The jet had been stolen, and the guinea pig inferno had been a diversion. It was all becoming very clear now. On the plus side, Evelyn was at least not on the jet. She could have done more damage that way.

>>"Well, Rime is on the jet for sure... As for who else? I did not ask. I was only in charge of guinea pigs. I call this one Nibbles!"

Gemma leveled a glare at poor Nibbles, then looked back up at Evelyn.

"So... Sam enlisted you to set a bunch of guinea pigs loose, so that he could take the jet?" she summarized, hands on her hips "May I ask why you are helping him?"

There had o be something in it for Evelyn. Revenge, if nothing else.

Ah, Gemma was mad. That was something the echoes were not needed to make clear. Even Nibbles knew the counselor was mad. Maybe the piggy would need counseling after this. Who knew? Evelyn was guilty, but she wasn't sorry. She sighed and put the guinea pig away at the question.

"Why wouldn't I help Sam? He is my teacher. Am I not supposed to listen to a teacher?" Evelyn looked up and tilted her head, as if daring Gemma to come up with the wrong answer. A few students looked over, as if also wondering if they were supposed to listen to teachers. The echoes finished the tally and Evelyn reached in her back pocket and held out a gift card to a random girl next to her.

"Also, Mizzy won. That's to Build-a-Dragon in the mall. $100. And these two are participation prizes," she handed two more $25 ones to the runners up the echoes had announced. The kids squealed excitedly as they took their prizes and left the danger room. The losers were still in good spirits because some were still trying to sneak away with guinea pigs before someone noticed.

That Gemma was angry was an understatement. It was just hard to decide who she should be the angriest at. Evelyn, for bringing guinea pig pandaemonium to the school? Or Sam, for enlisting a child to cover for his grand theft jet?

>>"Why wouldn't I help Sam? He is my teacher. Am I not supposed to listen to a teacher?"

Gemma opened her mouth, aware that she needed to word her answer right, and also aware that other students were listening in from the background.

>>"Also, Mizzy won. That's to Build-a-Dragon in the mall. $100. And these two are participation prizes,"

Gemma blinked as Evelyn handed out prizes. She had prizes?! What kind of an elaborately funded cover operation was this kid running?...

"Sam is de-aged and you know it. He is a teenager, and his teaching responsibilities are suspended." she leveled a glare at Evelyn "We'll talk about the gift cards later. Now, you will help me figure out who else went on that little joy ride."

Evelyn was not winning over Gemma. To be fair, she never won over any of the mansion adults. Given, she may have used her powers to attack Mirror once, and she may have said some rude things to Serena. Actually, she said rude things a lot. But Sam didn’t seem to mind!

However, Gemma was stating Sam did NOT have teaching privileges. That was an argument Evelyn couldn’t really arguing. The fact that he chose to teach her did not necessarily make him a teacher by technical rules. Technical rules were what helped Evelyn get away with what she did.

Like gift cards, and guinea pigs.

”I wasn’t in charge of passenger identification, only chaos creation.” Evelyn was not a snitch. She did, however, know she had to tread carefully to avoid more unwelcome interrogation practices. Evelyn dishes in her pocket and pulled out an opalZ ”Participation prize?” bribery? Or clue? She tried to look innocent but she was never good at that look.

>>”I wasn’t in charge of passenger identification, only chaos creation... Participation prize?”

Was the child trying to bribe her? Gemma leveled a look at Evelyn. She was not going to let her off the hook, not until this whole jet theft was over. There were not enough responsible adults at the Mansion who could deal with teenagers in X-men colors publicly wreaking havoc in... wherever they were going.

"No, but you are uniquely qualified to figure out what we need to know. On account of your powers, and also on account of being an accomplice. I am sure you'll manage." she noted, heading out of the Danger room. "Come on. I need to make some phone calls. Do you think it would be too much to ask for Sam to answer his phone?"

Evelyn knew she was not getting out of this easily. Had it been a different adult who discovered the jet theft, she may have gotten away with more. But Gemma was that unique mix of authority and power that forced Evelyn in line.

She did not like it, but tried not to sulk, knowing full well it would not help.

She was faced with a dilemma: did she help rat out her friends, and avoid more trouble, or did she accept the punishment as an accomplice and try to stall? "I don't think he is going to answer mid flight. Maybe later tonight? He has girls with him, and adult interests."

Gemma headed back to the office for her phone. She doubted Sam would answer a call from her, but she could always call another X-member and try to reach him through the comms.

>>"I don't think he is going to answer mid flight. Maybe later tonight? He has girls with him, and adult interests."

"There you go, that is a lead" Gemma noted, glancing at Evelyn "So, he went with multiple girls." God help us. "I'm going to assume they are around his age, and he knows at least some of them. Does that narrow it down?"