A Moment in Time [X-Men First Class]

4.

Grace's POV:

      Charles and I walked the rest of the way to the room in silence side by side.  Here and there he snuck quick glances me.

     "Why do you keep looking at me?"  I asked innocently.

      "I'm just making sure you okay." He replied. 

      "Don't worry about me, I'm fine." 

      We stopped at the door to the room where the other mutants were and my smile faded, Gosh I don't want to go in there I thought to him, I didn't want to offend them if they heard my comment aloud.

      Trust me you will be fine, they are all understanding young men and women. You have nothing to worry about. He replied telepathically then took my hand in his and squeezed it.

      He smiled down at me, "Go on, I'll see you later."

      "Oh alright," I sighed, then turned to the door.  My shaking hand stopped when it reached the handle, I took a deep breath and opened the door.
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      From the moment I opened the door I was greeted with bright eyes and smiling faces. A blonde girl jumped up from the couch, curls bouncing, and ran over to me.

      "Hi I'm Raven Darkholme, it's nice to meet you what's your name?" She said while shaking my hand.

      "Oh I'm Grace Turner." I replied shyly while taking her hand.

      "Well this is Alex, Darwin, Sean, Angel, and Hank." She said while pointing to each mutant in the room.

   "Everyone this is Grace,"  Raven spoke while turning to face everyone in the room. There was a chorus of 'hi's back. Raven had this spunk that I admired, she was so confident, why couldn't I be like that?
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      "We should think of code names," Raven said out of the blue, "we're government agents now, we should think of secret code names."

      "I'm all for it."  I said, a code name would be quite badass.

      "I want to be called Mystique" Raven said with a cheeky grin.

      "Damn! I wanted to be called Mystique" Sean said jokingly.

      "Well, tough I called it," Raven shot back. Then in a brilliant wave of sapphire scales Raven transformed, earning an amazed gasp from everyone.  She turned herself into an exact copy of Sean.

     "Besides I'm way more mysterious than you."   That was amazing, she was not only able to copy appearance but she could copy voices too.

      "Woah," I said, my mouth gaping open, "That's amazing! Your mutation allows you to take on the appearance and voice of anyone?"

      "Yup, I can transform into anyone" Raven replied while shifting into me.

      "You're amazing!"

      In another wave of sapphire she transformed into her blonde self.

      "Thank you so much." I could feel she really meant the thank you.

      "Darwin, what about you? What do you want to be called?" I asked as I turned to him.

"Well 'Darwin' is already a nickname, and, it sort of fits. Adapt to survive and all." He explained to us.

      "Check this out."  We all turned to watch Darwin as he proceeded to submerge his head into a fish tank at the back of the room.

A set of glimmering silver gills formed on each side of his face. He then began to mimic a fish by opening and closing his mouth.