CHAPTER 1
Eric Tooms had never had an easy life, far from it. his parents were very respected geneticists, their specialty, mutations. so naturally when he came out to them about being a mutant they did not hate him. In fact if it was possible they loved him even more for his gifts. this stayed the same for about 3 years it was when he told them his other secret that they cracked. in one night they threw him out of the house and into the streets with little more then the cloths on his back. but Eric was very smart for someone, his age. The next day he went to the courts and got emancipated (1) from his parents. aa a result every week he got money from his parents and could spend it on anything he wanted. Shortly after that he enrolled in a private high school and soon he was one of the top students in his class. But even all that did not help, in school he was an outcast. He lived in a small house, just outside of the school grounds, He lived alone and he never had visitors. So when he came home to find his door wide open and a small group men and women in his home. He was not even in his home and he could hear what they were saying. "why are we doing here anyways professor." Eric did not know who these people were but he could tell one thing about them. They did not look like the kind of people to piss off. Just as he was about to speak he heard a woman's voice. "professor I don't understand. You said this mutant needed help but from what I can see he or she is doing very well for themself." Eric just about ran away right then and there.
he had just turned to run when he heard a calm voice speak. "Cyclops, Storm please, do not judge a person by the way they live. now if you would like to come out Eric, we need to talk." Eric just about lept out of his skin, when the man said his name. at first he did nothing but something in him told him to trust this man. slowly he walked into his home a saw the 3 people in it clearly. they were and interesting group. A man stood leaning against the wall next to his bookcase. nothing was impressive about him exept for the strange vissor he wore over his eyes. the other people were a different story completly. a tall woman with blue eyes and white hair stood next to a man in a wheel chair. no sooner had he mad eye contact with the man then he heard a voice in his head. 'there is no need to worry Eric we are not here to hurt you. my name is professor Xavier. the other 2 are Storm and Cyclops. like you we hide a big secret.' Eric grimmaced. "who are you people? what do you want?" Xavier put a hand up as though to fend him off. "please mister Tooms relax. like I said befor we mean you now harm. all we want to do is help you." Eric still did not trust them and he made it perfectly clear in his stance. Xavier looked around. it was obvious that Eric did not beleive that they ment him no harm. it was also clear that he was terified of them.
Xavier's eyes landed on Storm. "Storm I think it would be best if we gave mister Tooms here a demonstration of what we mean." Storm noded and focused her power for a split second. instantly the sky darkend and it began to rain. slowly Eric walked over to the window and looked out at the Storm. a flash of lightning and for a split second everything seemed fine, but the lightning never touched the ground. it forked away from the ground and curved, and headed straight for him. most men would have moved out of the way or even ducked, not him. even as the lightning came closer he began to use his power. for a split second, he glowed a faint green color, then the lightning struck him. instandly Eric felt like someone had poured liqued fire into his body. not once in his life had he ever absorbed the energy from a bolt of lightning. slowly he turned to face the group behind him. The woman looked scared. "professor I did not do that. you know I would never intentionaly hurt another mutant." Xavier noded and looked at the teenager infront of him. after a moment he smiled and spoke. "don't worry about it to much about that. energy always acts strange around me. it might have something to do about my mutation. you see I have the power to absorb any form of energy I come into contact with. not only that but once the energy is absorbed I can use it in any way I can think of."
he took a long breath and then continued. "for instance if I absorb energy and redirect it into my arms I gain super strength. if I put it into my legs a gain super speed. but... it can be very painfull too. I once absorbed all the energy from a subway train hitting me. I could not walk for the next few days without leaving craters were I stepped. It can be very hard to live fully when you have to line your cloths with lead." Scott, raised an eyebrow. "what do you mean?" Eric grimmised and began to remove his shirt. first came the top shirt, it was nothing special, a wool longsleave shirt. then came his undershirt. as he removed it he could see everyone in the room take a step back, and he knew why. as his shirt left his skin he stood there for all the world to see. he caught sight of hiself in the mirror hanging on the wall. were his heart should have been an erie yellow glow pulsed just under his skin. not only that but off shoots of light spiderwebbed around his 'heart'. Storm spoke first. "what is it?" Eric hung his head and then spoke, and when he did it was in a defeated voice, that had no hope in it. "this is my 'heart'. when I first began to develope my abilities I had constant chest pains. it go so bad that one day I blacked out and slipped into a coma. I don't think I would be here today if my heart had not stopped. you see my heart stopped beating because the energy I was absorbing was disrupting the signals from my brain to my heart. as for waking from the coma, well... when my heart stopped in the hospital they did what they normaly do. they tried to restart it be giving it a 30,000 volt zap."
