Yes! So, I finally got around to doing this, after a few people suggested me doing a fic for this part of the fanfiction site, and now I have a genuine idea on how to proceed forward. I'll be following the episodes as they were released, though with changes, obviously, and also, some original, episodes too, mostly focused around my character and such. Oh, I'm also going off on how the names are spelt on the wikia, for some names that might seem weird, that's how they were spelt there, like Taryn, for an example.
Took me a while, but here we are, and those worried about the other current stories I update, they'll still update as scheduled unless I say otherwise, though that won;t be for at least a few weeks yet. I also have to thank a few people who helped me with this idea, they know who they are~ So, thanks for that!
So yeah, here we go, with a character, quite different to how I usually do it, but for reasons why, the setting of this story, and his background, it shall be apparent why he acts the way he acts.
Well, with nothing else to say, let's get on with the story, shall we?
Prologue
[Go Bayville go! Gooooo Bayville!]
Cheering came from the cheerleaders on the side lines of the pitch, where the game known as football was going on. Men, or more like, teens, were grabbing for the ball, attempting to get it, and other things like that.
"Yeah! Bayville! Win!"
"Come on! Don't lose!"
"We believe in you!"
The crowds on the bleachers were cheering quite loudly too, though for one boy, it seemed more like a chore than anything else.
The boy in question is a blonde haired youth, around the age of 16-18 years old Caucasian male being 5ft inches tall. His hair falls to his chin, though the tips of his hair were dyed green. His bright baby blue eyes looked over the field lazily. He had a good built body. He wasn't a bodybuilder by any means, but he wasn't scrawny either and had some muscles. On his body, he wore jeans that had a tear in them were his left knee is, and a red shirt over a tee-shirt that had a skull and crossbones on it. On the right side of his hip, a chain fell down to his knee, attached to his pants.
A bored expression was on his face...
He…didn't want to be here.
This wasn't his kind of thing.
Though, he was sure that he would have to stay there for a little while longer, if only because of a girl called Jean making him stay there with one of her friends, even the boy didn't remember the name of the friend, he didn't care that much.
"I really hate you Jean…this isn't even my scene…ugh, and I don't even like Rugby…damn, Football in this country…whatever, I don't care…but, she's gonna buy me that cd I want by going on this date…yeah, that's worth it. Just gotta get through some little date with…what's her name, and then I'll be home free…I hope you can hear my thoughts Jean, because they are for you, all for you, you red headed…woman. This is the last time that I do this for you Jean…but the money is…money is good…love my money…and cd too…love it…"
The boy couldn't help but smile slightly.
He only agreed to go on the date was because Jean kind of bribed him.
She knew that he wanted something, and that he didn't have any money either. So, it was either this, or as Professor X, and he wasn't in the mood to ask him anything right now, not sure what the heck he'd have him do for the money.
"Hey, I got some popcorn. I even got them to put some cheese on it, I heard that you liked that."
A young girl, that had on a blue skirt, and shirt said, as she sat down next to him. This girl was called Taryn, a friend of this boys…somewhat friend Jean Grey, though the boy didn't know where the hell she had gotten off too.
He lazily looked over towards her, then got out his wallet.
"How much was it?"
"Ooh no!" She placed her hands up, shaking her head. "Y-You don't have to pay or anything! Just coming with me was enough…I'm really enjoying myself." The girl bashfully looked at him, a small pinkness on her cheeks. "I-I was surprised when you said that you'd come with me. I mean, you never go out with anyone, but you chose me so I was…quite surprised…is all."
"Jean said that she'd do me a favour in return for being here, is all." The girls eyes lowered slightly, being a little depressed. Seeing that, the blonde shook his head. "I'm, having fun though." The girls hopes raised. "So, erm…eeh…Taryn, are you, having fun?"
He didn't know if he came off as rude or not, but he tried his best to sound as civil as he could be.
Taryn waved a hand in front of her face, and then nodded her head strongly.
"Ooh yeah, I'm definitely having fun! I mean, have you seen our team? We're surely going to win!"
"I suppose…though, most of them are bloody idiots anyway."
"Pft! Hahahaha!" She released a laughter, and a snort at the same time, an embarrassed blush dancing on her cheeks. "S-Sorry! Didn't mean too do that, it's just so British with that accent of yours and all…n-not that there's anything wrong with your voice or anything! It's lovely! It's…ooh, you're gonna think I'm strange now…"
The boy shrugged his shoulders.
"I've seen stranger, and Scott surely is one of those things."
"Do you and Scott not get along Jason?"
The newly named Jason once again shrugged his shoulders.
"He stays out of my way, and I stay out of his. Though we live together, I make it my business not to see him. He's just kind of…hmmm, how to say this without saying it rudely…he's something of an idiot, and headstrong, plus he's always blaming me when something goes missing, or whatever. He's just an idiot, and he and Jean should just get it on already. The tension between them, always somehow puts me in the middle of their dance of feelings, it really is a drag."
"Awww, I see. Well, don't worry! I'm here for you!"
Jason didn't know how the hell the conversation went towards that, but he didn't seem to care. What he did care about was when she hugged onto his arm, and while he generally didn't like people touching him, he remembered the money, and that made everything better in his eyes.
"Right…could you, I dunno, let go or something…"
"What? I didn't hear you!"
Maybe she was lying, but the roaring of the crowd was quite daunting.
As they watched from their seats, Jason's eyes caught the sight of a hand going into peoples back pockets, witnessing someone stealing someone's wallet, and apparently, Taryn saw the same thing, pointing it out.
"Hey look, someone's pinching."
"One guess tells me that it is that…Todd guy, whatever his name is…Toad, that guy…yeah, him. The hunched back dude."
"Probably. The one with the bad body odour, right?"
Taryn's guess made Jason nod his head lightly.
"Seems like it. Well, I suppose someone should do something, and I feel like a good Samaritan could be doing it."
"Who?"
Jason smirked, as he took some popcorn.
"Wait for it."
Taryn didn't know what he meant by that.
But seconds later, he saw a brown haired man with red sunglasses on, despite it being night now, walking down from the bleachers, Jason gesturing over towards the young man himself, sighing as he did so.
"Hey Scott, need a hand?"
