Blood Lust

Ch4



Not long after Logan's episode they reached the mall. They walked around to the back and quickly hurried up the fire escape. When they reached the roof Autumn stopped to look around even with advanced eye sight she didn't see the X-Jet. She turned and gave them a strange look. Remy had the gaul to smile at her as if this was all a joke. Sasha walked away from the group and started to sniff at what appeared to be nothing. When the wind shifted Autumn was able to pick up the scent of engine grease and jet fuel. She turned back to the X-Men and gave them an evil look.

" Ha ha. I get it. It's cloaked. Now how about you uncloak it so I can see." sarcasm dripping from her voice.

Rogue reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a remote. After she punched in a code the air shimmered not far from them. It looked like the cloak was being washed away by rain. When she got her first good look at the jet she jumped around like rabbit on caffeine. The rest of the group laughted as she ran around the jet. She was cooing and gasping at all the mechanics.

" Autumn calm down. You haven't even seen the inside yet." Logan said.

Autumn ran up to Rogue so fast she almost left a vapor trail. She jumped her causing Rogue and her to fall on the hard concrete roof of the mall. Remy and Logan stood back laughing as Autumn begged Rogue to open it up.

" Rogue open it. Open it I need to see all the shinnies and sparkles. Come on open it already. Pleaseeee." she begged dancing around on Rogue's lap.

Remy helped Autumn up while Logan helped Rogue to her feet. When Rogue got her balance back she punched in another code on the remote lowering the ramp. The second it was down Autumn fallowed by Sasha ran into the jet. They could hear her cries of excitement from where they had been left on the roof. The only reason that the X-Men weren't worried about her taking off was that she didn't know the codes.


That all changed when they heard the engines fire up. They ran to the ramp and were suprised to see Autumn in the pilots chair laughing at them. They were shocked that she had only started the ignition sequence. She was sitting there laughing so hard she began to squeak.

" You should have seen your faces. You really thought I knew how to fly a jet. I've never even been in one before."

" Then chere how did you know how to start the sequence?"

" I drank some of Logan earlier remember. He knew how to begin the sequence and the codes to activate the jet." she replied. " Not me."

After the X-Men calmed back down Remy lifted her from the pilots seat and sat down. Rogue began to sit in the co-pilots but Autumn stopped her.

" Rogue would you mind if I sat there? Sometimes with new things it's easier for me to see what's going on."

" No problem shug. I'll go sit by Logan. But if something happens I'll need to get back there. Ok"

" Sure no problem Rogue."

As Remy set in the corse back to the mansion everyone got comfortable in their seats. Sasha got into one of the empty seats and layed down. Autumn watched in fasination as Remy prepared the jet for flight. Once he was ready he pulled the jet into the night sky quickly. After he got the ship level he put it into autopilot and leaned over to Autumn.

" Chere, would you like to learn some of the basics? Mostly just how to get her steady and adjust her course."

When he didn't get a response he turned in his chair to see that she had fallen asleep. All of the days activities catching up to her. He looked back at the others and saw that Rogue was also asleep. Logan as usual was awake and focused having never really gotten over his fear of flying. Remy sent him a look and pointed to the co-pilot seat. Logan smiled when he saw that she was asleep curled into a ball with her head resting on her knees. Logan actually felt sorry for the girl. She was orphaned so young and made a killer by her mutation. Rogue hadn't even had it so bad. Both couldn't touch another person without fear of hurting the person or themselves.

Luckly Autumn had a bit of control. She didn't have to cover up nearly as much as Rogue. But her mutation was just as dangerous if not more so. Rogue only retained the mutations of others for a short time. Autumn it seemed kept them for forever. Her powers were also dangerous if she got to hungry. they needed to find out a way to fill her up. Maybe if she was full she could feed in small amounts. Without having to worry about accedently killing a person. She seemed like such a nice girl to have to be worring if she would kill the next person she fed from. Logan knew that the only reason he didn't die was because of his healing ability. She also told Rogue that she could help her to control her mutation. That was a true gift.

As dawn was rising the alarm on the counsel started to go off. Remy was snapped out of his day dreams. Shooting up right he looked at the navigation screen to see that they were almost to the mansion. He knew that Autumn would want to see the full image of the mansion that could only really be seen from the jet. HE looked over to see that she had also snapped awake from her nap. As he watched he saw her facial expressions change from anger at being awakened so suddenly to amazement at the sight of the sprawling woods and lake that surrounded that mansion. She eyes lit up with wonder as she got her first glimpse at her new home.