Eric stopped and gestered to his 'heart' wich continued to glow and pulse. "as you can see my body absorbed the energy from the shock and used it to change my heart from a organic organ into a nuclear reaction. that is why I wear lead lined cloths. like plutonium my 'heart' gives off radiation. the lead in my cloths blocks it from getting out, not only that but I can absorb the radiated lead and recycle the energy from it again. that is my story." Xavier sat in a slightly stunned silence. for a few minutes no one spoke then Xavier spoke. "well you certainly know a lot about your powers but I'm curious. just what forms of energy can you absorb?" Eric grinned. "actually I can absorb all forms of energy. well... almost all forms pyhsic energy is nutrilized my my power. now please what did you come her for?" Xavier sighed and spoke. "mister Tooms I run a school for the gifted. a school for mutants like yourself and my friends here. we would like you to join us at the school. if it is OK with you?" Eric was stunned. "wait you want me, a mutant that has the power to destroy the world. you want me to join you and go to this school were what will happen? what exactly is it that you teach? I mean I know you most likely teach the normal classes but with a school full of mutants, you must teach other things."
Xavier nodded. "you guess right Eric, the school also teaches mutants to control their powers." Eric nodded and seemed to understand. Xavier continued to speak and explain his mission and ideas about mutants. after several minutes of this Eric put his hand up signaling for Xavier to stop. "so just so I understand, you want me to join your school?' Xavier nodded in agreement. Eric stood up and grinned. "alright but understand I will be paying for room and board. I will not take charity no matter how special you say I am." Storm, Xavier, and Cyclops nodded in agreement. "wait right here. I keep a travel bag packed at all times, in the chance that I need to leave in a hurry." Cyclops raised an unseen eyebrow. "why do you have that?" Eric shrugged. "well there are many reasons but there are 2 main reasons. the first reason is very simple. a suitcase full of lead lined cloths is very heavy. my travel bag has a lead lined diving suit in it. I can wear that until I can order some 'normal' cloths. the second reason is that after people find out that I'm a mutant they often try to chase me away. on a dozen occations they have set my home on fire. by having this bag I can ensure that I don't lose everything, if it happens again."
about 2 minutes later Eric returned with a small duffle bag in one hand and a small lether bound book in the other. Storm raised an eyebrow. "what is in the book?" Eric huffed in anoyance. "the information in the book is more valuable then all the money in the world. it contains the results of my experiments. meaning it contains the amount of energy needed to break just about any substance in the world. it even has coculations on how much energy is required to break adimanthium." Xavier looked shocked. "you have ovoiusly done a lot of experimenting with your powers." Eric nodded and stood bye the door. "well I'm ready to g-" Eric broke off, and for a moment no one spoke. Storm broke the silence. "what is it?" Eric looked at her, a look of amusment in his eyes. "someone is trying to break into my home. I'll be right back." Eric set the dufflebag on the floor and walked out of the door. Storm, Xavier and Cyclops moved to the window so they could see what was happening. Eric stood in the middle of the drive way for a moment and then snapped his fingers. a sizzling ball of energy snapped into existance hovering just above Eric's left shoulder. for the first time he got a look at the burglers. there were 4 of them. all of them had on matching outfits. ski mask, black jackets, and jeans. 2 of them held small knives, the third held a crowbar, and the fouth held a small hand gun. Eric smirked, they would be no trouble to deal with. Eric cleared his throut. the burglers whipped around and glared at him, and his ball of energy. on e of them pointed at him and spoke. "hey he is a mutie get him!" thr four men ran at him. Eric let out a laugh and let out a small yawn. as the first man neared him he began to move. Eric thrust an open handed strick to the man. bolts of electrisity launched from his hand to the man. the man let out a strangled cry of pain and crummpled to the ground. the second man to get near to him, met a similar fate. the third mantried to but him from stomach to throut. he side stepped the attack and after chaneling energy to his arms, brought his left arms down on the mans outstretched arm. he could feel the man's arm break and his brain overload with pain.