It was painful to ask, but he could practically feel the Professor telling him to offer assistance.
The young man named Scott stopped in his tracks, and saw Jason waving over with a fake smile on his face.
Scott offered one back.
"No, I've got it! Hey, seen Jean anywhere?"
"Not since she ditched us about twenty minutes ago. She had her camera so I guess she's taking pictures somewhere. Probably of that Duncan."
Scott's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyebrows followed, Jason took note of that, and was surprised Scott actually cared about things like that.
"Makes sense…well, I've got this."
Scott trailed down the bleachers, as Jason turned back to the young girl.
"See? Told you."
"Scott? Is he gonna be alright?"
"He'll be fine. He's got a very…burning gaze."
Taryn didn't know what the heck that meant, but they continued on their 'date' regardless.
"Well, whatever. Scott's tough. But, you've gotta admit, when Scott, and Duncan go at it, you know with the glares, and such, it's kinda funny~"
"Well, it doesn't suck. I just don't see why they are obsessed with this Jean chick. She's, pretty attractive I guess, but she's gonna pick Scott in the end anyway. It is so obvious. If she ends up with Duncan, I'd actually pay you 5 dollars."
"I'll take that bet~"
Somehow, Jason felt like he had just forfeited his 5 dollars. Knowing him, this was going to come back on him, somehow it always did.
"Hey, Jason, you and Taryn doing good?"
"Aaah!" Jason jumped, and looked around, but couldn't see anyone talking to him. "Damn it…I hate it when she does that…"
"Does what?"
Taryn looked concerned, but Jason shook his head.
"Oh, nothing at all…" He put a hand on his head. "Jean, where the hell are you? Scott's gone off and now you've left me with your friend. This is too much for me, I'm surely going to die inside of my body if I have to continue this."
"Don't be a prude. The Professor thought it was a good idea too…but, I have a bad feeling. Duncan's just walked off somewhere, and I can't find Scott either. Do you know where he went? I was too busy watching you and Taryn that I didn't even see. So, could you tell me?"
"He went to stop that Toad guy, the possible mutant, I think, the bad smelling one that is. Whatever he is, I saw him head under the bleachers. Want me to help out or anything…? Say that you do because I'm getting really…"
"Oh no, don't worry. I've got this. Just enjoy your date~"
Then, Jean cut off telepathic contact, one of her powers.
Jason wished he had that gift so he could read peoples thoughts.
Unfortunately, his 'gift' was something a little different than that.
"Well, it seems like Jean is in a bad way."
Jason realized only too late that he said that out loud, looking towards Taryn with a timid face.
"Jean? What's going on?"
"Ooh, I was just musing about the conversation from beforehand. Nothing too major, just something that we were talking about, the love life of Jean Grey. Scott, idiot Duncan. What a life…hey, don't you have a crush on Scott?"
"W-Well, he's not bad…but I'd rather be here with you…"
Jason didn't understand girls, and he was sure that he wasn't going to either.
"Oh…really? That's…sweet."
Taryn smiled, but then that was replaced with a scream when something suddenly exploded.
[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!]
The collective mass screamed very loudly, as something large exploded, setting some of the area on fire. All action stopped on the field, and each of the people watching and playing the game began running away.
"D-Damn, what was that!?"
Taryn complained, but Jason's eyes opened wider than normal.
"Nooooooooooo! My cars over there! Ooh my God, if it is has been damaged, there's hell to pay! If there's even a scratch on it, then someone's head is gonna roll, I'm looking at you Summers!"
Jason shot off towards the car very fast.
Taryn was shocked, seeing how fast he actually was.
It wasn't super speed, but it was faster than she thought that it would be, almost like she was watching an animal run super-fast towards where they wanted to be. He even was able to avoid everyone that was running out so fast too.
"H-Hey wait for me!"
Since it was her 'date' she ran off towards the boy running too, despite him running towards the fire. Since it was hot, she took the long way, but knew where he had parked his car, for certain reasons that she wasn't going to disclose.
By the time she got there, she saw Jason on his knees, staring at the burnt car that was his own. It could barely be discerned from a normal car now. It was caught in such a bad way, that only some fire remained on it.
Because of the explosion, the car had been impacted, and his hands were shaking, his eyes were wet with fresh tears.
"Ooh my God…no, this isn't happening…not my baby…I spent so much on you…I saved and saved, and did things…and saved…and now, you're not even a shell of your beautiful self…my baby car…good thing I didn't have anything in it of value though…but still…Scott! This has been the third time this year with your stupid eyes!"
"Oh wow…it's totally wrecked huh."
Taryn walked closer, and bent down to his level.
Jason's baby blue eyes, looked fire red for one and only one person, and that was, Scott Summers.
"Ooh God…I spent so much time, effort, and money into that car…ooh…the Professor better make Scott pay for the damages…all of the damages…no, it's better to get a new car at this point…damn it all, I can't handle this anymore…"
"There, there." Taryn comforted. "It's going to be alright."
Jason's eyes went towards the young woman, and almost he let out a sob.
"Y-You don't know that…my life's work…ooh crap…"
"So, how are you gonna get home?" Jason hadn't even thought of that. But before he could think, Taryn made a suggestion. "Want me to drive you? I don't mind."
Secretly, she hoped that he did take the offer, and since he didn't have a choice, he reluctantly nodded his head.
"Right…yeah, let's go then…my baby car."
While trying to control his depression, he allowed Taryn to lead him away from the wrecked, already planning to call the necessary people a little while later, he just wanted to get home now, he was too tired to care about anything else now.
"It sucks what happened to your car huh. Did you hear that it was a propane tank exploding or something like that?"
Taryn drove up the path towards the mansion in which Jason lived in.
It was difficult for him on the ride up there.
He wasn't social, and talking to a girl that was, social, was quite difficult. Unexpectedly, or more like, expectedly, she didn't stop talking all the way there, even about things he didn't know, or care about either.
"Right…yeah, it had a leak or something…"
That was the official reason, but he knew the truth.
He knew Scott did it. He didn't see Scott do it, but he knew deep inside of him, he had the most strongest feeling that it was that glasses wearing man.
"Yeah, sucks for your car though. How you gonna get to school tomorrow? Oh, want me to drive you?"
