Out of Thin Air [Cullen's]

[Vigilante]

It was a beautiful day at the Institute for Gifted Children, and because it was a Friday the students were procrastinating on studies and enjoying the early evening outside. There was a game of ultimate frisbee going on on the front lawn, though it was bordering on chaotic with one team introducing tackling to the game.

Just before everything fell apart completely, a student shrieked as a red-headed woman popped into existence right in front of her. A frisbee bounced off the woman's leg, intended for the girl, and the stranger collapsed to the grass.

[Taya Robbins]

It would have been a brilliant diving interception if not for the pair of legs that bamfed into existence between Taya and the frisbee. Even her catlike reflexes weren't enough to keep her from crashing into the back of Ginny's legs and bringing the woman down on top of her.

A striped tail twitched fitfully from under the tangle of limbs. "Owwww..."

[Vigilante]

Ginny 'ported with a scream on her lips, going anywhere just to get away from the etheral place she'd found herself after leaving the bank. As she fell back into a tangle of arms and legs after the 'port, she shrieked and flailed about trying to get away from whatever it was that was attacking her.

After a moment of curses and confusion, her brain sorted out that she'd made it to the front lawn of some mansion, and there was a person underneath her. Not... not one of those monsters. Ginny scrambled backwards on her hands, still casting about wildly for landmarks. People were running towards her, and she tried to 'port again.

Nothing happened. She panted, suddenly feeling exhausted. "Where am I?!"

[Taya Robbins]

Taya simultaneously tried to scramble away from the stranger, but she could only get so far. Turning a pained grimace toward Ginny, she rasped, "You're on my tail!"

It quivered pathetically, trapped under the woman's weight.

[Vigilante]

Eyes wide, Ginny stared at the ...person... she'd landed on, and then she managed to pull herself together and get to her hands and knees, freeing the girl's tail from underneath her. "S-sorry," she gasped. A crowd of kids were gathering around, a few complaining loudly in the back about an interruption in their game. Things were starting to look familiar, and she realized where she was.

"Is this the Cullen's Institute?!" Ginny drew herself up into a crouch, one hand on the grass for balance. How...? She'd never teleported this far before. But then, she'd never teleported from a blind room before, either.

She'd been concentrating on Francoise Dupont when she had 'ported to flee the place she'd found herself. That must have been how she'd ended up at the Institute. Ginny's vision swam as all of this ran through her head in the space of a few seconds, and she tipped over onto the grass, unconscious.

[Taya Robbins]

Taya, still gripping her bruised tail, gaped at the unconscious woman. And then she realized that's what everybody else was doing.

The girl leapt to her feet and was almost knocked off-balance again as kids crowded in to see. With a growl, she shoved them back.

"Don't just stand there, she needs help! Somebody get a teacher!"

[Vipul Chandrashekar]

Fortunately, a few Vipuls were out for a jog around the compound. They heard the commotion and saw Taya tangled up with a stranger that they swore hadn't been there before. An intruder perhaps?

The Vipuls ran over to the crowd of students and cleared a path.

"What is going on here?" They asked in unison.

[Taya Robbins]

Taya spun around to see Vipuls coming their way - he always seemed to be there when you needed him, or even when you didn't.

Feeling giddy with adrenalin, she ran to meet them, pointing behind her. "Mr. C! She just appeared out of thin air, and then she collapsed! And..."

Taya suddenly realized she had just exhausted her expertise when it came to first aid for spontaneously generating narcoleptics. She eased back into the other students to see what Vipul would do.

[Vipul Chandrashekar]

"Give her room please move back quickly."

Vipul shooed some of the students back a bit, and stooped down. Vipul himself wasn't exactly a paramedic, but, he could at least see she was breathing, which was good. Instead of bothering to yell at somebody to get medical attention, Vipul himself ran along, leaving himself to tend to the mystery woman.

Suddenly, his brow furrowed.

"I have seen this woman before."

