Sawyer hadn't returned all night - that could have meant two things: 1. He was in trouble, 2. Quite the opposite. Either way, it was perfect for Mirror's plan: he didn't have to worry about Speedy seeing him shift into Maya, and she had plenty of time to get ready for the next act before her new roommate returned.

...

It was late in the morning when Maya finally got bored of sitting around waiting for the guy. His night either had gone very wrong or very right... there was no way of telling if he'd show up at all.

Maya decided she had stuff to do. Let Speedy deal with the world on his own.

Starting to gather her stuff - mainly her shoes and a few books - Maya ended up in a curious position, lying on her bed and hanging her head upside down to see if any of the listed items were to be found under the bed. Most of her side of the room was still a mess. She'd need to come up with a plan to keep the obvious clues out of sight.

Because, eventually, Speedy will return.
And he was in for a big surprise.

Sleep hadn't been on Sawyer's mind, in fact, far from it. He wasn't exactly surprised either, he had always been a night owl. Not to mention the time zone difference from Seattle. His body just hadn't gotten used to being a few hours later yet. Chances were, he would end up falling asleep sometime this afternoon.

He had spent most of the night roaming the halls and exploring a little, trying to find escapes. Ways for him to go have a little bit of fun without anyone noticing. He had watched some television too, but nothing interesting ever played at the early hours of the morning. Truthfully, he had simply kept out of his dorm. He didn't want to wake Gawain up, not knowing in what mood his roommate could be in if he was to accidentally make too much noise. He didn't really care about making a friend in this place, but he didn't want to make an enemy out of his roommate either.

At six o'clock, the teenager had fallen onto something to do. So for the next few hours, he'd talked to Henrietta, a fellow student at the school. She wasn't so bad either, closer to the goodie-two-shoe stereotype he'd believed the students of the school to be like than anyone else he'd met thus far, but overall a pretty decent girl. He could see himself enjoying her presence now and then when he was bored.

The conversation was over however, and the two had parted ways to do their own things. Assuming Gawain was awake at this time, Sawyer decided he could go change into something that wasn't yesterday's clothes.

Shoving his key into the keyhole of his bedroom door, the blond haired, blue-eyed teen didn't even try to be quiet, simply entering as if he lived alone. What he saw made him stop however. Maya. Or well, he assumed that was Gawain's twin sister. "Hey, you must be Maya. Gawain around?" he said with a slight smirk as he remembered his roommate's words. She gets pretty annoyin' so I don't hang out with her much...

>>"Hey, you must be Maya. Gawain around?"

Maya stopped struggling for a moment, hiding a grin under her bed. Speedy had returned, after all. Just in time.

Heeere we go.

Moments later, when she looked up, the grin was gone, replaced by an annoyed expression.

"Does it look like he's around?" she asked, pushing herself into a sitting position, flinging her legs over the edge of the bed "You are his new roommate, right?"

She could remember him. Now that she was Maya, it even felt familiar. He was the same snot-nosed blonde kid she used to play with. And he had no more clue about her and Gawain than he had back then. Maya bit back a smile. Who woulda thought he'd turn out to be a mutant.

This is gonna be fun.

Maya looked annoyed. Sawyer smirked, an eyebrow raised questioningly. He was amused though, finally getting to see just what her dear brother meant by annoying, and even nuts. And then she spoke, Sawyer's smirk widened. She had a point.

"You have a point." he chuckled, moving over to his suit case, the one containing most of his clothing. He grabbed it and shoved it onto his bed. She likes girls, so she wouldn't mind me changing in front of her. he thought. It was about time he got to unpacking. Almost twenty four hours in this school and everything was still stacked near the door.

"The one and only. Sawyer Shepherd's the name. You probably don't remember me." he said with a nod, rummaging through the newly opened suit case for his favorite shirt. Once he'd found it, he took off his old one, leaving it on his bed.

