Mutant Act

Welcome Back

I'm running. I see the panel on the treadmill failing to do the simple job of reading my vitals and showing my speed without a glitch every millisecond. I'm barely running at my fastest and still Tony can't make a decent treadmill that can actually keep up.

I turn the treadmill off and sit down. I'm not even tired. Before I even have time to look at the clock my sister Wanda comes in shouting "Pietro get ready we have twenty minutes until the party!!" I reply with "woah woah woah. Slow down sis what party?" "The one at X-Mansion you dimwit!" As soon as the words come out of her mouth I remember all about the party and how it was to welcome us back because we haven't been there since we joined the Avengers.

"Crap!" I say as I get up of the seat I was sitting in. I start zooming round Avengers Tower trying to get back to my room. As I finally enter my room I immediately turn the shower on and get undressed, by the time I'm undressed the shower hasn't even had enough time to heat up. "It can be annoying being the fastest man alive sometimes." I say to myself.

I get in the shower and wash myself all in a matter of seconds. I wrap a towel around my waist and then lay my clothes out. I dry myself then get changed. I do my hair, brush my teeth, spray loads of deodorant on and finally put on the after shave Scott gave me on my last day at the school. "You smell really bad when you run," he said chuckling while he gave it to me.

By the time my sister gets to my room I'm all ready. "I hate the fact that your really fast," she said to me. "And whys that?" I replied. "Because you leave everything to the last minute." I give a massive uncontrollable grin because I know she's right. She smiles back.

"Come on then let's go." She says. "I'll ask Tony if we can borrow the jet." "No need," I reply then everything slows down. Wanda's not moving. The whole world is not moving. I pick her up and start running. All the way down Avengers Tower and across the streets leaving my blue trail as I run.

I'm moving so fast yet everything is still in slow motion. I love when I run around the street of New York because everything is frozen. For the first time in ever the big city is quiet and you see everything in a different perspective. Nobody moves. You see a tiny picture of their day to day lives. Whether it's walking to work, taking pictures, driving a taxi or even eating a hot dog. That is just a glimpse of their life. Which I could destroy in less than a second.

I arrive at the X-Mansion gates looking at the sigh, still the same a I remember it. I read the words "Xaviers school or gifted youngsters." I put my sister down and everything speeds up back to normal.

"Did we just-" "yep" I say before she can say anything else. "Right" she says. We both start walking. As we walk we look at the giant and breathtaking X-Mansion. "It's exactly how I remember it," my sister says breaking the silence "I know," I reply. "It's been five years now, we were fifth-teen when we left the place."

We reach the door and look at each other nervous. The professor has probably already sensed our minds and knows that we're here. I knock on the door. It is opened by itself. We walk into what we remember to be the living room. It's completely dark. Wanda finds the switch and flicks it. As soon as light fills the room everybody jumps out and shouts "SURPRISE!!!"

The room is exploded with confetti. Scott (Cyclops), Bobby (Iceman), Jubilee, Warren (Angel), Storm, Hank (Beast), Kurt (Nightcrawler), Kitty (Shadowcat), Rouge, Rémy (Gambit), Emma (Emma Frost), Raven (Mystique), Namor, Neena (Domino) have all jumped out of their designated spots in the room.

I can't help but smile in amazement. I look to my sister to has the same expression on her face but with her hand over her mouth. I can't believe that after five years they still care about us that much to do something as big as this for us.

They all come to hug us. The girls hug my sister first and the guys hug me first. After all the greetings are made I ask where the professor and Logan are. They enter the room. For the first time ever I see Logan smiling. "How you doing you fast little shit," He asks me "not too bad how about you sideburns?" I reply.

We hug each other. "It's been too long Pietro," "I know" I say. We stop hugging and I look at the professor. "Pietro," he says "professor" I say," it's good to have you back," "it's good to be back," I say. "Could I possibly speak with you privately," " I guess," I said

My sister looks at me in concern. I look at her with the same look. The professor takes me into his study and closes the door. He says "it's good to have you back but I guessed you were thinking about her from the monument you stepped through the gates," " is she here?" I asked. "Pietro...." " is she here!" I said with a slightly raised voice. He looked at me as if I had someone's life in my hands. "Don't do this," he said.

I zoomed all around the mansion. I looked in every room while everything was in slow motion. I check every corner of every room when finally I come to the middle balcony. I walk a couple steps forward.

"Jean" I quietly say. She turns around shocked and with a slight gasp "Pietro!"