"That's kind, but I'll probably just steal Scott's car or something. Or maybe I'll get to take the van or something. Either way, Scott's gonna pay for this, I won't allow him to get away with this, he's not getting away with this, hear me Taryn!?"
"I-I hear you! Y-Yeah, Scott…eeh, did it…?"
It was an unconvinced sentence she had to speak, but it had to be said.
Once pulling up, Taryn stopped the car, and peered into Jason's eyes, her lips moistening with her tongue.
"So…here we are."
"Yeah…oh, thanks for the ride."
At least he would try his best to be kind, and it seemed to work when Taryn waved a hand in front of her face bashfully.
"Ooh no, you don't have to thank me. It would've been sucky if the date ended there…wouldn't it Jason?"
"Well, I guess. It seems like our night was cut short anyway."
Taryn smiled gently, and then leaned in closer.
"It doesn't have to end there…the nights still young…maybe I could, come in for a little while…?"
To him, it sounded like she was inviting herself in.
And when she ran a finger up and down his pant leg, that's when things were getting a little freaky for him.
"The Professor doesn't like having visitors unless they schedule appointments. Sorry."
Taryn's lips curled downwards.
"Oh, I see. Well, that's alright. We could always hang out tomorrow after school, what do you say?"
"Oh well…erm, I don't know…I've got things to do and…" Taryn leaned closer, and perked her lips, but before she could do the act, Jason leaned back. "What the hell are you doing?"
"A kiss. That's what happens at the end of dates."
Taryn's explanation really doesn't do much for him.
"Oh, right…okay then." He took her by the chin, and pressed his lips against her cheek, Taryn gasping at the same time as he opened the door. "There, a kiss. Loophole exploited by me, as you said that a kiss happens, you just never said where. Well, see you later."
Jason got out of the car, and walked into the house.
Taryn's mouth turned downwards, and slapped the wheel. But, she started the car, and took off, as he entered the mansion.
As soon as he entered the mansion, Jason clicks his heels together, and his body slowly floats off the ground.
Looking around, he saw that the mansion was pretty empty. Not even Storm seemed to be around either.
"Well, it seems like they aren't back yet…hmmmm, I'll have to deal with Scott later. For now, bed…damn, gotta love flying…should've just done that before anything else happened…my animal powers are fun…though, I hate when certain…aspects shine through…"
Slowly, Jason flew through the mansion, flying through the corridors, and loved doing it. When others were around, he wouldn't be able to do this, they'd be talking to him about it, and he wasn't exactly thrilled to speak with them.
Soon, he got to his bedroom.
Accessing his bedroom, he went in to see, something odd.
"Two…beds? Why are there two beds here?"
The room itself was quite normal for a teen boy. It had the usual posters on the wall of bands, girls, and other things. There was a large television in the room, and there was even some game consoles around. But the new bed seemed to be a strange thing to him. He didn't have it there before, so he would have to talk to the Professor about it.
Jason shrugged his shoulders, and jumped onto his bed, sighing as he placed his phone on the table. It truly was a hard night for the young boy, he didn't like doing any of the stuff that he was forced to do while there, especially going out with Taryn.
The next day, Jason went down the stairs towards the exit of his room, when he heard some noises coming from the Professor's study.
Becoming curious, he activated the enhanced hearing of an animal, and heard the conversation between Scott, and the Professor.
"It was difficult not to hear about it, when it was on all of the news channels."
"It was a bad situation, and it was an accident. I'm sorry."
Jason rolled his eyes as he walked closer.
"Accident, my bloody car was destroyed because of you…"
Thinking to himself didn't get any closer to be a better solution, so he did the only thing that he could, and was move closer, so he could confront Scott, having fallen asleep last night before he could give him the riot act.
"I know." The Professor, who was a bald man in a wheelchair seemed calm, but his hands clasped together, and had a slightly scolding stare. "Fortunately, no one was badly hurt. The true cause wasn't discovered, but you must be more careful Scott."
Scott got agitated, tightening his hands together.
"Ooh come on Professor, I've packing a bazooka behind each eyeball!"
"And those damn things destroyed my car!"
Jason chose this time to storm into the room, and had a menacing look in his eyes. He saw Jean there, a boy in a cloak, and then he saw Scott, and the Professor seemingly arguing, but he wasn't going to back down now.
"Ah, Jason. There you are."
Changing his demeanour from angry to relaxed, the Professor exuded a calming presence.
"Yeah, hey Professor." Greeting kindly despite feeling his temper rising, he then turned fully towards him. "Professor, Scott blew up my car last night."
"W-What!? No I didn't!"
Scott tried to deny the accusation, but Jason wasn't going to let it go, it was his prized possession after all.
"Yes you did Summers! Your stupid eye lasers destroyed my car! I don't care if it was an accident, or whatever, because of your stupid eyes, my cars been destroyed! I've got no ride at all! So, you're paying for the damages, or a new car, I don't know…which would be better at this point."
"Scott, is this true?"
The Professor looked towards Scott for answers, who didn't know if he did or not.
"W-Well, I could've done it by accident, I didn't do it on purpose or anything. It's all Duncan's fault, if he wasn't such a jerk, then I wouldn't of done that…"
"If you didn't always jump before thinking, then it wouldn't of happened. Haven't you heard of taking the high road, and just, I don't know, walking away? It's usually the smarter thing to do, and I know how hard it is for you to use that mind of yours."
Scott's eyes snapped towards Jason, tapping his glasses.
"Tch, at least I'm not some loner."
"I'd rather be a loner than a loser like you."
Jason's words were calm, Jean feeling the tension between the two of them being on the rise. It usually wasn't a good idea for the pair of them to be in the same room together. They had different types of personalities, and they always clashed together when something was going to go down. No matter if it was a normal situation or not, it was always a worrying experience when they were together.
"Always so calm and collected, aren't you? Do you even have emotions at all!?"
"Scott!"
Jean berated, trying to stop the aggravation, but Jason showed a daring smile.
"I have a control over my emotions, something you seriously need. Getting into fights over, what exactly? Because you've got the hot's for Jean, and that she's hanging out with that joke…wait, I mean jock. Either way, it seems like you have the problem with your emotions, not me. Just because I don't go shouting my mouth of, and doing other crap like that, doesn't mean I don't have emotions. I just have a good grasp on control, unlike you."
