibly be blamed on her for believing it. She looked back up at him, knowing now that he had done it for the right reasons. Her power wasn't strong enough to do any fighting. All she could do was complete candles.


The attention that Jacob was gathering as well, would prove to be quite a distraction and obstacle. He had unwittingly become a celebrity and seeing how he was faring with just the students of their school, he wasn't going to deal well. Being the better person meant that she needed to stick by his side during this time. She was one of the only people who actually knew of the real reason behind why Jacob had been forced to fight that man in the first place. Even knowing half of it put her in the one percentile.


"Alright, so you were able to get in there. Judging by the amount of time it took you to come and see me after I was calling, I guess you found something too. More than just a folder. More than just your name on a piece of paper. The reason why this guy came after you was because they want you. You are a mutant who has two different powers. It could be said that I have two powers, but it's not strange because of the similarity between them. Ability to create fire, and immunity to it. They are both needed to work with each other.


"Yours though... teleportation and mass manipulation. They're not connected in any way except for the fact that you are able to get to different places in ways that normal humans can't. You're obviously special, and if those news crews out there have discovered that, then you're going to be put in a whole heap of danger. Jacob, this is really important. These people are going to come after you again. Just because they were stopped one time, doesn't mean that they're going to give up. You need to create a plan about what you're going to do. Even if the President wants to take you away some where."

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob found everything really overwhelming, yesterday he had just been a kid who could teleport and walk through walls and now he was getting all this attention. Before Jacob could reply to Scarlett one of his roommates ran up to him holding a Laptop. "Jacob, look at this!" The boy said excitedly as he pressed the play button on a video. Jacob noticed that that it was the CNN website. "Great" He thought to himself.


"And our next story, 16 year old, Jacob Murpy was savagely attacked in New York's Mutant Academy last night. Reports have come in that the attacker was also a Mutant. Further rumours have surfaced that Jacob possesses not one but two powers, if this is true this would make him the first Mutant in history known to possess two powers"


Great, they knew he had two powers, they knew his age, and they also knew his age! Jacob noticed a large crowd of students had gathered around them, all watching the laptop screen.


"Sources also tell us that there were two other students on the scene, Ava Smith and Scarlett Faulkner" What? Jacob thought to himself. He noticed the students give a collective murmur.


"Now we"ll go live to some of the students at Mutant Academy" The woman continued say as the screen cut to a scruffy looking boy with blonde hair.


"I know exactly what happened!" The boy started to say excitedly "Everyone knows that Jacob almost lost his entire leg fighting off the villain! He even managed to bring back an entire ocean with him, h-" Jacob quickly shut the laptop, everything had been blown out of proportion.


Jacob turned to Scarlett, "i did find some-" He stopped mid sentence, the group of students were still circled around himself and Scarlett. "Yeah, go on" A student said. "Ugh, lets go somewhere more..Private" Jacob said to Scarlett.

 

[Rise of Albion]

Scarlett's eyes widened at the revelation that not only was the media heavily interested in Jacob, but they also believed that she had been involved. It was probably the girl that had stumbled across her but now even her story was being twisted. He had most definitely not been with Jacob when the mutant attacked. She didn't want to be caught up in all of this fame either. Although, it was for an entirely different reason. She hadn't spoken to her family or even seen them ever since she checked herself out of hospital after she almost killed them discovering her power. She couldn't afford to have them try to come and find her. Yet, now they knew she was here.


Scarlett rose to her feet, took a quick sip of her apple juice and then smiled apologetically to the group of students surrounding them. "I'm sorry guys. Jacob only found my headband which I left in a corridor somewhere. That's all he found." She informed them, lying of course. Now that there were online videos of important news stations discussing Jacob and their own classmates eagerly ratting them out for their fifteen minutes of fame, they couldn't divulge any information to anyone. Already, the story which should have been kept quiet was now receiving full blown coverage. They really did need to go somewhere private but where?


"Come on Jacob." Scarlett said, pulling him after her with a hand around his. They could go to her dorm? Or just wander around to find a place that would suit? They really needed to get out of the breakfast hall and from the view of the media. Where? Where? Where?

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob felt bad that Scarlett had been pulled into all of this and that she even lied for him. He followed Scarlett to the entrance of the Breakfast hall and then squeezed her hand tightly. They teleported, he amde sure to keep a firm grip, he had never teleported this way before. They appeared in a bedroom. Everything had gone fine, they were both exactly where he was trying to get them, His bedroom in Las Vegas, Nevada. He looked around at his room, his Mother had cleaned it up alot since he had left, but for the most part everything was still in place, his computer was still at his desk and he still had those insane rock and heavy metal posters plastered across every inch of his wall.