"So, what brings you here anyway?" After all, Gawain had mentioned he didn't hang out with her much. He turned back to face her, pulling his shirt on and brushing a hand through his messy blond hair.

>>"The one and only. Sawyer Shepherd's the name. You probably don't remember me."

Maya grinned.

"Oh I remember you all right." she chuckled "Although you used to go by Jesse back then. Still friends with Batman and Robin?"

How could she forget?
She didn't have that many friends before she moved into the Mansion.

>>"So, what brings you here anyway?"

"My idiot bother steals my stuff all the time." she explained with a shrug "I came to steal it back. Ya're a nice surprise though. Got bored of livin' in the evil human world?" she grinned "Or you just like the uniforms?"

"Oh I remember you all right."

Well, now what do you know. Sawyer smirked at her. She also seemed to remember his longtime friends too, even better. "Oh yeah, we're still as tight as ever. How about you, still the pretty lady of a sandcastle in need of protecting?" Smirk.

Why would her idiot brother want to steal her stuff? Sawyer shrugged. "Well, I won't rat you out then." he grinned with a light chuckle. He started getting clothes out of his suit case, replacing them into the dresser and closet that was meant for him, all the while never taking away his attention from his old friend.

Another smirk.

"Nah, the evil human world was just fine, really. I made it so." He truly had. With his powers, he could pull off quite a few stunts, making his life that much more fun.

"My evil folks on the other hand..." Nah, she didn't need to know. "Anyway. And nope, I'm afraid Uniforms aren't my thing. Although, I would totally rock them either way. It's nice to see ya again though. Ten years kinda goes by fast, huh?"

It wasn't often that Sawyer did things such as unpack and clean his room at a normal speed. He didn't want to spoil the surprise of his powers just yet though. Oh well, he'd have to do the work the old-fashioned way until Maya left or she showed him her powers first.

>>"Oh yeah, we're still as tight as ever. How about you, still the pretty lady of a sandcastle in need of protecting?"

Maya snorted, in a very un-ladylike manner.

"Do I look like I need protecting?" she asked, folding her arms over her chest. She didn't.

>>"Well, I won't rat you out then."

Sure ya won't.
Maya was taking mental notes.

>>"And nope, I'm afraid Uniforms aren't my thing. Although, I would totally rock them either way. It's nice to see ya again though. Ten years kinda goes by fast, huh?"

"Don't worry you won't get one till you manage to rock without them" she smirked at him. She could imagine Speedy anoying the heck out of Sam, and she hoped she would be able to see when he gets his behind frozen off for the first time. But that all could wait till she found out if the kid would live up to his words of coolness.

"Yeah. Very fast." she nodded, for a moment thinking about how different she used to be back in the sandbox "So, what have you been doing?"

He smirked, right at this moment she looked nothing like a lady that owned a castle and to be honest, she did not look like a lady that needed protecting either. "No, I must admit you don't." he said with a shrug. "Tell ya the truth, Batman and Robin lost my interest in them that same summer that we met. Spider-Man was the new thing." he laughed. Right. How ironic that a little boy had been crazy about superheroes, only to find out years later that he was a Mutant.

He chuckled. "I'll manage to get one fast enough. I can rock without 'em pretty fine." He had managed to stop six potentially dangerous Mutants after all. Sure, they'd been drunk as hell and hardly capable of managing a good fight, but for Sawyer's first fight against a bunch of Mutants, and being actually outnumbered, he had something to be proud of.

Mind you, he had somewhat saved Meld out there; she'd been pretty much trapped in that guy's hair. As he continued walking around the room, getting his stuff out and putting his mark in his and Gawain's room, he couldn't help but think back on the last few years of his life. Things had definitely changed, he had changed. Well, that was a good thing, really. He was sixteen, it wouldn't be too good for his reputation if he was to wave stupid action figures around and playing video games all day.

