Mike nodded. "He seemed rather upset that you weren't there," he mused. "The bastard." His eyes started to glow for a minute as he thought about it. He'd wanted Tricity and her baby. He'd kidnapped and brainwashed her fiance. He'd tried to kill him... he'd MADE DARIA try to kill him...

He shook his head and the glow subsided. "Yeah... vacation's definitely in order," he said, smiling slightly.

"Understandable. I could use one myself, but...I seriously need an assistant. I laughed when the Doc told me that, but I think he may be right, sadly." Tricity sighed and shrugged. "Guess I can't do it all!!"

She crossed her arms over her lap and smiled. "Well, have a blast. Bring me back something!"

Mike smirked. "Well, if you need us, give us a call, we'll have our radios for emergencies. And just let your mailbox pile up if you need to... honestly, who gives a damn? You're the headmistress, you can do whatever you want, and they all nead to deal with it," he teased.

Raphael stretched and left his room. While he did not feel as refreshed as he would like, he also did not want to return to bed. And besides, he felt he needed to talk to someone about the Whitmore battle. Someone who had been in the Whitmore battle... and given that Victoria was still in a coma, and Fade and Axel were still no where to be found... He chose to turn to the only other person he knew of to talk to. Tricity. He found himself coming down the hallway and gently tapping on her door. "Miss Tricity?" He asked, almost shyly. He remembered how he had been a little rude to her the other day, and certainly hoped she did not hold grudges for such minor things. It would be something he would appologize for in this visit as well. "Miss Tricity, If you're up, can I come in? I'd like to have that talk I mentioned the other day." He hoped she would be in.

Raphael stepped up in front of Fade next to Tricity’s room. He brushed fingers through damp hair. He was still getting used to the short hair. He had changed as well. Instead of wearing jogging sweats and a track jacket, he had changed into a more comfortable t-shirt and jeans with a matching over-shirt. He stopped by Fade and pecked her forehead.

“Been waiting long?” He asked her, and then looked towards the door for a moment, then back to his new girlfriend. He smiled and turned back to the door and reached out. “Ready for this?”

He wrapped his knuckles, producing a slight metallic clang that mixed with the wooden thunk. He draped his arm across Fade’s shoulders and waited for a response from the other side of the door.

Jenny smiled as she saw him approach. At first, she didn't recognize him, in new clothes and with that new hair, but she liked it and continued to glance back at it. She too had changed, but it was more of a switch, now she was wearing sweatpants, they were cut and tattered at the bottom, but they were comfortable. A plain black shirt matched her black sweatpants and her hair had been pulled back, but some was hanging out near her eyes. His lips were warm against her forehead and she couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation when he gave her a peck.

"Not too long, only like 3 hours." She replied with a smiled as he draped his arm around her. Fade welcomed his arm as she grabbed his hand with hers and waited for the door to open to see about this 'becoming-an-X-Men' ordeal.

Deathstar walks toward Tricity dorm room and see the two, she met in the kitchen not so long ago Oh!...not these two again!! she said to herself quietly, she roughly walked in between the two, at the time they were standing in front of the door Excuse me!! she said said rudely while looking at fade..she wore a red black plaid mini skirt, all black knee high combat boots, with a black laced corset, and with heavy gothic make up on her face...she knocked on tricity door ,totally ignoring the two, she was interested in becoming an X-men, but she stayed to herself while she was in the process of decision making..totally ignoring her company around her, she stood inbetween the two lovebirds in front of the tricity door, hoping she would answer her knocks....

Tricity came down the hallway and saw three familiar faces standing at her door. "Hey, guys. Hope you weren't waiting here long..." she said, moving in front of the trio and unlocking her door as she took a bite of her sandwich that she'd just made. "Are these private matters?" Tricity asked and turned to face them, wondering what everyone was there for and seeing who was here first.

Deathstar spoke first not caring what the others thought of her 'I must talk with you and it's not really really a private matter but........I prefer if it was just me and you she said with a serious look on her face as if this talk would change her life

Fade's eyes squinted into a glare as the annoying kitchen girl came bursting in to ruin her day, yet again. She was about to retort and start yelling at the girl when Tricity came to the rescue and her face turned to meet with the headmistress's, taking her focus off of the annoying girl, even though she was standing right between her and Raph.

"Raph and I just wanted to talk to you about some stuff we're interested in being part of." She shrugged. If this girl was going to burst forth and have a 'private' conversation with Tricity, Fade was going to say what she needed to first and that was all there was to it. She wasn't going to let some stuck up punk take waste her time when she should be trying to become an X-Man with Raph, like they had talked about.

Deathstar raised her voice in attempt to overtalk the geek and make her annoyed...Like I was saying...I have something I want to ask you she said as she look towards tricity knowing the geeky looking girl was getting upset, she walks in front of fade as if she dosen't exist..in an attempt to make her meeting with tricity a more important matter

Fade smiled in frustration, it was more of a crazed smile and she closed her eyes and looked down. When her now red eyes opened, she stopped smiling and her teeth clenched. "You obviously don't know how we do stuff 'round here, do ya? We use manners. They're pretty common now-a-days, you should get some. Now we have been waiting longer than you, so move...please." The please part sounded as if it was forced out, as she did not wish to show this girl any kindness, something told her to still be nice and not loose it, even though she wanted to rip the girl's hair out.

Deathstar totally ignores her as if she were a whining child, Well I'm sorry....I didn't see you here...(she smirks) you gotta have personality in order to be seen, and i'm sorry thats something you should work on "she clearly insults her" but says it in a way that others will think that she is kidding....she turns around so sharp that Deathstar's hair brush against fades face, and she scontinues to talk to Tricity

Raphael cleared his throat after letting the girls banter for a short time. He also draped his arms over Jenny’s shoulders… to provider her a distraction as much as to keep her from lashing out and starting a brawl here in front of Tricity. “Now then, since the Ladies have had a chance to speak,” he raised his voice as Deathstar seemed to want to shut him out as well. “And being the gentleman I am, I let them go first. Miss Tricity Jenny and I were here first, but it is obvious that the goth here in front of you has quite pressing personal matters that need your exquisite attention, so I will make this brief.”

He took a breath, then continued, ignoring any protests made by either of the women between him and Tricity. “We wanted to know the process to join the X-Men. We both have our own differing reasons, and want to know how to join them. If, that is, they’re accepting new recruits.”

He pecked Jenny’s ear and issued forth a whisper nearly inaudible to even her at that distance. A single word before he returned his full attention to Tricity with a smile that hid his irritation with the other young woman in the hallway. This word was ‘Control.’

Deathstar stopped agitating jenny, and looked at this dorky looking man, and then turned to look back at tricity, well!!!......I was wondering about the same thing "she said softly to tricity"how do I become an X-men "she told tricity as a serious look took over her face"