grinning Eric turned his attention to the last man. he had yet to move and he was the one with the crowbar. the man grinned and dropped the crowbar. "not bad kid. what are you in martial arts?" well now you fight me." the man did not run at Eric as he had thought he would but simply stretched his arms and pointed his open plam at him. fire erupted from his palm and shot towards Eric. Eric had not expected that and hardly had any time to channel his power to his whole body. he moved down to a low croutch and cover his face. as the fire engulfed him he let out an unheard laugh. the fire did not hurt at all. as the flames cleared he did his best to imatate a dead body. he felt the man move to stand over him. "just as I thought kid all flash no power." Eric stayed silent until he was sure the man had his back turned. Eric flipped himself pu into the air and brought his superhuman fist down on the man's skull. he felt the skull stress and then break as he shattered the skull. slowly Eric stood up and for the first time since the fight he bacame fully aware of just how much energy he had used. it felt like he had not eaten in a few days. he stumbled to the front of his home, he could hardly see straight. Eric slumped against the nearest wall and slid down to the ground. his vission was going blurring. he could hear Xavier's voice, but had a kind of echo to it, as though he was far away. he could feel himself being lifted off the ground and carried for a few minutes, then he blacked out.
when he came to he could feel a small source of energy nearby. he had not expected to feel the source fight back. then a voicef rom above him spoke. "please don't do that again. if you do I will be forced to hurt you." Eric opened his eyes and came face to face with Storm from before. Eric sat up and shook his head to clear it. "what happened?" Storm shrugged. "from what we can tell, you used up to much energy in the fight and could not stay awake. does this happen often?" Eric nodded. "yeah but not like this. In my notebook I did some study on my condition. if I don't absorb enough energy I can fall into depression and if it continues I can even slip into a coma like I did when I first began to change. were am I?" Storm looked around her. "your in the X mansion. more specificaly, your in West Chester New York. after the fight we brought you to the jet and flew you back here. you've been asleep for about 2 days." Eric nodded. "well for futur referance if that ever happens again you can just stick my finger in an electricla socket. it will recharge me and I will wake up." stom nodded althought Eric could tell she did not beleive him. Eric stood up and put his shirt back on, witch he had not relized was gone. just as he had placed his shirt back on, Ororo spoke. "you know I still needed to run some more tests, so if you would take off your shirt I can be done."
Eric rolled his eyes but did as he was asked. Ororo began her tests and shrotly after that began to talk to him. "when I was looking you over before I noticed to had a number of scars on your back. what happened?" Eric sighed. "I'll tell you but you can't tell anyone. if you do I will fry your brain. the truth is mutants hate me too. they think I have what they call human fault. the truth is I'm gay." Ororo had been expecting a lot of things. she had been expecting him to say he had an incureable disease. she had even expected him to say he hated other mutants. she had been prepaired for anything and everything, except that. Eric smiled at her stunded expretion. "yeah most people have that reaction. then they turn 1 of 2 ways. #1 they accept it, and I go on living my life. #2 they hate me and usualy try to attack me. as for the scars, well some people realy did not like me. so on my 13 birth day, they broke into my home and broke the gas line. when my boyfriend and I got home John (boyfriend) went to light the candels on my cake. next thing I knew I was surrounded by heat, light and noise. my power saved me but John was not so lucky, he was a mutant that could meld with machines but it did not help him, and there for did he not survive the blast. he died in my arms." Eric looked up at Storm with a slightly strained look. "not a day has gone by were I wish I could have saved him. I only have 2 things to remember him by. the first being the book I had earler, it was his idea to find out as much as I could about what I could do. the second thing is a motorcycle, a blue and silver, croch-rocket. wich if I still have my locator should be here in about 5 hours." Storm looked confused. "locator?"
Eric grinned. it was John's birthday present to me that night. he left it in a storage unit for me to pick up the next day, before we had gone home he had given me the key. apparently he had purchesed it about 6 months prior to his death. he had been spending that time moding it and giving it all kinds of gadgets. one of them is a global locator, at the press of a button the bike will attempt to hone in on my location. that being said don't be surprised if some of your students claim to see it." Storm nodded but in truth she only understood half of what had been said. "well if you will put your shirt back on we need to head to a meeting in the library. Xavier is talking with many of the teachers and some of the more powerfull student about you. right now he is just getting an idea of how the others will react to having a class 5 living with them." Eric nodded as his shirt slid back into place. he managed to swing his legs off the table and shakely stood up. for a second he closed his eyes and absorbed the energy from the heat in the room. after a second he stood straight and walked out with Storm. a short walk later he got his first view of his new home. beutiful oak paneling lined the walls, and the floor was a beutiful shade of gold. (2) as Storm and he neared the library he began to pick up slight differences in the level of energy in the area. he simply shrugged it off as people using their powers. when Storm stopped he almost walked into her. he had been so raped up in the place around him he had not noticed she had stopped.