"Not much, really. Traveled a bit, played sports... The usual. How about you? Gawain said you moved from Seattle a few years back, what was that like?" He really didn't care to know, but he figured he could keep the conversation going. For old times' sake.

>>"I'll manage to get one fast enough. I can rock without 'em pretty fine."

Maya tilted her head. Now she really wanted to see Speedy get his ass handed to him in the DR. Or anywhere else, really. How can a guy be so sure of himself?...
Only Gawain was allowed to say stuff like that.

>>"Traveled a bit, played sports... The usual. How about you? Gawain said you moved from Seattle a few years back, what was that like?"

Maya sighed. What was that like? It sucked, that's what. But of course she couldn't say that.

"It was not like we wanted to move" she shrugged "Our parents went M.I.A. so we decided to go look for them. We pretty much walked all the way from Seattle to New York." she chuckled "In the mirrors, I mean. Dunno if he told you that but we've got the same powers. Go figure. That jerk couldn't even come up with an original idea."

Maya loved saying stuff like that about Gawain. It was almost as if she had a real sibling. Siblings were supposed to say stuff like that, right?

"We lived off the streets for 'bout four years before we ended up here." she shrugged again "Well, at least we learned a lot of useful stuff."

I survived out there on my own. Take that, Speedy boy.

Sawyer nodded, so the move hadn't gone the way she'd wanted. That was somewhat of a surprise, not that the blond teenager showed it. His face remained mostly expressionless as Maya spoke, nodding at some points, frowning at others. He hadn't known the twins' parents had vanished, that was news.

The last bit made him grin a little though. "Did you guys ever find your folks again?" he asked, actually and genuinely interested. "As for the powers bit... I guess you guys are twins. You share the same DNA, you were..." he drifted off, deciding Maya probably already knew how twins were formed, and he also knew that she probably didn't want the mental picture that came along with the knowledge.

Okay, so he was his surgeon father's son, even if he wasn't all that in science. It sometimes happened where he could nerd out for a few seconds. "But yeah, your brother did mention his power. Actually, I saw it first hand the second we met... I was staring into the mirror he came into the room from." a slight roll of his eyes, fallowed by a chuckle.

Ah, life on the streets. Sawyer had sort-of-kind-of-not-really lived that life too. Ever since he'd discovered his ability two years ago, he'd been straying more and more from the house, getting involved in some shady stuff. Thief, violence, general street kid behavior. He had a home to go to and parents who wanted the best for him, but it happened a lot that he would spend nights out on the town.

It wasn't the same, he knew that, but he could, in a way, relate. "Well you guys seem like pretty decent people, let me tell you that. And your definitely not as crazy as he made you ought to be either." he said with a smirk. Was he supposed to reveal Gawain's thoughts of Maya? He hoped it wasn't such a big deal.

>>"Did you guys ever find your folks again?"

"No. Not yet." Maya frowned. Actually telling the truth was ruining her fun.

>>"As for the powers bit... I guess you guys are twins. You share the same DNA, you were..."

Whoa, Speedy had really no idea how wrong he was. How could he. Maya smirked at his half explanation - it was funny to imagine what it would be like if she really had a brother instead of a male body. She wouldn't feel so alone, for one. Probably.

>>"But yeah, your brother did mention his power. Actually, I saw it first hand the second we met... I was staring into the mirror he came into the room from."

"No kiddin'." Maya scoffed "Always the show-off, huh."

>>"Well you guys seem like pretty decent people, let me tell you that. And your definitely not as crazy as he made you ought to be either."

Maya's expression changed into one of anger.

"He said what about me?!" she snapped, glaring at Speedy. She was curious to see how he'd react. After a long moment of silent glaring, she scoffed again, and sat back on the bed, folding her arms. "I'm not even surprised. He says that stuff all the time. He's just jealous 'cuz her girlfriend likes me better."

It was, well. Half of the truth, at least. Maya was silently shaking with laughter inside.

