He had woken up over the last hour. Xavier decided to try to strike up a conversation with him, which in turn lead to Ranma trying to learn his powers that were still devolving. Surprisingly he was a rather quick learner. The first attempt was better than he had hoped, he didn’t do much to his powers, but a buzzing feeling ensued. A second attempt gave a similar feeling but slightly dulled his powers. This time he had Ranma physically touching him. The next attempt to use his telepathic power ended up in a heavy garbled feeling, hinting that Ranma was beginning to learn his powers.
“Quite good. I can still use my powers, but they are quite weak. Unfortunately you’ll need to be quite close to null someone’s abilities, at least currently. However I expect that within the week your powers will evolve to the point where you can shut off powers from a few feet, if never farther than seven or eight feet.”
Ranma took his hands off the Professor’s shoulder and shrugged. “It’s still something. Sides, you never know, might come in handy.”
‘Very much so.’ Xavier though to himself as Ranma dropped his null field. “As practice try to keep your powers on for most of the day, just to get the hang of it.” He checked the GPS for a moment then nodded. “We should arrive in a few moments, just sit tight, OK?”
Later...
Ranma with his bag over his shoulder followed Xavier as they went from the hanger to an elevator and into a hallway. “Well here we are here at last. I’ll find one of the instructors so we can arrange a meeting so you can meet the rest of the students.” He was quite pleased to find the buzzing feeling still around, meaning Ranma was keeping his powers active. “Now then, I should also arrange a...”
“COME BACK HERE PORCUPINE!”
Xavier and Ranma turned to see two people running down the hallway.
Ranma noted the dark skinned young man with blond hair running with a bit of a grin on his face, being chased by a woman with reddish-brown hair with a white stripe who was wearing dark clothing. Oddly enough, one hand was gloved, that hand holding the second glove leaving her right hand bare. Ranma noticed, but didn't give it much thought.
Xavier did.
Spyke had done something to anger Rouge to the degree that she was willing to use her powers on him. He sighed wondering what had happened this time. Ranma stepped aside to avoid the man running by. Then Murphy’s Law stepped in.
Rouge, as she was about to pass Ranma and Xavier, tripped and started to fall forward. As this happened she noticed the guy (Who she assumed was the new student) with the Professor move to catch her. One hand moved to her waist, the other to her right hand to help steady her.
Skin met Skin.
Rogue’s first thoughts were simple. ‘Oh damn, Ah touched the new guy, I’m gunna suck him dry, the Professor will be mad, and he’s gunna be afraid of me for life.’
She cringed as she prepared for an onslaught of memories, emotions, power and everything that came with contact as she knew it.
And she got... Nothing.
Professor Xavier released a breath he didn’t know he held. It seemed Ranma’s powers were still working quite well.
Rogue in the mean time had been helped to her feet and steadied. However she had not let go of his hand, instead she just stared at it. ‘How’s this possible? Ah should be sucking everythin’ outta him, but he just standin’ there, and mah power’s ain’t working.’
“Umm... are you OK now?” Ranma asked her.
“Uhh... yeah, Ah’m fine.” She said, still looking at what she held.
“... OK, but... why are you staring at my hand like that?”
She blinked and let go of the hand as if it were burning, turning her head to avoid his gaze. ‘Dang it, why am Ah bein’ so shy here? You’d think Ah’d never seen a cute guy before. Did Ah just think he was cute? Ah damn, there Ah go again!’ “Ah yeah, but uhh...” Rouge stumbled before finally getting her composure back. “Why didn’t mah powers work?”
Ranma blinked. “Umm... what powers?”
Xavier coughed lightly. “Allow me to explain. Ranma, this is Rogue, her powers allow her to absorb the thoughts, abilities and powers of whoever she touches, however she cannot control this power.” He spun his chair to face Rogue. “Rogue, this is Ranma, his powers allow him to nullify another mutant’s power within a short range.”
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