Chapter 2
As Logan guided them, Morph could see the others talking to a man in a wheelchair. They assumed that was the bald teacher they had mentioned before. When they thought that, the man turned to look at them and Morph looked away, somewhat embarrassed.
As they walked with Logan to the kitchen, they noticed that the school was quite large.
When they arrived, Wolverine pointed to the table. “Sit wherever you want, I'll serve you something.”
As Logan did that, the other people arrived to the kitchen, including the teacher. Morph felt a little self-conscious. Before, they had no problem being with new people. They were outgoing, but now...
They saw their hands in their lap as they began to temper
“Here” said Logan's firm voice, placing a plate of food in front of Morph and placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.
Morph looked up to see Wolverine smiling at them. “Thank you” they said in a low voice.
Logan sat down next to them side and noticed how when they started eating his new guest immediately got in a better mood
“Oh this is so delicious!” Logan thought they might start crying
“The bastard didn't feed you?” Logan said letting out a small growl
“Yeah, but.. have you ever eaten hospital food? Kinda like that”
“May I ask what your mutation is?” the professor asked
“I morph” they said to transform into wolverine a few seconds before becoming himself again
“Does something hurt? Do you have any wounds?” the professor spoke again and then pointed to the blue man next to him “Hank is our doctor, he can check you out”
Morph shook their head “I don't mean to offend, I don't like doctors”
“No offense taken my Friend” Hank answered
Friend. Morph thought, when was the last time someone called them friend?
“Maybe you want to take a bath and then rest, we have plenty of free rooms” said the professor before speaking to another of the men in the room “Gambit could you pass some clean clothes to our guest?”
The red-eyed man nodded and as he left the kitchen Morph continued eating what Wolverine had served him, when they finished they looked at Logan for a few seconds and then looked at the table somewhat shyly
“Can I have some more?”
“Sure bub, don’t worry about it” he said getting up from the table and took both plates “I’m going to eat some more too”
After Logan served them more the man with red eyes arrived with the girl with the white lock of hair
“Here are some of Gambit’s old clothes that he doesn’t wear anymore, you can keep them Mon Ami” said the man handing him several items of clothing
Morph looked at Gambit for a few seconds and then looked at Rogue beside him
“Yeah, he always talks in third person” Rogue told him
He looked at the man again and spoke timidly “Thanks.. Gambit right? Like- like in chess?”
“Like in cards, but nice try Mon Ami”
When they finished eating Logan led them to a bathroom, they was wearing the clothes that had been handed to them in their arms
“Take all the time you want, bub” Wolverine said after showing them a bathroom with a tub
Morph nodded “thanks again”
They closed the door and put their ear against it listening to Logan’s footsteps walking away, when they didn’t hear any more footsteps they checked the bathroom quickly, they noticed that the mirror was one of those with a drawer, they moved the small latch on the side to open it and see if there was anything inside that could be useful
toothpaste, hairbrush, first aid kit, great
They took the first aid kit and began to look through things, medicines, bandages…
Scissors
That would help
They took the scissors out of the first aid kit and their hand began to shake, Morph took a breath while with one hand they held the sink firmly while in the other they had the scissors, they had done this several times already
Even though sinister is not here now , they still had that bug in their head and they wasn't going to rest until it wasnt there, their hand was still shaking, maybe they could ask the X-Men for help, they said they had a doctor…
No
They didn't want anyone else to get into their head again, they could do this. They had already lost count of how many times they had done this, all the times they had tried to escape…. When they found out what Sinister was doing to them... that they had a device in their head that controlled them... They took it off
But they didn't get very far before Sinister found them again and put another one of those damn bugs on their head, and every time they took one off Sinister found them again and put another one on them, but this time they wasn't going to let that happen again this was going to be the last time they took that damn bug off
Morph took another deep breath, they had to do this before Wolverine or someone else came back, they had saved them and brought them at home if they found out morph was working for their enemy who knows what they would do to them..
Morph concentrated and used their powers to make it easier to do so, then they put the scissors on their head, morph gritted their teeth in pain as the cold metal pierced their skin
Drops of blood ran down their face and a few drops fell into the sink
They dropped the scissors into the sink, after they reached the bug and they released a little bringing it closer to the wound, with their hand morph finished taking it out letting out a moan of pain in the process, it didn't matter if they had done this before they never got used to the pain
They took another deep breath and saw their hand stained with blood, in their palm the small insect, Morph squeezed their hand tightly breaking the device, they threw the pieces into the toilet and flushed it, ant then the Mutant used their powers to close the wound on their head
They turned on the hot water in the tub and while it filled up he cleaned the blood that had stained the sink and the scissors, they put everything back in its place then undressed and got into the tub
The water felt so good that for a few seconds they only thought about that But then their hands started to shake, now they seemed to be saving, why didn't morph feel safe?
Before they knew it they was crying inconsolably
Morph tried to breathe deeply to calm themself while running their wet hands through their hair
“Come on morph” they said to themself “the hard part is over, what comes next should be easier”
Morph leaned back lying down in the tub making the water surround them, stayed there for a moment enjoying the water and looking at the ceiling
“At least the X-Men look nice” they said with a sigh
They got up a little, thinking that they should use soap and shampoo, they still felt his head throbbing from having taken the bug of-
Wait - is that a rubber duck over there?!
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Morph didn't know how long they had been in the tub but they had already cleaned themself and washed their hair, but morph hadn't gotten out yet, they was playing with the rubber duck, they had made him a foam hat and now they was just moving it through the water
“Duck duck duck duck duck duck”
Morph heard a few small knocks on the door
“Everything okay bub?” Logan's voice was heard
“Yes! I'm finishing up, I'll be out in a minute!”
They got out of the tub and dried themself with the towel that was hanging, they saw the clothes that Gambit had given them and put on some pants and a purple hoodie, they was going to open the door when they saw The reflection in the mirror, they was so focused before that they hadn't even paid attention to their reflection, their neck had a somewhat red mark from having been wearing that necklace for several days But it wasn't as bad as he had thought it looked, their face was clean and the hair wet, they looked like a... A person
“Bub?” morph heard Logan knocking again
Morph shook their head and opened the door
Logan glanced at them and smiled “Much better this way, huh?”
Morph nodded
“Come on” Logan said waving his hand before starting to walk “I’ll show you your room”
A room for them… how weird
They walked a little with Logan through the halls “I can give you a tour of the mansion tomorrow”
They came to a part with several doors, morph I guess they were also rooms, Wolverine opened a door showing a single room
“My room is next door” Logan said “Do you need anything else bub?”
Morph entered the room and glanced around while Logan stayed at the door
“Could you… ask how long I can stay here?”
Logan smiled at them “if you don't have a safe place to go you can stay here as long as you want”
Morph's heart felt lighter
“Thank you” they said softly
Logan nodded smiling at them and Morph closed the door and went to bed