"It's not cheating," Lorna scowled. "It's part of who I am. I can't help my advantages."

A lie, she supposed. The power that was in her was not at all natural, and it felt like she was clinging onto it to keep it steady. She was dangerous, but perhaps that's what this called for.

When he drew closer, she just made him fly back again, placing herself in a safe magnetic bubble. He would not hurt her, no one would.

"Think twice before you attack a mutant; there's tons of us around here," she continued. A quiet voice at the back of her head was itching for her to do something else, something with the powers she had festering inside her.

Easily, she refused.