"Uh, this is my room.. in Las Vegas" He said to Scarlett as she looked around.


"Mom!" He yelled, to let his Mother know they were there. There was no reply so he assumed she was out.


"So.. I found a file.. it said something about a Weapon X.. and something about F.O.H.. and then it had my name" He said while pacing.


"Something about i must be captured and they knew i had two powers! apparently my capture priority was "highest" ".


Jacob remembered what Scarlett was telling him earlier before they were crowded by students.


"You said earlier that i need some sort of plan? I mean.. The President and Mr Lencher seem to be in charge of that right now" Jacob continued.

 

[Rise of Albion]

"Everyone is going to try to control you. Either to use you for your insane powers, or to keep you "safe". They're going to tell you things about yourself and people are going to turn you into a pawn. A pawn in their great game. They're the players and when it comes to you, you don't matter. They will only use you for what they want. About a plan, you need to figure out a way to not be some inanimate chess piece. You need to try and play their game. Use them to help you. I'm scared that once this whole deal really gets going, they're going to destroy you. We can't let that happen."


Scarlett moved over to tentatively sit on the edge of his desk's chair, mind whirring to try and think up a way that would best be able to help Jacob through this entire ordeal. There was no absolute way that life could go back to normal for Jacob now. It was like a more advanced version of what Scarlett felt. He had about as much control as she did over not being mutant anymore, being a mortal human again. So they had to work out the best possible advantage for him. When the big stakes came into play like attempted kidnappings and the President, it was obvious that it was no longer a simple joke. It could never become a memory. "You need to decide on what you want. You, not them. It can be something simple like wanting to stay your own person, or becoming incredibly rich over this. But you need to figure a base standing out, so that all of your other plans can be created from that."


"Wait, so if you really did find this folder with a weapon and instructions to find you in the staff room then... Where is it? Where did you leave it? We should probably take a deeper look at this thing to find out if we can get any more information."

 

[TwistedDreams]

What Scarlett just said spooked Jacob alot. "I dont see how protecting me is using me.." Jacob replied. His head was spinning. Was it safe to go back to The Mutant Academy at this time? All he really knew was that someone probably to do this FOH or this weapon X wanted him, not dead but alive. He must be really important or something if the President himself had come down to the school.


"That's the thing, i only read a little bit of the file and then i was going to go back to my dorm room and read it, i tucked it into the back of my pants and when i went to grab it.. it was gone! Im assuming whatever attacked me probably took it, it had multiple powers, telekenisis, teleportation and invisibility is what i saw when i "battled" him".


He didnt know whether he would have to go on the run or if he should go back to Mutant Academy, he knew that if he went back they would most likely put some sort of extra protection on the school if he got stay there. Possibly something like the military, But he doubted that would help much if that thing that he battled decided to come back.


Jacob didnt know what to do, does he accept protection? try and solve this himself? "I think we should go back to the Academy for now and see what Mr Lencher says"


Jacob knew Mr Lencher had his best interest in mind, or did he? Even the best of people could turn evil.

 

[Rise of Albion]

Scarlett walked over to him with an encouraging smile, but she was still nervous that he didn't understand. "Jacob... Using is a delicate word. The people who are trying to keep you safe are people like Mr. Lencher and probably the President. They're using you or keeping you safe so that a war doesn't break out. You're one of the keys to this whole thing. But I want you to know that if it ever came to say... the school over you, you'll be given up. I just mean that you need to stay aware of yourself and about what's happening to you. Right now, you need to be more than what any sixteen year old boy should ever be asked."


She took his hand again, making sure to grip it tight for when Jacob would actually decide to teleport back to the Academy. It was a smart decision to go back there. Scarlett was pretty sure that at one point or another, Mr. Lencher would want to have a talk with him. Or classes would be starting soon and even though the whole world wanted to tip over on its side, he still needed to keep up some form of appearance. Even if it was just for the media. That twisting, self-interested, metaphorical snake. "Alright, we should probably get going now. Unless you wanted to do anything in your home?"

 

[EmilyPower]

Hope answered her phone while looking for the boy who fought those men.


"Nathan, I'm looking for him"


"Hope that is not the problem, remember the thing we use to see if any mutant is using theirs powers? Well, seems like the kid is called Jacob and he just teleported to another place "


" He used his powers right?"


