So You Wanna Be a Hero, Kid?

[Raven]

Cassie looked away. "I'm sorry,sir. I know. I'm going to go downstairs."

[Gifted]

Xander nodded. "Do that. I'll see you at the team briefing."

[Raven]

"See you soon." She headed downstairs to meet with her father.

Ryan was the first one up into the meeting room, and he looked vaguely ill.

[Gifted]

By that point Xander was waiting in the meeting room for them. "Good t'see you made it. Name's Xander. I'll be your commander in this unit."

[Raven]

Ryan nodded. "Ryan," he said in greeting, going to sit at the table.

[Gifted]

"Villein?" He placed the boy, recalling reading his application. The convict Xander had recommended. He was glad to see he'd been chosen. "Your teammates will be up in a minute." It seemed as though Xander was going to ignore the fact that Ryan looked ill at first, but after a moment he produced a bottle of Tylenol from under his coat and offered it wordlessly to Ryan.

[Raven]

"Thanks," he said, popping four of the pills. "And yeah, that's me."

[Gifted]

Xander nodded, and they heard the sound of running footsteps. In only a moment a tall, muscular blonde teenager was darting up the steps. "Sorry, I'm not late am I?"
"No."
Jason grinned. "Awesome. Are you Mr. Xavier."
"I am. Name?"
"Jason Ramone." He answered. He looked around and spotted Ryan. "Oh, hey! You must be another member of the team."

[Raven]

Ryan smiled. "Name's Ryan. Nice to meet you."

[Gifted]

"It's nice to meet you too. What power did you pick?" Jason asked conversationally.

[Raven]

"Adaptation," Ryan answered. "You?"

[Gifted]

"Poison." He answered. "It's corrosive too, so I can like burn through doors and stuff. I thought it was a unique idea. What do you mean by adaption?"

As the two boys were talking, a young blonde girl came up the stairs, her hair falling around her face in gentle waves. She smiled a brilliant smile when she saw there were already people up here and went up to Xander, leaving the boys to talk. "Hello! You must be Commander Xavier. It's a pleasure to meet you." She held out a hand for him to shake.
Xander's scowl deepened, but he took her hand and shook it once. "Name?"
"Stephanie Clark, Sir. Thank you so much for accepting me into the project."
His expression got even more hostile. "Well,I hope you'll be up for the task. You have two more teammates arriving shortly."

[Raven]

"Like if I get dropped in a lake, I'll grow gills," Ryan said. "If I'm in the dark, my eyes will change so I can still see. The ultimate survivor's tool."

[Gifted]

"Wow, that is really cool." Jason complimented.
"What is?" Stephanie asked, coming to sit with them.
"Ryan here is unkillable." Jason grinned. "What can you do?"
"Oh, me? I control the weather." She answered. "Not as cool as Ryans, though."

[Raven]

Ryan smiled. "I don't know how far that goes, but hopefully far enough. Weather is cool, though."
Awhina was the next one to come in the room, her leather jacket back on and her hair braided so that all of the tattoo on her face and neck was visible. She immediately went to take a seat.