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Arriving home from school that afternoon, fifteen year old Kitty Pryde entered her kitchen and grabbed a soda from the fridge.

"Mom! I'm home!" She yelled.

She then heard voices from the living room. One belonged to her mother, while the other two weren't familiar to Kitty.

"Katherine, can you come out here for a minute?" Kitty's mother, Terri asked.

"Sure."

Setting her soda on the kitchen table, she entered the living room. Terri was sitting on the sofa across from a man and woman, each in their early twenties.

Kitty stopped dead in her tracks and stared at them both.

"Whatever it is, I didn't do it."

"You're not in any trouble," the woman said. "My name's Jean Grey and this is Scott Summers." She motioned to the man sitting next to her, wearing ruby sunglasses.

Kitty slowly walked over to sit on the arm of a chair.

"Would you like something to drink, Mr. Summers?" Terri asked as she got to her feet.

"A glass of water, if it's not any trouble, ma'am."

Terri smiled.

"Miss Grey?"

"No, thank you."

"I'll be right back."

She then turned around and walked into the kitchen.

"So if I'm not in any trouble, what are you doing here?" Kitty asked.

"We're here to offer you a place at our school. Xavier's School for Gifted Children." Scott said.

"I'm…not really all that gifted. B+ student, really."

"Not like that. There are people who have special powers, due to their genetic makeup. They can be any kind of powers—telepathy, pyrokinesis, weather manipulation," Jean explained.

Kitty blinked.

"You mean mutants?"

"Yes, but you need to forget everything you've heard about mutants on the news. We're not all evil."

"You guys are mutants." Kitty gasped.

"Not just us." Scott said. "You are as well."

"I'm not a mutant!"

"Your mother tells us that you get headaches sometimes. That you find yourself suddenly in a different room."

"I—I don't believe you."

Kitty turned to Scott.

"Why don't you take off your glasses?"

"I can't."

"Why not?"

Jean smiled.

"Because if he did, the solar energy those glasses are holding back would punch a hole in your house." Jean communicated telepathically.

Kitty's eyes widened.

"Okay. You were just talking in my head."

"Telepath. Believe us now?"

"The…the whole headache thing has been happening for a while, now. Am…I'm a teleporter?"

"No. It's more like you can walk through walls," Scott said.

"Oh. Cool."

Terri came back in the room.

"You told her?"

"Yes. She's taking it very well."

Jean smiled at Kitty.

"You're going to let her come with us?" Scott asked.

A communicator suddenly beeped at Scott's side.

"Excuse me. Jean will explain everything, Ms. Pryde."

Scott got up and exited the house. On the porch he held the communicator to his ear, like a cell phone.

"Professor?"

On the other end, Professor Charles Xavier spoke.

"Scott. Have you gotten Katherine yet?"

"Just about. What's the problem?"

"The Sentinels have followed you."

"What about the others?" Scott asked, looking around as panic fell over him.

"Apparently, the Sentinels haven't noticed them yet. Though Magneto may have."

"We'll be gone in ten minutes."

"Good luck."

Scott hung up and re-entered the house.

Scott stood behind Jean.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Pryde, but if it's at all possible, we need to leave quickly."

"What's wrong?" Terri asked.

"Sentinels." Jean said.

She looked up to Scott.

"It's the Sentinels, isn't it?"

Scott nodded.

"Those things from the news?" Terri said.

"They're here for me?" Kitty said, getting to her feet.

"They're here for all of us."

"She's in danger here, Ms. Pryde."

"Please, keep her safe." Terri pleaded.

Kitty looked at her mom.

"I'm going to this school?"

"It's for the best."

Fighting back tears, Kitty hugged her mother.

"Be careful."

"Will I see you again?"

"Of course you will."

They let go of each other and Kitty turned to Scott.

"You ready?" Scott asked

Kitty nodded and they quickly exited the house. On the lawn was the Blackbird, the X-Men's personal jet.

"Whoa. How did I miss that?" Kitty asked herself.

"You didn't. It just got here."

Before any of them could speak again the ground started to rumble.

"No, not now…" Scott looked horrified.

"What is it?"

Suddenly, a house across the street exploded as three Sentinels came right through it. They were ten feet tall, silver and black, with glowing red eyes.

"Mutants." One of them spoke with a deep, robotic voice. "Surrender or be exterminated."

"Jean, get Kitty on board!"

One of the Sentinels raised its hand toward Scott.

"Go!" Scott yelled.

Scott ripped off his glasses, a wave of energy pouring from his eyes, knocking the Sentinel back into the other two.

The jet started up. Putting his glasses back on, Scott jumped on and it took off quickly into the sky.