Mr. Balkner was still standing, well technically now he was pacing. He'd been pacing for an uncomfortably long time in total silence. Rawl knew nothing about this was good for him.
Finally Mr. Balkner spoke,
"Right now," he looked slightly aggravated, "Your friend Xander is receiving a piece of bad news."
Rawl wanted to say something but Mr. Balkner didn't pay him any attention: he merely continued to pace (not even giving Rawl eye contact).
"
They didn't want me to tell you this Rawl. So please don't mention this to anybody," finally he look directly at Rawl; and he had tears in his eyes. Rawl was scared and confused. Mr. Balkner finally sat down. "The news being given to Xander doesn't have to be
bad per se..."
He cleared his throat as if to clear himself of his random ramblings.
"Have you ever heard of the radical group of mutants who call themselves, 'The Way'?"
Rawl searched his mind for any time he'd heard a reference to The Way. He couldn't, he'd never heard of such a group: "No."
"Then you are lucky you haven't," Mr. Balkner ran a hand through his hair. "Without going into too many details let me tell you this. They are not a friendly group Rawl. What they do, to humans and mutants alike, it's just not right.
"Well this group, The Way, they are growing in numbers like never before. Some say that it may even reach the point where there will be a full scale war.
"This is where your friend Xander fits in. Xander has a very special ability. Infact ability is probably the wrong term. Rawl, Xander
isn't a mutant. Rather he is an Unidentified Life Form; or a U.L.F. We don't know how long he has been living on this planet. Or what he is capable of. We only found out recently when we tried to do tests on him. The problem occurred when we realised the human tests didn't work; as he wasn't human.
"After we discovered the truth about Xander we discovered the bad news. It turns out The Way have been monitoring young Xander."
He held up a vile containing, amongst some blood and tissue, a small microchip.
"This is one of their monitoring devices. The Way will know that we know now. And we expect, in fact we practically know, that they will try and take your friend with force. We don't know when. But we do know we are going to do all we can to protect him. And I think it would be best if some of you kids were to do the same."
He looked with sympathy at Rawl. Mr Balkner understood how much this was for such a young boy to think about.
"I wish it didn't have to be this way, but it is. I am upping a few of the students who are closest to Xander in their Abilities lessons. I want you to be prepared for anything.
"Remember Rawl, this isn't approved from higher up. This is our secret. I'd like to see you, Xander, and a couple of other students about this later."
Rawl didn't know what to say, or do. So he simply sat and stared at Mr. Balkner. Desperately hoping he would tell him it was all a joke.
'Any time now...'
((This RP was lacking an alien vibe

))<br /><br />Post edited by: Sxcriley, at: 2007/11/28 19:22