"I dare you to say it again!"
Scott got close, so Jason thrusted his hands out, and his fingernails looked very sharp, like they could slice through flesh easily. Scott backed away, knowing fully well what could happen to him if he was sliced and diced.
"You wanna fight me Summers? I don't mind. Shall I slice you up like a wild tiger? Should I beat you down with the strength of a gorilla? Shall I crush you with the weight of an elephant? Shall I shock you with the electricity of an electric eel? Ooh the possibilities are endless, aren't they? Let's see who's stronger between us, shall we?"
Scott tilted his shades upwards, a reddish colour radiating from said eyes, looking ready to blast him full of holes.
"Yeah, I've been waiting for it. Let's go-"
"Enough!" Professor stopped them from continuing on, Jason and Scott backing down. "Now, Scott. Jason has a point, about controlling your emotions. Walking away from a fight, is a true test of strength, rather than engaging in a fight."
"Hah."
Scott glared at Jason who had a smug look on his face.
But that was stopped when the Professor turned back towards him.
"And Jason, you need to stop pushing Scott's buttons."
"Hah."
Scott showed an air of superiority towards Jason, and once again, that stopped when the Professor had a look on his face only for Scott.
"Now, Scott. You will be paying for a replacement for Jason's car."
"W-What!? Professor, that's-"
"Is the right thing to do." Charles, the Professor's real name, cut him off. "Whether it was an accident or not, Jason saved up a lot of money for that car, and held down two jobs for it. It might've been an accident, but you did destroy his car."
It wasn't like Jason was lying, and even the Professor could see that. He didn't even have to use his, certain gift to know what was what.
Scott resigned to his fate, nodding his head.
"Fine…"
Charles then turned towards Jason.
"I'll get you a replacement car, Jason, which Scott will pay for."
"Thank you Professor, that's kind of you."
"Now, Jason, Scott, I expect this little, rivalry that you've got going on to stop getting so, explosive. You're both students here, I expect you both to get along, is that clear?"
Jason and Scott didn't answer verbally, but nodded their heads. Truly, they were caught by a parent scolding their child.
Charles knew that was the best he was going to get out of the pair of them, so turned back towards Jason.
"Now Jason, I want you to meet someone."
"Meet who?"
Jason didn't even register the person in the room, until the Professor pointed him out.
"This is Kurt, he's new to the institute. He's, gifted like us."
"Oh, so he's a mutant…" He looked towards Kurt, and then walked over. "Sup, the names Jason, call me that." Kurt looked baffled, as Jason stuck out his hand. But, he stuck out his own blue furry hand, hesitant. "Oh, so you've got blue skin…Mr Fluffles, have you returned…? Could it be, after all this time, my Mr Fluffles has come back to me…?"
"Mr Fluffles?"
Kurt's voice was deep routed in a German accent, not that Jason cared either way.
"Ooh Mr Fluffles, after all these years! I had lost hope, I thought that I wouldn't ever see you again! Ooh Mr Fluffles! I'm so…"
"Jason, that's not Mr Fluffles, he's gone now."
Charles swiftly reminded, Scott, and Jean turning away.
Jason blinked, then then turned back to Kurt.
"Oh, so you're not Mr Fluffles…well, you've just broken my spirit. Thanks for that. Between my car being destroyed, and new hope only to be dashed away, it truly is something that I can't handle in my life right now."
Kurt was baffled, once again.
He didn't know what the heck Jason was going on about. Even Jason's eyes looked sombre, and he didn't know why at all, it seemed strange.
Charles coughed into his hand.
"R-Right, then Jean, Scott, you best go off to school. Jason, I wish for you to stay behind."
Scott, and Jean nodded, leaving without an incident. Though Jason and Scott did share a stare between them both, like they were going to have a fight. But soon that stopped, and he left together with Jean.
"What? I haven't done anything."
"No, I'm not going to punish you or anything. But, maybe you noticed something in your room last night?"
It clicked within Jason's mind now why he'd want Jason to stay behind.
"Oh right, the bed. Why…" He looked towards Kurt, then put his arms in an X sign. "No way! I don't share Professor! Have Scott room with him or something! I don't play well with others! A-Aren't there any other rooms available for him or something?"
Kurt slunk away, believing that it was a personal attack based on his, less than human, appearance.
Seeing that, the Professor made a sigh.
"I'm afraid not for a few weeks. The decoration hasn't been completed yet. Since we weren't expecting a new arrival, the decoration has been, put off for a little while, and with that accident that happened a few weeks ago...decoration is needed. I'm sorry Jason, I should've consulted you first."
"Yeah, too true."
"I'm sorry, it won't be for long, I assure you. If another student comes along, he'll be placed with Scott."
"Make it that Todd guy, the stinky one."
That would be something the boy would want.
If only to make Scott have to sleep with someone who smells like they need a bath, a few baths at that.
Charles held back a small chuckle, vaguely aware of who he was talking about.
"Perhaps, if he wishes to join us."
Jason still wasn't fully ready to accept the idea of having a new roommate, he never wished for it, and never wanted it either.
He looked towards Kurt, who looked a little hurt.
"Look, I'm not saying no because of the way you look. Blue, white, red, I don't really care what colour your skin, or in this case, fur is. I just don't play well with others, like with that jerk Scott. So high and mighty, Mr Perfect gets on my nerves."
"Oh…right, I understand…"
He looked towards the Professor, and then saw him narrow his eyes.
"Professor, you truly don't have any other place for him?"
"I'm afraid not. Just for now, I'm sure you'll make good friends soon enough."
"Good friends, sure, if you say so…"
He looked towards Kurt, and saw that he still wasn't really speaking much.
He didn't know if he was scared of him, or angry or what. But, he really wasn't the type to socialize.
"Ugh, if it has to happen, then whatever. You just keep to your side of the room, and I'll stick to mine. If it is for the Professor there, then I'll do it. Though only because he asked me about it, no other reason. But, as I said, keep to your side. And, don't rummage through my stuff either, got it? My stuff, your stuff, private. I won't touch your stuff, and you don't touch mine, and as soon as this is over, we can go our separate ways all together, wouldn't that be for the best? Is that clear?"
