Savior

"Logan! What happ…"

That's when I saw the man's face… It was Senator Kelly.

"…YOU!" I said, red eyes gleaming.

*Cough*Cough* "Cat-"

"You motherfucker! Don't you dare say that name! I'll kill you!"

"Christa! Calm down will ya! He's not going to hurt you! I promise you, he's not going to even touch you." Luke said while struggling to hold me back, but I don't care; all I want to do is rip his throat out and watch him bleed to death.

"Kid! Get her outta here, now!" Logan said still supporting the senator.

"Christa, come on, let's go." He said with a struggle, pulling me away. I give into his pleading pulls and let him guide me away.

Outside…

"Hey, are you alright? What happened back there? Christa?"

"… that bastard ruined my life… I trusted him with everything and then he threw me away to die or become a massive weapon for his own doing. Luke… he was like a father to me…"

"Oh my, God… Christa…" and that was all he said. He just enveloped me in a hug and doesn't let me go. I don't even know how to react; I just stand here blank not even able to display any emotion. How should I feel? Angry that I had been abandoned and tortured? Crying my eyes out because I'm scared of what he might do to me again? Or should I just stand here with this boy I just met who has such strong feelings for me? Should I let him continue to comfort me? Or should I run away or scream or fight or go into a rage and destroy everything around me just to end it all?

"Christa? Christa? Are you alright? You're…. you're shaking… Christa? Are you there at all?"

Is there someone there? I hear something, something faint, it sounds like a voice, a comforting voice, but I can't make anything out…everything tinged red and I have the strongest urge to go kill a very weakened person inside the nearest building to me…

"Christa? Are you… why are your eyes red? Oh my, god…"

A scared voice? Someone actually realizes the power that I hold? He shall not befall before my judgment, but the man known as Senator Kelly will have judgment passed on him.

"You will be spared. Do not cross my path again if it is not to help me."

"Christa?... what have you become?" was all that Luke could manage to say. The girl who he had just met wasn't the same any more. She wasn't shaking or crying. Wasn't smiling then way she usually did when around him, wasn't making any snarky remarks. Her eyes had become the color of freshly spilled blood, and her face contained a look of malice, ready to commit a deadly deed, and pass judgment on any soul who passed her way; weather it is to live or to die by her hand. She looked at him with a small smile; a knowing smile which contained the knowledge that the young male had not commit any act of evil, or harm to another living creature.

Her appearance once again changed; wings developed out of her back, one a stealthy black the other a pure white and her face began to contort. What once appeared to be an innocent face became a face of steel with little to no emotion, and symbols of unknown origin appeared. Her hair also changed, growing longer in length and the color as well; it became lighter almost a snow white, yet the ends were pitch black. The only thing that remained the same was the eyes: both still blood red. Slowly she walks away from the boy toward the school leaving him paralyzed in fear, sadness and lack of understanding.

Inside the Mansion…

*cough*cough* "Whose there?" the weakened senator manages to say, and a sudden glow of red appearing from the shadows.

"…Senator Robert Kelly. How pleasant it is to see you again." A seducing voice emits from the glow.

"Who, who are you?" he stutters.

"You don't recognize my voice? Tut, tut. How disappointing Robert. And you used to care for me with such passion. If only I had known long ago that you were nothing but caring."

"Cath- Cathy? Is that real-really you?"

"Such a weak voice, Robert. Tell me how it is possible that you've fallen so far?"

"Cathy, please, I- I had no choice back then. You- you were instable. You and- and your sudden outbursts. All that uncontrollable power and the destruction, child. You never remembered it at all afterwards. It- it was the only choice I had."

"Hush now, Robert. I remember it all. I remember the lives that I took back then when we were but a small child. I remember being locked away in that body, so small, so fragile. We did not know what it was that we possess. But we know now. The child has grown now, Robert, and she wishes to seek revenge. And we shall have our revenge."