[Vigilante]

Ginny's eyes fluttered, but remained closed as she started to come around from her faint. After a moment she could feel the breeze on her face, and she opened her eyes, seeing a blurry face looming close.

More madness. The identical guy from the bank? Ginny groaned, squishing her eyes closed and reaching for her head as it felt like her brain was thumping in her skull trying to escape.

[Taya Robbins]

Taya's ears flattened in consternation - the poor woman sounded like she was in pain. She must have been a mutant, so maybe her powers were all going haywire.

She crouched down nearby - which in her case meant bringing her elongated heels to the ground and sitting on her haunches. "It'll be okay - you're safe here," she said gently.

[Natalia Fedorov]

A small yet severe looking woman stood over Ginny, peering at her through the darkened lenses of sunglasses.

“Who are you?”

[Nuro Alston]

The crowd was forming, but Noru decided to not be captured by the pull. He wasn't any good at frisbee, but he had a knack for art. Perched a top a nearby bench, his feet on the seat and his butt on the handle he drew the tackling of the frisbee game with a keen eye before the sudden surprise teleported in much-needed commotion. No day at the institution could be really boring, but things had become more routine for Noru lately, so he sort of enjoyed the change in pace.

Looking around at the closest near him from the forming crowd, he asked, "So what is up wit d'girl?"

[Carlos Calaveras]

“She just bounced in here outta nowhere,” Carlos replied, turning away from the scene ahead to shrug at Noru. He folded his arms over his chest and stood just a little behind Professor Fedorov. Since being 'promoted' to the X-Men team, he had grown to feel a little protective of the school. Whilst many of the kids around him were excitedly wondering who the mystery woman was, Carlos found suspicion creeping into his mind.

[Vigilante]

Ginny reached up, grabbing the Indian guy by the front of his t-shirt, and opened her eyes just enough to see. "Dupont. I need to see Francoise Dupont."

Releasing him, she thrust her arms out against the grass and levered herself up into something approximating a sitting position. A woman in dark glasses questioned her, and the teleporting mutant peered up at her, still feeling overwhelmingly tired. "I'm Ginny... Hayes."

[Carlos Calaveras]

Carlos bristled, visibly. A little wisp of smoke drifted up from his fingertips, though it was caught on the breeze and went largely unseen.

“Professor Dupont?!”

But before he could say anything else, he was cut off.

[Natalia Fedorov]

Natalia held up a hand, stalling Carlos' outburst. The last thing they needed was that hot-headed boy blurting out Francoise's true condition and location. “Miss Hayes,” she began, evenly. “Your visit was not... expected. ”

[Vipul Chandrashekar]

Ginny reached up, grabbing the Indian guy by the front of his t-shirt, and opened her eyes just enough to see. "Dupont. I need to see Francoise Dupont."

A bit shocked at the woman's sudden response, Vipul's eyes went wide.

"I do not know a Francoise Dupont!"

The others seemed to respond to the name with some recognition. That said, there was a pressing matter at hand.

"You were at the bank just before."

[Nuro Alston]

A stifled grunt, and push sent Noru from his comfortable seat on the chair. Finally the pull of the crowd and excitement phased him, as he was yanked in. Staring in over Carlos' shoulder he peered down at the lady. She didn't look half-bad...maybe he had found a new roomate.

Maybe...

Possibly...

A guy could dream, can't he?

A soft nudge to Carlos gave him all the room necessary for his light whisper, "Whats 'er name 'gian? Did'n catch it.."

[Vigilante]

The bank. Ginny shuddered as she remembered that panicked jump out of police custody into... into a nightmare. And then here. She'd never jumped to an in between place before. And she never wanted to again.

The memory of her meeting with Francoise Dupont, here at Cullen's over a year ago, had come to her mind while in between, and she'd somehow 'ported right to the front lawn. "I didn't expect to be here either, but I need to talk to her. Please..." She sagged visibly, and turned to the Indian man again. "Yes, I was at the bank. I saw your brothers there?"