Kent Van Pelt
After having settled into his room and gotten cleaned up, Kent got dressed in casual attire. He took a look at his X-men Uniform and pondered for a moment. “Is this life what I want for myself again?” he thought to himself. He had been a member of the X-men years ago and had only through the current turbulent events recently returned to the X-mansion to take refuge. He enjoyed being a journalist and standing up for equal rights for mutants, however fighting his battles as a journalist may not be enough in a time where people are so violently discriminative against mutant kind. Even mutants were acting out in confusion. Kent figured the time was now to start leading by example and the best way to do that was assisting the X-men once more.
After placing his uniform back on the hanger in his closet he decided to get something to eat. Leaving his room he started down the hallway. He saw Evan emerge from a room a couple of doors down. Kent smiled and waved at the newcomer. He was glad to see him still at the X-Mansion. He had hoped that Evan and Vernon wouldn’t have left. ”Hey there. I’m glad to see you decided to stick around. This is a safe place to be.” Kent said to the Evan.
Even was glad to see Kent, one of the X-men he’d encountered earlier. After being brought to the X-mansion post the battle at the HMR building site he and Vernon had spoken with Charles Xavier. Evan was a lone wolf aside from relying on Vernon so deciding to stick around took some convincing. Evan walked beside Kent. ”You’re name is… Kent right? I’m Evan. It’s nice formally meet ya mate.”
Kent replied with a casual smile, ”Yeah likewise.”
Evan continued, ”Yeah… Vern and I had a chat with the Professor and after our little tirade today Vern convinced me that this place is the best place for us to lay low and for me to keep out of trouble, for the time being anyway. Hey and um… thanks for not turning us in earlier.”
”Hey I’m just glad that we all made it through in once piece. So are you and Vernon hungry? I was just on my way down to the kitchen to fix something. Food tastes better when you’re not eating alone.” Kent replied. He felt it was nice meeting Evan off of the battlefield. He seemed to be a fairly nice guy not as hot headed as before.
”Um sure. Vernon’s asleep in the room I’ll text him and maybe he’ll join in if he wakes up in time. Thanks for offering mate. I just hope you’re a good cook.” Evan chuckled. Walking through the halls Evan bumped into a young woman who seemed a bit nervous.”Oh! Sorry mate I wasn’t watching where I was going.” Evan said as he began to extend a hand to assist the girl.
The girl in her panic sprouted multiple spiked tentacles that erupted from her back, writhing and doing miniature screeches. "S-Sorry. I didn't mean to...... to bother you!" She had also suddenly grown in height, all of a sudden an astonishing 6 foot and 5 inches tall.
Evan and Kent stepped backward in bewilderment of the scene unfolding in front of them. ”What in the hell…?” Evan said as he tried to keep it together. He wasn’t used to being in a place full of mutants that had all manners of insane abilities.
Kent didn’t recognize the girl at first. But then he realized that she must have been the one that Logan’s team brought back with them. Kent had seen some of the television reports that covered the incident from earlier. Sightings of a huge monster were reported as an HMR building collapsed. She must have been the mutant the professor asked everyone to keep an eye out for since she was unconscious when she was brought to the mansion. Extending his hand in a calm and collected greeting gesture Kent spoke. ”Hi my name is Kent. This is Evan. We’re sorry to have startled you. You’re at the Xavier and Lensherr School for gifted students. You’re safe from harm here. I was about to fix something to eat. Care to join us?”