While Remy got the landing gear down and was moving the jet into it's landing position Autumn was practically standing in her seat so that she could get one last look everything before he lowered it into the hanger. Autumn was suprised that there were people waiting in the hanger this early in the morning. There was a tall dark skinned woman with beautiful white hair cut short, a big blue thing in a white lab coat and an older man in a wheelchair. When the jet touched down Remy started the shut off sequence. The group of people outside moved closer to the jet waiting patently for the ramp to lower. When they landed Logan shook Rogue awake knocking her out of her dreams.

When everyone was awake Autumn stood and grabbed her book bag that she had put at her feet. Remy grabbed her duffle before she could reach it. She gave him a look. Remy just grinned at her and gestured for her to procede him. She shrugged and almost laughted when he struggled under the weight. Logan and Rogue had already left the jet. Autumn was fallowing Remy with a hand placed on Sasha's back to help keep them both calm. As they walked down Autumn was assulted by the smells of so many diffrent people all stuffed into one place. The air around her was thick with tension as everyone in the hanger was waiting for her reaction to all the new people. She kinda felt like a science experiment.

When she was completely on the ramp Autumn stopped and stared at the man in the chair. He was the Professor. Logan's memories were helping to fill in some of the blanks. Also she could feel him trying to get into her head. She pushed him back out, unfortunatly she pushed to hard. The Professor was knocked back in his chair with a cry of pain.

" Sorry, I didn't mean to push so hard. But please from now on I would appreciate if you didn't do that without my permision." she said. " Sometime's my shields can really hurt someone trying to dig in there. So if you have any other telepaths in the mansion you might want to worn them."

The Professor laughted at that. That seemed to put everyone at ease.

" I understand. Sorry about that though. It has become a compultion to check all the new people out. I think you caan understand that." the Professor looked at her curiously. " Though I must ask. How did you oush me out? No one has ever been able to do that before."

" I did that with the help of my mutation. I've learned that when I feel a telepath in my head if I push the other personalities forward it'll throw them out. Normally resulting in a massive headache." she said with a sheepish smile. " Sorry about that by the way."

The Professor smiled and nodded in understanding. He nodded towards the other in his welcoming party.

" These are some of the other X-Men and teachers here at the mansion. This is Ororo Munroe also called Storm and this is Hank McCoy also call Beast."

Autumn shook hands with both of them as they were interduced to her.

" If no one told you my name is Autumn Muhn also called Blood Lust. But I do prefer to be called Autumn."

The team laughted at that. They all began to leave the hanger with the Professor and Autumn in the lead. As they continued down the corridor the professor pointed out important things for Autumn to know. Such as were the med lab was and where the work out room, which Autumn made sure to remember. As the got to the elevator, the professor, Autumn, Remy, Storm and Sasha with the elevator as the rest of the team split up. Hank going back to the lab and Logan and Remy claiming that they needed more sleep. As they traveled to the first floor the Professor continued to explain the mision and goals for the institute to her. Autumn was finding it hard to concentrate. With the fact that she had been up for over twenty four hours and with the sun up making her sleepy she was dead ion her feet.

Luckly Storm saw her rapidly blinking her eyes and nodded to the Professor. When Charles saw this he decided to just go ahead and show her to his office before they showed her to her room which had been set up in the teachers wing. When they got to the first floor they showed her the way to the office. Which was set up behind the library. Autumn was awake enough to get the path locked into her brain. When they got back to the elevator the Storm and Remy carried on a conversation about what had happened while they had been away. As the ride progressed Remy turned to look at her and saw that she was asleep on her feet. Remy and Storm both laughted aloud startling her awake just as the door opened on their floor.

" We there yet?" she said through a yawn while rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Sasha who was sitting at her feet yawned as well.

" Yes Autumn we've reached our floor. Your on the smae floor as the rest of the faculty. That'll give you a little more privacy. We'll explain the rest of the rules later after you've had a chance to rest. So I'll let you get settled in. Have a good sleep." Storm said before departing.

" Thank you Storm. Now what am I going to do with you Remy?"

" Whatever your little heart desires chere. But I'm going to go get some sleep too. My room is the next door over incase you need anything. Good night."

When the door shut Autumn went about unpacking her duffle quickly before pulling out a pair of boxers and a tank top to sleep in. Then she went to the ensuite to wash the make-up off here face and brush her teeth before she climbed into the nice big bed and promptly feel asleep with Sasha curled up at the foot of the bed.


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