Ah, so they were still out looking for their parents, that somewhat put a damper on the mood. Oh well, there was still luck, it wasn't as if they'd found dead bodies or anything, right? Oh well, he wasn't exactly going to mess around with what clearly did not concern him. Maya and Gawain seemed to know what they were doing, they were here after all and seemingly healthy and all that crap.

Sawyer smirked. "Nah, he had no idea I was there. I guess it's his means of traveling or something, bouncing from mirror to mirror." he explained. "I on the other hand, admit I was somewhat of a show-off." Yeah, he had definitely been showing off, and he planned to do it again once the opportunity was right... He didn't want to ruin the surprise, now did he?

Little did he know that the surprise wouldn't be for Maya.

The girl suddenly turned livid. He smirked again. "Woah there, don't kill the messenger!" he chuckled, watching her as she went into a rather awkward, angry silence. What was he supposed to do? He remained statue-like for one thing, letting none of his emotions leak through. Inside though, he had to admit he was slightly confused. Maya wasn't crazy sure, but she was a little hard to understand. Well, he probably was also.

"I'm not even surprised. He says that stuff all the time. He's just jealous 'cuz her girlfriend likes me better."

Okay, this wasn't exactly a topic Sawyer wanted to discuss. Not that he had anything against girl and girl action, or boy and boy actually. His brother was gay. He just didn't want to get involved in the twins' love life. Actually, he didn't want to get involved in anything at all thank you very much. Unfortunately that was starting out to be quite a hard task.

"Okay then. You can settle whatever little feud you have with your brother once he comes back. I'm not going to get involved in... you guys' love life." he shrugged. In a way, he had to give Maya props. Getting your twin brother's girl... Then again, she was maybe simply making things up. Who knows, maybe this entire conversation had been based on lies. Where did Gawain go to anyway?

>>"Okay then. You can settle whatever little feud you have with your brother once he comes back. I'm not going to get involved in... you guys' love life."

Maya chuckled as she settled down once again. "Good choice."

Speedy was obviously getting uncomfortable with the situation. That was also good, at least for now. Maya did not want to make an enemy out of her roommate - she was just playing a prank on him. Hopefully he'll appreciate it once he finds out the truth.

"Anyway. Show-off, you say? What's your ability?"

She really hoped he'd come up with something different than the day before.

"Good choice."

Well, at least she hadn't blown up in his face yet. Sawyer smirked. "I'm certain it was." he chuckled. Then again, maybe he could have had a bit of fun... Nah, he didn't want to mess around, it would involve getting involved in their seemingly dramatic life. He was just going to be the Roommate and the Roommate's sister's sort-of-friend.

That would work.

What was his ability, huh? For a fraction of a second he debated repeating the same little trick he'd done with Gawain the previous afternoon. For some reason he decided not to. He had a strange feeling Maya would get bored. Or maybe it was just him. He didn't want to be bored while showing off his power now, did he?

Besides, didn't he have a few bags to unpack, still?

Twenty seconds and a whole lot of running later, he didn't. Everything was stored away (Okay, so crammed was a better word) and he was sitting on his unmade bed, watching her. "What do you think, Lady Maya? I may not top your Mirrorwalking, but my ability can sure as hell come in handy." A cocky smirk.

>>"What do you think, Lady Maya? I may not top your Mirrorwalking, but my ability can sure as hell come in handy."

Maya smirked. The demonstration was indeed impressive.

"I'll keep that in mind next time my room needs cleanin' up." she grinned at him. She could think of half a dozen awesome ways to use that ability as soon as she saw it, but Sawyer's attitude and the prank she was currently playing on him made her store those ideas for a later.

She still couldn't see why his parents would want to get rid of him. Besides the fact that he had the X-gene, Speedy didn't look especially dangerous, nor was his ability useful for anything more than... getting away with things.

"So, did Sir Gawain give you the rules of the place?" she asked him, standing up and finally fishing her shoes out from under the bed "Do you need someone to give you the tour?"