"well here we are, the library. a word of advise relax, even though they may look mean the people in here are actually very kind. they know what it feels like to be persecuted for being different." Eric mentely rolled his eyes. Storm gave him a small smile and pushed the doors open. the library was big and deep. at the other end of the room was a grand fire place, and hudled around it stood half a dozen people. a tall rough looking man with slightly spiked up hair stood against the wall looking out of a window. next to him sitting in a chair was a young woman probably about 15, or 16 years old. she was of medium build and had shoulder length black hair with white highlights in the front(rough). next to her sat Xavier, and next to him sat Cyclops. next to him a teenager with blonde hair and a scateboard leaned in the wall behind him(Spyke). next to him sat a teenager about Eric's age not much about him screamed mutant. he was small build, mouse dark blue hair and soft looking skin(Nightcrawler ). when Storm closed the doors behind her they all looked up, Xavier spoke first. "ah Eric it is good to see you up and about. we were just talking about your little radiation problem. how long will your suit last?" Eric grinned. "oh don't worry professor I can have new cloths for me here by this time tomarro." the blonde haired kid spoke up. "names Spyke. how can you get them here so fast?" Eric grinned even wider. "well while I was walking down here I was using the wireless internet to fill out a few order forms, plus they know I'm rush delivery." Xavier nodded in agreement and held out his hand, clutched in it was the leather bound book Eric had held earlier. "I wanted to show the group your research on your powers but when I tried to open the book I found that it needed and energy print to open. I can assume that the 'print' it needs is your's?" Eric nodded. "yeah you need me to open the journal. the lock was John's idea. he always said that if that journal fell into the wong hands itcould be used as the ultimate weapon." the man with spiky hair snorted, Eric tunred to him. "oh you think I'm joking. inside that journal is the exact measurement of energy required to break just about any thing on this planet. not only that but it has my caculations for how much energy it would take to break adimanthium."
the last comment forced the man to laugh. "kid you think you can break adimanthium? I have that stuff covering every inch of my body. it can not be broken. the name is Logan by the way." Eric shook his head. "with all due respect Logan, that is simply not true. it can be broken it just takes a lot of energy to do. my powers alow me to absorb and then redirect the energy around me. if anyone will find a way to break adimanthium it will be me. adimantium is unique the harder you hit it the hard it becomes, however if you hit a low enough energy frequence you could in theory you could disolve the metal like a peice of ice, but lets not get into that. that is not why I'm here." Eric tunred to Xavier. "you want me here and as such I do have 3 conditions of me living here." Xavier noded but the others bristled. Eric paid them no attenton. "1, I will be paying for my stay. I don't take charity no matter what. 2, you have at ytour disposale any property I own. 3, you have access to my stock portfolder. that being said you have..." Eric broke off looking around. after a minute he shrugged his shoulders and brought his forarms together. a moment of consentration and then he slowly pulled them apart. the space between his arms had turned a pale white and shimmered as though water was held there. when his armer were about shoulder width apart the film 'broke' and he began to touch and prode the screen. Nightcrawler spoke. "what is that?" Eric shrugged. "this is the litteral definition of a plasma screen. I took the radiant plasma from the air and focused it, into a screen I can use. I also tuned it so I could use the wireless internet in the mansion. ahh here it is." Eric waved his arm in a long sweep. the screen grew in size until it was as big a a large TV. on it were dozens of stock numbers and propert contracts. Eric snapped his fingers, and focused. the screen began to darken and shrink. a few seconds later the screen fell to the floor as a dozen sheets of solid plasma. Eric picked the sheets up and handed them to the professor. "that is a list of all property and stocks that you now co-own with me.