"Crystal."
"Then, follow me."
Jason turned around and was about to go, when Charles called him.
"Also, here." Jason turned, and saw a watch coming to his face. with quick reflexes, he caught the watch. "I'm sure you know what this is."
"Indeed, an image inducer. I saw you working on it, can I presume that it is for our new arrival?"
"Right. After showing Kurt the way, you best be off to school. Oh, and you may take the van if you so desire."
"Thanks Professor, come along Kurt."
"R-Right, I'm coming."
Kurt followed after Jason who walked at a steady pace. He was tempted to fly, or run fast, but he didn't want to do something like that, knowing that the Professor wouldn't want him to ditch Kurt, even if he didn't want too.
Getting to his room, Jason opened the door, allowing himself, and Kurt inside, and pointed towards the new bed.
"That's your bed."
"Ah, I've got it, thanks."
Jason nodded, and went over to collect something from his draw, as Kurt went over to his bed, placing down his clothes, and other things of that nature.
"Hey, since you're here, you must have a power, right?"
"Yeah, I've got one…" Kurt disappeared in a puff of smoke only to reappear right beside Jason, the boy impressed. "Pretty neat, huh?"
"Teleportation, that's pretty sweet. At least it isn't destructive like eye boy."
"I see…so, what power do you have?"
Jason smirked, as he floated off the bed.
Seeing his body float like that, and go all the way to the roof, Kurt was enamoured. He could teleport, but he couldn't fly, and he thought that was amazing.
Kurt jumped to conclusions immediately.
"You can fly? Maaan! That's pretty cool!"
Kurt was so pumped for this, seeing others that could do things like he could. Well, not exactly like he could but it was still pretty fun regardless.
"It is. But, that's not all." Jason returned to the bed, sitting down on it. "I can mimic abilities of different animals. I can fly like a bird, swim like a fish, be playful like a baby animal, take your pick of puppy or kitten, have enhanced reflexes like a cat, track like a dog, or wolf, whatever, and stick to walls like a spider, jump really high like a flea can, be strong like an elephant, be very fast like cheetah, run like an ostrich, be durable like a rhino, sharpen my nails strong enough to slice through things like a tiger or lion, and so on and so forth. But, I don't turn into them or anything, and even if the animal is bigger than me, the strength or whatever doesn't diminish either."
"Man, that's awesome dude!"
"It is…though, it also gives me personality traits of them too."
Kurt tilts his head to the side, confused.
"It does? What do you mean?"
"Take being a lion for an example. I'd be more prideful. As a dog, I'd be more loyal, and so on like that. Being angry when using the power of a certain animal. Being a kitten gives me quite the…playful personality and makes me more…well, it makes me seem like I'd do a 180 in personality, I only use that when I need to gain something, I've been told that I'm not that bad of a looker. Sometimes, it really isn't fun though, that's why I have to be in control. If I let it take control over me…that's why Scott was saying what he said before. I might seem emotionless, but I'm merely keeping my emotions check, I don't let them become too happy, or too sad. It's easier this way. People have limits to their powers, a limit of mine is expressing emotions, or allowing the animals natural emotions to overtake my own."
"Wow…seems harsh. does, that Scott know?"
"Probably, but it doesn't matter to me all that much. Well, he's got his own life, and I've got mine…speaking of, put this on."
Thrusting his hand forward, with the watch, Kurt looked confused.
"What does it do?"
"Just put it on and press the button."
He wasn't sure about it, but he did it anyway, and pressed the button regardless, once attaching it.
As soon as he did, he turned into a teenager of average height, though with blue hair.
"Look in the mirror."
Kurt went towards the mirror, immediately his eyes bulged at seeing such a sight. He pulled on his skin, to see what the heck was going on.
"Wow…i-is that me?"
Kurt could hardly believe what he was seeing, and even if he did, it still was shocking. He looked behind him to see if he had a tail, which he didn't. He looked just like a normal human now.
"The Professor invented it, and then he used it to give you the outer appearance of a person, I guess the Professor chose to give you that appearance for, maybe he thought that you'd look like that without the blue, and all that. I haven't a clue, but it seems like a good fit."
"Wow, I'm really normal huh!"
Jason's eyes went towards Kurt as he checked himself out.
"We're all normal. No, we're different to normal people, but what's normal anyway? What's to say that your appearance isn't the normal one, and the rest of us aren't normal at all. if I were you, I'd wear that outside to not scare the locals. But, the Professor would say something like we're all normal and that, and it's true. We are. But, we're superpowered and all that. Heck, teleporting is cool, makes me jealous."
"Really…? Jealous?"
Jason took to his feet, slinging his bag over his shoulder.
"That's right, jealous. Just think, teleporting would be really cool. If you don't like a situation, zing poof, you're out of there. It seems cool to me." Jason looked towards the bed. "Oh, seems the Professor left you something as a present. Well, I've got to go to school now anyway. Gotta go, see you around."
"Y-Yes, see you."
Jason walked out of the room, as Kurt went over to the box on the bed.
He opened the box up, to see that it was an outfit, with a large X on the front.
When Jason arrived at school, in the X man's van, he saw that the boy that was nicknamed Toad by Jason, and probably most, was hanging around the bin area of the van, and grimaced, hoping that he wasn't going to talk with him.
Getting out of the van, he locked it, and attempted to sneak away…
"Hey!"
A cold sweat spread on Jason's body.
He turned, and saw Toad leaning near the car, his slime, or whatever it was, going near it.
"Hey, back away from the van and no one gets hurt."
Toad immediately did as he was asked, taking a few steps back.
"R-Right…scary…anyway!" The boy hopped forward like a frog, and landed near him, Jason scrunching up his nose at the smell. "You're like Summers, aren't you? You're like me, right? A mutant?"
"I'm nothing like you, but yeah, I'm a mutant, don't talk about it so openly. It's supposed to be a secret."
Jason carried on walking like it was no worry, thankfully there wasn't anyone in ear shot.
But Toad followed after him, wanting to talk.
"Aah, come on! I have to ask you something!"
