It was a nice and warm day at the mansion and it was a perfect day for a run. After changing into his basketball shorts and running shoes he tossed on a cruddy sleeveless t-shirt. As he was walked out of the front entrance he took a deep breath and eyed the sky. It was the bluest it had been in a while with a few clouds off in the distance. The birds were singing in the wind as they flew by. Sam smiled stretched and started to go for his daily run.

Close to a minute in his run something caught his attention by the front gate. Sam wasn’t sure what it was so he decided to check it out. As he got closer his pace quickened, it was a girl lying near the entrance and it didn’t look like she was moving. Sam started to full out sprint as he got closer and closer, “Hey, Hey are you okay?” Sam screamed as he got closer and closer.

Sam got to the gate and forced it open as fast as he could. He was afraid she was dead, after he almost ran threw the gate he ran to the girl. To see if she was okay, Sam’s heart quickened as he looked at her. Sam noticed that she was breathing which is what he wanted her to do but her eyes were shut. She was either unconscious or sleeping.

The name sleeping beauty came to mind when he looked at her; she had really long blond hair. Sam looked at her legs; there were cuts and bruises running up and down her legs. Sam was glad she was wearing shorts other wise he would never had known about how badly her legs looked. Sam thought instantly that she was tortured cause no one should have marks o his or her legs like that.

Sam had to see if she was okay. He put his hand on her wrist to see if there was a steady pulse. Sam sighed in relief when he noticed her pulse was somewhat normal. Sam then put his hand on her face trying to shake her awake, “Hey, can you wake up?” Sam sighed again she didn’t move.

“Man I hope you don’t wake up while I am carrying you.” Sam thought that she would probably freak out if she woke to being carried. Sam picked up the girl and put her on his back. Sam was carrying her piggyback style to the mansion. He was going straight to the infirmary.

After getting her into a nice warm bed Sam sat beside her in a chair, he was determined to make sure she was okay. Some time passed since she arrived and Sam ended up drifting off to sleep in his chair.

The DocProf was off for the afternoon, so Neena planned to use the opportunity to raid his general first aid supplies. She hadn't expected to see anyone but an aide or two, or maybe Gwendolyn. However when she entered and saw Sam asleep in one of the chairs, she paused.

A young girl lay in the bed beside him, one that Neena didn't recognize. She also appeared to be sleeping. The dark-skinned teacher walked quietly over to see what had happened.

Soon Emma the nightmare of the camps started to come back. Emma woke up screaming. She couldn't help but scream. She felt the pain on her legs. But she countue screaming. Emma shot up thinking she was still in the camps and the where tortureing her for info. Emma's screaming got louder.

Sam immediately snapped to, the screaming was enough to wake the dead. Sam immediately jumped out of the chair and saw Neena. Sam shrugged to show he had no idea what happened as he tried to get close to Emma. Her screaming got louder and louder. Sam’s ears started to hurt like crazy; he could feel the vibrations in the chest as if he was getting pushed away. His brain felt like it was being scrambled he held his ears trying to shut out the sound but it was no use.

Thinking on his toes he lowered the temperature around them, focusing cold in one area right around Emma’s mouth. The screaming seemed less and less painful, after all sound doesn’t travel as well in cold air. As her power started to slow Sam got closer to her and pulled her in a hug, while hugging her he yelled in her ear, “CALM DOWN AND STOP SCREAMING”. Sam warmed up the temperature around his mouth and her ear so she could hear it. Sam then grabbed her by the head turning her so she would be eye to eye with him. Sam hoped that she would stop screaming after she looked at him, “Your safe here, and no ones going to hurt you.” Sam only prayed that this would stop her from screaming.

Soon Emma stop screaming and set there shaking in fear as tears rolled down her face. She was scared that the whipping and the camps where going to come back and she thought she was going to be put in one alone. She just cried in Sam's arms. She was scared out of her mind as she cried in sam's arms. She didn't know how she got there and the scared her evenmore then anything.