Xavier looked up from the sheets. "you have obviously taken care of your self." Eric nodded. "I wanted to be someone. I guess I am now. Oh something I did not mention before I work with a scientist named doctor, Martha Coners. she monitors my body's reaction when I absorb energy. she may call from time to time. so just a headfs up on that. oh by the way would you mind dropping the hologram you are 'wearing'." Nightcrawler blinked in surprise. "how did you know I was using a hologram?" Eric rolled his eyes. "well not only can I manipulate and absorb energy I can also sence its use. for instance, I can 'feel' your holograsm in use. not only that but I can 'hear' electrical signals. for example I can read emails as they are being sent, not only that but I can listen in on phone calls from the other side of the house, because I'm hearing the electrical impulses that my brain translates into word and sentences." Eric paused and caught sight of the slightly worried looks and the people's faces. "you don't have to worry though, I know when and when not to 'hear' things. now if you don't turn that thing off I will." Eric ended his sentence by pointing at Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler shrugged. "alright but call me Kurt." and with that he turned off his holo-emitter.
Blue. that was the first thought that blasted into Eric's mind. the second thought that blasted itself into his mind was this guy was HOT. (3) he was so taken aback by Kurt's appearance that for a oment he lost grip on his powers and the lights flickered in the room. Eric put his hand behind his head and told a quike lie. "huh, that watch of your is strong it made me loose my grip on the energy in the room." the others let out a small stifle of laugphter and seemed to buy his lie. unseen by Eric or the others Storm's eyes narrowed, and she made a mental note to ask him about that later. Eric couphed and let out a small moan. Xavier raised an eyebrow. "are you alright Eric." Eric nodded and closed his eyes. "yeah I'm fine, I just need to be a little more careful of the amount of energy I use. being out cold for 2 days limits my powers." Xavier nodded. "yes, well perhaps we can finish this later. I can sence there are somethings you would like to tell me in private. for now why doesn't Storm show you to your room." Storm nodded and so did Eric. "thank you professor." and with that Eric and Storm left the room. just as they were about to leave Eric turned back to the professor. "here." Eric snapped his fingers and then left. no sooner had the echo of his snapp died away then his journal jumped into the air and unlocked itself.
X MEN'S POV
as the door closed behind Eric and Storm, Eric's journal fell into Xavier's lap. Xavier looked around. "well what do you think of him?" Logan spoke first. "well charles you sure know how to pick them. he seems like he thinks he is less then he really is, and people like that can be dangerous. if he is going to stay here we should keep an eye on him. other there that I think he is a good person." Spyke spoke next. "what did you mean by 'things to tell me in private. you know how we are about secret professor." Xavier nodded. "Spyke while I can understand your consern it is not needed. while I may not beable to completly read his mind I was able to 'skim' it while he was asleep. his mutation has brought him a lot of pain over the years. the worst of witch seems to being separating him from the 1 person he has truly loved." Nightcrawler I'm particularly interested in what you think of him." Nightcrawler looked superised. "why would you want my views?" Xavier sighed, and rubbed his forhead. "well from what I was able to glimps in his mind he is still very insecure, with his powers. he may have seemed confident but secretly I think he was scared that he would lose control while using them and be forced to leave. in a way he and you are very alike. both of you were afraid to use your powers out of fear for being thought different. I also think that he lied to us about the power flicker. the physic flicker I got from him was not of alarm but of recognition. It is possable no matter how unlikely that he has seen another mutant who looks like or similar to you. Because of that I want your opinion." Nightcrawler nodded and spoke. "well I think he will fit in very well here. I'm a little conserned for his powers, and I think we should keep an eye on him." Xavier nodded in agreement, after a few seconds he spoke. "would you be Ok with him sharing aroom with you?" Nightcrawler nodded. "sure he is welcome with me." all the others nodded in agreement. "well then it is settled. Eric Tooms is now a member of mutant high. I've already enrolled him at Bayvill High school. he will start as soon as the weekend is over. until then make him feel as welcome as possable. everyone nodded and left. Xavier staid behind looking into the fire. after several minutes he opened the leather bound journal infront of him.
on the inside cover was a photograph and several words. 'More then knowledge is held within these pages.' Xavier raised an eyebrow and looked at the picture. 4 people stood in it. Eric on the very far left. he stood straight backed and proud looking. if you looked closly you could just barly make out the glow of his 'heart'. but it was the person next to him that caught his attention. blue fur, black eyes, and a lean and slender body. the person next to Eric might have well been Nightcrawler's twin. he stood about the same heighth as Eric and had a massive smile on his face. next to him stood a woman with shoulder length silver hair. she wore a white vest with black pants, and a blood red pendant around her neck. standing behind her was another girl. this one was younger and had very tired look on her face. her green eyes were slightly droopped, and her black hair hung lank from her head. she had on a small commando style combat vest with, cammo pants. a combat knife strapped to her left leg. under the photo was more writing. 'this journal belongs to Eric A. Tooms. Original member of the Generation M.'
