<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#1e90ff">Rowan gasped, turning her head to the side away from Storm, so that she could better hide in Melinda's shadow. “Oh crap...why does this keep happening...” She groaned quietly, hoping beyond hope that she hadn't been spotted.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#dcdcdc">Storm walked down the hall and into the infirmary, not at all expecting the scene before her. “Melinda?...” She asked seeing the dark spot on the floor, and with it a tangle of brown hair that wasn't fully covered in darkness. It didn't take her long to figure out who else was in the room. “...Rowan?” <br/>
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Storm blinked a few times before turning around and shutting the door on the two girls. She stood out in the hall way waiting for them to get dressed before confronting them on proper behaviour in a school infirmary.</span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#6b8e23"><br/>
Elianna waited impatiently at the gate for her snake to carry out her orders. She couldn't make her move until the snake made its own. Otherwise she was walking into her own cage. She would have no leverage to keep the X-Men from taking her captive. <br/>
</span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff4500">Holly was sweating now with the effort of trying to control her powers, trying to use just enough energy to lift the plate from the grass. A triumphant grin split her face as she managed it. Lifting it a short way from the ground where it wobbled unsteadily. <br/>
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She wondered as it dropped back to the ground why she was having such a difficult time now when before, back at the brotherhood, she'd done it so easily.<br/>
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Jean again answered her unasked question. “When you lose control of your emotions you lose control of your powers. It can make them stronger...and far more unstable.” <br/>
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Still neither of them noticed the creeping snake, not until it crawled over Holly's, coiling itself up before springing forward and latching onto Holly's shoulder with its venom filled fangs. <br/>
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Holly cried out in surprise and pain, tearing the snake from her neck and throwing it. “Where did that come from...” Holly asked shakily, holding a hand to her bleeding shoulder. <br/>
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Jean didn't answer though, she was too busy catching the snake. Unlike Holly the older mutant had the presence of mind to be wary, she caught the reptile and quickly trapped it in the vase. <br/>
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It wasn't long after that alarms started to go off. </span><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#808000"><br/>
Elianna vaulted herself over the gates to the school, a devilish smirk on her face. Her reptilian friend had accomplished its task, now it was her turn. <br/>
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