Neena didn't flinch as the girl suddenly sat up in the bed. But her hands immediately flew to her ears when she began screaming. Neena swore she felt her bones rattle, and was fairly sure that anything glass had shattered. She clenched her teeth and her eyes shut. The girl was obviously hysterical, and if this kept up much longer, she was going to have to slap her to knock her out of it.

Fortunately the girl's cries lessened in volume, down to simple sobs. Neena opened and rolled her eyes, and popped her jaw.

"Gah! Good lord, what was that all about??" She shook her head; her ears were still ringing. She looked at Sam, but he was obviously bewildered.

She moved by the side of the bed, next to the weeping youth. "Hey now, calm down, kiddo. You're all right. It was just a nightmare." Neena put her hand under the girl's chin, trying to get her to look her in the eyes. She looked at Sam, her raised eyebrows asking, 'Explain please!'

Sam held on to her as she was crying in his arms. She obviously was crying because something happened and Sam’s thoughts immediately shot to her legs she must have been having flashbacks. Sam held her tighter as Neena spoke and put her hand under the girls chin. She then shot Sam a glance asking him what happened.

Sam looked at Neena, almost sure his ears were bleeding a little but didn’t let go of the girl to check. “Well Neena I kind of found the girl outside of the Mansion gates as I was going for a run.” Sam then loosened one hand from the sobbing girl to move the blankets that were covering her bruised and cut up legs, “I found her like this probably past out from exhaustion, and well me wanting to help her carried her here.” Sam then placed his other hand back on the girl’s shoulders. “She’s obviously a mutant so she came here for a reason right.” Sam looked at Neena like he just broke something valuable, and gave an apologetic look to her.

Sam then looked back at the girl at the girl letting go of her trying to get her attention so she would look at him, “Hey there, you okay?” Sam waited for a second then added, “My name’s Sam what’s yours?” Sam said this with a big reassuring smile trying to make the girl feel as safe as possible.

Emma looked around the room and saw that she was at the school and in the Infirmary."How did I get to the Infirmary and to the school?"Emma asked looking at them. "I know this might sound wied but who are you guys. You wheren't at the school before the camps?She asked as she got off the table.

Neena rubbed the girl's back soothingly while Sam explained where he'd found her.

“She’s obviously a mutant so she came here for a reason right.”

She chuckled, and wiggled a finger in her ear. "Well, if she isn't a mutant, she's sure got a future in the music biz."

The girl seemed to come around, and opened her eyes. She stared at the two of them blankly.

"How did I get to the Infirmary and to the school?"

Neena smiled gently. "Well, I'm not sure about how you got to the gates, but Sam here is how you came to the Infirmary."

"I know this might sound wied but who are you guys. You wheren't at the school before the camps?"

"My name's Neena. I'm one of the teachers here. I've been here since before the Camps, but I don't remember you either, so we probably didn't have any classes together." She continued to smile. "We're glad to have you back though. What's your name m'friend?"

As the girl spoke Sam smiled, at least she was well enough to talk. Sam listened as he talked and then listened as Neena respond.

"My name's Neena. I'm one of the teachers here. I've been here since before the Camps, but I don't remember you either, so we probably didn't have any classes together." She continued to smile. "We're glad to have you back though. What's your name m'friend?"

Sam wanted to know the same thing he was interested to here about the girl and how she needed up outside the gates with all of those bruises on her body. Sam smiled at her and said, “You were passed out so I decided to carry you in here, and you weren’t looking good at all.” Then he paused with a grin instead of a smile, “But your looking a lot better now.” He ended his comment with a small wink. Sam then waited patiently for the girl to explain her story.

"I'm Emma Lane aka Vociferate."She said looking at them as she heads over to the record files. And pulls out her file. "So I guess I own you Sam for bring me in."She said looking over at Sam smiling. She then walked over to the clothes on the table. She changed into pants and sweatshirt. Then turned back to them. "Well Sam if there is anything I can do to thank you Sam. Just let me know."She said walking passed him.