" yes and the signal was really big so.. Be prepared for an attack tonight and don't let them take him or you .


" ok I'll look out"


Hope ended the call and waited for Jacob to come, she hoped he would come back before they find him, if they do, they could take him and hope couldn't let that happen

 

[Leela]

Ms.Dark walked through the halls of Mutant Academy, she had just gotten a very interesting call and she was given some very interesting orders. She needed to find one of the new students. She took out the photo of the girl she found in her files while looking at them. She walked through the halls looking for certain student, the other students were still gossiping about Jacob and his fight. It was going to be hard to find her, a lot of girls in the school had the same hair color and looked a like. She finally found a student looking in some of the classrooms. She ran so she could talk to her before she dissapeared again. She called the girl and aproached to were she was. "Hello, your name is Hope right? My name is Ms.Dark and I really need to talk to you"

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob didnt want to believe that he would be given up or handed over to whoever wanted him, but he knew this wasnt a movie and Scarlett was most likely right. He didnt like to think that he was the key to stopping or starting a war. "No.. not really, lets go" Jacob replied to Scarlett. He looked around his old room one last time and then they were gone.


A split second later they appeared back at the breakfast hall, For a few seconds everyone went about there own business until someone shouted "Look his back!" and they were swarmed with students again. It was a good 5 minutes before suddenly the students parted. Mr Lencher was standing at the entrance to the Breakfast hall, not far from them. "Ah, Jacob and Scarlett could you please accompany me to the staff room?" Jacob gulped and looked at Scarlett.


((bit short, at school))

 

[EmilyPower]

Hope looked at Ms. Dark and said " Sorry I'm looking for someone" her phone rang as she recieved a text message. " go with her - Nathan " Hope looked at the teacher and said, you know about those things right ?

 

[Rise of Albion]

Scarlett glanced over at Jacob, a little worried before she steeled her nerves and made her way through the little pathway that her fellow classmates had created. She was briefly reminded of the parting of the Red Sea before her thoughts turned back to more present, important matters. Jacob followed behind her and there was no false pretense that when they finally escaped the Great Hall, she felt an immense release of relief. It had been hectic in there for those five minutes. It seemed every student in the school wanted to question Jacob about what had happened to him on that night. Some of the students had even turned to her, eagerly demanding to know what kind of involvement she had had in the entire event. There was no doubt within her that some of those mutants had been jealous. She was beginning to believe that she would swap her growing fame with them in a heartbeat.


Mr. Lencher didn't address them at all on the way to his office, not even to tell them which way to go. He wasn't cruel or neglectful about his actions. Scarlett could tell that he was simply intent on not revealing any information of any kind to them on the way. It was too dangerous, what with everyone wanting to know the finest details of what happened that night, and what events would be coming afterward. Also, with the extreme powers of that attacking mutant, they had no idea if he or any of his friends were currently following them. It was a smart move to take. However, it didn't manage to make her feel any less awkward. Fingers fidgeted with the end of her shirt as they walked, making her wonder about what it was exactly that Mr. Lencher wanted to talk to them both about.


They were taken to the main building in which the staff room was situated and yet they didn't go anywhere near that dreaded hallway. Instead, they entered through a different doorway, walked up a flight of stairs, down a hallway neither of them had seen, a few twists and turns and then they ended up in front of a rather impressive mahogany double door that proudly held the plack stating it was the principal's office. Mr. Lencher opened the door and waved them in. "Please take a seat."

 

[Leela]

Ms. Dark smiled at Hope "Follow me" she walked to a the forest nearby and stopped, searching for anyone who could overhear their conversation. "Hope I know about those things but we are not sure their are the same who attacked Jacob, they could be others but with the news there is no way they are not going to know about this so, find him and tell him EVERYTHING, even the story. If he gets taken he has to know what might happen to him." Ms.Dark looked down, like she was ashamed or guilty of something. "Nathan had an idea, those things are still looking for you but they havent found you because you havent used your powers in a long time. You know how to deal with them and with her but Jacob dosent so, Nathan said if you used your powers you could make those things go for you and you can escape with no problems. After all, she still wants you and has been looking for you during all this time. You dont have to do that, you could still hide and just warn the kid."


Ms. Dark left Hope to think about it alone and headed to the school, she maked sure that everything was secure for the attacks that ould happen that night. She took a deep breath and looked outside. She could see the city and she kept thinking, "They are near" Ms. Dark continued to secure the place for everyone´s safety. The gossip in the halls was getting out of control, she heard a girl said Jacob was going to loose his powers because of a magical forse field! Ms.Dark was nervous about that night and wondered if anyone was going to be safe.