"What?"
Entertaining the idea, he briefly looked towards the young man, but then had to look away because of the smell.
"Summers is pretty cool, right?"
Toad attempted to touch Jason's shoulder, but he forced his body back so he couldn't be touched.
"Summers, is pretty annoying, I don't know about cool. And before you ask, no. I don't know where he is either. Go and find him, and don't touch me, or the van either. Comprehend that Toad?"
Toad slinked back, slightly afraid of Jason's true intentions.
"S-Sure, I'm gonna go and find him then!"
Toad jumped away from Jason, who was immensely relieved, and walked towards the school.
It was better than walking with Toad, he wouldn't have the smell around him.
However, he wished that he didn't have to take a certain entrance, for as soon as he did, he saw the girl that he was with last night, Taryn, stood there, hopefully she wasn't waiting for him, that's how he thought about it.
Jason attempted to sneak past her with some incoming students…
But it wasn't meant to be.
"Jason! There you are!" She called, and then turned to her friends. "I'll see you later."
They all said the same thing as Jason knew what was going to happen next.
Sighing openly, Jason looked towards Taryn as she split off from her friends.
"Yeah, here I am, and there you are…all, chipper."
It was painful for him to even speak like that, but it had to be done.
"Yeah! Hey, we've got first period together, wanna walk to class together?"
"We're going the same way, why not."
A look of victory came over Taryn's face as she tightened her hand. Then, she hugged onto his arm, despite him not wanting her too, and they began walking towards their shared class, something he wasn't exactly thrilled about.
"You know, I called you this morning."
"I was busy helping someone set up at my home."
Taryn nodded, as they waded through the sea of students.
"I see…well, I'm glad that you're here. I can't stop thinking about the date we had last night. It was so fun."
"It was fine I guess."
Either she couldn't hear him, or she didn't care, she just kept smiling as if he spoke like the bible.
"Yeah, it was pretty fantastic. Speaking of, are you free, on, Saturday maybe?"
"Don't know."
He answered honestly, he didn't know if he was free on that day or not.
"Oh, I see…well, I'm free Sunday too. We could maybe catch a film, or hit the mall or something."
"Maybe if I'm free, but I probably won't be."
"Oh…I see. Well, let's make sure that you are, okay? We'll have a blast, I know that we will."
They continued walking, until they made it to class.
"Well, let's go inside then."
"Yeah!"
It was lackluster, it felt like two strangers talking. And essentially, that's how it was to the young boy. Though on her side, she looked a little star struck or something, she didn't know what to do with herself. That, creeped the boy out more than he thought would be possible.
"So, how did the date go?"
Jean whispered anxiously towards Jason during lunch at the school. In the cafeteria in fact, it was jam packed. Jason looked like he didn't want to be there, and was looking for different exists that he could get out of there.
"It went as expected. It was, fine I suppose."
Jason's bland answer wasn't exactly something Jean wanted to hear.
"Oh come on, Taryn isn't that bad."
"Why don't you date her then?"
Jean gasped, then placed a hand on her face.
"I'm not that way inclined, thank you."
"Then, I don't know what to tell you. She drove me home after your boyfriend-"
"He's not my boyfriend!"
It was clear to Jason that Jean had some kind of romantic feelings for Scott. Even the way she quickly denied the accusation just told him enough that he really was going to be finding these two together in the future.
Jason stared at her, uncaring.
"Fine, then your friend, destroyed my car. She tried to kiss me, and put her hand on my leg, and that's pretty much it. Oh, I also kissed her cheek because she wouldn't stop harping on about it either. So, that's how it is."
"Wait…you kissed her on the cheek!?"
Jean's face turned redder, and her pitch when higher.
"Yes Miss Popularity, I kissed her on the cheek. How scandalous~ Let's gossip about it as we braid one another's hair~ Shall we stay up all night and gossip about boys, and their cuteness and their bodies and such~ Hehehehe~ I mean, have you seen Duncan, isn't he such a dreamboat~? What I wouldn't give for him to…no, that's going into a territory I don't feel comfortable with…"
Though it was clearly fake the voice that he used, even the giggle at the end and how he presented himself.
Jean, didn't look amused, as she leaned closer.
"My, how funny. But seriously, kissing her cheek means…wow, I wasn't expecting this right away. Taryn really was happy, right? She and you left, on happy terms?"
"I didn't tell her to get lost or anything. We had a date, she drove me home, and wanted to come inside, but couldn't, and in the end, she tried to kiss me but we didn't kiss, and I just gave her a kiss on the cheek. I've read somewhere that it was quite appropriate of me to do something like that."
"Well, I guess…but still, you're into her, right? She's been crushing on you hard for a while now, at least since last year, maybe before that."
"Well, good for her. But, once the mutant cat is out of the bag, she'll not want to bother with me. I'd rather be who I am openly, than have to hide apart of me away from others."
Jean couldn't disagree exactly, she felt the same way.
"The world isn't ready for our kind…that's why we can't."
"True, that's quite true. But, it also is kind of annoying that we can't just do what we can do. Well, my abilities are more…well, honestly, I could probably pass off most of my abilities with just being quite athletic. I don't fire blasts from my eyes, and I can't move things with my mind. It's all about the athletics, and all."
"Hehe, good point. Out of Scott, me and you, you'd probably have the easiest time hiding your gifts…oh, by the way, that reminds me, how's Kurt settling in?"
Jason shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
"He seemed more shell shocked than anything else. Probably because of his appearance and all. The Professor gave him an image inducer, so he could look normal. He can teleport though, that would come in handy, huh."
"True, that's quite the gift."
"Yeah…also, could you tell your friend to not, you know, stalk me on different networks…and even send me lots of messages too…speaking of, how did she get my phone number anyway? I don't recall giving it to her."
Jean turned her face away, as Jason leaned closer.
Jean felt weirded out with the eyes on her, so her body ended up giving a little bit of a shiver.
When she turned back and he was so close, she was surprised by the closeness.
"Okay! I might've given her your number! No big deal!"
"No big deal!? Look at these!" Jason thrusted his phone towards her, and saw the twenty messages there. "Since this morning, I've had twenty messages, and ten missed calls off her, and I am so sure that she stopped outside of the school, waiting for me. I don't know why she thinks that we are like, I don't know, seeing one another, but she won't leave me alone."
