The Art of Shocking Seduction (John/Grace)

[therealmyth]

Johnny stepped out of his room and waled around until he found himself in at the Swimming Pool. He frowned, there wasn't anything to do. He was getting a bit lonely. His frown caused his dimples to show more obviously. He reached into his pocket and took out his iPod. He put in his headphones and played, "All I Wanted" by Paramore. He sat down in a chair. He was a bit weary of the water. It was a natural reaction for him. He was a great swimmer but he still felt nervous in the water.

[grace]

It was slightly early in the morning, much earlier than the scheduled time for all the students, and teachers, to wake up. Grace was an early bird, and liked to exercise usually in the morning. Today she decided to take a dip in the swimming pool since it was a nice morning out. The sun was shining at a higher degree, and the nice, cool water was tempting. A brown head rose from the calm water. The female that appeared floating shook her head slightly to shake off the water. She looked up at the sun still shining and rising from her east. It was then she noticed that there was another male sitting at one of the pool's chairs. "Huh, wonder when he got there," Grace thought to herself, as she dover under water once more.

The female did one more lap, before exiting the pool via the steps. She was wearing a light teal bikini with couple of red flower patterns on them. Her stuff rested on the long chair beside John. Grace looked at the boy, and simply smiled to him. She pulled back her wet hair so the excess water would fall to the ground. Grace wasn't embarassed of her fit body, so she wasn't really self conscious. The Korean girl sat on the long chair wrapping the towel around her body. She faced John and wondered who he was for a second. She gave him a smile as she started to speak, "Hey, I've never seen you around, are you a student here?" Grace asked, although he seemed a bit older than the teenagers around.

[therealmyth]

Johnny's piercing gray eyes lit up as she rose from the depths of the water. However, when she sat by next to him, a smile couldn't help but form on his lips. ~Who is this girl? I've never seen her around... he thought to himself. He almost didn't hear her question as he noticed her fit body. He secretly admired her curves and the way her body moved. Her almost almond eyes were shocking. His smile widened, "Hey. Yeah, I've been a student for two years now. I've never seen you around though. You have to be new, there's no way I wouldn't have noticed you. The name's John Gallagher. Most people call me Johnny or Volt. You are?[/b] His dimpled indented as his smile widened. Who was this girl?

[grace]

Grace knew that one of the main features of a woman they saw first was the body. She didn't mind, girls liked a fit man too. It was all understandable. But in some, devilish and silent way, almost every girl liked it when a boy paid attention to her. Grace was no exception to this rule, but she knew better than to go flaunting, that was why she covered herself with the towel after. She didn't want a conversation solely for a man to admire her body.

Grace hadn't made many friends in the past few months, but slowly she was opening up to the other mutants. "I'm Grace Knight, a pleasure to meet you John," she replied. "I only got here around three months ago, so I'm still fairly new. Though I'm not really a student, just a mutant that needs a place to stay basically," she explained to him. Grace got up, with her towel still around her body. But the towel did not fully conceal her body. She looked towards the water thinking if she should go for another lap or not. But her new company seemed more interesting. She simply took her seat back and leaned against the long chair. Her head turend to look at him. "Why do they call you Volt?" Grace asked curiously, with a small grin on her face.

[therealmyth]

Johnny smiled when he heard her name, "Knight? Does that mean you'll be my knight in shining armor? Sorry for the lame joke but I couldn't pass up the opportunity. It's a beautiful name." Johnny was sincere and meant no disrespect. Johnny thought for a second as he tried to think of a way to show his abilities. "John eh? People tend to prefer Johnny over John. As to why I'm called Volt? Let me give you a demonstration. A small warning, it's going to be cheesy." John focused as sparks came out his fingers, not enough to do any damage. John's eyes became a crystalline Ice blue and his hair became a bit yellow and spiked as his hand became engulfed in lightning, "Lightning's my best friend."

[grace]

Grace couldn't help but laugh at his lame joke. She smiled at him as he apologized. "I don't mind, I heard a lot of different lame pick up lines with Knight," she said with another small laugh. Grace could use a friend like John, he was very funny and wasn't really a shy person. She silently watched as he demonstrated his lightning abilities. That was interesting, and she hadn't seen someone use lightning like that before. "So you manipulate electricity?" she asked, wondering his extent of his abilities. Grace would show her power if he asked, but she still wanted hers to be able to developed much more. She wanted to be able to produce more bones, along with a healing factor. Grace put that aside as she looked at her new company.

[therealmyth]

Johnny smiled, he was liking this girl. She wasn't self conscious and was pretty out there. She was his type of girl, but he figured it'd be best to take things slowly. He wasn't trying to scare her off. "What can I do? Well the great thing about electricity is that it's only limit is how you use it. I can stimulate my muscles to make myself stronger, although that does create a strain on my body. I don't use that technique much. I can manipulate and control any source of electricity whilst also being able to absorb the electricity. What else? I can create magnetic fields by using positive and negative charges. It's not as good as what magneto can do, but metal doesn't work much for me. I can charge my body with either a negative charge or a positive one. I can repel metal with a positive charge. I can also stimulate my nerves to give me super senses and reflexes. Oh, and I can fly by releasing a bit off electricity as well as being able to release lightning from anywhere on my body. I'm pretty much a human eel or battery. Which ever way you want to put it. Wow, that's a lot of information. I'm sorry about that," Johnny smiled and looked at her eyes, searching for something, "What about you?"

