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Marie was in her room reading a book when she heard the door being knocked on.

"Hello Marie, it's Alex, I have some cookies, and I would like to share them"

That took Marie by surprise, since she escaped earlier, she didn't expect the new child to speak to her that easily, but she still didn't want to get close to anyone.

"Go leave me alone" Marie shouted as she hid in her sheets.

Alex didn't want to listen to her when she came in anyway, "I brought cookies, and since from now on we are siblings so we must share"

Marie was getting mad, she wanted to be alone, so she took off the sheets to yell at Axel, but she was surprised when a cookie entered her mouth.

Marie's eyes lit up with the taste of that cookie, as she tasted that cookie.

Alex started counting in his head, but to be sure he gave Marie another cookie.

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10 minutes passed and Marie's face was completely covered in crumbs, and the best thing was that she was satisfied. And like her, Alex also helped her finish the entire plate of cookies.

That was a good meal for Alex, and with everything done, he was ready to go.

"Wait" but Marie's voice stopped him.

Alex wasn't sure what he meant, but decided to wait.

Marie has been in this house for a year, but most of the time was spent alone, while Raven or Irene tried to teach her how to use her powers, but the arrival of the new child could mean that this child could be like her.

"You ... also have powers?" With a shy voice Marie gathered all her determination to ask.

It seemed like everyone in that place knew Alex's powers, so it wouldn't be a secret.

"Yes, I also have a power, but for security I cannot use them, they are dangerous" although Alex already has good control over his powers, it was better not to take them lightly.

Marie knew well that those powers could be dangerous, and although Alex wasn't going to use them, she wanted to hear more.

Since the conversation was smooth, Marie was no longer so fearful.

"You can tell me about your powers, and I will also tell you about my powers," said Marie.

It seemed like Irene would take longer, so Alex took it as a good way to make some time.

But being a five-year-old girl, Alex couldn't be complicating things, so he put it in the simplest possible way, "I can increase or decrease the weight of things, also other variants, but it's still in practice, but in short, everything that has to do with gravity "

Hearing Axel's words, Marie's curiosity increased, asking many more questions, which Alex didn't mind answering.

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A few hours passed and Alex left Marie's room after she fell asleep.

When Alex went downstairs he found Irene having a cup of tea.

"It seems that you got along with little Marie, I'm always worried that she won't be able to socialize anymore" Irene said while resting her hand on her cheek.

"Good luck with that, her powers will be a major impediment," Alex said as he sat across from Irene.

"It may be, but let me tell you that I have a good hunch, that perhaps you two could become very good friends" with a smile Irene poured Alex a cup of tea.

Alex was not interested in tea, he wanted answers, "It seems that we had a rather complicated start, but this could be more complicated if I do not hear a good explanation of why I am in this place"

Irene first finished the last drink of her cup of tea when she returned to Alex with a calm smile, "There is not much to explain, you are a special child and it is important that someone take care of you, since you are only 5 years old"

Alex rolled his eyes, "I think at this point it would be a mistake to consider myself an ordinary child, so you can stop being so patronizing, get to the point and give me a good reason not to leave right now"

"Sorry for that, blame me for imagining that everything would work out smoothly," Irene felt Alex's impatience, so she continued, "I guess I'll say the short version, I'm a mutant, and my power is precognition, and within In a year you would have an attack again that caused your powers to destabilize, but this time the damage will be on a much larger scale, and I can assure you that things will go a very bad way after that, but by bringing you here , you will have time to train your powers so that they never get out of control "

Alex didn't say anything at the moment, but he thought that was a very good reason. "I think I can understand you, but what do you get out of this, think of me as cynical, but I don't believe in disinterested actions"

Irene realized that this child would not be simple to convince, so she decided to be more direct, "You are right in that sense, but what I want is not something too big, in the future, sides will be created, and the only thing I want is to be on your good side, but if you prefer to think differently, you can only think that I help you now and in the future you should owe me a small favor, and I hope it will be the same with Raven "

A favor wasn't much, and it would be silly not to accept help right now.

"You can understand that, but I know that Raven works with Magneto, and I know that that crazy old man would be a great annoyance to me, that he guarantees that that crazy person won't find me?"

Irene already knew what to say, "I have several reasons, but there are two very important, the first is that you will not stay here too long, but the most important is that Raven hates Magneto, that man took something very important from her, and the last thing that Raven would do would be to give Magneto a mutant with such a terrifying future, since that way there is a great possibility that you will take Magneto's place in the future, which would make Raven very happy "

That was not very good news for Alex, there was still the possibility that Irene was lying, but if she was telling the truth, Alex doesn't want to become like Magneto, but now that he has that information he can do something about it.

"I guess that answers most of my questions, but I feel like you were making my decisions by not telling me everything you know, I want you to tell me everything."

Irene sighed, "It is not that simple, what I can look at are the possibilities of the future, and the more distant my visions are, the less information I have, but I can tell you something, in a few years you will find someone who will want to help you with your problem , but you will refuse, and you will escape at that moment and you will never return to this place ever again "

Alex's eyebrow rose, "And how does that help me?"

"Nothing to you, but you will make a decision, at that moment you will doubt if it is a good idea for Marie to stay in this place, and you could hand her over to that person to try to help her"

Alex did not hesitate when he answered, "And what about that, if that guy can help Marie then what does it matter"

"It matters, since that is related to your problem"

A lot of questions formed in Alex's head, but on reflection he could imagine that if Marie helped him by draining his powers, then the chance of an accident going down, but trusting someone too much was not Alex's style.

Seeing Alex's expression, he had Irene interrupt him, "Silly boy, I am not talking about your powers, I am talking about your other problem, the one related to your total indifference to death, perhaps it does not seem too problematic for this moment, but it is something that will destroy you in the future "

That was a complicated feeling for Alex, although his lack of empathy was not a big problem, it's something that always bothered Alex, since he always felt like an incomplete human being, but that brought more questions.

"And what does Marie have to do with it?" Alex can't help but ask.

"You can be quite mature and intelligent, but sometimes you can be quite foolish, to cure your problem you have to find someone who matters so much to you, that you would not mind facing the same death for that person"

Alex could understand what Irene was trying to say, but it was somewhat difficult to apply, since Alex never knew a person whose loss could affect him.

"So Marie is that person?"

"Who knows, the future is a changing being, but what I can assure you, if Marie leaves with that person, she will find someone she will fall in love with, and your chance will be lost, and the possibility of becoming enemies is something almost certain "

After listening to everything Irene had to say, Alex was not very interested, "Now I understand why I made that decision, I don't think love is something for me, I don't care what happens in the future, it never did, and If an unfortunate death is what awaits me, it will be because of my own actions, although thanks for the warning, but don't you dare manipulate my future again, and I suppose you know what will happen if you try "Alex was no longer in the mood for Keep talking, and he just went to the room that had his name on the door, but when he was going upstairs, he last heard from Irene.

"This is no longer a prediction, it is only a tip, be selfish, if you want something take it by force"

Alex continued on his way without answering, but those last words were running through his mind.