Jean grimaced at all of the messages that she saw, and could see why Jason was less than, thrilled about all of this.
"That does seem a little excessive…but, she's a girl in love, what can you do?"
"I don't know much about love, but I'm pretty sure that this is a weird form of it."
As they were talking, Scott who had fetched his lunch, walked towards the table, and saw how 'close' Jean and Jason were together. From his angle, it looked like they were doing, a certain something between lips, and his jealousy increased.
He stormed over towards them, thrusting his tray down onto the table, and confronted the bewildered Jason, shoving him away from Jean. Jason almost fell off the chair, but his quick reflexes thanks to his powers saved him, using his hand to push off the floor, to return to sitting normally.
"Keep away from her!"
It took Jason but a moment to comprehend the nature of Scott's aggressive tendencies.
"Oh, what's wrong Summers? Can't I even talk to the girl now? I know that you're all jealous and all, but we were just talking~"
Jean stood up as did Jason, putting herself between them.
"Scott, what's gotten into you? We were just talking."
"It looked more than talking to me."
His childish attitude, accompanied with the accusation didn't exactly sit well with either Jean, or Jason, the pair looking at him with a shocked, and annoyed, expression.
Jean put her hands on her hips.
"What are you accusing me of exactly?"
"You were kissing him! I saw you two so close together!"
Jean scoffed as Jason rolled his eyes.
"I was not kissing him at all. I was whispering about…certain things others can't hear, out loud, about what we all…possess. We were talking about him being with Taryn as well, that's all. What's gotten into you lately? You've been picking fights with more people than ever."
"He's probably on that time of the month, his period. Have you got a tampon for him?"
"That's it!"
Scott was about to charge, as the cafeteria stood silent, looking at the confrontation between the two of them, when Jean flatly put her hands out.
"Right! Enough! You both, are so infuriating! All of this bravado! It seriously needs to stop! And stop putting me in the middle of it!"
"Hmph, I didn't even start that then, and I don't put you in the middle of anything, it just happens that you go there. Not my fault he jumped to conclusions. Well, I've got better things to do than start a turf war with specs there."
"Don't call me specs animal."
Growling out like an animal, Scott glared towards Jason who didn't pay attention at all.
"Whatever you say. See you later Jean, have a good time with…everything going on now. Bye, Summers. I'm taking my own advice, and leaving. You see, this is the high road, come and join me up here, it is most satisfying."
"Yeah, me too."
Jean took her bag, and walked towards the exit as did Jason.
"H-Hey Jean, aren't we…"
Scott's voice didn't reach Jean as she and Jason walked off, just happening to be going in the same direction.
It had gone dark when Jason arrived home.
He didn't speak to anyone, or anything.
He just went into the danger room, to practice his skills, and keep them fresh, and sharp.
The danger room itself was just one giant metal sphere in his eyes, all of the walls were made of metal (he believed) and up above, was an observation area for anyone that wished to see what was happening. Though right now, no one was there.
Since it was, kind of a pass time, he didn't have any complaints, and seemed to be quite excited actually.
"Activate Jason's run 12!"
Jason announced, and immediately, scissor like claws came out, laser devices appeared up above, and other gadgets meant to slice and dice came about, Jason's lips curling upwards at the sight, glad that he could unwind like this.
Jason smirked.
"Time to party!"
With that, Jason got to work disabling the traps, and fighting against the machines, and other things.
Doing it was fun for him.
It might've been odd that the only time he felt truly, happy, was when he was being under attack. It seemed strange to most, but to him, it was freeing, it was amazing to feel the way that he wanted, and how he wanted to do it too.
He liked the practice, he enjoyed the feeling of practicing, using his powers. He felt free, he felt, good inside. It was one of the only times that he actually felt good inside of himself, when he could practice his powers out in the open.
Suddenly, as Jason was practicing in the area, Kurt, and Toad teleported inside of the room, giving Jason a sudden shock to his system, following by a laser to the back, catching him off guard, and sent him down to the ground.
"Owww!"
He complained, rubbing his back gently.
"Where are we?"
Kurt grumbled out, seemingly confused and conflicted.
"You asking me, fool? You brought us here."
"Oh for God sake, why are you two here now?"
Jason felt annoyed, and growled at the pain on his back. Because he didn't have his most durable form on, if he did, then the laser wouldn't of hurt. But, since he didn't, he felt the pain in his back, but it wasn't detrimental.
"J-Jason, I teleport-"
Before he could finish, Jason flew over towards them, grabbing the pair of them as a laser beam shot towards them.
They both grimaced as they saw how the laser dented the ground itself, which was made of metal.
"That was close."
Nightcrawler, Kurt's alias, squealed out, as Jason dropped the pair on the ground.
"Look, I'm gonna have to stop the program now. But, it won't stop for a few seconds, maybe a little longer as I designed it to be like that, so, dodge out of the way of everything that is going on, alright? Have you got me?" They pair nodded vigorously, as they ran around the area, avoiding blades, and laser beams. "Deactivate program Jason 12!"
"Voice Print Confirmed. Shutting down program."
As he shouted, a scissor like appendage came for his body. But, before it could slice him, Jason ducked down and flew downwards, and then changed to a dangerous animal that could slice through things with its claws, slicing through the tentacle that it was attached too, Kurt watching on with impressed eyes.
As they were fighting for their lives, Jean and Scott, in combat gear, came in, and Jean twirled her hand, and then thrusted it towards Toad, using her power to push him out of the way of an electric like device heading for him.
"Keep them clear of the tentacles. I've got the tentacles."
Scott ordered Jean who nodded, and flew off.
While dodging the tentacles, Kurt was about to get grabbed when Jean used her telekinesis to float the boy out of the way in time, keeping them suspended in the air.
Nightcrawler looked upwards, an appreciative look in his eyes.
"You're an Angel."
Kurt expressed his gratitude, Jean giving a smile in return as they floated in the sky.
"On occasion." She grinned, as Scott looked towards Jason, having a sly smile on his face. "How about you? Are you a Demon?"
