Reunion

Chapter 6

Eli walked up to Logan as they arrived at their destination.

"That's it down there." He said, "There's enough space down there so you can land this thing without doing any damage."

Logan put the jet down then turned to look at Kathy over his shoulder and realized she was sound asleep.

"So who's gonna wake the munchkin?" he asked.

Eli looked at Charles.

Charles nodded and went to Kathy and gently woke her up.

"Dad... I... five more minutes" she said while half asleep.

"Kathy we're here."

"Here... where..." Kathy woke fully "Oh... we're here." She said sheepishly and got out of her seat to follow the others out of the jet. "Where is 'here' again?"

"Welcome to my cabin." Eli replied as they exited the jet.

"Eli, you're just in time, dinner is just about to be ready." a woman said as they came up to the porch.

"Leah, this is my niece, Kathy, her father Charles and Logan, a family friend." Eli said, "Everyone this is Leah Naprem she stays here and cares for this cabin while I'm away."

"Thank you, I am sorry to intrude on such short notice." Charles said.

Leah shrugged.

"Don't worry about it we're used to stuff like this from Eli."

"What... you make it sound like I do this all the time."

Leah didn't say anything just gave him a look that said "You kinda do." Before turning to her guests.

"Come I'll show you to your bedrooms then we can have dinner." She said to them.

They all started to enter the house except for Eli who had turned as if to return to the X-Jet until Leah grabbed him.

"You know she's going to be unhappy if you leave without seeing her." Leah said.

Eli sighed "Alright."

"She's in the kitchen." Leah said as she started to give Charles, Kathy and Logan the tour.

She finished the tour and came back to the kitchen to see Eli sitting at the table waiting for dinner to be served.

"I see she talked you into dinner." Leah said with an amused smile.

"Oh no, I talked him into spending the night." The girl, Zoe, replied smugly.

"Yes she's extremely persuasive and just as well I have to show Logan all of the security details."

"Yes, and you're a pushover." Leah smirked.

Eli glared at her and shook his head.

"You know when then shoe fits you kinda have to wear it." Leah added "Let's just hope that little niece of yours doesn't figure that out."

Eli shrugged it off with a chuckle.

"If she's anything like her dad it won't take her long to figure anything out." Eli replied.

"So he's an intelligent man." Leah assumed.

Eli nodded "With the ability to read your mind."

"He's a telepath?" Zoe cut in.

"Yep" Eli nodded "He actually runs a school."

"The Xavier Institute," Leah said but it came out as a question.

"The very one." Eli replied.

"Interesting, so does his daughter have powers." Leah asked.

"She just discovered her powers yesterday." Eli explained. "She was kidnapped by her half-brother and watched her cousin get shot by my dad." He continued as casually as one would if they were talking about the weather.