A Holiday

[Miso]

Christina squealed excitedly as her mother opened the front door. She sprinted up the driveway to her mother and flung her arms around the woman's neck.
Even though they lived in the same city, neither Christina nor her parents had found anytime to visit each other.
"It's awesome to see you!" she said, kissing her mother's cheek.
"And you," Laura Davis replied, with a grin that Christina knew so well.
Christina stepped inside the house; Laura shut the door behind her and they went into the living room, where Roger and Oliver were standing, waiting.
Roger lifted his little girl into the air and spun her around.
"Daddy!" she screamed happily. "Daddy stop! I'm too old for this!"
Roger let her down carefully, his deep laugh resonating through the house as he pulled Christina into a hug with his strong arms.
When Christina pulled away, she immediately pounced on her little brother.
Oliver cried out, his voice muffled from Christina's jersey.
"Gerroffme!"
Oliver shoved his sister away, somewhat angrily, but no one fell for it because of the wide grin on his face.
"How is everyone?" Christina asked, happier than she could ever be, except for when she was with Drake.
"We'll tell you over lunch," Laura said, gesturing to the dining room, where there was a banquet laid out.
There were bowls of salad, a roasted duck and turkey, steaming potatoes and brocolli, cauliflower and carrot gratin.
Christina grinned at the centrepiece as she sat down. In the middle of the table was an oversized cocktail glass of gummi bears.
"Mom, you've gone all out haven't you?"
Laura nodded. "We haven't seen you in six months darling," she said. "Of course we've gone all out."
As they made their way through dinner, they exchanged experiences.
Roger's business trip to China and Japan, the discovery of Oliver's mutation and the family trip to San Fransisco.
Drake's rescue, the bombing of Twilight, the backyard battle.
They had just finished eating the lunch and were making their way through the gummi bears when there was a knock at the door.
Christina answered it.

[I HAVE A NAME.]

"Hello Christina. I've come to finish what I have started". Mesmero said. "You aren't getting out of this one alive". Mesmero's eyes closed and A sharp screech focused on the young girl. No one else could hear it.

[Miso]

Christina fell to the floor, screaming. She had experienced this before.
Oh no... Please

The rest of the family saw Christina fall. Roger jumped up, and, gesturing to his wife and son to stay put, came to the rescue. But before he could reach Mesmero, a hand shot out and punched Mesmero in the jaw.
Roger spun around, shocked, to see that his twelve year old son was standing, his arm stretched out, a defiant look on his face.
"No Oliver!" Roger shouted. "Stay back!"
And with that he pushed his son's hand away and shot a spray of acid at the man standing over his writhing daughter.

[I HAVE A NAME.]

Mesmero teleported out of the way just in time. The screech continuing He affected every mutant in the house. Most of all Christina. He intensified the screech. Trying to knock out Christina into a pernament coma.

[Miso]

Oliver screamed and cried, curled up in a ball. Laura, who couldn't hear the scream tried desperately to comfort him.
Roger covered his ears, fell to his knees. He could see Christina still writhing, and acid spilling from her, starting to burn through everything the acid touched. He lay his hand in the puddle and sucked it all in. He knew what he was doing; he was weakening his daughter greatly, but she would die unless he did something.
He concentrated as hard as he could, barely succeeding with the screech affecting his every cell.
Then suddenly, he exploded. Acid shot out from him in a huge ball at around 300km/h, affecting everything that wasn't his family. It drenched everything and immediately started burning through what it touched.
Roger collapsed. Luckily he wasn't weakened as much as Christina must have been; he had been conserving his acid for as long as Christina had been attending the Xavier Institute, knowing something like this would happen eventually.

[I HAVE A NAME.]

After the acid burst everywhere Mesmero walked off. Happy. He dissapeared, with the house disappearing on its own.

[Miso]

Roger stood up slowly and was almost hit by the dining room light as it feel from the ceiling. He touched a wall and sucked the acid back, drying everything and preventing the walls from collapsing anymore.
"We need to get out of here," he said weakly. Laura led a sobbing Oliver from the home, whispering comforting words, while Roger picked up Christina and carried her out.
"Christina?" he said softly, jiggling her gently.
No response.
"Darling, please, wake up," Roger said, slapping her cheeks gently.
Still no response.
"Laura, call an ambulance. Then call Professor Xavier. Use my cellphone. It's in the car."

-The End-