As she asked that, Scott shot off a powerful beam from his eyes, clashing against a canon on the upper right hand wall, blowing it out of existence, only for a tentacle that had a sharp blade on it head for Toad.
"Tolansky, over here!"
Scott said, about to shoot it down, only for Jason to use his sharp nail like claws, to slice through the tentacle, breaking it down, and leaving Toad in a good condition, and then looked towards Scott, who did the same.
"Toad, over there."
Jason picked up the boy by the back of the shirt, and threw him to Scott, as Scott grimaced at the smell.
Jason tapped into a birds power of flight, flying towards one of the lasers that fired at him.
Using his impressive flying skills, Jason flew around the lasers, and landed on the top of it.
Changing his power to the strength of a gorilla, he ripped off the laser, disabling it, and threw it towards another laser that was about to fire at Scott.
"Shut down in five seconds."
The system finally listened to Jason's command, and was shutting down, Professor X, and a woman with white hair appearing in the observation deck, the woman had the codename of Storm, someone that Jason didn't mind actually.
Kurt though seemed to have figured something out, thrusting one fist into the palm of his hand, his eyes looking quite happy.
"Now I get it. It's a training area. Watch." Kurt teleported towards one of the lasers, grasping on what he believed to be a shut down plug. "I just pull the plug and…"
It didn't work out the way that he planned it too, as it went haywire, throwing Kurt off, only for Jason to catch the blue skinned boy in his arms.
"You alright Kurt?"
Kurt looked down, feeling stupid about what had happened now.
The laser, still going haywire, fired towards Scott, and Toad, blasting them away as they let out some cries, Jean looking on and grimaced at the same time as well, Jason couldn't help but snicker slightly, it just seemed something fun for him to smile at.
"Yeah…I'm okay…"
As the laser continued to fire, Storm shot off a bolt of lightning, frying the laser itself, breaking it.
Soon after, the system shut down, everyone returning towards the ground, or as on Charles case, staying up in the observation area.
Toad, was understandably freaked out, he didn't want to be there anymore. After everything that had happened, he didn't want to be in the middle of that anymore, and wished to leave the area as soon as he possibly could.
"Forget this, man. I've seen enough. I am out of here."
"Tolansky!" Toad didn't listen, and hopped out of the area, a solemn look on his face. "Sorry, Professor. I couldn't stop him."
Charles waved his hand, dispelling the worries of one of his students.
"It's all right, Cyclops. He wasn't ready to be one of us."
He assured the young boy, as he still looked downwards.
"I blew it too, Professor." Kurt brought up, still looking downwards sadly. "I'm sorry. You've been wonderful. But I guess I just don't belong here."
Kurt activated his powers, disappearing out of sight.
"Nightcrawler, wait!"
His plea fell on deaf ears, knowing that he had already gone.
Jason stretched his arms, as he walked towards the exit.
"I'll go and get him Professor, I can smell him with my dogs scent tracking ability."
Jason was sure he saw Scott snicker at him, but he didn't care.
He walked throughout the facility, sniffing the air, and walked the way that he knew that Kurt was. He was quite good at tracking down people if they weren't that far away. It was a good ability for him to have.
He eventually came to be in the landing bay for the large plane that was inside. He saw that Kurt was there, looking enamoured by the jet that was before him.
"The SR-77 Blackbird. Twice as fast as the SR-71 and with three times the range and firepower. It's pretty fun going out in it, I should've requested to take that to school today honestly it would've been fun." Catching Kurt's attention, he turned around with a conflicted expression. "It's nice, right?"
"Is it yours? Please tell me you get to fly it!"
Kurt practically pleaded at this moment in time, Jason showing a hint of a smile.
"It's all ours. Eventually, if you want, I can teach you how to fly it. Only a few of us can fly it around. So, are you staying or not?"
"Me? I almost got you killed a few minutes ago."
"Actually, that was my danger room session, I almost got myself killed. You just happened to teleport there, that's all. Mistakes happen, but it has happen, so we can learn from our mistakes. The Professor would say something like that. Look, I don't really care if you do stay or not, but I know that Professor X would want you too, I know that the others want you too as well. So, stick around a little bit, and see what's on offer here, it isn't bad."
"Y…You don't mind the way I look?"
Jason looked over Kurt's appearance, not really bothered either way about him. he wasn't afraid, nor was he all that bothered either. Kurt just looked like Kurt, nothing more, and nothing less either. He was who he was, and that was fine with him.
"Not really. As long as you don't get into my business or piss me off like red eyes up there, we'll be five by five."
"We have a deal then."
Acknowledging that, Jason and Kurt turned towards the exit, the lift to head upstairs.
"Yeah, I guess so. So, let's head out then, I'm sure that it will be some kind of entertainment…oh, we also have pingpong sometimes. If you want, we could play against Jean and Scott, the lovers, and trounce them."
"Are they actually lovers!?"
Jason shrugged his shoulders, then placed an arm around Kurt's shoulder.
"Kurt my man, you've got a lot to learn about this place. First of all, I'll teach you how to annoy Scott. It's always fun to see him freak out."
"Pranks? Ooh, my specialty!"
The pair got into the lift, and went up as they talked.
Though they weren't exactly close, it was a first step to an, odd friendship between one another.
End chapter!
Well, that's the first chapter! The boy that's quite quiet, for reasons, that shall be revealed in the future. He'll be going through changes throughout the story, and will become more social with the others, though there's a reason to his kind of, aloof and distant attitude, and it seems like he's got a bit of a rivalry with Scott huh, over Jean, apparently, though Jason truly doesn't have an interest in her, and he seemingly formed a somewhat bond with Kurt over the outsider way they feel.
His powers, basically explained in the chapter, can use different types of animals natural abilities, like being able to run fast like a cheetah, and other things like that, though his body doesn't actually change, kinda like a certain character in comics, and the reason why he has such things, will also be to do with some aspect of the story, hinted quite a bit in this chapter, why he has the powers he has, for future story line purposes, and while it seems like different abilities, it's all branched under animal mimicry.
His love interest is gonna be…hmm, I haven't decided that just yet. Though it won't be Jean. I am leaning towards Kitty though as I quite like her.
Hmm, with nothing else to say, that's the end, and until next time, thanks for reading!