If You Could, You Would (I could, and I Would) [chapter 01]
Pairing: Logan Howlett (Wolverine) x OFC (Emmy)
Summary:
Amelia Arson (Emmy) is among the many gifted and talented professors at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. She is intelligent and kind, but also wise and jaded from her own troubled past. As an Elemental, her presence is welcome and swift when acclimating into the X-Men. A fortified team member with mentors like Jean Grey and Storm by her side to continue guiding her in developing her powers. But, what happens when the team goes on a mission only to bring back a certain leather-wearing jacket man with characteristics of a wolf and a timid, glove wearing, doe-eyed girl back to the mansion? Whirlwind ensues.
Notes:
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Chap. 01. She Noticed That He Was There
Quiet was the only word that came to mind. Emmy let out a sigh of contentment and looked outside the mansion kitchen's window basking in the quietness of the room. Blankly staring into the night sky, she wondered how her teammates were doing. Ororo and Scott left on a mission a few hours ago in pursuit of Sabretooth-- the professor detecting the wilding mutant around the area a few miles away.
Since Emmy's time at the school, she has come to learn that Xavier's relationship with Magneto definitely comes with its own complications. Although the men were at odds, maybe even close to being considered valued enemies, Xavier always seemed to gravitate towards peace around Eric. Emmy didn't know too much history about Xavier's past- but she knew enough to understand that this is a battle that has been fought from many years ago.
Emmy turned away from gazing at the abnormally bright stars in the sky to look back at her steaming mug filled with Earl Grey tea. Aimlessly, she stirred the tea with her pointer finger slowly to mix the liquid, mimicking the job of a spoon. As her mind wandered off again, she remembered a time when she was only 10 years old playing with her dolls in the bathtub, and unknowingly making her mermaid-themed Barbie swim waves on the "ocean" due to Emmy's manipulation of the element. Much to her parents' horror, all she remembered at the time was that she was having fun. She scoffed and shook her head at the memory, "Well, at the time, you didn’t know that you were at risk of drowning yourself and everyone else in the apartment- much less, your Barbie.”
That was the first time that she ever considered herself to be dangerous. Emmy never considered her powers to have been so powerful…until that particular night. She felt her face form into a frown as the details of that haunting night were suddenly spurred in her thoughts. She was shocked out of her reverie by a loud noise. Emmy jumped up, her tea no longer spinning, and was forgotten and cold.
“They’re back!” Emmy thought as she heard the loud noises growing into quiet chatter. She was walking towards the voices until she was stopped by Jubilee who was groaning with a blanket over her shoulders.
“Professor? Is everything okay?” Jubilee asked sleepily.
Emmy paused and replied, “Everything is okay, Jubes. Go back to bed now, okay?” She put a hand on her blanket-covered shoulder and soothingly rubbed Jubilee’s arm to coax her back into her room.
Jubilee muttered a quiet okay and proceeded to go back to her room, shutting the door. Emmy sighed and resumed her path towards the elevator that would take her to the bottom floor where the medical labs resided. No longer hearing the voices of the team, she knew that they would be meeting to debrief down there. Reaching the bottom floor, Emmy walked out of the cylindrical-shaped elevator and stepped out to hear ‘Ro and Scott talking with the Professor.
Turning the corner to the medical lab, she saw Jean giving a concerned stare to a body that was laying on the medical bed in front of her. Then, she took note of the ‘Ro’s and Scott’s disheveled appearance while standing next to the Professor, and next to this equally disheveled young girl who looked like she was going to cry at any second.
Emmy quietly gasped with furrowed brows, “What the hell happened out there?” Their voices quieted and all heads turned her way.
“Everything is fine, Em. How were the kids tonight?” finally spoke Ororo.
“The kids were fine, being kids – don’t change the subject. What happened?” Emmy asked with gritted teeth. Out of all the missions that they have been on this past year, this was by far the most that she has seen Ororo sport a heavy look on her face. Even Scott had this permanent furrow in his brow that doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon.
“We ran into a complication.” Scott subtly gestured to the young girl standing to his right. Emmy took a closer look at the girl and noticed that the girl had this dazed and wild look in her eye as her gaze darted around the room.
“How complicated are we talking?” Emmy responded hesitantly. There was a long pause and before anyone could answer her question, the Professor turned his head towards Emmy. “Amelia, this is Rogue. She is going to be staying with us tonight. Would you mind getting her settled into her room?”
Emmy hesitated, “But Professor–”. The class four mutant merely smiled, his eyes crinkled with age and something omniscient, before cutting her off, “We will debrief fully tomorrow morning after everyone has gotten some much needed rest.” Emmy pursed her lips in frustration, but ultimately understood where he was coming from. Charles Xavier’s heart for his students will always be the most palpable perception received by his pupils. Even for pupils who didn’t know that they were his pupils yet, like Rogue.
Emmy stepped closer to Rogue and motioned for her to follow, “Hey, I’m Professor Amelia - but you can call me Emmy for now, if you’d like. Why don’t you come with me and I can help you get settled into your room?” Rogue looked at her with busy eyes but tired eyes, complacent. Although, it was evident from Rogue’s gaze that she also didn’t want to leave the man on the table.
The room was quiet after Emmy’s invitation and sensing Rogue’s hesitation, she responded, “you could come back down here whenever you would like to check in on him. For now, it's best to let Dr. Grey and the Professor check him out, okay?”
Rogue, with a more determined and secure look on her face, nodded her head with confidence and followed Emmy’s gestured arms that were motioning back towards the elevator. As they were walking, Rogue turned back to the team and let out a soft, but gracious thanks.
Everyone, including Emmy, softly smiled upon hearing the words. It was the girl’s lucky day after all, being saved by the X-Men. Albeit, she existed as an anomaly for now.
Getting off the elevator, Emmy guided Rogue to her room that also shared the same hallway as her too. Emmy showed Rogue the bathroom, the linen closet that held utilities, and also showed her her own room at the end of the hall.
“If you ever need anything, feel free to always knock on my door, no matter what time it is, okay?” Emmy mentioned to her. Rogue nodded softly and went into her room for the night.
Reflexively, Emmy went to close the door, as did Rogue. Rogue quickly snapped back, startling Emmy, as if she was immediately burned by the touch of the door knob.
“Are you okay? Do you want to go back downstairs to get checked out? No one will hurt you here, I promise.” Emmy questioned cautiously, eager to let this girl know that she means no harm.
Rogue’s eyes darted back and forth again nervously, “It’s not you.” she whispered.
Emmy paused but nodded before slowly reaching out for the door handle once more. Rogue quietly nodded and whispered another thanks before sitting on the done up bed located in the center of the room.
Emmy finally shut the door quietly, and sighed once out of view. “Who is this girl? And what about that man on the table?” she thought.
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