By now this creature of dark and light had arrived at the bed the senator was laying upon, and arm raised above his heart, and a single solitary blade emerging from her forearm, ready to pierce through his flesh.

"This is goodbye, Robert, may you ask for forgiveness to the Almighty"

"X don't!" Storm screamed from the opened doorway. But she was too late, the deed done, the task fulfilled, and Senator Robert Kelly was dead.

"The person whom you call 'X', is currently not conscious right now Ororo Monroe. But she will be soon enough. Please, this is none of your concern, but there was one last thing that the dear senator wanted you to know. He says a man by the name of Magneto did this to him. What this means only you should be able to figure out. But I have one last thing to say to you and the man named 'Logan.'" The being turned around to face Storm, the red in the eyes slowly growing softer, the markings on the face fading.

"To yourself Ororo, keep an eye on the child, and also on the one you call 'sister'. And to Logan, tell him that stage 3 has awakened and that the child will need more training before she is to fulfill the tasks that are set before her."

"What- what do you mean by all this? X, please tell me what is going on? Why did you kill the Senator!" was all that Storm could say, before the being now starting to resemble Christa laughed silently to herself and exited the room, leaving yet another person tonight in a stat of wanting more knowledge and understanding.

Outside….

Luke was still standing in the spot were Christa had left him only minutes ago, thoughts still racing through his head.

'What happened to her? Why did she become that- that thing?' but before he could make these confusing thoughts any clearer, the creature who had left him was coming back outside from the building, heading directly toward him.

"Hello again, Luke. I feel I must apologize for early. But the deed is now done and there is nothing left to worry about. I must ask of you something however. This child, the one whom you call 'Christa' or 'X': you must take care of her. Only you are able to sooth the beast that lies inside of her. Because of you, I was able to appear instead of the savage beast that is known to her as stage 2. I am the being who appears in stage 3. Heed my warning though Luke, leave her and an evil this world had never known will be unleashed and all is lost. Stay with her, and this world may live to see through its darkest time. Now, come with me. She is soon to be reemerging within this world, and I fear if she were to see you like this it would break her heart, for you see, she is quite taken with you."

Running feet could be heard throughout the building. A door is flung open and four people emerge on the patio just outside the kitchen.

"Look! They're over there!" a voice says softly.

"Luke! What happened?" Scott demands immediately.

"Professor Summers, please be quiet, she only just fell asleep" Luke says, not taking his eyes off the sleeping girl, who has returned to her normal stat of being.

"Luke, what are you talking about hun? Professor Monroe here just said she saw X kill Senator Kelly. Luke if you know anything please tell us."

"She said that I'm to take care of her. She's been through so much Miss Grey, can't she just sleep in peace for one night?" the boy says, still not looking up at the four adults who stand around the two teens. Luke continues to stroke the hair of the sleeping girl, trying to keep her sooth, and asleep. She appears so peaceful, so calm, not containing a single trace of fear or anger. Her hair as returned to the soft honey brown, and there are no signs of the wings that were upon her back or the mysterious symbols on her face. All that remains is the sleeping form.

"Kid,…" Logan begins. "… is she alright?"

"Logan, why are you so calm about this? She just killed someone! We have to take-"

"Shut it Scooter. You have no idea what the kid's been through. Kid, is she alright?"

Finally looking up, Luke replies "Yeah, she's okay. She just needs some rest. I think we all do. I know she's gonna have a lot of questions when she wakes up and I know I'm not going to have all the answers, but I'm going to protect her. There's just something about her that I want to protect with all my might, no matter what."

By now Luke is standing up, Christa cradled in his arms.

"Okay, kid. Let's get her to bed" Logan says with a nod and Luke nods back, the two heading to the Mansion, leaving the others in a state of shock.

~X~

SO, lots happened in the past couple of years since I've posted the last chapter. If you would like to know more, please feel free to check my profile. There will be more updates and post on this story and all of my others. Please feel free to review and comment on the story. Next chapter hopefully next week. Thank you all for your patience.