Eric'S POV
As Eric and Storm left thr library he could not help but feel a sense of happiness. he was staying. no more living alone, and being lonely. he was living with others like him. well maybe not exactly like him but close enough. Eric was only brought back to reality when Storm cleared her throut. Eric looked at her, "yes?" Storm grinned in a friendly way. "what was the deal with the light flicker when kurt showed his true form?" Eric turned slightly red and looked down at his feet. after a few seconds he looked up and put his hand behind his head. "well aside from the fact that he is a major hottie, I would have to say it is because he looks a lot like my junior high school friend, Necro." Storm raised an eyebrow. "Necro?" Eric grinned. "yeah, back in junior high I used to hang with a group. we were a strange collection of people. the four of us called ourselfs Generation M. each of use had a power or a mutation in some form. John, could meld with machinerie. Jacky, could move in hyper time (4). Lucinda was an elemental. by far though Necro was the strangest of us all. during the day he was twice as stronge and fast as any human could be. by night he was a god. when darkness hit him nothing could stop him. during the night he and I were an even fight. after junior high we all sort of broke up. you know how it goes. we all still keep in contact but we dont see each other very much. that was why the lights flickered. I thought you guys had recruted him as one of your X men. " Eric broke off a slightly sad look on his face. Storm put her arm on his shoulder. "well now you dont have to be lonely. you have us and everyone else in the mansion." Eric grinned and nodded. "well trust me there is one good thing about having me here. your energy bill will be very small. I've already started to match my energy frequencyto that of the mansion. when I have completed that, the extra energy in my body will be 'brodcast' directly into the mansion's electrical grid." Storm noded, "I'll be sure to tell the professor." Eric looked at her.
"by the way with all the comotion I forgot. what day is it?" Storm smiled. "it's Sunday, a little past noon." Eric nodded to himself. "great just enough time to call my bike." and with that Eric pulled out what looked like a small remote and pushed a small red button. Eric felt a small energy pule signal that the remote worked, and a few seconds later he felt a return pulse meaning the bike was now honing in on his location. for the next few hours Storm showed Eric around the mansion. by the timne dinner was called Eric was tired wich was something considering he could absorb the ambent energy, in the area. Eric and Storm were walking back to the mansion when a reving noce reached their ears. Eric unred just in time to see his bike pull up next to him. he grinned and turned to Storm. "how do you feel about takeing a quike detour, say around the city?" storom smiled. "I would love to" Eric grinned and tossed Storm a helmet. "here. I feel like driving fast and furious." Storm had hardly registered what Eric had said before he had gunned the motor and the bike had shot forward. Storm barly had time to wrap her arms around Eric's shoulders. in less then a minute they were on the main street and gaining speed. Eric grinned to himself. he could feel storms fright and it was almost a drug to him.
Storm was about to tell Eric to stop when she felt him change lane into the on comeing traffic lane. cars, trucks, and other motocycles wizzed by them as they shot down the wrong lane. not that there was anythin to worry about. since he had gotten on the bike he had been putting energy into his eyes giving himslef enhanst sight and reflexes. a truck to his left, 3 cars to his right and 2 bikes infront of him. peice of cake. Eric let out a bark of laughter as he shot past everyone, jumped a lane and pulled into the mansion driveway with a loud 'errrrrrrrch'. in less then 2 minutes they were both climbing off of his bike infront od the mansion. Storm could not stop shaking. "your...your..." Eric looked at her. "I'm...I'm?" Storm took a deepo breath of air and spoke in a voice of controlled fear. "your, crazy! we could have died." Eric chuckled. "that is what everyone says, but this strange thing happened. we didn't die did we?" and with that Eric put his bike keys in his pocket and walked inside. as Eric neared his room he began to think. stepping into his new shared room, he disided to taker a nice shower. showers were one of the few things he could really enjoy. as Eric stepped into the boil stream of water he felt his power kick in. the boilling hot water that hit him lost it's heat and dripped off his body as cold water. shortly after that Eric climnbed out and began to dry himself off. as he was drying his hair he caught sight of himself in the mirror.