 

[TwistedDreams]

Jacob sat down in one of the two chairs nervously, waiting for Mr Lencher to speak. Would he be angry? Concerned? Jacob didnt really know what to expect. He shifted nervously in his seat, He felt like teleporting out of there but he knew that probably wasnt a good idea.


Mr Lencher sat down in his chair behind his desk.


"Where to start.. Jacob right now.. you are probably one of the most famous people on the planet.. and your a close second Scarlett" Mr Lencher started saying. "We are still searching for your friend Ava, any idea where she may be?" He asked looking from Jacob to Scarlett.


Who was Ava? Ah.. she must of been the other girl who was there.


"Uh.. No sir, i dont know" Jacob replied.


"Hmm well anyway, you may be wondering why the President was here?" Mr Lencher paused. "Jacob, we are aware that you possess not one but two powers, which has made you a target of some.. shady organisations, So myself and The President think it is best if you remain here at Mutant Academy, of course there will be a 24 hour military presence inside and around the perimeters of the castle and of course you will be accompanied by a personal guard that will consist of both Human and Mutant officals.. same goes for you Scarlett"


Jacob sat there for a moment taking all this in, well now he didnt have any choice at all, he had to stay at Mutant Academy unless he decided to teleport away.. But if they were getting government officals to follow him everywhere he assumed they would of put some measurements in place for that. Before Mr Lencher could say much more the door swung open giving Jacob a huge fright, making him jump in his seat. Hhe turned to see a middle aged blonde haired woman wearing horn rimmed glasses and wearing something that was probably considered "Fashionable" amongst celebrities.


"Ah.. this is your Publicist" Mr Lencher said whilst standing up. A Publicist? They needed a Publicist?


""Now Darlings.. If we dont get your faces out there the media is going to turn this into something they can use against Mutants, And who knows what could happen then. So we need to get you thr.. Where's the other one?" The Woman spoke quite fast and barely looked at Mr Lencher.


"We are unable to locate her at t-"


"Hush hush" The woman said sharply "Since we cannot find your friend we need to get you two out there as much as possible, ive already had calls from The New York Times, Jay Leno and even Ellen wants you on her show!" The woman continued.


Jay Leno? Ellen? Jacob was quite confused, it had all happened so fast. Even though he didnt really want all this attention he did have to admit it did fell quite good, but then he quickly reminded himself of why and his heart sunk again.

 

[Rise of Albion]

Scarlett was stunned, forcing her brain to only be able to take in different points one at a time, her mouth opened slightly in shock. Second famous person on Earth? Her own personal guard? Publicist? Ellen wanted them on her show? She blinked once and then twice, and finally sighed, shaking her head in disbelief. No. She understood all about the nation being obsessed with Jacob, but her? She hadn't even been there. She hadn't fought that attacker. All she had done was stand outside of the door for a couple minutes, known the reason behind why they were trying to get in there, and then left. Now everyone thought that she had been right there beside him, pro tecting god knows what from that mutant. She couldn't be forced into this kind of life. It was too much. She wasn't a threat to anyone. She didn't have so great a power that could create that.


Their publicist went and sat on the edge of the desk, surveying them, jotting down a few notes and then flicking her quick gaze up to look at them again. Scarlett settled back into her chair, feeling uncomfortable under her piercing gaze. It was obvious that the woman was examining them to decide upon which angle would suit each of them the best. Scarlett straightened up a little so that she could peer over onto the page and was just able to see headings with their names on it, before the woman stood up and actually came over to them.


"Now darlings," She repeated. "I need to know every single detail about your lives if we're going to display you before the entire country. We can't have any bad press getting out, can we?" Her laugh was tinkling, yet short. "We're also going to need to get you into new clothing, outfit you differently. Play a different angle on you. Jacob, you of course are going to be the absolute star. Scarlett, well you're more of a sidekick. The world loves a good old superhero so that's what we're going to give them. But of course, that's not just it. We need to make them love you. Fall in love with you so much that they won't even think about trying to hate you. You can't turn on something that you're just obsessed with."


Mr. Lencher was watching her with careful disapproval but he didn't seem to be objecting. He knew that they needed her. Although he might not like her methods, he understood what she was trying to do. Turn them into dolls and puppets. Scarlett looked to Jacob, knowing that this was exactly what she had been talking about before. He needed to decide about what they were going to do. Because the only plan that Scarlett really felt like considering at that moment, was following his lead.