For an afternoon in late spring, it was certainly raining a lot, which resulted in all of the students staying inside during their lunch-break. The professors were currently sat in the kitchen, talking about random stuff. Logan on the other hand was not paying attention to what anyone was saying, he was to busy focused on worrying about Crystal.

Logan had found himself beep in thought about the possible danger that Crystal was in, that she had always been in a significant amount of danger her whole life. He could relate to how she must have felt because of the confusion, anger, and fear that he had felt since for as long as he could remember. Logan was saddened when he realised that he could relate to how Crystal was the product of an experiment; however, he could not imagine how Crystal must feel after finding out who her parents are. It just angered him even more at how she had been seen as nothing to humans who called themselves 'scientists'.

"Hey! Earth to, Logan!" Scott clicked his fingers in front of Logan's face to try and get his attention.

"Do that again and you'll regret it" Logan snarled at Scott as his claws slowly started to emerge.

Scott shook his head in boredom and annoyance, but he made a mental note to not do that again because he knew that Logan was a man of his word and that nothing was an absent threat when it came to him.

Meanwhile, whilst this was going on and the two men were both feeding into each other's annoyance, Crystal was standing at the counter as she made a drink of coffee. She did not even think about her actions as she picked up her drink, walked over to the table and placed her hand on Logan's shoulder. Logan instantly calmed down and he went back to silently glaring at the center of the table; his claws retreating back into his knuckles.

Hank smirked as he crossed his arms and he looked at Crystal "Well I never".

Crystal smiled at Hank, knowing what he meant. She then read his mind and began to speak to him telepathically 'He's thinking so he probably just wants to be left alone'.

'Alright got it. Can you find out what he's thinking about?' Hank thought.

'Yeah, but I don't want to invade his privacy plus he hates it when my dad reads his mind. He'll say something if he wants to' Crystal explained before she pulled back from reading Hank's mind.

It was at that moment that Eric walked into the room and glanced around at everyone, he then began to make something to eat "You all seem to be enjoying yourselves".

"We're just talking before classes start" Jean stated with a neutral expression, clearly relaxed.

"Anything interesting?" Eric asked.

As if it was meant to answer the question, a dark cloud of smoke appeared and a mutant suddenly appeared in the middle of the table, crouching down with one hand on the wooden table. Everyone jumped into action, all of them placing themselves in a stance as they jumped to their feet.

"Boy am I glad that no one has moved this table" the mutant stated with a chuckle, standing up and jumping off of the table.

"Nightcrawler" Scott sighed as he sat back down "What do you want?"

"Seriously, I thought that we were all friends here?" Nightcrawler joked before he looked at Crystal "Hey, sis. Long-time no see".

"Sorry, who are you?" Crystal asked as her eyes went back to normal.

"This is awkward, did no one tell her about her family?" Nightcrawler looked around at everyone before he looked at Crystal "I'm Kurt, your big brother". He stated.

"What?" Jean asked.

Erik then realised what must have happened "Oh Charles, keeping secrets never worked out in your favor" he sighed before he looked at Kurt "Why are you here?"

"I'm actually here to warn all of you" Kurt answered before he sat down "The Brotherhood has a new leader, and they are recruiting".

"Who is it?" Storm asked.

"That's the question" Kurt looked at Storm, there's two of them" Kurt answered before he looked back at Erik "The Shadow King and Mr Sinister. Well… Mr Sinister has been possessed by the Shadow King, but they share control".

Erik's eyes widened and he looked at Jean "Go and get Charles" he instructed, and she hurried off to go and find the Professor.

"Is that a bad thing?" Logan asked.

"You have no idea" Hank answered as he slowly shook his head.

"Oh yeah, and they've kidnapped mum. I only just managed to escape". Kurt stated before he looked at Crystal who was standing next to Logan "There's a big chance that he's coming after you net".

Logan's protective nature instantly kicked in and he wrapped his arm around Crystal's waist, pulling her close and she placed her hand on his chest 'Why the fuck does everyone want to hut her down?' he thought as his mind raced with concern, worry and anger yet again.

Breaking the news to Charles went worse than anyone had expected, the professor's eyes had turned dark and full of anger. It had been a nerve-wracking experience for everyone, due to the fact that they had never seen Charles that angry. He had clenched his fists as he turned and began to stare out of his window, seemingly ignoring everyone's presence.

"There is no doubt in my mind that The Shadow King will come after Crystal, he is most likely aware of who she is and her mutations" Charles stated without looking away from the garden.

Everyone looked at Crystal before they turned and looked back at Charles, who seemed to be growing more and more worried by the second.

"Who is the Shadow King?" Crystal asked.

"My oldest nemesis." Charles answered as he looked at Crystal "He is an immortal being who has telepathic powers and can possess individuals. He is already highly dangerous but possibly evermore so now that he is working with Mr Sinister, who can shape-shift as well as use telekinesis".

"That sounds bad" Kurt stated.

"It is, he's practically unstoppable" Erik informed.

"Oh great" Kurt sighed before he looked at his sister "So this is a nice family reunion".