he stood about 6'1". he had died, blonde hair although his roots were coming back revieling that his hair was naturaly black in color. his face was spotless of any blemishes. infact anyone would have said he was human if not for the slightly glowing silver eyes he had. he had a very defined chest and abs. pale skin stretched from his chest to the very tips of his fingers. the only color on his arms came from the linning of slightly golden hairs on his arms and legs. his heart continued to glow and pulse, its bright white light. his 'heart' was surrounded by a multitued of scars. as Eric continued to looked he began to finger one of them. he traced the circular scar around his heart. it was one of the few self inflicked scars. he had given himself it when he had tried to cut out his heart, right after John had died. Eric sighed, since he had mutated he had not changed much at least not physicaly. thanks to his lack of any internal organs he could not grow much. the doctors hardly understood anything about his power or even how his body was still funtioning. he did not produce many hormonse so his body did not change often. his hair and nails hardly ever grew, although he had to get it cut and redied about once every year. what the doctros studied was his power and the production of a unique hormone that only he had. they had no name for it but they knew what it did. the more energy he had in his body the better he looked. however this was a double bladed sword. the hormone also drove his need for energy.
from what the doctros had told him his body produced maybe 1 of what it needed. he had to absorb and leech the rest of it. not that it was hard. if he stood out in the sun for about 15 minutes he would have absorbed enough energy to last him the day. another strange thing about his power was the fact that he had no 'on' or 'off' switch. his body always absorbed energy, from the light, and heat around him. he did however have to focus to absorb the more complicated forms of energy, such as sound, kenetic, stored, and radiation. physic energy was a whole differnt ballgame for him. while his body could not absorb it it would be nutrilized natural. that being said no physic could read his mind, or force him to do anything if he did not want to. Eric sighed again and got dressed. when he exited the bathroom he wore a skin tight light green tank top, and black cargo pants. both were lined with micro lead. as Eric flopped down onto his new bed he became aware that he was not alone in the room. his newe roommate, Kurt wagner sat on his chair infront of his desk, doing what appered to be school work. Eric sighed and rolled over onto his back. with a split second of consentration he focused his power into another plasma screen.
this screen however was different then the one he had pulled up for xavier. like a computer Eric could asign certain screens to certain jobs. in this screens case it had a dirrect link to his preivous home. Eric grinned as readings came through on the screen. word of his move had gotten around fast. Eric chuckled and activated the internal and external cameras around his home. as the images loaded he felt kurt stand up and sit down next to him. Eric waved his hand and the screen grew to 3 times what it had been. the sreen now was about the size of the bedroom walls. Eric sat up and pushed the screen so it was right against the wall. Eric turned to kurt. "well shall we see what the public has done to my home?" kurt looked at him for a second and then nodded. Eric snapped his fingers and the images popped onto the screen. the place was trashed. all the furnature had been broke or was missing. the walls had been written on and he could see that there was a lot of fire damage. tyhe carpet had been torn up and most of it was gone. "garage interior cameras." the images changed to his garage. the tools he had once used to work on his bike were now gone. he could see dozens of broken parts, and tools littering the floor. here and there a display screen flickered as though it still had some life in them. graffiti and writing littered the walls, and floors. "interior cameras Eric's bedroom." the image changed and another room appeared.
Eric's bedroom had been hit the hardest. his bed was in scattered peices, his dresser and nightstand were both completly torn to shreds and his mirror was shattered and demolished. Eric grinned and stood up. he turned and looked at Nightcrawler. it was only then he noticed he had attrackted a small croud. kitty was sitting next to kurt. spkye was sitting on the floor next to rouge. even Logan was leaning against the wall looking at the destrution on the screen. Eric grinned and spoke. "computer activate situation 3857. self destruct in 2 minutes. extirior cameras grounds view." the picture on the screen changed to that of the house from the street. a small count down timer appearred near the bottom of the screen, and began to count down. as the timer counted Eric turned to his audiance. "what say we wake the town?" Eric turned back to the sreen and spoke. "computer reset self destruct tinme say 10 seconds." the clock vanished for a second and then changed. Eric smiled and waited. the timer hit 0. his house glowed and then began to pulse. half a second after the house pulsed, a blinding light flashed and the house simply vanished into thin air.