[grace]

Grace looked at John as he explained how his powers worked. He basically could do anything with electricity, which was interesting. She waited for him to finish. It was only probable that he would ask about her power, after explaining his own. Being a mutant was what brought everyone in the mansion together, so it wasn't a surprise that he would ask her. "Well basically, I can increase the density, and weight of bone molecules. It is harder to manipulate others' bones, but I can manipulate my own pretty well. It's pretty useful, since I can change the density of my knuckles to increase my strength. I can make it lighter, so I can move about more quickly. But I want to learn how to produce bones," she told John.

[therealmyth]

Johnny waited till she was done, occasionally nodding his head in understanding, and then he laughed, "I know this is going to sound lame but remind me never to say 'I've got a bone to play with you.' That'd be too cheesy, even for me. Well here's a question for the ages, how did you find your way to this House of Mutants?" Johnny asked this with sincere interest. It was weird; Even though they were all mutants, they each had a different story. The world labeled them as 'Mutants' and then left it at that, but there were so many things about each individual, things that made them unique. Johhny decided to test the waters and created a spark in his fingers. He then lightly tapped Grace, giving her a little shock as he smiled.

[grace]

Grace thought for a moment as John asked about her past and how she came about the place they were at. She guessed that it couldn't hurt to really tell her story, it wasn't like she would tell him any secrets. Besides, Grace was a great communicator and could easily tell her story, while taking out parts she wanted to keep to herself. "Hm.. where do I start," she thought to herself. Her family was a deep part of her, so she preferred not to start with them. "Well, how can I sum this up,"[/b she said with a small giggle and smile. "I went to North Korea as a child with a group of journalist, we were betrayed by their government. I ran before I could be captured, but couple days later the army had found me. But they took me in because when they tried to execute me, my mutant powers flared and saved me. The army took interest in me, and trained me to be a soldier, or a weapon to be more specific, Grace stopped for a moment. "Well basically, over time more mutants were found in that country and the army had a small team of mutants I led. For around a decade I was used for special recon mission, assassinations, and other ridiculous things a corrupt government needs. My team and I got sick of the captivity, and we planned a runaway on a mission that would require all of us, Grace looked at John to see if he was still following.

"Well basically, we got deployed to an urban area in Mexico, and that's where we all split up in different directions. I went north, towards America to find life again, and I guess fate led me to this place couple months ago," she finished. Grace seemed unfazed by her story, even though it seemed like one hell of a hectic past at a young age. "What about you, John?" Grace asked the boy.

[therealmyth]

John nodded at the appropriate moments. As she told her story, John couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart for her. What amazed him though was that she was so strong, or so it appeared. Yet, even through all that, she seemed gentle and caring. He definitely liked this girl. She was alluring, tempting, and maybe a bit forbidden. Heck, she even gave off a sense of danger. But John couldn't help but feel an attraction towards her. "That's...interesting. It seems like the name, Knight suits you quite well," he smiled at her, also laughing at his lame attempt at a joke, "Me? I don't have much of a past. I lived in an Orphanage for most of my life;In fact is was until two years ago. My parents had left me at the Orphanage as a baby. I don't hate them for it though. Although, I do sometimes wonder why. But even so, the Orphanage was nice, not my type, but nice. Well one day I decided I wanted to be on my own. I was dumb but it's what led me here. So I set out for the world outside. Well one day I ran out of food and money so I decided to steal a little bit," Johnny didn't bother to look away but rather looked her straight in the eyes; he didn't really believe in having secrets, "Well, I got caught. The guy ran after me and eventually cornered me. That was when my powers first came to fruition. I became living electricity. The guy ran away in time but I started rampaging around New York;you might have heard of it. Well the Professor found me and the X-Men held me down and offered me a place at the Mansion. I've been here since."

[grace]

Grace silently listened to John, she made no expression, but her eyes were glued on to him. Her eyes showed that she was intent on listening. The female felt the same pain he did, in a different way. It had to do with their parents. John's parents had intentionally left him at an Orphanage. Grace's parents had lost her, and hadn't seen her in many, many years. But the fact of the pain of loneliness was mutual between them. "That reminds me, I tried to steal some food and a vehicle at this mansion, but ended up being welcomes to stay at this facility," Grace smiled as she responded to him.

Grace felt a connection with John, and she felt that he was a really kind guy. But no matter what she felt, her mind always thought logically in order to protect herself. Grace got up from her seat and looked at John. "Well, I need to go get ready for the day, maybe I'll see you around John, it was nice talking to you," she said with one of the most sincere smiles she had. Grace felt an attachment coming between them, and the female had a habit of not wanting to be attached. But she wanted to stay, and keep talking to him. She never really had the chance to experience a romantic relationship, so this emotion was new to her and she wanted to think about it. With that said, Grace tied her towel around her waist like a skirt, and walked off. She turned around and waved at him once more before walking into the mansion.

[therealmyth]

Johnny smiled at her as she left, waving back. He watched her body move as the towel wrapped around her curves snugly. He smiled, more to himself than anyone. He liked this girl, there was no denying it. He thought that perhaps she was the anchor that he needed right now;someone to keep him on earth. He leaned back against the chair, pondering over it. He was also cautious, he had learned to not be too trusting. He'd seen many get hurt. He was an observer, he liked studying movements, to see how things worked. The only thing was, he wasn't sure how she was supposed to work. She was dangerous. It was plain and simple;she was dangerous. But it was alluring, almost as if she was a forbidden fruit. Johnny knew if he was going to do it he would have to take things slow. He got up, exiting with a smile on his face.