Eric grinned and waved his hand. a smaller screen opened up and showed a bunch of read outs. as Eric read them he began to smile. "yes the house survived the transfer into the pocket-verse." Logan spoke from the doorway. "pocket-verse?" Eric turned and nodded. "yeah since people kept trying to destroy my home I had john build a projector that could place my home and everything inside of it in another dimention. this dimention is inbetween other dimentions. in layman terms, the house and everything in it is in another dimention." Eric stood up and snapped his fingers. the screen vanished and Eric turned to leave. Spyke spoke. "hey were are you going?" Eric shrugged. well I have to tell a few people that I've moved. I would also like to work check on my bike to make sure that nobody messed with it. you kow the normal things I would do. bye."
A FEW HOURS LATER
Logan walked into the garage with the wanting for a strong beer. since most of the students were teenagers, xavier would not let him keep his strong beer in the house. he had just shut the fridge door when he spotted aric sitting on the top of one of the sgelves looking out into space. he aprotched the shelf and spoke. "what is it?" Eric's gaze never left the window. "I lied, you know?" "huh?" Eric looked down at Logan. a slightly confused look on his face. it looked as though he did not know what to do now. "my house. there was no pocket-verse. my home was broken down on a molecular level. it left no trace if it's existance. I have no home now. Logan... do you mind if I ask you something?" Logan nodded his head. "what is your story?" Logan shrugged. "I don't know much about my past. some goolse who worked for the government gave me and indestructable skeleton. I dont know much past that." Eric nodded, and jumped down from his perch on the shelf. "yoou know I'm curious. just what is your power?" Logan grinned and popped his claws, Eric grinned. "nice." Logan retracked his claws and nodded. "yeah they are cool, thay are also useful. now come on my beers getting warm." Eric grinned and began to walk with Logan. after a few minutes of silence Logan spoke. "you know you don't have to be alone. xavier, Storm, me, and everyone else is here to help you dont shut them out." Eric's smile vansihed and when he spoke it was in a voice of sadness. "Logan, it's not that simple. I've been alone for most of my mutant life. I was hated by humans for being a mutant and mutants hated me because I was so powerful. It's hard for me to let people get close to me. I guess I'll try but you must understand. underneith it all, I'm a very messed up child. my best friend died in my arms because of me."
Logan sighed and looked away. "kid, we all live fucked up lives. because of people like xavier people like us have a place to go and try top get away from it all. dont shun help. damn." Eric looked at Logan. "what?" Logan put his beer on the table. "it got warm. I hat warm beer." Eric grinned grabbed the beer, and focused. a few seconds later he tossed the beer back to Logan. it was now so cold it had frost on the sides. Eric grinned and shrugged. "one of the many perks of my power is I will always have the coldest drink. thanks for the chat loagn. I needed it. good night." Eric left the kitchen and shortly after was curled up under his bedsheets. as he tried to fall asleep he let his mind wander. strangly it came to kurt. he really was very cute. Eric even found himself woundering silently if he was gay. almost as soon as that thought entered his head it was snuffed out. no he was not gay he could tell that. for some reason he found that that disapointed him. even though he hardly knew kurt his energy felt very nice. it was almost like feeling the sun on his skin. lurt's energy was warm inviting, and it had aan arua that made him never want to leave it. Eric shrugged and rolled onto his side. he had school thenext day and he needed a good night sleep. even though he technicaly did not need to sleep he still liked to dream. the last thought that hit his mind befor he fell asleep was woundering if kurt's fur was soflt like silk or like leather.
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A:N) well folk here it is. my big secret project. I hope you all liked it. I'm sorry about Eric's semming unstoppabel I will be reveiling his weakness very soon.
1.emancipated it means to be legaly an adult even though you are not yet 18. kind of like a divorse from your family.
2.I will not be going ito a lot of detail about the mansion. we all know how and what it looks like.
3.my referace3 to kurt being hot is true. I think Nightcrawler Is by far the sexyest xmen ever. BE WARNED THIS STORY IS A KURT YAOI FICK.
4.hyper time a stae of being were a person's molicules are moving so fast that they apear to vanish into thin air. to the travler the world around them apears to be moving in slow motion. if you still dont understand it then you can google it.
in the next chapter you will get to see Eric face off against. quiksilver, blob, and avalanch. (he will be making frineds with todd.
